University of Papua New Guinea Success Story
... • Incorporating Climate Change Modules into the existing Course Programs at UPNG • Courses integrating the Climate Change modules in their existing course structure; - Resource Management and Environmental Sustainability - Soils and Land use Planning - Comprehensive Hazards and risk Management - Bac ...
... • Incorporating Climate Change Modules into the existing Course Programs at UPNG • Courses integrating the Climate Change modules in their existing course structure; - Resource Management and Environmental Sustainability - Soils and Land use Planning - Comprehensive Hazards and risk Management - Bac ...
The African Climate Solution Unlocking Africa`s Potential in the
... change, which was re-iterated by the African Heads of State and Government at the African Union Summit in January 2007. The Heads of State and Government called on all stakeholders including governments, private sector actors, and civil society - to actively address climate change. These leaders hig ...
... change, which was re-iterated by the African Heads of State and Government at the African Union Summit in January 2007. The Heads of State and Government called on all stakeholders including governments, private sector actors, and civil society - to actively address climate change. These leaders hig ...
Inability of stratospheric sulfate aerosol injections to preserve the
... ice sheet outlets. Warmed subsurface ocean waters that destabilize marine ice sheets may introduce threshold behavior in ice sheet mass loss [Notz, 2009] such that ice sheet loss, and hence SLR, becomes nonlinear with increased warming [Joughin et al., 2014]. To promptly avoid SLR in the face of ris ...
... ice sheet outlets. Warmed subsurface ocean waters that destabilize marine ice sheets may introduce threshold behavior in ice sheet mass loss [Notz, 2009] such that ice sheet loss, and hence SLR, becomes nonlinear with increased warming [Joughin et al., 2014]. To promptly avoid SLR in the face of ris ...
People as sensors: Mass media and local temperature influence
... respondents reported a multi-decadal trend of increasing temperatures and decreasing rainfall, which affected their crops. From a large survey of farmers from ten countries in different parts of Africa, Maddison (2007, p. 22) found that many of them have already noticed that the temperatures have in ...
... respondents reported a multi-decadal trend of increasing temperatures and decreasing rainfall, which affected their crops. From a large survey of farmers from ten countries in different parts of Africa, Maddison (2007, p. 22) found that many of them have already noticed that the temperatures have in ...
Implications of global warming for the climate of African rainforests
... tropics, including the south and west of the Congo Basin, where there is a negative anomaly greater than 16 mm month21 per 8C of DTg in the AO-PPE ensemble mean. This means there is inter-model agreement that dry seasons will intensify in regions where models agree that there will be no significant ...
... tropics, including the south and west of the Congo Basin, where there is a negative anomaly greater than 16 mm month21 per 8C of DTg in the AO-PPE ensemble mean. This means there is inter-model agreement that dry seasons will intensify in regions where models agree that there will be no significant ...
Overview of climate science and international circumstances
... • Greenhouse gases are being emitted by human activities (principally carbon dioxide from fossil fuel burning) at an increasing rate and are accumulating in the atmosphere. Emissions of other air pollutants have a net cooling influence, partially offsetting greenhouse warming to date. • Trends in ...
... • Greenhouse gases are being emitted by human activities (principally carbon dioxide from fossil fuel burning) at an increasing rate and are accumulating in the atmosphere. Emissions of other air pollutants have a net cooling influence, partially offsetting greenhouse warming to date. • Trends in ...
Name - HannibalPhysics
... Introduction: Climate and land cover data has been collected for many decades in the United States and provides a baseline to compare future data with to look for changes in levels of precipitation, temperature, and land cover. NASA and other agencies are constantly monitoring many variables associa ...
... Introduction: Climate and land cover data has been collected for many decades in the United States and provides a baseline to compare future data with to look for changes in levels of precipitation, temperature, and land cover. NASA and other agencies are constantly monitoring many variables associa ...
Climate Change, Human Rights and the Problem of Motivation
... with the minimalist approach I have introduced above, I will instead consider them as negative rights. I assess how climate change threatens them by using mainly the 2007 IPCC Report,10 the most authoritative scientific source for multidisciplinary debates on the topic. Beginning with the right to s ...
