Climate Change and its impact on European Windstorm scenarios
... *losses in original values © 2008 Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft, Geo Risks Research, NatCatSERVICE ...
... *losses in original values © 2008 Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft, Geo Risks Research, NatCatSERVICE ...
Climate Change and Human Settlements
... effective measures that can be taken to reduce energy consumption and emissions. These measures, together with waste recycling practices, are among the most promising at reducing the ecological footprint of cities and entire city regions. The future of hundreds of millions of people in urban areas a ...
... effective measures that can be taken to reduce energy consumption and emissions. These measures, together with waste recycling practices, are among the most promising at reducing the ecological footprint of cities and entire city regions. The future of hundreds of millions of people in urban areas a ...
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... greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere • Developed countries aim to restore GHG emissions to 1990 levels • Support capacity building in, and facilitate technology transfer to developing countries to mitigate, and to adapt to climate change • Meet as a “Conference of Parties” in the future, ...
... greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere • Developed countries aim to restore GHG emissions to 1990 levels • Support capacity building in, and facilitate technology transfer to developing countries to mitigate, and to adapt to climate change • Meet as a “Conference of Parties” in the future, ...
Global Climate Change and Its Effects on Human Habitat and
... oxide (N2O), chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), and tropospheric ozone (O3) in the atmosphere. For example, the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide has increased from about 288 parts per million (ppm) approximately 200 years ago (before Industrial Revolution began) to 376 ppm in 2003. Burning carbo ...
... oxide (N2O), chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), and tropospheric ozone (O3) in the atmosphere. For example, the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide has increased from about 288 parts per million (ppm) approximately 200 years ago (before Industrial Revolution began) to 376 ppm in 2003. Burning carbo ...
Introduction. `Seeing` Environmental Process in Time
... epoch in which humans have come to be seen as a major geological agent affecting the environment of the planet. Dipesh Chakrabarty has argued that the growing scientific and public consensus regarding climate change means that ‘the geologic now of the Anthropocene has become entangled with the now o ...
... epoch in which humans have come to be seen as a major geological agent affecting the environment of the planet. Dipesh Chakrabarty has argued that the growing scientific and public consensus regarding climate change means that ‘the geologic now of the Anthropocene has become entangled with the now o ...
Module 4: Climate Change and Tenure (Freudenberger)
... pressures? ie: “environmental refugees”, “land grabbing” in face of carbon payments or biofuel production…? • Is there a need to assist customary and statutory tenure regimes to adapt to new environmental conditions and social pressures? ...
... pressures? ie: “environmental refugees”, “land grabbing” in face of carbon payments or biofuel production…? • Is there a need to assist customary and statutory tenure regimes to adapt to new environmental conditions and social pressures? ...
Overlooked Issues in the Climate Change Debate Professor Roger A. Pielke Sr.
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Climate change and forests
... Phase 2 – Implementation phase focuses on • National policy reforms; intervention measures, as well as on demonstration activities that use results based payment mechanisms. ...
... Phase 2 – Implementation phase focuses on • National policy reforms; intervention measures, as well as on demonstration activities that use results based payment mechanisms. ...
Health and Climate Change in International Negotiations THE
... Current Representation of Health in Climate Change Mechanisms and Funding Support Health – Is identified as a priority in 32 out of 38 (84%) UNFCCC National Adaptation Plans of Action (NAPAs) from the poorest countries – Is the focus of 31 of 430 (7%) projects submitted for NAPA funding – Has rec ...
... Current Representation of Health in Climate Change Mechanisms and Funding Support Health – Is identified as a priority in 32 out of 38 (84%) UNFCCC National Adaptation Plans of Action (NAPAs) from the poorest countries – Is the focus of 31 of 430 (7%) projects submitted for NAPA funding – Has rec ...
What are the “grand challenges” in hydrology?
... Figure 1: mean seasonal hydrographs of the Columbia River prior to (blue) and after the completion of reservoirs that now have storage capacity equal to about one-third of the river’s mean annual flow (red), and the projected range of impacts on naturalized flows predicted to result from a range of ...
... Figure 1: mean seasonal hydrographs of the Columbia River prior to (blue) and after the completion of reservoirs that now have storage capacity equal to about one-third of the river’s mean annual flow (red), and the projected range of impacts on naturalized flows predicted to result from a range of ...
- Catalyst
... 17) In their most recent Assessment Report in 2007, the IPCC’s conclusion was that “(Circle one: Some / Most / Almost all ) of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century is (circle one: likely / very likely / definitively ) due to the observed increase in anthrop ...
... 17) In their most recent Assessment Report in 2007, the IPCC’s conclusion was that “(Circle one: Some / Most / Almost all ) of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century is (circle one: likely / very likely / definitively ) due to the observed increase in anthrop ...
PowerPoint Presentation - Community Earth System Model
... 3. 21st century simulation with SRES B1 to 2100, then fix all concentrations at year 2100 values to 2200 (CO2 ~ 550ppm) 4. 21st century simulation with SRES A2 to 2100 5. 1% CO2 run to year 80 where CO2 doubles at year 70 with corresponding control run 6. 100 year (minimum) control run including sam ...
... 3. 21st century simulation with SRES B1 to 2100, then fix all concentrations at year 2100 values to 2200 (CO2 ~ 550ppm) 4. 21st century simulation with SRES A2 to 2100 5. 1% CO2 run to year 80 where CO2 doubles at year 70 with corresponding control run 6. 100 year (minimum) control run including sam ...
