Review of the consensus and asymmetric quality of research on
... A subsequent survey of scientists affiliated with the American Meteorological Society (AMS) and the American Geophysical Union (AGU), with 489 participants, found that 97% agreed that global temperatures had increased in the past 100 years (Farnsworth and Lichter, 2012). 84% agreed that human-induce ...
... A subsequent survey of scientists affiliated with the American Meteorological Society (AMS) and the American Geophysical Union (AGU), with 489 participants, found that 97% agreed that global temperatures had increased in the past 100 years (Farnsworth and Lichter, 2012). 84% agreed that human-induce ...
Changing Climate Changing Understanding
... Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Bruno, J. Science, 328, p 1523, 18 June 2010 ...
... Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Bruno, J. Science, 328, p 1523, 18 June 2010 ...
How to read a Climate-Fact-Sheet
... 3. The bandwidth of climate projections It is not possible on the basis of climate projections from several models to state a concrete value for future climate change in a specific region. However, it is possible to indicate a range of possible developments. In addition to the natural variability of ...
... 3. The bandwidth of climate projections It is not possible on the basis of climate projections from several models to state a concrete value for future climate change in a specific region. However, it is possible to indicate a range of possible developments. In addition to the natural variability of ...
Understanding the Links between Climate Change and Development
... Societies have always depended on the climate but are only now coming to grips with the fact that the climate depends on their actions. The steep increase in greenhouse gases since the Industrial Revolution has transformed the relationship between people and the environment. In other words, not only ...
... Societies have always depended on the climate but are only now coming to grips with the fact that the climate depends on their actions. The steep increase in greenhouse gases since the Industrial Revolution has transformed the relationship between people and the environment. In other words, not only ...
The geography of climate change: implications
... and the more controversial idea of managed translocation, will play a critical role in efforts to reduce the impacts of climate change on biodiversity and ecosystem services (Heller & Zavaleta, 2009; Lawler et al., 2010). One of the most important tools in conservation planning with respect to clima ...
... and the more controversial idea of managed translocation, will play a critical role in efforts to reduce the impacts of climate change on biodiversity and ecosystem services (Heller & Zavaleta, 2009; Lawler et al., 2010). One of the most important tools in conservation planning with respect to clima ...
Climate change impacts and adaptation strategies in the
... According to the EC Joint Research Centre, mean temperatures have increased in Europe by 0.8oC since 1900. Annual precipitation has increased by between 10% and 40% in northern Europe over the last 100 years, while the Mediterranean basin has experienced a 20% reduction (JRC, 2005). Predictions by t ...
... According to the EC Joint Research Centre, mean temperatures have increased in Europe by 0.8oC since 1900. Annual precipitation has increased by between 10% and 40% in northern Europe over the last 100 years, while the Mediterranean basin has experienced a 20% reduction (JRC, 2005). Predictions by t ...
Major Impacts and Vulnerabilities for Asia
... including those on tourism (10.6.2), Livelihood assets such as water and food (9.3.3.1, 13.3.1.1, 18.5.3, 19.6.3), Poverty (13.3.2.3), Culture (12.3.2), Flood risks (18.3.1.1, 24.2.1), Health risks (24.4.6.2), Ecosystems (24.4.2.2). ...
... including those on tourism (10.6.2), Livelihood assets such as water and food (9.3.3.1, 13.3.1.1, 18.5.3, 19.6.3), Poverty (13.3.2.3), Culture (12.3.2), Flood risks (18.3.1.1, 24.2.1), Health risks (24.4.6.2), Ecosystems (24.4.2.2). ...
Health effects of climate change: heat related impacts
... Coumou and Rahmstorf (2012) A decade of weather extremes. Nature Climate Change 2, 491–496 Hajat, S., Vardoulakis, S., Heaviside, C. and Eggen, B. (2014) Climate change effects on human health: projections of temperature-related mortality for the UK during the 2020s, 2050s, and 2080s. Journal of Epi ...
... Coumou and Rahmstorf (2012) A decade of weather extremes. Nature Climate Change 2, 491–496 Hajat, S., Vardoulakis, S., Heaviside, C. and Eggen, B. (2014) Climate change effects on human health: projections of temperature-related mortality for the UK during the 2020s, 2050s, and 2080s. Journal of Epi ...
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... transport. As regards international shipping, Greece suggests that a global regulative approach under the International Maritime Organization would be much more effective in reducing CO2 emissions from shipping than any regional scheme, or any scheme excluding developing countries or countries which ...
... transport. As regards international shipping, Greece suggests that a global regulative approach under the International Maritime Organization would be much more effective in reducing CO2 emissions from shipping than any regional scheme, or any scheme excluding developing countries or countries which ...
