Slide 1
... greenhouse - they trap heat and keep the planet some 30°C warmer than it would be otherwise These changes are happening at unprecedented speed. If emissions continue to grow at current rates, it is almost certain that atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide will double from pre-industrial levels during ...
... greenhouse - they trap heat and keep the planet some 30°C warmer than it would be otherwise These changes are happening at unprecedented speed. If emissions continue to grow at current rates, it is almost certain that atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide will double from pre-industrial levels during ...
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... represented in recent General Circulation Models (GCM), local climate models show increased warming with a more distinct increase in temperature at higher elevations (Solman et al., 2008; Urrutia & Vuille, 2009). The tropical Andes are characterized by the diversity of their ecosystems. Therefore th ...
... represented in recent General Circulation Models (GCM), local climate models show increased warming with a more distinct increase in temperature at higher elevations (Solman et al., 2008; Urrutia & Vuille, 2009). The tropical Andes are characterized by the diversity of their ecosystems. Therefore th ...
PR_INI - European Parliament
... consequence of worsening natural climate variability as well as man-made influence on weather conditions; 3. Considers that these events represent an escalating cost to the global economy, not only for developing countries but also for the world economy, both as a direct cost in terms of rebuilding ...
... consequence of worsening natural climate variability as well as man-made influence on weather conditions; 3. Considers that these events represent an escalating cost to the global economy, not only for developing countries but also for the world economy, both as a direct cost in terms of rebuilding ...
Hamilton Conservation Authority Climate Change Strategy
... Temperature and precipitation records ton area costing the city hundreds of thoufrom the Hamilton area dating back to the sands of dollars in damage. From an environ1970s show that annual mean temperatures mental perspective, these flooding events, as have risen 0.9°C and total annual precipita- wel ...
... Temperature and precipitation records ton area costing the city hundreds of thoufrom the Hamilton area dating back to the sands of dollars in damage. From an environ1970s show that annual mean temperatures mental perspective, these flooding events, as have risen 0.9°C and total annual precipita- wel ...
Teacher Toolkit_Creating a better climate future for B.C
... 2. Make Polluters Pay: When people and businesses use fossil fuels they pay a small tax. By increasing this tax over time, more companies will try to use clean energy sources. More people will want to ride the bus, bike, or carpool rather than always driving in cars. ................................ ...
... 2. Make Polluters Pay: When people and businesses use fossil fuels they pay a small tax. By increasing this tax over time, more companies will try to use clean energy sources. More people will want to ride the bus, bike, or carpool rather than always driving in cars. ................................ ...
The Reinforced Strategy for Europe
... adaptation in their area of jurisdiction, both for the corporate area or for community-related activities, addressing all sectors. The Reinforced Strategy recognises and respects the local government democratic decision-making process, to set its own targets. However, there is also a need for an inc ...
... adaptation in their area of jurisdiction, both for the corporate area or for community-related activities, addressing all sectors. The Reinforced Strategy recognises and respects the local government democratic decision-making process, to set its own targets. However, there is also a need for an inc ...
Creating a better climate future for BC
... 2. Make Polluters Pay: When people and businesses use fossil fuels they pay a small tax. By increasing this tax over time, more companies will try to use clean energy sources. More people will want to ride the bus, bike, or carpool rather than always driving in cars. ................................ ...
... 2. Make Polluters Pay: When people and businesses use fossil fuels they pay a small tax. By increasing this tax over time, more companies will try to use clean energy sources. More people will want to ride the bus, bike, or carpool rather than always driving in cars. ................................ ...
project information document (pid)
... Component four – OSE as a Climate Change Observatory for South-South Knowledge Collaboration (about US$5 million). This component would finance technical assistance to document and disseminate best practices and lessons learned from preparing and implementing the project, as well as a series of sout ...
... Component four – OSE as a Climate Change Observatory for South-South Knowledge Collaboration (about US$5 million). This component would finance technical assistance to document and disseminate best practices and lessons learned from preparing and implementing the project, as well as a series of sout ...
