Transitioning to a Low-Carbon Economy
... Introduction: The plan and its purpose The science of climate change is clear. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the world’s foremost authority on climate change, has projected that an increase in global temperatures of more than 2 degrees Celsius will result in irreversible and catast ...
... Introduction: The plan and its purpose The science of climate change is clear. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the world’s foremost authority on climate change, has projected that an increase in global temperatures of more than 2 degrees Celsius will result in irreversible and catast ...
CLIMATE POLICY IN LIGHT OF CLIMATE SCIENCE: THE ICLIPS
... valuation of non-market goods and ecosystem services is the most serious problem. The decades- or even centuries-long delay between incurring the emission reduction costs and redeeming the resulting benefits due to the inertia of the climate system, the rather asymmetric uncertainty positions (in wh ...
... valuation of non-market goods and ecosystem services is the most serious problem. The decades- or even centuries-long delay between incurring the emission reduction costs and redeeming the resulting benefits due to the inertia of the climate system, the rather asymmetric uncertainty positions (in wh ...
Aerobic rice: An adaptation strategy that also reduces methane
... select alternative rice varieties or discontinue rice production in the dry season, if irrigation water resources are reduced due to climate change. The increasing atmospheric concentration of CO2 will enhance plant growth in some areas, with positive implications for rice yields. However, the net i ...
... select alternative rice varieties or discontinue rice production in the dry season, if irrigation water resources are reduced due to climate change. The increasing atmospheric concentration of CO2 will enhance plant growth in some areas, with positive implications for rice yields. However, the net i ...
Impact of climate change on tropospheric ozone
... The baseline run A covers the years 1996–2000 using emissions for year 2000 and is used to verify the model performance against observations. Run B uses 2100 emissions to assess changes of tropospheric composition only due to changes in these anthropogenic emissions. Run C calculates future changes ...
... The baseline run A covers the years 1996–2000 using emissions for year 2000 and is used to verify the model performance against observations. Run B uses 2100 emissions to assess changes of tropospheric composition only due to changes in these anthropogenic emissions. Run C calculates future changes ...
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... example, in the 1996 negotiations in Geneva, Russia sided with OPEC countries that also held sceptical positions, but by 1998, Russia was fighting for the inclusion of emissions-trading mechanisms, which could benefit Russia economically (Moe & Tangen 1999, p. 9). Alongside these negotiations, interna ...
... example, in the 1996 negotiations in Geneva, Russia sided with OPEC countries that also held sceptical positions, but by 1998, Russia was fighting for the inclusion of emissions-trading mechanisms, which could benefit Russia economically (Moe & Tangen 1999, p. 9). Alongside these negotiations, interna ...
Climate Change Impact Assessment in Taiwan Chung
... The forest margin or ecotone is sensitive and affected by climate change (Brubaker, 1986), especially in the treeline of the high mountain region. By using the high resolution data downscaled from global climate models (Hijmans et al., 2005), the decreasing rates of suitable habitats for Abies kawak ...
... The forest margin or ecotone is sensitive and affected by climate change (Brubaker, 1986), especially in the treeline of the high mountain region. By using the high resolution data downscaled from global climate models (Hijmans et al., 2005), the decreasing rates of suitable habitats for Abies kawak ...
Climate change and global water resources: SRES emissions and
... the increases tend to come during the wet season and the extra water may not be available during the dry season. The broad geographic pattern of change is consistent between the six climate models, although there are differences of magnitude and direction of change in southern Asia. By the 2020s the ...
... the increases tend to come during the wet season and the extra water may not be available during the dry season. The broad geographic pattern of change is consistent between the six climate models, although there are differences of magnitude and direction of change in southern Asia. By the 2020s the ...
5.Temperature stress and plant sexual reproduction
... early-spring [17–19]. Indeed, for biological and agricultural systems, the timing and frequency of extreme temperature events could be more important than the increase in mean temperatures [16]. Likewise, the most recent best estimates of global average surface air warming range from 1.8 8C for the ...
