The Principles and Criteria of Public Climate Finance
... nder Article 4.3 of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), developed countries committed to provide funding for the “agreed full incremental costs” of climate change in developing countries, meaning the additional costs of transforming business-asusual fossil-fuel dependent economic ...
... nder Article 4.3 of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), developed countries committed to provide funding for the “agreed full incremental costs” of climate change in developing countries, meaning the additional costs of transforming business-asusual fossil-fuel dependent economic ...
The EPA & Climate Change Responsibilities, challenges and opportunities 2011 Update
... Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions3 are produced from many different activities. The EPA has responsibility for compiling GHG emission figures for Ireland. This includes emissions from industrial and commercial, energy, residential, agricultural, transport and waste sectors. Data is also gathered on the ...
... Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions3 are produced from many different activities. The EPA has responsibility for compiling GHG emission figures for Ireland. This includes emissions from industrial and commercial, energy, residential, agricultural, transport and waste sectors. Data is also gathered on the ...
Page 1 of 2 IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 4/1
... follows decisions made by the Panel during the AR4 scoping and approval process to use emission scenarios that have been previously assessed by the IPCC for consistency across the three Working Groups. However, the value of information from new climate models related to climate stabilization has als ...
... follows decisions made by the Panel during the AR4 scoping and approval process to use emission scenarios that have been previously assessed by the IPCC for consistency across the three Working Groups. However, the value of information from new climate models related to climate stabilization has als ...
Expected impacts of climate change on extreme climate events
... simulations that represent the only way to account for the complex interactions and feedback between and within the different components of the climate system. However, climate simulations are limited by the ability of the models to accurately reproduce the statistics of some extreme events. Accordi ...
... simulations that represent the only way to account for the complex interactions and feedback between and within the different components of the climate system. However, climate simulations are limited by the ability of the models to accurately reproduce the statistics of some extreme events. Accordi ...
Store carbon
... from fossil fuel is leading to catastrophic climate change. What is becoming increasingly clear however is the effect that forests have on the climate and the climate has on forests ...
... from fossil fuel is leading to catastrophic climate change. What is becoming increasingly clear however is the effect that forests have on the climate and the climate has on forests ...
Phase 2 - Accessible Version
... impacts of climate change. Climate change will significantly increase producer-business risk and management complexity, while bringing some opportunities for the agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture sectors. To reduce the risks and to take advantage of the opportunities, each industry will need su ...
... impacts of climate change. Climate change will significantly increase producer-business risk and management complexity, while bringing some opportunities for the agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture sectors. To reduce the risks and to take advantage of the opportunities, each industry will need su ...
climate policy: separating fact from fantasy
... major countries and regions.8 This lack of progress raises the critical question of what we should do about climate change. There is no single right answer to this question. In part, the answer should depend on the likely benefits and costs of taking various feasible actions. Unfortunately, there is ...
... major countries and regions.8 This lack of progress raises the critical question of what we should do about climate change. There is no single right answer to this question. In part, the answer should depend on the likely benefits and costs of taking various feasible actions. Unfortunately, there is ...
PDF File - Patrick Gonzalez
... biosphere is currently a net carbon sink, human activities emit twice the amount of greenhouse gases than vegetation, soils, and the oceans can naturally absorb. That is the fundamental imbalance that causes climate change. Climate change warmed global temperatures 0.7 ± 0.2ºC from 1906 to 2005 (IPC ...
... biosphere is currently a net carbon sink, human activities emit twice the amount of greenhouse gases than vegetation, soils, and the oceans can naturally absorb. That is the fundamental imbalance that causes climate change. Climate change warmed global temperatures 0.7 ± 0.2ºC from 1906 to 2005 (IPC ...
... information about the probability of Greenlandsized ice sheets collapsing at various temperatures; it is not an experiment that anyone can perform over and over again. A recent analysis by Martin Weitzman argues that the probabilities of the worst outcomes are inescapably unknowable and this deep un ...
JOHNSON et al 2003 River And Stream Ecosystems
... warmer and drier conditions. They tend to comprise more than 75% of the river miles within a watershed (Leopold et al. 1964; Meyer and Wallace 2001), and they interact closely with the adjacent terrestrial system and the groundwater. When groundwater is withdrawn the water table lowers and turns per ...
... warmer and drier conditions. They tend to comprise more than 75% of the river miles within a watershed (Leopold et al. 1964; Meyer and Wallace 2001), and they interact closely with the adjacent terrestrial system and the groundwater. When groundwater is withdrawn the water table lowers and turns per ...
AISL poster 8-22-14 - Geological Society of America
... climate changes. Broadcast meteorologists, who also serve as science correspondents for many news stations, are well positioned to communicate climate science to the public. However, despite position statements from nearly every U.S. Earth and atmospheric sciences professional society acknowledging ...
... climate changes. Broadcast meteorologists, who also serve as science correspondents for many news stations, are well positioned to communicate climate science to the public. However, despite position statements from nearly every U.S. Earth and atmospheric sciences professional society acknowledging ...
Global Environmental Challenges, Law, Spring 2006
... The “hottest” global environmental challenge facing humanity is climate change. The Fourth Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concludes that the evidence of climate change as a result of human activity is unequivocal. An inevitable temperature increase of 2-3ºC suggests t ...
