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PETITION FOR RULEMAKING SEEKING THE REGULATION OF GREENHOUSE GAS
... December, 2007 United Nations climate conference recognizes that "deep cuts in global emissions" will be required to avoid dangerous climate change. Specifically, it acknowledges the need for industrialized nations to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 25 to 40% below 1990 levels by 2020. And, the expe ...
... December, 2007 United Nations climate conference recognizes that "deep cuts in global emissions" will be required to avoid dangerous climate change. Specifically, it acknowledges the need for industrialized nations to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 25 to 40% below 1990 levels by 2020. And, the expe ...
Stepping up to the challenge
... Six issues facing global climate change and food security There are several complex and interrelated challenges and barriers to achieving global food and nutrition security in an increasingly variable climate. Without urgent action for mitigation and adaptation, the world faces more loss and damage ...
... Six issues facing global climate change and food security There are several complex and interrelated challenges and barriers to achieving global food and nutrition security in an increasingly variable climate. Without urgent action for mitigation and adaptation, the world faces more loss and damage ...
Climate change and coastal cities: the case of
... Mombasa is already affected by extreme climatic events, especially floods, droughts and strong winds (Photo 3). These climate-related disasters are projected to increase in frequency and intensity with long-term climate change, and Table 1 gives a summary of those that have occurred in Mombasa in th ...
... Mombasa is already affected by extreme climatic events, especially floods, droughts and strong winds (Photo 3). These climate-related disasters are projected to increase in frequency and intensity with long-term climate change, and Table 1 gives a summary of those that have occurred in Mombasa in th ...
North American Plant Distributions
... century. Plants are already responding to global change in some ways that meet predictions. At high latitudes and alpine areas, where climate change is expected to be most severe, plant communities are shifting distribution. Shrubs are shifting northward and expanding into the Arctic. The treeline i ...
... century. Plants are already responding to global change in some ways that meet predictions. At high latitudes and alpine areas, where climate change is expected to be most severe, plant communities are shifting distribution. Shrubs are shifting northward and expanding into the Arctic. The treeline i ...
Extreme Events - International Research Institute for Climate and
... some of the difficulties scientists are having with them. It explains that in order to create better models we need more international cooperation in order to get better data. However, it outlines that this is getting increasingly difficult. It shows on a global scale how extreme events are very pre ...
... some of the difficulties scientists are having with them. It explains that in order to create better models we need more international cooperation in order to get better data. However, it outlines that this is getting increasingly difficult. It shows on a global scale how extreme events are very pre ...
Alaska Climate Research Center
... Emeritus (part time) Kevin Galloway - Webmaster (full time) Blake Moore - Computer Programmer (part time) Various Students (Bill Chen) ...
... Emeritus (part time) Kevin Galloway - Webmaster (full time) Blake Moore - Computer Programmer (part time) Various Students (Bill Chen) ...
executive summary - Global Environment Facility
... It also identifies data gaps, capacity building needs and implementation requirements for conducting more in depth vulnerability and adaptation activities. 3.1. CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS Vulnerability is defined by the IPCC as “ the extent to which climate change may damage or harm a system. It depen ...
... It also identifies data gaps, capacity building needs and implementation requirements for conducting more in depth vulnerability and adaptation activities. 3.1. CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS Vulnerability is defined by the IPCC as “ the extent to which climate change may damage or harm a system. It depen ...
Topic 8: Energy, power, climate change
... 8.6.4 Describe evidence that links global warming to increased levels of greenhouse gases. 8.6.5 Outline some of the mechanisms that may increase the rate of global warming. -Increased Greenhouse gases caused by burning fossil fuels. -Decreased albedo caused by melting ice caps. ...
... 8.6.4 Describe evidence that links global warming to increased levels of greenhouse gases. 8.6.5 Outline some of the mechanisms that may increase the rate of global warming. -Increased Greenhouse gases caused by burning fossil fuels. -Decreased albedo caused by melting ice caps. ...
The Problem - CLIMsystems
... Major concerns have been raised about the effects of climatic changes on Australia’s tropical forests (Williams et al., 2003). Many species are well-adapted to current climatic variability. However, many are restricted to geographic and climatic ranges and are vulnerable to long-term changes in aver ...
... Major concerns have been raised about the effects of climatic changes on Australia’s tropical forests (Williams et al., 2003). Many species are well-adapted to current climatic variability. However, many are restricted to geographic and climatic ranges and are vulnerable to long-term changes in aver ...
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... Although no clear consensus on a road map to reach the target has been reached yet, temperature stabilization at no more than 2° C above pre‐industrial levels by the end of this century still represents the objective of most nations represented at the UNFCCC, and it has been recogn ...
... Although no clear consensus on a road map to reach the target has been reached yet, temperature stabilization at no more than 2° C above pre‐industrial levels by the end of this century still represents the objective of most nations represented at the UNFCCC, and it has been recogn ...
Summing up Sendai: progress integrating climate
... years before Sendai, the Gijón (Spain) conference was the venue for perhaps the most comprehensive climate-oceans focus ever held (Valdés et al., 2009). The Gijón conference emphasized that CO2 and other greenhouse gases (GHGs) are already affecting the world’s oceans and biota, that observing sy ...
