Teacher resource pack (Word)
... Investigate how young people are responding to the issue of climate change. The report `Two degrees of separation’, was written by young people involved in the United Nations Development Program. What kinds of actions are they recommending/encouraging people to take? http://www.teachsustainability.c ...
... Investigate how young people are responding to the issue of climate change. The report `Two degrees of separation’, was written by young people involved in the United Nations Development Program. What kinds of actions are they recommending/encouraging people to take? http://www.teachsustainability.c ...
Restorative Land Use as Appropriate Technology: a System Account
... We are in a state of climate emergency with increasing carbon dioxide from industrial development and methane releases from damaged natural systems. Existing viable alternatives in land use need political will and policy innovation to be protected, joined-up and scaled up. The living Earth system is ...
... We are in a state of climate emergency with increasing carbon dioxide from industrial development and methane releases from damaged natural systems. Existing viable alternatives in land use need political will and policy innovation to be protected, joined-up and scaled up. The living Earth system is ...
Session 2: who is responsible?
... Through exploring non-renewable energy sources, I can describe how they are used in Scotland today and express an informed view on the implications for their future use. SCN 2-04b Social Studies I can discuss the environmental impact of human activity and suggest ways in which we can live in a more ...
... Through exploring non-renewable energy sources, I can describe how they are used in Scotland today and express an informed view on the implications for their future use. SCN 2-04b Social Studies I can discuss the environmental impact of human activity and suggest ways in which we can live in a more ...
Extreme Allergies and Global Warming
... Nature Is Noticing the Changing Climate will continue to be under threat from changing land use, urbanization, transportation, and energy production.4 For example, trees and other plants are beginning to respond to the much higher levels of carbon dioxide to which they are being exposed. Carbon dio ...
... Nature Is Noticing the Changing Climate will continue to be under threat from changing land use, urbanization, transportation, and energy production.4 For example, trees and other plants are beginning to respond to the much higher levels of carbon dioxide to which they are being exposed. Carbon dio ...
The importance of the Arctic to global climate
... reveal important clues about the atmosphere through which it fell. For instance, the presence of sodium and chlorine can indicate a particularly stormy period, when more sea salt ends up in the ice. “Snow is not just H2O,” Maasch said, estimating that ice core analyses consider many major and minor ...
... reveal important clues about the atmosphere through which it fell. For instance, the presence of sodium and chlorine can indicate a particularly stormy period, when more sea salt ends up in the ice. “Snow is not just H2O,” Maasch said, estimating that ice core analyses consider many major and minor ...
Green Political Theory in a Climate Changed World
... Change (UNFCCC) process. We argue that for so long as low-emissions energy sources are not cost competitive it will be nearly impossible to summon political will to put the global economy – including those fast-growing developing states that account for the majority of emissions growth – on a trajec ...
... Change (UNFCCC) process. We argue that for so long as low-emissions energy sources are not cost competitive it will be nearly impossible to summon political will to put the global economy – including those fast-growing developing states that account for the majority of emissions growth – on a trajec ...
The Climate Change Act (2008) - The Institute for Government
... explained how the 2004 Tony Blair speech sent climate change up the agenda and persuaded Friends of the Earth (FoE) to focus resource on a new flagship campaign: Before that moment it was seen as an environmental issue... it lead to it moving from page 7 environment correspondent, to page 1 politica ...
... explained how the 2004 Tony Blair speech sent climate change up the agenda and persuaded Friends of the Earth (FoE) to focus resource on a new flagship campaign: Before that moment it was seen as an environmental issue... it lead to it moving from page 7 environment correspondent, to page 1 politica ...
Information pack template New - Centre for Public Appointments
... statutory assessment of climate actions set out in the National Adaptation Programme. The ASC’s next major milestones will be publication of an independent Evidence Report for the second UK Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA, due July 2016), its first statutory report on the progress of the Scotti ...
