STRUCTURE OF THE INDC
... Similarly, the Kiribati Adaptation Project III (KAP), initiated by the World Bank, is currently ongoing. The need for Kiribati to build national capacity to facilitate direct access to climate change adaptation financing is a high priority in the immediate future. In regards to mitigation, Kiribati ...
... Similarly, the Kiribati Adaptation Project III (KAP), initiated by the World Bank, is currently ongoing. The need for Kiribati to build national capacity to facilitate direct access to climate change adaptation financing is a high priority in the immediate future. In regards to mitigation, Kiribati ...
CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CHANGE IN THE SOUTHWEST
... aspects of climatic variability in the Southwest during the recent past, or period of instrumentation and records; and on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 1995 report on potential future climate changes. ...
... aspects of climatic variability in the Southwest during the recent past, or period of instrumentation and records; and on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 1995 report on potential future climate changes. ...
Engineering solutions for coastal infrastructure
... of climate change adaptation practice in the coastal zone. Working together with other professionals, they have been and continue to be responsible for designing and building coastal infrastructure as well as being engaged in coastal planning, design and management. This CoastAdapt information manua ...
... of climate change adaptation practice in the coastal zone. Working together with other professionals, they have been and continue to be responsible for designing and building coastal infrastructure as well as being engaged in coastal planning, design and management. This CoastAdapt information manua ...
Personal experience and the `psychological distance` of
... Psychological distance is a construct referring to the extent to which an object is removed from the self e such as in likelihood of occurrence, in time, in geographical space, or in social distance (Trope & Liberman, 2010). Research from a Construal Level Theory perspective (Trope & Liberman, 2010) ...
... Psychological distance is a construct referring to the extent to which an object is removed from the self e such as in likelihood of occurrence, in time, in geographical space, or in social distance (Trope & Liberman, 2010). Research from a Construal Level Theory perspective (Trope & Liberman, 2010) ...
Climate Change and Migration - The German Marshall Fund of the
... this pace of migration. Several economic models project that global warming will have more effect on the distribution of farm production than global farm output, with new areas becoming viable for farming as a result of higher temperatures. However, far more people are likely to be displaced by glob ...
... this pace of migration. Several economic models project that global warming will have more effect on the distribution of farm production than global farm output, with new areas becoming viable for farming as a result of higher temperatures. However, far more people are likely to be displaced by glob ...
Climate Change Youth Guide to Action
... Vital Statistics “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global average sea level.” - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Fourth Assessme ...
... Vital Statistics “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global average sea level.” - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Fourth Assessme ...
The Solar Radiation Budget, and High
... Berkeley Atmospheric Science Symposium October 14, 2005 ...
... Berkeley Atmospheric Science Symposium October 14, 2005 ...
Cities and the Governing of Climate Change
... national governments and the emerging international regime for governing climate change showed little interest in these activities at this stage (12), though in both Japan and Sweden research has found that local governments were encouraged by national authorities to develop climate change strategie ...
... national governments and the emerging international regime for governing climate change showed little interest in these activities at this stage (12), though in both Japan and Sweden research has found that local governments were encouraged by national authorities to develop climate change strategie ...
Inter-hemispheric linkages in climate change
... The focus for much of this work has centred on the termination of the last ice-age. The primary reason for this is that the warming associated with this termination is of similar or even larger magnitude than the human-induced climate modification expected under future greenhouse-gas scenarios (Wats ...
... The focus for much of this work has centred on the termination of the last ice-age. The primary reason for this is that the warming associated with this termination is of similar or even larger magnitude than the human-induced climate modification expected under future greenhouse-gas scenarios (Wats ...
Consistent increase in Indian monsoon rainfall and its variability
... that the Indian summer monsoon intensifies in the future, mainly in response to the increased moisture content under various CO2 forcings. Studies based on CMIP-5 models under RCP-4.5 scenario project an increase in global mean precipitation of around 3.2 % K−1 (Hsu et al., 2013) and a larger increa ...
... that the Indian summer monsoon intensifies in the future, mainly in response to the increased moisture content under various CO2 forcings. Studies based on CMIP-5 models under RCP-4.5 scenario project an increase in global mean precipitation of around 3.2 % K−1 (Hsu et al., 2013) and a larger increa ...
climate change and eu security policy
... resultant agenda is one of “climate security.” This concept can be defined as the broad range of foreign policy actions aimed at addressing the strategic and political impacts of climate change. Much has been written on the way in which climate change is likely to aggravate geostrategic threats. In ...
