Pacific Coast Climate Leadership Action Plan, June 1, 2016
... 2) Address socioeconomic inequities by improving access to clean energy technologies and solutions and targeting investments to communities that are disproportionately affected by climate change. Through policy design and investments, PCC jurisdictions are helping ensure that climate and clean ener ...
... 2) Address socioeconomic inequities by improving access to clean energy technologies and solutions and targeting investments to communities that are disproportionately affected by climate change. Through policy design and investments, PCC jurisdictions are helping ensure that climate and clean ener ...
Climate Change Scenarios and Challenges for the Water Environment
... The largest percentage increases in winter precipitation are projected to occur in the midlands, of up to 20%, while the largest reductions during the summer months are again projected to occur along the southern and eastern coast, which are likely to experience decreases of between 30-40% during th ...
... The largest percentage increases in winter precipitation are projected to occur in the midlands, of up to 20%, while the largest reductions during the summer months are again projected to occur along the southern and eastern coast, which are likely to experience decreases of between 30-40% during th ...
Climate Revanchism
... revolution and the June reaction by bourgeois interests as the “unchaining and establishing of modern bourgeois society” in France. In an 1852 coup d’état Bonaparte declared himself Emperor Napoleon III. He placed Haussmann in charge of redeveloping Paris and tasked him with remaking the physical ci ...
... revolution and the June reaction by bourgeois interests as the “unchaining and establishing of modern bourgeois society” in France. In an 1852 coup d’état Bonaparte declared himself Emperor Napoleon III. He placed Haussmann in charge of redeveloping Paris and tasked him with remaking the physical ci ...
Economic, political, and sociological barriers and solutions for
... Gifford. 2011. The Dragons of Inaction Psychological Barriers That Limit Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation. American Psychologist. Vol. 66, No. 4, 290–302 ...
... Gifford. 2011. The Dragons of Inaction Psychological Barriers That Limit Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation. American Psychologist. Vol. 66, No. 4, 290–302 ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Institute of Arctic Biology
... feedbacks are positive, then both the equilibrium warming and the response time will increase; if they are negative, both will decrease.’ Analysis of 16 years of ERBE data indicated negative feedback parameter, f = -1.1, which would correspond to approximately 0.5 degree K temperature increase for a ...
... feedbacks are positive, then both the equilibrium warming and the response time will increase; if they are negative, both will decrease.’ Analysis of 16 years of ERBE data indicated negative feedback parameter, f = -1.1, which would correspond to approximately 0.5 degree K temperature increase for a ...
Climate Change - Division on Earth and Life Studies
... Evidence, Impacts, and Choices Just what is climate? Climate is commonly thought of as the expected weather conditions at a given location over time. People know when they go to New York City in winter, they should take a coat. When they visit the Pacific Northwest, they take an umbrella. Climate ca ...
... Evidence, Impacts, and Choices Just what is climate? Climate is commonly thought of as the expected weather conditions at a given location over time. People know when they go to New York City in winter, they should take a coat. When they visit the Pacific Northwest, they take an umbrella. Climate ca ...
Carbon Cycle Feedbacks - QUEST
... high-precision oxygen and trace gas measurement and monitoring (Figure 3). These enable a more robust identification of the land and marine sinks for CO2, including improved quantification of carbon stores in the Atlantic Ocean. • Identifying the causes of glacial-interglacial CO2 change is an abidi ...
... high-precision oxygen and trace gas measurement and monitoring (Figure 3). These enable a more robust identification of the land and marine sinks for CO2, including improved quantification of carbon stores in the Atlantic Ocean. • Identifying the causes of glacial-interglacial CO2 change is an abidi ...
Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme
... undernourished people. They inhabit some of the most vulnerable and marginal landscapes, such as hillsides, deserts and floodplains, where their livelihood assets are exposed to a variety of climatic hazards. Many smallholder farmers lack secure tenure and resource rights, and rely directly on clima ...
... undernourished people. They inhabit some of the most vulnerable and marginal landscapes, such as hillsides, deserts and floodplains, where their livelihood assets are exposed to a variety of climatic hazards. Many smallholder farmers lack secure tenure and resource rights, and rely directly on clima ...
