Annex II Risk profile outline
... To support informed decision making, the Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention, in collaboration with the Arctic Council‘s Arctic Monitoring Assessment Program (AMAP) have prepared a systematic and authoritative global review of the impacts of climate change on the dynamics and toxicity of persist ...
... To support informed decision making, the Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention, in collaboration with the Arctic Council‘s Arctic Monitoring Assessment Program (AMAP) have prepared a systematic and authoritative global review of the impacts of climate change on the dynamics and toxicity of persist ...
Climate change and its impact on the livelihood of farmers and
... Especially in the last twenty (20) years, a drastic rise in global temperatures has become evident. Global warming is a human-caused phenomenon due to an increase in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and other greenhouse gases (GHG) into the earth’s atmosphere. An overwhelming body of scientific eviden ...
... Especially in the last twenty (20) years, a drastic rise in global temperatures has become evident. Global warming is a human-caused phenomenon due to an increase in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and other greenhouse gases (GHG) into the earth’s atmosphere. An overwhelming body of scientific eviden ...
Greenland Ice Core Records and Rapid Climate Change Author(s
... and Johnsen et al. 1995). A representsthe Holocenerecord,establishedby counting annual ice layers. B is the recordfrom 10000 years to more than 250000 years, with a chronologyderived from ice flow modelling.is are interstadials. events and changes in the concentration of alkaline dust (Taylor et al. ...
... and Johnsen et al. 1995). A representsthe Holocenerecord,establishedby counting annual ice layers. B is the recordfrom 10000 years to more than 250000 years, with a chronologyderived from ice flow modelling.is are interstadials. events and changes in the concentration of alkaline dust (Taylor et al. ...
CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
... Vice Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Geneva E-mail: [email protected] ...
... Vice Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Geneva E-mail: [email protected] ...
Asymmetric Trends of Daily Maximum and Minimum Temperature
... mum temperature data from southeastern Australia. The IPCC (1990) reported a significant decrease in the The mean monthly maximum and minimum tem- DTRfrom both of these regions. Meanwhile,work from peratures are derived from an average of the daily another data exchange agreement, a bilateral agreem ...
... mum temperature data from southeastern Australia. The IPCC (1990) reported a significant decrease in the The mean monthly maximum and minimum tem- DTRfrom both of these regions. Meanwhile,work from peratures are derived from an average of the daily another data exchange agreement, a bilateral agreem ...
Monroe County Climate Action Plan
... opportunity to demonstrate leadership on this global issue by implementing the critical policies, practices and investments that will eventually reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and prepare us for the unavoidable impacts of climate change. We clearly have the most to lose. If sea-level rise is ...
... opportunity to demonstrate leadership on this global issue by implementing the critical policies, practices and investments that will eventually reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and prepare us for the unavoidable impacts of climate change. We clearly have the most to lose. If sea-level rise is ...
Recent worldwide CO2 emissions - Digging in the Clay
... This information is in their report, but it is well disguised from any lay reader, (chapter 6. Radiative Forcing of Climate Change: section 6.3.4 Total WellMixed Greenhouse Gas Forcing Estimate). Even so the effectiveness of CO2 as a greenhouse gas is well understood in the climate science community ...
... This information is in their report, but it is well disguised from any lay reader, (chapter 6. Radiative Forcing of Climate Change: section 6.3.4 Total WellMixed Greenhouse Gas Forcing Estimate). Even so the effectiveness of CO2 as a greenhouse gas is well understood in the climate science community ...
GRAID talking point - Stockholm Resilience Centre
... While there is a broad recognition of the need for a new development paradigm that is more universal, sustainable and global (as articulated in the SDGs), much of this work appears to tinker at the edges making small changes and adaptations to current development practice adding to rather than rethi ...
... While there is a broad recognition of the need for a new development paradigm that is more universal, sustainable and global (as articulated in the SDGs), much of this work appears to tinker at the edges making small changes and adaptations to current development practice adding to rather than rethi ...
Case Study: Climate Change Resilience of Melbourne
... have taken proactive measures in identifying and monitoring climate change impacts and planning for climate change adaptation. All councils, which have undertaken climate change adaptation planning, have implemented a risk management framework for their decision making. 13 The framework, based on th ...
... have taken proactive measures in identifying and monitoring climate change impacts and planning for climate change adaptation. All councils, which have undertaken climate change adaptation planning, have implemented a risk management framework for their decision making. 13 The framework, based on th ...
