Washington`s Water Future - Institute for the Study of Society and
... Source: Seattle Public Utilities ...
... Source: Seattle Public Utilities ...
Slide 1
... • Introduced June 4, but no further action taken • Committee may dissolve in favor of Rep. Dingell's Energy and Commerce Committee ...
... • Introduced June 4, but no further action taken • Committee may dissolve in favor of Rep. Dingell's Energy and Commerce Committee ...
Presentation
... • Global emissions (flow) cuts of 50% by 2050 relative to 1990 • Rich countries, given historical responsibility, know-how, ability to pay (incomes) and per capita emissions to take on national emissions cuts of 60-90% by 2050 relative to 1990 – 2030% by 2020 • Individual countries to chose own mix ...
... • Global emissions (flow) cuts of 50% by 2050 relative to 1990 • Rich countries, given historical responsibility, know-how, ability to pay (incomes) and per capita emissions to take on national emissions cuts of 60-90% by 2050 relative to 1990 – 2030% by 2020 • Individual countries to chose own mix ...
climate and tech fix
... Roger Revelle Report of The Environmental Pollution Panel, President’s Science Advisory Committee, 1965 – Appendix Y. By the year 2000 there will be about 25% more CO2 in our atmosphere than at present. This will modify the heat balance of the atmosphere to such an extent that marked changes in cli ...
... Roger Revelle Report of The Environmental Pollution Panel, President’s Science Advisory Committee, 1965 – Appendix Y. By the year 2000 there will be about 25% more CO2 in our atmosphere than at present. This will modify the heat balance of the atmosphere to such an extent that marked changes in cli ...
Met 10
... What signals would we expect from a warmer world? – Higher average temperature – Higher maximum temperatures – Higher minimum temperatures – More precipitation – Higher sea level What ‘evidence’ do we have for changes in the 20th century? ...
... What signals would we expect from a warmer world? – Higher average temperature – Higher maximum temperatures – Higher minimum temperatures – More precipitation – Higher sea level What ‘evidence’ do we have for changes in the 20th century? ...
To facilitate climate change adaptation in Asia at local, national and
... • BUT – they wanted to be clear what it would do and how it would help them in their work • This was especially true for people outside the ‘usual suspects’ – people who are involved in development planning – the ‘mainstreamers’ ...
... • BUT – they wanted to be clear what it would do and how it would help them in their work • This was especially true for people outside the ‘usual suspects’ – people who are involved in development planning – the ‘mainstreamers’ ...
Climate Change Misconceptions
... Greenhouse gases stay in the atmosphere between 50 and 200 years. A 2-degree increase is the maximum increase scientists believe to be safe. The International Energy Agency warned in 2009 that we have less than 5 years to cut emissions to stay within a 2-degree increase. Since 1990, U.S. greenhouse ...
... Greenhouse gases stay in the atmosphere between 50 and 200 years. A 2-degree increase is the maximum increase scientists believe to be safe. The International Energy Agency warned in 2009 that we have less than 5 years to cut emissions to stay within a 2-degree increase. Since 1990, U.S. greenhouse ...
The Physical Science Basis
... On February 2, 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its Summary for Policymakers for the contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) on climate change science. This document summarizes, in plain language, progress that has been made in understanding ...
... On February 2, 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its Summary for Policymakers for the contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) on climate change science. This document summarizes, in plain language, progress that has been made in understanding ...
drive-thru-presentation-climate-change-ppm
... make a choice. Only by dealing with the full scale and urgency of the problem can we create a realistic path back to a safe-climate world. Targets should be chosen and actions taken that can actually solve the problem in a timely manner. A temperature cap of 2–2.4°C, as proposed within the United Na ...
... make a choice. Only by dealing with the full scale and urgency of the problem can we create a realistic path back to a safe-climate world. Targets should be chosen and actions taken that can actually solve the problem in a timely manner. A temperature cap of 2–2.4°C, as proposed within the United Na ...
COOL HEADS NEEDED ON GLOBAL WARMING
... in the best interests of Australians, and who want to take us back to a workplace relations system that saw Australia with an average unemployment rate of 10 per cent. As of yet, Labor has neglected to provide any details as to how they will achieve this emissions cut. They are unaccountable. Altho ...
... in the best interests of Australians, and who want to take us back to a workplace relations system that saw Australia with an average unemployment rate of 10 per cent. As of yet, Labor has neglected to provide any details as to how they will achieve this emissions cut. They are unaccountable. Altho ...
PowerPoint - Susan Schwinning
... Established by the United Nations Environment program and the World Meteorological Organization in 1988 Produce assessment reports every 5 years. Reports have been puublished in 1990, 1995, 2001, 2007. The organization was honored with the Nobel Peace Price in 2007. ...
