IPCC - unfccc
... Information on the uncertainty associated with activity data and emission factors; Rationale for choice of methods; Methods used, including those used to estimate uncertainty; Changes in data inputs or methods from previous years; Individuals providing expert judgement for uncertainty esti ...
... Information on the uncertainty associated with activity data and emission factors; Rationale for choice of methods; Methods used, including those used to estimate uncertainty; Changes in data inputs or methods from previous years; Individuals providing expert judgement for uncertainty esti ...
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... on the plate, reaching an agreement becomes more difficult (Carraro and Siniscalco, 1993; Barret, 1994). The Kyoto Protocol, a major result of the UNFCCC advocacy, represents a first attempt to achieve a world‐wide agreement on emission reduction paths. Still, its ratification confirms once more ...
... on the plate, reaching an agreement becomes more difficult (Carraro and Siniscalco, 1993; Barret, 1994). The Kyoto Protocol, a major result of the UNFCCC advocacy, represents a first attempt to achieve a world‐wide agreement on emission reduction paths. Still, its ratification confirms once more ...
Word - war changes climate
... act to ensure that the climate convention serves a purpose. "Our first goal is a follow-up conference to the Climate Convention where we can get down to serious business," he declared at the end of the Earth Summit in Rio.19 As other voices have also commented that while the results were not optimal ...
... act to ensure that the climate convention serves a purpose. "Our first goal is a follow-up conference to the Climate Convention where we can get down to serious business," he declared at the end of the Earth Summit in Rio.19 As other voices have also commented that while the results were not optimal ...
2. Low Carbon Cities – The National Context
... change, it became clear that South Africa was not only a potentially significant victim of the negative impacts of climate change, but also a significant contributor to greenhouse gases. Given this difficult position of both climate change victim and perpetrator, South Africa’s negotiation efforts w ...
... change, it became clear that South Africa was not only a potentially significant victim of the negative impacts of climate change, but also a significant contributor to greenhouse gases. Given this difficult position of both climate change victim and perpetrator, South Africa’s negotiation efforts w ...
Climatic Threat Spaces as a Tool to Assess Current and Future
... AIACC Working Papers, published on-line by Assessments of Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change (AIACC), is a series of papers and paper abstracts written by researchers participating in the AIACC project. Papers published in AIACC Working Papers have been peer reviewed and accepted for publicat ...
... AIACC Working Papers, published on-line by Assessments of Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change (AIACC), is a series of papers and paper abstracts written by researchers participating in the AIACC project. Papers published in AIACC Working Papers have been peer reviewed and accepted for publicat ...
Climate change in Australia | East Coast cluster report
... patterns and rising oceans. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report (IPCC, 2013) rigorously assessed the current state and future of the global climate system. The report concluded that: • greenhouse gas emissions have markedly increased as a result of human act ...
... patterns and rising oceans. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report (IPCC, 2013) rigorously assessed the current state and future of the global climate system. The report concluded that: • greenhouse gas emissions have markedly increased as a result of human act ...
Word - Oceanclimate.de
... act to ensure that the climate convention serves a purpose. "Our first goal is a follow-up conference to the Climate Convention where we can get down to serious business," he declared at the end of the Earth Summit in Rio.19 As other voices have also commented that while the results were not optimal ...
... act to ensure that the climate convention serves a purpose. "Our first goal is a follow-up conference to the Climate Convention where we can get down to serious business," he declared at the end of the Earth Summit in Rio.19 As other voices have also commented that while the results were not optimal ...
Climate Engineering under the Paris Agreement
... reduces the rate of temperature increases, with potential to lower the severity of impacts or to lengthen the time it would take to reach those impacts, providing more time to decarbonize.8 CDR technologies (increasingly referred to as “negative emissions technologies” or “NETs”) are projected to ha ...
... reduces the rate of temperature increases, with potential to lower the severity of impacts or to lengthen the time it would take to reach those impacts, providing more time to decarbonize.8 CDR technologies (increasingly referred to as “negative emissions technologies” or “NETs”) are projected to ha ...
PALIMMN in the classroom Lesson Plan Author: Marie
... While scientists and politicians may debate what causes the rising temperatures, it is widely recognized that global warming is a fact. Here we present the difference between the terms weather, climate change and global warming: Climate defines the total of all weather occurring over a period of sev ...
