Yes We Can Climate Plan - Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand
... This Green Party discussion paper shows that we can reduce New Zealand’s net annual greenhouse gas emissions to no more than 40 Mt of CO2-equivalent by 2030, even if there was a five year transition period for the farming industry. This is an emissions reduction of at least 40 percent below the 1990 ...
... This Green Party discussion paper shows that we can reduce New Zealand’s net annual greenhouse gas emissions to no more than 40 Mt of CO2-equivalent by 2030, even if there was a five year transition period for the farming industry. This is an emissions reduction of at least 40 percent below the 1990 ...
Measuring the Public Health Impacts of Climate Change in the
... or indirectly create domestic problems in the United States. Thus, an international lens must be employed alongside domestic considerations in order to paint a complete picture of the costs of inaction to the economic and physical wellbeing of Americans. Challenges in public health research on clima ...
... or indirectly create domestic problems in the United States. Thus, an international lens must be employed alongside domestic considerations in order to paint a complete picture of the costs of inaction to the economic and physical wellbeing of Americans. Challenges in public health research on clima ...
Monitoring - Australian Institute of Alpine Studies
... impacts of climate change on natural and managed systems in Australia. The alpine regions of Australia are considered by the IPCC to be highly vulnerable to climate change. The Australian Greenhouse Office is developing a work plan dealing with climate change impacts and adaptation which, among othe ...
... impacts of climate change on natural and managed systems in Australia. The alpine regions of Australia are considered by the IPCC to be highly vulnerable to climate change. The Australian Greenhouse Office is developing a work plan dealing with climate change impacts and adaptation which, among othe ...
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... developing world are still substantially lower than in OECD countries. However, given the larger and faster growing populations in NA1 regions, the contribution of emerging economies to total emissions is becoming substantial. China, in particular, has doubled its emissions since the signature of th ...
... developing world are still substantially lower than in OECD countries. However, given the larger and faster growing populations in NA1 regions, the contribution of emerging economies to total emissions is becoming substantial. China, in particular, has doubled its emissions since the signature of th ...
Global Warming Index - Debate Central
... These figures amply illustrate how Western Europe and the United States are by far largely responsible for the effects of global warming we are seeing today. Contrastingly the regions least responsible are the ones that will bear the brunt of those effects (initially at any rate, until such time tha ...
... These figures amply illustrate how Western Europe and the United States are by far largely responsible for the effects of global warming we are seeing today. Contrastingly the regions least responsible are the ones that will bear the brunt of those effects (initially at any rate, until such time tha ...
Print this article - Nepal Journals Online
... perceived differences in culture as an organizing principle for natural resources management. Messerschmidt (1991) provided a framework for the study of IK (Indigenous Knowledge) and illustrates it with numerous examples from forestry research in Nepal. The framework is divided into two parts. First ...
... perceived differences in culture as an organizing principle for natural resources management. Messerschmidt (1991) provided a framework for the study of IK (Indigenous Knowledge) and illustrates it with numerous examples from forestry research in Nepal. The framework is divided into two parts. First ...
Climate in the Heartland
... In recent decades, cities in the Great Plains have confronted an increasing frequency of extreme and damaging weather events. Historical climate patterns are changing, with hotter temperatures, exceptional floods and droughts, and erratic weather events. These factors affect city governments’ abilit ...
... In recent decades, cities in the Great Plains have confronted an increasing frequency of extreme and damaging weather events. Historical climate patterns are changing, with hotter temperatures, exceptional floods and droughts, and erratic weather events. These factors affect city governments’ abilit ...
Aalborg Universitet Heiselberg, Per Kvols
... 2.2 Climate scenarios Table 2 summarizes the climate scenarios considered in this study. As references, building’s performance for the climate of Växjö are modelled ...
... 2.2 Climate scenarios Table 2 summarizes the climate scenarios considered in this study. As references, building’s performance for the climate of Växjö are modelled ...
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... Even though some of the results of the two last United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (2009) and in Cancun (2010) can be ascribed to the vagaries of the diplomatic process and the divergences in views about how to untie the climate and development Gordian Knot (Hourcade et al, 2009b ...
... Even though some of the results of the two last United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (2009) and in Cancun (2010) can be ascribed to the vagaries of the diplomatic process and the divergences in views about how to untie the climate and development Gordian Knot (Hourcade et al, 2009b ...
S 2016
... treaty, contributing to the strongest possible social movement participation in creating that treaty, and through both of these channels helping to bring about the creation of a low-carbon, sustainable, equitable, and deeply democratic future. I believe that if we are to pass on a world worth living ...
... treaty, contributing to the strongest possible social movement participation in creating that treaty, and through both of these channels helping to bring about the creation of a low-carbon, sustainable, equitable, and deeply democratic future. I believe that if we are to pass on a world worth living ...
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... Abstract There is general consensus in the scientific literature that human-induced climate change has taken place and will continue to do so over the next century. The Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concludes with “very high confidence” that anthropo ...
... Abstract There is general consensus in the scientific literature that human-induced climate change has taken place and will continue to do so over the next century. The Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concludes with “very high confidence” that anthropo ...
Linking Indigenous and Scientific Knowledge of Climate Change
... this rich body of knowledge can inform science, and science can in turn perhaps contribute tools and methods that will allow indigenous communities to make informed decisions about their current situations and future prospects. Faithfully representing the people, voices, and history that hold much o ...
... this rich body of knowledge can inform science, and science can in turn perhaps contribute tools and methods that will allow indigenous communities to make informed decisions about their current situations and future prospects. Faithfully representing the people, voices, and history that hold much o ...
