Song of the prophets: a global theology of climate
... impact on many communities around the globe. In Africa, Asia and Latin America, our partners witness increasing food insecurity, an increasing prevalence of diseases like malaria, and many incidents of drought, flood, storm surges and rising sea levels. Our partners’ experience is that climate adapt ...
... impact on many communities around the globe. In Africa, Asia and Latin America, our partners witness increasing food insecurity, an increasing prevalence of diseases like malaria, and many incidents of drought, flood, storm surges and rising sea levels. Our partners’ experience is that climate adapt ...
Impacts of climate change on temperature and evaporation from a
... changing climate has been directing greater focus to how much water will be lost from Australia’s reservoirs in the future. This paper analyses evaporation rates from a large water supply reservoir in South-East Queensland (SEQ), Australia, under current climate and predicted climate change conditio ...
... changing climate has been directing greater focus to how much water will be lost from Australia’s reservoirs in the future. This paper analyses evaporation rates from a large water supply reservoir in South-East Queensland (SEQ), Australia, under current climate and predicted climate change conditio ...
Evaluating the Use of Ocean Models of Different Complexity in
... additional uncertainties in the forcing itself, especially in the indirect forcing by aerosols (IPCC, 2001). Unfortunately, the available observations for the 20th century can only place limited constraints on these key quantities (Andronova & Schlesinger, 2002; Gregory et al., 2002; Forest et al., ...
... additional uncertainties in the forcing itself, especially in the indirect forcing by aerosols (IPCC, 2001). Unfortunately, the available observations for the 20th century can only place limited constraints on these key quantities (Andronova & Schlesinger, 2002; Gregory et al., 2002; Forest et al., ...
A critical exploration of the concept of `climate stabilization`
... Climate stabilization has become an important approach to climate policy, and this paper provides a historical context to this approach and outlines points of critique. None of this is to denigrate the importance of climate mitigation, but rather to examine what the focus on climate stabilization ha ...
... Climate stabilization has become an important approach to climate policy, and this paper provides a historical context to this approach and outlines points of critique. None of this is to denigrate the importance of climate mitigation, but rather to examine what the focus on climate stabilization ha ...
cool policy: climate change mitigation supporting growth
... (IPCC, 2014b). Rises in sea levels of several metres due to melting of one or more of the major ice sheets, or disruption to ocean currents that could cause rapid switches in regional climates, are examples of these changes. Natural global climate change at rates lower than current human-related cli ...
... (IPCC, 2014b). Rises in sea levels of several metres due to melting of one or more of the major ice sheets, or disruption to ocean currents that could cause rapid switches in regional climates, are examples of these changes. Natural global climate change at rates lower than current human-related cli ...
Chapter 2: An Overview of Canada`s Changing Climate
... A 100-year warming trend1 of 0.74°C ± 0.18 °C in global surface air temperature was observed for the period 19062005 (IPCC, 2007). Several reports, including the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Statement on the Status of the Global Climate (WMO, 2013) and the American Meteorological Society ...
... A 100-year warming trend1 of 0.74°C ± 0.18 °C in global surface air temperature was observed for the period 19062005 (IPCC, 2007). Several reports, including the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Statement on the Status of the Global Climate (WMO, 2013) and the American Meteorological Society ...
Climate Change and Potential Impacts for the Aquaculture and Fisheries Sector in ASEAN+3
... Physical , health, water management , stocking density and time , culture protocol , cropping season; ...
... Physical , health, water management , stocking density and time , culture protocol , cropping season; ...
Inventory analysis
... • ISO: This LCA phase is aimed at understanding and evaluating the magnitude and significance of the potential environmental impacts of a product system. – International Standard ISO 14044 – Technical Report ISO/TR 14047 • This is the third phase of an LCA – LCIA ...
... • ISO: This LCA phase is aimed at understanding and evaluating the magnitude and significance of the potential environmental impacts of a product system. – International Standard ISO 14044 – Technical Report ISO/TR 14047 • This is the third phase of an LCA – LCIA ...
Polar Meteorology and Climate
... transformation of water between gas (water vapor), liquid water, and solid ice as it moves between the atmosphere, land, ocean and ice cover is essential to the polar climate system, and may also be a common feature on other non-Earth planets that have (or once had) water on their surface. Following ...
