- ACE CRC
... More than 90% of the extra heat energy stored by the planet in the last 50 years, and about 30% of the carbon dioxide released by human activities over the same period has been absorbed in the ocean. By absorbing heat and carbon dioxide, the oceans have slowed the rate of climate change. The Souther ...
... More than 90% of the extra heat energy stored by the planet in the last 50 years, and about 30% of the carbon dioxide released by human activities over the same period has been absorbed in the ocean. By absorbing heat and carbon dioxide, the oceans have slowed the rate of climate change. The Souther ...
Intellectual Property Rights and International Technology
... The rapid deployment and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies (ESTs) is considered crucial for tackling the climate change challenge. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) calls for developed countries to take all practicable steps to promote, facilitate and f ...
... The rapid deployment and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies (ESTs) is considered crucial for tackling the climate change challenge. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) calls for developed countries to take all practicable steps to promote, facilitate and f ...
MEMORANDUM To: March 11, 2010
... This memorandum responds to your request for information regarding potential international governance and regulatory mechanisms for geoengineering (or climate engineering) technologies. The memorandum includes a short introduction to geoengineering technologies, a discussion on the criteria that may ...
... This memorandum responds to your request for information regarding potential international governance and regulatory mechanisms for geoengineering (or climate engineering) technologies. The memorandum includes a short introduction to geoengineering technologies, a discussion on the criteria that may ...
Water storage change in the Himalayas from the Gravity Recovery
... of the year. The GRACE and ECM model indicate an overall negative storage trend of 0.36 ± 0.03 mm/month or 21.91 ± 1.95 km3/yr for the study area (significant at p < 0.1). Given that snow and glaciers are particularly sensitive to temperature change, the negative storage trend could be indicative of ...
... of the year. The GRACE and ECM model indicate an overall negative storage trend of 0.36 ± 0.03 mm/month or 21.91 ± 1.95 km3/yr for the study area (significant at p < 0.1). Given that snow and glaciers are particularly sensitive to temperature change, the negative storage trend could be indicative of ...
Predicting organismal vulnerability to climate warming: roles of
... example Tb shift from A to B), then warming should enhance fitness; but if warming raises Tb above To (e.g. if Tb shifts from B to C ), fitness will be reduced (see text). (c,d) Step increases in Tb distributions from warming can have much bigger effects on (c) thermal specialists than on (d ) therm ...
... example Tb shift from A to B), then warming should enhance fitness; but if warming raises Tb above To (e.g. if Tb shifts from B to C ), fitness will be reduced (see text). (c,d) Step increases in Tb distributions from warming can have much bigger effects on (c) thermal specialists than on (d ) therm ...
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... change is among the most pressing environmental and social problems facing this generation and those to come. The time to act is now. Never in the past 1000 years has the planet warmed at a faster rate than during the 20th century, and the most recent decade has been the warmest ever on record. Allo ...
... change is among the most pressing environmental and social problems facing this generation and those to come. The time to act is now. Never in the past 1000 years has the planet warmed at a faster rate than during the 20th century, and the most recent decade has been the warmest ever on record. Allo ...
Enabling the Transition report
... prosperity and global emissions reductions. Explore and implement the most efficient policy vehicles (e.g. energy-efficiency standards, feed-in tariffs and tax incentives) as a key government contribution towards accelerated domestic and foreign direct investments in climate innovations. Insti ...
... prosperity and global emissions reductions. Explore and implement the most efficient policy vehicles (e.g. energy-efficiency standards, feed-in tariffs and tax incentives) as a key government contribution towards accelerated domestic and foreign direct investments in climate innovations. Insti ...
A hydrogeologic framework for characterizing summer streamflow
... But there are also limitations. GCMs coarsely parameterize terrain and fail to incorporate important climatic processes, such as the El Niño–Southern Oscillation and Pacific Decadal Oscillation, in predictions. Higher-resolution regional circulation models (RCMs) that include better topographic repr ...
... But there are also limitations. GCMs coarsely parameterize terrain and fail to incorporate important climatic processes, such as the El Niño–Southern Oscillation and Pacific Decadal Oscillation, in predictions. Higher-resolution regional circulation models (RCMs) that include better topographic repr ...
Climate extremes indices in the CMIP5 multimodel ensemble: Part 2
... We analyze changes in the indices on global and regional scales over the 21st century relative to the reference period 1981–2000. In general, changes in indices based on daily minimum temperatures are found to be more pronounced than in indices based on daily maximum temperatures. Extreme precipitat ...
... We analyze changes in the indices on global and regional scales over the 21st century relative to the reference period 1981–2000. In general, changes in indices based on daily minimum temperatures are found to be more pronounced than in indices based on daily maximum temperatures. Extreme precipitat ...
Rising Temperatures, Worsening Ozone Pollution
... asthma attack may not only fall behind in their studies but also get less exercise and lose time with friends (because they cannot play outside when ozone levels are high). And for every child who goes to the doctor or stays home from school, there is probably a worried parent who is stressed and mi ...
... asthma attack may not only fall behind in their studies but also get less exercise and lose time with friends (because they cannot play outside when ozone levels are high). And for every child who goes to the doctor or stays home from school, there is probably a worried parent who is stressed and mi ...
The Global Environmental Facility (GEF)
... positive developments, the position of the GEF in the international architecture for environmental aid is being threatened by both internal and external factors. For example, an important actor like the United States has reduced its support because the new resource allocation system was not introduc ...
... positive developments, the position of the GEF in the international architecture for environmental aid is being threatened by both internal and external factors. For example, an important actor like the United States has reduced its support because the new resource allocation system was not introduc ...
