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10 IISD (17 March 2016):Arctic Council Addresses
... can be exploited by 2050 in order to keep the average temperature increase below two degrees Celsius. At the same time it is estimated that about one fifth of the world’s undiscovered hydrocarbon resources are located in the Arctic region.18 Is it reasonable that the possible 20 % will be all exploi ...
... can be exploited by 2050 in order to keep the average temperature increase below two degrees Celsius. At the same time it is estimated that about one fifth of the world’s undiscovered hydrocarbon resources are located in the Arctic region.18 Is it reasonable that the possible 20 % will be all exploi ...
Quantifying Vulnerability to Climate Change: Implications for
... climate change, there are other possible explanations. The first is better coverage of extreme weather events, as registration of local weather disasters has improved. The second possible explanation is population growth, which has increased the number of people who are potentially subject to extrem ...
... climate change, there are other possible explanations. The first is better coverage of extreme weather events, as registration of local weather disasters has improved. The second possible explanation is population growth, which has increased the number of people who are potentially subject to extrem ...
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... 1976 has lived through a colder than average year.”24 Over the past century, “global average temperatures appear to have risen faster than at any time since the end of the last ice age 11,300 years ago, and perhaps longer.”25 In 2007, the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) stated that “[w] ...
... 1976 has lived through a colder than average year.”24 Over the past century, “global average temperatures appear to have risen faster than at any time since the end of the last ice age 11,300 years ago, and perhaps longer.”25 In 2007, the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) stated that “[w] ...
FAQs - The Climate Talks Project
... The UK financial research firm Carbon Tracker, for example, has estimated that fossil fuel companies will be investing nearly $700 billion a year to explore for new fuel that is highly expensive, volatile, and difficult to extract.[12] Harvard could press for the cancellation of such capital expendi ...
... The UK financial research firm Carbon Tracker, for example, has estimated that fossil fuel companies will be investing nearly $700 billion a year to explore for new fuel that is highly expensive, volatile, and difficult to extract.[12] Harvard could press for the cancellation of such capital expendi ...
Bolivia: Climate change, poverty and adaptation
... There are six other reasons why climate change is a matter of such great importance to Bolivia: ● Poverty and inequality: by many socioeconomic indicators, Bolivia is the poorest country in South America and one of the most unequal. Sixty five per cent of its population of about 10 million live in p ...
... There are six other reasons why climate change is a matter of such great importance to Bolivia: ● Poverty and inequality: by many socioeconomic indicators, Bolivia is the poorest country in South America and one of the most unequal. Sixty five per cent of its population of about 10 million live in p ...
Socio-Economic Impacts of Climate Change in
... such challenges in terms of mitigation and adaptation and sets out a methodology to incorporate climate risk management into policy formulation. Afghanistan presents a number of challenges in terms of climate change assessment. Climate projections for Afghanistan require significant refinement due t ...
... such challenges in terms of mitigation and adaptation and sets out a methodology to incorporate climate risk management into policy formulation. Afghanistan presents a number of challenges in terms of climate change assessment. Climate projections for Afghanistan require significant refinement due t ...
Comments on EPA/NHTSA proposed rule on tailpipe standards [get
... temperatures. On very thin evidence, Nordhaus assumes that most people in the world would be willing to pay for a warmer climate; he concludes that the optimum temperature is a year-round average of 20oC (68oF) – which is the temperature of Houston or New Orleans, and far above the current global av ...
... temperatures. On very thin evidence, Nordhaus assumes that most people in the world would be willing to pay for a warmer climate; he concludes that the optimum temperature is a year-round average of 20oC (68oF) – which is the temperature of Houston or New Orleans, and far above the current global av ...
A Structural Land-Use Analysis of Agricultural Adaptation to Climate
... conditions and simulates future climates under the IPCC A1B (IPCC, 2001) scenario. This rich weather dataset allows us to account not only for changes in temperature and precipitation levels, but also for their intra- and inter-annual volatility. This is a key feature, since there is a growing cons ...
... conditions and simulates future climates under the IPCC A1B (IPCC, 2001) scenario. This rich weather dataset allows us to account not only for changes in temperature and precipitation levels, but also for their intra- and inter-annual volatility. This is a key feature, since there is a growing cons ...