Exceptional twentieth-century slowdown in Atlantic Ocean
... LIA reflects a response to natural volcanic and solar forcing15–17 , and if anything this surface cooling strengthened the AMOC at least during the first part of the LIA. The fact that LIA coldness seems to have been even more pronounced in South America than in Europe18 further argues against a wea ...
... LIA reflects a response to natural volcanic and solar forcing15–17 , and if anything this surface cooling strengthened the AMOC at least during the first part of the LIA. The fact that LIA coldness seems to have been even more pronounced in South America than in Europe18 further argues against a wea ...
Evolving Comparative Advantage and the Impact of
... fields will produce wheat—which will then be exported to South—whereas all southern fields will produce rice—which will then be exported to North. As a result, world production and world consumption will be exactly the same as before climate change. Here, in spite of causing large negative productiv ...
... fields will produce wheat—which will then be exported to South—whereas all southern fields will produce rice—which will then be exported to North. As a result, world production and world consumption will be exactly the same as before climate change. Here, in spite of causing large negative productiv ...
An Inconvenient Trial - Digital Commons @ Liberty University
... which historically track in terms of international significance with the crimes against humanity at the heart of the Nuremberg Trials. This Article proposes the use of the judicial framework utilized in the Nuremberg Trials to seek truth and justice while building a historical record on claims of cl ...
... which historically track in terms of international significance with the crimes against humanity at the heart of the Nuremberg Trials. This Article proposes the use of the judicial framework utilized in the Nuremberg Trials to seek truth and justice while building a historical record on claims of cl ...
Robust institutional arrangements for national mitigation efforts
... thought. A theory however elegant and economical must be rejected or revised if it is untrue; likewise laws and institutions no matter how efficient and well-arranged must be reformed or abolished if they are unjust. Each person possesses an inviolability founded on justice that even the welfare of ...
... thought. A theory however elegant and economical must be rejected or revised if it is untrue; likewise laws and institutions no matter how efficient and well-arranged must be reformed or abolished if they are unjust. Each person possesses an inviolability founded on justice that even the welfare of ...
science-based targets
... relevant to climate change. They define carbon limits and the consequences of excessive emissions. Setting targets based on IPCC data allows businesses to position themselves for impending change, with the following benefits: INNOVATION / Companies are finding ways to strategically delink economic g ...
... relevant to climate change. They define carbon limits and the consequences of excessive emissions. Setting targets based on IPCC data allows businesses to position themselves for impending change, with the following benefits: INNOVATION / Companies are finding ways to strategically delink economic g ...
OZONE AND CARBON DIOXIDE
... they did not directly accept the blame or even challenge the claims of ozone destruction by their product. Instead, they saw an opportunity to look good by producing a supposedly less harmful product and make more money. 4. One of the scientists produced data funded by government that purported to s ...
... they did not directly accept the blame or even challenge the claims of ozone destruction by their product. Instead, they saw an opportunity to look good by producing a supposedly less harmful product and make more money. 4. One of the scientists produced data funded by government that purported to s ...
English
... As in the original report, climate-related geoengineering is defined as a deliberate intervention in the planetary environment of a nature and scale intended to counteract anthropogenic climate change and its impacts. This definition is used for the purposes of the 2015 Update without prejudice to a ...
... As in the original report, climate-related geoengineering is defined as a deliberate intervention in the planetary environment of a nature and scale intended to counteract anthropogenic climate change and its impacts. This definition is used for the purposes of the 2015 Update without prejudice to a ...
UNCCD News issue 6.1
... failing states in the world at the top of the list of real security threats today. However, land degradation and other environmental impacts related to climate change are just some of the many factors that might trigger conflict. The world’s drylands are likely to be affected by more extreme weather ...
... failing states in the world at the top of the list of real security threats today. However, land degradation and other environmental impacts related to climate change are just some of the many factors that might trigger conflict. The world’s drylands are likely to be affected by more extreme weather ...
Polish National Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change
... phenomena, taking place in the last few decades, tend to deepen and therefore they have become a matter of interest to governments and the international community. The results of scientific research clearly indicate that phenomena caused by climate change are a threat to the social and economic deve ...
... phenomena, taking place in the last few decades, tend to deepen and therefore they have become a matter of interest to governments and the international community. The results of scientific research clearly indicate that phenomena caused by climate change are a threat to the social and economic deve ...
Methane hydrates and Climate Change, Ruppel
... et al. 2008). Only gas hydrates at the top of the GHSZ, nominally at ~225 m depth for pure CH4 hydrate within permafrost, might be vulnerable to dissociation due to atmospheric warming over 103 yr. Such shallow, intrapermafrost gas hydrate has been sampled in the North American Arctic (Collett et al ...
