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CEQ Draft Guidance on Consideration of the
... – “Agencies should consider the specific effects of the proposed action (including the proposed action’s effect on the vulnerability of affected ecosystems), the nexus of those effects with projected climate change effect on the same aspects of our environment, and the implications for the environme ...
... – “Agencies should consider the specific effects of the proposed action (including the proposed action’s effect on the vulnerability of affected ecosystems), the nexus of those effects with projected climate change effect on the same aspects of our environment, and the implications for the environme ...
CO2, the greenhouse effect and global warming: from the
... end of last year, 195 countries agreed on a plan to reduce emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases, aiming to limit global temperature increase to well below 2 8C (relative to pre-industrial climate, meaning a future warming of less than 1.4 8C because temperature had already increased by 0.6 8C ...
... end of last year, 195 countries agreed on a plan to reduce emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases, aiming to limit global temperature increase to well below 2 8C (relative to pre-industrial climate, meaning a future warming of less than 1.4 8C because temperature had already increased by 0.6 8C ...
elninocyclones - Global Change System for Analysis, Research
... The very high resolution modelling work suggests that increases in the intensity of tropical cyclones will be accompanied by increases in mean and maximum precipitation rates. In the cases studied, precipitation in the vicinity of the storm centre increased by 20% whereas peak rates increased by 30 ...
... The very high resolution modelling work suggests that increases in the intensity of tropical cyclones will be accompanied by increases in mean and maximum precipitation rates. In the cases studied, precipitation in the vicinity of the storm centre increased by 20% whereas peak rates increased by 30 ...
Climate change impacts on North African countries and on some
... consequences on North Africa’s agriculture (El-Shaer et al., 1997). Water and land resources in North Africa are primarily used for agriculture. North Africa accounts for more than 41% (about 6 million hectares) of total irrigated lands in Africa. (Abou Hadid, 2006) Consequently, the Northern region ...
... consequences on North Africa’s agriculture (El-Shaer et al., 1997). Water and land resources in North Africa are primarily used for agriculture. North Africa accounts for more than 41% (about 6 million hectares) of total irrigated lands in Africa. (Abou Hadid, 2006) Consequently, the Northern region ...
presentation - Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand
... …. except for their sales to electricity generators, who must purchase and remit units to cover their fuel burn. ...
... …. except for their sales to electricity generators, who must purchase and remit units to cover their fuel burn. ...
Climate change and Irish forestry
... There is strong international scientific agreement that climate change, manifested as rising surface temperatures, increasing frequency of drought and other extreme weather events, is directly due to the combustion of fossil fuels and intensification of land use. According to the latest assessment r ...
... There is strong international scientific agreement that climate change, manifested as rising surface temperatures, increasing frequency of drought and other extreme weather events, is directly due to the combustion of fossil fuels and intensification of land use. According to the latest assessment r ...
Tennessee and Climate Change
... River to the Tennessee River that lends the state its name. Like the rest of the country, Tennessee is at risk from the effects of climate change. Average temperatures in Tennessee could rise by nearly 7ºF by the end of the century. This will be accompanied by an increasing likelihood of extreme wea ...
... River to the Tennessee River that lends the state its name. Like the rest of the country, Tennessee is at risk from the effects of climate change. Average temperatures in Tennessee could rise by nearly 7ºF by the end of the century. This will be accompanied by an increasing likelihood of extreme wea ...
Teacher resource pack (Word)
... Describe the event that will happen in Copenhagen in December. How many countries are involved in the conference? Give a brief summary of what you know about climate change. What is the Kyoto agreement? Why is 2012 an important date? Why are reducing greenhouse gases expensive? Why is it a problem f ...
... Describe the event that will happen in Copenhagen in December. How many countries are involved in the conference? Give a brief summary of what you know about climate change. What is the Kyoto agreement? Why is 2012 an important date? Why are reducing greenhouse gases expensive? Why is it a problem f ...
Climate Change packet
... Answer: The overall effect of a warmer climate on agricultural productivity is difficult to predict because the effect will vary regionally. Productivity might increase in some areas and decrease in others. Some croplands already stressed by heat and water availability could be pushed beyond their a ...
... Answer: The overall effect of a warmer climate on agricultural productivity is difficult to predict because the effect will vary regionally. Productivity might increase in some areas and decrease in others. Some croplands already stressed by heat and water availability could be pushed beyond their a ...
WCRP OSC Presentation
... Reprocessed Datasets and Climate Data Records Interactions and Predictions at the Interface of Weather and Climate Quantifying and Characterizing Uncertainty Understanding Climate Feedbacks Sea Level Variability and Change Water Resources and the Hydrological Cycle over Land Geoengineering to Counte ...
