Topic 3: Economic Vulnerability under Climate Change
... • Spatial analogues are regions which today have a climate analogous to that anticipated in the study region in the future • Predict future changes • Used to infer how changes in an environmental condition or input will change yields or another measure of interest ...
... • Spatial analogues are regions which today have a climate analogous to that anticipated in the study region in the future • Predict future changes • Used to infer how changes in an environmental condition or input will change yields or another measure of interest ...
The GCOS Cooperation Mechanism
... … to support, including by contributing to relevant funding mechanisms such as the Global Climate Observing System Cooperation Mechanism, the priority needs, identified in the second adequacy report and regional action plans, in developing countries, … noting that filling the gaps in baseline atmosp ...
... … to support, including by contributing to relevant funding mechanisms such as the Global Climate Observing System Cooperation Mechanism, the priority needs, identified in the second adequacy report and regional action plans, in developing countries, … noting that filling the gaps in baseline atmosp ...
Yes, He Can: President Obama’s Power to Make an International Climate Commitment
... worst impacts of climate change.6 To have even a fifty-fifty chance of keeping global temperatures from rising more than 2°C—a level at which millions of people would be displaced due to sea level rise, summer Arctic sea ice would likely disappear, and billions would suffer from water shortages7—at ...
... worst impacts of climate change.6 To have even a fifty-fifty chance of keeping global temperatures from rising more than 2°C—a level at which millions of people would be displaced due to sea level rise, summer Arctic sea ice would likely disappear, and billions would suffer from water shortages7—at ...
Climate change, development, poverty and economics
... effects of pollution, which “inflicts a heavy uncharged loss on the community” (Pigou 1920, as cited in Sandmo 2015). The concern remains valid to this day. Urban air pollution, linked to particulate matter and other pollutants, remains a major issue in most countries (New Climate Economy 2014). In ...
... effects of pollution, which “inflicts a heavy uncharged loss on the community” (Pigou 1920, as cited in Sandmo 2015). The concern remains valid to this day. Urban air pollution, linked to particulate matter and other pollutants, remains a major issue in most countries (New Climate Economy 2014). In ...
What the Framework Convention on Climate Change
... In this essay—which is more of a thinkpiece than a tightly wound set of hypotheses tested with data—I aim to offer some answers to those questions. My focus is on the problem of global climate change—one that was just taking shape as a serious global problem around the same time that numerous resear ...
... In this essay—which is more of a thinkpiece than a tightly wound set of hypotheses tested with data—I aim to offer some answers to those questions. My focus is on the problem of global climate change—one that was just taking shape as a serious global problem around the same time that numerous resear ...
Expert Judgment for Climate Change Adaptation
... 3. Do the Answers Provide Actionable Information?. Its popularity notwithstanding, this method has questionable credentials as a provider of actionable local information. This conclusion can be reached from at least three different directions. We comment only briefly on the first two: detailed analysi ...
... 3. Do the Answers Provide Actionable Information?. Its popularity notwithstanding, this method has questionable credentials as a provider of actionable local information. This conclusion can be reached from at least three different directions. We comment only briefly on the first two: detailed analysi ...
quantifying the impact of climate change on
... New ground-breaking scientific research in 2014 can now tell us just how much of an influence climate change has on a single heatwave or heat records. Climate change is increasing the intensity and frequency of many extreme weather events, with adverse impacts on Australians. Extreme heat is one the ...
... New ground-breaking scientific research in 2014 can now tell us just how much of an influence climate change has on a single heatwave or heat records. Climate change is increasing the intensity and frequency of many extreme weather events, with adverse impacts on Australians. Extreme heat is one the ...
Taking a risk on the weather
... reason for this is that developing countries have gained much influence in the negotiations during the past decade. They took centre stage during the Paris climate talks, advocating stronger commitments to carbon emission reductions. Far from being passive, many developing countries are already acti ...
... reason for this is that developing countries have gained much influence in the negotiations during the past decade. They took centre stage during the Paris climate talks, advocating stronger commitments to carbon emission reductions. Far from being passive, many developing countries are already acti ...
lecture 34
... the start of a man-made global warming? Two main anthropogenic forcing mechanisms: Greenhouse gas concentrations => rising. Aerosol concentrations => also increasing. We will focus attention on CO2 increases. ...
... the start of a man-made global warming? Two main anthropogenic forcing mechanisms: Greenhouse gas concentrations => rising. Aerosol concentrations => also increasing. We will focus attention on CO2 increases. ...
Understanding key positions of the Least Developed
... Group, should be included and anchored in the new regime. Ensuring that these dedicated institutions continue to operate will help guarantee effectiveness, assess progress and improve delivery. Likewise, it will be crucial for the agreement to support LDCs’ national institutional arrangements to del ...
... Group, should be included and anchored in the new regime. Ensuring that these dedicated institutions continue to operate will help guarantee effectiveness, assess progress and improve delivery. Likewise, it will be crucial for the agreement to support LDCs’ national institutional arrangements to del ...
Environmental Degradation, Climate Change, Migration
... prominence in recent years (McAdam, 2010a). The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC - a group of prominent climate scientists) has predicted that global warming will lead to an increasing frequency and severity of storms, cyclone and hurricanes, as well as longer term sea-level rise and dese ...
... prominence in recent years (McAdam, 2010a). The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC - a group of prominent climate scientists) has predicted that global warming will lead to an increasing frequency and severity of storms, cyclone and hurricanes, as well as longer term sea-level rise and dese ...
Read the Transcript
... Anne Chesnutt Middle School: do you think that in about 50 years will the earth become dryer or will it rise with more water Go North! Speaker: Not easy to answer. Yes, some areas will become drier, but some will become wetter. When the air warms it can HOLD more water vapor like a bigger SPONGE, a ...
