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... and adaptation to climate change, and to hold an insession workshop at SBSTA-22 • Adaptation is a top priority for all countries and particularly developing countries • SA itself is vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change • SBSTA work programme should have a clear focus on adapting to th ...
... and adaptation to climate change, and to hold an insession workshop at SBSTA-22 • Adaptation is a top priority for all countries and particularly developing countries • SA itself is vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change • SBSTA work programme should have a clear focus on adapting to th ...
From convergence to contention: United States mass media representations of
... in a the Kyoto Treaty,6 as well as a carbon-basedindustry-funded advertising campaign opposing US ratification – contributed to an upswing in media articles and reports. As another example, the events of 2006 also generated a deluge of media attention. Contributing to this increase was the opening o ...
... in a the Kyoto Treaty,6 as well as a carbon-basedindustry-funded advertising campaign opposing US ratification – contributed to an upswing in media articles and reports. As another example, the events of 2006 also generated a deluge of media attention. Contributing to this increase was the opening o ...
Civic Education About Climate Change
... understanding the natural and man-made causes of climate change as well as current and future climate change-related impacts and risks (Nisbet & Myers, 2007). The recent Yale University report “Americans Knowledge of Climate Change” is the most comprehensive conceptualization and measurement of clim ...
... understanding the natural and man-made causes of climate change as well as current and future climate change-related impacts and risks (Nisbet & Myers, 2007). The recent Yale University report “Americans Knowledge of Climate Change” is the most comprehensive conceptualization and measurement of clim ...
2011 - Northwest Fire Science Consortium
... literature review and assessment of the sensitivity of vegetation, fish, wildlife, and hydrology and roads to climate change; (2) a review of current management practices and constraints; and (3) development of adaptation plans of action through collaborative workshops, involving research scientists ...
... literature review and assessment of the sensitivity of vegetation, fish, wildlife, and hydrology and roads to climate change; (2) a review of current management practices and constraints; and (3) development of adaptation plans of action through collaborative workshops, involving research scientists ...
The Influence of Climate Variability and Change on the Science and
... morphology, and changes in forest density have been associated with PDO cycles in conifer forests of the Sierra Nevada, California (Millar et al. 2004). Climate variability drives interannual to multicentury changes in fire regimes by regulating plant productivity and fuel conditions in areas where ...
... morphology, and changes in forest density have been associated with PDO cycles in conifer forests of the Sierra Nevada, California (Millar et al. 2004). Climate variability drives interannual to multicentury changes in fire regimes by regulating plant productivity and fuel conditions in areas where ...
climate change in brazil
... stand out: i) definition of a carbon price, through the implementation of taxes; ii) regulatory or market presence; iii) development of low carbon technologies with a focus on energy efficiency; and iv) removal of behavioral barriers. In relation to the suggestion of levying carbon taxes as highligh ...
... stand out: i) definition of a carbon price, through the implementation of taxes; ii) regulatory or market presence; iii) development of low carbon technologies with a focus on energy efficiency; and iv) removal of behavioral barriers. In relation to the suggestion of levying carbon taxes as highligh ...
magnitude and frequency
... This Report Card provides an appraisal of the evidence for potential changes in flood magnitude and frequency based on climate model results. The majority of climate model experiments point to increased flood hazard for the UK linked to more extreme precipitation events and greater winter rainfall t ...
... This Report Card provides an appraisal of the evidence for potential changes in flood magnitude and frequency based on climate model results. The majority of climate model experiments point to increased flood hazard for the UK linked to more extreme precipitation events and greater winter rainfall t ...
one National Security and Climate Change in Perspective
... greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. “It is time to stop waffling so much and say that the evidence is pretty strong,” he declared, warning, “Global warming . . . is already happening now.”7 Hansen’s testimony is regarded as a major catalyst for getting Washington to think about climate change. Howev ...
... greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. “It is time to stop waffling so much and say that the evidence is pretty strong,” he declared, warning, “Global warming . . . is already happening now.”7 Hansen’s testimony is regarded as a major catalyst for getting Washington to think about climate change. Howev ...