... transformation of water between gas (water vapor), liquid water, and solid ice as it moves between the atmosphere, land, ocean and ice cover is essential to the polar climate system, and may also be a common feature on other non-Earth planets that have (or once had) water on their surface. Following ...
Procedural Rights as a Crucial Tool to Combat Climate Change
... access to information are embedded in human rights treaties, multilateral environmental agreements, national constitutions and information laws, and in the jurisprudence of regional human rights and domestic courts, as well as national reporting and how these rights can be used for combating climate ...
... access to information are embedded in human rights treaties, multilateral environmental agreements, national constitutions and information laws, and in the jurisprudence of regional human rights and domestic courts, as well as national reporting and how these rights can be used for combating climate ...
City of North Vancouver Climate Change Adaptation Plan
... The effects of climate change are already evident in the City of North Vancouver, with measurable changes in temperature, precipitation, and extreme events in recent decades. Without adequate planning and adaptation these changes will have extensive impacts on the liveability of the City. The City h ...
... The effects of climate change are already evident in the City of North Vancouver, with measurable changes in temperature, precipitation, and extreme events in recent decades. Without adequate planning and adaptation these changes will have extensive impacts on the liveability of the City. The City h ...
Groundwater and climate in Africa—a review
... Projected changes in land cover are dominated by the conversion of forest to cropland and increased urbanisation (FAO, 2001). The sub-surface environment in Africa consists primarily of low-transmissivity weathered basement rocks and mudstones (MacDonald et al., 2009), as well as large sedimentary b ...
... Projected changes in land cover are dominated by the conversion of forest to cropland and increased urbanisation (FAO, 2001). The sub-surface environment in Africa consists primarily of low-transmissivity weathered basement rocks and mudstones (MacDonald et al., 2009), as well as large sedimentary b ...
Adaptation - Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
... The Earth’s climate is rapidly changing. In the United States and other nations, people are seeing how the impacts of rising global temperatures, shifting patterns of precipitation, rising sea levels, and other changes are affecting their communities, their livelihoods, and the natural environment. ...
... The Earth’s climate is rapidly changing. In the United States and other nations, people are seeing how the impacts of rising global temperatures, shifting patterns of precipitation, rising sea levels, and other changes are affecting their communities, their livelihoods, and the natural environment. ...
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... In the United States, the share of land among cropland, pasture and rangeland, and forests has changed little over the past fifty years. In 2007, cropland use was 408 million acres, grassland pasture and range was 614 million acres, and forests accounted for 671 million acres. The Natural Resources ...
... In the United States, the share of land among cropland, pasture and rangeland, and forests has changed little over the past fifty years. In 2007, cropland use was 408 million acres, grassland pasture and range was 614 million acres, and forests accounted for 671 million acres. The Natural Resources ...
Adapting portfolios to climate change
... fossil fuel subsidies. This creates opportunities in areas such as renewable infrastructure and underscores the importance of using climate-aware investment tools. The global economy will require big investments in infrastructure as populations and the middle class grow – especially in energy system ...
... fossil fuel subsidies. This creates opportunities in areas such as renewable infrastructure and underscores the importance of using climate-aware investment tools. The global economy will require big investments in infrastructure as populations and the middle class grow – especially in energy system ...
Why join a carbon club? A study of the banks participating
... López-Gamero et al., 2008) literature. Since we do so mainly using the body of literature under the new institutional theory, our main contribution also locates in this scientific discipline. We adopted the case method in order to encompass the broad and diverse set of possible explanations for our r ...
... López-Gamero et al., 2008) literature. Since we do so mainly using the body of literature under the new institutional theory, our main contribution also locates in this scientific discipline. We adopted the case method in order to encompass the broad and diverse set of possible explanations for our r ...
The Carbon Cycle - San Jose State University
... The amount of carbon in carbonate minerals (e.g., limestone) is approximately – the same as the amount of carbon in Venus’ atmosphere On Earth, most of the CO2 produced is – now “locked up” in the carbonates On Venus, the silicate-to-carbonate conversion process ...
... The amount of carbon in carbonate minerals (e.g., limestone) is approximately – the same as the amount of carbon in Venus’ atmosphere On Earth, most of the CO2 produced is – now “locked up” in the carbonates On Venus, the silicate-to-carbonate conversion process ...
