The Impacts of the Oceans on Climate Change - CHARLIE
... The report will discuss the implications of the observations of accelerating change and feedback mechanisms from the oceans to climate systems for climate change and its mitigation. There is also a recognition of the need to considerably improve observing systems to measure ocean processes, a need ...
... The report will discuss the implications of the observations of accelerating change and feedback mechanisms from the oceans to climate systems for climate change and its mitigation. There is also a recognition of the need to considerably improve observing systems to measure ocean processes, a need ...
Research for Action: Climate - NSW Department of Primary Industries
... There are a number of natural influences on the world’s climate, including changes to the Earth’s orbit, volcanic and meteorite activity and tectonic upheaval. In addition to these influences, most scientists now accept that human activity is increasing the concentration of greenhouse gases in the a ...
... There are a number of natural influences on the world’s climate, including changes to the Earth’s orbit, volcanic and meteorite activity and tectonic upheaval. In addition to these influences, most scientists now accept that human activity is increasing the concentration of greenhouse gases in the a ...
WHAT‘S UP Make the change – show that you care
... change debate because we are the future as well as a big part of the world’s population today. Between 28th November and 4th December, 164 children from 44 countries were gathered in Copenhagen for the first Children's Climate Forum (CCF). 'What's up COP?' addresses all the delegates at COP15 and as ...
... change debate because we are the future as well as a big part of the world’s population today. Between 28th November and 4th December, 164 children from 44 countries were gathered in Copenhagen for the first Children's Climate Forum (CCF). 'What's up COP?' addresses all the delegates at COP15 and as ...
Writing Sample Kimiko Nygaard – Technical Narrative (5 pages, Appendix)
... effectively respond to current climate change threats as well as the community’s capacity to plan for future risks. In this way, climate change was dually contextualized as an ongoing process presently affecting households as well as an impending danger requiring some consideration of future respons ...
... effectively respond to current climate change threats as well as the community’s capacity to plan for future risks. In this way, climate change was dually contextualized as an ongoing process presently affecting households as well as an impending danger requiring some consideration of future respons ...
Last Glacial Maximum and Afterwards
... resulting from ice melting or ice formation, determines the strength of NADW formation and, as a result, the rate of heat transport to the N. Atlantic region. ...
... resulting from ice melting or ice formation, determines the strength of NADW formation and, as a result, the rate of heat transport to the N. Atlantic region. ...
Guidance for companies with coal reserves responding to CDP
... investors with information on climate change-related coal demand and stranded asset risk, within their 2016 CDP climate change response. In 2010, at the 16th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 16) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the long-term goal to ...
... investors with information on climate change-related coal demand and stranded asset risk, within their 2016 CDP climate change response. In 2010, at the 16th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 16) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the long-term goal to ...
Marine boundary layer clouds at the heart of tropical cloud feedback
... of the tropical circulation, and that it is maximum in regions of strong subsidence. The reasons for that large sensitivity might be related to the breakup, as SST increases, of stratiform low-level cloud types (stratus, stratocumulus) into more cumuliform clouds (trade cumulus), and thus to a small ...
... of the tropical circulation, and that it is maximum in regions of strong subsidence. The reasons for that large sensitivity might be related to the breakup, as SST increases, of stratiform low-level cloud types (stratus, stratocumulus) into more cumuliform clouds (trade cumulus), and thus to a small ...
Political Climate Modeling - Prairie Adaptation Research Collaborative
... any indication, however, good policy is not solely a function of the identification of new needs, in some instances it may require substantial institutional change. In order to capture the potential for effective policy to be generated from within our own forestry, agriculture, and water policy comm ...
... any indication, however, good policy is not solely a function of the identification of new needs, in some instances it may require substantial institutional change. In order to capture the potential for effective policy to be generated from within our own forestry, agriculture, and water policy comm ...
Here - Cato Institute
... overwhelming positive impacts that elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have on the earth’s plant life—including food crops. CO2 acts as a fertilizer, increasing plant growth rate and mass by increasing photosynthetic capacity. It increases plant water use efficiency and drought tolerance as w ...
... overwhelming positive impacts that elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have on the earth’s plant life—including food crops. CO2 acts as a fertilizer, increasing plant growth rate and mass by increasing photosynthetic capacity. It increases plant water use efficiency and drought tolerance as w ...
The Electoral Disconnect and its Constitutional Implications
... The most politically potent issues and causes are centered with the groups that have the most capital and willingness to effect change. Wealthy interest groups and corporations have increasingly held sway in elections by attaching conditions to campaign money and gaining favor with political candida ...
... The most politically potent issues and causes are centered with the groups that have the most capital and willingness to effect change. Wealthy interest groups and corporations have increasingly held sway in elections by attaching conditions to campaign money and gaining favor with political candida ...
Intended National Determined Contribution (INDC)
... Network (CCFPN), comprising representatives from key Ministries, departments and agencies. The focal points are responsible for coordinating the development and implementation of their respective sectoral strategies and actions with respect to climate change in collaboration with the CCD, and the in ...
... Network (CCFPN), comprising representatives from key Ministries, departments and agencies. The focal points are responsible for coordinating the development and implementation of their respective sectoral strategies and actions with respect to climate change in collaboration with the CCD, and the in ...
