THINK GLOBAL, WORK LOCAL
... networks and on increasingly comprehensive mathematical models which are integrated on the most powerful supercomputers and used to understand the history and future evolution of the Earth’s climate. The evidence shows unequivocally that the climate is warming, mostly because of increasing emissions ...
... networks and on increasingly comprehensive mathematical models which are integrated on the most powerful supercomputers and used to understand the history and future evolution of the Earth’s climate. The evidence shows unequivocally that the climate is warming, mostly because of increasing emissions ...
NOTION 1 : Lieux et formes de pouvoir Notion 2: Espaces et
... How can the fight against global warming be a source of progress in our society? Global warming: causes, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, the burning of fossil fuels. Deforestation Consequences: the melting of ice; the rise in the sea level; threat to low-lying areas climate change; hurricanes, ...
... How can the fight against global warming be a source of progress in our society? Global warming: causes, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, the burning of fossil fuels. Deforestation Consequences: the melting of ice; the rise in the sea level; threat to low-lying areas climate change; hurricanes, ...
Slide 1
... Lack of certainty about the future •Climate change •Demographic change •Changing spatial distribution of economic development •New policy frameworks ...
... Lack of certainty about the future •Climate change •Demographic change •Changing spatial distribution of economic development •New policy frameworks ...
Changes Have Already Occurred
... Changes Have Already Occurred Since 1880, the average temperature of the Earth’s surface has increased by 0.85ºC and sea levels have risen 20cm. Extreme weather events such as droughts, floods and bushfires are becoming more frequent and intense. Many major glaciers are melting, including those in G ...
... Changes Have Already Occurred Since 1880, the average temperature of the Earth’s surface has increased by 0.85ºC and sea levels have risen 20cm. Extreme weather events such as droughts, floods and bushfires are becoming more frequent and intense. Many major glaciers are melting, including those in G ...
Coastal Impacts and Adaptation Issues
... IN CLIMATE • Very likely that hot extremes, heat waves, and heavy precipitation events will continue to become more frequent • Likely that future tropical cyclones will become more intense, with larger peak wind speeds and more heavy precipitation – less confidence in total numbers • Extra-tropical ...
... IN CLIMATE • Very likely that hot extremes, heat waves, and heavy precipitation events will continue to become more frequent • Likely that future tropical cyclones will become more intense, with larger peak wind speeds and more heavy precipitation – less confidence in total numbers • Extra-tropical ...
Climate Change Science
... change – no single solution, but needs major changes in human behaviour 3. Future climate change (in the next few decades) is inevitable – we need to start preparing now ...
... change – no single solution, but needs major changes in human behaviour 3. Future climate change (in the next few decades) is inevitable – we need to start preparing now ...
The Politicization of Climate Change
... • There is no reason to expect that the highamplitude, persistent ridge over the central U.S. is associated with global warming. • Thus, this event was mainly the result of natural variability, with a very small enhancement perhaps by global warming ...
... • There is no reason to expect that the highamplitude, persistent ridge over the central U.S. is associated with global warming. • Thus, this event was mainly the result of natural variability, with a very small enhancement perhaps by global warming ...
knowledge gaps in ar5
... KNOWLEDGE GAPS IN AR5 Renate CHRIST, Secretary of the IPCC SBSTA Research Dialogue, 8 June 2014 Bonn , Germany ...
... KNOWLEDGE GAPS IN AR5 Renate CHRIST, Secretary of the IPCC SBSTA Research Dialogue, 8 June 2014 Bonn , Germany ...
Internal Text Structures
... Climate change poses potentially devastating effects on the environment and people’s lives all over the world. Not only are temperatures rising due to increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, climate change also is creating a rise in sea level and a decline in glaciers. Climate changes ...
... Climate change poses potentially devastating effects on the environment and people’s lives all over the world. Not only are temperatures rising due to increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, climate change also is creating a rise in sea level and a decline in glaciers. Climate changes ...
Anthony Broccoli presentation - New Jersey Climate Adaptation
... Basic physics of CO2 and climate • The earth receives energy from the sun, mainly in the form of visible light. • The earth also emits energy in the form of infrared light. This is the earth’s cooling mechanism that balances the heating from the sun’s visible light. • CO2 and water vapor are greenh ...
... Basic physics of CO2 and climate • The earth receives energy from the sun, mainly in the form of visible light. • The earth also emits energy in the form of infrared light. This is the earth’s cooling mechanism that balances the heating from the sun’s visible light. • CO2 and water vapor are greenh ...
Sun Come Up
... has provoked a lively discussion about climate change, displacement, and the rights of vulnerable communities around the globe. The film was a 2011 Academy Award Nominee for Best Documentary Short. After the film, there will be a facilitated discussion about the film and action steps that viewers ca ...
... has provoked a lively discussion about climate change, displacement, and the rights of vulnerable communities around the globe. The film was a 2011 Academy Award Nominee for Best Documentary Short. After the film, there will be a facilitated discussion about the film and action steps that viewers ca ...