... with the minimalist approach I have introduced above, I will instead consider them as negative rights. I assess how climate change threatens them by using mainly the 2007 IPCC Report,10 the most authoritative scientific source for multidisciplinary debates on the topic. Beginning with the right to s ...
PHYS575 Syllabus - Atmospheric Physics 1
... What does academic integrity mean in this course? Essentially this: when you are responsible for a task, you will perform that task. When you rely on someone else’s work in an aspect of the performance of that task, you will give full credit in the proper, accepted form. Another aspect of academic i ...
... What does academic integrity mean in this course? Essentially this: when you are responsible for a task, you will perform that task. When you rely on someone else’s work in an aspect of the performance of that task, you will give full credit in the proper, accepted form. Another aspect of academic i ...
Urban growth and climate change
... global externality. No individual, firm, or nation has an incentive to unilaterally reduce its emissions. Such an action would be costly and would have only a minor impact on reducing aggregate global GHG emissions. Given that the world’s population equals roughly 7 billion, global annual average pe ...
... global externality. No individual, firm, or nation has an incentive to unilaterally reduce its emissions. Such an action would be costly and would have only a minor impact on reducing aggregate global GHG emissions. Given that the world’s population equals roughly 7 billion, global annual average pe ...
climate_change_pt1
... compressed and eventually turns into a thin layer of solid ice. The ice contains small bubbles of air trapped in the snow, samples of the atmosphere at the time the snow originally fell. Scientists are able to date the ice layers and then take the air out of these bubbles and measure the carbon diox ...
... compressed and eventually turns into a thin layer of solid ice. The ice contains small bubbles of air trapped in the snow, samples of the atmosphere at the time the snow originally fell. Scientists are able to date the ice layers and then take the air out of these bubbles and measure the carbon diox ...
Comment by: Patrick J. Michaels and Paul C. Knappenberger
... The IWG2010 report noted that, concerning the low end of the ECS distribution, its determination reflected a greater degree of certainty that a low ECS value could be excluded than did the IPCC. From the IWG2010 (p. 14): “Finally, we note the IPCC judgment that the equilibrium climate sensitivity “ ...
... The IWG2010 report noted that, concerning the low end of the ECS distribution, its determination reflected a greater degree of certainty that a low ECS value could be excluded than did the IPCC. From the IWG2010 (p. 14): “Finally, we note the IPCC judgment that the equilibrium climate sensitivity “ ...
Responding to Threats of Climate Change Mega
... Smith, Schneider, Oppenheimer et al. 2009). Changes in ecosystems resulting from changes in temperature and rainfall incidence and increased climate variability have the potential to cause significant loss of biodiversity. The IPCC estimates that with global mean temperatures increasing 2 and 3 degr ...
... Smith, Schneider, Oppenheimer et al. 2009). Changes in ecosystems resulting from changes in temperature and rainfall incidence and increased climate variability have the potential to cause significant loss of biodiversity. The IPCC estimates that with global mean temperatures increasing 2 and 3 degr ...
Is climate change the number one threat to
... For instance, although climate change would increase the population at risk (PAR) for malaria by as much as 320 million in 2085, PAR in the absence of warming would be 8,800 million.15,27 That is, climate change would contribute less than 4% to the total PAR for malaria. Similarly, warming would ...
... For instance, although climate change would increase the population at risk (PAR) for malaria by as much as 320 million in 2085, PAR in the absence of warming would be 8,800 million.15,27 That is, climate change would contribute less than 4% to the total PAR for malaria. Similarly, warming would ...
Communicating the risks of global warming
... A clear majority of respondents (68%) were most concerned about the impacts on people around the world and non-human nature. Only 13% were most concerned about the impacts on themselves, their family or their local community. This may help explain why global climate change remains a relatively low p ...
... A clear majority of respondents (68%) were most concerned about the impacts on people around the world and non-human nature. Only 13% were most concerned about the impacts on themselves, their family or their local community. This may help explain why global climate change remains a relatively low p ...
space and climate change
... the United Nations, emphasized climate change as the “defining challenge of our time”. As highlighted in the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 3 overwhelming scientific evidence indicates that climate change will threaten economic growth and long-term ...
... the United Nations, emphasized climate change as the “defining challenge of our time”. As highlighted in the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 3 overwhelming scientific evidence indicates that climate change will threaten economic growth and long-term ...
