Climate Change Awareness - Minnesota Department of Health
... Fritze J, Blashki GA, Burke S, Wiseman J. 2008. Hope, despair and transformation: Climate change and the promotion of mental health and wellbeing. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 2: 13. Frumkin et. al, 2008. Framing Public Health Matters, Climate Change: the Public Health Response, H ...
... Fritze J, Blashki GA, Burke S, Wiseman J. 2008. Hope, despair and transformation: Climate change and the promotion of mental health and wellbeing. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 2: 13. Frumkin et. al, 2008. Framing Public Health Matters, Climate Change: the Public Health Response, H ...
Policy makers lament women`s vulnerablity to HIV infection, yet for
... Darbhanga [North-East] region of India. The floods were caused by intense monsoon rains and there is some evidence to suggest that climate change will make the monsoon period more intense. August 2007. ©Mani Kumar/Oxfam GB ...
... Darbhanga [North-East] region of India. The floods were caused by intense monsoon rains and there is some evidence to suggest that climate change will make the monsoon period more intense. August 2007. ©Mani Kumar/Oxfam GB ...
Ocean-Based Food Security Threatened in a High CO2
... acidification, its dependence on and consumption of fish and seafood and its level of adaptive capacity based on several socioeconomic factors. Country rankings are developed for risks from climate change and ocean acidification independently, as well as from both problems combined. Fish and seafood ...
... acidification, its dependence on and consumption of fish and seafood and its level of adaptive capacity based on several socioeconomic factors. Country rankings are developed for risks from climate change and ocean acidification independently, as well as from both problems combined. Fish and seafood ...
Ocean-Based Food Security Threatened in a High CO2 World
... acidification, its dependence on and consumption of fish and seafood and its level of adaptive capacity based on several socioeconomic factors. Country rankings are developed for risks from climate change and ocean acidification independently, as well as from both problems combined. Fish and seafood ...
... acidification, its dependence on and consumption of fish and seafood and its level of adaptive capacity based on several socioeconomic factors. Country rankings are developed for risks from climate change and ocean acidification independently, as well as from both problems combined. Fish and seafood ...
With Speed and Violence Fred Pearce
... accompanied by shift in state of key climate oscillations such as El Nino and the Arctic Oscillation, and increased melting of the Greenland ice sheet ...
... accompanied by shift in state of key climate oscillations such as El Nino and the Arctic Oscillation, and increased melting of the Greenland ice sheet ...
Earth Negotiations Bulletin ADP 2-6
... building, and transparency. Workstream 2 was discussed in openended consultations on the way forward, as well as workshops on lessons learned from relevant experience of other multilateral environmental agreements, and on pre-2020 ambition, urbanization and the role of governments in facilitating cl ...
... building, and transparency. Workstream 2 was discussed in openended consultations on the way forward, as well as workshops on lessons learned from relevant experience of other multilateral environmental agreements, and on pre-2020 ambition, urbanization and the role of governments in facilitating cl ...
Greater temperature sensitivity of plant phenology at colder sites
... of phenological events, can vary within species across environmental and temperature gradients (Weber & Schmid, 1998; Riihim€ aki & Savolainen, 2004; Kenta et al., 2011). In the Arctic, small absolute changes in temperature may represent relatively larger increases in the thermal budgets of plants a ...
... of phenological events, can vary within species across environmental and temperature gradients (Weber & Schmid, 1998; Riihim€ aki & Savolainen, 2004; Kenta et al., 2011). In the Arctic, small absolute changes in temperature may represent relatively larger increases in the thermal budgets of plants a ...
Understanding the Social Cost of Carbon
... Definition: The net present value of global climate change impacts from one additional net global tonne of carbon dioxide emitted to the atmosphere at a particular point in time Socioeconomics ...
... Definition: The net present value of global climate change impacts from one additional net global tonne of carbon dioxide emitted to the atmosphere at a particular point in time Socioeconomics ...