The contribution of low-carbon cities to Brazil`s greenhouse gas
... in Brazilian cities, with the greatest potential in shifting modes of transportation, improving fuel efficiency of vehicles, increasing the energy efficiency of residential and commercial buildings and appliances, and improving waste management. For example: ...
... in Brazilian cities, with the greatest potential in shifting modes of transportation, improving fuel efficiency of vehicles, increasing the energy efficiency of residential and commercial buildings and appliances, and improving waste management. For example: ...
Climate Change Trends and Vulnerability to Biome Shifts
... Introduction Emissions from vehicles, power plants, deforestation, and other human activities have increased atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases, causing an increase of global average surface temperature of 0.7 ± 0.2ºC from 1906 to 2005 (IPCC 2007a) and other climate changes. Field measur ...
... Introduction Emissions from vehicles, power plants, deforestation, and other human activities have increased atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases, causing an increase of global average surface temperature of 0.7 ± 0.2ºC from 1906 to 2005 (IPCC 2007a) and other climate changes. Field measur ...
communicating climate change: closing the science
... avoid being blatant and offer solutions that help audiences translate their concern into feasible and effective actions (Floyd et al. 2000). Fear appeals or images of overwhelmingly big problems without effective ways to counter them frequently result in denial, numbing, and apathy, i.e. reactions t ...
... avoid being blatant and offer solutions that help audiences translate their concern into feasible and effective actions (Floyd et al. 2000). Fear appeals or images of overwhelmingly big problems without effective ways to counter them frequently result in denial, numbing, and apathy, i.e. reactions t ...
Climate and land use change impacts on global terrestrial
... for ecosystem and hydrological impact studies carried out with models separate from the ESMs and using its meteorological outputs as inputs to their own separate calculations. Since HadGEM2-ES and other ESMs have been used to provide data for the 5th Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5), th ...
... for ecosystem and hydrological impact studies carried out with models separate from the ESMs and using its meteorological outputs as inputs to their own separate calculations. Since HadGEM2-ES and other ESMs have been used to provide data for the 5th Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5), th ...
Calculating the social cost of carbon
... The fundamental concept is the social cost of carbon that measures the present discounted value of the additional social costs (or the marginal social damage) that an extra tonne of carbon released now would impose on the current and future society. This immediately raises four questions: what is so ...
... The fundamental concept is the social cost of carbon that measures the present discounted value of the additional social costs (or the marginal social damage) that an extra tonne of carbon released now would impose on the current and future society. This immediately raises four questions: what is so ...
BIODIVERSITY SECTOR RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
... • South Africa’s National Spatial Biodiversity Assessment (2004) found that 34% of terrestrial ecosystems, 82% of the main river ecosystems and 65% of marine ecosystems are threatened, with few of these threatened ecosystems currently afforded any formal protection. • South Africa’s National Biodive ...
... • South Africa’s National Spatial Biodiversity Assessment (2004) found that 34% of terrestrial ecosystems, 82% of the main river ecosystems and 65% of marine ecosystems are threatened, with few of these threatened ecosystems currently afforded any formal protection. • South Africa’s National Biodive ...
Climate change is catchy – but when will it really... RESEARCH
... and malaria incidence is apparent in the region as a whole,[14] the importance of high-resolution and long-term interrogation of these relationships is essential. The Infectious Diseases Early Warning System project (iDEWS) is collaboration among several SA and Japanese partners, which depends on th ...
... and malaria incidence is apparent in the region as a whole,[14] the importance of high-resolution and long-term interrogation of these relationships is essential. The Infectious Diseases Early Warning System project (iDEWS) is collaboration among several SA and Japanese partners, which depends on th ...
Mechanisms of change in fish populations
... Hope the 4th was good to all. Crazy, record setting heatwave across much of the American West, followed by a crazy sort of cold in some places. They had a foot of hail fall in the desert Southwest if you hadn’t heard (http://www.komonews.com/news/offbeat/Massive-storm-dumpsnearly-2-feet-of-hail-in-N ...
... Hope the 4th was good to all. Crazy, record setting heatwave across much of the American West, followed by a crazy sort of cold in some places. They had a foot of hail fall in the desert Southwest if you hadn’t heard (http://www.komonews.com/news/offbeat/Massive-storm-dumpsnearly-2-feet-of-hail-in-N ...
Central Coast Climate change snapshot
... Rainfall is fairly uniform across the region but there can be great variability from year to year. There is more rain during summer and autumn, and in areas closer to the coast. Annual rainfall ranges from 1200–1600 mm near the coast to between 800–1200 mm further inland. The region has experienced ...
... Rainfall is fairly uniform across the region but there can be great variability from year to year. There is more rain during summer and autumn, and in areas closer to the coast. Annual rainfall ranges from 1200–1600 mm near the coast to between 800–1200 mm further inland. The region has experienced ...
