The “Business-As-Usual” growth of global primary energy use and
... The framework used to estimate the frequency spectrum in Fig. 2 also affords an estimate of the exogenous, non-periodic components of a(t), ξ(t). Figure 1e shows these disturbances. Clearly an element of this is the statistical uncertainty associated with the estimates of a(t) given errors in the ob ...
... The framework used to estimate the frequency spectrum in Fig. 2 also affords an estimate of the exogenous, non-periodic components of a(t), ξ(t). Figure 1e shows these disturbances. Clearly an element of this is the statistical uncertainty associated with the estimates of a(t) given errors in the ob ...
Sea Level Change - Imperial College London
... West and East Antarctica and Greenland are distinct, and react to climate warming differently. For Greenland, much of the potential ice loss comes from direct climate warming, leading to surface melting and run-off of water to the ocean (in addition to iceberg release). In West Antarctica, the ice i ...
... West and East Antarctica and Greenland are distinct, and react to climate warming differently. For Greenland, much of the potential ice loss comes from direct climate warming, leading to surface melting and run-off of water to the ocean (in addition to iceberg release). In West Antarctica, the ice i ...
The Green Arms Race: Reorienting the Discussions on Climate
... security mission is driving change within the Pentagon; this has the power to create steady demand for clean energy technology, a consistent force that has never before existed. Alas, money is also a potential critical shortfall. Shrinking federal budgets and world economies limping out of recession ...
... security mission is driving change within the Pentagon; this has the power to create steady demand for clean energy technology, a consistent force that has never before existed. Alas, money is also a potential critical shortfall. Shrinking federal budgets and world economies limping out of recession ...
Dialogue on Long Term Persistence
... If the temperature of this year is not related to that of last year or next year we can use statistics to determine whether the increase in global temperature is significant or not. In such an “uncorrelated climate”, i.e. if the temperature of this year is fully independent of other years, the avera ...
... If the temperature of this year is not related to that of last year or next year we can use statistics to determine whether the increase in global temperature is significant or not. In such an “uncorrelated climate”, i.e. if the temperature of this year is fully independent of other years, the avera ...
Climate Change and Agricultural Policy Processes in
... Ghana intended to pursue.4 There are two, not incompatible, viewpoints as to the motivation for the assimilation of climate change as an issue of interest in Ghana’s domestic policy space: First, various government documents and a number of respondents for this study stated that, while climate chang ...
... Ghana intended to pursue.4 There are two, not incompatible, viewpoints as to the motivation for the assimilation of climate change as an issue of interest in Ghana’s domestic policy space: First, various government documents and a number of respondents for this study stated that, while climate chang ...
Women, as actors in addressing climate change
... with the most limited capacities to adapt to it1. The majority of the poor are women who represent 70% of the 1.2 billion people with an income under 1 dollar a day2. ...
... with the most limited capacities to adapt to it1. The majority of the poor are women who represent 70% of the 1.2 billion people with an income under 1 dollar a day2. ...
North Atlantic storminess and Atlantic Meridional Overturning
... smaller. The resulting increased zonal SST gradient enhances trade winds and leads to further anomalous upwelling and a La Niña-like state in the eastern tropical Pacific. The purported La Niña-like state of the Medieval Pacific Ocean is hypothesized to affect the North Atlantic region in two potentia ...
... smaller. The resulting increased zonal SST gradient enhances trade winds and leads to further anomalous upwelling and a La Niña-like state in the eastern tropical Pacific. The purported La Niña-like state of the Medieval Pacific Ocean is hypothesized to affect the North Atlantic region in two potentia ...
1 SEIMAS OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA RESOLUTION
... continuously decreasing areas of permafrost, seasonal snow cover and sea ice. The analysis of distribution of climate indicators, such as air temperature, precipitation, solar radiation and other meteorological elements and phenomena, and their annual progress highlights certain climate change indic ...
... continuously decreasing areas of permafrost, seasonal snow cover and sea ice. The analysis of distribution of climate indicators, such as air temperature, precipitation, solar radiation and other meteorological elements and phenomena, and their annual progress highlights certain climate change indic ...
Climate finance for cities: how can climate funds best support low
... Cities’, ‘Global Megacities’ and ‘Mature Cities’) will contribute 50% of energy-related global emissions growth between 2012 and 2030. Cities are also zones of increasing vulnerability, with climate adaptation and resilience-building measures required to limit growing risks to key infrastructure and ...
