Overall progress on climate change
... Adaptation is essential: we cannot prevent climate change altogether so we must adapt by reducing vulnerability in the sector. That means integrating risk reduction strategies into humanitarian and development strategies. DAFF: Currently developing a Mitigation and Adaptation Plan- 2012/13 strategic ...
... Adaptation is essential: we cannot prevent climate change altogether so we must adapt by reducing vulnerability in the sector. That means integrating risk reduction strategies into humanitarian and development strategies. DAFF: Currently developing a Mitigation and Adaptation Plan- 2012/13 strategic ...
View Document - Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford
... would damage prosperity, increase pollution and GHG emissions, and hence exacerbate climate risks. Intelligent infrastructure and innovative, cheap clean technologies could create economic growth and new jobs. These opportunities clearly provide medium-term benefits and may also deliver short-term n ...
... would damage prosperity, increase pollution and GHG emissions, and hence exacerbate climate risks. Intelligent infrastructure and innovative, cheap clean technologies could create economic growth and new jobs. These opportunities clearly provide medium-term benefits and may also deliver short-term n ...
Climate Change Experiment - International Meetings on Statistical
... Detection is the process of demonstrating that climate has changed in some defined statistical sense without providing reasons for the change Change is detected in observations when the likelihood of an observation (e.g. an extreme temperature) lies outside the bounds of what might be expected t ...
... Detection is the process of demonstrating that climate has changed in some defined statistical sense without providing reasons for the change Change is detected in observations when the likelihood of an observation (e.g. an extreme temperature) lies outside the bounds of what might be expected t ...
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... vulnerability, including rapid population growth, poverty and hunger, poor health, low levels of education, gender inequality, fragile and hazardous location, and lack of access to resources and services, including knowledge and technological means. And when people are socially disadvantaged or lack ...
... vulnerability, including rapid population growth, poverty and hunger, poor health, low levels of education, gender inequality, fragile and hazardous location, and lack of access to resources and services, including knowledge and technological means. And when people are socially disadvantaged or lack ...
The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement linked to the
... Protocol is that it sets binding targets for 37 industrialized countries and the European community for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions .These amount to an average of five per cent against 1990 levels over the five-year period 2008-2012. The major distinction between the Protocol and the Con ...
... Protocol is that it sets binding targets for 37 industrialized countries and the European community for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions .These amount to an average of five per cent against 1990 levels over the five-year period 2008-2012. The major distinction between the Protocol and the Con ...
Stratospheric Temperature Trends
... • Stratospheric T should remain a priority for climate change detection. • Discrepancies between models and obs need better explanations. • Observations (and reanalyses) for detecting changes are not ideal. • Progress has been slow. • Large uncertainties remain and need to be better quantified. • La ...
... • Stratospheric T should remain a priority for climate change detection. • Discrepancies between models and obs need better explanations. • Observations (and reanalyses) for detecting changes are not ideal. • Progress has been slow. • Large uncertainties remain and need to be better quantified. • La ...
extreme events and climate change
... Group I: incontestable evidence of climate change and its attribution to human intervention linking greenhouse gases to climate change. Group II: Impacts are undeniable and can be traced as additional stress sustainable development. Local impacts are aggravated by development, physical and structura ...
... Group I: incontestable evidence of climate change and its attribution to human intervention linking greenhouse gases to climate change. Group II: Impacts are undeniable and can be traced as additional stress sustainable development. Local impacts are aggravated by development, physical and structura ...
Climate Change in NSW - Have your say on NSW environment and
... By 2030, there is projected to be up to 10 more heat wave days per year and by 2070 up to 33 more in the north of NSW. In the south, there is projected to be up to 7 more days. See the AdaptNSW webpage Heatwaves for more information ...
... By 2030, there is projected to be up to 10 more heat wave days per year and by 2070 up to 33 more in the north of NSW. In the south, there is projected to be up to 7 more days. See the AdaptNSW webpage Heatwaves for more information ...
99PWW084 - City of Edmonton
... Options Paper of the Municipalities Table and provincial round table findings. Options to reduce community-wide GHG emissions are expected by year-end 1999. To ensure Edmonton’s approach is consistent with other jurisdictions, the City’s Office of the Environment is represented on Alberta’s Clean ...
... Options Paper of the Municipalities Table and provincial round table findings. Options to reduce community-wide GHG emissions are expected by year-end 1999. To ensure Edmonton’s approach is consistent with other jurisdictions, the City’s Office of the Environment is represented on Alberta’s Clean ...
AlGhad Newspaper, Saturday 07 Nov
... the completion of projects that counteract this phenomenon such as the alternative energy project which requires five years or more, but Jordan has to take steps and solutions even if simple through continued awareness campaigns especially with regards to cars exhausts”. The small solutions help Jor ...
... the completion of projects that counteract this phenomenon such as the alternative energy project which requires five years or more, but Jordan has to take steps and solutions even if simple through continued awareness campaigns especially with regards to cars exhausts”. The small solutions help Jor ...
Fact Sheet: Climate Change in NSW
... By 2030, there is projected to be up to 10 more heat wave days per year and by 2070 up to 33 more in the north of NSW. In the south, there is projected to be up to 7 more days. See the AdaptNSW webpage Heatwaves for more information ...
