Building a world-class community of climate innovators - Climate-KIC
... third industrial revolution – towards a sustainable economy based on renewable energy. If we continue with business as usual, earth will be warming by up to 4˚C by the end of this century – far more than the two degrees above pre-industrial levels that, according to most climate researchers, would ...
... third industrial revolution – towards a sustainable economy based on renewable energy. If we continue with business as usual, earth will be warming by up to 4˚C by the end of this century – far more than the two degrees above pre-industrial levels that, according to most climate researchers, would ...
Two degrees of separation: ambition and reality
... partly driven by a fall in energy demand of 1.7% against a growing economy, mostly attributed to the fall in net energy consumption in electricity generation1. The Australian Renewable Energy target (20% of electricity from renewable sources by 2020) has played an important role in promoting renewab ...
... partly driven by a fall in energy demand of 1.7% against a growing economy, mostly attributed to the fall in net energy consumption in electricity generation1. The Australian Renewable Energy target (20% of electricity from renewable sources by 2020) has played an important role in promoting renewab ...
Public!Intellectuals
... The second group, Smart Growth Reformers, agree that limits to growth should be respected, but assume that environmental limits can be stretched if the right market-‐based mechanisms are implemented, enabling ...
... The second group, Smart Growth Reformers, agree that limits to growth should be respected, but assume that environmental limits can be stretched if the right market-‐based mechanisms are implemented, enabling ...
Impact of Climate Changes on Economic and Agricultural Value
... relationship between climate changes and GDP and Agriculture share in GDP. Our main consideration is on climate changes and we will explain how these changes impact the Agricultural output and GDP of the countries in the sample. Carbon dioxide emission is used as indicator of climate changes and mor ...
... relationship between climate changes and GDP and Agriculture share in GDP. Our main consideration is on climate changes and we will explain how these changes impact the Agricultural output and GDP of the countries in the sample. Carbon dioxide emission is used as indicator of climate changes and mor ...
Implications of Climate Changes in the Wider Caribbean Region
... Implications of Climate Changes in the Wider Caribbean Region The history of modern civilization is inexorably related to Earth's climate. Climatic changes have occurred that have influenced our literature, raised and toppled empires, altered our view of God, modified economies, forced mass migrati ...
... Implications of Climate Changes in the Wider Caribbean Region The history of modern civilization is inexorably related to Earth's climate. Climatic changes have occurred that have influenced our literature, raised and toppled empires, altered our view of God, modified economies, forced mass migrati ...
Toward Integrated Historical Climate Research
... climate change scenarios extending out 50-100 years.7-9 More recently, major efforts have been made to link seamlessly the various models and research approaches used in forecasting to those investigating climate change10 – with a more equal focus on disentangling climatic variability and climate ch ...
... climate change scenarios extending out 50-100 years.7-9 More recently, major efforts have been made to link seamlessly the various models and research approaches used in forecasting to those investigating climate change10 – with a more equal focus on disentangling climatic variability and climate ch ...
Vol.12, No. 2
... how this 8,000-km-long rainband will respond to greenhouse warming. One reason why projections are so elusive is that state-of-the-art coupled general circulation models (GCMs), used for climate projections and assessments by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), have trouble realist ...
... how this 8,000-km-long rainband will respond to greenhouse warming. One reason why projections are so elusive is that state-of-the-art coupled general circulation models (GCMs), used for climate projections and assessments by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), have trouble realist ...
An investigation into the impact of science communication and
... presentation to clarify or confuse the public’s understanding of timely topics. In addition to the impact of science communication, there appear to be factors specific to the individual that can influence our assessment of information. A study from the University of Maine found that participants who ...
... presentation to clarify or confuse the public’s understanding of timely topics. In addition to the impact of science communication, there appear to be factors specific to the individual that can influence our assessment of information. A study from the University of Maine found that participants who ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES THE PERCEPTION AND VALUATION
... increase between the time of the survey and 2024; a gas tax that could control climate change till the later date would be accomplishing more. The survey also included a variety of other background questions and belief questions, which will be discussed in this section below, and Section 3. Qualifi ...
