Revisiting the Earth`s sea‐level and energy budgets from 1961
... [3] Closing the sea‐level budget requires accurate estimates of ocean thermal expansion and the related ocean heat‐content change, by far the largest storage of heat in the climate system [Bindoff et al., 2007]. Despite the Earth’s energy budget being one of the most fundamental aspects of the clima ...
... [3] Closing the sea‐level budget requires accurate estimates of ocean thermal expansion and the related ocean heat‐content change, by far the largest storage of heat in the climate system [Bindoff et al., 2007]. Despite the Earth’s energy budget being one of the most fundamental aspects of the clima ...
Carbon prices for the next thousand years
... that expresses altruism towards long-term beneficaries (see also Saez-Marti and Weibull, 2005). ...
... that expresses altruism towards long-term beneficaries (see also Saez-Marti and Weibull, 2005). ...
II. Analysis of the Provisions of the Convention Preamble The
... those responsibilities for the developed and the developing country parties. ~irdly, the developed country parties should take the lead in combating climate change and the adverse effects thereof. It would be noticed that the first two elements find place in the Preamble as well. As regards the thir ...
... those responsibilities for the developed and the developing country parties. ~irdly, the developed country parties should take the lead in combating climate change and the adverse effects thereof. It would be noticed that the first two elements find place in the Preamble as well. As regards the thir ...
Cities, Transport and Climate Change: Problems and
... deaths per year, of which 60 % are women and children, are associated with indoor air pollution from the use of biomass. UN-HABITAT recent studies show that the urban poor and especially slum-dwellers are particularly hard hit by lack of access to modern energy. They pay more for their cooking, wate ...
... deaths per year, of which 60 % are women and children, are associated with indoor air pollution from the use of biomass. UN-HABITAT recent studies show that the urban poor and especially slum-dwellers are particularly hard hit by lack of access to modern energy. They pay more for their cooking, wate ...
ECOLOGY, POLLUTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
... • Consider a clear region over the ocean. Since there is no cloud, the sun shines on the ocean surface, causing it to warm up. This makes this part of the ocean warmer than other parts and the air over it tends to rise (causing convection). As we have learned before, rising air expands and cools, ca ...
... • Consider a clear region over the ocean. Since there is no cloud, the sun shines on the ocean surface, causing it to warm up. This makes this part of the ocean warmer than other parts and the air over it tends to rise (causing convection). As we have learned before, rising air expands and cools, ca ...
Documentation of Research on Climate change and water
... Impact of Climate Change on Water in Southern Africa and ice, and rising global sea level. Between 1906 and 2005 the globe surface temperature increased by about 0.74°C with a more rapid increase in the past 50 years (IPCC, 2008). Temperature increase since the mid-20th century is largely attributed ...
... Impact of Climate Change on Water in Southern Africa and ice, and rising global sea level. Between 1906 and 2005 the globe surface temperature increased by about 0.74°C with a more rapid increase in the past 50 years (IPCC, 2008). Temperature increase since the mid-20th century is largely attributed ...
Talking Climate Change via Social Media: Communication
... lies on governments and industries, but also on each of us as citizens of the planet. A recent eurostat report2 shows that households constitute 19% of greenhouse emissions, the third highest value after the energy sector (27%) and industry (26%), and more than either agriculture (12%) or transport ...
... lies on governments and industries, but also on each of us as citizens of the planet. A recent eurostat report2 shows that households constitute 19% of greenhouse emissions, the third highest value after the energy sector (27%) and industry (26%), and more than either agriculture (12%) or transport ...
Trends in river floods: why is there no clear signal in observations?
... The costs of catastrophic weather events worldwide exhibited a 10-fold increase between the 1950s and the 1990s (IPCC, 2001a). However, figures for the United States suggest that the number of deaths from extremes has not grown over the past decades, except for those due to floods and heat waves (Ch ...
... The costs of catastrophic weather events worldwide exhibited a 10-fold increase between the 1950s and the 1990s (IPCC, 2001a). However, figures for the United States suggest that the number of deaths from extremes has not grown over the past decades, except for those due to floods and heat waves (Ch ...
The terrestrial Arctic response to (and role in) local and global
... Sea ice loss leads to substantial warming over land, peaking in autumn and winter. In CCSM3, the sea ice loss induced warming extends over 1500km inland. ...
... Sea ice loss leads to substantial warming over land, peaking in autumn and winter. In CCSM3, the sea ice loss induced warming extends over 1500km inland. ...
Mechanisms of the African monsoon: new insights from
... It is not just increases in carbon dioxide that affect the regional and global climate; dust and smoke from biomass burning play an important, but poorly quantified role. The Sahara desert is the largest source of mineral dust emissions in the world. Similarly, the burning of agricultural waste duri ...
... It is not just increases in carbon dioxide that affect the regional and global climate; dust and smoke from biomass burning play an important, but poorly quantified role. The Sahara desert is the largest source of mineral dust emissions in the world. Similarly, the burning of agricultural waste duri ...
The Stability of the Thermohaline Circulation in Global Warming
... A simplified climate model of the coupled ocean–atmosphere system is used to perform extensive sensitivity studies concerning possible future climate change induced by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. Supplemented with an active atmospheric hydrological cycle, experiments with different rates ...
... A simplified climate model of the coupled ocean–atmosphere system is used to perform extensive sensitivity studies concerning possible future climate change induced by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. Supplemented with an active atmospheric hydrological cycle, experiments with different rates ...
Shifting cultivation and climate change
... integrating into the nation a population that is viewed with suspicion due to its “nomadic” way of life, all of these policies seek to reduce or eradicate shifting cultivation in one way or another. The current climate change discourse has taken the debate on shifting cultivation to another, a globa ...
