NIPCC SPM Published - Australian Environment Foundation
... 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 ...
Towards 2050: Climate Change Research 2014-2020 Informing Transition and Opportunity
... Climate Change Research in Ireland An effective research programme is of both practical and strategic importance for Ireland. At a practical level it provides essential information and analysis to underpin and inform national actions on climate change. Strategically it is needed to inform engagement ...
... Climate Change Research in Ireland An effective research programme is of both practical and strategic importance for Ireland. At a practical level it provides essential information and analysis to underpin and inform national actions on climate change. Strategically it is needed to inform engagement ...
Climate Change and the Arctic
... The rationale for this statement rests in scientific evidence that the melting sea ice and especially the glacier ice on Greenland’s icecap will eventually raise sea levels throughout the world; others are more cautious in their predictions. Although to date climate change has not had nearly the sam ...
... The rationale for this statement rests in scientific evidence that the melting sea ice and especially the glacier ice on Greenland’s icecap will eventually raise sea levels throughout the world; others are more cautious in their predictions. Although to date climate change has not had nearly the sam ...
1AC – BIT – “Tear down that wall” edition
... landscape that currently exists. Regardless of the path each country pursues, however, one thing is increasingly clear: Mobilizing finance will be critical to achieving the needed emission reductions. In this regard, China is guided by three top-tier in rallying other nations to achieve the iconic P ...
... landscape that currently exists. Regardless of the path each country pursues, however, one thing is increasingly clear: Mobilizing finance will be critical to achieving the needed emission reductions. In this regard, China is guided by three top-tier in rallying other nations to achieve the iconic P ...
Intended National Determined Contribution (INDC)
... extremely vulnerable to climate change impacts. Based on the results of those studies’ and from the experience arising from actions implemented to prepare and protect people, ecosystems and infrastructures from the negative impacts occurring due to extreme weather events, the InterInstitutional Grou ...
... extremely vulnerable to climate change impacts. Based on the results of those studies’ and from the experience arising from actions implemented to prepare and protect people, ecosystems and infrastructures from the negative impacts occurring due to extreme weather events, the InterInstitutional Grou ...
Expansion of the world`s deserts due to vegetation
... key importance in the drying of North Africa during the Holocene [Claussen et al., 1999]. In cold regions, vegetation reduces albedo by masking bright snow. This may have played an important role in early Holocene boreal warming [Foley et al., 1994]. Vegetation change due to anthropogenic land-use a ...
... key importance in the drying of North Africa during the Holocene [Claussen et al., 1999]. In cold regions, vegetation reduces albedo by masking bright snow. This may have played an important role in early Holocene boreal warming [Foley et al., 1994]. Vegetation change due to anthropogenic land-use a ...
The Denial of Global Warming
... and while the Jason study found nothing new, the fact that it was a Jason study “stimulated some excitement in White House circles.”15 Still, the Jasons were mostly physicists, not climate scientists. They included a couple of geophysicists, one of whom had a long-standing interest in climate, but n ...
... and while the Jason study found nothing new, the fact that it was a Jason study “stimulated some excitement in White House circles.”15 Still, the Jasons were mostly physicists, not climate scientists. They included a couple of geophysicists, one of whom had a long-standing interest in climate, but n ...
Do not ask for morality
... This injustice caused by climate change is mainly between people who live at the same time. For more than one reason, there is less injustice between people of different generations. One of the reasons can be revealed by the islands analogy again. If the Windward Islanders float gifts to the Leeward ...
... This injustice caused by climate change is mainly between people who live at the same time. For more than one reason, there is less injustice between people of different generations. One of the reasons can be revealed by the islands analogy again. If the Windward Islanders float gifts to the Leeward ...
Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Considerations For
... daily temperature average over each year shows a sharp increase during the first decade of the 21st century (Rasul et. al. 2012). Analysis of seasonal data over this period shows significant increases in winter mean and maximum temperatures, while mean and minimum summer temperatures show a consiste ...
... daily temperature average over each year shows a sharp increase during the first decade of the 21st century (Rasul et. al. 2012). Analysis of seasonal data over this period shows significant increases in winter mean and maximum temperatures, while mean and minimum summer temperatures show a consiste ...