... years before Sendai, the Gijón (Spain) conference was the venue for perhaps the most comprehensive climate-oceans focus ever held (Valdés et al., 2009). The Gijón conference emphasized that CO2 and other greenhouse gases (GHGs) are already affecting the world’s oceans and biota, that observing sy ...
BCDC Fact Sheet
... policies are advisory only beyond the Commission’s regulatory jurisdiction. The advisory policies can be used by local governments and others, or ignored. Will BCDC’s proposed policies conflict with other regional land use policies aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions? No. In the Bay Area, ada ...
... policies are advisory only beyond the Commission’s regulatory jurisdiction. The advisory policies can be used by local governments and others, or ignored. Will BCDC’s proposed policies conflict with other regional land use policies aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions? No. In the Bay Area, ada ...
Chapter 12: Greenhouse Gas Emissions A. INTRODUCTION B
... regulate GHGs under the Clean Air Act (CAA), and has already begun issuing regulations. The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) and USEPA have established GHG emissions standards for vehicles that will reduce vehicular GHG emissions over time. There are also regional, state, and local efforts ...
... regulate GHGs under the Clean Air Act (CAA), and has already begun issuing regulations. The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) and USEPA have established GHG emissions standards for vehicles that will reduce vehicular GHG emissions over time. There are also regional, state, and local efforts ...
alongside the unfccc - Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
... many of the “traditional” air pollutants—such as NOx and SO2—and greenhouse gases stem from the same sources, such as transport, agriculture, power production and industry. This means that actions to reduce these local and regional air pollutants may have indirect benefits for climate change mitigat ...
... many of the “traditional” air pollutants—such as NOx and SO2—and greenhouse gases stem from the same sources, such as transport, agriculture, power production and industry. This means that actions to reduce these local and regional air pollutants may have indirect benefits for climate change mitigat ...
CombinedFacultyMeeting - Department of Geological
... with lead times of two weeks to multi-decadal for use in decision-making. A major component of the nation’s food supply and renewable fuel supply is vulnerable to both natural cycles of climate and changes due to increases in atmospheric greenhouse gases. Failure to anticipate major floods and droug ...
... with lead times of two weeks to multi-decadal for use in decision-making. A major component of the nation’s food supply and renewable fuel supply is vulnerable to both natural cycles of climate and changes due to increases in atmospheric greenhouse gases. Failure to anticipate major floods and droug ...
The Culture and Discourse of Climate Skepticism Andrew J
... Australia (although almost none from emerging economies like China, Brazil, or India). The movement is certainly global with influences that reach into both national and international negotiations on the issue. While “abortion politics” may not be not the best descriptor of climate change divis ...
... Australia (although almost none from emerging economies like China, Brazil, or India). The movement is certainly global with influences that reach into both national and international negotiations on the issue. While “abortion politics” may not be not the best descriptor of climate change divis ...
Global Warming: A White Paper on the Science, Policies
... semiconductor industry is researching ways of changing its processes to decrease, if not completely eliminate, these long-lived gases. Maybe the Earth’s atmosphere and climate can effectively handle the increased input of such gases without global warming or other deleterious effects on the planet. ...
... semiconductor industry is researching ways of changing its processes to decrease, if not completely eliminate, these long-lived gases. Maybe the Earth’s atmosphere and climate can effectively handle the increased input of such gases without global warming or other deleterious effects on the planet. ...
Vegetation Responses to Rapid Climate Change at the Late
... anticipating and managing the biodiversity consequences of climate change, including the extent of species’ natural resilience.” Dawson et al. (2011) ...
... anticipating and managing the biodiversity consequences of climate change, including the extent of species’ natural resilience.” Dawson et al. (2011) ...
the climate technology program
... Changing climates are already causing irreversible effects on agriculture, water resources, forestry, society and industry. Furthermore energy access, security and price volatility are further constraining global economic growth. There are many barriers to developing the new technologies needed to a ...
... Changing climates are already causing irreversible effects on agriculture, water resources, forestry, society and industry. Furthermore energy access, security and price volatility are further constraining global economic growth. There are many barriers to developing the new technologies needed to a ...
Native Communities and Climate Change
... scientific consensus has emerged in recent decades that human activities are causing considerable changes to our climate. Among the changes already observed are higher temperatures, rising sea levels, warming oceans, and melting polar ice sheets. These trends will continue even if significant policy ...
... scientific consensus has emerged in recent decades that human activities are causing considerable changes to our climate. Among the changes already observed are higher temperatures, rising sea levels, warming oceans, and melting polar ice sheets. These trends will continue even if significant policy ...
Global Warming: The Science and the Politics
... large fluctuations are common to the climate system. A thousand years ago temperatures were apparently higher than today and it was during this period that the Vikings colonized Greenland. We note that the temperatures in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries were unusually cool, for which we have ...
... large fluctuations are common to the climate system. A thousand years ago temperatures were apparently higher than today and it was during this period that the Vikings colonized Greenland. We note that the temperatures in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries were unusually cool, for which we have ...
Climate change in the United States
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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.