... Reprocessed Datasets and Climate Data Records Interactions and Predictions at the Interface of Weather and Climate Quantifying and Characterizing Uncertainty Understanding Climate Feedbacks Sea Level Variability and Change Water Resources and the Hydrological Cycle over Land Geoengineering to Counte ...
International Climate Change Negotiations and Agriculture Policy Focus May 2009
... detailed and location-specific research is required, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) key findings on adaption were that while warming is expected to decrease yields in the tropical and sub-Saharan regions, yields may actually increase in temperate regions.3 Sub-Saharan Africa ...
... detailed and location-specific research is required, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) key findings on adaption were that while warming is expected to decrease yields in the tropical and sub-Saharan regions, yields may actually increase in temperate regions.3 Sub-Saharan Africa ...
discussion brief - International Research Institute for Climate and
... major stormwater systems and use gutters, small ditches, culverts and storm drains, detention ponds and channels. Standards for stormwater systems are not uniform and are set by governments. Local standards revolve around how frequently storms of different durations and intensity occur (referred to ...
... major stormwater systems and use gutters, small ditches, culverts and storm drains, detention ponds and channels. Standards for stormwater systems are not uniform and are set by governments. Local standards revolve around how frequently storms of different durations and intensity occur (referred to ...
1k_Wielicki_ClimateChangeAccuracyRequirements
... perfect one (fractional error Fa in accuracy) is given by: Fa = (1 + f 2i)1/2 - 1 , where f 2i = 2i i / 2var var for linear trends where s is standard deviation, is autocorrelation time, var is natural variability, and i is one of the CLARREO error sources. • Degradation of the time to de ...
... perfect one (fractional error Fa in accuracy) is given by: Fa = (1 + f 2i)1/2 - 1 , where f 2i = 2i i / 2var var for linear trends where s is standard deviation, is autocorrelation time, var is natural variability, and i is one of the CLARREO error sources. • Degradation of the time to de ...
Christmas Island Coral Demonstrates Tropical Pacific ENSO Variability
... El Nino Nino conditions b of those physical feedbacks and this could, in turn, lead to changes Figure 3 | Projected Motivational Questions: changes in the amplitude of ENSO variability, in the characteristic amplitude or frequency of ENSO events. As as a response to global warming, from the CMIP3 mo ...
... El Nino Nino conditions b of those physical feedbacks and this could, in turn, lead to changes Figure 3 | Projected Motivational Questions: changes in the amplitude of ENSO variability, in the characteristic amplitude or frequency of ENSO events. As as a response to global warming, from the CMIP3 mo ...
Summary of the Garnaut Climate Change Review Final Report
... Understanding climate science…continued Higher concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere absorb more of the heat reflected from the Earth’s surface causing an increase in global temperatures. To limit increases in global temperature, we need to limit – or stabilise – the concentration o ...
... Understanding climate science…continued Higher concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere absorb more of the heat reflected from the Earth’s surface causing an increase in global temperatures. To limit increases in global temperature, we need to limit – or stabilise – the concentration o ...
Adaptation and Mitigation Reponses to Climate Change
... assessing their perceptions and beliefs about climate change and their behavioral intentions to reduce their personal energy use (a mitigation action, as it will reduce greenhouse gas emissions). Some of the individuals (about 20 percent) had experienced recent flooding in their local area, while ot ...
... assessing their perceptions and beliefs about climate change and their behavioral intentions to reduce their personal energy use (a mitigation action, as it will reduce greenhouse gas emissions). Some of the individuals (about 20 percent) had experienced recent flooding in their local area, while ot ...
What caused the extreme weather of 2010
... “Would the Queensland floods have occurred if humans were not warming the climate through greenhouse-gas emissions?” • Climate change will affect the overall number and strength of extreme weather events. • Two slightly easier and much more useful questions: “Will floods in Queensland become more fr ...
... “Would the Queensland floods have occurred if humans were not warming the climate through greenhouse-gas emissions?” • Climate change will affect the overall number and strength of extreme weather events. • Two slightly easier and much more useful questions: “Will floods in Queensland become more fr ...
Are we headed for global catastrophe in the coming century?
... 3. ~14,000 yrs ago, global temperatures increased (~4.5°C; ~8° F). 4. ~13,400 yrs ago, global temperatures plunged (~8°C; ~14° F) 5. ~13,200 yrs ago, global temperatures rose rapidly (~5°C; ~9° F) 6. 12,700 yrs ago global temperatures plunged sharply (~8°C; ~14°) F) at the start of the Younger Dryas ...