... statutory assessment of climate actions set out in the National Adaptation Programme. The ASC’s next major milestones will be publication of an independent Evidence Report for the second UK Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA, due July 2016), its first statutory report on the progress of the Scotti ...
Comment by: Patrick J. Michaels and Paul C. Knappenberger
... 1.5°C is almost 99 percent, is not inconsistent with the IPCC definition of “very likely” as “greater than 90 percent probability,” it reflects a greater degree of certainty about very low values of ECS than was expressed by the IPCC.” In other words, the IWG used its judgment that the lower bound o ...
... 1.5°C is almost 99 percent, is not inconsistent with the IPCC definition of “very likely” as “greater than 90 percent probability,” it reflects a greater degree of certainty about very low values of ECS than was expressed by the IPCC.” In other words, the IWG used its judgment that the lower bound o ...
Simulating Sea Ice - An abrupt change perspective
... • Magnitude of polar amplification is related to initial ice thickness • With thinner initial ice, melting translates more directly into open water formation and consequent albedo changes Complicates paleoclimate issues since “control state” not as well known ...
... • Magnitude of polar amplification is related to initial ice thickness • With thinner initial ice, melting translates more directly into open water formation and consequent albedo changes Complicates paleoclimate issues since “control state” not as well known ...
the global warming- extreme weather link
... Climate models, like ecological models, are mathematical attempts to reduce complex natural systems to manageable and satisfying equations. While they may be clever, climate models should not be invested with authority by themselves, and nor should they contradict observational fact. Beyond that, no ...
... Climate models, like ecological models, are mathematical attempts to reduce complex natural systems to manageable and satisfying equations. While they may be clever, climate models should not be invested with authority by themselves, and nor should they contradict observational fact. Beyond that, no ...
... Protocol limit by an average of 1.4 Mtonnes of CO2e annually in the period 2008-2012. Additional domestic policies and measures and/or additional Government purchases will be required to bridge this gap. It is also essential to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels while at the same time increasing ...
Evolutionary and plastic responses of freshwater invertebrates to
... these phenological shifts are driven by warming as they are stronger during warmer years (e.g., changes in abundance and seasonality in zooplankton in relation to the North Atlantic Oscillation index, George and Hewitt 1999; Straile and Adrian 2000) and stronger in ectotherms than in endotherms (Tha ...
... these phenological shifts are driven by warming as they are stronger during warmer years (e.g., changes in abundance and seasonality in zooplankton in relation to the North Atlantic Oscillation index, George and Hewitt 1999; Straile and Adrian 2000) and stronger in ectotherms than in endotherms (Tha ...
Figure 1 - Proceedings of the Royal Society B
... Annual species may increase reproduction by increasing adult body size through extended development, but risk being unable to complete development in seasonally limited environments. Synthetic reviews indicate that most, but not all, species have responded to recent climate warming by advancing the ...
... Annual species may increase reproduction by increasing adult body size through extended development, but risk being unable to complete development in seasonally limited environments. Synthetic reviews indicate that most, but not all, species have responded to recent climate warming by advancing the ...
Greenhouse Gas Removal
... Afforestation/Reforestation (AR) This refers to planting trees or managing existing forests to increase the amount of CO2 stored in vegetation. They could also aid biodiversity (if using mixed, native species), conserve ecosystems and restore natural forest habitats.9,10 Estimates of the negative em ...
... Afforestation/Reforestation (AR) This refers to planting trees or managing existing forests to increase the amount of CO2 stored in vegetation. They could also aid biodiversity (if using mixed, native species), conserve ecosystems and restore natural forest habitats.9,10 Estimates of the negative em ...
The PETM and Leaf Margin Analysis
... We do have other evidence to support the data concluded from leaf margin analysis from other sources. ...
... We do have other evidence to support the data concluded from leaf margin analysis from other sources. ...
Living in an Uncertain World
... 2. To limit global warming to 2C – in fact, to keep global warming below 5C – we must cut emissions markedly and eventually cease emissions. - We have to do this anyway as we do not have unlimited fossil fuel. 3: Change is already and inevitably embedded in the system. The consequential increase in ...
