Sub-activity 6.1.1 Pressures on environment and
... In 2009, support will be given to integrated actions for understanding, analysing and predicting climate change and its impacts, with emphasis on abrupt changes and extreme events. Interactions between climate change, ecosystems and greenhouse gases budgets and changes in extreme hydrological events ...
... In 2009, support will be given to integrated actions for understanding, analysing and predicting climate change and its impacts, with emphasis on abrupt changes and extreme events. Interactions between climate change, ecosystems and greenhouse gases budgets and changes in extreme hydrological events ...
Background for climate negotiations
... adopt is to achieve, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Convention, stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. Such a level should be achieved within a time-frame sufficie ...
... adopt is to achieve, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Convention, stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. Such a level should be achieved within a time-frame sufficie ...
Presentation
... Declaration of the ITU Secretary General on climate change: “ITU is mainstreaming this major issue into its regular work programme. ITU is undertaking important work on how ICTs can help prevent and avert climate change. There is a strong role for ITU in standards for energy efficiency of the ICT ...
... Declaration of the ITU Secretary General on climate change: “ITU is mainstreaming this major issue into its regular work programme. ITU is undertaking important work on how ICTs can help prevent and avert climate change. There is a strong role for ITU in standards for energy efficiency of the ICT ...
Climate Change in Central and Eastern Europe
... Measurements provide information on the past and recent climate. To estimate possible changes of climate parameters, perspective climate models can be applied. These models can be divided into two main approaches- dynamical and statistical climate models. Dynamical climate models can be grouped into ...
... Measurements provide information on the past and recent climate. To estimate possible changes of climate parameters, perspective climate models can be applied. These models can be divided into two main approaches- dynamical and statistical climate models. Dynamical climate models can be grouped into ...
Attribution of Weather and Climate-Related Extreme Events
... described. Finally, we draw lessons from the research work to date and propose some future research needs. ...
... described. Finally, we draw lessons from the research work to date and propose some future research needs. ...
Climate Change Challenges and Opportunities for Small Islands
... irreversible impacts for people and ecosystems While climate change is a threat to sustainable development, there are many opportunities to integrate mitigation, adaptation, and the pursuit of other societal objectives Humanity has the means to limit climate change and build a more sustainable and r ...
... irreversible impacts for people and ecosystems While climate change is a threat to sustainable development, there are many opportunities to integrate mitigation, adaptation, and the pursuit of other societal objectives Humanity has the means to limit climate change and build a more sustainable and r ...
earth`s mass extinctions
... atmospheric gases and variations in solar output. Volcanic eruptions - These may be caused by movement of the continents and land masses. Some of the larger volcanic eruptions lasted many years, pouring out lava that piled up kilometers deep, killing everything it covered. Volcanoes also release l ...
... atmospheric gases and variations in solar output. Volcanic eruptions - These may be caused by movement of the continents and land masses. Some of the larger volcanic eruptions lasted many years, pouring out lava that piled up kilometers deep, killing everything it covered. Volcanoes also release l ...
Knock, Knock: Where is the Evidence for Dangerous Human
... in fact, the opposite has happened, and increasingly the world’s press and politicians have come to treat IPCC utterances as if they were scribed in stone by Moses. This is a reflection, first, of superb marketing by the IPCC and its supporting cast of influential environmental and scientific organi ...
... in fact, the opposite has happened, and increasingly the world’s press and politicians have come to treat IPCC utterances as if they were scribed in stone by Moses. This is a reflection, first, of superb marketing by the IPCC and its supporting cast of influential environmental and scientific organi ...
Knock, Knock: Where is the Evidence for Dangerous Human
... in fact, the opposite has happened, and increasingly the world’s press and politicians have come to treat IPCC utterances as if they were scribed in stone by Moses. This is a reflection, first, of superb marketing by the IPCC and its supporting cast of influential environmental and scientific organi ...
... in fact, the opposite has happened, and increasingly the world’s press and politicians have come to treat IPCC utterances as if they were scribed in stone by Moses. This is a reflection, first, of superb marketing by the IPCC and its supporting cast of influential environmental and scientific organi ...
March 2010 (meeting notes) - Fire Suppression Systems Association
... use provisions would allow EPA to withhold allowances from under the cap and allocate them specifically to produce HFCs for medical devices, aviation and space flight safety, fire suppression, and national security Essential use provisions would also allow EPA to approve additional HFC production ...
... use provisions would allow EPA to withhold allowances from under the cap and allocate them specifically to produce HFCs for medical devices, aviation and space flight safety, fire suppression, and national security Essential use provisions would also allow EPA to approve additional HFC production ...
Pension Fund Investments in Fossil Fuels
... scenarios; low-carbon energy research and development and investment strategies; relevant strategic key performance indicators and executive incentives; and public policy positions relating to climate change. The resolutions were intended to be supportive but also stretching. The ‘stretching’ elemen ...
... scenarios; low-carbon energy research and development and investment strategies; relevant strategic key performance indicators and executive incentives; and public policy positions relating to climate change. The resolutions were intended to be supportive but also stretching. The ‘stretching’ elemen ...
Climate and Culture Change in Archaeology
... Archaeological scholarship as reflected in this volume is diverse in its paradigmatic leanings. Some authors are more inclined toward an explicitly processual perspective (e.g., Gronenborn, this vol.) or they are more outspoken in their preference for climate as primary causal factor instigating cul ...
... Archaeological scholarship as reflected in this volume is diverse in its paradigmatic leanings. Some authors are more inclined toward an explicitly processual perspective (e.g., Gronenborn, this vol.) or they are more outspoken in their preference for climate as primary causal factor instigating cul ...
