World Bank`s Climate Change Actions in East Asia & Pacific Region
... emissions on a lower carbon trajectory while reducing air pollution. EcoCities in CN, Urban Transport in TH (Bangkok) Promotion of energy efficiency would lift private and public investments in EE and reduce future energy demand and associated emissions. Rural / provincial EE program in CN. Use ...
... emissions on a lower carbon trajectory while reducing air pollution. EcoCities in CN, Urban Transport in TH (Bangkok) Promotion of energy efficiency would lift private and public investments in EE and reduce future energy demand and associated emissions. Rural / provincial EE program in CN. Use ...
Climate Change
... support of stronger health systems and expanded access to medicines and vaccines in underserved areas is even more important given the evidence that certain disease patterns can be associated with changing climate conditions, which may lead to an increase in marginalized populations. Our Position on ...
... support of stronger health systems and expanded access to medicines and vaccines in underserved areas is even more important given the evidence that certain disease patterns can be associated with changing climate conditions, which may lead to an increase in marginalized populations. Our Position on ...
Temperatures from the Middle Pleistocene to the
... from multiple marine sediment sequences, using the Mg/Ca ratios in the calcite (CaCO 3) of fossil planktic foraminifera. The record is plotted relative to its mean because temperatures at lower latitude locations were greater than those at high-latitude locations, but all show the same pattern and t ...
... from multiple marine sediment sequences, using the Mg/Ca ratios in the calcite (CaCO 3) of fossil planktic foraminifera. The record is plotted relative to its mean because temperatures at lower latitude locations were greater than those at high-latitude locations, but all show the same pattern and t ...
MFF - Globale Verantwortung
... – DCI: from €17.3 billion to €20.6 billion – EDF (for ACP countries): from €22.3 billion (over 6 years) to €30.3 billion (over 7 years). 13%increase when duration and inflation is taken into account. – Humanitarian Aid: from € 5.6 to € 6.4 b€ + 2.45 b€ in reserve outside the MFF. ...
... – DCI: from €17.3 billion to €20.6 billion – EDF (for ACP countries): from €22.3 billion (over 6 years) to €30.3 billion (over 7 years). 13%increase when duration and inflation is taken into account. – Humanitarian Aid: from € 5.6 to € 6.4 b€ + 2.45 b€ in reserve outside the MFF. ...
PPT 560 KB - START - SysTem for Analysis Research and Training
... framework to provide the initial guidelines for AR4. This framework re-stated the need to: 1st.- ensure the high quality of IPCC products 2nd.- safeguard the reputation of the IPCC as an intergovernmental body that produces policy-relevant but not policy-prescriptive neither policy driven assessment ...
... framework to provide the initial guidelines for AR4. This framework re-stated the need to: 1st.- ensure the high quality of IPCC products 2nd.- safeguard the reputation of the IPCC as an intergovernmental body that produces policy-relevant but not policy-prescriptive neither policy driven assessment ...
Week 7 Class PPT Notes
... • Warming of the climate system is unequivocal • Most of global temperature is very likely (>95%) anthropogenic (human) • It is likely (with medium confidence) that 1983—2013 was the warmest 30-year period for 1400 years. • There is high confidence that the sea level rise since the middle of the 19t ...
... • Warming of the climate system is unequivocal • Most of global temperature is very likely (>95%) anthropogenic (human) • It is likely (with medium confidence) that 1983—2013 was the warmest 30-year period for 1400 years. • There is high confidence that the sea level rise since the middle of the 19t ...
DWR_2005-08-23wide
... • A reduction of winter snowpack. Precipitation more likely to fall as rain, and what snow there is melts earlier in the year. • River flow then comes more in winter/spring than in spring/summer – implications for wildfires, agriculture, recreation, and how reservoirs are managed. • Will affect fish ...
... • A reduction of winter snowpack. Precipitation more likely to fall as rain, and what snow there is melts earlier in the year. • River flow then comes more in winter/spring than in spring/summer – implications for wildfires, agriculture, recreation, and how reservoirs are managed. • Will affect fish ...
Opening Address: Climate Change - A Global Concern
... our development objectives. It will not be an easy task to realise them, but it is also not impossible to achieve. The land use sector is gaining momentum in climate change negotiations, and initial steps in the right direction are in place. Allow me to give you another illustration. Indonesia’s gre ...
... our development objectives. It will not be an easy task to realise them, but it is also not impossible to achieve. The land use sector is gaining momentum in climate change negotiations, and initial steps in the right direction are in place. Allow me to give you another illustration. Indonesia’s gre ...
WhySciTeachersWEB ppt
... to deal with the causes of climate change and cautioned that some climate impacts are inevitable. However, progress in reducing global greenhouse gas emission has been slow… Key vulnerabilities include water resources, food supply, health, coastal settlements and some ecosystems (particularly arctic ...
... to deal with the causes of climate change and cautioned that some climate impacts are inevitable. However, progress in reducing global greenhouse gas emission has been slow… Key vulnerabilities include water resources, food supply, health, coastal settlements and some ecosystems (particularly arctic ...