... While scientists and politicians may debate what causes the rising temperatures, it is widely recognized that global warming is a fact. Here we present the difference between the terms weather, climate change and global warming: Climate defines the total of all weather occurring over a period of sev ...
Adaptive Capacity and Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability
... 5. Classification - Since there is no general rule for classifying adaptive capacity levels the classifications and cut points were based on previous studies (for example Eakin et al., 2008 and Gbetibouo, 2010) - Adaptive capacity was classified into low, moderate, and high. - The cut-off point for ...
... 5. Classification - Since there is no general rule for classifying adaptive capacity levels the classifications and cut points were based on previous studies (for example Eakin et al., 2008 and Gbetibouo, 2010) - Adaptive capacity was classified into low, moderate, and high. - The cut-off point for ...
the potential impact of climate change on the energy sector
... Approximately 20% of the freshwater used in the Latin American and Caribbean countries runs through hydroelectric and thermal electric plants (FAO, IPCC 2001). In the Caribbean, approximately 13,872 TJ of hydropower energy is consumed with Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Suriname represen ...
... Approximately 20% of the freshwater used in the Latin American and Caribbean countries runs through hydroelectric and thermal electric plants (FAO, IPCC 2001). In the Caribbean, approximately 13,872 TJ of hydropower energy is consumed with Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Suriname represen ...
insight - Green Climate Fund
... Cities are responsible for 75% of all emissions. They consume more than 75% of the planet’s natural resources and use 60-80% of the our energy. Reducing emissions from cities can therefore make a major contribution to global mitigation efforts. However, cities are also likely to be highly vulnerable ...
... Cities are responsible for 75% of all emissions. They consume more than 75% of the planet’s natural resources and use 60-80% of the our energy. Reducing emissions from cities can therefore make a major contribution to global mitigation efforts. However, cities are also likely to be highly vulnerable ...
A vulnerability driven approach to identify adverse climate and land
... information about adverse thresholds in climate and land use change that may cause a hydrologic indicator to transition to vulnerable regimes. These thresholds can directly be used to inform policy decisions even if uncertainties in future climate projections are large. For example, if an indicator ...
... information about adverse thresholds in climate and land use change that may cause a hydrologic indicator to transition to vulnerable regimes. These thresholds can directly be used to inform policy decisions even if uncertainties in future climate projections are large. For example, if an indicator ...
Climate Change Workshop Proceedings
... showing a gradual increase in global temperature, melting of the permafrost and reduction of snow and ice cover in the North, increased coastal erosion, reduced glacial coverage, earlier onset of spring in some parts of Canada, lower lake and river levels in the South and reduced air quality. The pr ...
... showing a gradual increase in global temperature, melting of the permafrost and reduction of snow and ice cover in the North, increased coastal erosion, reduced glacial coverage, earlier onset of spring in some parts of Canada, lower lake and river levels in the South and reduced air quality. The pr ...
http://eureka.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/66/1/TheWrongTrousers.pdf
... “wicked” (comprising open, complex and imperfectly understood systems). Technical knowledge was taken as sufficient basis from which to derive Kyoto’s policy, whereas “wicked” problems demand profound understanding of their integration in social systems, and their ongoing development. The presentati ...
... “wicked” (comprising open, complex and imperfectly understood systems). Technical knowledge was taken as sufficient basis from which to derive Kyoto’s policy, whereas “wicked” problems demand profound understanding of their integration in social systems, and their ongoing development. The presentati ...
REACT Ferruginous Hawk Climate Change Study Summary
... why and when FEHAs move within and from their home ranges on the breeding grounds as well as migration and during the winter. 44 transmittered FEHA made at least one breeding attempt, 15 of these GPS tracked birds were within 15 km of a weather station. We have used these data to determine how inter ...
... why and when FEHAs move within and from their home ranges on the breeding grounds as well as migration and during the winter. 44 transmittered FEHA made at least one breeding attempt, 15 of these GPS tracked birds were within 15 km of a weather station. We have used these data to determine how inter ...
Quaternary climate changes explain diversity among reptiles and
... historic climate stability was seen to be greater than variation explained due to factors associated with contemporary climate, despite important shared variance between the two components (Table 2). This was true both for partial regressions using coefficients derived from ordinary least square (OL ...