Planning for Change: Climate Adaptation Survey Results
... informed about climate change and its effects, and they are sure that their local climate is changing. However, the majority do not have as much detailed information about local impacts as they would like. Possible reasons for this deficiency include the hurdles to accessing, analyzing, and trusting ...
... informed about climate change and its effects, and they are sure that their local climate is changing. However, the majority do not have as much detailed information about local impacts as they would like. Possible reasons for this deficiency include the hurdles to accessing, analyzing, and trusting ...
An Initial Assessment of Winter Climate Change Adaptation
... emerging as an increasingly important response to political inaction and gridlock. Local officials are embracing a growing number of policies, incentives, and regulations to reduce greenhouse gas ...
... emerging as an increasingly important response to political inaction and gridlock. Local officials are embracing a growing number of policies, incentives, and regulations to reduce greenhouse gas ...
Climate Change Policies in New York State
... greenhouse gas emissions. Recently through efforts such as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) and other initiatives, New York State has begun to advance policies specifically limiting greenhouse gas emission. Many questions and research/information needs exist beyond these current technol ...
... greenhouse gas emissions. Recently through efforts such as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) and other initiatives, New York State has begun to advance policies specifically limiting greenhouse gas emission. Many questions and research/information needs exist beyond these current technol ...
paper - user"s empty page at IIASA / 2013
... (including carbon sinks) aiming at the stabilization of radiative forcing at an intermediate level of about 4.5 W/m2. In addition, a sensitivity case explores multigas strategies for attaining a low stabilization target of about 3 W/m2. In the CO2-only central mitigation scenario, the system is cons ...
... (including carbon sinks) aiming at the stabilization of radiative forcing at an intermediate level of about 4.5 W/m2. In addition, a sensitivity case explores multigas strategies for attaining a low stabilization target of about 3 W/m2. In the CO2-only central mitigation scenario, the system is cons ...
2011 Climate Action Plan - Summary Report (pdf)
... budgeted enrollments (i.e., the number of students for whom UCSC receives State general funds). The CFP assumes no growth in budgeted enrollments through 2014-‐15, followed by a 1% increase in consecutive ...
... budgeted enrollments (i.e., the number of students for whom UCSC receives State general funds). The CFP assumes no growth in budgeted enrollments through 2014-‐15, followed by a 1% increase in consecutive ...
M09P01Globalization
... The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement linked to the UNFCCC, and it is adopted at third Conference of Parties (COP) to the UNFCCC in Kyoto, Japan, in 1997. The major distinction between the Protocol and the Convention is that while the Convention encouraged industrialised countries to stab ...
... The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement linked to the UNFCCC, and it is adopted at third Conference of Parties (COP) to the UNFCCC in Kyoto, Japan, in 1997. The major distinction between the Protocol and the Convention is that while the Convention encouraged industrialised countries to stab ...
Enhancing the relevance of Shared Socioeconomic Pathways for
... 3 Global scenarios of the past decade and their use and shortcomings for IAV analyses Over the past decade, several global scenario sets for global environmental assessments were developed (van Vuuren et al. 2012a) such as the IPCC SRES (Nakicenovic et al. 2000), the Global Environmental Outlook sce ...
... 3 Global scenarios of the past decade and their use and shortcomings for IAV analyses Over the past decade, several global scenario sets for global environmental assessments were developed (van Vuuren et al. 2012a) such as the IPCC SRES (Nakicenovic et al. 2000), the Global Environmental Outlook sce ...
Climate
... in Wisconsin. The work undertaken by the CWG also benefitted greatly from interaction with the Wisconsin State Climatology Office (SCO; a good deal of information about Wisconsin’s climate, or data describing Wisconsin’s climate, can be found through the SCO website at http://www.aos.wisc.edu/~sco). ...
... in Wisconsin. The work undertaken by the CWG also benefitted greatly from interaction with the Wisconsin State Climatology Office (SCO; a good deal of information about Wisconsin’s climate, or data describing Wisconsin’s climate, can be found through the SCO website at http://www.aos.wisc.edu/~sco). ...