... early-spring [17–19]. Indeed, for biological and agricultural systems, the timing and frequency of extreme temperature events could be more important than the increase in mean temperatures [16]. Likewise, the most recent best estimates of global average surface air warming range from 1.8 8C for the ...
EXAMINING THE UNINTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE
... things are ignored, unless they rise to prominence in which case they are harassed and smeared. The hounding of Lennart Bengtsson is a recent example. Bengtsson is a gentle 79 year old. He has won many awards in a long and distinguished career in meteorology and climatology. He recently joined the a ...
... things are ignored, unless they rise to prominence in which case they are harassed and smeared. The hounding of Lennart Bengtsson is a recent example. Bengtsson is a gentle 79 year old. He has won many awards in a long and distinguished career in meteorology and climatology. He recently joined the a ...
Climate and carbon cycle dynamics in a CESM simulation from 850
... evidence for distinct climate states during that period (e.g., Lehner et al., 2012b; Keller et al., 2015). Within the last millennium, the Medieval Climate Anomaly (MCA, ∼ AD 950– 1250) and the Little Ice Age (LIA, ∼ AD 1400–1700) are two key periods of documented regional or global temperature excu ...
... evidence for distinct climate states during that period (e.g., Lehner et al., 2012b; Keller et al., 2015). Within the last millennium, the Medieval Climate Anomaly (MCA, ∼ AD 950– 1250) and the Little Ice Age (LIA, ∼ AD 1400–1700) are two key periods of documented regional or global temperature excu ...
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... these. Its coverage of the topic is comprehensive without being superficial. It sorts through conflicting claims made by scientists and highlights mounting evidence that climate sensitivity to carbon dioxide increase is lower than climate models have until now assumed. — Chris de Freitas, School of ...
... these. Its coverage of the topic is comprehensive without being superficial. It sorts through conflicting claims made by scientists and highlights mounting evidence that climate sensitivity to carbon dioxide increase is lower than climate models have until now assumed. — Chris de Freitas, School of ...
Québec and Climate change 2006-2012 Action Plan
... The climate change issue has been included in the new recover the biogases from the Saint-Étienne-des-Grès Plan d’action concerté sur l’agroenvironnement et la landfill site. These biogases will be used to heat the cohabitation harmonieuse 2007-2010, a joint effort of greenhouse complex as well as p ...
... The climate change issue has been included in the new recover the biogases from the Saint-Étienne-des-Grès Plan d’action concerté sur l’agroenvironnement et la landfill site. These biogases will be used to heat the cohabitation harmonieuse 2007-2010, a joint effort of greenhouse complex as well as p ...
Effect of climate change on air quality
... Other aspects of the hydrological cycle important for air quality (humidity, cloudiness, wet convection) follow qualitatively the precipitation projections of Fig. 3. On a global average basis, specific humidity will increase due to increased evaporation from the oceans, while relative humidity is no ...
... Other aspects of the hydrological cycle important for air quality (humidity, cloudiness, wet convection) follow qualitatively the precipitation projections of Fig. 3. On a global average basis, specific humidity will increase due to increased evaporation from the oceans, while relative humidity is no ...
Effect of climate change on air quality
... Other aspects of the hydrological cycle important for air quality (humidity, cloudiness, wet convection) follow qualitatively the precipitation projections of Fig. 3. On a global average basis, specific humidity will increase due to increased evaporation from the oceans, while relative humidity is no ...
... Other aspects of the hydrological cycle important for air quality (humidity, cloudiness, wet convection) follow qualitatively the precipitation projections of Fig. 3. On a global average basis, specific humidity will increase due to increased evaporation from the oceans, while relative humidity is no ...
When It Rains, It Pours
... when the sun comes out after a storm, increased temperatures accelerate the rate at which moisture evaporates from the ocean surface, from soil, from plants, and from inland water bodies. Warmer air can hold more water once it has evaporated. The water-holding capacity of the air increases roughly e ...
