Death by Degrees: The health crisis of climate change in Maine
... “Climate Change: The Public Health Response”, Howard Frumkin, MD, DrPH et al, National Center for ...
... “Climate Change: The Public Health Response”, Howard Frumkin, MD, DrPH et al, National Center for ...
Computational Engines for Climate and Meteorology Research
... Climate prediction capabilities are significantly enhanced through the use of high-performance, parallel computers. The Community Climate System Model (CCSM) is a joint development effort of NSF, DOE and NASA sponsored Teams with the goal of providing a common modeling system for academic research a ...
... Climate prediction capabilities are significantly enhanced through the use of high-performance, parallel computers. The Community Climate System Model (CCSM) is a joint development effort of NSF, DOE and NASA sponsored Teams with the goal of providing a common modeling system for academic research a ...
Share Benefits and Burdens Equitably
... The Many Faces of Climate Justice: An Essay Series on the Principles of Climate Justice especially true for those whose lives are already made precarious or miserable by ‘energy poverty’: “a life without access to energy is a life of drudgery” (Practical Action 2013). Sharing the benefits of the en ...
... The Many Faces of Climate Justice: An Essay Series on the Principles of Climate Justice especially true for those whose lives are already made precarious or miserable by ‘energy poverty’: “a life without access to energy is a life of drudgery” (Practical Action 2013). Sharing the benefits of the en ...
South criticises North for not fulfilling climate commitments
... Australia made a statement at the opening on behalf of the Umbrella Group (which also includes Canada, Iceland, Japan, Kazakhstan, New Zealand, Norway, Russia, and Ukraine). It quoted the recent Commonwealth communique, calling for a comprehensive post-2012 agreement that includes a long-term global ...
... Australia made a statement at the opening on behalf of the Umbrella Group (which also includes Canada, Iceland, Japan, Kazakhstan, New Zealand, Norway, Russia, and Ukraine). It quoted the recent Commonwealth communique, calling for a comprehensive post-2012 agreement that includes a long-term global ...
Slide 1
... Most of the impacts literature examines gradual climate change, with roughly linear systems and impacts. Scientists have been particularly concerned about discontinuities, abrupt climate change, tipping points, catastrophic impacts. How can we deal with thresholds in our economic analysis? A very to ...
... Most of the impacts literature examines gradual climate change, with roughly linear systems and impacts. Scientists have been particularly concerned about discontinuities, abrupt climate change, tipping points, catastrophic impacts. How can we deal with thresholds in our economic analysis? A very to ...
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... Northern Atlantic – and when they do that, the Overturn Circulation shuts down and temperature drops by 4-80C over regions of north-western Europe, and Iceland and Greenland. So that is what we are worried about in terms of changes in the salinity at the present time. Do we have another question fro ...
... Northern Atlantic – and when they do that, the Overturn Circulation shuts down and temperature drops by 4-80C over regions of north-western Europe, and Iceland and Greenland. So that is what we are worried about in terms of changes in the salinity at the present time. Do we have another question fro ...
Which statement do you agree with most?
... Fish stocks have collapsed in nearly one-third of all ocean fisheries, and all commercially valuable world fish stocks could completely collapse by 2048. [See the figure.] Unless something is done quickly, American waters may go from being the world's most abundant fisheries to a virtual undersea wa ...
... Fish stocks have collapsed in nearly one-third of all ocean fisheries, and all commercially valuable world fish stocks could completely collapse by 2048. [See the figure.] Unless something is done quickly, American waters may go from being the world's most abundant fisheries to a virtual undersea wa ...
The Principles and Criteria of Public Climate Finance
... The centrality of global climate finance Estimates for the scale of overall climate finance needs ...
... The centrality of global climate finance Estimates for the scale of overall climate finance needs ...
Presentation of Convention Secretariat Representative
... 37.1% of global GHG emissions; 55% needed for Protocol to enter into force (as of 17 Sept. ...
... 37.1% of global GHG emissions; 55% needed for Protocol to enter into force (as of 17 Sept. ...
climate change and action - Center for urban disaster risk reduction
... are over 400 cities with populations of one million or more, and a large proportion of them are located in low- and middle-income nations and in hazard-prone areas particularly in Africa, Asia and Latin America, a trend which is expected to continue within the next decade14 (see Table 2). Among the ...
... are over 400 cities with populations of one million or more, and a large proportion of them are located in low- and middle-income nations and in hazard-prone areas particularly in Africa, Asia and Latin America, a trend which is expected to continue within the next decade14 (see Table 2). Among the ...
Sustainable_Cobourg_..
... Cobourg differently to: -avoid runaway climate change -become healthier -save our farmland ...
... Cobourg differently to: -avoid runaway climate change -become healthier -save our farmland ...