Atmospheric science: Extreme La Niña events to increase
... colleagues3 find a robust agreement among climate models concerning changes in La Niña — extreme events will become more frequent with global warming. Usually, the eastern tropical Pacific is dry and cool, whereas the western Pacific is characterized by the warmest waters of the world ocean, accompa ...
... colleagues3 find a robust agreement among climate models concerning changes in La Niña — extreme events will become more frequent with global warming. Usually, the eastern tropical Pacific is dry and cool, whereas the western Pacific is characterized by the warmest waters of the world ocean, accompa ...
Feedbacks on climate in the Earth system: introduction
... The ice sheets on land react on much longer time scales, and are not included in the traditional short-term definition of climate sensitivity, but of course were the dominant feature of glacial– interglacial changes and some other past climate changes. Their dynamic behaviour is one of the most impo ...
... The ice sheets on land react on much longer time scales, and are not included in the traditional short-term definition of climate sensitivity, but of course were the dominant feature of glacial– interglacial changes and some other past climate changes. Their dynamic behaviour is one of the most impo ...
6 - rguhs
... risk. The World Health Organization has concluded that the climatic changes that have occurred since the mid 1970s could already be causing annually over 150,000 deaths and five million disability-adjusted life-years mainly in developing countries The less developed countries are, ironically, those ...
... risk. The World Health Organization has concluded that the climatic changes that have occurred since the mid 1970s could already be causing annually over 150,000 deaths and five million disability-adjusted life-years mainly in developing countries The less developed countries are, ironically, those ...
Ice Age Coming Now
... much of the remaining water vapor to precipitate, thus enhancing the snow/ice albedo to further diminish the absorbed solar radiation. Such a condition would inevitably lead to runaway glaciation, producing an ice ball Earth. Claims that removing all CO2 from the atmosphere “would lead to a 1°C decr ...
... much of the remaining water vapor to precipitate, thus enhancing the snow/ice albedo to further diminish the absorbed solar radiation. Such a condition would inevitably lead to runaway glaciation, producing an ice ball Earth. Claims that removing all CO2 from the atmosphere “would lead to a 1°C decr ...
Harmonized Carbon Taxes What are
... What are IA models? These are models that include the full range of cause and effect in climate change (“end to end” modeling). Major goals of IA models: Project trends in consistent manner Assess costs and benefits of climate policies Estimate the carbon price and efficient emissions reductions for ...
... What are IA models? These are models that include the full range of cause and effect in climate change (“end to end” modeling). Major goals of IA models: Project trends in consistent manner Assess costs and benefits of climate policies Estimate the carbon price and efficient emissions reductions for ...
X° European Mountain Convention
... track to avoid dangerous climate change by limiting global warming to well below 2°C. The agreement is due to enter into force in 2020. Countries submitted comprehensive national climate action plans. Governments also agreed to come together every five years to set more ambitious targets as required ...
... track to avoid dangerous climate change by limiting global warming to well below 2°C. The agreement is due to enter into force in 2020. Countries submitted comprehensive national climate action plans. Governments also agreed to come together every five years to set more ambitious targets as required ...
Murray-Darling Basin The Murray-Darling Basin is
... El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO; commonly referred to as simply El Niño) is a global coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomenon. The Pacific ocean signatures, El Niño and La Niña are important temperature fluctuations in surface waters of the tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean. The name El Niño, from the S ...
... El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO; commonly referred to as simply El Niño) is a global coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomenon. The Pacific ocean signatures, El Niño and La Niña are important temperature fluctuations in surface waters of the tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean. The name El Niño, from the S ...
Fall 2012
... our ability to stabilize and decrease CO2 concentrations. Estimate allowable future ...
... our ability to stabilize and decrease CO2 concentrations. Estimate allowable future ...
June 4, 2014
... Under the COPE umbrella is the APA Code of Conduct/Ethical Principles. The APA’s Ethical Principles “Preamble” calls for psychologists to: ● commit...to the use of such knowledge to improve the condition of individuals, organizations, and society. ● respect and protect...the central importance of fr ...
... Under the COPE umbrella is the APA Code of Conduct/Ethical Principles. The APA’s Ethical Principles “Preamble” calls for psychologists to: ● commit...to the use of such knowledge to improve the condition of individuals, organizations, and society. ● respect and protect...the central importance of fr ...
Climate Change and its Impacts on Forests
... Increasing concentration of CO2 Climate change is largely driven by the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, most important of which being carbon-dioxide. The concentration of atmospheric CO2 has been increasing at an accelerating rate since the industrial revolution. This trend may be s ...
... Increasing concentration of CO2 Climate change is largely driven by the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, most important of which being carbon-dioxide. The concentration of atmospheric CO2 has been increasing at an accelerating rate since the industrial revolution. This trend may be s ...
Climate Change – Impact on Asia and possible adaptation measures
... Geopolitics: The New Global North includes Asia The Arctic Ocean is the smallest of the World’s five Oceans. Siberia (Russia) is Asia’s part. The Arctic Ocean is a major source for natural gas, oil, mineral ores, and ...
... Geopolitics: The New Global North includes Asia The Arctic Ocean is the smallest of the World’s five Oceans. Siberia (Russia) is Asia’s part. The Arctic Ocean is a major source for natural gas, oil, mineral ores, and ...
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).