Climate change in Australia | Southern and South
... businesses and the environment. Australia has already experienced increasing temperatures, shifting rainfall 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 sy ...
... businesses and the environment. Australia has already experienced increasing temperatures, shifting rainfall 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 sy ...
Understanding Climate Change: Lesson Plans for
... Correlation does not imply causation because other unmeasured factors may be having an effect on one or both variables. A causative relationship between two variables can only be established by either proving or disproving a hypothesis using the scientific method. When we observe a systematic patter ...
... Correlation does not imply causation because other unmeasured factors may be having an effect on one or both variables. A causative relationship between two variables can only be established by either proving or disproving a hypothesis using the scientific method. When we observe a systematic patter ...
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... some controversies about the details (Idso and Singer, 2009), it is widely accepted that climate change has already started to be effective and significance of the impacts will increase through the 21st century (Stern, 2006; Agrawala and Fankhauser, 2008; Parry et al., 2007). Although there is a wid ...
... some controversies about the details (Idso and Singer, 2009), it is widely accepted that climate change has already started to be effective and significance of the impacts will increase through the 21st century (Stern, 2006; Agrawala and Fankhauser, 2008; Parry et al., 2007). Although there is a wid ...
Interactions of the carbon cycle, human activity, and the climate system
... economy — the amount of carbon emitted to produce one dollar of wealth [27]. In addition, testing short-term projections with actual observations provides continuous verification of initial assumptions. Recently, this type of comparison revealed that the growth rate of fossil fuel CO2 emissions ove ...
... economy — the amount of carbon emitted to produce one dollar of wealth [27]. In addition, testing short-term projections with actual observations provides continuous verification of initial assumptions. Recently, this type of comparison revealed that the growth rate of fossil fuel CO2 emissions ove ...
Initial national communication on climate change: St. Vincent and
... declared the l990s as the decade of the Environment. Even before the Rio and SIDS conferences, St. Vincent was on the march. Recognizing our ecological fragility and our dependence on agriculture and tourism, we cannot afford to be spectators on issues as important as Climate Change. For this reason ...
... declared the l990s as the decade of the Environment. Even before the Rio and SIDS conferences, St. Vincent was on the march. Recognizing our ecological fragility and our dependence on agriculture and tourism, we cannot afford to be spectators on issues as important as Climate Change. For this reason ...
Radiative Forcing and Climate Feedbacks
... (e.g. thawing of permafrost and release of methane) It is very important to study feedbacks in the climate system if we want to understand and project climate change for the 21st century because they can amplify or dampen the direct anthropogenic forcing effect. ...
... (e.g. thawing of permafrost and release of methane) It is very important to study feedbacks in the climate system if we want to understand and project climate change for the 21st century because they can amplify or dampen the direct anthropogenic forcing effect. ...
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... commitments agreed upon in the Kyoto Protocol in 1997. This protocol aimed to reduce global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In particular, the socalled Annex I countries (most OECD countries and the former Soviet Union) agreed upon a reduction of their GHG emissions by five percent in 2012, compared ...
... commitments agreed upon in the Kyoto Protocol in 1997. This protocol aimed to reduce global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In particular, the socalled Annex I countries (most OECD countries and the former Soviet Union) agreed upon a reduction of their GHG emissions by five percent in 2012, compared ...
Biodiversity climate change impacts report card technical paper
... evidence (Section 1.3), where it has been sought, primarily among the zooplankton, of rapid microevolutionary adjustment to temperature change [H, Li]. Many invertebrates are resilient to disturbance, some with resting stages, in contrast to a near complete absence of these in marine species. Freshw ...
... evidence (Section 1.3), where it has been sought, primarily among the zooplankton, of rapid microevolutionary adjustment to temperature change [H, Li]. Many invertebrates are resilient to disturbance, some with resting stages, in contrast to a near complete absence of these in marine species. Freshw ...
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.