Natural Capital - Identifying implications for economies
... water, land and habitat all providing a variety of environmental functions and life-support mechanisms that enable growth and development. The contribution of these natural capital components to economic activity and to society more broadly have been difficult to isolate and analyse because of limit ...
... water, land and habitat all providing a variety of environmental functions and life-support mechanisms that enable growth and development. The contribution of these natural capital components to economic activity and to society more broadly have been difficult to isolate and analyse because of limit ...
Update on Selected Climate Issues of Concern
... bon dioxide being released to the air but also more being absorbed in the ocean and by growing plants on land and in the ocean. The change in net releases of carbon dioxide and methane is difficult to predict. It appears unlikely, however, that changes in the Arctic carbon cycle will have more than ...
... bon dioxide being released to the air but also more being absorbed in the ocean and by growing plants on land and in the ocean. The change in net releases of carbon dioxide and methane is difficult to predict. It appears unlikely, however, that changes in the Arctic carbon cycle will have more than ...
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... Climate physics predicts that the intensity of natural disasters will increase in the future due to climate change. We present a stochastic model of a growing economy where natural disasters are multiple and random, with damages driven by the economy’s polluting activity. We provide a closed-form so ...
... Climate physics predicts that the intensity of natural disasters will increase in the future due to climate change. We present a stochastic model of a growing economy where natural disasters are multiple and random, with damages driven by the economy’s polluting activity. We provide a closed-form so ...
Climate Change and Sea-Level Rise in Florida
... In 2009, the Florida Oceans and Coastal Council (FOCC) published a report entitled The Effects of Climate Change on Florida’s Ocean and Coastal Resources. A special report to the Florida Energy and Climate Commission and the people of Florida, the report provided an overview of climate change and wh ...
... In 2009, the Florida Oceans and Coastal Council (FOCC) published a report entitled The Effects of Climate Change on Florida’s Ocean and Coastal Resources. A special report to the Florida Energy and Climate Commission and the people of Florida, the report provided an overview of climate change and wh ...
Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution. (2010) Adapting Institutions to Climate Change, Twenty-eighth report
... Recent legislation and government policy does indeed require adaptation to climate change to be addressed, but little detailed attention has been given to the central issue of this study, which focuses on capabilities of institutions – on the organisations and the institutional frameworks which regu ...
... Recent legislation and government policy does indeed require adaptation to climate change to be addressed, but little detailed attention has been given to the central issue of this study, which focuses on capabilities of institutions – on the organisations and the institutional frameworks which regu ...
Challenges and opportunities in research on climate, weather, water
... relevance and impact, whilst recognizing that the increasing complexity of atmospheric related environmental issues necessitates an increasingly partnership approach. ...
... relevance and impact, whilst recognizing that the increasing complexity of atmospheric related environmental issues necessitates an increasingly partnership approach. ...
The response of the terrestrial biosphere to
... For Europe in particular, declining of vegetated land caused by urban growth was documented in the report of Lavalle et al. (2002). As urban areas continue to grow potential carbon sink on land is shrinking because vegetated land is replaced by land covered with impervious materials (buildings, road ...
... For Europe in particular, declining of vegetated land caused by urban growth was documented in the report of Lavalle et al. (2002). As urban areas continue to grow potential carbon sink on land is shrinking because vegetated land is replaced by land covered with impervious materials (buildings, road ...
the thermal sensitivity and plasticity of diving
... Crocodiles were exposed to one of three long-term thermal treatments, designed to emulate water temperatures under differing climate change scenarios (i.e. current summer, 28°C; ‘moderate’ climate warming, 31.5°C; ‘high’ climate warming, 35°C). Dive trials were conducted in a temperature-controlled ...
... Crocodiles were exposed to one of three long-term thermal treatments, designed to emulate water temperatures under differing climate change scenarios (i.e. current summer, 28°C; ‘moderate’ climate warming, 31.5°C; ‘high’ climate warming, 35°C). Dive trials were conducted in a temperature-controlled ...
The climate of the UK and recent trends
... for example. However Lockwood and Frohlich (2007) have investigated recent trends in a number of solar activity indices and shown that over the last 20 years none of them is consistent with the observed increase in global temperatures. The internal variability of climate can be important on decadal ...
... for example. However Lockwood and Frohlich (2007) have investigated recent trends in a number of solar activity indices and shown that over the last 20 years none of them is consistent with the observed increase in global temperatures. The internal variability of climate can be important on decadal ...
Management & Engineering
... carbon dioxide and mitigate greenhouse effect but also increase jobs (Jia Zhibang, 2007). According to the estimation of State Forestry Administration in China, the potential of Chinese forestry to absorb carbon dioxide equivalent is huge, including: (1) to enlarge the afforestation area would incre ...
... carbon dioxide and mitigate greenhouse effect but also increase jobs (Jia Zhibang, 2007). According to the estimation of State Forestry Administration in China, the potential of Chinese forestry to absorb carbon dioxide equivalent is huge, including: (1) to enlarge the afforestation area would incre ...
Warming the world : economic models of global
... change. The models, called RICE-99 (for the Regional Dynamic Integrated model of Climate and the Economy) and DICE-99 (for the Dynamic Integrated model of Climate and the Economy), build upon earlier work by Nordhaus and collaborators, particularly the DICE and RICE models constructed in the early 1 ...
... change. The models, called RICE-99 (for the Regional Dynamic Integrated model of Climate and the Economy) and DICE-99 (for the Dynamic Integrated model of Climate and the Economy), build upon earlier work by Nordhaus and collaborators, particularly the DICE and RICE models constructed in the early 1 ...