Lecture_1_Sachs
... •The Earth’s ecosystems are not being sustained •The situation is probably getting worse, not better right now ...
... •The Earth’s ecosystems are not being sustained •The situation is probably getting worse, not better right now ...
FA 4: Incorporate climate information into “line management activities”
... FA 2: Align and coordinate the delivery of science and TEK with decision-maker needs ...
... FA 2: Align and coordinate the delivery of science and TEK with decision-maker needs ...
Trade Ministers` Dialogue on Climate Change Issues
... The burden of action in addressing these challenges does not fall on environment ministries alone. Climate change will have consequences for many aspects of our societies, and actions to address climate change will thus require a multi-faceted response. Tackling climate change will involve fundament ...
... The burden of action in addressing these challenges does not fall on environment ministries alone. Climate change will have consequences for many aspects of our societies, and actions to address climate change will thus require a multi-faceted response. Tackling climate change will involve fundament ...
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... •It is difficult to explain the recent surface warming in terms of natural climate variability •Recent surface warming is largely consistent with simulations of the effects of anthropogenic influence on climate •Unresolved issues regarding the precise sensitivity of the climate to forcing, and chang ...
... •It is difficult to explain the recent surface warming in terms of natural climate variability •Recent surface warming is largely consistent with simulations of the effects of anthropogenic influence on climate •Unresolved issues regarding the precise sensitivity of the climate to forcing, and chang ...
June 15 - 17, 2009
... assess present approaches for using IPCC-class climate models to understand climate impacts on living marine resources, 2) identify priority research areas where new developments could greatly increase present LMR prediction capabilities, and 3) stimulate the development of new and innovative approa ...
... assess present approaches for using IPCC-class climate models to understand climate impacts on living marine resources, 2) identify priority research areas where new developments could greatly increase present LMR prediction capabilities, and 3) stimulate the development of new and innovative approa ...
Oceanography and Climate Change: Past, present and future
... - Recent glacier changes and climate trends on South Georgia; J.E. Gordon et al. - 20th-century glacier recession and regional hydroclimatic changes in northwestern Patagonia; M.H. Masiokas et al. - Tracing tropical Andean glaciers over space and time; B.G. Mark - Century to millennial-scale temper ...
... - Recent glacier changes and climate trends on South Georgia; J.E. Gordon et al. - 20th-century glacier recession and regional hydroclimatic changes in northwestern Patagonia; M.H. Masiokas et al. - Tracing tropical Andean glaciers over space and time; B.G. Mark - Century to millennial-scale temper ...
Climate change: evidence from natural sciences and
... at least one important crop was identified in a country where the GDP share of agriculture is greater than 5%, then vulnerability was ranked as “high.” In the case of low dependency on agriculture and a decrease in only one significant crop yield (or no decrease at all), vulnerability was ranked as ...
... at least one important crop was identified in a country where the GDP share of agriculture is greater than 5%, then vulnerability was ranked as “high.” In the case of low dependency on agriculture and a decrease in only one significant crop yield (or no decrease at all), vulnerability was ranked as ...
Opinion Hilal Elver Last Modified: 10 Oct 2013 11:41
... islands, such as Marshall Islands, or the low lying coastal region of Bangladesh, and if you are not part of the 1 percent of the fortunate wealthy, climate change is already a matter of survival, and it can have a life or death effect. The degree of danger or risk changes depending where we are, ho ...
... islands, such as Marshall Islands, or the low lying coastal region of Bangladesh, and if you are not part of the 1 percent of the fortunate wealthy, climate change is already a matter of survival, and it can have a life or death effect. The degree of danger or risk changes depending where we are, ho ...
1-Judd-IFA 2012 PP(3)
... iPCC (2001). Climate Change 2001: Impacts, Adaptions and Vulnerabilitity. Contribution of Working Group II to the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Edited by J. McCarthy, O. Canziani, N. Leary, D. Dokken and K. White. Cambridge UK: Cambridge University ...
... iPCC (2001). Climate Change 2001: Impacts, Adaptions and Vulnerabilitity. Contribution of Working Group II to the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Edited by J. McCarthy, O. Canziani, N. Leary, D. Dokken and K. White. Cambridge UK: Cambridge University ...
climate change liability
... As its purpose is to stabilise greenhouse emissions, it could be argued that those countries which frustrate this purpose should be open to liability. However, this is not the case - the international political consensus is that the Principle is non-binding and merely aspirational in nature. It is, ...
... As its purpose is to stabilise greenhouse emissions, it could be argued that those countries which frustrate this purpose should be open to liability. However, this is not the case - the international political consensus is that the Principle is non-binding and merely aspirational in nature. It is, ...
PPT
... current climatic variability and extreme events, as well as adjusting to longer term climatic change. ...
... current climatic variability and extreme events, as well as adjusting to longer term climatic change. ...
Working with Russia on Climate Change:
... Northern Sea Route due to Arctic ice melting; • Increase of the solar and wind power potential, etc. ...
... Northern Sea Route due to Arctic ice melting; • Increase of the solar and wind power potential, etc. ...
Matthew Banks, Senior Program Officer
... • Dispell the myth that the costs of reducing carbon emissions is just too high • Showing real cuts can add up – annual reductions of over 14 million tons by 2010 • Educating countless business and elected leaders about the urgent need for early action • Demonstrating innovative ways to reduce energ ...
