burning international bridges, fuelling global discontent
... Periodic meetings of the Conference of Parties have provided key fora for negotiating the Kyoto Protocol. In 1995, the Ad Hoc Group on the Berlin Mandate was established by COP-1 to reach agreement on what further steps should be taken to combat climate change. Following intense negotiations culmina ...
... Periodic meetings of the Conference of Parties have provided key fora for negotiating the Kyoto Protocol. In 1995, the Ad Hoc Group on the Berlin Mandate was established by COP-1 to reach agreement on what further steps should be taken to combat climate change. Following intense negotiations culmina ...
Questionnaire design effects in climate change surveys
... Overall, results revealed less belief in “global warming” than “climate change”: whereas 74.0 percent of respondents reported a high level of belief (5 or above) when the questionnaire was worded in terms of climate change, this figure dropped to 67.7 percent on the global warming version. What is n ...
... Overall, results revealed less belief in “global warming” than “climate change”: whereas 74.0 percent of respondents reported a high level of belief (5 or above) when the questionnaire was worded in terms of climate change, this figure dropped to 67.7 percent on the global warming version. What is n ...
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... responses to price changes. Consumer surplus (the difference between the maximum price consumers are willing to pay for milk and the actual price they do pay) is estimated to decline by $64-$162 million because of higher milk prices, and producer surplus (the difference between the amount that produ ...
... responses to price changes. Consumer surplus (the difference between the maximum price consumers are willing to pay for milk and the actual price they do pay) is estimated to decline by $64-$162 million because of higher milk prices, and producer surplus (the difference between the amount that produ ...
Climate Change in Germany - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact
... -5Only a small fraction of this climate change can be explained by natural factors such as eruptions of volcanoes, changes in solar activity or deviations in the Earth’s orbit around the sun. In the scientific community there is overwhelming consensus that the main cause of climate change is human ...
... -5Only a small fraction of this climate change can be explained by natural factors such as eruptions of volcanoes, changes in solar activity or deviations in the Earth’s orbit around the sun. In the scientific community there is overwhelming consensus that the main cause of climate change is human ...
study guide - Denver Center for the Performing Arts
... contours of this century more dramatically than any other challenge. One of the reasons I ran for this office was to make sure that America does its part to protect this planet for future generations. Over the past seven and a half years, we’ve transformed the United States into a global leader in t ...
... contours of this century more dramatically than any other challenge. One of the reasons I ran for this office was to make sure that America does its part to protect this planet for future generations. Over the past seven and a half years, we’ve transformed the United States into a global leader in t ...
Climate Change and Severe Weather
... changes which may be linked to global warming and other severe climatic/weather events that are outside of the natural range of variation, and potentially can alter the composition of species in a given habitat as species die or move in response to these changes. These threats include increased floo ...
... changes which may be linked to global warming and other severe climatic/weather events that are outside of the natural range of variation, and potentially can alter the composition of species in a given habitat as species die or move in response to these changes. These threats include increased floo ...
Agricultural development and food security under climate uncertainty
... climate. It is well known that the broad patterns of agricultural development over long time scales can be explained by a confluence of climatic, ecological and economic factors. Modern agriculture has progressed by weakening the downside risk of these factors through irrigation, the use of pesticid ...
... climate. It is well known that the broad patterns of agricultural development over long time scales can be explained by a confluence of climatic, ecological and economic factors. Modern agriculture has progressed by weakening the downside risk of these factors through irrigation, the use of pesticid ...
Presentation: GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
... policies is at odds with indications that most modal shift policies achieve much lower abatement levels than measures focusing on fuel efficiency.” “Ultimately higher cost energy sources …. will be required if there are to be further cuts in transport sector CO2 emissions.” ...
... policies is at odds with indications that most modal shift policies achieve much lower abatement levels than measures focusing on fuel efficiency.” “Ultimately higher cost energy sources …. will be required if there are to be further cuts in transport sector CO2 emissions.” ...
Curriculum Vitae - Overseas Development Institute
... UK. Carabine, E., Lemma, A., Dupar, M., Jones, L. & Mulugetta, Y. (2014). The IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report: What’s in it for Latin America? London: Climate and Development ...
... UK. Carabine, E., Lemma, A., Dupar, M., Jones, L. & Mulugetta, Y. (2014). The IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report: What’s in it for Latin America? London: Climate and Development ...
12. Lowland fens - Natural England publications
... Maintaining and enhancing the quality and quantity of water is likely to be the main objective of adaptation. There are various existing drivers that require action to improve availability of water and water quality, including the Water Framework Directive (WFD) and the Environment Agency’s Restorin ...
... Maintaining and enhancing the quality and quantity of water is likely to be the main objective of adaptation. There are various existing drivers that require action to improve availability of water and water quality, including the Water Framework Directive (WFD) and the Environment Agency’s Restorin ...
Projected change in global fisheries revenues and effort under
... 2. Actual catch may not equal to MCP. Future studies should consider the influence of different policies; 3. Other human and socio-‐economic responses to climate change should also be considered e.g., adap ...
... 2. Actual catch may not equal to MCP. Future studies should consider the influence of different policies; 3. Other human and socio-‐economic responses to climate change should also be considered e.g., adap ...
POSTER 2-12-1231073_a
... 3.1 Effect of land use / land cover and local climate The key to understanding the local climatic effect of land cover/land use characteristics is to classify the settlement area according to their key climate-influencing features. a Site selection using the LCZ approach The following steps were per ...
