PhD in Climate Change and Land Use – “West African Science
... help develop the knowledge necessary for sustainable land use and management in the face of climate change. The programme will train participants in developing skills in data acquisition, analysis and interpretation of spatial data focusing on the use of remote sensing, GIS and empirical and mathema ...
... help develop the knowledge necessary for sustainable land use and management in the face of climate change. The programme will train participants in developing skills in data acquisition, analysis and interpretation of spatial data focusing on the use of remote sensing, GIS and empirical and mathema ...
Crunch time in Barcelona: Some Key Issues
... have to deal with several intractable issues. Barcelona is a city famed for its exciting culture and food. There will be little time for sight-seeing or feasting this time around. For Barcelona represents perhaps the last chance for the countries to go for a deal. “Seal the deal” is the United Natio ...
... have to deal with several intractable issues. Barcelona is a city famed for its exciting culture and food. There will be little time for sight-seeing or feasting this time around. For Barcelona represents perhaps the last chance for the countries to go for a deal. “Seal the deal” is the United Natio ...
Today
... What does it take to change the climate? Mt. Tambora erupted in 1815. The eruption was so large the volcano went from ~14,000 ft. to ~9,000 ft. ...
... What does it take to change the climate? Mt. Tambora erupted in 1815. The eruption was so large the volcano went from ~14,000 ft. to ~9,000 ft. ...
Climate During the Past 1000 Years
... Orbital forcing on climate change Coupled orbital variation and snow-albedo feedback to explain and predict ice age He suggested that when orbital eccentricity is high, then winters will tend to be colder when earth is farther from the sun in that season. During the periods of high orbital eccentri ...
... Orbital forcing on climate change Coupled orbital variation and snow-albedo feedback to explain and predict ice age He suggested that when orbital eccentricity is high, then winters will tend to be colder when earth is farther from the sun in that season. During the periods of high orbital eccentri ...
Only $1 Trillion: Annual Investment Goal Puts Climate Solutions Within Reach
... A two-year-old number is changing the way governments, companies and investors approach the fight against climate change: $1 trillion. That is roughly the amount of additional investment needed worldwide each year for the next 36 years to stave off the worst effects of global warming and keep the Ea ...
... A two-year-old number is changing the way governments, companies and investors approach the fight against climate change: $1 trillion. That is roughly the amount of additional investment needed worldwide each year for the next 36 years to stave off the worst effects of global warming and keep the Ea ...
Determining Climate Change Scenarios And Projections
... revealing as much of the quantified uncertainty as possible; that way, the conclusions about climate effects and impacts to water resources will be robust to a range of possible futures ...
... revealing as much of the quantified uncertainty as possible; that way, the conclusions about climate effects and impacts to water resources will be robust to a range of possible futures ...
Climate Change: The 21st Century`s Most Urgent Environmental
... impacts of global warming – on top of myriad other global public health and environmental threats – may prove to be the proverbial “straw that breaks the camel’s back”. They suggest that climate change will overwhelm human and natural systems by increasing the prevalence of climate-sensitive disease ...
... impacts of global warming – on top of myriad other global public health and environmental threats – may prove to be the proverbial “straw that breaks the camel’s back”. They suggest that climate change will overwhelm human and natural systems by increasing the prevalence of climate-sensitive disease ...
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... Clouds: collections of water drops or ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere. As warmer air rises it expands due to decreasing air pressure and drops in temp- __________________________________________________. Distance to Oceans: Oceans are thermally more stable than landmasses. The specific heat ...
... Clouds: collections of water drops or ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere. As warmer air rises it expands due to decreasing air pressure and drops in temp- __________________________________________________. Distance to Oceans: Oceans are thermally more stable than landmasses. The specific heat ...
Proposed scope by the HLPE Steering Committee
... • Comprehensive analyses of the multiple climate change-related threats to nutrition, including the impacts of climate change on food quantity and food price, the effects on the diversity and nutritional quality of the diet, the threat on the human health (such as vector-borne diseases, diarrheal an ...
... • Comprehensive analyses of the multiple climate change-related threats to nutrition, including the impacts of climate change on food quantity and food price, the effects on the diversity and nutritional quality of the diet, the threat on the human health (such as vector-borne diseases, diarrheal an ...
Solutions_guide_FINALsponsors - Institutional Investors Group
... The four investor groups on climate change have today published a guide outlining a range of strategies and solutions investors can use to address climate change, including low carbon investment, managing and reducing carbon exposure in portfolios, and engagement, as investors around the world work ...
... The four investor groups on climate change have today published a guide outlining a range of strategies and solutions investors can use to address climate change, including low carbon investment, managing and reducing carbon exposure in portfolios, and engagement, as investors around the world work ...
Plot-scale evidence of tundra vegetation change and links to recent
... forms differ in productivity, decomposition rates, albedo and snow-catching capacity, so understanding their response to climate warming can inform models of global surface energy balance and carbon sequestration22,23 and generate predictions for areas beyond the monitored regions. The vast geograph ...
... forms differ in productivity, decomposition rates, albedo and snow-catching capacity, so understanding their response to climate warming can inform models of global surface energy balance and carbon sequestration22,23 and generate predictions for areas beyond the monitored regions. The vast geograph ...
presentation
... • How do SLR and storms affects flooding? • Why sea level is rising faster at some places (e.g., along the U.S. East Coast) than others? • How can we make SLR projections? and use the information to plan future adaptation or mitigation ...