My Position on Climate Change by Hendrik Tennekes July 14 2008
... natural sciences is no adequate basis for globally orchestrated mitigation efforts concerning greenhouse gases. Any political basis for global mitigation efforts, such as a cap-and trade system for fossil fuel consumption, is outside my professional competence. Opportunities for local and regional m ...
... natural sciences is no adequate basis for globally orchestrated mitigation efforts concerning greenhouse gases. Any political basis for global mitigation efforts, such as a cap-and trade system for fossil fuel consumption, is outside my professional competence. Opportunities for local and regional m ...
Lord Lawson`s incredible complacency on climate change
... the UK will bring additional threats to health beyond extremes of temperature through indirect sources such as increases in flooding and food poisoning. He also suggested that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicts that global sea level will only rise by up to 60 centimetres in the n ...
... the UK will bring additional threats to health beyond extremes of temperature through indirect sources such as increases in flooding and food poisoning. He also suggested that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicts that global sea level will only rise by up to 60 centimetres in the n ...
What the 2007 Reports of the IPCC mean Gordon J. Aubrecht
... melting of snow and ice, and rising global average sea level.” ...
... melting of snow and ice, and rising global average sea level.” ...
16 Mar 2014
... the last ice age, and is faster than any known warming trend in the planet's history. Does the recent slowdown of warming mean that climate change is no longer happening? Not at all. Each of the last three decades was warmer than any other decade since measurements began around 1850. Warming trends ...
... the last ice age, and is faster than any known warming trend in the planet's history. Does the recent slowdown of warming mean that climate change is no longer happening? Not at all. Each of the last three decades was warmer than any other decade since measurements began around 1850. Warming trends ...
HKIE Climate Change Corner Issue 74 (Dec 13)
... over the last two decades, the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets have been losing mass; the rate of sea level rise since the mid-19th century has been larger than the mean rate during the previous two millennia, with high confidence; CO2 concentrations have increased by 40% since pre-industrial tim ...
... over the last two decades, the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets have been losing mass; the rate of sea level rise since the mid-19th century has been larger than the mean rate during the previous two millennia, with high confidence; CO2 concentrations have increased by 40% since pre-industrial tim ...
Assessing Scientific Knowledge about Climate Change
... Fourth Assessment completed in 2006 followed by a discussion of some areas of active scientific interest and research since 2006, including polar ice sheets and sea level rise, ocean acidification and its impacts, geoengineering, and ways of accounting for non-carbon dioxide greenhouse gases ("metri ...
... Fourth Assessment completed in 2006 followed by a discussion of some areas of active scientific interest and research since 2006, including polar ice sheets and sea level rise, ocean acidification and its impacts, geoengineering, and ways of accounting for non-carbon dioxide greenhouse gases ("metri ...
Unit_3-Session_2-Modern_Climate_change
... Predicting Future Emissions Future emissions of greenhouse gases (and changes in land use) will depend on several on different factors. E.g. ...
... Predicting Future Emissions Future emissions of greenhouse gases (and changes in land use) will depend on several on different factors. E.g. ...
Climate change
... The European Union is a pioneer in the battle against climate change EU countries have set targets for 2020 to: – Cut emissions by 20% (or 30% if agreed globally) – Increase energy efficiency by 20% – Generate 20% of energy from renewable sources ...
... The European Union is a pioneer in the battle against climate change EU countries have set targets for 2020 to: – Cut emissions by 20% (or 30% if agreed globally) – Increase energy efficiency by 20% – Generate 20% of energy from renewable sources ...
Powerpoint
... Allow sunlight to pass through while trapping heat- opposite of sulfites (1970’s cooling) 4 types of anthropogenic gases • Carbon dioxide (50%) • Methane • Nitrous Oxide • CFC’s ...
... Allow sunlight to pass through while trapping heat- opposite of sulfites (1970’s cooling) 4 types of anthropogenic gases • Carbon dioxide (50%) • Methane • Nitrous Oxide • CFC’s ...
Chapter 14: Climate Change
... On average, it lives more than a hundred years in the atmosphere and therefore affects climate over long time scales. ...
... On average, it lives more than a hundred years in the atmosphere and therefore affects climate over long time scales. ...
Effects of global warming
The effects of global warming are the environmental and social changes caused (directly or indirectly) by human emissions of greenhouse gases. There is a scientific consensus that climate change is occurring, and that human activities are the primary driver. Many impacts of climate change have already been observed, including glacier retreat, changes in the timing of seasonal events (e.g., earlier flowering of plants), and changes in agricultural productivity.Future effects of climate change will vary depending on climate change policies and social development. The two main policies to address climate change are reducing human greenhouse gas emissions (climate change mitigation) and adapting to the impacts of climate change. Geoengineering is another policy option.Near-term climate change policies could significantly affect long-term climate change impacts. Stringent mitigation policies might be able to limit global warming (in 2100) to around 2 °C or below, relative to pre-industrial levels. Without mitigation, increased energy demand and extensive use of fossil fuels might lead to global warming of around 4 °C. Higher magnitudes of global warming would be more difficult to adapt to, and would increase the risk of negative impacts.