... increase between the time of the survey and 2024; a gas tax that could control climate change till the later date would be accomplishing more. The survey also included a variety of other background questions and belief questions, which will be discussed in this section below, and Section 3. Qualifi ...
Parmesan and Yohe, 2003
... significant range shifts averaging 6.1 km per decade towards the poles (or metres per decade upward), and significant mean advancement of spring events by 2.3 days per decade. We define a diagnostic fingerprint of temporal and spatial ‘sign-switching’ responses uniquely predicted by twentieth centur ...
... significant range shifts averaging 6.1 km per decade towards the poles (or metres per decade upward), and significant mean advancement of spring events by 2.3 days per decade. We define a diagnostic fingerprint of temporal and spatial ‘sign-switching’ responses uniquely predicted by twentieth centur ...
Intended National Determined Contribution (INDC)
... Concerning adaptation, Morocco has already made significant efforts. Over the period 2005-‐ 2010, Morocco devoted 64 % of all climate-‐related spending in the country to adaptation, which represents 9 ...
... Concerning adaptation, Morocco has already made significant efforts. Over the period 2005-‐ 2010, Morocco devoted 64 % of all climate-‐related spending in the country to adaptation, which represents 9 ...
A globally coherent fingerprint of climate change
... significant range shifts averaging 6.1 km per decade towards the poles (or metres per decade upward), and significant mean advancement of spring events by 2.3 days per decade. We define a diagnostic fingerprint of temporal and spatial ‘sign-switching’ responses uniquely predicted by twentieth centur ...
... significant range shifts averaging 6.1 km per decade towards the poles (or metres per decade upward), and significant mean advancement of spring events by 2.3 days per decade. We define a diagnostic fingerprint of temporal and spatial ‘sign-switching’ responses uniquely predicted by twentieth centur ...
Australian Species and Climate Change - WWF
... 40 per cent of mammal extinctions globally in the last 200 years have occurred in Australia. This incredible continent is losing species at an unprecedented rate and, as most species found here aren’t found anywhere else, the loss of Australian species is a loss for the whole world. The habitat dest ...
... 40 per cent of mammal extinctions globally in the last 200 years have occurred in Australia. This incredible continent is losing species at an unprecedented rate and, as most species found here aren’t found anywhere else, the loss of Australian species is a loss for the whole world. The habitat dest ...
Interactions between climate and desertification
... for 72% of total fuel wood consumption and trees are being cut at a rate that is 43% higher than sustainable yields (Muchena et al., 2005). These reports are alarming given that 70% of Kenya’s forest resources are found in the arid and semi-arid lands. Using a dynamic simulation model of land use ch ...
... for 72% of total fuel wood consumption and trees are being cut at a rate that is 43% higher than sustainable yields (Muchena et al., 2005). These reports are alarming given that 70% of Kenya’s forest resources are found in the arid and semi-arid lands. Using a dynamic simulation model of land use ch ...
FINAL TEXT PAGES - Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies
... The third IPCC assessment was published in 2001, and went one step further than its predecessor. The third assessment reported on the magnitude of the human effect on climate. It found that “there is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable ...
... The third IPCC assessment was published in 2001, and went one step further than its predecessor. The third assessment reported on the magnitude of the human effect on climate. It found that “there is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable ...
Securing ocean benefits for society in the face of climate change
... likely to worsen with time [9,10]. Atmospheric CO2 concentration has increased by 40% over the last century, and is projected to continue growing into the future under all realistic emission scenarios [11], further increasing pressures on marine systems through ocean acidification and warming. Observ ...
... likely to worsen with time [9,10]. Atmospheric CO2 concentration has increased by 40% over the last century, and is projected to continue growing into the future under all realistic emission scenarios [11], further increasing pressures on marine systems through ocean acidification and warming. Observ ...
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
... object or situation impacts a person. The term “core affect” has been recently introduced to refer to a basic, psychologically primitive state that can be described by two psychological properties: hedonic valence (pleasure/displeasure) and arousal (activation/sleepy). Core affect has been character ...