... resultant agenda is one of “climate security.” This concept can be defined as the broad range of foreign policy actions aimed at addressing the strategic and political impacts of climate change. Much has been written on the way in which climate change is likely to aggravate geostrategic threats. In ...
Effects of climate change on an emperor penguin population
... during the nonbreeding season. This includes the maximum foraging distances from the colony, of about 100 km during the breeding season and at least 650 km during the nonbreeding season (Zimmer et al., 2008). As a variable to describe the sea ice conditions, we use the proportional anomalies in SIC, ...
... during the nonbreeding season. This includes the maximum foraging distances from the colony, of about 100 km during the breeding season and at least 650 km during the nonbreeding season (Zimmer et al., 2008). As a variable to describe the sea ice conditions, we use the proportional anomalies in SIC, ...
report 2009 final - Inter
... bilateral meetings on both high-level and technical level. A joint group on communications provided the opportunity to share campaign resources and work on joint messaging. Technical papers submitted to the UNFCCC by groupings of agencies provided in-depth information on issues of humanitarian conce ...
... bilateral meetings on both high-level and technical level. A joint group on communications provided the opportunity to share campaign resources and work on joint messaging. Technical papers submitted to the UNFCCC by groupings of agencies provided in-depth information on issues of humanitarian conce ...
Nunavut`s Natural Environment - Nunavut Climate Change Centre
... Climate change is happening, as is evident from increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global sea levels.1 In Nunavut the annual average temperature is rising twice as fast as the rest of the world.2 In Nunavut specifically, many aspect ...
... Climate change is happening, as is evident from increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global sea levels.1 In Nunavut the annual average temperature is rising twice as fast as the rest of the world.2 In Nunavut specifically, many aspect ...
The Meaning of Uncertainty: Debating Climate Change in the Gilded
... The writings produced over the course of the climate debate are rife with paradox and uncertainty. The scientists, boosters, and surveyors who argued about climate change in the late nineteenth century struggled with, embraced, and used uncertainty in myriad ways. Sometimes proponents of modern scie ...
... The writings produced over the course of the climate debate are rife with paradox and uncertainty. The scientists, boosters, and surveyors who argued about climate change in the late nineteenth century struggled with, embraced, and used uncertainty in myriad ways. Sometimes proponents of modern scie ...
Climate Change Futures: Health, Ecological and Economic
... Although the associations among greater weather volatility, natural cycles and climate change are debated, the rise in mega-catastrophes and prolonged widespread heat waves is, at the very least, a harbinger of what we can expect in a changing and unstable climate. For the insurance sector, climate ...
... Although the associations among greater weather volatility, natural cycles and climate change are debated, the rise in mega-catastrophes and prolonged widespread heat waves is, at the very least, a harbinger of what we can expect in a changing and unstable climate. For the insurance sector, climate ...
Rain driven by receding ice sheets as a cause of
... [5] In addition to the Younger Dryas, changes in the Atlantic Ocean overturning circulation in response to freshwater flux from melting ice are frequently invoked to explain other past climate changes. Examples include theories proposed for the Dansgaard-Oeschger abrupt warming events during the las ...
... [5] In addition to the Younger Dryas, changes in the Atlantic Ocean overturning circulation in response to freshwater flux from melting ice are frequently invoked to explain other past climate changes. Examples include theories proposed for the Dansgaard-Oeschger abrupt warming events during the las ...
The Effects of Climate Change and Variation in New Zealand
... Effect of Global Temperature Change Scenarios.............................................................. 80 Effect of SOI................................................................................................................... 80 Effect of Global Temperature Change with Climate Sensitiv ...
... Effect of Global Temperature Change Scenarios.............................................................. 80 Effect of SOI................................................................................................................... 80 Effect of Global Temperature Change with Climate Sensitiv ...
Emerging trends in heavy precipitation and hot temperature
... precipitation extremes at four grid points of historical climate model simulations for the periods 1901–2005 as well as future projections forced with representative concentration pathway (RCP) 8.5 for the period 2006– 2100. Note that due to differences in spatial scales, caution is needed when inte ...
... precipitation extremes at four grid points of historical climate model simulations for the periods 1901–2005 as well as future projections forced with representative concentration pathway (RCP) 8.5 for the period 2006– 2100. Note that due to differences in spatial scales, caution is needed when inte ...