... 3.1 Effect of land use / land cover and local climate The key to understanding the local climatic effect of land cover/land use characteristics is to classify the settlement area according to their key climate-influencing features. a Site selection using the LCZ approach The following steps were per ...
Anthropogenic contributions to Australia`s record summer
... are increasing at a relatively faster rate than daily extremes [Coumou and Rahmstorf, 2012], such that many of the large number of recent record-breaking heat waves and summer extremes have been associated with anthropogenic influences [Hansen et al., 2012]. As changes in climatic means can lead to v ...
... are increasing at a relatively faster rate than daily extremes [Coumou and Rahmstorf, 2012], such that many of the large number of recent record-breaking heat waves and summer extremes have been associated with anthropogenic influences [Hansen et al., 2012]. As changes in climatic means can lead to v ...
Dealing With Complexity and Extreme Events Using a Bottom-Up,
... 2010; Pielke Jr. et al., 2007]. There are several reasons why top-down IPCC-type multidecadal global climate change model predictions are not able to accurately predict changes in the climate system over this time period. First, as a necessary condition for an accurate prediction, the multidecadal G ...
... 2010; Pielke Jr. et al., 2007]. There are several reasons why top-down IPCC-type multidecadal global climate change model predictions are not able to accurately predict changes in the climate system over this time period. First, as a necessary condition for an accurate prediction, the multidecadal G ...
Antarctic Climate Change Report Card
... Antarctic warming is consider through two primary sources: global atmospheric warming and in relation to the warming of the Southern Ocean. For the planet as a whole, temperatures are warming and this warming is “extremely likely” to be caused by anthropogenic activities.3 In an update of the Goddar ...
... Antarctic warming is consider through two primary sources: global atmospheric warming and in relation to the warming of the Southern Ocean. For the planet as a whole, temperatures are warming and this warming is “extremely likely” to be caused by anthropogenic activities.3 In an update of the Goddar ...
Divestment is a powerful tactic for stigmatising
... In other words, both the Syrian and US governments knew that Syria was on the verge of climaterelated breakdown three years before the actual collapse – yet were unable to avert it. This bodes ill for Africa, a continent that is on average even less developed than was Syria. Climate change was a key ...
... In other words, both the Syrian and US governments knew that Syria was on the verge of climaterelated breakdown three years before the actual collapse – yet were unable to avert it. This bodes ill for Africa, a continent that is on average even less developed than was Syria. Climate change was a key ...
Pattern scaling using ClimGen: monthly
... ensembles of simulations, but that the errors that would thus result from using PS are small compared with the many other uncertainties that exist in future climate scenarios. More recent assessments, facilitated by ensembles of individual and multiple models, confirm that PS can approximately emula ...
... ensembles of simulations, but that the errors that would thus result from using PS are small compared with the many other uncertainties that exist in future climate scenarios. More recent assessments, facilitated by ensembles of individual and multiple models, confirm that PS can approximately emula ...
strawman_ccac_plan_of_action_103108
... STATUS: In order to provide the CCAC with relevant information as early in the process as possible, the Secretary committed the Department to delivering a draft copy of the Inventory no later than March 2009. Requests for Commonwealth-specific data are being made within the DEP and among appropriate ...
... STATUS: In order to provide the CCAC with relevant information as early in the process as possible, the Secretary committed the Department to delivering a draft copy of the Inventory no later than March 2009. Requests for Commonwealth-specific data are being made within the DEP and among appropriate ...
PowerPoint presentation (PPT file)
... Alongi DM. 2008. Mangrove forests: Resilience, protection from tsunamis, and 446 responses to global climate change. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 76:1–13. [FAO] Food and Agriculture Organization. 2007. The world’s mangroves 1980-2005. FAO For. Pap. 153:89. Hooijer A, Silvius M, Wösten H, and ...
... Alongi DM. 2008. Mangrove forests: Resilience, protection from tsunamis, and 446 responses to global climate change. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 76:1–13. [FAO] Food and Agriculture Organization. 2007. The world’s mangroves 1980-2005. FAO For. Pap. 153:89. Hooijer A, Silvius M, Wösten H, and ...
How do the effects of SAE and CO 2 reduction
... Kang, S. M., L. M. Polvani, J. C. Fyfe, and M. Sigmond (2011), Impact of Polar Ozone Depletion on Subtropical Precipitation, Science, 332, 951-954. ...
... Kang, S. M., L. M. Polvani, J. C. Fyfe, and M. Sigmond (2011), Impact of Polar Ozone Depletion on Subtropical Precipitation, Science, 332, 951-954. ...
Value of information for climate observing systems
... hours) within a few days into the future. Climate prediction on decadal up to century scales is primarily an energetics prediction based on changing boundary conditions and predicting the climate system response over long time scales (decades to century) with spatial averages from local (city) to re ...
... hours) within a few days into the future. Climate prediction on decadal up to century scales is primarily an energetics prediction based on changing boundary conditions and predicting the climate system response over long time scales (decades to century) with spatial averages from local (city) to re ...
Responding to the Risks Posed by Climate Change: Cities Have No
... required over the next few decades to head off severe climate disruption. So, the most likely scenario is that global temperatures will rise and cities around the world will have to cope with the ...
... required over the next few decades to head off severe climate disruption. So, the most likely scenario is that global temperatures will rise and cities around the world will have to cope with the ...
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).