... The “hottest” global environmental challenge facing humanity is climate change. The Fourth Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concludes that the evidence of climate change as a result of human activity is unequivocal. An inevitable temperature increase of 2-3ºC suggests t ...
Multi-Model Projection of July–August Climate Extreme Changes
... The MME shows a consistent warming trend with its highest value over the northwestern Tibetan Plateau; all the changes are statistically significant at the 5% level (Fig. 5a). A regional climate modeling study by Gao et al. (2003) and an analysis of A1B scenario simulations of IPCC AR4 (Christensen ...
... The MME shows a consistent warming trend with its highest value over the northwestern Tibetan Plateau; all the changes are statistically significant at the 5% level (Fig. 5a). A regional climate modeling study by Gao et al. (2003) and an analysis of A1B scenario simulations of IPCC AR4 (Christensen ...
age proofs oofs proofs proo
... • the spread of wavelengths radiated by the Sun at 6000 K (these are the wavelengths in sunlight) • the spread of wavelengths radiated by the Earth at 255 K or −18 °C. Note: The scale on the left is for sunlight, while the scale on the right is for the Earth’s radiation. The scales are markedly di ...
... • the spread of wavelengths radiated by the Sun at 6000 K (these are the wavelengths in sunlight) • the spread of wavelengths radiated by the Earth at 255 K or −18 °C. Note: The scale on the left is for sunlight, while the scale on the right is for the Earth’s radiation. The scales are markedly di ...
Climate change and its impact on biodiversity
... are closely related and depend on each other, and the stability of this relation is an important ecosystem service. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA) identified climate change as one of the major drivers having adverse effects on biodiversity and associated goods and services7. According to ...
... are closely related and depend on each other, and the stability of this relation is an important ecosystem service. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA) identified climate change as one of the major drivers having adverse effects on biodiversity and associated goods and services7. According to ...
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... outside the scope of the reparative obligation”.4 In other words, since specific impacts of climate change cannot (yet) be attributed to specific emissions of greenhouse gases by polluters, there is no basis for liability claims (yet). Another complexity is the question of which actor should be held ...
... outside the scope of the reparative obligation”.4 In other words, since specific impacts of climate change cannot (yet) be attributed to specific emissions of greenhouse gases by polluters, there is no basis for liability claims (yet). Another complexity is the question of which actor should be held ...
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... Blanford et. al 2009 or a detailed discussion of this issue).The WITCH model features a series of mitigation options in both the power generation sector and in the other energy carriers, e.g. in the non‐electric sector. Mitigation options in the power sector include nuclear, hydroe ...
... Blanford et. al 2009 or a detailed discussion of this issue).The WITCH model features a series of mitigation options in both the power generation sector and in the other energy carriers, e.g. in the non‐electric sector. Mitigation options in the power sector include nuclear, hydroe ...
Biodiversity baselines, thresholds and resilience: testing predictions
... Fossil records are replete with examples of long-term biotic responses to past climate change. One particularly useful set of records are those preserved in lake and marine sediments, recording both climate changes and corresponding biotic responses. Recently there has been increasing focus on the n ...
... Fossil records are replete with examples of long-term biotic responses to past climate change. One particularly useful set of records are those preserved in lake and marine sediments, recording both climate changes and corresponding biotic responses. Recently there has been increasing focus on the n ...
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... are consistent in the sense that they balance. The countries are linked through trade, world market prices and financial flows. The system is solved in annual increments, simultaneously for all countries. It is assumed that supply does not adjust instantaneously to new economic conditions. Only supp ...
... are consistent in the sense that they balance. The countries are linked through trade, world market prices and financial flows. The system is solved in annual increments, simultaneously for all countries. It is assumed that supply does not adjust instantaneously to new economic conditions. Only supp ...
Anthropocene changes in desert area
... for the sensitivity of the results to the general circulation model used for the climate predictions. [3] Carbon dioxide fertilization of arid plants is a potentially important mechanism for changing the size of desert dust source regions [e.g., Mahowald et al., 1999]. Atmospheric carbon dioxide con ...
... for the sensitivity of the results to the general circulation model used for the climate predictions. [3] Carbon dioxide fertilization of arid plants is a potentially important mechanism for changing the size of desert dust source regions [e.g., Mahowald et al., 1999]. Atmospheric carbon dioxide con ...
Activity Details Activity name Republic of Moldova: Preparation of
... The ADP's first objective is to develop a protocol, another legal instrument or an agreed outcome with legal force under the UNFCCC applicable to all parties. To achieve this objective, Parties decided to provide ‘up-front' information on their intended contributions to the global agreement, based o ...
... The ADP's first objective is to develop a protocol, another legal instrument or an agreed outcome with legal force under the UNFCCC applicable to all parties. To achieve this objective, Parties decided to provide ‘up-front' information on their intended contributions to the global agreement, based o ...
Climate change presents increased potential for
... Very large fires (VLFs; often defined as the top 10% or top 5% of the largest fires) account for a majority of burned area in many regions of the United States (e.g., Strauss et al., 1989), ...
... Very large fires (VLFs; often defined as the top 10% or top 5% of the largest fires) account for a majority of burned area in many regions of the United States (e.g., Strauss et al., 1989), ...
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.