Submission DR152 - Torres Strait Regional Authority
... The issue of some sections of Australian society being particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts is addressed to some degree in the report (pg17). However TSRA feels the particular vulnerability of indigenous communities, and notably remote indigenous communities, is not given adequate focus ...
... The issue of some sections of Australian society being particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts is addressed to some degree in the report (pg17). However TSRA feels the particular vulnerability of indigenous communities, and notably remote indigenous communities, is not given adequate focus ...
Climate Change and Legislation
... “Towards this end, the State adopts the principle of protecting the climate system for the benefit of humankind, on the basis of climate justice or common but differentiated responsibilities and the Precautionary Principle to guide decisionmaking in climate risk management. As a party to the United ...
... “Towards this end, the State adopts the principle of protecting the climate system for the benefit of humankind, on the basis of climate justice or common but differentiated responsibilities and the Precautionary Principle to guide decisionmaking in climate risk management. As a party to the United ...
Activity 5 How Do Carbon Dioxide Concentrations in the
... Not all of the carbon dioxide released by burning of fossil fuels stays in the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide is also dissolved in ocean water. As carbon is put into the atmosphere, some of it is absorbed by the oceans. That lessens the impact of burning of fossil fuels on climate. Some people have even ...
... Not all of the carbon dioxide released by burning of fossil fuels stays in the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide is also dissolved in ocean water. As carbon is put into the atmosphere, some of it is absorbed by the oceans. That lessens the impact of burning of fossil fuels on climate. Some people have even ...
Chapter 3 – Energy Balance and Temperature
... 1) Average global temperature is increasing (1.33oF in the last 100 years) 2) Temperatures are increasing faster now than they did earlier last century 3) Extreme warm events are increasing, extreme cold events are decreasing 4) Global snow cover is decreasing 5) All of the above is very likely due ...
... 1) Average global temperature is increasing (1.33oF in the last 100 years) 2) Temperatures are increasing faster now than they did earlier last century 3) Extreme warm events are increasing, extreme cold events are decreasing 4) Global snow cover is decreasing 5) All of the above is very likely due ...
Climate Change packet
... 1) How certain are scientists that humans are causing global climate change? Describe the language used by scientists and some of the particular climate trends they have identified as changing. If the scientific community is convinced of the evidence, why is there still debate? Answer: Nearly all en ...
... 1) How certain are scientists that humans are causing global climate change? Describe the language used by scientists and some of the particular climate trends they have identified as changing. If the scientific community is convinced of the evidence, why is there still debate? Answer: Nearly all en ...
The science of climate change - Australian Academy of Science
... prepared by a broadly-based Working Group of Australian climate scientists with review and guidance provided by an Oversight Committee composed of Academy Fellows and the former Chair of the Academy’s National Committee for Earth System Science. Along with its sister Academies, the Australian Academ ...
... prepared by a broadly-based Working Group of Australian climate scientists with review and guidance provided by an Oversight Committee composed of Academy Fellows and the former Chair of the Academy’s National Committee for Earth System Science. Along with its sister Academies, the Australian Academ ...
Climate Change in Mongolia
... In climate change projections, as well as impact assessments and adaptations performed and undertaken by each country in response to global approaches, the importance of quantitative assessments based on projection data has been increasing. For that reason, each country is using the above-mentioned ...
... In climate change projections, as well as impact assessments and adaptations performed and undertaken by each country in response to global approaches, the importance of quantitative assessments based on projection data has been increasing. For that reason, each country is using the above-mentioned ...
Meehl, GA, R. Moss, KE Taylor, V. Eyring, RJ Stouffer, S. Bony, and
... al. 2014; Mahmood et al. 2014). The biogeochemical effect on the carbon budget is well ...
... al. 2014; Mahmood et al. 2014). The biogeochemical effect on the carbon budget is well ...
Climate Change
... Polar Science Center researchers observe and model the physical processes that control the nature and distribution of sea ice and polar ice sheets, the structure and movement of high-latitude oceans, and the interactions between air, sea, ice and biota. The Center has made major contributions to the ...
... Polar Science Center researchers observe and model the physical processes that control the nature and distribution of sea ice and polar ice sheets, the structure and movement of high-latitude oceans, and the interactions between air, sea, ice and biota. The Center has made major contributions to the ...
Climate Change
... plateaus, forests, desert regions and numerous river systems spread all over the country. However with such topographical miscellany come certain climate induced natural hazards such as floods, droughts, landslides and cyclones that expose India’s vulnerability time and again. Not only do these have ...
... plateaus, forests, desert regions and numerous river systems spread all over the country. However with such topographical miscellany come certain climate induced natural hazards such as floods, droughts, landslides and cyclones that expose India’s vulnerability time and again. Not only do these have ...
PowerPoint Lecture - UCSD Department of Physics
... – but this isn’t being explicitly stated (published), as the uncertainties are still too high – good lesson of less-than-alarmist science community ...
... – but this isn’t being explicitly stated (published), as the uncertainties are still too high – good lesson of less-than-alarmist science community ...