... Anne Chesnutt Middle School: do you think that in about 50 years will the earth become dryer or will it rise with more water Go North! Speaker: Not easy to answer. Yes, some areas will become drier, but some will become wetter. When the air warms it can HOLD more water vapor like a bigger SPONGE, a ...
G20 Climate Finance Study Group Progress report to G20 Leaders I
... presentations by external participants when there were available time slots. The agenda had been framed around 5 different sessions, which allowed for an extensive amount of time for discussion amongst participants: economic instruments and carbon pricing, tracking of climate finance for an effecti ...
... presentations by external participants when there were available time slots. The agenda had been framed around 5 different sessions, which allowed for an extensive amount of time for discussion amongst participants: economic instruments and carbon pricing, tracking of climate finance for an effecti ...
Climate Change and Sustainable Development
... to take ambitious targets in its actions against climate change. As a part of its contributions to the global climate change mitigation efforts, India announced its intended nationally determined contribution (INDC) which set ambitious targets for domestic efforts against climate change. Including o ...
... to take ambitious targets in its actions against climate change. As a part of its contributions to the global climate change mitigation efforts, India announced its intended nationally determined contribution (INDC) which set ambitious targets for domestic efforts against climate change. Including o ...
Environmental Degradation, Climate Change, Migration and
... prominence in recent years (McAdam, 2010a). The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC - a group of prominent climate scientists) has predicted that global warming will lead to an increasing frequency and severity of storms, cyclone and hurricanes, as well as longer term sea-level rise and dese ...
... prominence in recent years (McAdam, 2010a). The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC - a group of prominent climate scientists) has predicted that global warming will lead to an increasing frequency and severity of storms, cyclone and hurricanes, as well as longer term sea-level rise and dese ...
Nox and Sox Emissions and Climate Changes
... common index of 1.0 in 1990, so that percentage changes over time can be compared on the same scale. The underlying emissions estimates for the chart are available from the EPA. Second, based on existing regulatory requirements, we should expect declining pollution levels to continue for decades to ...
... common index of 1.0 in 1990, so that percentage changes over time can be compared on the same scale. The underlying emissions estimates for the chart are available from the EPA. Second, based on existing regulatory requirements, we should expect declining pollution levels to continue for decades to ...
Climate Threat to the Planet
... The scientific method and perspective have relevance that reaches beyond pure science. The urgency of implications for energy policy is not yet adequately recognized by governments, but it must be. The implications for intergenerational equity deserve greater attention. ...
... The scientific method and perspective have relevance that reaches beyond pure science. The urgency of implications for energy policy is not yet adequately recognized by governments, but it must be. The implications for intergenerational equity deserve greater attention. ...
Guide - Clim City
... Throughout its history, planet Earth has had natural periods of warming up and cooling down. However, it has never heated up as quickly as during the 20th century. The scientists of IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) concluded in their last report in 2007 that “it is highly likely that ...
... Throughout its history, planet Earth has had natural periods of warming up and cooling down. However, it has never heated up as quickly as during the 20th century. The scientists of IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) concluded in their last report in 2007 that “it is highly likely that ...
exxon`s weapons of mass deception
... state environmental regulatory policy on air quality. Bush was coming under increasing pressure from the public and environmentalists to close a loophole in the 1971 Texas Clean Air Act, which effectively exempted the older ‘Grandfathered’ power plants (responsible for 30% of the state’s industrial ...
... state environmental regulatory policy on air quality. Bush was coming under increasing pressure from the public and environmentalists to close a loophole in the 1971 Texas Clean Air Act, which effectively exempted the older ‘Grandfathered’ power plants (responsible for 30% of the state’s industrial ...
Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction
... of these two definitions is relevant and important to keep in mind. 1 Greenhouse gases (GHGs) “are those gaseous constituents of the atmosphere, both natural and anthropogenic, that absorb and emit radiation at specific wavelengths within the spectrum of thermal infrared radiation emitted by the Ea ...
... of these two definitions is relevant and important to keep in mind. 1 Greenhouse gases (GHGs) “are those gaseous constituents of the atmosphere, both natural and anthropogenic, that absorb and emit radiation at specific wavelengths within the spectrum of thermal infrared radiation emitted by the Ea ...
Greenhouse gases, climate change and the transition from coal to...
... Figure 3. Transitions of 1 TWe of coal-based electricity generation to lower-emitting energy technologies produces modest reductions in the amount of global warming from GHG emissions; if the transition takes 40 yr to complete, only the lowest-emission technologies can offset more than half of the c ...
... Figure 3. Transitions of 1 TWe of coal-based electricity generation to lower-emitting energy technologies produces modest reductions in the amount of global warming from GHG emissions; if the transition takes 40 yr to complete, only the lowest-emission technologies can offset more than half of the c ...
DCNR and Climate Change – Planning for the Future
... The incidence of heavy precipitation events has also increased significantly. According to the 2014 National Climate Assessment,3 the heaviest downpours, which are the number of days where the total precipitation exceeded the top 1 percent of all rain and snow days, have increased by 71% in the Nort ...
... The incidence of heavy precipitation events has also increased significantly. According to the 2014 National Climate Assessment,3 the heaviest downpours, which are the number of days where the total precipitation exceeded the top 1 percent of all rain and snow days, have increased by 71% in the Nort ...
Review of Climate Change in Colorado: A Synthesis... and Adaptation
... "it is very important for planners to consider a range of model projections to assess the robustness of planning options under different future climates." On this later statement from the report (which I agree with), they should first assess the skill of the model performance at predicting (projecti ...
... "it is very important for planners to consider a range of model projections to assess the robustness of planning options under different future climates." On this later statement from the report (which I agree with), they should first assess the skill of the model performance at predicting (projecti ...
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.