Sustainability Insight
... Facilitated discussion and consultation • What changes, additional topics would you like to sees included in the second phase of the Resource Map – 10 minutes • What additional tools would you like to see developed to help inform you and provide guidance on the issues relating to climate change, car ...
... Facilitated discussion and consultation • What changes, additional topics would you like to sees included in the second phase of the Resource Map – 10 minutes • What additional tools would you like to see developed to help inform you and provide guidance on the issues relating to climate change, car ...
Climate Change Effects on Vegetation Distribution and
... on that climate to determine the vegetation type and its density. So the questions that remained were: How did this vegetation type come to be? Has it been a smooth transition from one vegetation type to another, or have there been abrupt changes and many transition states? Has there been a linear d ...
... on that climate to determine the vegetation type and its density. So the questions that remained were: How did this vegetation type come to be? Has it been a smooth transition from one vegetation type to another, or have there been abrupt changes and many transition states? Has there been a linear d ...
Approaches for generating climate change scenarios for use in
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC 2007) reported a substantial body of research which supports a picture of a warming world with significant changes in regional climate systems. For instance, an increase in the area of the globe affected by drought under enhanced greenhouse gas con ...
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC 2007) reported a substantial body of research which supports a picture of a warming world with significant changes in regional climate systems. For instance, an increase in the area of the globe affected by drought under enhanced greenhouse gas con ...
The greenhouse effect
... Explain the molecular mechanisms by which greenhouse gases absorb infrared radiation. Greenhouse gases are all molecular in nature, (meaning comprised of more than one atom). For our purposes we will consider the triatomic molecule CO2. A simple model of CO2 has springs connecting the two oxygen ...
... Explain the molecular mechanisms by which greenhouse gases absorb infrared radiation. Greenhouse gases are all molecular in nature, (meaning comprised of more than one atom). For our purposes we will consider the triatomic molecule CO2. A simple model of CO2 has springs connecting the two oxygen ...
Small Island States
... (speed and direction) and short-term variations in regional and local patterns of wave action. Owing to their coastal location, the majority of socioeconomic activities and infrastructure and the population are likely to be highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and sea-level rise. Revie ...
... (speed and direction) and short-term variations in regional and local patterns of wave action. Owing to their coastal location, the majority of socioeconomic activities and infrastructure and the population are likely to be highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and sea-level rise. Revie ...
The Social Cost of Carbon
... enable fully informed policy making’. Review of SCC values and uncertainty The two projects reviewed the SCC literature and examined reasons for the differences in literature values. The review indicates that with typical assumptions about discounting and aggregation, many central estimates of the m ...
... enable fully informed policy making’. Review of SCC values and uncertainty The two projects reviewed the SCC literature and examined reasons for the differences in literature values. The review indicates that with typical assumptions about discounting and aggregation, many central estimates of the m ...
Climate-change policy: why has so little been achieved?
... and most oil reservoirs are abandoned after half or less of the oil has been extracted. More worrying from a climate-change perspective, there is enough coal to last well beyond this century—and, given recent oil price increases and the wide dispersal of coal reserves, it is not surprising that coal ...
... and most oil reservoirs are abandoned after half or less of the oil has been extracted. More worrying from a climate-change perspective, there is enough coal to last well beyond this century—and, given recent oil price increases and the wide dispersal of coal reserves, it is not surprising that coal ...
Local Knowledge and Perception of Climate Change among Apple
... How are these perceptions of climate change and the adverse impact of climate change on apple production to be understood? How do farmers think about climate, and what may be causing the climate to deteriorate as far as they are concerned? Do these perceptions of climate change facilitate action aim ...
... How are these perceptions of climate change and the adverse impact of climate change on apple production to be understood? How do farmers think about climate, and what may be causing the climate to deteriorate as far as they are concerned? Do these perceptions of climate change facilitate action aim ...
Korea University International Summer Campus 2017 ISC392
... oceans are acidifying and entire biomes (a distinct ecological community of plants and animals living together in a particular climate) are disappearing – all at a rate measurable within a single human lifetime! The future of many living organisms is now in question (for example: Cheetahs today numb ...
... oceans are acidifying and entire biomes (a distinct ecological community of plants and animals living together in a particular climate) are disappearing – all at a rate measurable within a single human lifetime! The future of many living organisms is now in question (for example: Cheetahs today numb ...
economics of climate change: sensitivity analysis of social cost
... there are numerous long-term changes observed in other aspects of climate change. For example, there are changes in global rainfall patterns and an increase in the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events such as heat waves, heavy rain falls and tropical cyclones. (IPCC, 2007.) GHGs that ar ...
... there are numerous long-term changes observed in other aspects of climate change. For example, there are changes in global rainfall patterns and an increase in the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events such as heat waves, heavy rain falls and tropical cyclones. (IPCC, 2007.) GHGs that ar ...
Out of the Maze Montreal Protocol, Climate Benefits
... the Montreal Protocol to finding significant, near-term reductions in emissions that are many times more potent climate forcers than carbon dioxide. Because the Montreal Protocol was undertaken to save the ozone layer, some will argue that we should not use the treaty in any other way. But protectin ...
... the Montreal Protocol to finding significant, near-term reductions in emissions that are many times more potent climate forcers than carbon dioxide. Because the Montreal Protocol was undertaken to save the ozone layer, some will argue that we should not use the treaty in any other way. But protectin ...
Climate Change and the Law
... Chapter 8 describes the Kyoto Protocol’s compliance regime. Because of the slow pace of the climate change negotiations and the threat of international litigation from some small island nations, the end of the chapter is designed as a mock international dispute at the International Court of Justice. ...
