The rich, the poor and the planet
... one, we will fail on the other. Annual emissions of greenhouse gases in 1990, the baseline for the UNFCCC, were about 38 gigatonnes of carbon-dioxide-equivalent. Within a couple of years from now, the annual total is likely to reach 50 gigatonnes. If we are to eventually reduce atmospheric concentra ...
... one, we will fail on the other. Annual emissions of greenhouse gases in 1990, the baseline for the UNFCCC, were about 38 gigatonnes of carbon-dioxide-equivalent. Within a couple of years from now, the annual total is likely to reach 50 gigatonnes. If we are to eventually reduce atmospheric concentra ...
- UNDP-ALM
... How to understand the loss and damage? Events loss and damage because of Exposure of people and their asset to the event Intensity of the event Vulnerability due to socio-economic status As such climate evens trigger additional risks Development Projects should be planned to be ...
... How to understand the loss and damage? Events loss and damage because of Exposure of people and their asset to the event Intensity of the event Vulnerability due to socio-economic status As such climate evens trigger additional risks Development Projects should be planned to be ...
Media Statement
... findings of the scientists will be made available for the planning of the Fifth Assessment Report of the IPCC which is due in 2013. Increasing computational power, and advances in process understanding and observations, now permit global climate models to address regional climate change and extreme ...
... findings of the scientists will be made available for the planning of the Fifth Assessment Report of the IPCC which is due in 2013. Increasing computational power, and advances in process understanding and observations, now permit global climate models to address regional climate change and extreme ...
Certain uncertainty
... colder temperatures. The WMO report notes that 2010 was not only the warmest year on record, but also the wettest globally. Floods were the most frequent extreme events during 2001–2010, and this trend appears to be continuing; so far this year we have seen significant floods in eastern Australia, c ...
... colder temperatures. The WMO report notes that 2010 was not only the warmest year on record, but also the wettest globally. Floods were the most frequent extreme events during 2001–2010, and this trend appears to be continuing; so far this year we have seen significant floods in eastern Australia, c ...
Is Australian agriculture the first casualty of
... consumption and more recently biofuels. • This interplay has changed and will continue to change over time. • Biofuels is a relatively new player on the block, however in 3 years, biofuel use of grain increased by 47 million tonnes, amounting to approximately 60% of the increase in consumption. ...
... consumption and more recently biofuels. • This interplay has changed and will continue to change over time. • Biofuels is a relatively new player on the block, however in 3 years, biofuel use of grain increased by 47 million tonnes, amounting to approximately 60% of the increase in consumption. ...
Repay the Climate Debt - Our World Is Not For Sale
... A just and effective outcome for Copenhagen We the undersigned groups, representing [ ], call on the rich industrialized world to acknowledge its historic and current responsibility for the causes and adverse effects of climate change, and to fully, effectively and immediately repay its climate debt ...
... A just and effective outcome for Copenhagen We the undersigned groups, representing [ ], call on the rich industrialized world to acknowledge its historic and current responsibility for the causes and adverse effects of climate change, and to fully, effectively and immediately repay its climate debt ...
IUCN World Conservation Congress Hawai`i Climate Fund Request
... Upon successful award of a grant, project applicants will be required to submit a final report as well as a summary financial report, which is due before the final 10% portion of funds is released. A template will be provided. IUCN WCC Hawaii Climate Fund partners encourage applicants to include d ...
... Upon successful award of a grant, project applicants will be required to submit a final report as well as a summary financial report, which is due before the final 10% portion of funds is released. A template will be provided. IUCN WCC Hawaii Climate Fund partners encourage applicants to include d ...
IPL Intro Presentati.. - The Regeneration Project
... climate now lead to at least 5 million cases of illness and more than 150,000 deaths every year. From Science Daily - November 17, 2005 ...
... climate now lead to at least 5 million cases of illness and more than 150,000 deaths every year. From Science Daily - November 17, 2005 ...
brochure
... Pakistan is facing as a result of climate change. The impacts of climate change require monitoring and assessment of climate variability and measures to address challenges of adaptation and mitigation. COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) has attached importance to studying the impacts ...
... Pakistan is facing as a result of climate change. The impacts of climate change require monitoring and assessment of climate variability and measures to address challenges of adaptation and mitigation. COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) has attached importance to studying the impacts ...
view ppt 114KB - Crawford School of Public Policy
... Engaging Australia’s region With Dr Budy Resosudarmo Need for improved understanding of cc adaptation needs and options in Australia’s region – see AusAID Environment Strategy – Pacific obvious challenges, but Indonesia: large populations vulnerable – Indonesia: tremendous opportunities for reducing ...
... Engaging Australia’s region With Dr Budy Resosudarmo Need for improved understanding of cc adaptation needs and options in Australia’s region – see AusAID Environment Strategy – Pacific obvious challenges, but Indonesia: large populations vulnerable – Indonesia: tremendous opportunities for reducing ...
Notes from SBEADMR Working Group Meeting 3.12.15
... Item No 3: West Fork Fire Complex and Spruce-Fir Issues in General A teleconference presentation was given by Adam Mendonca, Deputy Forest Supervisor, Rio Grande National Forest. Brief overview the West Fork complex is very similar to what the GUMG is experiencing 500,000 acres experienced mortality ...
... Item No 3: West Fork Fire Complex and Spruce-Fir Issues in General A teleconference presentation was given by Adam Mendonca, Deputy Forest Supervisor, Rio Grande National Forest. Brief overview the West Fork complex is very similar to what the GUMG is experiencing 500,000 acres experienced mortality ...