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... 1993. Accordingly, it is very active at the international level in encouraging concrete action to mitigate climate change and has made several calls for the inclusion of high-emitting countries such as China into the UNFCCC process and the establishment of a second commitment period for the Kyoto Pr ...
... 1993. Accordingly, it is very active at the international level in encouraging concrete action to mitigate climate change and has made several calls for the inclusion of high-emitting countries such as China into the UNFCCC process and the establishment of a second commitment period for the Kyoto Pr ...
Sharing responsibility to divest from fossil fuels
... resistant to address climate change since they were originally formed with a particular purpose in mind; mostly likely, this purpose had nothing to do with climate change. For instance, libraries are created to loan books, and oil companies to profit from selling oil. Neither was meant to confront a ...
... resistant to address climate change since they were originally formed with a particular purpose in mind; mostly likely, this purpose had nothing to do with climate change. For instance, libraries are created to loan books, and oil companies to profit from selling oil. Neither was meant to confront a ...
National Inventory Report on greenhouse gas sources and sinks
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... • Indicate that the reproduction is a copy of an official work that is published by the Government of Canada and that the reproduction has not been produced in affiliation with or with the endorsement of the Government of Canada. Commercial reproduction and distribution is prohibited except with wr ...
Climate challenge – the safety`s off
... in the way of experience. The critics describe this technology as a smokescreen created by the energy industry in order to continue burning fossil fuels. They feel that the technology is complicated and expensive and the actual storage process is uncertain. Advocates believe that carbon dioxide can ...
... in the way of experience. The critics describe this technology as a smokescreen created by the energy industry in order to continue burning fossil fuels. They feel that the technology is complicated and expensive and the actual storage process is uncertain. Advocates believe that carbon dioxide can ...
Developing a climate change analysis
... reliable – the two main and related biases here are rosy retrospection and hindsight bias. Rosy retrospection is a tendency to judge past events more positively than they were actually judged at the time, whereas hindsight bias filters the memory of past events through present knowledge so that thes ...
... reliable – the two main and related biases here are rosy retrospection and hindsight bias. Rosy retrospection is a tendency to judge past events more positively than they were actually judged at the time, whereas hindsight bias filters the memory of past events through present knowledge so that thes ...
Global warming
Global warming and climate change are terms for the observed century-scale rise in the average temperature of the Earth's climate system and its related effects.Multiple lines of scientific evidence show that the climate system is warming. Although the increase of near-surface atmospheric temperature is the measure of global warming often reported in the popular press, most of the additional energy stored in the climate system since 1970 has gone into ocean warming. The remainder has melted ice, and warmed the continents and atmosphere. Many of the observed changes since the 1950s are unprecedented over decades to millennia.Scientific understanding of global warming is increasing. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reported in 2014 that scientists were more than 95% certain that most of global warming is caused by increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases and other human (anthropogenic) activities. Climate model projections summarized in the report indicated that during the 21st century the global surface temperature is likely to rise a further 0.3 to 1.7 °C (0.5 to 3.1 °F) for their lowest emissions scenario using stringent mitigation and 2.6 to 4.8 °C (4.7 to 8.6 °F) for their highest. These findings have been recognized by the national science academies of the major industrialized nations.Future climate change and associated impacts will differ from region to region around the globe. Anticipated effects include warming global temperature, rising sea levels, changing precipitation, and expansion of deserts in the subtropics. Warming is expected to be greatest in the Arctic, with the continuing retreat of glaciers, permafrost and sea ice. Other likely changes include more frequent extreme weather events including heat waves, droughts, heavy rainfall, and heavy snowfall; ocean acidification; and species extinctions due to shifting temperature regimes. Effects significant to humans include the threat to food security from decreasing crop yields and the abandonment of populated areas due to flooding.Possible societal responses to global warming include mitigation by emissions reduction, adaptation to its effects, building systems resilient to its effects, and possible future climate engineering. Most countries are parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),whose ultimate objective is to prevent dangerous anthropogenic climate change. The UNFCCC have adopted a range of policies designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to assist in adaptation to global warming. Parties to the UNFCCC have agreed that deep cuts in emissions are required, and that future global warming should be limited to below 2.0 °C (3.6 °F) relative to the pre-industrial level.