Empathy and Climate Change
... individuals who do not yet exist and whom we shall never meet. While we are aware of some impacts of global warming today, the reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predict with strong certainty that the problems will get worse for future generations. Even if we take concerted act ...
... individuals who do not yet exist and whom we shall never meet. While we are aware of some impacts of global warming today, the reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predict with strong certainty that the problems will get worse for future generations. Even if we take concerted act ...
world development report 2010: Development and Climate Change
... Sources: DOE 2009; World Bank 2008c; WRI 2008 augmented with land-use change emissions from Houghton 2009. Note: The data cover over 200 countries for more recent years. Data are not available for all countries in the 19th century, but all major emitters of the era are included. Carbon dioxide (CO2) ...
... Sources: DOE 2009; World Bank 2008c; WRI 2008 augmented with land-use change emissions from Houghton 2009. Note: The data cover over 200 countries for more recent years. Data are not available for all countries in the 19th century, but all major emitters of the era are included. Carbon dioxide (CO2) ...
1 workshop proceedings day one: 20 th october 2016 - ClimDev
... o Interventions to change mindsets towards CI/S should focus on both legislators and local communities. o Explain/give direction on how the public (particularly local communities) can put CI into use e.g., after communicating to the public that Elnino rain is anticipated, climate experts should prov ...
... o Interventions to change mindsets towards CI/S should focus on both legislators and local communities. o Explain/give direction on how the public (particularly local communities) can put CI into use e.g., after communicating to the public that Elnino rain is anticipated, climate experts should prov ...
Portage La Prairie - Climate Change Connection
... A. Costs associated with larger buildings such as factories are somewhat proportionate, but depend on other factors, such as building design. In essence the costs are not perfectly transferable. ...
... A. Costs associated with larger buildings such as factories are somewhat proportionate, but depend on other factors, such as building design. In essence the costs are not perfectly transferable. ...
The future of soil invertebrate communities in polar regions: different
... the Arctic, it is expected that the mean annual temperature will increase by 4–7 °C and precipitation will increase 5–10% on average (but up to 35% in some high arctic regions; ACIA 2005). For Antarctica, it is expected that precipitation rates will increase by 2.9 mm a 1 dec 1 and lead to an increa ...
... the Arctic, it is expected that the mean annual temperature will increase by 4–7 °C and precipitation will increase 5–10% on average (but up to 35% in some high arctic regions; ACIA 2005). For Antarctica, it is expected that precipitation rates will increase by 2.9 mm a 1 dec 1 and lead to an increa ...
Possible strategies to address socio-economic adaptation policies
... sub-sectors in keeping with overall national climate change policies for mitigation and adaptation. To this end, taking Kenya as an example, projections indicate that the areas currently suitable for tea production will drop significantly by 2050 as climate change would hamper optimal tea growth in ...
... sub-sectors in keeping with overall national climate change policies for mitigation and adaptation. To this end, taking Kenya as an example, projections indicate that the areas currently suitable for tea production will drop significantly by 2050 as climate change would hamper optimal tea growth in ...
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... approaches the Poles. When there will be no ice left at the Poles this damage reservoir would have been exhausted. The presence of an endogenous ice line in the EBCM allows us to model these type of damages explicitly given the relevant information Permafrost is soil at or below the freezing point o ...
... approaches the Poles. When there will be no ice left at the Poles this damage reservoir would have been exhausted. The presence of an endogenous ice line in the EBCM allows us to model these type of damages explicitly given the relevant information Permafrost is soil at or below the freezing point o ...
Cultural Responses to Climate Change During the Late Holocene
... challenges and coping strategies. Multidecadal- to multicentury-scale droughts are now known to have punctuated the warm climate of the Holocene epoch [the past 11,700 calendar years before the present (calendar yr B.P.)]. Furthermore, transitions into and out of these climate shifts can be very abr ...
... challenges and coping strategies. Multidecadal- to multicentury-scale droughts are now known to have punctuated the warm climate of the Holocene epoch [the past 11,700 calendar years before the present (calendar yr B.P.)]. Furthermore, transitions into and out of these climate shifts can be very abr ...
Print - Climate Change Knowledge Portal
... The sub-desert Sahelian zone, which receives 100-300 mm of rainfall annually and where considerable variations of temperature are experienced, especially in April, May, and June, the period of maximum heat, and in December, when the hot, dry harmattans blow. Major food resources in this region inclu ...
... The sub-desert Sahelian zone, which receives 100-300 mm of rainfall annually and where considerable variations of temperature are experienced, especially in April, May, and June, the period of maximum heat, and in December, when the hot, dry harmattans blow. Major food resources in this region inclu ...
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... Yet a review of the literature shows that the bulk of the work to date has been deterministic, though there are exceptions and the trend is changing. If uncertainty is central then attitudes towards risk and the degree of risk aversion will presumably be central parameters. Institutions for risk-shi ...
... Yet a review of the literature shows that the bulk of the work to date has been deterministic, though there are exceptions and the trend is changing. If uncertainty is central then attitudes towards risk and the degree of risk aversion will presumably be central parameters. Institutions for risk-shi ...
Climate Change Negative - St. Louis Urban Debate League
... the human species. Global Warming- the calculation of the rise in the temperature of the Earth’s climate system Green Energy- or renewable energy come from natural sources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, plants, algae and geothermal heat. Greenhouse Gas (GHG)- a gas that contributes to the gree ...
... the human species. Global Warming- the calculation of the rise in the temperature of the Earth’s climate system Green Energy- or renewable energy come from natural sources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, plants, algae and geothermal heat. Greenhouse Gas (GHG)- a gas that contributes to the gree ...
