ITU/Ghana Experiences in National Planning for ICTs, Climate
... Energy production, consumption and transport constitute key source of emissions. Oil exploitation is expected to impact on the emission growth in future. CO2 and CH4 are the major important GHG gases. Evidence of climate change is abound in Ghana. Temperature has increased by between 0.6OC and ...
... Energy production, consumption and transport constitute key source of emissions. Oil exploitation is expected to impact on the emission growth in future. CO2 and CH4 are the major important GHG gases. Evidence of climate change is abound in Ghana. Temperature has increased by between 0.6OC and ...
Emerging markets and climate change: Mexican standoff or low-carbon race?: Working Paper 46 (489 kB) (opens in new window)
... (43%) than the G20 Annex 1 countries, as shown in Figure 1. The largest member of the GEMs, China, has also surpassed the largest G20 Annex 1 country, the USA, as the world’s largest emitter of CO2 and is also the largest energy consumer (IEA, 2010). GEM countries also accounted for the bulk of glob ...
... (43%) than the G20 Annex 1 countries, as shown in Figure 1. The largest member of the GEMs, China, has also surpassed the largest G20 Annex 1 country, the USA, as the world’s largest emitter of CO2 and is also the largest energy consumer (IEA, 2010). GEM countries also accounted for the bulk of glob ...
Arctic Climate Issues 2014: Short-Lived Climate
... the potential for larger releases to the atmosphere as methane bubbles reach the surface more quickly. Thawing of subsea permafrost can accelerate the rate of release, but methane releases from the Arctic Ocean are not expected to rise sharply in the near future. Black Carbon Black carbon comes from ...
... the potential for larger releases to the atmosphere as methane bubbles reach the surface more quickly. Thawing of subsea permafrost can accelerate the rate of release, but methane releases from the Arctic Ocean are not expected to rise sharply in the near future. Black Carbon Black carbon comes from ...
The air has no residence
... something present and something absent. This can be understood in terms of the space-time of the encounter, the conflict between two different forms of sensibility and the designation of two different spaces of doing and making. I would argue that the aesthetics of climate change are such that work ...
... something present and something absent. This can be understood in terms of the space-time of the encounter, the conflict between two different forms of sensibility and the designation of two different spaces of doing and making. I would argue that the aesthetics of climate change are such that work ...
CCSP Observations: Overview and Critical Issues
... —How to interact with users & stakeholders and add regional value? • How to link disparate observations to integrated problem solutions? —A bewildering array of observations —The observations within this array differ in, e.g.: what is being measured how often the measurements are taken their c ...
... —How to interact with users & stakeholders and add regional value? • How to link disparate observations to integrated problem solutions? —A bewildering array of observations —The observations within this array differ in, e.g.: what is being measured how often the measurements are taken their c ...
Summary for Policymakers - Climate Change Reconsidered
... Many scientists, policymakers, and engaged citizens have become concerned over the possibility that man-made greenhouse gas emissions, in particular carbon dioxide (CO2), may be causing dangerous climate change. A primary reason for this public alarm is a series of reports issued by the United Natio ...
... Many scientists, policymakers, and engaged citizens have become concerned over the possibility that man-made greenhouse gas emissions, in particular carbon dioxide (CO2), may be causing dangerous climate change. A primary reason for this public alarm is a series of reports issued by the United Natio ...
Climate Change and International Labour Movement's Response
... • Formal debates seem far from agreement (Japan, US, Australia far from targets needed; Russia not willing to join any target; EU ambitious, but not enough; Emerging economies reluctant to announce objectives without financial commitments from Developed Countries) • Differences between discourse and ...
... • Formal debates seem far from agreement (Japan, US, Australia far from targets needed; Russia not willing to join any target; EU ambitious, but not enough; Emerging economies reluctant to announce objectives without financial commitments from Developed Countries) • Differences between discourse and ...
EPA WasteWise Endorser
... fee for every bag or cart of garbage discarded, munici palities and waste management companies can provide motivation for consumers to prevent waste and recy cle. EPA’s PAYT Web site,.
Not only can waste reduction decrease demand on raw
materials and the impact on climate change ...
... fee for every bag or cart of garbage discarded, munici palities and waste management companies can provide motivation for consumers to prevent waste and recy cle. EPA’s PAYT Web site,
The Role of International Project Offices (IPOs) in
... To understand the structure and functioning of the global ocean, and its response to physical forcing, to forecast the responses of the marine ecosystem to global change. ...
... To understand the structure and functioning of the global ocean, and its response to physical forcing, to forecast the responses of the marine ecosystem to global change. ...
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... incoming solar energy. If global temperatures increase, snow and ice cover may shrink. The exposed darker surfaces underneath may absorb more solar radiation, causing further warming. The magnitude of the effect is currently a matter of serious scientific study and debate. How Much Are Glaciers Melt ...
... incoming solar energy. If global temperatures increase, snow and ice cover may shrink. The exposed darker surfaces underneath may absorb more solar radiation, causing further warming. The magnitude of the effect is currently a matter of serious scientific study and debate. How Much Are Glaciers Melt ...
here - Climate Realists
... 13. CO2 in the atmosphere has increased during most of the 20th century at a fairly constant rate. However, we had a period of GC from 1940 to 1975 (even while CO2 concentrations increased) as well as a GW period from 1975 to the early part of this century. 14. High concentrations of CO2 have been d ...