Climate variability and change: a perspective from the oceania region
... responsible for climate change. The method was applied to the change in the temperature structure of the atmosphere between the 20 year periods 1949–68 and 1975–94. The external forcing function is largely zonally symmetric, consistent with large scale processes such as forcing due to increasing gre ...
... responsible for climate change. The method was applied to the change in the temperature structure of the atmosphere between the 20 year periods 1949–68 and 1975–94. The external forcing function is largely zonally symmetric, consistent with large scale processes such as forcing due to increasing gre ...
Recommendations from the Scientific Council Symposium Cultural
... All of these examples underline an important dimension of GCC as it impacts cultural heritage, namely, that it is often about loss and destruction as much as preservation. In the cases where the loss of cultural heritage resources cannot be prevented or mitigated, its significance actually transform ...
... All of these examples underline an important dimension of GCC as it impacts cultural heritage, namely, that it is often about loss and destruction as much as preservation. In the cases where the loss of cultural heritage resources cannot be prevented or mitigated, its significance actually transform ...
LCC/2014/0101Roseacre Wood , Roseacre and Wharles, Fylde
... In light of the conversion factors commonly used by others agencies in the UK, the applicant’s use of a figure of 25 is not unreasonable. Emissions from this project The applicant’s ES estimates the greatest source of the project GHG emissions come from burning the gas in the flare (73%). The total ...
... In light of the conversion factors commonly used by others agencies in the UK, the applicant’s use of a figure of 25 is not unreasonable. Emissions from this project The applicant’s ES estimates the greatest source of the project GHG emissions come from burning the gas in the flare (73%). The total ...
Eurasian Arctic greening reveals teleconnections and the potential
... over different spatial and temporal scales, such as fluvial valleys and cryogenic landslides. Whereas fluvial landscapes are dominant west of the Urals, cryogenic landslides are the leading landscapeforming process in the continuous permafrost zone of northwestern Siberia18 . Cryogenic landslides ar ...
... over different spatial and temporal scales, such as fluvial valleys and cryogenic landslides. Whereas fluvial landscapes are dominant west of the Urals, cryogenic landslides are the leading landscapeforming process in the continuous permafrost zone of northwestern Siberia18 . Cryogenic landslides ar ...
4b. GCOS-indicators_WDAC6 - World Climate Research Programme
... Ø Planning for adaptation needs an understanding of future risk and how it may change: What would a one in a hundred-year storm look like in 100 years’ time? Ø Planning for future impacts needs an understanding now of worst-case scenarios, e.g. highest possible sea level rise, largest flood or big ...
... Ø Planning for adaptation needs an understanding of future risk and how it may change: What would a one in a hundred-year storm look like in 100 years’ time? Ø Planning for future impacts needs an understanding now of worst-case scenarios, e.g. highest possible sea level rise, largest flood or big ...
Flood hazard maps in Matucana village under climate change
... Arithmetic mean values of the precipitation for the periods 2010–2039, 2040–2069 and 2070– 2099 were estimated by using projected percentage changes according to the ECHAM4 (European Center – Hamburg 4), NCAR PCM (National Center for Atmospheric Research – Parallel Climate Model) and HADCM3 (Hadley ...
... Arithmetic mean values of the precipitation for the periods 2010–2039, 2040–2069 and 2070– 2099 were estimated by using projected percentage changes according to the ECHAM4 (European Center – Hamburg 4), NCAR PCM (National Center for Atmospheric Research – Parallel Climate Model) and HADCM3 (Hadley ...
Global Green Policy Insights
... On 1 January this year, Switzerland’s revised CO2 Act came into force, which legally binds the country to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 20% compared to 1990 levels by the end of the decade. The Act primarily covers fossil thermal and motor fuels, as well as certain other greenhouse gases in ad ...
... On 1 January this year, Switzerland’s revised CO2 Act came into force, which legally binds the country to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 20% compared to 1990 levels by the end of the decade. The Act primarily covers fossil thermal and motor fuels, as well as certain other greenhouse gases in ad ...
The Early Twentieth-Century Warming in the Arctic—A Possible
... into the northeastern North Atlantic. The fact that the NAO was in a positive phase for several years could very likely be a consequence of chance along the lines pointed out by Wunsch (1999), where it was shown that longer episodes of either positive or negative NAO anomalies could occur because of ...
... into the northeastern North Atlantic. The fact that the NAO was in a positive phase for several years could very likely be a consequence of chance along the lines pointed out by Wunsch (1999), where it was shown that longer episodes of either positive or negative NAO anomalies could occur because of ...
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 106
... warming through the uptake and sequestration of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) (2). Over the past 40 years, ⬇84% of the increase in the Earth’s heat budget has been absorbed by the surface oceans (3), thereby increasing the average temperature of the upper 700 m by 0.1 °C (4). This process is li ...
... warming through the uptake and sequestration of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) (2). Over the past 40 years, ⬇84% of the increase in the Earth’s heat budget has been absorbed by the surface oceans (3), thereby increasing the average temperature of the upper 700 m by 0.1 °C (4). This process is li ...
- The Kresge Foundation
... people is the highest. 2. Managing the unavoidable Let me turn to the second imperative. Managing the unavoidable. This speaks to adaptation: How we will adapt to the significant change that is now inevitable regardless of the degree to which society pulls its act together and gets serious about red ...
... people is the highest. 2. Managing the unavoidable Let me turn to the second imperative. Managing the unavoidable. This speaks to adaptation: How we will adapt to the significant change that is now inevitable regardless of the degree to which society pulls its act together and gets serious about red ...
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... • Think of them as the prediction of a model, contingent upon the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions scenarios ...
... • Think of them as the prediction of a model, contingent upon the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions scenarios ...
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.