View/Open
... net additions to GHG emissions, most of which is carbon dioxide from fossil fuel burning, will cause and are already causing climate change, the speed and direction of which will be damaging to most, if not all countries (IPCC 2001, 2007). Since GHGs are long-lived, global pollutants, and since glob ...
... net additions to GHG emissions, most of which is carbon dioxide from fossil fuel burning, will cause and are already causing climate change, the speed and direction of which will be damaging to most, if not all countries (IPCC 2001, 2007). Since GHGs are long-lived, global pollutants, and since glob ...
Terms of Reference for the Climate Support Facility under the GCCA
... Climate change is of major concern to countries of the ACP Group, as expressed in a number of political declarations. The European Consensus of 2005 ensured that adaptation to the negative effects of climate change would be central to the Community's support of LDCs and SIDS (Part 2, Art. 76). In Se ...
... Climate change is of major concern to countries of the ACP Group, as expressed in a number of political declarations. The European Consensus of 2005 ensured that adaptation to the negative effects of climate change would be central to the Community's support of LDCs and SIDS (Part 2, Art. 76). In Se ...
Standard PDF - Wiley Online Library
... with sufficient stratospheric sulfate aerosol loading, backscattered insolation will cool Earth. The amount of cooling depends on the amount of aerosols and how long the aerosol cloud is maintained in the stratosphere. Many negative impacts of global warming are strongly correlated with global avera ...
... with sufficient stratospheric sulfate aerosol loading, backscattered insolation will cool Earth. The amount of cooling depends on the amount of aerosols and how long the aerosol cloud is maintained in the stratosphere. Many negative impacts of global warming are strongly correlated with global avera ...
interspecific interactions exceed climate effects
... Luoto, 2007; Suttle et al., 2007; Van Der Putten et al., 2010). For tightly linked species, such as insects and their host plants, the effect of biotic interactions can be stronger than climate effects on range extent, even at a continental scale (Araujo & Luoto, 2007). However, to date, the role of ...
... Luoto, 2007; Suttle et al., 2007; Van Der Putten et al., 2010). For tightly linked species, such as insects and their host plants, the effect of biotic interactions can be stronger than climate effects on range extent, even at a continental scale (Araujo & Luoto, 2007). However, to date, the role of ...
Briefing on Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2017
... food aid due to drought exacerbated by an El Nino that has been intensified by human-induced global warming. These are the women and men on the front lines of a climate crisis to which they have not contributed. In recent years, some 185 million people have been displaced by disaster and climate cha ...
... food aid due to drought exacerbated by an El Nino that has been intensified by human-induced global warming. These are the women and men on the front lines of a climate crisis to which they have not contributed. In recent years, some 185 million people have been displaced by disaster and climate cha ...
Author`s personal copy - College of DuPage Weather
... greenhouse gases, sulphate aerosols, volcanic aerosols, and solar irradiance from the 20th century), and 21st century scenarios (containing estimated changes in greenhouse gas and aerosol concentrations). For the study presented here, two 11-year epochs were compared to evaluate potential changes in ...
... greenhouse gases, sulphate aerosols, volcanic aerosols, and solar irradiance from the 20th century), and 21st century scenarios (containing estimated changes in greenhouse gas and aerosol concentrations). For the study presented here, two 11-year epochs were compared to evaluate potential changes in ...
Word - Council of Europe
... biodiversity/ecosystems in climate change adaptation, and the role of biodiversity and ecosystems in climate change mitigation. Their current work includes a project on the impacts of climate change on Natura 2000 sites; work for the CBD AHTEG on Biodiversity and Climate Change, including scientific ...
... biodiversity/ecosystems in climate change adaptation, and the role of biodiversity and ecosystems in climate change mitigation. Their current work includes a project on the impacts of climate change on Natura 2000 sites; work for the CBD AHTEG on Biodiversity and Climate Change, including scientific ...
ALBEDO ENHANCEMENT BY STRATOSPHERIC SULFUR
... disappointing international political response to the required greenhouse gas emissions, and further considering some drastic results of recent studies (Andreae et al., 2005; Stainforth et al., 2005), research on the feasibility and environmental consequences of climate engineering of the kind prese ...
... disappointing international political response to the required greenhouse gas emissions, and further considering some drastic results of recent studies (Andreae et al., 2005; Stainforth et al., 2005), research on the feasibility and environmental consequences of climate engineering of the kind prese ...
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).