LELUP_3.0_Overview_2015_05
... state of deforestation in East Kalimantan, Indonesia •(A) Protected in relation to the area deforested (red) between 1997 and 2003. •(B) Threat map of future deforestation, produced from reclassifying the SFC map and masking out already deforested ...
... state of deforestation in East Kalimantan, Indonesia •(A) Protected in relation to the area deforested (red) between 1997 and 2003. •(B) Threat map of future deforestation, produced from reclassifying the SFC map and masking out already deforested ...
BMJ 1997 - University of Western Cape
... Excess carbon dioxide, methane, and other gases which trap heat are accumulating in the troposphere, the earth's lower atmosphere, because of the scale and type of human economic activity. Climate scientists predict that the resultant increase in the troposphere's "radiative forcing" will warm the e ...
... Excess carbon dioxide, methane, and other gases which trap heat are accumulating in the troposphere, the earth's lower atmosphere, because of the scale and type of human economic activity. Climate scientists predict that the resultant increase in the troposphere's "radiative forcing" will warm the e ...
Climate Change: What is Happening with the Weather in Central
... talking about this now, now everything’s changing, one day hot, one day cold. (Ltyentye Apurte ranger) The beginnings of the seasons are confused. The season doesn’t come in like it used to. It used to be at the beginning of summer it rained. (Eastern Arrernte elder) Sometimes plants don’t seem to g ...
... talking about this now, now everything’s changing, one day hot, one day cold. (Ltyentye Apurte ranger) The beginnings of the seasons are confused. The season doesn’t come in like it used to. It used to be at the beginning of summer it rained. (Eastern Arrernte elder) Sometimes plants don’t seem to g ...
PROGRAM CLIMATE ACTION
... correspond to the consumption of energy in the form of fossil fuels and electricity; the transport sector remains the main source of the city’s emissions. Climate change also poses threats to both a city’s infrastructure and the quality of life of its citizens, and the DF is no exception. For exampl ...
... correspond to the consumption of energy in the form of fossil fuels and electricity; the transport sector remains the main source of the city’s emissions. Climate change also poses threats to both a city’s infrastructure and the quality of life of its citizens, and the DF is no exception. For exampl ...
The Paris Climate Agreement and the Three Largest Emitters: China
... While Obama’s climate initiatives have been welcomed by environmentalists, they have been attacked by conservatives. Republican Senator James Inhofe, Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, well-known for his climate skepticism, has challenged the Obama administration’s positi ...
... While Obama’s climate initiatives have been welcomed by environmentalists, they have been attacked by conservatives. Republican Senator James Inhofe, Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, well-known for his climate skepticism, has challenged the Obama administration’s positi ...
Panel 2 - global change SysTem for Analysis, Research & Training
... Developing countries have lower adaptive capacity (IPCC 2001) Coping capacity can improve where people have financial resources, access to technology, high levels of education and training , good health, security , strong institutions and effective organizations Climate adaptation strategies a ...
... Developing countries have lower adaptive capacity (IPCC 2001) Coping capacity can improve where people have financial resources, access to technology, high levels of education and training , good health, security , strong institutions and effective organizations Climate adaptation strategies a ...
DISPATCH I Message from the Director Winter 2014
... “both”. He built his case on a foundation of scientific evidence. For example one study that estimated the earth has an energy imbalance ~ 0.58 Watts per square metre. He examined time trends and other possible causes, like sunspots and volcanoes, but in the end he concludes that the most convincing ...
... “both”. He built his case on a foundation of scientific evidence. For example one study that estimated the earth has an energy imbalance ~ 0.58 Watts per square metre. He examined time trends and other possible causes, like sunspots and volcanoes, but in the end he concludes that the most convincing ...
Chapter 6
... ocean currents, and storms. Therefore, the position of the continents as well as air and ocean currents affect climate and can change over time. The components in our atmosphere are also important, including water vapor and aerosols (dust). Water vapor in the atmosphere is a greenhouse gas, can refl ...
... ocean currents, and storms. Therefore, the position of the continents as well as air and ocean currents affect climate and can change over time. The components in our atmosphere are also important, including water vapor and aerosols (dust). Water vapor in the atmosphere is a greenhouse gas, can refl ...
Teacher notes and student sheets
... Invest in non-carbon emitting technologies. It would be cheaper and more effective. ...
... Invest in non-carbon emitting technologies. It would be cheaper and more effective. ...
S1-Meinke.pps
... ‘mainstream’ climate risk management public / private policy concerns need to be explicitly addressed communicate climate risk management knowledge through functional, existing communication networks of farmers and other landholders ...
... ‘mainstream’ climate risk management public / private policy concerns need to be explicitly addressed communicate climate risk management knowledge through functional, existing communication networks of farmers and other landholders ...
RUTGERS MODEL UNITED NATIONS 2008
... to pollution. Other negative impacts of tourism include careless waste disposal, disruption of natural habitats, and change in land use. For example, shops tend to develop along roads near tourist attractions, and land is often stripped to develop these markets (McIntyre 48). Climate change also has ...
... to pollution. Other negative impacts of tourism include careless waste disposal, disruption of natural habitats, and change in land use. For example, shops tend to develop along roads near tourist attractions, and land is often stripped to develop these markets (McIntyre 48). Climate change also has ...
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).