Parallels in reactionary argumentation in the US congressional
... rationalised in congressional debates for almost another century before it was formally abolished by the US Congress in 1865 (see e.g. Jenkins 1935; Tise 1987; Miller 1996). On June 12th, 1992, the United States signed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), in which the ...
... rationalised in congressional debates for almost another century before it was formally abolished by the US Congress in 1865 (see e.g. Jenkins 1935; Tise 1987; Miller 1996). On June 12th, 1992, the United States signed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), in which the ...
Climate Change Impact to the Insurance and Reinsurance Industry
... water. Although the 50-year life expectancy of a sewer system is longer than treatment equipment (15 to 20 years), renovation needs of a sewer system can be more costly. If there is no renewal or replacement of existing 600,000 miles of sewer systems, the amount of deteriorated pipe will increase fr ...
... water. Although the 50-year life expectancy of a sewer system is longer than treatment equipment (15 to 20 years), renovation needs of a sewer system can be more costly. If there is no renewal or replacement of existing 600,000 miles of sewer systems, the amount of deteriorated pipe will increase fr ...
Work Plan for Assessing Climate Change Impacts on
... Sample Key Questions • What would be the impacts of shifting timing and amount of precipitation and snow pack? • How do recent regulatory regimes (e.g. B2 and EWA) affect water supply and reliability impacts in the face of climate change? • What user groups are the most vulnerable to climate change ...
... Sample Key Questions • What would be the impacts of shifting timing and amount of precipitation and snow pack? • How do recent regulatory regimes (e.g. B2 and EWA) affect water supply and reliability impacts in the face of climate change? • What user groups are the most vulnerable to climate change ...
ESIP Federation_TalkV4_Asrar
... • Support development of climate information for adaptation planning, mitigation policies, and assessing risks of climate variability and change; • Support development, intercomparing and dcoumenting large scale data sets; • Promote and enable timely, reliable, and easy to access climate information ...
... • Support development of climate information for adaptation planning, mitigation policies, and assessing risks of climate variability and change; • Support development, intercomparing and dcoumenting large scale data sets; • Promote and enable timely, reliable, and easy to access climate information ...
Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Emissions Trading in North America
... surface in the lower atmosphere. The balance of those greenhouse gases affects the relative average temperatures of the world. For a given concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the resulting amount of radioactive forcing or heat-trapping of energy can be predicted with reasonable prec ...
... surface in the lower atmosphere. The balance of those greenhouse gases affects the relative average temperatures of the world. For a given concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the resulting amount of radioactive forcing or heat-trapping of energy can be predicted with reasonable prec ...
2. Global climate change
... (IPCC, 2001). Since 1860 the Earth has warmed about 0.6oC with the last two decades being the warmest of the last century. Land areas have warmed more than the oceans, with the greatest warming occurring at high latitudes. Precipitation patterns have changed, and some regions have seen an increase i ...
... (IPCC, 2001). Since 1860 the Earth has warmed about 0.6oC with the last two decades being the warmest of the last century. Land areas have warmed more than the oceans, with the greatest warming occurring at high latitudes. Precipitation patterns have changed, and some regions have seen an increase i ...
Managing Risk in an increasingly Variable Environment Farmers
... warmer temperatures with some notable extreme heat events. The history of broadacre agriculture in Australia, apart from an initial phase of system rundown before 1900, is one of phases of productivity gains interspersed with ‘plateau periods’ where progress slows (Donald 1965; Angus 2001). Both dec ...
... warmer temperatures with some notable extreme heat events. The history of broadacre agriculture in Australia, apart from an initial phase of system rundown before 1900, is one of phases of productivity gains interspersed with ‘plateau periods’ where progress slows (Donald 1965; Angus 2001). Both dec ...
Le projet Européen ACCESS GASCARD Jean Claude (1), LAW
... against which to compare projected future changes and to maintain the critical measurements that are needed to confirm and determine the trends in the ocean, ice and atmospheric changes. Projections and estimates of uncertainties for future developments on time scales of up to 30 years will be provi ...