... Cities’, ‘Global Megacities’ and ‘Mature Cities’) will contribute 50% of energy-related global emissions growth between 2012 and 2030. Cities are also zones of increasing vulnerability, with climate adaptation and resilience-building measures required to limit growing risks to key infrastructure and ...
Climate Change: what do we know about the IPCC?
... With respect to the first of these questions, Bjurström and Polk (2010) have conducted the most thorough analysis to date of the disciplinary biases in the knowledge assessed by the IPCC. They categorised the 14,000 references cited in the IPCC Third Assessment Report (2001) into different discipli ...
... With respect to the first of these questions, Bjurström and Polk (2010) have conducted the most thorough analysis to date of the disciplinary biases in the knowledge assessed by the IPCC. They categorised the 14,000 references cited in the IPCC Third Assessment Report (2001) into different discipli ...
use of regional climate for hydrological simulations for the
... One field of application of hydrological models is the creation of runoff scenarios for different climate and glaciation conditions. However glacier storage is not handled well by current conceptual or physically-based hydrological models. Hence, holistic approaches to study and model glacier storag ...
... One field of application of hydrological models is the creation of runoff scenarios for different climate and glaciation conditions. However glacier storage is not handled well by current conceptual or physically-based hydrological models. Hence, holistic approaches to study and model glacier storag ...
Status of the Copenhagen Climate Change Negotiations CRS Report for Congress
... be a “framework” decision among high-level officials that spells out a plausible mandate for a future treaty—an outline more likely than the current one to gain broad consensus among nations. Another alternative could be a breakdown of negotiations. While all parties may contribute to a potential br ...
... be a “framework” decision among high-level officials that spells out a plausible mandate for a future treaty—an outline more likely than the current one to gain broad consensus among nations. Another alternative could be a breakdown of negotiations. While all parties may contribute to a potential br ...
Phase relationships between Antarctic and Greenland
... Antarctic ice-core time series (for Byrd, PCs 1 and 2 alone account for >80% of the variance) or the more subdued nature of the Antarctic millennial-scale oscillations. Nevertheless, PCs 4 and 5 for Byrd together do form a weak (90% significance) oscillatory pair that has the same frequency maximum ...
... Antarctic ice-core time series (for Byrd, PCs 1 and 2 alone account for >80% of the variance) or the more subdued nature of the Antarctic millennial-scale oscillations. Nevertheless, PCs 4 and 5 for Byrd together do form a weak (90% significance) oscillatory pair that has the same frequency maximum ...
Australia – Vietnam Climate Change Delivery Strategy 2011
... targets for GHG emission reduction by 8-10 per cent by 2020 compared to 2010 levels, with a particular focus on the energy sector. Other aspects of the strategy include greening production & lifestyles and promoting sustainable consumption. This new strategy furthers Vietnam’s commitment to join int ...
... targets for GHG emission reduction by 8-10 per cent by 2020 compared to 2010 levels, with a particular focus on the energy sector. Other aspects of the strategy include greening production & lifestyles and promoting sustainable consumption. This new strategy furthers Vietnam’s commitment to join int ...
Modelling the effects of climate and land cover change on
... temperature increased by +6.4 ◦ C and rainfall decreased by 20 percent annually, stream flow increased by 5.7 percent. Legesse et al. (2003) used the PRMS model and found that, in a tropical catchment in Ethiopia, a decrease in rainfall of 10 percent led to a reduction in stream flow of 30 percent, ...
... temperature increased by +6.4 ◦ C and rainfall decreased by 20 percent annually, stream flow increased by 5.7 percent. Legesse et al. (2003) used the PRMS model and found that, in a tropical catchment in Ethiopia, a decrease in rainfall of 10 percent led to a reduction in stream flow of 30 percent, ...
Climate Change Impacts and Opportunities for Biodiversity and
... under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) into its national development and sectoral planning frameworks through a renewed and participative ‘biodiversity planning’ and strategizing process, in a manner that is in line with the global guidance contained in the CBD’s Strategic Plan for 2011- ...
... under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) into its national development and sectoral planning frameworks through a renewed and participative ‘biodiversity planning’ and strategizing process, in a manner that is in line with the global guidance contained in the CBD’s Strategic Plan for 2011- ...
the Measurement Problem Advances Pol. Psych. (forthcoming) PRELIMINARY DRAFT
... To demonstrate this point requires a measure of science comprehension. Since Dewey (1910), general education has been understood to have the aim of imparting the capacity to recognize and use pertinent scientific information in ordinary decisionmaking—personal, professional, and civic (Baron 1993). ...