The Climate Change Fiasco
... research was produced in 2005 showing the change was only 1 W/m2. This figure was used to determine the sun’s contribution to global warming for the period 1750 to 2005, known as radiative forcing, of just 0.12 W/m2 or about 7% of the claimed CO2 effect. The IPCC’s 2007 Report and others more recent ...
... research was produced in 2005 showing the change was only 1 W/m2. This figure was used to determine the sun’s contribution to global warming for the period 1750 to 2005, known as radiative forcing, of just 0.12 W/m2 or about 7% of the claimed CO2 effect. The IPCC’s 2007 Report and others more recent ...
Some issues re. climate science - School of Mathematics and Statistics
... • A manifestation of climate change can easily be found in air temperatures, rainfall, ocean properties, land-ice, sea-level, winds, and storm tracks • These changes will accelerate over the coming decades/century unless we adopt aggressive response strategies ...
... • A manifestation of climate change can easily be found in air temperatures, rainfall, ocean properties, land-ice, sea-level, winds, and storm tracks • These changes will accelerate over the coming decades/century unless we adopt aggressive response strategies ...
Global Warming
... agriculture, deforestation, landfills, industrial production, and mining also contribute a significant share of emissions. In 1997, the United States emitted about one-fifth of total global greenhouse gases. Estimating future emissions is difficult, because it depends on demographic, economic, techn ...
... agriculture, deforestation, landfills, industrial production, and mining also contribute a significant share of emissions. In 1997, the United States emitted about one-fifth of total global greenhouse gases. Estimating future emissions is difficult, because it depends on demographic, economic, techn ...
Microfinance and Climate Change: Threats and Opportunities C
... effect. Although it is sometimes thought of as a bad thing, the greenhouse effect keeps the world warm enough for plants and animals to live. If all the infrared heat were allowed to escape into space, the earth would be 30º C to 50º C cooler, and there would be no life as we know it. The gasses tha ...
... effect. Although it is sometimes thought of as a bad thing, the greenhouse effect keeps the world warm enough for plants and animals to live. If all the infrared heat were allowed to escape into space, the earth would be 30º C to 50º C cooler, and there would be no life as we know it. The gasses tha ...
Technological Solutions: Grey Clouds or Silver Linings Lenny Bernstein 26 February 2008
... - Major shifts in energy supply and end-use technology + IEA projects that by 2030 an investment of >$20 trillion will be required to meet the world’s energy needs + The incremental cost of meeting those needs with clean energy is 0-10% + Top-down models indicate that starting on a path towards stab ...
... - Major shifts in energy supply and end-use technology + IEA projects that by 2030 an investment of >$20 trillion will be required to meet the world’s energy needs + The incremental cost of meeting those needs with clean energy is 0-10% + Top-down models indicate that starting on a path towards stab ...
The Scientific Guide to Global Warming Skepticism
... jumps up and down from year to year. To work out the long-term trend, scientists use techniques such as moving averages or linear regression that take into account all the data. These show that surface temperatures continue to rise since 1998. ...
... jumps up and down from year to year. To work out the long-term trend, scientists use techniques such as moving averages or linear regression that take into account all the data. These show that surface temperatures continue to rise since 1998. ...
1 - QUBES Hub
... dioxide and other greenhouse gases (Figure 1). Greenhouse gases are ones that allow electromagnetic radiation (light) at the wavelengths emitted by the sun to pass through to the Earth’s surface, but absorb the radiation that is emitted by the Earth out toward space. In this fashion, they act to hea ...
... dioxide and other greenhouse gases (Figure 1). Greenhouse gases are ones that allow electromagnetic radiation (light) at the wavelengths emitted by the sun to pass through to the Earth’s surface, but absorb the radiation that is emitted by the Earth out toward space. In this fashion, they act to hea ...
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... these efforts is that they focus on domestic agricultural impacts and do not consider the effects of climate change on world production and markets. In an open economy, the effect of climate change on agriculture in any individual country cannot be considered in isolation from the rest of the world. ...
... these efforts is that they focus on domestic agricultural impacts and do not consider the effects of climate change on world production and markets. In an open economy, the effect of climate change on agriculture in any individual country cannot be considered in isolation from the rest of the world. ...
tourism coastal Kenya climate
... Bicknell et al. [14], a rise in sea level, can have significant impacts in low-lying coastal areas through flooding, erosion, increased frequency of storm surges, and saltwater intrusion. Climate change is expected to significantly alter Kenya coastal biodiversity as species struggle to adapt to cha ...