Climate change, development, poverty and economics
... energy there is increased intensity and variability within the global climate system, leading to fluctuations or changes in local and regional weather patterns. Risks The implications of this complex causal chain are difficult to comprehend in their entirety and the specifics cannot be predicted wit ...
... energy there is increased intensity and variability within the global climate system, leading to fluctuations or changes in local and regional weather patterns. Risks The implications of this complex causal chain are difficult to comprehend in their entirety and the specifics cannot be predicted wit ...
Draft Resolution X - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
... ensure that adaptation interventions to climate change would not lead to serious damage to the ecological character of wetlands; ...
... ensure that adaptation interventions to climate change would not lead to serious damage to the ecological character of wetlands; ...
1AC – BIT – “Tear down that wall” edition
... has a number of domestic policy measures in place to move it toward these climate goals. Those existing policy measures include increasingly stringent energy efficiency standards for motor vehicles, industrial equipment, and appliances; a feed-in-tariff scheme that pays renewable energy producers a ...
... has a number of domestic policy measures in place to move it toward these climate goals. Those existing policy measures include increasingly stringent energy efficiency standards for motor vehicles, industrial equipment, and appliances; a feed-in-tariff scheme that pays renewable energy producers a ...
Impact of Climate Change on Arab Countries
... There is a widely-held scientific conviction that the global climate is changing as a result of the combined anthropogenic forcing due to greenhouse gases, aerosols, and land surface changes. Many pieces of evidence have concluded with a high degree of probability that human activities have exerted ...
... There is a widely-held scientific conviction that the global climate is changing as a result of the combined anthropogenic forcing due to greenhouse gases, aerosols, and land surface changes. Many pieces of evidence have concluded with a high degree of probability that human activities have exerted ...
Managing Marine Resources in the Face of Climate Uncertainties
... is new stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last [fifty] years is attributable to human activities.”17 Since then, contrarians have criticized the IPCC’s conclusions, but the vast majority of scientists agree that today’s warming trend is aided by human industrial activity. M ...
... is new stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last [fifty] years is attributable to human activities.”17 Since then, contrarians have criticized the IPCC’s conclusions, but the vast majority of scientists agree that today’s warming trend is aided by human industrial activity. M ...
Harnessing Synergies Between Climate Change Adaptation and
... • Generates ownership among a wide range of stakeholders • Lead to robust risk reduction ...
... • Generates ownership among a wide range of stakeholders • Lead to robust risk reduction ...
7 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
... temperature, precipitation, drought and floods. These factors are all susceptible to and influenced by climate change, and hence will impact on the demand, source and quality of Johannesburg’s water supply. In addition, these aspects will also be affected by factors such as urbanisation, migration, ...
... temperature, precipitation, drought and floods. These factors are all susceptible to and influenced by climate change, and hence will impact on the demand, source and quality of Johannesburg’s water supply. In addition, these aspects will also be affected by factors such as urbanisation, migration, ...
white paper - UCAR President`s Office
... Federal agencies, underpins any meaningful effort to improve the quality of weather forecasts. This includes such areas as: studies of the physics, chemistry, and dynamics of earth's upper and lower atm ...
... Federal agencies, underpins any meaningful effort to improve the quality of weather forecasts. This includes such areas as: studies of the physics, chemistry, and dynamics of earth's upper and lower atm ...
Climate Change
... learn about the causes and consequences of climate change in the Atmosphere unit of the course. The warming of the global air temperature is called the greenhouse effect: the earth’s atmosphere acts like a glass house in which ‘greenhouse gases’ in the atmosphere absorb heat and hold it in the atmos ...
... learn about the causes and consequences of climate change in the Atmosphere unit of the course. The warming of the global air temperature is called the greenhouse effect: the earth’s atmosphere acts like a glass house in which ‘greenhouse gases’ in the atmosphere absorb heat and hold it in the atmos ...
Geography of the impacts of climate change
... Towards the end of the 21st century, projected sea-level rise will affect low-lying coastal areas with large populations. The cost of adaptation could amount to at least 5-10% of GDP. Mangroves and coral reefs are projected to be further degraded, with additional consequences for fisheries and touri ...
... Towards the end of the 21st century, projected sea-level rise will affect low-lying coastal areas with large populations. The cost of adaptation could amount to at least 5-10% of GDP. Mangroves and coral reefs are projected to be further degraded, with additional consequences for fisheries and touri ...
2017 MCC Earth Day handbook - Metropolitan Community Churches
... for Effective Government, 6/22/15). One of the largest of these was the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska’s Prince William Sound (11 million gallons), and the BP oil spill in 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico which spewed 130 to 200 million gallons of crude oil across 87 days before it was capped (Smithsoni ...
... for Effective Government, 6/22/15). One of the largest of these was the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska’s Prince William Sound (11 million gallons), and the BP oil spill in 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico which spewed 130 to 200 million gallons of crude oil across 87 days before it was capped (Smithsoni ...
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).