Beyond collapse - Climate change and causality
... difficult or impossible to isolate climatic or environmental changes as “dominant” drivers of social change, and indeed that there is little utility in doing so (Jónsson, 2010). The minimalist narrative is emerging as the dominant discourse in some policy contexts, for example in the UK through the r ...
... difficult or impossible to isolate climatic or environmental changes as “dominant” drivers of social change, and indeed that there is little utility in doing so (Jónsson, 2010). The minimalist narrative is emerging as the dominant discourse in some policy contexts, for example in the UK through the r ...
IOSR Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IOSR-JEEE) e-ISSN: 2278-1676,p-ISSN: 2320-3331,
... based on renewables and nuclear, and fossil fuelled power plants to become less carbon intensive – for example switching from coal to natural gas or investing in carbon capture and storage technologies. There is also a trend with energy end-users switching from fossil fuels to electricity in order t ...
... based on renewables and nuclear, and fossil fuelled power plants to become less carbon intensive – for example switching from coal to natural gas or investing in carbon capture and storage technologies. There is also a trend with energy end-users switching from fossil fuels to electricity in order t ...
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is widely regarded as a successful example of global science advice. Its voluminous assessment reports are produced by thousands of volunteer scientists approximately every six years, who work across three Working Groups dealing respectively with ...
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is widely regarded as a successful example of global science advice. Its voluminous assessment reports are produced by thousands of volunteer scientists approximately every six years, who work across three Working Groups dealing respectively with ...
A Just Climate: Our Responsibility To Act
... livelihoods. They are consequently more exposed to the impact of natural disasters, losing their homes, their land and, in many cases, their lives. Natural disasters have always been a part of human and natural history, but climate change alters both the intensity and frequency of natural disasters. ...
... livelihoods. They are consequently more exposed to the impact of natural disasters, losing their homes, their land and, in many cases, their lives. Natural disasters have always been a part of human and natural history, but climate change alters both the intensity and frequency of natural disasters. ...
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... to the task at hand. The Protocol’s lone goal is to stabilize atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs) by reducing global anthropogenic emissions.5 However, most observers agree that the Protocol, as designed, cannot possibly achieve that goal. 6 Even on the doubtful assumption that all ...
... to the task at hand. The Protocol’s lone goal is to stabilize atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs) by reducing global anthropogenic emissions.5 However, most observers agree that the Protocol, as designed, cannot possibly achieve that goal. 6 Even on the doubtful assumption that all ...
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... suggest this industry may well be seriously impacted by the scheme. MAF also have calculated the impact of the ETS on farm profit before tax as shown in Table 2. These have used the MAF Farm Monitoring model farms and show the variation in impact across farm types. The greatest impact is not surpris ...
... suggest this industry may well be seriously impacted by the scheme. MAF also have calculated the impact of the ETS on farm profit before tax as shown in Table 2. These have used the MAF Farm Monitoring model farms and show the variation in impact across farm types. The greatest impact is not surpris ...
A Guide for Incorporating Adaptation to Climate
... that, while the average temperature may be increasing, sometimes temperatures may be colder than usual, as well as hotter. Extreme events include wind, storms, and precipitation. In coastal areas, sea level rise and storm surges can combine to create a major threat to infrastructure. Depending on th ...
... that, while the average temperature may be increasing, sometimes temperatures may be colder than usual, as well as hotter. Extreme events include wind, storms, and precipitation. In coastal areas, sea level rise and storm surges can combine to create a major threat to infrastructure. Depending on th ...
Climate change in the United States
Because of global warming, there has been concern in the United States and internationally, that the country should reduce total greenhouse gas which is relatively high per capita.In 2012, the United States experienced its warmest year on record. As of 2012, the thirteen warmest years for the entire planet have all occurred since 1998, transcending those from 1880.From 1950 to 2009, the American government's surface temperature record shows an increase by 1 °F (0.56 °C), approximately. Global warming has caused many changes in the U.S. According to a 2009 statement by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), trends include lake and river ice melting earlier in the spring, plants blooming earlier, multiple animal species shifting their habitat ranges northward, and reductions in the size of glaciers.Predicting future climate changes are fraught with difficultly. Some research has warned against possible problems due to American climate changes such as the spread of invasive species and possibilities of floods as well as droughts. Changes in climate in the regions of the United States appear significant. Drought conditions appear to be worsening in the southwest while improving in the northeast for example.President Barack Obama committed in the December 2009 Copenhagen Climate Change Summit to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the range of 17% below 2005 levels by 2020, 42% below 2005 levels by 2030, and 83% below 2005 levels by 2050. In an address towards the U.S. Congress in June 2013, Obama detailed a specific action plan to achieve the 17% carbon emissions cut from 2005 by 2020. He included such measures as shifting from coal-based power generation to solar and natural gas production.