Climate change impacts on feed grain production and quality in New
... In contrast, the global climate change that we will discuss is a more gradual shift which is occurring against the background of short-term variability. It is being caused by a steady increase in so-called greenhouse gases in the atmosphere resulting mainly from the utilisation of fossil fuels and d ...
... In contrast, the global climate change that we will discuss is a more gradual shift which is occurring against the background of short-term variability. It is being caused by a steady increase in so-called greenhouse gases in the atmosphere resulting mainly from the utilisation of fossil fuels and d ...
Land Matters for CLiMate
... in United States history. While the term “climate change” would not be debated for another fifty years, it is useful to see what history can teach us about weather-induced disasters, disasters similar to those projected in many parts of the world today as a result of climate change. In the case of t ...
... in United States history. While the term “climate change” would not be debated for another fifty years, it is useful to see what history can teach us about weather-induced disasters, disasters similar to those projected in many parts of the world today as a result of climate change. In the case of t ...
section B - Middlebury College
... The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) is currently working with 16 states and 2 cities as part of its “Climate-Ready States and Cities Initiative." The goal of this initiative is to “investigate, prepare for, and respond to the health effects that climate change may have on people.” 1 ...
... The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) is currently working with 16 states and 2 cities as part of its “Climate-Ready States and Cities Initiative." The goal of this initiative is to “investigate, prepare for, and respond to the health effects that climate change may have on people.” 1 ...
Current and future climate of Tuvalu
... per year since 1993 (a total of 9 cm over this period). This is larger than the global average of 2.8–3.6 mm per year. This higher rate of rise may be partly related to natural fluctuations that take place year to year or decade to decade caused by phenomena such as the El NiñoSouthern Oscillation. ...
... per year since 1993 (a total of 9 cm over this period). This is larger than the global average of 2.8–3.6 mm per year. This higher rate of rise may be partly related to natural fluctuations that take place year to year or decade to decade caused by phenomena such as the El NiñoSouthern Oscillation. ...
Climate Change in the Pacific | Volume 1: Regional Overview
... is presented in the Glossary. This definition includes changes due to natural variability and changes resulting from human activity. Climate is defined as the average weather over 30 years or more. In different chapters in this publication, different averaging periods, such as 20 years, are also use ...
... is presented in the Glossary. This definition includes changes due to natural variability and changes resulting from human activity. Climate is defined as the average weather over 30 years or more. In different chapters in this publication, different averaging periods, such as 20 years, are also use ...
Nov 2006 - Aviation Environment Federation
... (under a scenario of low traffic growth and high fuel efficiency), to no less than 46 per cent of the total (under a scenario where growth was high and fuel efficiency low.) But the picture can be expressed in an even more alarming way. According to the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, if ...
... (under a scenario of low traffic growth and high fuel efficiency), to no less than 46 per cent of the total (under a scenario where growth was high and fuel efficiency low.) But the picture can be expressed in an even more alarming way. According to the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, if ...
global action to address climate change
... member countries to make informed decisions about improving the environment, integrating environmental considerations into economic policies and moving towards sustainability.” (European Environment Agency). Although the European Union underwent several phases before arriving to a comprehensive appr ...
... member countries to make informed decisions about improving the environment, integrating environmental considerations into economic policies and moving towards sustainability.” (European Environment Agency). Although the European Union underwent several phases before arriving to a comprehensive appr ...
Warming caused by cumulative carbon emissions towards the
... climate system response to scenarios in which CO2 concentrations peak and decline. Unlike ECS, CWC relates emissions right through to temperature, so a range on CWC also incorporates uncertainty in the carbon cycle. The coloured diamonds in Fig. 2 suggest that the ratio of CWC per trillion tonnes of ...
... climate system response to scenarios in which CO2 concentrations peak and decline. Unlike ECS, CWC relates emissions right through to temperature, so a range on CWC also incorporates uncertainty in the carbon cycle. The coloured diamonds in Fig. 2 suggest that the ratio of CWC per trillion tonnes of ...
Mainstreaming Sustainability and Optimising Resource
... climate change impacts on the economy and also towards the long term objective of ensuring food security. A four-pronged approach will be followed to ensure continued agricultural production: ...