... et al. 2008). Only gas hydrates at the top of the GHSZ, nominally at ~225 m depth for pure CH4 hydrate within permafrost, might be vulnerable to dissociation due to atmospheric warming over 103 yr. Such shallow, intrapermafrost gas hydrate has been sampled in the North American Arctic (Collett et al ...
Centre of Excellence Programme 2014-2019
... research chain and network optimized to have a clear impact on society. By addressing these questions of high relevance for both the science and for the society, and by tightly linking theory and experiments, we will contribute in solving the urgent issues related to the climate change. It is alread ...
... research chain and network optimized to have a clear impact on society. By addressing these questions of high relevance for both the science and for the society, and by tightly linking theory and experiments, we will contribute in solving the urgent issues related to the climate change. It is alread ...
The Third Oregon Climate Assessment Report
... (Oregon State University), Karin Bumbaco (Office of the Washington State Climatologist), Francis Chan (Oregon State University), Laurie Houston (Oregon State University), Kathy Lynn (University of Oregon), Guillaume Mauger (University of Washington), Holly Prendeville (US Forest Service), Gabrielle ...
... (Oregon State University), Karin Bumbaco (Office of the Washington State Climatologist), Francis Chan (Oregon State University), Laurie Houston (Oregon State University), Kathy Lynn (University of Oregon), Guillaume Mauger (University of Washington), Holly Prendeville (US Forest Service), Gabrielle ...
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... the possibility of non-linearities in responses, particularly the potential for triggering thresholds in earth systems, in ecosystem, or in economic outcomes. To be sure, uncertainties have been explored in major reports, such as the IPCC Scientific Assessment Reports from the first to the fifth. Ho ...
... the possibility of non-linearities in responses, particularly the potential for triggering thresholds in earth systems, in ecosystem, or in economic outcomes. To be sure, uncertainties have been explored in major reports, such as the IPCC Scientific Assessment Reports from the first to the fifth. Ho ...
Climate Risk Management for Financial Institutions
... The Climate Change 2014 Synthesis Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)4 notes that “In recent decades, changes in climate have caused impacts on natural and human systems on all continents and across the oceans. Impacts are due to observed climate change, irrespective of it ...
... The Climate Change 2014 Synthesis Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)4 notes that “In recent decades, changes in climate have caused impacts on natural and human systems on all continents and across the oceans. Impacts are due to observed climate change, irrespective of it ...
Peak and Decline Emissions Paths and the Global Warming Target
... concluded that the post‐2010 budget constraints for CO2 alone, for a 66% and 50% probability of holding warming to <2°C, were 480 GtC and 680 GtC respectively.9 These estimates generally presume that, over the future as in the past, the warming effects of Kyoto gases other that CO2, such as CH4 and ...
... concluded that the post‐2010 budget constraints for CO2 alone, for a 66% and 50% probability of holding warming to <2°C, were 480 GtC and 680 GtC respectively.9 These estimates generally presume that, over the future as in the past, the warming effects of Kyoto gases other that CO2, such as CH4 and ...
Attribution of recent climate change
Attribution of recent climate change is the effort to scientifically ascertain mechanisms responsible for recent changes observed in the Earth's climate, commonly known as 'global warming'. The effort has focused on changes observed during the period of instrumental temperature record, when records are most reliable; particularly in the last 50 years, when human activity has grown fastest and observations of the troposphere have become available. The dominant mechanisms (to which recent climate change has been attributed) are anthropogenic, i.e., the result of human activity. They are: increasing atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases global changes to land surface, such as deforestation increasing atmospheric concentrations of aerosols.There are also natural mechanisms for variation including climate oscillations, changes in solar activity, and volcanic activity.According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), it is ""extremely likely"" that human influence was the dominant cause of global warming between 1951 and 2010. The IPCC defines ""extremely likely"" as indicating a probability of 95 to 100%, based on an expert assessment of all the available evidence.Multiple lines of evidence support attribution of recent climate change to human activities: A basic physical understanding of the climate system: greenhouse gas concentrations have increased and their warming properties are well-established. Historical estimates of past climate changes suggest that the recent changes in global surface temperature are unusual. Computer-based climate models are unable to replicate the observed warming unless human greenhouse gas emissions are included. Natural forces alone (such as solar and volcanic activity) cannot explain the observed warming.The IPCC's attribution of recent global warming to human activities is a view shared by most scientists, and is also supported by 196 other scientific organizations worldwide (see also: scientific opinion on climate change).