... Bicknell et al. [14], a rise in sea level, can have significant impacts in low-lying coastal areas through flooding, erosion, increased frequency of storm surges, and saltwater intrusion. Climate change is expected to significantly alter Kenya coastal biodiversity as species struggle to adapt to cha ...
Why (what) do policy makers need to know about uncertainties
... Most scientists that I know are convinced that climate change is real. That there is an overwhelming ‘consensus’ of scientists who are convinced of the same. We can provide ample evidence to justify this belief. Most of us are happy to sign up to the IPCC key conclusion that: Warming of the climate ...
... Most scientists that I know are convinced that climate change is real. That there is an overwhelming ‘consensus’ of scientists who are convinced of the same. We can provide ample evidence to justify this belief. Most of us are happy to sign up to the IPCC key conclusion that: Warming of the climate ...
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... Research material: Locally spread papers Nationally spread papers Publications from local economic, political, administrative sector ...
... Research material: Locally spread papers Nationally spread papers Publications from local economic, political, administrative sector ...
powerpoint - Mitigation and Adaptation Research Institute (MARI)
... atmospheric concentration of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) or other anthropogenic forcing factors, such as albedo changes. In a more general sense, climate change mitigation is any action taken to permanently eliminate or reduce the long-term risk and hazards of climate change. - climate change adaptation: ...
... atmospheric concentration of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) or other anthropogenic forcing factors, such as albedo changes. In a more general sense, climate change mitigation is any action taken to permanently eliminate or reduce the long-term risk and hazards of climate change. - climate change adaptation: ...
Three Views of Two Degrees - Climate Emergency Institute
... For over a decade, Nordhaus’ first intuition played no significant role in the climate policy debate. The 2° limit, however, reemerged as an important issue in 1990, the year when IPCC published its first assessment report. Remarkably, perhaps, the 2° limit was not discussed there, and it has never ...
... For over a decade, Nordhaus’ first intuition played no significant role in the climate policy debate. The 2° limit, however, reemerged as an important issue in 1990, the year when IPCC published its first assessment report. Remarkably, perhaps, the 2° limit was not discussed there, and it has never ...
Teacher notes and student sheets
... but his approach fails to avoid dangerous and sustained climate change from 2100. 12 What is missing from Myles Allen’s presentation? He does not set out clearly what should be done, though he does imply, in his last slide that the way ahead is to spend 10-20% of the value of fossil fuels in solving ...
... but his approach fails to avoid dangerous and sustained climate change from 2100. 12 What is missing from Myles Allen’s presentation? He does not set out clearly what should be done, though he does imply, in his last slide that the way ahead is to spend 10-20% of the value of fossil fuels in solving ...
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... WHICH IS THE SAME PRINCIPLE AS THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT. SO WE'RE USING THE SAME PROPERTY OF THE GAS -HOW IT AFFECTS CLIMATE -- TO ACTUALLY MEASURE IT. THEN AT NIGHT, WE CONNECT THESE SUITCASES THAT CONTAIN FLASK SAMPLES COLLECTED BY AIRCRAFT. COME BACK IN THE MORNING AND THEY'RE ALL MEASURED. COMBINED ...
... WHICH IS THE SAME PRINCIPLE AS THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT. SO WE'RE USING THE SAME PROPERTY OF THE GAS -HOW IT AFFECTS CLIMATE -- TO ACTUALLY MEASURE IT. THEN AT NIGHT, WE CONNECT THESE SUITCASES THAT CONTAIN FLASK SAMPLES COLLECTED BY AIRCRAFT. COME BACK IN THE MORNING AND THEY'RE ALL MEASURED. COMBINED ...
The ECO-ACTIVE guide to the Science and Impacts of Climate
... world would grind to a halt. Unfortunately this technological miracle has significant consequences. We are only just beginning to understand and appreciate the major impacts they will have on our world and the future world of our descendants. Our thirst for energy has been quenched by the burning of ...
... world would grind to a halt. Unfortunately this technological miracle has significant consequences. We are only just beginning to understand and appreciate the major impacts they will have on our world and the future world of our descendants. Our thirst for energy has been quenched by the burning of ...
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.