... • Dispell the myth that the costs of reducing carbon emissions is just too high • Showing real cuts can add up – annual reductions of over 14 million tons by 2010 • Educating countless business and elected leaders about the urgent need for early action • Demonstrating innovative ways to reduce energ ...
Palynology
... WASHINGTON — Delegates from six of the world's biggest greenhouse gas polluters -- including the United States -- gathered last week for the first time to figure out how private industry can help curb global warming. The Bush administration is promoting this voluntary effort as a practical way to de ...
... WASHINGTON — Delegates from six of the world's biggest greenhouse gas polluters -- including the United States -- gathered last week for the first time to figure out how private industry can help curb global warming. The Bush administration is promoting this voluntary effort as a practical way to de ...
University of Edinburgh
... social science solutions to the climate change problem Teaching the next generation of climate change specialists Coordinating knowledge exchange with Government and society to support policy Working with business to support their response to the implications of climate mitigation, impacts and adapt ...
... social science solutions to the climate change problem Teaching the next generation of climate change specialists Coordinating knowledge exchange with Government and society to support policy Working with business to support their response to the implications of climate mitigation, impacts and adapt ...
Sustainable agriculture and climate change Presentation at the
... our ecosphere. So why worry? If short of freshwater there’s the ocean full of it, desalinate and you get more than enough to irrigate your farms and fill all swimming pools. Really? • It’s not quantity we should worry about but the physical states (solid, liquid, gas) and distribution of water that ...
... our ecosphere. So why worry? If short of freshwater there’s the ocean full of it, desalinate and you get more than enough to irrigate your farms and fill all swimming pools. Really? • It’s not quantity we should worry about but the physical states (solid, liquid, gas) and distribution of water that ...
Managing Water Resources in a Changing Climate in the Caribbean
... • Traditional water resources management consists in keeping available supplies and demands in balance. • Under a changed climate, it is unwise to rely on historical data as sole guide to the future. • Use Global Climate models (GCm) to develop climate change scenarios that outline possible changes ...
... • Traditional water resources management consists in keeping available supplies and demands in balance. • Under a changed climate, it is unwise to rely on historical data as sole guide to the future. • Use Global Climate models (GCm) to develop climate change scenarios that outline possible changes ...
Presentation
... between developed countries CON: - Challenge of establishing new international framework to regulate fair completion; - Failure to adopt this policy under the same conditions by all partners could lead to unacceptable burden on certain enterprises ...
... between developed countries CON: - Challenge of establishing new international framework to regulate fair completion; - Failure to adopt this policy under the same conditions by all partners could lead to unacceptable burden on certain enterprises ...
NGO Perspectives on Canadian Climate Change Policy
... environmental groups. The two broad positions endorsed are (a) that the level of non-climatic ecological harm caused by these technologies makes them unacceptable for use in climate change mitigation or (b) that the seriousness of the climate change problem warrants the use of such technologies, des ...
... environmental groups. The two broad positions endorsed are (a) that the level of non-climatic ecological harm caused by these technologies makes them unacceptable for use in climate change mitigation or (b) that the seriousness of the climate change problem warrants the use of such technologies, des ...
04 - PP - nc2p_u4l5_indicators_of_climate_change
... Droughts are most severe when they affect regions ...
... Droughts are most severe when they affect regions ...
ccw_singapore3cg
... Sir Richard Branson, Founder of the Carbon War Room, will open the inaugural Creating Climate Wealth Workshops Summit on May 13 at the National University, Singapore, and take part in a live Q&A Creating Climate Wealth (CCW) is a global convening mechanism designed for entrepreneurs, innovators, cap ...
... Sir Richard Branson, Founder of the Carbon War Room, will open the inaugural Creating Climate Wealth Workshops Summit on May 13 at the National University, Singapore, and take part in a live Q&A Creating Climate Wealth (CCW) is a global convening mechanism designed for entrepreneurs, innovators, cap ...
WHAT IS CLIMATE CHANGE?
... Adaptation involves taking action to minimize the effects of anthropogenic climate change and lessen civilization's vulnerabilities to its negative effects. ...
... Adaptation involves taking action to minimize the effects of anthropogenic climate change and lessen civilization's vulnerabilities to its negative effects. ...
Global Warming
... Risk Assessment Using your knowledge about global warming, you need to complete a risk assessment which clearly shows the consequences of taking action or not taking action against global warming. Consider the political, social, economic, and environmental aspects ...
... Risk Assessment Using your knowledge about global warming, you need to complete a risk assessment which clearly shows the consequences of taking action or not taking action against global warming. Consider the political, social, economic, and environmental aspects ...
Dr. Joel Smith, Stratus Consulting Inc. (USA)
... Reactive climate change adaptation – An action taken in response to climate change • A farmer switches to drought tolerant varieties of crops in response to a drier climate • Is this because of climate change or variability? Anticipatory climate change adaptation – An action taken before climate ...
... Reactive climate change adaptation – An action taken in response to climate change • A farmer switches to drought tolerant varieties of crops in response to a drier climate • Is this because of climate change or variability? Anticipatory climate change adaptation – An action taken before climate ...