... when the sun comes out after a storm, increased temperatures accelerate the rate at which moisture evaporates from the ocean surface, from soil, from plants, and from inland water bodies. Warmer air can hold more water once it has evaporated. The water-holding capacity of the air increases roughly e ...
here - Snowchange Cooperative
... the International Governmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC confirm that the Arctic ecosystems and human societies face immense challenges in the near future. At the same time around the Circumpolar North, people living in small communities have argued for a number of years that there is an urgent ...
... the International Governmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC confirm that the Arctic ecosystems and human societies face immense challenges in the near future. At the same time around the Circumpolar North, people living in small communities have argued for a number of years that there is an urgent ...
http://germanwatch.org/en/download/8551.pdf
... People all over the world have to face the reality of climate variability, in many parts of the world an increasing variability. More than 530,000 people died as a direct result of almost 15,000 extreme weather events, and losses of more than USD 2.5 trillion (in PPP) occurred from 1993 to 2012 glob ...
... People all over the world have to face the reality of climate variability, in many parts of the world an increasing variability. More than 530,000 people died as a direct result of almost 15,000 extreme weather events, and losses of more than USD 2.5 trillion (in PPP) occurred from 1993 to 2012 glob ...
HEAVY RAINFALL AND TEMPERATURE PROYECTIONS IN A
... Serrano, S., J. C. Ruiz and F. Bersosa. 2017. Heavy rainfall and temperature proyections in a climate change scenario over Quito, Ecuador. La Granja: Revista de Ciencias de la Vida. ...
... Serrano, S., J. C. Ruiz and F. Bersosa. 2017. Heavy rainfall and temperature proyections in a climate change scenario over Quito, Ecuador. La Granja: Revista de Ciencias de la Vida. ...
Consequences of elevated temperatures on legume biomass
... and drought inhibit all of these aspects (Serraj et al. 1999; Aranjuelo et al. 2007). Legumes typically have lower rates of N2 fixation in higher soil mineral N (Allos and Bartholomew 1955; West et al. 2005). Net N mineralisation is often used as an index of plant available N (Schimel and Bennett 200 ...
... and drought inhibit all of these aspects (Serraj et al. 1999; Aranjuelo et al. 2007). Legumes typically have lower rates of N2 fixation in higher soil mineral N (Allos and Bartholomew 1955; West et al. 2005). Net N mineralisation is often used as an index of plant available N (Schimel and Bennett 200 ...
Temperature sensitivity of drought-induced tree mortality portends
... response to the altered precipitation and temperature regimes associated with global climate change. Vegetation shifts have profound ecological impacts and are an important climate-ecosystem feedback through their alteration of carbon, water, and energy exchanges of the land surface. Of particular c ...
... response to the altered precipitation and temperature regimes associated with global climate change. Vegetation shifts have profound ecological impacts and are an important climate-ecosystem feedback through their alteration of carbon, water, and energy exchanges of the land surface. Of particular c ...
Long Term Temperature Trends in Four Different Climatic Zones of
... /decade since 1880 has now increased to 0.16°C/ decade after 1970. The impact from global climate change may depend more on changes in daily mean maximum and minimum temperature rather than on their average. The daily temperature range generally known as the Diurnal Temperature Range (DTR) is also a ...
... /decade since 1880 has now increased to 0.16°C/ decade after 1970. The impact from global climate change may depend more on changes in daily mean maximum and minimum temperature rather than on their average. The daily temperature range generally known as the Diurnal Temperature Range (DTR) is also a ...
Economic Impacts of Climate Change on Secondary Activities: A
... temperature effects respectively. A 1˚C higher temperature in poor countries is not only associated with 2.44 percentage points lower growth in industrial output but also with –3% growths in investment again in poor countries in addition to increased probability of political instability (riots and p ...
... temperature effects respectively. A 1˚C higher temperature in poor countries is not only associated with 2.44 percentage points lower growth in industrial output but also with –3% growths in investment again in poor countries in addition to increased probability of political instability (riots and p ...
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.