... 3. ~14,000 yrs ago, global temperatures increased (~4.5°C; ~8° F). 4. ~13,400 yrs ago, global temperatures plunged (~8°C; ~14° F) 5. ~13,200 yrs ago, global temperatures rose rapidly (~5°C; ~9° F) 6. 12,700 yrs ago global temperatures plunged sharply (~8°C; ~14°) F) at the start of the Younger Dryas ...
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... 3. ~14,000 yrs ago, global temperatures increased (~4.5°C; ~8° F). 4. ~13,400 yrs ago, global temperatures plunged (~8°C; ~14° F) 5. ~13,200 yrs ago, global temperatures rose rapidly (~5°C; ~9° F) 6. 12,700 yrs ago global temperatures plunged sharply (~8°C; ~14°) F) at the start of the Younger Dryas ...
... 3. ~14,000 yrs ago, global temperatures increased (~4.5°C; ~8° F). 4. ~13,400 yrs ago, global temperatures plunged (~8°C; ~14° F) 5. ~13,200 yrs ago, global temperatures rose rapidly (~5°C; ~9° F) 6. 12,700 yrs ago global temperatures plunged sharply (~8°C; ~14°) F) at the start of the Younger Dryas ...
Draft Resolution X - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
... RECOGNIZING the significant progress made since Ramsar COP10 (2008) with respect to knowledge and awareness of the importance of the carbon sequestration and storage function of wetlands, including inter alia inland peatlands and coastal vegetated wetlands such as mangroves, saltmarshes and seagrass ...
... RECOGNIZING the significant progress made since Ramsar COP10 (2008) with respect to knowledge and awareness of the importance of the carbon sequestration and storage function of wetlands, including inter alia inland peatlands and coastal vegetated wetlands such as mangroves, saltmarshes and seagrass ...
National climate change legislation: The key to more ambitious international agreements
... hardship when the performance of a country’s economy is usually the overriding political concern. Therefore, the positions of key trading partners and competitors are likely to have a significant influence on a country’s negotiating position. For example, Canada’s position has, to date, been closely ...
... hardship when the performance of a country’s economy is usually the overriding political concern. Therefore, the positions of key trading partners and competitors are likely to have a significant influence on a country’s negotiating position. For example, Canada’s position has, to date, been closely ...
Ocean Variables
... Convention and metrics for observing systems as in TAR. 14-18 October 2002 - Meeting of authors to organise, assemble and review initial Adequacy analyses. 20 Dec 2002 - 7Mar 2003 - Open review of the draft Adequacy Report (GCOS homepage) - available to Parties to SBSTA. 12-14 March 2003 – Fin ...
... Convention and metrics for observing systems as in TAR. 14-18 October 2002 - Meeting of authors to organise, assemble and review initial Adequacy analyses. 20 Dec 2002 - 7Mar 2003 - Open review of the draft Adequacy Report (GCOS homepage) - available to Parties to SBSTA. 12-14 March 2003 – Fin ...
full text pdf
... Climate change is one of the greatest contemporary threats to our planet's environmental, social and economic well-being, accompanied by major changes in life support systems on Earth, where the far-reaching effects will be felt in the coming decades. The Earth's climate is warming rapidly due to em ...
... Climate change is one of the greatest contemporary threats to our planet's environmental, social and economic well-being, accompanied by major changes in life support systems on Earth, where the far-reaching effects will be felt in the coming decades. The Earth's climate is warming rapidly due to em ...
POLITICAL IDEOLOGY, NOT SCIENCE, THE REAL DRIVER OF
... “Political ideology was the second strongest predictor of view certainty and causation, and was equivalent to perceived consensus as predictor of harm/benefit…….In other words, the notion that expertise is the single dominant factor shaping meteorologists’ views of global warming appears to be simpl ...
... “Political ideology was the second strongest predictor of view certainty and causation, and was equivalent to perceived consensus as predictor of harm/benefit…….In other words, the notion that expertise is the single dominant factor shaping meteorologists’ views of global warming appears to be simpl ...
Healing Troubled Waters: Preparing Trout and
... Local effects of a changing climate will vary in intensity and duration because of differences in habitat quality, distance from coastal areas, elevation and topography of the watershed.14 Scientists predict that there will be an increase in the severity and frequency of droughts and floods.15 Incre ...
... Local effects of a changing climate will vary in intensity and duration because of differences in habitat quality, distance from coastal areas, elevation and topography of the watershed.14 Scientists predict that there will be an increase in the severity and frequency of droughts and floods.15 Incre ...
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.