Climate Change Class at Osher Lifelong Learning
... No one can yet say for certain what increase in global-average surface temperature above the 1750 value is “too much,” in the sense that the consequences become truly unmanageable. In our judgment and that of a growing number of other analysts and groups, however, increases beyond 2°C to 2.5°C above ...
... No one can yet say for certain what increase in global-average surface temperature above the 1750 value is “too much,” in the sense that the consequences become truly unmanageable. In our judgment and that of a growing number of other analysts and groups, however, increases beyond 2°C to 2.5°C above ...
A Climate in Crisis: How climate change is making drought and
... system means that even if emissions are cut dramatically today, further increases in temperatures are still inevitable. ...
... system means that even if emissions are cut dramatically today, further increases in temperatures are still inevitable. ...
Climate Change and Global Health: What are the Governance
... mortality from heat waves and storm disasters, to increases in climatesensitive vectorborne and waterborne diseases, air pollution-related illnesses, malnutrition, and mental health disorders. Some of the indirect effects on public health infrastructure, food prices and available water or natural re ...
... mortality from heat waves and storm disasters, to increases in climatesensitive vectorborne and waterborne diseases, air pollution-related illnesses, malnutrition, and mental health disorders. Some of the indirect effects on public health infrastructure, food prices and available water or natural re ...
Are the Costs of Climate Change Mitigation Policies
... objectives at the lowest possible overall cost to society by providing incentives for the greatest reductions in pollution by those firms that can achieve these reductions most cheaply. Rather than equalizing pollution levels among firms, market based instruments equalize the incremental amount that ...
... objectives at the lowest possible overall cost to society by providing incentives for the greatest reductions in pollution by those firms that can achieve these reductions most cheaply. Rather than equalizing pollution levels among firms, market based instruments equalize the incremental amount that ...
(Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 15-16 (am) July 2013)
... Islands (etc) Even when the causes are similar the effects would depend on geography Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 15-16 (am) July 2013 ...
... Islands (etc) Even when the causes are similar the effects would depend on geography Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 15-16 (am) July 2013 ...
A Climate in Crisis: How climate change is
... Box 3: Pastoralists in the Somali region of Ethiopia The Somali region of southern Ethiopia is home to a large population of nomadic pastoralists who are among the hardest hit in the country by the current drought. Low rainfall across the region for two consecutive years has left rivers, birkas (wa ...
... Box 3: Pastoralists in the Somali region of Ethiopia The Somali region of southern Ethiopia is home to a large population of nomadic pastoralists who are among the hardest hit in the country by the current drought. Low rainfall across the region for two consecutive years has left rivers, birkas (wa ...
LG/15/21
... assessment, policy and decision making. • The accounts are very useful to assess both the driving forces and the pressures, but also the impacts and responses with regard to the interrelationships between the economy and climate change. • Information on the state of the environment, which are not pa ...
... assessment, policy and decision making. • The accounts are very useful to assess both the driving forces and the pressures, but also the impacts and responses with regard to the interrelationships between the economy and climate change. • Information on the state of the environment, which are not pa ...
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... on the plate, reaching an agreement becomes more difficult (Carraro and Siniscalco, 1993; Barret, 1994). The Kyoto Protocol, a major result of the UNFCCC advocacy, represents a first attempt to achieve a world‐wide agreement on emission reduction paths. Still, its ratification confirms once more ...
... on the plate, reaching an agreement becomes more difficult (Carraro and Siniscalco, 1993; Barret, 1994). The Kyoto Protocol, a major result of the UNFCCC advocacy, represents a first attempt to achieve a world‐wide agreement on emission reduction paths. Still, its ratification confirms once more ...
Jordan Country Report
... o CO2 represented 84.6% in 2000, and expected to grow to 93% in 2033 o CH4 represented 13.6% in 2000, and expected to drop to 6.5% in 2033 o N2O represented 1.7% in 2000, and expected to drop to 0.3% in 2033 GHG emissions from electricity consumption are expected to increase by 138% by year 2028, wi ...
... o CO2 represented 84.6% in 2000, and expected to grow to 93% in 2033 o CH4 represented 13.6% in 2000, and expected to drop to 6.5% in 2033 o N2O represented 1.7% in 2000, and expected to drop to 0.3% in 2033 GHG emissions from electricity consumption are expected to increase by 138% by year 2028, wi ...