“Imperfect” Information and Incentives in Action
... change will rise, with the consequence that insurance premiums will not only rise, but may rise far faster than ordinary measures of inflation. The most efficient and equitable to pricing property risk associated with climate change is to allow free market pricing in P/C markets in order to reduce t ...
... change will rise, with the consequence that insurance premiums will not only rise, but may rise far faster than ordinary measures of inflation. The most efficient and equitable to pricing property risk associated with climate change is to allow free market pricing in P/C markets in order to reduce t ...
December 3, 2015 Via online complaint form Commissioner of
... regulatory action that they knew would harm their business interests. The courts have characterized these activities as part of the "open question" strategy.2 By virtue of those false and misleading representations questioning the scientific consensus that smoking causes cancer, the public was led t ...
... regulatory action that they knew would harm their business interests. The courts have characterized these activities as part of the "open question" strategy.2 By virtue of those false and misleading representations questioning the scientific consensus that smoking causes cancer, the public was led t ...
Global Warming and Climate Change - Have You Been Presented The Full Story?
... Hourly data from automated weather stations at Fort Collins and DIA are used to pick and calculate the highest air temperature and effective temperature for each day in July 2005. The average high air temperature is higher at DIA, while the average high effective temperature is higher at Fort Colli ...
... Hourly data from automated weather stations at Fort Collins and DIA are used to pick and calculate the highest air temperature and effective temperature for each day in July 2005. The average high air temperature is higher at DIA, while the average high effective temperature is higher at Fort Colli ...
Initial NationalCommunication St. Kitts-Nevis
... remaining areas are intensely cultivated with sugar cane. The rural landscape is dominated by sugar cane plantations, with settlements interspersed in between. The increasing demand for agricultural land has, in recent decades, resulted in many small farmers clearing forested land in the upper slope ...
... remaining areas are intensely cultivated with sugar cane. The rural landscape is dominated by sugar cane plantations, with settlements interspersed in between. The increasing demand for agricultural land has, in recent decades, resulted in many small farmers clearing forested land in the upper slope ...
Economic Globalization, Global energy issues and Climate Change
... Furthermore, globalization processes are a decisive driver of the future of energy markets in the transition towards low-oil and low-carbon development patterns. Indeed, as stated in Waisman et al. (2014), (i) oil markets are internationally integrated so that oil prices and quantities depend on th ...
... Furthermore, globalization processes are a decisive driver of the future of energy markets in the transition towards low-oil and low-carbon development patterns. Indeed, as stated in Waisman et al. (2014), (i) oil markets are internationally integrated so that oil prices and quantities depend on th ...
TIEE Global Temperature Change in the 21 Century ISSUES : DATA SET
... been leading to increasing emissions and atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases (Figure 1). Greenhouse gases are ones that allow electromagnetic radiation (light) at the wavelengths emitted by the sun to pass through to the Earth’s surface, but absorb the radiation t ...
... been leading to increasing emissions and atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases (Figure 1). Greenhouse gases are ones that allow electromagnetic radiation (light) at the wavelengths emitted by the sun to pass through to the Earth’s surface, but absorb the radiation t ...
Air pollution, climate change, and ozone depletion
... During the last century, the sea level rose about 10-20 centimeters primarily due to run off from melting land based ice and the expansion of ocean water as its temperature increased. ...
... During the last century, the sea level rose about 10-20 centimeters primarily due to run off from melting land based ice and the expansion of ocean water as its temperature increased. ...
Velocity of climate change algorithms for guiding conservation and
... orders of magnitude. For instance, a population near a mountain top may face extinction of suitable climate habitat in the immediate surroundings under climate change (a climatic cul-de-sac). Yet, the velocity algorithm will imply low migration requirements as long as the population is situated on a ...
... orders of magnitude. For instance, a population near a mountain top may face extinction of suitable climate habitat in the immediate surroundings under climate change (a climatic cul-de-sac). Yet, the velocity algorithm will imply low migration requirements as long as the population is situated on a ...