... To demonstrate this point requires a measure of science comprehension. Since Dewey (1910), general education has been understood to have the aim of imparting the capacity to recognize and use pertinent scientific information in ordinary decisionmaking—personal, professional, and civic (Baron 1993). ...
Japan`s private climate finance support
... concessional two-step loans, project finance loans, political risk guarantees, project finance guarantees, overseas investment and loan insurance, and funds for local capacity building and feasibility studies (Sierra, 2011; Patel, 2010; Brown and Jacobs, 2011). It appears that interventions are tail ...
... concessional two-step loans, project finance loans, political risk guarantees, project finance guarantees, overseas investment and loan insurance, and funds for local capacity building and feasibility studies (Sierra, 2011; Patel, 2010; Brown and Jacobs, 2011). It appears that interventions are tail ...
KURUKULASURIYA MENDELSOHN 2006 Crop Selection Adapting to Climate Change in Afrika
... cowpea-sorghum, maize-millet, and maize when medium wet, and maize-beans and maizegroundnut when wet. As temperatures warm, farmers will shift towards more heat tolerant crops. Depending upon whether precipitation increases or decreases, farmers will also shift towards drought tolerant or water lovi ...
... cowpea-sorghum, maize-millet, and maize when medium wet, and maize-beans and maizegroundnut when wet. As temperatures warm, farmers will shift towards more heat tolerant crops. Depending upon whether precipitation increases or decreases, farmers will also shift towards drought tolerant or water lovi ...
PPT - Global Carbon Project
... T. Boden, G. Marland, R. Andres, “Global, Regional, and National Fossil-Fuel CO2 Emissions in Trends”, Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC), http://cdiac.ornl.gov/trends/emis/meth_reg.html, DOI:10.3334/CDIAC/GCP_V2012 T. Conway, P. Tans (2012), “Trends in Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide”, N ...
... T. Boden, G. Marland, R. Andres, “Global, Regional, and National Fossil-Fuel CO2 Emissions in Trends”, Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC), http://cdiac.ornl.gov/trends/emis/meth_reg.html, DOI:10.3334/CDIAC/GCP_V2012 T. Conway, P. Tans (2012), “Trends in Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide”, N ...
GCOS Switzerland
... between mountainous regions and flatland regions in winter, as well as the north-south gradient in cloud cover over Switzerland in summer. ...
... between mountainous regions and flatland regions in winter, as well as the north-south gradient in cloud cover over Switzerland in summer. ...
Individual Energy Users` Behaviour Views on Energy
... households) with timelines for delivering measures on the ground, and be seen to be supporting and enforcing these goals 3. Provide information and advice to the public on how they can participate to achieve these goals, with bespoke advice to those looking to invest in new energy technologies 4. En ...
... households) with timelines for delivering measures on the ground, and be seen to be supporting and enforcing these goals 3. Provide information and advice to the public on how they can participate to achieve these goals, with bespoke advice to those looking to invest in new energy technologies 4. En ...
Climate Press
... models, and which is not? Today, climate models are far from being perfect. Many processes are described very rudimentarily only. Furthermore, today’s models represent various processes incorrectly, such as the El Niño phenomenon or the distribution of sea surface temperatures in the tropics. The si ...
... models, and which is not? Today, climate models are far from being perfect. Many processes are described very rudimentarily only. Furthermore, today’s models represent various processes incorrectly, such as the El Niño phenomenon or the distribution of sea surface temperatures in the tropics. The si ...
PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES IN THE
... Integration and coordination among national agencies, progs and among donors; Need for “REDD readiness”: governance mechanisms and institutional capacity • To decide on strategy • To measure and monitor change • To transfer payments: transparency and equity ...
... Integration and coordination among national agencies, progs and among donors; Need for “REDD readiness”: governance mechanisms and institutional capacity • To decide on strategy • To measure and monitor change • To transfer payments: transparency and equity ...
ABN AMRO`s response
... The average surface temperature has increased by about 0.6°C and the CO2e in the atmosphere increased from 280ppm to 380ppm (faster than any times in the last 1000 years ...
... The average surface temperature has increased by about 0.6°C and the CO2e in the atmosphere increased from 280ppm to 380ppm (faster than any times in the last 1000 years ...