PowerPoint Lecture - UCSD Department of Physics
... concentrations [of greenhouse gases]. ... It appears likely that, as climate warms, these feedbacks will lead to an overall increase rather than a decrease in natural greenhouse gas abundances. For this reason, climate change is likely to be greater than the estimates we have given." ...
... concentrations [of greenhouse gases]. ... It appears likely that, as climate warms, these feedbacks will lead to an overall increase rather than a decrease in natural greenhouse gas abundances. For this reason, climate change is likely to be greater than the estimates we have given." ...
Week 9: Geology and Climate
... (smoothed rock surfaces). Striations are the result of scratching by rock fragments embedded in ice at the base of a glacier and glacial polish is the result of abrasion by fine sediment trapped between the base of the ice and the rock surface, over which the moving ice is sliding. Glaciers also lea ...
... (smoothed rock surfaces). Striations are the result of scratching by rock fragments embedded in ice at the base of a glacier and glacial polish is the result of abrasion by fine sediment trapped between the base of the ice and the rock surface, over which the moving ice is sliding. Glaciers also lea ...
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... forcing used for the present-day CMIP-3 simulations, the superior outcome of the corresponding models is perhaps not too surprising. One might ask how important realistic forcing was in producing such good simulations. To this end, we included the preindustrial CMIP-3 simulations in our comparison. ...
... forcing used for the present-day CMIP-3 simulations, the superior outcome of the corresponding models is perhaps not too surprising. One might ask how important realistic forcing was in producing such good simulations. To this end, we included the preindustrial CMIP-3 simulations in our comparison. ...
Visualizing Earth Science
... Global Climate Change • Present day changes – What we think • General circulation models allow us to estimate impact of burning fossil fuels or make projections ...
... Global Climate Change • Present day changes – What we think • General circulation models allow us to estimate impact of burning fossil fuels or make projections ...
climate variable mapping and agriculture
... The following maps are derived from historic climate data associated with temperature and precipitation between 1961 and 1990 and predictive climate data using the ClimateBC v 3.2 programii jointly developed by the Province of British Columbia and University of British Columbia scientists. The progr ...
... The following maps are derived from historic climate data associated with temperature and precipitation between 1961 and 1990 and predictive climate data using the ClimateBC v 3.2 programii jointly developed by the Province of British Columbia and University of British Columbia scientists. The progr ...
Tools for measuring climate change impacts on urban drainage systems
... results should always be interpreted with some caution. This model is, however, previously calibrated for this specific area, and may serve well especially for present and near future climate runs if assuming that no urban development activities will occur in that time. Uncertainty of the variabilit ...
... results should always be interpreted with some caution. This model is, however, previously calibrated for this specific area, and may serve well especially for present and near future climate runs if assuming that no urban development activities will occur in that time. Uncertainty of the variabilit ...
3. Causes Of Beach Erosion
... 1 Significance of beaches to other ecosystems and economic activity Beaches, i.e. the low lying coasts built on unconsolidated sediments, are valuable ecosystems by themselves; they also, front/protect various other important back-barrier environments/ecosystems Beaches protect very important coast ...
... 1 Significance of beaches to other ecosystems and economic activity Beaches, i.e. the low lying coasts built on unconsolidated sediments, are valuable ecosystems by themselves; they also, front/protect various other important back-barrier environments/ecosystems Beaches protect very important coast ...
Downloadable Full Text - DSpace@MIT
... assessment of changes in very heavy precipitation than large regions and it being only applicable to moderately for any other class of extreme storm. For instance, extreme events. The advantages of methods based on the National Weather Service (NWS) Cooperative extreme value theory include providing ...
... assessment of changes in very heavy precipitation than large regions and it being only applicable to moderately for any other class of extreme storm. For instance, extreme events. The advantages of methods based on the National Weather Service (NWS) Cooperative extreme value theory include providing ...
Managing the business risks and opportunities of a changing climate
... All companies with physical operations face some degree of risk from a changing climate. Entergy, a Gulf coast energy provider, paid US $1.5 billion to put its system back together after damage inflicted by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Since that time, Entergy has worked with Swiss Re to assess the ...