... against which to compare projected future changes and to maintain the critical measurements that are needed to confirm and determine the trends in the ocean, ice and atmospheric changes. Projections and estimates of uncertainties for future developments on time scales of up to 30 years will be provi ...
Climate Science for Decision Support .
... assess the likely range of warming for a given level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.” “It is currently impossible to pinpoint the exact change in temperature that will be associated with a level of greenhouse gases. Nevertheless, increasingly sophisticated climate models are able to capture s ...
... assess the likely range of warming for a given level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.” “It is currently impossible to pinpoint the exact change in temperature that will be associated with a level of greenhouse gases. Nevertheless, increasingly sophisticated climate models are able to capture s ...
exxon`s weapons of mass deception
... When President Bush announced that the US would be pulling out of the Kyoto Treaty in March 2001, the mark of the fossil fuel industry was all over his policy. One company stands out from the rest in its efforts to bring about Bush’s climate climb-down. For more than a decade, ExxonMobil (known as E ...
... When President Bush announced that the US would be pulling out of the Kyoto Treaty in March 2001, the mark of the fossil fuel industry was all over his policy. One company stands out from the rest in its efforts to bring about Bush’s climate climb-down. For more than a decade, ExxonMobil (known as E ...
Climate change action post Paris: What now for New Zealand
... NZHC 3522 involved judicial review of the Council’s decision to incorporate coastal hazard mapping in Land Information Memoranda (LIMs). The applicant for judicial review, an affected property owner, considered that the information was not sufficiently certain to meet the standard for inclusion in t ...
... NZHC 3522 involved judicial review of the Council’s decision to incorporate coastal hazard mapping in Land Information Memoranda (LIMs). The applicant for judicial review, an affected property owner, considered that the information was not sufficiently certain to meet the standard for inclusion in t ...
The Atmosphere_Ozone_Article (2)
... While natural greenhouse gases are vital to prevent our world from freezing over, a marked increase may spell big trouble. Indeed, there is disturbing evidence of climate change: melting glaciers; forest fires; drought; heat waves; moresevere storms; and the loss of certain plant and animal species. ...
... While natural greenhouse gases are vital to prevent our world from freezing over, a marked increase may spell big trouble. Indeed, there is disturbing evidence of climate change: melting glaciers; forest fires; drought; heat waves; moresevere storms; and the loss of certain plant and animal species. ...
Assessing Human Health Vulnerability and Public Health Adaptation
... – No temperature records broken; highest temperature 35ºC – Estimated 1000-1400 excess heat-related deaths of which 400-600 may have been due to elevated ozone and PM10 concentrations (Fisher et al. ...
... – No temperature records broken; highest temperature 35ºC – Estimated 1000-1400 excess heat-related deaths of which 400-600 may have been due to elevated ozone and PM10 concentrations (Fisher et al. ...
Key issues disproving global warming
... moderate temperature variations took place, and not an actual climate change. Finally a discrepancy between Table 1 and Table 2 has to be commented on. Table 1 shows 12 stations experiencing long-term cooling, Table 2 shows none of them. The reason is twofold: • Table 1 deals with a much longer reco ...
... moderate temperature variations took place, and not an actual climate change. Finally a discrepancy between Table 1 and Table 2 has to be commented on. Table 1 shows 12 stations experiencing long-term cooling, Table 2 shows none of them. The reason is twofold: • Table 1 deals with a much longer reco ...
About the Guide - American Chemical Society
... Remember that this process has gone on for centuries. It is a natural process. The heat trapped in the atmosphere by gases we now call greenhouse gases—mainly carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor and nitrous oxide referenced above—is a natural part of the Earth’s energy budget. In fact, without the ...
... Remember that this process has gone on for centuries. It is a natural process. The heat trapped in the atmosphere by gases we now call greenhouse gases—mainly carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor and nitrous oxide referenced above—is a natural part of the Earth’s energy budget. In fact, without the ...
Lauren Keller UEP 232 January 30, 2012 Project Topics Climate
... This project would explore the vulnerability of Southeast Asia (Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Philippines) to climate change. This project would use the IPCC definition of vulnerability as “the degree to which a system is susceptible to, or unable to cope with the adver ...