Diapositive 1 - Infoscience
... ‘Vulnerability is the degree to which a system is susceptible to, and unable to cope with, adverse effects of climate change, including climate variability and extremes. Vulnerability is a function of the character, magnitude, and rate of climate change and variation to which a system is exposed, it ...
... ‘Vulnerability is the degree to which a system is susceptible to, and unable to cope with, adverse effects of climate change, including climate variability and extremes. Vulnerability is a function of the character, magnitude, and rate of climate change and variation to which a system is exposed, it ...
AASHTODesign-Meyer - Subcommittee on Design
... Proposed CEQ Guidance • Observed and projected effects of climate change that warrant consideration are most appropriately described as part of the current and future state of the proposed action’s “affected environment • “Climate change can affect the integrity of a development or structure …. inc ...
... Proposed CEQ Guidance • Observed and projected effects of climate change that warrant consideration are most appropriately described as part of the current and future state of the proposed action’s “affected environment • “Climate change can affect the integrity of a development or structure …. inc ...
Global Warming and the Water Crisis
... This paper overviews the latest information on the impact of global warming on water cycles and resources, with a focus on links to health science. Many people may think that water issues mainly involve securing safe drinking water for regions lacking this crucial resource. However, of world water w ...
... This paper overviews the latest information on the impact of global warming on water cycles and resources, with a focus on links to health science. Many people may think that water issues mainly involve securing safe drinking water for regions lacking this crucial resource. However, of world water w ...
Experts’ Workshop on Financing Environmental Global Public Goods: How to Raise the Money? 15(Wed.)‐16(Thurs.) May 2013
... version will be adopted in 2014. The allocation of proceeds is still to be determined. It has been difficult to identify a partner within in Leading Group to promote such efforts. ...
... version will be adopted in 2014. The allocation of proceeds is still to be determined. It has been difficult to identify a partner within in Leading Group to promote such efforts. ...
2011 Annual Report
... about one-third as much ice as what melted this summer. Yet, despite the relatively cold melt season in West Greenland in 2011, more ice was lost than gained over the course of the year. This year, Linhoff believes that much more ice will melt from the ice sheet than will form. “According to ice cor ...
... about one-third as much ice as what melted this summer. Yet, despite the relatively cold melt season in West Greenland in 2011, more ice was lost than gained over the course of the year. This year, Linhoff believes that much more ice will melt from the ice sheet than will form. “According to ice cor ...
Lancashire County Council
... Council was making good progress towards National Indicator NI188 – 'planning to adapt to climate change'. Joanne explained that National indicator 188 measures local authority progress on assessing and managing climate risk and opportunities. It also measures progress on incorporating action into l ...
... Council was making good progress towards National Indicator NI188 – 'planning to adapt to climate change'. Joanne explained that National indicator 188 measures local authority progress on assessing and managing climate risk and opportunities. It also measures progress on incorporating action into l ...
- UCSB Sustainability
... A growing international scientific consensus has emerged that there is now only a 50 percent chance that the official United Nations target of limiting the rise in average temperature to 2 degrees Celsius by the year 2050 would effectively avert irreversible climate change. The latest reports of the ...
... A growing international scientific consensus has emerged that there is now only a 50 percent chance that the official United Nations target of limiting the rise in average temperature to 2 degrees Celsius by the year 2050 would effectively avert irreversible climate change. The latest reports of the ...
Planning for climate change adaptation: North Doddington Farm
... Entry Level Stewardship (ELS) options on the farm include under-sowing spring cereals with rye grass. This is one of the best ELS options for climate change mitigation because it helps farmers to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions without restricting production. ...
... Entry Level Stewardship (ELS) options on the farm include under-sowing spring cereals with rye grass. This is one of the best ELS options for climate change mitigation because it helps farmers to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions without restricting production. ...
ACP common position paper - Global Climate Change Alliance
... A “solidarity fund” to provide compensation for permanent loss and damage caused by slow onset impacts such as sea level rise, ocean acidification, floods, droughts and temperature rise. ...