... All companies with physical operations face some degree of risk from a changing climate. Entergy, a Gulf coast energy provider, paid US $1.5 billion to put its system back together after damage inflicted by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Since that time, Entergy has worked with Swiss Re to assess the ...
Climate change: impacts on electricity markets in Western Europe
... affected by temperature changes. Typically, warmer summers lead to increased demand for electricity-based cooling, whereas higher temperatures in the winter decrease demand for electric heating. While the sign of the change in seasonal demand is clear, for annual demand this is an empirical question ...
... affected by temperature changes. Typically, warmer summers lead to increased demand for electricity-based cooling, whereas higher temperatures in the winter decrease demand for electric heating. While the sign of the change in seasonal demand is clear, for annual demand this is an empirical question ...
Ask for a camel when you expect to get a goat
... Negotiations within the UNFCCC reflect “interactions in which actors make claims bearing on someone else’s interests, in which governments appear either as targets, initiators of such claims or third parties “ (Tilly, 2008:5). Disagreements reflect the main fault line within the UNFCCC which has geo ...
... Negotiations within the UNFCCC reflect “interactions in which actors make claims bearing on someone else’s interests, in which governments appear either as targets, initiators of such claims or third parties “ (Tilly, 2008:5). Disagreements reflect the main fault line within the UNFCCC which has geo ...
EThekwini - Urban Energy Support
... resultant mitigation spin-offs in terms of the buildings energy efficiency project, very little internal institutional momentum and knowledge was built around the issue of climate change per se. This was the result, in part, of the fact that the CCP campaign in South Africa did not offer the partici ...
... resultant mitigation spin-offs in terms of the buildings energy efficiency project, very little internal institutional momentum and knowledge was built around the issue of climate change per se. This was the result, in part, of the fact that the CCP campaign in South Africa did not offer the partici ...
Welcome and Introduction - U.S. GLOBEC Georges Bank
... Synopsis: This paper highlights how the approach taken by NWA GLOBEC program has led to new insights into how plankton and fish populations are controlled by local forcing and climate change. It demonstrates the power of studying individual species, populations, and species, how they are affected by ...
... Synopsis: This paper highlights how the approach taken by NWA GLOBEC program has led to new insights into how plankton and fish populations are controlled by local forcing and climate change. It demonstrates the power of studying individual species, populations, and species, how they are affected by ...
ITPGR
... While climate change is one of the drivers of crop diversity loss, it is also an important reason to conserve agricultural crop varieties, exchange them and use them in a sustainable way. The broader the genetic base our civilization can rely on, the better equipped it will be to adapt to changing c ...
... While climate change is one of the drivers of crop diversity loss, it is also an important reason to conserve agricultural crop varieties, exchange them and use them in a sustainable way. The broader the genetic base our civilization can rely on, the better equipped it will be to adapt to changing c ...
Optimal Global Dynamic Carbon Abatement
... It is almost a commonplace in the economics of climate change that a good response to the challenges posed by global warming would be a harmonized, global tax on greenhouse gas emissions that increases over time, roughly with the discount rate (e.g. Nordhaus, 2007). Many details of such a proposal a ...
... It is almost a commonplace in the economics of climate change that a good response to the challenges posed by global warming would be a harmonized, global tax on greenhouse gas emissions that increases over time, roughly with the discount rate (e.g. Nordhaus, 2007). Many details of such a proposal a ...
PDF - BC3 Basque Centre for Climate Change
... - Discounting in an asymmetric world L2.Climate and energy policies in Spain: side effects and industry-level impacts - Portfolios for a low carbon growth - A fourth dividend for renewable energy? L3.Investment under uncertainty: power utilities and climate policy - The appeal of energy efficiency: ...
... - Discounting in an asymmetric world L2.Climate and energy policies in Spain: side effects and industry-level impacts - Portfolios for a low carbon growth - A fourth dividend for renewable energy? L3.Investment under uncertainty: power utilities and climate policy - The appeal of energy efficiency: ...
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).