Climate Change Climate Justice 3 - Primary Resource
... In December 2015 world leaders came together in Paris to discuss the global response to climate change. Governments agreed to act together to keep further global warming of the earth’s surface temperature ‘well below’ a 2oC rise from pre-industrial times, and to aim for a safer limit of 1.5oC. Over ...
... In December 2015 world leaders came together in Paris to discuss the global response to climate change. Governments agreed to act together to keep further global warming of the earth’s surface temperature ‘well below’ a 2oC rise from pre-industrial times, and to aim for a safer limit of 1.5oC. Over ...
Seminar Bibliography/Literature List
... Tom Downing, Barbara Huddleston, Neil Leary, Amy Luers, Wolfgang Lutz, Fabio Pittaluga, Colin Polsky, Oladele Ogunseitan, Mahendra Shah, Jan Sendzimir ...
... Tom Downing, Barbara Huddleston, Neil Leary, Amy Luers, Wolfgang Lutz, Fabio Pittaluga, Colin Polsky, Oladele Ogunseitan, Mahendra Shah, Jan Sendzimir ...
Sensitivity of tree growth to the atmospheric vertical profile in the
... suggested that a cooling of the mid-troposphere (500 hPa) above the northwestern U.S.A. is more detrimental to conifers than hardwoods if it occurred in April (Fig. 6e), and more detrimental to hardwoods if it occurred in June (Fig. 6f). Figure 5 next pages. Correlation and bootstrap response functi ...
... suggested that a cooling of the mid-troposphere (500 hPa) above the northwestern U.S.A. is more detrimental to conifers than hardwoods if it occurred in April (Fig. 6e), and more detrimental to hardwoods if it occurred in June (Fig. 6f). Figure 5 next pages. Correlation and bootstrap response functi ...
VoterReady-CleanAir - League of Women Voters
... cause or contribute to air pollution that may endanger the public health or welfare. In 2009, the EPA responded by conducting an extensive examination of the scientific evidence and, in December 2009, made a determination — the "endangerment finding" — that GHG concentrations in the atmosphere do th ...
... cause or contribute to air pollution that may endanger the public health or welfare. In 2009, the EPA responded by conducting an extensive examination of the scientific evidence and, in December 2009, made a determination — the "endangerment finding" — that GHG concentrations in the atmosphere do th ...
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... for the last 100, 100,000 or 100 million yrs that CO2 has any net effect on temperature or climate. The evidence is rather that temperature in the long run controls CO2. 13 independent scientists including three Expert IPCC reviewers, professors and forecasters wrote to the UN July 2008 requesting s ...
... for the last 100, 100,000 or 100 million yrs that CO2 has any net effect on temperature or climate. The evidence is rather that temperature in the long run controls CO2. 13 independent scientists including three Expert IPCC reviewers, professors and forecasters wrote to the UN July 2008 requesting s ...
Suppakorn Chinvanno - START - SysTem for Analysis Research
... • Significant reduction in water supply in upper Mekong--Yunnan--but may be less erosion • Some water shortage in dry season in most southern landforms due to longer and dryer season • Deteriorated water quality--salinity, acidification, etc.-- in some areas due to reduced flushing during dry spells ...
... • Significant reduction in water supply in upper Mekong--Yunnan--but may be less erosion • Some water shortage in dry season in most southern landforms due to longer and dryer season • Deteriorated water quality--salinity, acidification, etc.-- in some areas due to reduced flushing during dry spells ...
MLA citation - saddlespace.org
... If publishing information is unavailable for entries that require publication information such as publisher (or sponsor) names and publishing dates, MLA requires the use of special abbreviations to indicate that this information is not available. Use n.p. to indicate that neither a publisher nor a s ...
... If publishing information is unavailable for entries that require publication information such as publisher (or sponsor) names and publishing dates, MLA requires the use of special abbreviations to indicate that this information is not available. Use n.p. to indicate that neither a publisher nor a s ...
Thermodynamics of climate change
... Grinstein and Linsker, 2007), its heuristic adoption in climate science has been quite fruitful (Kleidon and Lorenz 2005; Kleidon et al., 2006; Kunz et al., 2008), and has stimulated a detailed re-examination of the importance of entropy production in the climate system (Peixoto and Oort, 1992; Good ...