Stephen Po-Chedley - UW Atmospheric Sciences
... Worked as a community development volunteer in Ddegeya, Uganda. Returned to Union College in May 2009 and served as a guest lecturer for classes pertaining to economics, development, environmental studies, and social entrepreneurship. I helped develop a morning education program for students who did ...
... Worked as a community development volunteer in Ddegeya, Uganda. Returned to Union College in May 2009 and served as a guest lecturer for classes pertaining to economics, development, environmental studies, and social entrepreneurship. I helped develop a morning education program for students who did ...
Climate Change – Can science teachers play a part
... to deal with the causes of climate change and cautioned that some climate impacts are inevitable. However, progress in reducing global greenhouse gas emission has been slow… Key vulnerabilities include water resources, food supply, health, coastal settlements and some ecosystems (particularly arctic ...
... to deal with the causes of climate change and cautioned that some climate impacts are inevitable. However, progress in reducing global greenhouse gas emission has been slow… Key vulnerabilities include water resources, food supply, health, coastal settlements and some ecosystems (particularly arctic ...
Document
... That we are obliged to move away from our own non-sustainable and climatedamaging fossil fuel use as quickly as possible. BBB – 6/19/2010 ...
... That we are obliged to move away from our own non-sustainable and climatedamaging fossil fuel use as quickly as possible. BBB – 6/19/2010 ...
Climate Change Primer - Brian Fisher
... Inertia: The GHGs all have half-lives that will keep them in the atmosphere from 10-1000+ years. Adaptation is necessary. Because of inertia, climate effects will continue for centuries and adaption is needed even if stopped today Irreversible: GCC is irreversible. Poor Most Affected: The impoverish ...
... Inertia: The GHGs all have half-lives that will keep them in the atmosphere from 10-1000+ years. Adaptation is necessary. Because of inertia, climate effects will continue for centuries and adaption is needed even if stopped today Irreversible: GCC is irreversible. Poor Most Affected: The impoverish ...
Slide 1
... The Business Case: Insurance In the SW, a 2°C rise could increase annual insured flood losses by 19% - leading to a potential pricing increase of up to 16%. A 4°C rise could increase losses by 29% - leading to a potential pricing increase of up to 27%. ‘The Financial Risks of Climate Change’ (ABI, ...
... The Business Case: Insurance In the SW, a 2°C rise could increase annual insured flood losses by 19% - leading to a potential pricing increase of up to 16%. A 4°C rise could increase losses by 29% - leading to a potential pricing increase of up to 27%. ‘The Financial Risks of Climate Change’ (ABI, ...
Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis
... Continued greenhouse gas emissions at or above current rates would cause further warming and induce many changes in the global climate system during the 21st century that would very likely be larger than those observed during the 20th century. ...
... Continued greenhouse gas emissions at or above current rates would cause further warming and induce many changes in the global climate system during the 21st century that would very likely be larger than those observed during the 20th century. ...
Environmental Issues: Global warming, climate change, energy use
... way of life was not sustainable – it could not be supported indefinitely due to growing population in developing countries and waste of resources Focus began to turn to “sustainable ...
... way of life was not sustainable – it could not be supported indefinitely due to growing population in developing countries and waste of resources Focus began to turn to “sustainable ...
Slide 1
... • A fuller accounting of costs including industry, agriculture and nonenergy sectors would likely be in the range of 2% to 3% of GDP – broadly consistent with other studies. • To this must be added Europe’s international obligations for assisting the world’s developing nations make a transition to a ...
... • A fuller accounting of costs including industry, agriculture and nonenergy sectors would likely be in the range of 2% to 3% of GDP – broadly consistent with other studies. • To this must be added Europe’s international obligations for assisting the world’s developing nations make a transition to a ...
Even the Himalayas Have Stopped Smiling
... throughout the country. This will affect agricultural production and water and sanitation, leading to increasing levels of malnutrition and incidence of water-borne disease. However, the impact of glacial retreat will be felt far beyond Nepal’s borders, with the annual glacial melt from the Himalaya ...
... throughout the country. This will affect agricultural production and water and sanitation, leading to increasing levels of malnutrition and incidence of water-borne disease. However, the impact of glacial retreat will be felt far beyond Nepal’s borders, with the annual glacial melt from the Himalaya ...
Earth`s Climate System Today
... Many natural systems are dependent on climate It may be possible to derive paleoclimatic information from them By definition, such proxy records of climate all contain a climatic signal The signal may be weak and embedded in a great deal of (climatic) background noise Proxy material acts as a ...
... Many natural systems are dependent on climate It may be possible to derive paleoclimatic information from them By definition, such proxy records of climate all contain a climatic signal The signal may be weak and embedded in a great deal of (climatic) background noise Proxy material acts as a ...
Regionalkonferenz der Metropolregion Hamburg
... - Determination of response options on the local and regional scale: mainly adaptation but also regional and local mitigation. - Dialogue of stakeholders and climate knowledge brokers in „Klimabureaus“. 2. Analysis of consensus on relevant issues (climate consensus reports). 3. Description of recent ...
... - Determination of response options on the local and regional scale: mainly adaptation but also regional and local mitigation. - Dialogue of stakeholders and climate knowledge brokers in „Klimabureaus“. 2. Analysis of consensus on relevant issues (climate consensus reports). 3. Description of recent ...