... integrating into the nation a population that is viewed with suspicion due to its “nomadic” way of life, all of these policies seek to reduce or eradicate shifting cultivation in one way or another. The current climate change discourse has taken the debate on shifting cultivation to another, a globa ...
Bricolage and intrapreneurship in ABB`s mini
... who at that time was working with Nokia and ETC [Ethiopian Telecom Company]. We had long discussions about developing countries, opportunities here, new approaches how to develop a country in profitable way and many other topics.” [Development Manager Mika Turpeinen, ABB, in an e-mail correspondence ...
... who at that time was working with Nokia and ETC [Ethiopian Telecom Company]. We had long discussions about developing countries, opportunities here, new approaches how to develop a country in profitable way and many other topics.” [Development Manager Mika Turpeinen, ABB, in an e-mail correspondence ...
iprc climate vol14 no1
... ecosystems, not only on land, but also along the coastline and in the surrounding ocean. The latter will be further stressed by ocean acidification. The systems that directly support the human population—including those producing the state’s energy and food supply—are particularly vulnerable to disr ...
... ecosystems, not only on land, but also along the coastline and in the surrounding ocean. The latter will be further stressed by ocean acidification. The systems that directly support the human population—including those producing the state’s energy and food supply—are particularly vulnerable to disr ...
Research paper: Improving Communication of Uncertainty in the
... Sentences with very likely 1. It is very likely that hot extremes, heat waves, and heavy precipitation events will continue to become more frequent. 2. Continued greenhouse gas emissions at or above current rates would cause further warming and induce many changes in the global climate system during ...
... Sentences with very likely 1. It is very likely that hot extremes, heat waves, and heavy precipitation events will continue to become more frequent. 2. Continued greenhouse gas emissions at or above current rates would cause further warming and induce many changes in the global climate system during ...
Word - Green Ninja
... 2. What do greenhouse gases have to do with climate change? Because greenhouse gases trap heat in the atmosphere, it is responsible for the overall global temperature rise (climate change). 3. What are fossil fuels and how are they connected to climate change? Fossil fuels include coal, natural gas, ...
... 2. What do greenhouse gases have to do with climate change? Because greenhouse gases trap heat in the atmosphere, it is responsible for the overall global temperature rise (climate change). 3. What are fossil fuels and how are they connected to climate change? Fossil fuels include coal, natural gas, ...
assessing the climate change adaptability of buildings
... There is a growing concern that we may be approaching or may have already passed an early ‘tipping point’ that may expose us to irreversible and adverse environmental trends (Pittock 2009b). Furthermore it has been argued that even the most aggressive global movements to reduce carbon emissions can ...
... There is a growing concern that we may be approaching or may have already passed an early ‘tipping point’ that may expose us to irreversible and adverse environmental trends (Pittock 2009b). Furthermore it has been argued that even the most aggressive global movements to reduce carbon emissions can ...
Preserving the Ocean Circulation: Implications for Climate Policy
... known as a thermohaline circulation collapse) is a plausible response to increasing greenhouse gas concentrations [Manabe and Stouffer, 1993, Wood et al., 1999, Schmittner and Stocker, 1999, Rahmstorf and Ganopolski, 1999]. An important link between atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations and the ...
... known as a thermohaline circulation collapse) is a plausible response to increasing greenhouse gas concentrations [Manabe and Stouffer, 1993, Wood et al., 1999, Schmittner and Stocker, 1999, Rahmstorf and Ganopolski, 1999]. An important link between atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations and the ...
A VISION FOR CHANGE
... For almost 15 years, EDN’s Campaign for Communities (C4C) has worked to create a more diverse and democratically active citizenry, building citizen capacity in all 50 states to protect the local environment. The campaign focuses on communities of color, low-income urban neighborhoods, and those grap ...
... For almost 15 years, EDN’s Campaign for Communities (C4C) has worked to create a more diverse and democratically active citizenry, building citizen capacity in all 50 states to protect the local environment. The campaign focuses on communities of color, low-income urban neighborhoods, and those grap ...
Results and success factors of TNAs
... How the process is carried out at the national level The goal of a TNA is to identify technologies for mitigation and adaptation that also support a country’s development objectives. To achieve this goal, the TNA process contains the following key steps (see Figure 1 below): (a) To identify key pri ...
... How the process is carried out at the national level The goal of a TNA is to identify technologies for mitigation and adaptation that also support a country’s development objectives. To achieve this goal, the TNA process contains the following key steps (see Figure 1 below): (a) To identify key pri ...
Regional temperature and precipitation changes under high
... below 2◦ C [2]. Under scenarios of emissions in the absence of international climate policy, climate model projections assessed in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report ([3]; henceforth referred to as AR4) indicate a range of global mean warming between 1.1◦ C ...
... below 2◦ C [2]. Under scenarios of emissions in the absence of international climate policy, climate model projections assessed in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report ([3]; henceforth referred to as AR4) indicate a range of global mean warming between 1.1◦ C ...
Long-Term Climate Change - Ontario Power Generation
... Great Lakes and into upstate New York. Over Southern Ontario, maximum ice-thicknesses would have exceeded 2.5 km during the time of most southerly ice-sheet advance. For the purpose of assessment of future glaciation events on a repository for L&ILW in this region, it is important to understand past ...
... Great Lakes and into upstate New York. Over Southern Ontario, maximum ice-thicknesses would have exceeded 2.5 km during the time of most southerly ice-sheet advance. For the purpose of assessment of future glaciation events on a repository for L&ILW in this region, it is important to understand past ...
Climate change I: Kyoto Protocol preferred policy package
... emissions trading, seeing it as too complicated and subjecting emitters and the economy to market uncertainty. ...
... emissions trading, seeing it as too complicated and subjecting emitters and the economy to market uncertainty. ...