... Chapter 8 describes the Kyoto Protocol’s compliance regime. Because of the slow pace of the climate change negotiations and the threat of international litigation from some small island nations, the end of the chapter is designed as a mock international dispute at the International Court of Justice. ...
the Report - ULI Europe
... having to address the causes of climate change, of which it is a main contributor, through an evolving range of requirements that include regulatory controls on CO2 emissions, environmental and sustainability strategies; and the ‘greening’ of property investment portfolios and developments. However, ...
... having to address the causes of climate change, of which it is a main contributor, through an evolving range of requirements that include regulatory controls on CO2 emissions, environmental and sustainability strategies; and the ‘greening’ of property investment portfolios and developments. However, ...
How The Wall Street Journal Opinion Section
... As 196 nations came together to sign the Paris climate agreement in December 2015, the Wall Street Journal cast doubt21 on the risk climate change poses. As the science increasingly points to impacts being seen here and now, a fact acknowledged22 by other editorial boards, the Journal remained stead ...
... As 196 nations came together to sign the Paris climate agreement in December 2015, the Wall Street Journal cast doubt21 on the risk climate change poses. As the science increasingly points to impacts being seen here and now, a fact acknowledged22 by other editorial boards, the Journal remained stead ...
Document
... • Scales: Cloud Resolving/Mesoscale/Regional/Global – Global= General Circulation Models (GCM’s) Gettelman: November 2006 ...
... • Scales: Cloud Resolving/Mesoscale/Regional/Global – Global= General Circulation Models (GCM’s) Gettelman: November 2006 ...
Considerations for Addressing Climate Change
... assessments conducted by BCMoTI and 20 risk assessments of infrastructure systems from across Canada conducted under the auspices of the Engineers Canada PIEVC initiative. Each study included in the analysis was conducted with input and guidance from expert working groups, who ensured that the asses ...
... assessments conducted by BCMoTI and 20 risk assessments of infrastructure systems from across Canada conducted under the auspices of the Engineers Canada PIEVC initiative. Each study included in the analysis was conducted with input and guidance from expert working groups, who ensured that the asses ...
Wildlife in Hot Water - National Wildlife Federation
... Brook trout, known for their speckled bodies and need of cool streams, are severely threatened by climate change in places like the Southeast. If air temperatures warm by just 2.7° Fahrenheit from current conditions, which is expected if carbon emissions are not dramatically and quickly reduced, the ...
... Brook trout, known for their speckled bodies and need of cool streams, are severely threatened by climate change in places like the Southeast. If air temperatures warm by just 2.7° Fahrenheit from current conditions, which is expected if carbon emissions are not dramatically and quickly reduced, the ...
Extensive and drastically different alpine lake changes on
... These changes in lake area on the TP, particularly the expansion during recent decades, have been attributed to multiple factors, including precipitation and evaporation [Biskop et al., 2016; Yang et al., 2014], glacier/snow melting [Neckel et al., 2014; Yao et al., 2012], permafrost degradation [Li ...
... These changes in lake area on the TP, particularly the expansion during recent decades, have been attributed to multiple factors, including precipitation and evaporation [Biskop et al., 2016; Yang et al., 2014], glacier/snow melting [Neckel et al., 2014; Yao et al., 2012], permafrost degradation [Li ...
2014, a climate emergency
... What appears to be happening is best described as the development of a more “energetic” climate, with increasingly intense weather activity stemming from more energy in the atmosphere due to carbon emissions. It follows the almost unnoticed report from the World Meteorological Organisation [8] (WMO) ...
... What appears to be happening is best described as the development of a more “energetic” climate, with increasingly intense weather activity stemming from more energy in the atmosphere due to carbon emissions. It follows the almost unnoticed report from the World Meteorological Organisation [8] (WMO) ...
Mean Annual Precipitation Explains - CURVE
... they delineate relatively temporally stable community assemblages and allowed us to obtain a nearly continuous sequence of mammal community change without large intervening gaps. Using NALMA subdivisions leads to time averaging of mammal communities and to differences in sampling (i.e. intensity, ge ...
... they delineate relatively temporally stable community assemblages and allowed us to obtain a nearly continuous sequence of mammal community change without large intervening gaps. Using NALMA subdivisions leads to time averaging of mammal communities and to differences in sampling (i.e. intensity, ge ...
publication - rr369
... failing to meet these increased costs may die. The survival rates of both adult and first-year Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) (Peach et al. 1994) in the UK have been shown to decrease with decreasing winter temperatures. A similar relationship has also been identified for Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos ...
... failing to meet these increased costs may die. The survival rates of both adult and first-year Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) (Peach et al. 1994) in the UK have been shown to decrease with decreasing winter temperatures. A similar relationship has also been identified for Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos ...
Quaternary of South-West England
... In Britain, the area covered by ice varied considerably during different glaciations. During the last (Late Devensian) glaciation, ice extended as far south as the north Midlands, impinging on the north coast of East Anglia and covering most of South Wales. During earlier glaciations ice sheets were ...
... In Britain, the area covered by ice varied considerably during different glaciations. During the last (Late Devensian) glaciation, ice extended as far south as the north Midlands, impinging on the north coast of East Anglia and covering most of South Wales. During earlier glaciations ice sheets were ...
observed climate changes in georgia georgia temperature history
... areas along the Georgia coast and other low-lying areas around the world, clamoring that the IPCC was far too conservative in its projections. However, these rather alarmist views are not based upon the most reliable scientific information, ignoring what our best understanding of how a warmer world ...
... areas along the Georgia coast and other low-lying areas around the world, clamoring that the IPCC was far too conservative in its projections. However, these rather alarmist views are not based upon the most reliable scientific information, ignoring what our best understanding of how a warmer world ...
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).