... Established by the United Nations Environment program and the World Meteorological Organization in 1988 Produce assessment reports every 5 years. Reports have been puublished in 1990, 1995, 2001, 2007. The organization was honored with the Nobel Peace Price in 2007. ...
Download country indicators
... Policies - Energy demand None Policies - Transport None Policies - LULUCF Technical Unit of REDD to implement REDD activities; Established parameters for REDD ...
... Policies - Energy demand None Policies - Transport None Policies - LULUCF Technical Unit of REDD to implement REDD activities; Established parameters for REDD ...
Breaking the partisan impasse in Congress on climate change
... courageously stepped up. Let us acknowledge and celebrate their leadership and urge other Republicans to follow their lead so that, as the resolution states, “we preserve our great Nation for future generations.” ...
... courageously stepped up. Let us acknowledge and celebrate their leadership and urge other Republicans to follow their lead so that, as the resolution states, “we preserve our great Nation for future generations.” ...
Agriculture as % of GDP 1993
... Slide 1: Climate Change • Climate change is both a development and global environmental issue, which undermines: • environmental sustainability • poverty alleviation and the livelihoods of the poor • human health • national and regional security • Climate change is an inter- and intra-generational ...
... Slide 1: Climate Change • Climate change is both a development and global environmental issue, which undermines: • environmental sustainability • poverty alleviation and the livelihoods of the poor • human health • national and regional security • Climate change is an inter- and intra-generational ...
Global Climate Change Fact Sheet - Minnesota Pollution Control
... It is important to remember that what sound like small temperature changes can have big consequences. At the peak of the last ice age, 18,000 years ago, it was only ...
... It is important to remember that what sound like small temperature changes can have big consequences. At the peak of the last ice age, 18,000 years ago, it was only ...
Topic 6: The Issue of Global Warming
... ice sheets are thinning, and, this and the thermal expansion of the seas will mean that sea levels will rise even more. An increase of between 1.5 and 4.5ºC could mean a sea level rise of 15-95cm (IPCC data). If there is a threshold and this is exceeded then sea levels could rise by metres. This co ...
... ice sheets are thinning, and, this and the thermal expansion of the seas will mean that sea levels will rise even more. An increase of between 1.5 and 4.5ºC could mean a sea level rise of 15-95cm (IPCC data). If there is a threshold and this is exceeded then sea levels could rise by metres. This co ...
Slide 1
... • Potential for reducing GHG emissions • Blunt targets for current biofuels mean few incentives for developing new technologies Recommendation • Policy makers should incentivise research and development of new biofuels technologies that: – reduce greenhouse gas emissions – avoid environmental harms ...
... • Potential for reducing GHG emissions • Blunt targets for current biofuels mean few incentives for developing new technologies Recommendation • Policy makers should incentivise research and development of new biofuels technologies that: – reduce greenhouse gas emissions – avoid environmental harms ...
Tuesday 26 October, 2010 – by Laurens Bouwer
... exposure with a catastrophe model. The approach is aimed at quantifying the bandwidth of the possible development of future weather risks. For a case study on flooding of the river Meuse in The Netherlands, future impacts from projected climate change and exposure on river flood risk have been separ ...
... exposure with a catastrophe model. The approach is aimed at quantifying the bandwidth of the possible development of future weather risks. For a case study on flooding of the river Meuse in The Netherlands, future impacts from projected climate change and exposure on river flood risk have been separ ...
Priorities Slovenian EU-Presidenc
... A range of measures are agreed and also deforestation was discussed. Citizens can do something at home, on the road, at the office, at school. State and local governements are participating in national voluntary programs and initiatives, are analyzing the costs and benefits of actions and developing ...
... A range of measures are agreed and also deforestation was discussed. Citizens can do something at home, on the road, at the office, at school. State and local governements are participating in national voluntary programs and initiatives, are analyzing the costs and benefits of actions and developing ...
Effects of Climate Change - Anoka
... https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/climate-change-global-sea-level 1. Why does sea level matter (how many people would be affected? ...
... https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/climate-change-global-sea-level 1. Why does sea level matter (how many people would be affected? ...
Top Ten Things You Need to Know about Global Warming
... the current rate of change due to human activity is unprecedented during at least the last 10,000 years. The projected range of temperature rise is wide because it includes a variety of possible future conditions, such as whether or not we control greenhouse gas emissions and different ways the clim ...
... the current rate of change due to human activity is unprecedented during at least the last 10,000 years. The projected range of temperature rise is wide because it includes a variety of possible future conditions, such as whether or not we control greenhouse gas emissions and different ways the clim ...
Human-forced climate change has already hit our region
... already caused our precipitation to become more extreme ...
... already caused our precipitation to become more extreme ...
Chapter_16_Power_Point
... Collegians consider it very important that they become “very well off financially” instead of “developing a meaningful philosophy in life” ...
... Collegians consider it very important that they become “very well off financially” instead of “developing a meaningful philosophy in life” ...