... 2. To limit global warming to 2C – in fact, to keep global warming below 5C – we must cut emissions markedly and eventually cease emissions. - We have to do this anyway as we do not have unlimited fossil fuel. 3: Change is already and inevitably embedded in the system. The consequential increase in ...
The ViTal imporTance of ending new fossil fuel leases in The gulf of
... The 2015 Paris Agreement recognized that climate change is an “urgent and potentially irreversible threat to human societies and the planet,” 21 and it commits 197 signatory countries to hold temperatures “to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature i ...
... The 2015 Paris Agreement recognized that climate change is an “urgent and potentially irreversible threat to human societies and the planet,” 21 and it commits 197 signatory countries to hold temperatures “to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature i ...
An Introduction to CCSM http://www.ccsm.ucar.edu
... – Realistic estimates of ocean heat uptake Effects of ocean on transient climate response – Realism of ocean mixed layer and ventilation Ocean uptake of CO2 and passive tracers (CFCs) ...
... – Realistic estimates of ocean heat uptake Effects of ocean on transient climate response – Realism of ocean mixed layer and ventilation Ocean uptake of CO2 and passive tracers (CFCs) ...
Impact of Climate Change on Outdoor Thermal Comfort and Health
... conducted at the regional level on different continents show that this phenomenon is present. The different emission scenarios provided by the IPCC show that the impacts of climate change will touch all sectors and more particularly natural resources. This will make populations vulnerable in areas w ...
... conducted at the regional level on different continents show that this phenomenon is present. The different emission scenarios provided by the IPCC show that the impacts of climate change will touch all sectors and more particularly natural resources. This will make populations vulnerable in areas w ...
Climate Change: An Agenda for Global Collective Action
... future atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases. For these illustrative scenarios, the IPCC projected that carbon dioxide concentrations in 2100 would range between 540 and 970 ppm (about 50 to 165 percent greater than the current concentration). Higher greenhouse gas concentrations would incr ...
... future atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases. For these illustrative scenarios, the IPCC projected that carbon dioxide concentrations in 2100 would range between 540 and 970 ppm (about 50 to 165 percent greater than the current concentration). Higher greenhouse gas concentrations would incr ...
World Bank Bangkok Briefing - World Economy and Development
... • Climate Change is a development issue, and therefore MDBs have an essential role to play. The central role of the GEF and UN agencies in the financial architecture to address climate change is fully recognized. • The CIF aims to fill a critical gap: scaling up investments while transforming develo ...
... • Climate Change is a development issue, and therefore MDBs have an essential role to play. The central role of the GEF and UN agencies in the financial architecture to address climate change is fully recognized. • The CIF aims to fill a critical gap: scaling up investments while transforming develo ...
LEARN ABOUT… Climate change and ozone depletion
... degree of confidence, the greenhouse effect due to CO2 of anthropogenic origin to be about 1.5 W/m2 (of radiative energy redirected toward the earth's surface). This effect is the result of the budget of radiation emitted and absorbed by CO2, integrated over the height of the atmosphere. However, th ...
... degree of confidence, the greenhouse effect due to CO2 of anthropogenic origin to be about 1.5 W/m2 (of radiative energy redirected toward the earth's surface). This effect is the result of the budget of radiation emitted and absorbed by CO2, integrated over the height of the atmosphere. However, th ...
Clouds in a Warmer Climate: Friend or Foe?
... relief we feel beneath the shade of a tree. The clouds having the most impact are those that have smaller droplets, and are closer to the earth‟s surface, and especially over the oceans. The emission of radiation by the earth, like that on a cold, clear night, is limited by the presence of higher-al ...
... relief we feel beneath the shade of a tree. The clouds having the most impact are those that have smaller droplets, and are closer to the earth‟s surface, and especially over the oceans. The emission of radiation by the earth, like that on a cold, clear night, is limited by the presence of higher-al ...
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.