5.3.2.7 Climate Change Temperature Rise
... supply, as reduced runoff increases the risk of summer water shortages throughout the region. Moreover, reduced runoff from the Sierra Nevada Mountains into San Francisco Bay will affect the salinity of the bay, which threatens local ecosystems and infrastructure, as well as the livelihoods that dep ...
... supply, as reduced runoff increases the risk of summer water shortages throughout the region. Moreover, reduced runoff from the Sierra Nevada Mountains into San Francisco Bay will affect the salinity of the bay, which threatens local ecosystems and infrastructure, as well as the livelihoods that dep ...
Countering Climate Confusion
... – Thermal inertia (delayed action) – Non-linear problem (2 + 2 X ...
... – Thermal inertia (delayed action) – Non-linear problem (2 + 2 X ...
Climate Deception Dossier #7: Global Climate Coalition Primer on
... about the basic science of climate. For example, in 1995, Prof. Cess and his co-workers at the State University of New York published a paper on the energy balance around clouds which indicated that the values being used in climate models were incorrect by 25 %. Cess et al. were unable to identify t ...
... about the basic science of climate. For example, in 1995, Prof. Cess and his co-workers at the State University of New York published a paper on the energy balance around clouds which indicated that the values being used in climate models were incorrect by 25 %. Cess et al. were unable to identify t ...
Draft Cochabamba Synthesis 9.29.10
... The decision to host the Conference in Cochabamba was itself a recognition of the value of social movements, for the people of Cochabamba are known internationally for winning one of the most inspiring victories against neoliberalism in the world, in a struggle known as the “Water Wars.” Ten years a ...
... The decision to host the Conference in Cochabamba was itself a recognition of the value of social movements, for the people of Cochabamba are known internationally for winning one of the most inspiring victories against neoliberalism in the world, in a struggle known as the “Water Wars.” Ten years a ...
Document
... • It is possible to predict the effects of climate change on river flows and water quality, but a long chain of models and assumptions is required; • Different assumptions can lead to radically different outcomes; • These start at the top of the model chain – some GCMs give a substantial increase in ...
... • It is possible to predict the effects of climate change on river flows and water quality, but a long chain of models and assumptions is required; • Different assumptions can lead to radically different outcomes; • These start at the top of the model chain – some GCMs give a substantial increase in ...
UNFCCC National Communications Program and New Guidelines
... • Each Party shall … provide to the COP information on the general description of steps taken or envisaged towards formulating, implementing, publishing and regularly updating national and, where appropriate, regional programmes containing measures to facilitate adequate adaptation to climate change ...
... • Each Party shall … provide to the COP information on the general description of steps taken or envisaged towards formulating, implementing, publishing and regularly updating national and, where appropriate, regional programmes containing measures to facilitate adequate adaptation to climate change ...
The Biotic Ethic: Land Restoration and Carbon Sequestration in an
... Ciénagas are also the source for “ecosystem services,” an emerging restoration notion in which market value is attributed to various environmental functions provided by landowners for the public good and for which they have historically not been compensated, such as: filtering rain and snowmelt; sl ...
... Ciénagas are also the source for “ecosystem services,” an emerging restoration notion in which market value is attributed to various environmental functions provided by landowners for the public good and for which they have historically not been compensated, such as: filtering rain and snowmelt; sl ...
Global Investor Coalition letter to Task Force on Climate
... beneficiaries of the investment process. As such, their needs and requirements will be a crucial driver for the overall success of TCFD’s work. We would like therefore to respectfully encourage TCFD to a ...
... beneficiaries of the investment process. As such, their needs and requirements will be a crucial driver for the overall success of TCFD’s work. We would like therefore to respectfully encourage TCFD to a ...
the low-carbon development strategy of cyprus
... The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which commits its Parties by setting internationally binding emission reduction targets. In 1997 Parties to the UNFCCC took the next step by agreeing the Kyoto Protocol, the world's ...
... The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which commits its Parties by setting internationally binding emission reduction targets. In 1997 Parties to the UNFCCC took the next step by agreeing the Kyoto Protocol, the world's ...
2005 Exxon Foundation 990 vs Exxon Giving Report
... annual basis. As we are currently in that review process, it would be premature for us to discuss funding decisions for any particular organization.” Exxon press release responding to Royal Society. Sept. 20, 2006 “We are convinced that ExxonMobil’s longstanding support of a small cadre of global cl ...
... annual basis. As we are currently in that review process, it would be premature for us to discuss funding decisions for any particular organization.” Exxon press release responding to Royal Society. Sept. 20, 2006 “We are convinced that ExxonMobil’s longstanding support of a small cadre of global cl ...
Document
... • Choosing to deploy resources for disaster reduction, but science has the potential to help make these decisions. • It tells us why disasters happen, where many of the risks like and for many disaster when they will occur. • So disaster and death are not the inevitable consequence of greater exposu ...
... • Choosing to deploy resources for disaster reduction, but science has the potential to help make these decisions. • It tells us why disasters happen, where many of the risks like and for many disaster when they will occur. • So disaster and death are not the inevitable consequence of greater exposu ...
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.