... climate change impacts on the economy and also towards the long term objective of ensuring food security. A four-pronged approach will be followed to ensure continued agricultural production: ...
Australias_climate_policy_options_submission_12-02
... Second Draft Report of the Climate Change Authority (CCA) and will address these health issues in relation to the terms of reference cited in the document. We welcome the Statement by the Acting Chair CCA, Mr Stuart Allinson, in relation to the desire for a ‘fresh conversation…and a constructive dis ...
... Second Draft Report of the Climate Change Authority (CCA) and will address these health issues in relation to the terms of reference cited in the document. We welcome the Statement by the Acting Chair CCA, Mr Stuart Allinson, in relation to the desire for a ‘fresh conversation…and a constructive dis ...
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... by the American Association of State Climatologists 1. Past climate is a useful guide to the future - Assessing past climate conditions provides a very effective analysis tool to assess societal and environmental vulnerability to future climate, regardless of the extent the future climate is altered ...
... by the American Association of State Climatologists 1. Past climate is a useful guide to the future - Assessing past climate conditions provides a very effective analysis tool to assess societal and environmental vulnerability to future climate, regardless of the extent the future climate is altered ...
Overlooked Issues in the Climate Change Debate Professor Roger A. Pielke Sr.
... by the American Association of State Climatologists 1. Past climate is a useful guide to the future - Assessing past climate conditions provides a very effective analysis tool to assess societal and environmental vulnerability to future climate, regardless of the extent the future climate is altered ...
... by the American Association of State Climatologists 1. Past climate is a useful guide to the future - Assessing past climate conditions provides a very effective analysis tool to assess societal and environmental vulnerability to future climate, regardless of the extent the future climate is altered ...
Adaptation revision FINAL - WORD ver
... concentrations of nitrate (D) and phosphate (G). Current agricultural production shows a clear SouthNorth divide, with the lowlands in the south being significantly more profitable than the colder and wetter regions in Scotland and Wales. Our analytical results indicate that climate change will redu ...
... concentrations of nitrate (D) and phosphate (G). Current agricultural production shows a clear SouthNorth divide, with the lowlands in the south being significantly more profitable than the colder and wetter regions in Scotland and Wales. Our analytical results indicate that climate change will redu ...
ASN Bank Our vision on Climate Change
... In 2010, the assembly of nations meeting in Cancún, Mexico, stated for the first time that climate change poses a direct as well as an indirect threat to the human rights of every individual and every society in the world. This statement was made in connection with the 1992 convention on climate cha ...
... In 2010, the assembly of nations meeting in Cancún, Mexico, stated for the first time that climate change poses a direct as well as an indirect threat to the human rights of every individual and every society in the world. This statement was made in connection with the 1992 convention on climate cha ...
Hot, It`s Not - Tufts University
... of competing priorities, written for Lomborg’s earlier “Copenhagen Consensus,” form the basis for this belief. That consensus was reached among eight like-minded economists, sitting in judgment on cost-benefit analyses performed by a few dozen other economists. As Lomborg modestly describes it, A pa ...
... of competing priorities, written for Lomborg’s earlier “Copenhagen Consensus,” form the basis for this belief. That consensus was reached among eight like-minded economists, sitting in judgment on cost-benefit analyses performed by a few dozen other economists. As Lomborg modestly describes it, A pa ...
Power Point Presentation
... Evidence shows that investment portfolios that do not include oil, gas and coal perform better. Shareholders risk being left with stranded assets – worthless fuel stocks that regulation will prevent from being burned (referred to as the ‘carbon bubble’). ...
... Evidence shows that investment portfolios that do not include oil, gas and coal perform better. Shareholders risk being left with stranded assets – worthless fuel stocks that regulation will prevent from being burned (referred to as the ‘carbon bubble’). ...
Read this first
... summer, active and break periods of intense and reduced precipitation have a dramatic impact on water supplies available for agriculture. ...
... summer, active and break periods of intense and reduced precipitation have a dramatic impact on water supplies available for agriculture. ...
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.