View/Open
... rural areas. Considerable progress has been made in studying the concept and issues of global climate (Bryant 1997; and see IPCC 2001a,b,c and the references cited therein), and evaluating the potential effects on global agriculture (Rosenzweig & Parry, 1994; Mendelsohn & Williams, 2004; Kurukulasur ...
... rural areas. Considerable progress has been made in studying the concept and issues of global climate (Bryant 1997; and see IPCC 2001a,b,c and the references cited therein), and evaluating the potential effects on global agriculture (Rosenzweig & Parry, 1994; Mendelsohn & Williams, 2004; Kurukulasur ...
Elemental Geosystems, 5e (Christopherson)
... D) It is unrelated to the replacement rate for harvested and cleared forests. Answer: 69) Which of the following is incorrect relative to a rise in sea level? A) About 25 percent of the rising level is due to thermal expansion. B) Concern is focused on the contribution from the melting of already fl ...
... D) It is unrelated to the replacement rate for harvested and cleared forests. Answer: 69) Which of the following is incorrect relative to a rise in sea level? A) About 25 percent of the rising level is due to thermal expansion. B) Concern is focused on the contribution from the melting of already fl ...
Climate Ready Stirling
... can already be seen in increased air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice and sea level rise. The temperature increase is widespread across the planet and is greatest at higher northern latitudes. Land regions have warmed faster than the oceans. Sea levels are rising from a com ...
... can already be seen in increased air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice and sea level rise. The temperature increase is widespread across the planet and is greatest at higher northern latitudes. Land regions have warmed faster than the oceans. Sea levels are rising from a com ...
Sposito et al. 2012. Austr Decision
... carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and halocarbons (a group of gases containing fluoride, chlorine and bromide). Since the Industrial Revolution (around 1750), global atmospheric concentrations of CO2, CH4 and N2O have increased markedly as a result of human activities, and now ...
... carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and halocarbons (a group of gases containing fluoride, chlorine and bromide). Since the Industrial Revolution (around 1750), global atmospheric concentrations of CO2, CH4 and N2O have increased markedly as a result of human activities, and now ...
Climate Change Mitigation in Emerging Economies The Case of
... Indonesia ranks third after China and the United States in emitting greenhouse gases. This is mainly due to emissions from deforestation and peatland conversion. Since COP 13 Indonesia has sought to showcase itself as an active global leader in climate diplomacy. Despite quite low per capita emissio ...
... Indonesia ranks third after China and the United States in emitting greenhouse gases. This is mainly due to emissions from deforestation and peatland conversion. Since COP 13 Indonesia has sought to showcase itself as an active global leader in climate diplomacy. Despite quite low per capita emissio ...
Climate Change, the Oceans, and the Business of Seafood: A View
... oceanic conditions including but not limited to fluctuations in temperature (including sea surface temperature), timing and extent of sea ice cover, precipitation, and zooplankton blooms. Recent figures estimate that ocean surface water has warmed by approximately 0.11 degrees Celsius per decade bet ...
... oceanic conditions including but not limited to fluctuations in temperature (including sea surface temperature), timing and extent of sea ice cover, precipitation, and zooplankton blooms. Recent figures estimate that ocean surface water has warmed by approximately 0.11 degrees Celsius per decade bet ...
Sustainable Development
... possible. But over the last half-century, emissions from cars and industry, urbanization, agricultural practices and land clearance have boosted concentrations of greenhouse gases. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), sponsored jointly by WMO and the United Nations Environment Progr ...
... possible. But over the last half-century, emissions from cars and industry, urbanization, agricultural practices and land clearance have boosted concentrations of greenhouse gases. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), sponsored jointly by WMO and the United Nations Environment Progr ...
climate in change nature and society challanges for the barents
... hurricanes. At the same time the sea level is rising, because warmer water demands more space and because inland ice in the Arctic is melting. Human activities, with high fossil fuel consumption, intense land-use and changes in use of area have resulted in the present concentrations of greenhouse ga ...
... hurricanes. At the same time the sea level is rising, because warmer water demands more space and because inland ice in the Arctic is melting. Human activities, with high fossil fuel consumption, intense land-use and changes in use of area have resulted in the present concentrations of greenhouse ga ...
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).