... A “solidarity fund” to provide compensation for permanent loss and damage caused by slow onset impacts such as sea level rise, ocean acidification, floods, droughts and temperature rise. ...
Space-borne sensing
... the radio-spectrum which is used for these Earth observation activities” – “Most of the data retrieved from the use of this spectrum are directly dedicated to the benefit of every citizen” – “Most of this societal value is incommensurable in financial terms, as it relates to preventing large losses ...
... the radio-spectrum which is used for these Earth observation activities” – “Most of the data retrieved from the use of this spectrum are directly dedicated to the benefit of every citizen” – “Most of this societal value is incommensurable in financial terms, as it relates to preventing large losses ...
A Strategy to Assist States Parties to Implement Appropriate
... Communication, education, training, capacity building, raising awareness, and sharing good practices, information, and knowledge (see sections V.C., and V.E. of the Report in Annex 4) a) Global level actions (World Heritage Convention): i) Inform the UNFCCC of the impacts of Climate Change on World ...
... Communication, education, training, capacity building, raising awareness, and sharing good practices, information, and knowledge (see sections V.C., and V.E. of the Report in Annex 4) a) Global level actions (World Heritage Convention): i) Inform the UNFCCC of the impacts of Climate Change on World ...
Climate Bond Standard released, open for business
... Carbon Economy by 2050 and on limiting the risk of dangerous climate change.” The release concludes a 6-month development phase including a public consultation period and input from industry experts such as the International Finance Corporation (IFC), Standard & Poor’s, Aviva Investors and KPMG. As ...
... Carbon Economy by 2050 and on limiting the risk of dangerous climate change.” The release concludes a 6-month development phase including a public consultation period and input from industry experts such as the International Finance Corporation (IFC), Standard & Poor’s, Aviva Investors and KPMG. As ...
Shrinking of fishes exacerbates impacts of global ocean changes on
... Overall, the ocean is projected to become warmer and less oxygenated under the SRES A2 scenario17 . Because demersal fishes spend most of their time near the bottom layers of the ocean, sea bottom temperature and oxygen content are more representative of the environmental conditions that demersal fi ...
... Overall, the ocean is projected to become warmer and less oxygenated under the SRES A2 scenario17 . Because demersal fishes spend most of their time near the bottom layers of the ocean, sea bottom temperature and oxygen content are more representative of the environmental conditions that demersal fi ...
The Role of Water Vapour in Earth`s Energy Flows
... Earth’s climate, enhancing the response of surface temperature to a radiative forcing or internal variability, and the resultant positive water vapour feedback is relatively ‘‘forgiving’’ in the sense that substantial excursions away from these basic physical constraints are required to alter its na ...
... Earth’s climate, enhancing the response of surface temperature to a radiative forcing or internal variability, and the resultant positive water vapour feedback is relatively ‘‘forgiving’’ in the sense that substantial excursions away from these basic physical constraints are required to alter its na ...
new ways for cities to tackle climate change
... climate and warmer temperatures, cities must also contend with major financial losses when natural disasters hit. About half of the world’s population lives in urban areas, which are hubs of economic activity. These areas produce about 80 percent of the world’s gross domestic product and nearly 70 p ...
... climate and warmer temperatures, cities must also contend with major financial losses when natural disasters hit. About half of the world’s population lives in urban areas, which are hubs of economic activity. These areas produce about 80 percent of the world’s gross domestic product and nearly 70 p ...
Golidlocks and the Three Planets
... calcium, and the carbonic acid dissolves a tiny bit of the calcium. Eventually the water, containing both carbonic acid and calcium ions, washes down to the ocean. In our oceans tiny plants and animals, plankton, incorporate the calcium and carbonic acid into shells of calcium carbonate. When the an ...
... calcium, and the carbonic acid dissolves a tiny bit of the calcium. Eventually the water, containing both carbonic acid and calcium ions, washes down to the ocean. In our oceans tiny plants and animals, plankton, incorporate the calcium and carbonic acid into shells of calcium carbonate. When the an ...
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.