... object or situation impacts a person. The term “core affect” has been recently introduced to refer to a basic, psychologically primitive state that can be described by two psychological properties: hedonic valence (pleasure/displeasure) and arousal (activation/sleepy). Core affect has been character ...
Land ecosystems
... The species composition of the ecosystems in Switzerland will change in the long term, since the species react differently to climate change. Many of these changes are irreversible. On the one hand, hitherto existing species will disappear, on the other hand, foreign plant and animal species will im ...
... The species composition of the ecosystems in Switzerland will change in the long term, since the species react differently to climate change. Many of these changes are irreversible. On the one hand, hitherto existing species will disappear, on the other hand, foreign plant and animal species will im ...
Slide 1
... Limitations of Prescribing SSTs • Prescribed SST anomaly (i.e., AMIP-type) experiments are most effective when the ocean is primarily forcing the atmosphere. (Tropical surface heating → anomalous convection → atmospheric teleconnection patterns.) • Prescribed SST experiments are also useful in isol ...
... Limitations of Prescribing SSTs • Prescribed SST anomaly (i.e., AMIP-type) experiments are most effective when the ocean is primarily forcing the atmosphere. (Tropical surface heating → anomalous convection → atmospheric teleconnection patterns.) • Prescribed SST experiments are also useful in isol ...
WSB 8/5/1 Task Group Climate page 1 Agenda Item: 5 Subject
... At a workshop, four spatial planning study cases from different sites in the Wadden Sea region were discussed. It concerned cases with different levels of complexity and integration. The evaluation of the four cases made very clear that spatial planning is the main instrument for integrating various ...
... At a workshop, four spatial planning study cases from different sites in the Wadden Sea region were discussed. It concerned cases with different levels of complexity and integration. The evaluation of the four cases made very clear that spatial planning is the main instrument for integrating various ...
Activity 2.2: Historical Climate Cycles
... upper atmosphere. Average sunspot activity decreased after 1980, and on the whole, solar activity has not increased during the half-century since 1950. As for cosmic rays, they have been measured since the 1950s and likewise show no long-term trend. The continuing satellite measurements of the solar ...
... upper atmosphere. Average sunspot activity decreased after 1980, and on the whole, solar activity has not increased during the half-century since 1950. As for cosmic rays, they have been measured since the 1950s and likewise show no long-term trend. The continuing satellite measurements of the solar ...
Assessing the impact of late Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions on
... as an increase in high-latitude tree cover, following the hypothesis formulated in DWF2010. In order to simulate an additional increase in tree cover not caused by existing processes in the model, we define a “mammoth area” which is initially deforested, partially or totally (physically, this approa ...
... as an increase in high-latitude tree cover, following the hypothesis formulated in DWF2010. In order to simulate an additional increase in tree cover not caused by existing processes in the model, we define a “mammoth area” which is initially deforested, partially or totally (physically, this approa ...
Building a Resilient Energy Gulf Coast: Executive Report
... new policies to be put in place by local regulators, actions by individual home owners (who may face barriers related to capital needs), and appropriate enforcement. Driving a “practical” solution that takes Gulf Coast “resilience” to the next level represents an optimal solution to balance cost req ...
... new policies to be put in place by local regulators, actions by individual home owners (who may face barriers related to capital needs), and appropriate enforcement. Driving a “practical” solution that takes Gulf Coast “resilience” to the next level represents an optimal solution to balance cost req ...
Chapter 2 of Stern Review: approach to discounting
... Sections 2.5 and 2.6 consider how economic analysis can get to grips with a problem that is uncertain and involves a serious risk of large losses of wellbeing, due to deaths, extinctions of species and heavy economic costs, rather than the marginal changes more commonly considered in economics. For ...
... Sections 2.5 and 2.6 consider how economic analysis can get to grips with a problem that is uncertain and involves a serious risk of large losses of wellbeing, due to deaths, extinctions of species and heavy economic costs, rather than the marginal changes more commonly considered in economics. For ...
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.