Climate Change Mitigation«WHAT DO WE DO?
... developing countries as sea-levels and storm surges rise, heatwaves become more frequent and intense, and agricultural yields in rural areas decline. Even more disturbingly, each degree of global warming increases the risk of more destructive climate events, causing large and possibly irreversible d ...
... developing countries as sea-levels and storm surges rise, heatwaves become more frequent and intense, and agricultural yields in rural areas decline. Even more disturbingly, each degree of global warming increases the risk of more destructive climate events, causing large and possibly irreversible d ...
Global Warming Greenhouse effect Heat lost to
... Examine and use evidence to justify whether the causes of climate change are caused by Aspire: TYPE humans or natural factors. ...
... Examine and use evidence to justify whether the causes of climate change are caused by Aspire: TYPE humans or natural factors. ...
Article - Cerfacs
... Received 22 March 2006; revised 30 May 2006; accepted 12 June 2006; published 1 August 2006. ...
... Received 22 March 2006; revised 30 May 2006; accepted 12 June 2006; published 1 August 2006. ...
Revised text - Harvard Kennedy School
... d. failing to recognize that richer countries should be prepared to make greater economic sacrifices than poor countries, or e. failing to recognize that the rich countries have benefited from an “unfair advantage” in being allowed to achieve levels of per capita emissions that are far above those o ...
... d. failing to recognize that richer countries should be prepared to make greater economic sacrifices than poor countries, or e. failing to recognize that the rich countries have benefited from an “unfair advantage” in being allowed to achieve levels of per capita emissions that are far above those o ...
Downscaling Tools - University of Victoria
... The Canadian Climate Impacts Scenarios (CCIS) Project is funded by the Climate Change Action Fund and provides climate change scenarios and related information to the VIA community in Canada ...
... The Canadian Climate Impacts Scenarios (CCIS) Project is funded by the Climate Change Action Fund and provides climate change scenarios and related information to the VIA community in Canada ...
Testing the robustness of the anthropogenic climate change detection statements using different empirical models
... about the observed climate changes, the signals of interest, and a representation of the residual internal variability of the climate system. As mentioned in section 1, our aim is to test the robustness of the anthropogenic climate change detection statements under different characterizations of int ...
... about the observed climate changes, the signals of interest, and a representation of the residual internal variability of the climate system. As mentioned in section 1, our aim is to test the robustness of the anthropogenic climate change detection statements under different characterizations of int ...
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... 2. Relation to Literature Stern (2008) observes climate changeis a global event that will have impacts on all countries, some impacts of which are long term, and could be irreversible.Tol (2009) summarizes results of some of the first studies of climate change effects on economic growth (e.g., Nord ...
... 2. Relation to Literature Stern (2008) observes climate changeis a global event that will have impacts on all countries, some impacts of which are long term, and could be irreversible.Tol (2009) summarizes results of some of the first studies of climate change effects on economic growth (e.g., Nord ...
Fighting Fossil Fuels First
... of current negotiations on climate change through a mechanism called Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+). Since 2008, European donors have spent EUR 594.4 million on REDD+ initiatives. While bringing welcome attention to the devastating impacts of deforestation, REDD ...
... of current negotiations on climate change through a mechanism called Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+). Since 2008, European donors have spent EUR 594.4 million on REDD+ initiatives. While bringing welcome attention to the devastating impacts of deforestation, REDD ...
The Short-Term Temptations and Long
... B. Paul Ehrlich, The Population Bomb In 1968, Stanford professor Paul Ehrlich published The Population Bomb, which was cowritten by his then uncredited wife, Anne Ehrlich.27 The Population Bomb warned that human overpopulation would produce widespread starvation: “The birth rate must be brought into ...
... B. Paul Ehrlich, The Population Bomb In 1968, Stanford professor Paul Ehrlich published The Population Bomb, which was cowritten by his then uncredited wife, Anne Ehrlich.27 The Population Bomb warned that human overpopulation would produce widespread starvation: “The birth rate must be brought into ...
Brigita Gravitis-Bec..
... efficiency per year, calculated on the basis of volume of fuel used per Revenue Tonne Kilometre. • An initial table outlining a basket of measures, and a recommendation that ICAO should continue to develop, and update, guidance on adopting those measures. • Encouraging States to develop action plans ...
... efficiency per year, calculated on the basis of volume of fuel used per Revenue Tonne Kilometre. • An initial table outlining a basket of measures, and a recommendation that ICAO should continue to develop, and update, guidance on adopting those measures. • Encouraging States to develop action plans ...
Nigeria`s INDC
... Sea Level Rise: Nigeria’s coastline is already undergoing pronounced morphological changes as a result of natural extreme events, such as sea surges and tidal waves. Global warming-induced accelerated sea level rise (ASLR), anticipated to be 0.5 - 1m this century, would exacerbate the poor condition ...
... Sea Level Rise: Nigeria’s coastline is already undergoing pronounced morphological changes as a result of natural extreme events, such as sea surges and tidal waves. Global warming-induced accelerated sea level rise (ASLR), anticipated to be 0.5 - 1m this century, would exacerbate the poor condition ...
Cities and Climate Change: Global Report on Human Settlements
... The effects of urbanization and climate change are converging in dangerous ways that seriously threaten the world’s environmental, economic and social stability. Cities and Climate Change: Global Report on Human Settlements 2011 seeks to improve knowledge, among governments and all those interested ...
... The effects of urbanization and climate change are converging in dangerous ways that seriously threaten the world’s environmental, economic and social stability. Cities and Climate Change: Global Report on Human Settlements 2011 seeks to improve knowledge, among governments and all those interested ...
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.