... • How do SLR and storms affects flooding? • Why sea level is rising faster at some places (e.g., along the U.S. East Coast) than others? • How can we make SLR projections? and use the information to plan future adaptation or mitigation ...
accounting of carbon credit
... • A business that owns a factory putting out 100,000 tones of greenhouse gas emissions in a year. It is in the Annexure- I country, that enacts a law to limit the emissions that the business can produce. Say 80,000 tonnes per year. • The factory is required to either reduce its emissions to 80,000 t ...
... • A business that owns a factory putting out 100,000 tones of greenhouse gas emissions in a year. It is in the Annexure- I country, that enacts a law to limit the emissions that the business can produce. Say 80,000 tonnes per year. • The factory is required to either reduce its emissions to 80,000 t ...
ppt - International Association for the Advancement of Innovative
... • to carry out research and educational activities in the physics of the atmosphere, ocean, and land surface processes; and • to make climate models available and provide the know-how of their use to the scientific community in developing countries. Research activities can be broadly divided into tw ...
... • to carry out research and educational activities in the physics of the atmosphere, ocean, and land surface processes; and • to make climate models available and provide the know-how of their use to the scientific community in developing countries. Research activities can be broadly divided into tw ...
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... slightly less than half way towards reaching the target, with just over half of the time gone before the Protocol’s first compliance period starts in 2008.“ Domingo Jiménez-Beltrán EEA Executive Director Dec 2002 ...
... slightly less than half way towards reaching the target, with just over half of the time gone before the Protocol’s first compliance period starts in 2008.“ Domingo Jiménez-Beltrán EEA Executive Director Dec 2002 ...
Changing Climate and Increased Volatility. What it Means for the
... ● Much has been learned about climate change, but many questions remain unsolved ● While there is evidence for warming over the past 100 years, model projections for the future have not worked out as well as expected ● A more important question has arisen surrounding increased volatility and extreme ...
... ● Much has been learned about climate change, but many questions remain unsolved ● While there is evidence for warming over the past 100 years, model projections for the future have not worked out as well as expected ● A more important question has arisen surrounding increased volatility and extreme ...
Official PDF , 11 pages
... changes of 2.5° to 5.2° C.1 The low end of this temperature range is not predicted to occur until 2070; the high end is not predicted until well after 2100. A push to foster adaptation through research on the likely effects of both climate change and adaptations to that change has been growing, for ...
... changes of 2.5° to 5.2° C.1 The low end of this temperature range is not predicted to occur until 2070; the high end is not predicted until well after 2100. A push to foster adaptation through research on the likely effects of both climate change and adaptations to that change has been growing, for ...
Elina Vaananen presentation
... Climate Change Adaptation in Tata Chemicals, Motors and Power Risk from climate change from physical, regulatory ...
... Climate Change Adaptation in Tata Chemicals, Motors and Power Risk from climate change from physical, regulatory ...
Current and future climate of the Federated States of Micronesia M
... Micronesia by over 0.39 inches (10 mm) per year since 1993. This is larger than the global average of 0.11-0.14 inches (2.8–3.6 mm) per year. This higher rate of rise may be partly related to natural fluctuations that take place year to year or decade to decade caused by phenomena such as the El Niñ ...
... Micronesia by over 0.39 inches (10 mm) per year since 1993. This is larger than the global average of 0.11-0.14 inches (2.8–3.6 mm) per year. This higher rate of rise may be partly related to natural fluctuations that take place year to year or decade to decade caused by phenomena such as the El Niñ ...
Trace Gases and Their Effects
... as early as 2030. The carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have been steadily increasing throughout human history, and are higher today than they have been in the past 650,000 years ...
... as early as 2030. The carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have been steadily increasing throughout human history, and are higher today than they have been in the past 650,000 years ...
Climate research at the Met Office Hadley Centre
... further changes in climate are now unavoidable, even assuming a future international agreement and implementation of mitigation policies. This makes the development of adaptation strategies imperative. We are providing a wide range of scientific information to support these activities. Adaptation an ...
... further changes in climate are now unavoidable, even assuming a future international agreement and implementation of mitigation policies. This makes the development of adaptation strategies imperative. We are providing a wide range of scientific information to support these activities. Adaptation an ...
Outcomes of 21st Session of Conference of
... SA POSITION [1] As the originator of the Durban Mandate, under which the Paris negotiations took place, South Africa sought to contribute constructively towards the success of the Paris COP: • had a clear mandate to defend the Convention core principles of equity and differentiation, in line with So ...
... SA POSITION [1] As the originator of the Durban Mandate, under which the Paris negotiations took place, South Africa sought to contribute constructively towards the success of the Paris COP: • had a clear mandate to defend the Convention core principles of equity and differentiation, in line with So ...
The 2003 heat wave as an example of summers in a greenhouse
... statistical moments of mean, minimum and maximum temperatures, thereby allowing some confidence when analyzing the temperature statistics for future climatic conditions based on the A2 greenhouse-gas emissions scenario. The scenarios developed in by Nakicenovic et al. (2000) for the Intergovernmenta ...
... statistical moments of mean, minimum and maximum temperatures, thereby allowing some confidence when analyzing the temperature statistics for future climatic conditions based on the A2 greenhouse-gas emissions scenario. The scenarios developed in by Nakicenovic et al. (2000) for the Intergovernmenta ...
Global Climate Change and Children`s Health
... Pediatrics. Any conflicts have been resolved through a process approved by the Board of Directors. The American Academy of Pediatrics has neither solicited nor accepted any commercial involvement in the development of the content of this publication. Policy statements from the American Academy of Ped ...
... Pediatrics. Any conflicts have been resolved through a process approved by the Board of Directors. The American Academy of Pediatrics has neither solicited nor accepted any commercial involvement in the development of the content of this publication. Policy statements from the American Academy of Ped ...
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.