... This project would explore the vulnerability of Southeast Asia (Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Philippines) to climate change. This project would use the IPCC definition of vulnerability as “the degree to which a system is susceptible to, or unable to cope with the adver ...
e Adaptation Strategies Caribbean Countries to Benefit from
... partnership to be able to better assist Caribbean countries to develop climate change adaptation strategies. These two organisations currently play key roles in the collection and provision of critical information and knowledge on the impacts of climate change and by extension natural disasters on C ...
... partnership to be able to better assist Caribbean countries to develop climate change adaptation strategies. These two organisations currently play key roles in the collection and provision of critical information and knowledge on the impacts of climate change and by extension natural disasters on C ...
The evolving and increasing need for climate change research on
... half of the oxygen we breathe and absorbing half of the carbon dioxide we emit through the burning of fossil fuels. They accumulate over 95% of the Earth’s water and mobile carbon, providing food and livelihood opportunities. Discussing the effects of climate change on the world’s oceans is thus cri ...
... half of the oxygen we breathe and absorbing half of the carbon dioxide we emit through the burning of fossil fuels. They accumulate over 95% of the Earth’s water and mobile carbon, providing food and livelihood opportunities. Discussing the effects of climate change on the world’s oceans is thus cri ...
ECCC Enquiry_Future challenges_final (opens in new window)
... Imperial College London. More information about the Grantham Research Institute can be found at: http://www.lse.ac.uk/grantham/ The Grantham Institute at Imperial College London is committed to driving research on climate change and the environment, and translating it into real world impact. Establi ...
... Imperial College London. More information about the Grantham Research Institute can be found at: http://www.lse.ac.uk/grantham/ The Grantham Institute at Imperial College London is committed to driving research on climate change and the environment, and translating it into real world impact. Establi ...
Speech by
... question: why has the world failed to act to prevent the tragedy of global warming? His answer, outlined in the speech, was to suggest that the global debate on climate change continues to be dominated by a scientific perspective. Climate change continues to be seen as a graph showing the future evo ...
... question: why has the world failed to act to prevent the tragedy of global warming? His answer, outlined in the speech, was to suggest that the global debate on climate change continues to be dominated by a scientific perspective. Climate change continues to be seen as a graph showing the future evo ...
040521_Cloud_Feeback_Presentation_Wood
... thus, λ = 0.3 Km2W-1 b. when positive water vapor feedback is included, λ is increased to 0.5 Km2W-1 (this feedback does not include the effect of clouds) 4. Cloud-climate feedbacks a. Considerably more complex: i.e. a reduction in clouds increases IR emission at TOA, but also increases absorption o ...
... thus, λ = 0.3 Km2W-1 b. when positive water vapor feedback is included, λ is increased to 0.5 Km2W-1 (this feedback does not include the effect of clouds) 4. Cloud-climate feedbacks a. Considerably more complex: i.e. a reduction in clouds increases IR emission at TOA, but also increases absorption o ...
Poor are already paying the cost of adapting to
... Getting people the information they need is a huge challenge, he said. Much adaptation is specific to local contexts and what works in one region may not work in another because of differing geography, soils, water availability, land ownership or traditional rules and beliefs. Baseline information i ...
... Getting people the information they need is a huge challenge, he said. Much adaptation is specific to local contexts and what works in one region may not work in another because of differing geography, soils, water availability, land ownership or traditional rules and beliefs. Baseline information i ...
Sharing Global CO 2 Emission Reductions Among One Billion High
... Conclusion • It is possible to arrive at national caps based on incomebased individual emissions • Only an allocation mechanism: flexibility on policy instrument • Global cap of 30 GtCO2 in 2030 results in about 1 billion people having to reduce emissions • The need of the poorest 2.7 billion peopl ...
... Conclusion • It is possible to arrive at national caps based on incomebased individual emissions • Only an allocation mechanism: flexibility on policy instrument • Global cap of 30 GtCO2 in 2030 results in about 1 billion people having to reduce emissions • The need of the poorest 2.7 billion peopl ...
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.