... By 2030, there is projected to be up to 10 more heat wave days per year and by 2070 up to 33 more in the north of NSW. In the south, there is projected to be up to 7 more days. See the AdaptNSW webpage Heatwaves for more information ...
slides - Medical and Public Health Law Site
... that the agency itself had already confirmed that it had the power to regulate carbon dioxide. What does the EPA have to do with a request? ...
... that the agency itself had already confirmed that it had the power to regulate carbon dioxide. What does the EPA have to do with a request? ...
Information Note
... General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. SDG 13 is entitled “Taking Urgent Action to Combat Climate Change and its impacts” and reflects a recognition that sustainable development cannot be achieved without decisive action to adapt to and mitigate climate change. Paris A ...
... General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. SDG 13 is entitled “Taking Urgent Action to Combat Climate Change and its impacts” and reflects a recognition that sustainable development cannot be achieved without decisive action to adapt to and mitigate climate change. Paris A ...
letter - Urgenda
... sustainable and enduring society. To this end, in 2007 Urgenda drew up a long-term vision for 2050. Under this vision, by 2050 the Netherlands should have carbon-neutral energy supplies that are robust, reliable, continuous and affordable, and also be climate and water-proof in order to face the con ...
... sustainable and enduring society. To this end, in 2007 Urgenda drew up a long-term vision for 2050. Under this vision, by 2050 the Netherlands should have carbon-neutral energy supplies that are robust, reliable, continuous and affordable, and also be climate and water-proof in order to face the con ...
The EU: A climate leader, but headed in the wrong...
... overestimate the damages from climate change (and, therefore, the benefits of mitigation), because the impacts analyses that he relies upon don’t fully account for future increases in adaptive capacity that should occur if one gives any credence to the high rates of economic growth that drive much o ...
... overestimate the damages from climate change (and, therefore, the benefits of mitigation), because the impacts analyses that he relies upon don’t fully account for future increases in adaptive capacity that should occur if one gives any credence to the high rates of economic growth that drive much o ...
Objective - Regjeringen.no
... c) Collaboration on REDD-plus, including establishing a framework for financial support from Norway into a Guyana REDD-plus Investment Fund. Financial support will be linked to Guyana’s success in limiting greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and establishing institutio ...
... c) Collaboration on REDD-plus, including establishing a framework for financial support from Norway into a Guyana REDD-plus Investment Fund. Financial support will be linked to Guyana’s success in limiting greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and establishing institutio ...
Fostering Environmental Stewardship through Outdoor Recreation
... trend here is that many of our daily tasks require us to emit greenhouse gases into the air and, thus, intensify global climate change. Although it is a difficult goal to reach when considering our consumerist lifestyles, we are capable of making changes to reduce the collective human footprint on o ...
... trend here is that many of our daily tasks require us to emit greenhouse gases into the air and, thus, intensify global climate change. Although it is a difficult goal to reach when considering our consumerist lifestyles, we are capable of making changes to reduce the collective human footprint on o ...
Official PDF , 28 pages
... been emitted in greatest volume, largely from clearing forests and from burning coal and oil, and has the longest life in the atmosphere, thus accumulating over time. Atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide in recent years has reached 360 parts per million (ppm), compared with about 280 ppm arou ...
... been emitted in greatest volume, largely from clearing forests and from burning coal and oil, and has the longest life in the atmosphere, thus accumulating over time. Atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide in recent years has reached 360 parts per million (ppm), compared with about 280 ppm arou ...
Sea level by the end of the 21st century: A review
... ULVHVLJQL¿FDQWO\PRUHWKDQPEXWLV XQOLNHO\WRULVHVLJQL¿FDQWO\OHVV +DQVHQ ,PSRUWDQW TXHVWLRQV UHPDLQ regarding the melt rate of ice in West Antarctica and southern Greenland. Also unknown are the actual levels of natural climate variability and greenhouse gas accumulation that ...
... ULVHVLJQL¿FDQWO\PRUHWKDQPEXWLV XQOLNHO\WRULVHVLJQL¿FDQWO\OHVV +DQVHQ ,PSRUWDQW TXHVWLRQV UHPDLQ regarding the melt rate of ice in West Antarctica and southern Greenland. Also unknown are the actual levels of natural climate variability and greenhouse gas accumulation that ...
Zurich`s emerging markets unit provides political risk insurance for
... Group’s recently launched global climate initiative focusing on the myriad of risks associated with climate change. Under the Kyoto protocol – an international treaty created to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions linked to global warming – certain types of projects are eligible for carbon credits ...
... Group’s recently launched global climate initiative focusing on the myriad of risks associated with climate change. Under the Kyoto protocol – an international treaty created to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions linked to global warming – certain types of projects are eligible for carbon credits ...
Summary Slide
... commits industrialized countries to achieve quantified targets for decreasing their greenhouse gas emissions ...
... commits industrialized countries to achieve quantified targets for decreasing their greenhouse gas emissions ...
Update on the Carbon Mitigation Initiative Robert Socolow
... •New model studies predict a 20% reduction in fish size and likely tuna habitat reduction due to climate change and ocean warming. ...
... •New model studies predict a 20% reduction in fish size and likely tuna habitat reduction due to climate change and ocean warming. ...
Update on the Carbon Mitigation Initiative Robert Socolow Princeton
... •New model studies predict a 20% reduction in fish size and likely tuna habitat reduction due to climate change and ocean warming. ...
... •New model studies predict a 20% reduction in fish size and likely tuna habitat reduction due to climate change and ocean warming. ...
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.