... 13. CO2 in the atmosphere has increased during most of the 20th century at a fairly constant rate. However, we had a period of GC from 1940 to 1975 (even while CO2 concentrations increased) as well as a GW period from 1975 to the early part of this century. 14. High concentrations of CO2 have been d ...
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... Integrating Management of Climate Risks 1. Identify hazards associated with climate risk to the water system • What are the key climate challenges that the system faces now (e.g., frequent drought, flood events, variable flows) • What damages occur as functions of these events? • Where are the impa ...
... Integrating Management of Climate Risks 1. Identify hazards associated with climate risk to the water system • What are the key climate challenges that the system faces now (e.g., frequent drought, flood events, variable flows) • What damages occur as functions of these events? • Where are the impa ...
Ambiente & Sociedade 1414-753X Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e
... mean surface temperature as the sole variable to measure climate change. This is a comprehensive measure as it reflects the impact of emissions of many greenhouse gases. This is an alternative to the traditional measure of emissions in a common carbon measure that uses the global warming potential t ...
... mean surface temperature as the sole variable to measure climate change. This is a comprehensive measure as it reflects the impact of emissions of many greenhouse gases. This is an alternative to the traditional measure of emissions in a common carbon measure that uses the global warming potential t ...
Japan`s Initiative on Climate Change (PowerPoint Presentation
... obligations under the Kyoto Protocol amount to no more than 30% ofMEM global emissions. ...
... obligations under the Kyoto Protocol amount to no more than 30% ofMEM global emissions. ...
Environmental - Successor-agreement to the extended Kyoto protocol
... The actual background of the Kyoto protocol is the Global Warming. Greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydro fluorocarbons (HFC's), per fluorocarbons (PFC's), sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) or nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) are rising into the air and causing the ...
... The actual background of the Kyoto protocol is the Global Warming. Greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydro fluorocarbons (HFC's), per fluorocarbons (PFC's), sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) or nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) are rising into the air and causing the ...
MS TAIMUN I Chair Reports Committee: Environment Committee
... Issue 2: Threat to coastal cities due to global warming. General Overview Global warming caused by greenhouse gases poses a threat to all nations, as temperatures increase steadily worldwide. This is especially a big problem coastal cities and water-touching-countries, as they are positioned near ri ...
... Issue 2: Threat to coastal cities due to global warming. General Overview Global warming caused by greenhouse gases poses a threat to all nations, as temperatures increase steadily worldwide. This is especially a big problem coastal cities and water-touching-countries, as they are positioned near ri ...
Environmental Security: A Case Study of Climate
... would be no life on earth, since the planet’s surface would be no warmer than the surrounding space. However, since the industrial revolution, anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions are pushing this effect farther than any time in recorded history (IPCC 2001). Since 1998, the U.S. Global Change Rese ...
... would be no life on earth, since the planet’s surface would be no warmer than the surrounding space. However, since the industrial revolution, anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions are pushing this effect farther than any time in recorded history (IPCC 2001). Since 1998, the U.S. Global Change Rese ...
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... a damage function representing the corresponding economic costs. In this way, the model determines the optimal path for GHG emissions by balancing warming costs against the cost of control. The core economic structure of MERGE is defined by the Global 2200, an advanced version of Global 2100. Instea ...
... a damage function representing the corresponding economic costs. In this way, the model determines the optimal path for GHG emissions by balancing warming costs against the cost of control. The core economic structure of MERGE is defined by the Global 2200, an advanced version of Global 2100. Instea ...
Atmospheric Heat Fluxes and Restoration of Circumglobal
... during the polar winter night the temperature structure changes so much that the inversion could disappear. When this occurs convection mixing of the air can occur to great heights. Considering the tropical region, since the lower atmosphere traps more heat than the upper atmosphere as a result of i ...
... during the polar winter night the temperature structure changes so much that the inversion could disappear. When this occurs convection mixing of the air can occur to great heights. Considering the tropical region, since the lower atmosphere traps more heat than the upper atmosphere as a result of i ...
What is climate justice - Scottish Human Rights Commission
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) sustained in its Fourth Assessment Report to the UN that: “…global warming is unequivocal and that, with more than 90 per cent certainty, most of the warming observed over the past 50 years is caused by manmade greenhouse gas emissions”. The Inter ...
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) sustained in its Fourth Assessment Report to the UN that: “…global warming is unequivocal and that, with more than 90 per cent certainty, most of the warming observed over the past 50 years is caused by manmade greenhouse gas emissions”. The Inter ...
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... takes some time and during that time, growing adverse environmental consequences will continue to be experienced. Predictions by scientists about the biophysical consequences of increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are based on complex simulation models and are estimated f ...
... takes some time and during that time, growing adverse environmental consequences will continue to be experienced. Predictions by scientists about the biophysical consequences of increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are based on complex simulation models and are estimated f ...
what does the paris agreement mean for the uk?
... regarded 2°C as the ‘danger threshold’ for global warming, but the more ambitious target reflects new science showing significant impacts occurring with lower temperature change. The deal also says countries should aim for the even more ambitious target of 1.5°C. This is particularly important to pe ...
... regarded 2°C as the ‘danger threshold’ for global warming, but the more ambitious target reflects new science showing significant impacts occurring with lower temperature change. The deal also says countries should aim for the even more ambitious target of 1.5°C. This is particularly important to pe ...
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.