Solar Irradiance Variability
... pronounced in cycle 23. This recent decrease cannot be explained by the changes deduced from MgII index or F10.7. The only solar parameter showing such a decrease is the open magnetic field of the Sun. Comparison with the observed radial IMF and Br ,allows to determine a sensitivity of TSI of about ...
... pronounced in cycle 23. This recent decrease cannot be explained by the changes deduced from MgII index or F10.7. The only solar parameter showing such a decrease is the open magnetic field of the Sun. Comparison with the observed radial IMF and Br ,allows to determine a sensitivity of TSI of about ...
Climate Change and Paleoecology: New Contexts for Restoration
... Earth’s Climate System: A Paleoclimatology Primer Changes in weather are familiar features of Earth’s surface, readily recognizable as diurnal variations, seasonal cycles, and annual differences that irregularly include extremes of drought, wet, heat, and cold. All forms of life are influenced by th ...
... Earth’s Climate System: A Paleoclimatology Primer Changes in weather are familiar features of Earth’s surface, readily recognizable as diurnal variations, seasonal cycles, and annual differences that irregularly include extremes of drought, wet, heat, and cold. All forms of life are influenced by th ...
Vol.10, No.2, 2010
... The figure, however, shows that the observations have a rather complicated structure. The warming appears to have occurred mostly in two spurts: during 1900–1940 and 1970–2000. This complicates the attribution of the warming because both fossil fuel CO2 emissions and the increase in radiative forcin ...
... The figure, however, shows that the observations have a rather complicated structure. The warming appears to have occurred mostly in two spurts: during 1900–1940 and 1970–2000. This complicates the attribution of the warming because both fossil fuel CO2 emissions and the increase in radiative forcin ...
Palaeoclimatic insights into future climate challenges
... warm and cold climates. Starting with the cold climates, the Hoffert & Covey (1992) ice-age estimate was based on early palaeoclimatic data that rather clearly underestimated changes (specifically, the CLIMAP sea-surface temperatures (SSTs)). As updated by Cuffey & Brook (2000), improved data yield a s ...
... warm and cold climates. Starting with the cold climates, the Hoffert & Covey (1992) ice-age estimate was based on early palaeoclimatic data that rather clearly underestimated changes (specifically, the CLIMAP sea-surface temperatures (SSTs)). As updated by Cuffey & Brook (2000), improved data yield a s ...
a new report
... the coming decades include extreme weather events, drought, flooding, sea level rise, retreating glaciers, habitat shifts, and the increased spread of life-threatening diseases. These conditions have the potential to disrupt our way of life and to force changes in the way we keep ourselves safe and s ...
... the coming decades include extreme weather events, drought, flooding, sea level rise, retreating glaciers, habitat shifts, and the increased spread of life-threatening diseases. These conditions have the potential to disrupt our way of life and to force changes in the way we keep ourselves safe and s ...
National Security and the Threat of Climate Change
... the coming decades include extreme weather events, drought, flooding, sea level rise, retreating glaciers, habitat shifts, and the increased spread of life-threatening diseases. These conditions have the potential to disrupt our way of life and to force changes in the way we keep ourselves safe and s ...
... the coming decades include extreme weather events, drought, flooding, sea level rise, retreating glaciers, habitat shifts, and the increased spread of life-threatening diseases. These conditions have the potential to disrupt our way of life and to force changes in the way we keep ourselves safe and s ...
Study Session 12 Resilience and Coping Strategies
... government has decided to respond in a way that not only seeks to mitigate and adapt to climate change, but also to use this as an opportunity to switch to a new development model that will be sustainable. To this end, the government has initiated the Climate Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) strategy ...
... government has decided to respond in a way that not only seeks to mitigate and adapt to climate change, but also to use this as an opportunity to switch to a new development model that will be sustainable. To this end, the government has initiated the Climate Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) strategy ...
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... beyond the range of traditional government-togovernment diplomacy, has an important contribution to make in the fight against climate change. In challenging times, relationships of trust between citizens and their governments may waver and the less formal networks of shared interest and understandin ...
... beyond the range of traditional government-togovernment diplomacy, has an important contribution to make in the fight against climate change. In challenging times, relationships of trust between citizens and their governments may waver and the less formal networks of shared interest and understandin ...