... Grinstein and Linsker, 2007), its heuristic adoption in climate science has been quite fruitful (Kleidon and Lorenz 2005; Kleidon et al., 2006; Kunz et al., 2008), and has stimulated a detailed re-examination of the importance of entropy production in the climate system (Peixoto and Oort, 1992; Good ...
The Climate Change Debate in the United
... reevaluated: the Earth Climate is warming up, and following unprecedented rates. Starting in the 1970's a consensus between scientists formed on the implication of greenhouse gases in the process, and that these emissions created by human activities were deeply influencing the Climate. Since the 199 ...
... reevaluated: the Earth Climate is warming up, and following unprecedented rates. Starting in the 1970's a consensus between scientists formed on the implication of greenhouse gases in the process, and that these emissions created by human activities were deeply influencing the Climate. Since the 199 ...
Global megatrends - Eionet Forum
... • Dialogue EEA-Eionet; within Eionet (exchange of views, feedback) • Input of the information (Use existing data and information provided by countries in regular processes, potentially complemented with additional input such as case studies’ .) ...
... • Dialogue EEA-Eionet; within Eionet (exchange of views, feedback) • Input of the information (Use existing data and information provided by countries in regular processes, potentially complemented with additional input such as case studies’ .) ...
Confronting Climate Change in the US Midwest
... and warms our climate; oceans, forests, and land can absorb some of this carbon, but not as fast as we are creating it. As a result, heat-trapping emissions are building up in our atmosphere to levels that could produce severe effects including extreme heat, prolonged droughts, intense storms, corro ...
... and warms our climate; oceans, forests, and land can absorb some of this carbon, but not as fast as we are creating it. As a result, heat-trapping emissions are building up in our atmosphere to levels that could produce severe effects including extreme heat, prolonged droughts, intense storms, corro ...
Advent Light
... situation and that is putting them in a serious struggle to survive. The worst impacts of climate changes are now a reality Mitigating it or adapting are a big challenge for Bangladesh-like countries but they are not the creators of the problem – only sufferers Bishop Paul Sarker, Bangladesh ...
... situation and that is putting them in a serious struggle to survive. The worst impacts of climate changes are now a reality Mitigating it or adapting are a big challenge for Bangladesh-like countries but they are not the creators of the problem – only sufferers Bishop Paul Sarker, Bangladesh ...
Session 2: who is responsible?
... than its territorial-based emissions, whereas China’s consumption CO2 emissions per person is less than its territorial-based emissions. Explain that many of the things we consume in the UK are imported from other countries. However China exports many of the things it produces to other countries. As ...
... than its territorial-based emissions, whereas China’s consumption CO2 emissions per person is less than its territorial-based emissions. Explain that many of the things we consume in the UK are imported from other countries. However China exports many of the things it produces to other countries. As ...
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... Climate change as a result of global warming may be the most important environmental issue now facing not only the United States, but the world. Greenhouse gases (primarily, carbon dioxide("CO/'), methane and nitrous oxide) persist and mix in the atmosphere, so that emissions anywhere in the world i ...
... Climate change as a result of global warming may be the most important environmental issue now facing not only the United States, but the world. Greenhouse gases (primarily, carbon dioxide("CO/'), methane and nitrous oxide) persist and mix in the atmosphere, so that emissions anywhere in the world i ...
Climate and land use change impacts on global terrestrial
... climate change, multiple interactions, and feedbacks as the model is run. This paper discusses the results of centuryscale HadGEM2-ES simulations from an impacts perspective – specifically, terrestrial ecosystems and water resources – for four different scenarios following the representative concent ...
... climate change, multiple interactions, and feedbacks as the model is run. This paper discusses the results of centuryscale HadGEM2-ES simulations from an impacts perspective – specifically, terrestrial ecosystems and water resources – for four different scenarios following the representative concent ...
Full text (pdf format) - Boreal Environment Research
... However, it is important to point out some of the limitations of the chosen approach. Indices used in this study are based on knowledge on the behavior of fruit trees, and more generally on woody plants. Indices are not relevant to some other horticultural crops, mainly herbs and grasses which behav ...
... However, it is important to point out some of the limitations of the chosen approach. Indices used in this study are based on knowledge on the behavior of fruit trees, and more generally on woody plants. Indices are not relevant to some other horticultural crops, mainly herbs and grasses which behav ...
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.