Environment and Natural Resource Security
... change issues, participants can: –– Lend support for the French government in the lead up to the UN climate change conference in Paris in December 2015 –– Contribute to the climate change action agenda, including a CEO climate leaders group and several sector-based initiatives such as the Oil and Ga ...
... change issues, participants can: –– Lend support for the French government in the lead up to the UN climate change conference in Paris in December 2015 –– Contribute to the climate change action agenda, including a CEO climate leaders group and several sector-based initiatives such as the Oil and Ga ...
Global Climate Change
... • The world’s climate is an integrated system • Many factors (‘forcings’) influence the atmosphere’s uptake and distribution of energy (heat) • Energy-trapping gases (esp CO2, water vapour, CH4) absorb outgoing re-radiated infrared radiation – This raises Earth’s surface temperature ...
... • The world’s climate is an integrated system • Many factors (‘forcings’) influence the atmosphere’s uptake and distribution of energy (heat) • Energy-trapping gases (esp CO2, water vapour, CH4) absorb outgoing re-radiated infrared radiation – This raises Earth’s surface temperature ...
Slide 1
... before mid century and then weaken or even reverse, thus amplifying climate change. Approximately 20-30% of plant and animal species assessed so far are likely to be at increased risk of extinction if increases in global average temperature exceed [preindustrial levels by] 1.5-2.5 C [2.7-4.5 F]” ...
... before mid century and then weaken or even reverse, thus amplifying climate change. Approximately 20-30% of plant and animal species assessed so far are likely to be at increased risk of extinction if increases in global average temperature exceed [preindustrial levels by] 1.5-2.5 C [2.7-4.5 F]” ...
Human-Natural Urban System Tipping Points as - NOAA
... • Change in conceptualization of extreme events – From discrete acute events to events as part of a chronic process – Looking into future dynamics as much as the present and past ...
... • Change in conceptualization of extreme events – From discrete acute events to events as part of a chronic process – Looking into future dynamics as much as the present and past ...
An Approach to Assessing Agricultural Crop Adaption
... on this planet are highly variable. The last few thousand years of stability appear to be an anomaly. To plan for a stable climate and to assume that current conditions represent the ‘best’ climate is pure foolishness and hubris. This method appears to be a viable approach to assessing the potenti ...
... on this planet are highly variable. The last few thousand years of stability appear to be an anomaly. To plan for a stable climate and to assume that current conditions represent the ‘best’ climate is pure foolishness and hubris. This method appears to be a viable approach to assessing the potenti ...
Global Climate Change
... The geologic record provides a direct measure of the frequency, range, and duration of significant global climate changes throughout Earth’s history. Natural phenomena and processes have caused significant alterations of Earth’s climate. Of significance to the issue of modern global climate change a ...
... The geologic record provides a direct measure of the frequency, range, and duration of significant global climate changes throughout Earth’s history. Natural phenomena and processes have caused significant alterations of Earth’s climate. Of significance to the issue of modern global climate change a ...
Whitley-Binder_ClimateChgImpacts_w_notes
... In Washington, climate change will lead to larger numbers of heat-related deaths due mainly to hotter summers. For example in greater Seattle, a medium climate change scenario projects 101 additional deaths for people over 45 by 2025 and another 50% increase by 2045 ...
... In Washington, climate change will lead to larger numbers of heat-related deaths due mainly to hotter summers. For example in greater Seattle, a medium climate change scenario projects 101 additional deaths for people over 45 by 2025 and another 50% increase by 2045 ...
Global Climate Change: Past and Future
... Reconstructions of Northern Hemisphere mean temperatures for the last 1000 years and instrumental record (black line) ...
... Reconstructions of Northern Hemisphere mean temperatures for the last 1000 years and instrumental record (black line) ...
Evidence
... `There is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable to human activity' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (United Nations), Third Assessment Report, 2001 ...
... `There is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable to human activity' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (United Nations), Third Assessment Report, 2001 ...
Evolution of the climate science
... 1. If annual emissions remain at today’s level, greenhouse gas levels would be close to 550 ppm by 2050 2. This would mean temperature increase of 35°C 3. The difference in temperature between the last ice age (3 million years ago) and now is 5°C 4. The 2°C target is feasible; but it will require un ...
... 1. If annual emissions remain at today’s level, greenhouse gas levels would be close to 550 ppm by 2050 2. This would mean temperature increase of 35°C 3. The difference in temperature between the last ice age (3 million years ago) and now is 5°C 4. The 2°C target is feasible; but it will require un ...
Urban responses to climate change Fred Lee Department of
... * post-Kyoto negotiations: highly contentious ...
... * post-Kyoto negotiations: highly contentious ...
Impact of Climate Change on the Arab World
... Infrastructure for energy production, transmission and distribution could be affected by increasingly severe storms. ...
... Infrastructure for energy production, transmission and distribution could be affected by increasingly severe storms. ...
PA Climate Impacts Assessment
... - Investigating the implications of these impacts on energy production (power plants – currently funded by Department of Energy) and aquatic ecosystems (currently funded by NSF Education Program) in Pennsylvania. -Recently finished a project on climate change impacts on the hydrology of the Olifants ...
... - Investigating the implications of these impacts on energy production (power plants – currently funded by Department of Energy) and aquatic ecosystems (currently funded by NSF Education Program) in Pennsylvania. -Recently finished a project on climate change impacts on the hydrology of the Olifants ...
AIA MN COTE March 17, 2016 Climate Change Statement
... buildings on climate change is part of the architecture profession s commitment to protecting the health, safety and welfare of the public. Climate change results primarily from activities that release heat-trapping greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) into the atmosphere. ...
... buildings on climate change is part of the architecture profession s commitment to protecting the health, safety and welfare of the public. Climate change results primarily from activities that release heat-trapping greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) into the atmosphere. ...