... historic climate stability was seen to be greater than variation explained due to factors associated with contemporary climate, despite important shared variance between the two components (Table 2). This was true both for partial regressions using coefficients derived from ordinary least square (OL ...
Northern African climate at the end of the twenty
... SSTAs and regional land surface processes. The region has a known propensity for abrupt climate change and decadalscale drought. The global connectivity of the region’s climate combined with the influence of regional-scale structures and processes suggests an approach that combines global climate mo ...
... SSTAs and regional land surface processes. The region has a known propensity for abrupt climate change and decadalscale drought. The global connectivity of the region’s climate combined with the influence of regional-scale structures and processes suggests an approach that combines global climate mo ...
Week 7, Part 2 - Atmospheric Sciences at UNBC
... • There is some evidence that permafrost has been retreating during the past decades: Syslov (1961) reports that the permafrost extent at Mezen (Russia) has retreated northward at an average rate of 400 m per year since 1837, whereas similar findings have been reported for the Mackenzie Valley of C ...
... • There is some evidence that permafrost has been retreating during the past decades: Syslov (1961) reports that the permafrost extent at Mezen (Russia) has retreated northward at an average rate of 400 m per year since 1837, whereas similar findings have been reported for the Mackenzie Valley of C ...
Impacts of Chinese reactive nitrogen on climate change
... In this study, the GTP is used as the common metric to assess and inter-compare the climate impacts of Nr compounds. The quantified results of GTP for climate forces E1-E6 ...
... In this study, the GTP is used as the common metric to assess and inter-compare the climate impacts of Nr compounds. The quantified results of GTP for climate forces E1-E6 ...
Heat Turn Down the Confronting
... social vulnerability, the poor and underprivileged, as well as the elderly and children, are found to be often hit the hardest. There is growing evidence, that even with very ambitious mitigation action, warming close to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels by mid-century is already locked-in to the Ea ...
... social vulnerability, the poor and underprivileged, as well as the elderly and children, are found to be often hit the hardest. There is growing evidence, that even with very ambitious mitigation action, warming close to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels by mid-century is already locked-in to the Ea ...
The dynamics of vulnerability: why adapting to climate variability climate change
... Furthermore, it is asserted, ‘actions taken today to reduce vulnerability—actions which have been justified for a long time—will increase resilience and security by providing a buffer against vulnerability to future consequences of climate change’(Ref 21, p. 15). The argument is also made that clima ...
... Furthermore, it is asserted, ‘actions taken today to reduce vulnerability—actions which have been justified for a long time—will increase resilience and security by providing a buffer against vulnerability to future consequences of climate change’(Ref 21, p. 15). The argument is also made that clima ...
b) To build capacity to reduce vulnerability to
... Commonwealth Office (FCO)/DFID Overseas Territories Environment Programme (OTEP). One of the activities of this project was to fund concurrent one-month attachments to the Tyndall Centre for a representative from each of the five Caribbean territories and one from the regional GEFfunded ‘Caribbean P ...
... Commonwealth Office (FCO)/DFID Overseas Territories Environment Programme (OTEP). One of the activities of this project was to fund concurrent one-month attachments to the Tyndall Centre for a representative from each of the five Caribbean territories and one from the regional GEFfunded ‘Caribbean P ...
Working Paper 7: Climate Change and Agriculture: Analysis of
... data and data collection centers in most parts of the continent, which makes it difficult to reliably upscale the results from global models. This paper examines the current trends in African agriculture: the main production systems and state of African agriculture, discusses the link between Africa ...
... data and data collection centers in most parts of the continent, which makes it difficult to reliably upscale the results from global models. This paper examines the current trends in African agriculture: the main production systems and state of African agriculture, discusses the link between Africa ...
Link to Chapter 5
... One reason for the debate about this issue is the misperception that climate change refers solely to human induced change. Rather, climate change is defined as: “…changes in long-term trends in the average climate, such as changes in average temperatures”. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Chan ...
... One reason for the debate about this issue is the misperception that climate change refers solely to human induced change. Rather, climate change is defined as: “…changes in long-term trends in the average climate, such as changes in average temperatures”. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Chan ...