Climate Change and its Implications: Which Way Now?
... Enterprise Institute (AEI), an ExxonMobil-funded think tank with close links to the Bush administration, which recently offered US$ 10,000 to scientists and economists to undermine an important climate change report i . The increasing emission of Greenhouse gases, of which CO2 is the main contributi ...
... Enterprise Institute (AEI), an ExxonMobil-funded think tank with close links to the Bush administration, which recently offered US$ 10,000 to scientists and economists to undermine an important climate change report i . The increasing emission of Greenhouse gases, of which CO2 is the main contributi ...
Environmental problems caused by anthropogenic changes
... dioxide in the atmosphere. With the scientific and technological progress in the field of power engineering it is possible to anticipate a decline in СО2 emissions into the air due to substitution of burning up organic fuel for the processes of energy generation by the instrumentality of thermonucle ...
... dioxide in the atmosphere. With the scientific and technological progress in the field of power engineering it is possible to anticipate a decline in СО2 emissions into the air due to substitution of burning up organic fuel for the processes of energy generation by the instrumentality of thermonucle ...
How Best to Help Pennsylvania`s Forests as Climate Changes by
... It’s an expensive and time consuming process that might not work. She’s also planting new species that are better suited to survive a warmer climate. Scientists call this “assisted migration.” Trees can’t just pick and move, so it takes a long time for them to migrate naturally. Some advocate helpin ...
... It’s an expensive and time consuming process that might not work. She’s also planting new species that are better suited to survive a warmer climate. Scientists call this “assisted migration.” Trees can’t just pick and move, so it takes a long time for them to migrate naturally. Some advocate helpin ...
Information pack template New - Centre for Public Appointments
... statutory assessment of the National Adaptation Programme. The ASC’s next major milestones will be publication of an independent Evidence Report for the second UK Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA, due July 2016), its first statutory report on the progress of the Scottish Climate Change Adaptatio ...
... statutory assessment of the National Adaptation Programme. The ASC’s next major milestones will be publication of an independent Evidence Report for the second UK Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA, due July 2016), its first statutory report on the progress of the Scottish Climate Change Adaptatio ...
Evidence that local land use practices influence regional climate
... (typically , 10 years old) of the other five dominant species of conifers were distributed in lower-elevation, historically drier sites than mature trees of the same species (Fig. 4). The two environmental parameters correlated most closely with the species and life-stage distribution patterns are e ...
... (typically , 10 years old) of the other five dominant species of conifers were distributed in lower-elevation, historically drier sites than mature trees of the same species (Fig. 4). The two environmental parameters correlated most closely with the species and life-stage distribution patterns are e ...
Drivers and impacts of seasonal weather in the
... • There is evidence to suggest that the character of UK rainfall has changed, with days of very heavy rain becoming more frequent. What in the 1960s and 1970s might have been a 1 in 125 day event is now more likely a 1 in 85 day event. • Five of the last seven summers in the UK have been wetter th ...
... • There is evidence to suggest that the character of UK rainfall has changed, with days of very heavy rain becoming more frequent. What in the 1960s and 1970s might have been a 1 in 125 day event is now more likely a 1 in 85 day event. • Five of the last seven summers in the UK have been wetter th ...
Glossary of Terms and Definitions on Climate Change and Adaptation
... of time is 30 years, as defined by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). These quantities are most often surface variables such as temperature, precipitation, and wind. Climate in a wider sense is the state, including a statistical description, of the climate system. Climate change A change o ...
... of time is 30 years, as defined by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). These quantities are most often surface variables such as temperature, precipitation, and wind. Climate in a wider sense is the state, including a statistical description, of the climate system. Climate change A change o ...
No place to hide. Effects of Climate Change on Protected Areas
... Ocean temperature and coral reefs In 1998, tropical sea surface temperatures were the highest on record, the culmination of a 50-year trend, and simultaneously coral reefs suffered the most extensive and severe bleaching (loss of symbiotic algae) and death on record. This is believed to be due to gl ...
... Ocean temperature and coral reefs In 1998, tropical sea surface temperatures were the highest on record, the culmination of a 50-year trend, and simultaneously coral reefs suffered the most extensive and severe bleaching (loss of symbiotic algae) and death on record. This is believed to be due to gl ...
Toronto Environment Office: Toronto`s Future Weather and Climage
... The significance of the findings from this study relate to the underlying purpose of the study and the methods by which results were sought and obtained. The City of Toronto very specifically sought future climate information that could not be reliably provided by GCMs and RCMs as these did not incl ...
... The significance of the findings from this study relate to the underlying purpose of the study and the methods by which results were sought and obtained. The City of Toronto very specifically sought future climate information that could not be reliably provided by GCMs and RCMs as these did not incl ...
Syllabus - The Bodanyi Project
... problem for policy makers, the solutions available, and the policy instruments likely to lead to implementation of these technologies and change of behavior. Course Organization The course is organized in four units drawing on multiple academic disciplines. In the first unit, we will define global ...
... problem for policy makers, the solutions available, and the policy instruments likely to lead to implementation of these technologies and change of behavior. Course Organization The course is organized in four units drawing on multiple academic disciplines. In the first unit, we will define global ...
climate change and the agriculture sector
... agricultural activities. Adaptation plans could usefully consider how to allocate water optimally to irrigators and competing uses in times of drought, especially taking account of food security needs, and conditionalities relating to efficient water use. Water pricing incentives have a role to play ...
... agricultural activities. Adaptation plans could usefully consider how to allocate water optimally to irrigators and competing uses in times of drought, especially taking account of food security needs, and conditionalities relating to efficient water use. Water pricing incentives have a role to play ...
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).