Saving Kyoto - Graciela Chichilnisky
... obvious political acceptability problems. The main danger, in my view, is not to question Kyoto and to search for an alternative to it, but, while doing so, to forget the intellectual roots of the Kyoto Protocol, its overall consistency and the deep political rationale for its emergence. This would ...
... obvious political acceptability problems. The main danger, in my view, is not to question Kyoto and to search for an alternative to it, but, while doing so, to forget the intellectual roots of the Kyoto Protocol, its overall consistency and the deep political rationale for its emergence. This would ...
Decadal climate variability and potential predictability in the nordic
... from decadal climate variation point of view. Inter-decadal climate variations may partly result from processes that are external to the climate system. These are variations in solar activity, volcanic eruptions and anthropogenically forced changes in greenhouse gas concentrations and aerosols. The ...
... from decadal climate variation point of view. Inter-decadal climate variations may partly result from processes that are external to the climate system. These are variations in solar activity, volcanic eruptions and anthropogenically forced changes in greenhouse gas concentrations and aerosols. The ...
Understanding future risks to ports in Australia
... There has been increasing emphasis placed on ensuring the resilience of Australia’s critical infrastructure in the face of multiple stressors over the coming years and decades. This includes concern that climate change will pose increasing challenges to the continuing successful operation of Austral ...
... There has been increasing emphasis placed on ensuring the resilience of Australia’s critical infrastructure in the face of multiple stressors over the coming years and decades. This includes concern that climate change will pose increasing challenges to the continuing successful operation of Austral ...
CLIMATE CHANGE AND ADAPTATION SUCCESS: THE SCOPE OF
... than provide a uniformly applicable answer. Importantly, we approach this challenge from the assumption that there are social, ecological, economic, political, technical, institutional, psychological and cultural dimensions to consider), and that, therefore, there will not and cannot be just one ans ...
... than provide a uniformly applicable answer. Importantly, we approach this challenge from the assumption that there are social, ecological, economic, political, technical, institutional, psychological and cultural dimensions to consider), and that, therefore, there will not and cannot be just one ans ...
Synergy of rising nitrogen depositions and atmospheric CO2 on land
... [2] Burning of fossil fuel and land use change release carbon dioxide (CO2), which is the most important greenhouse gas with a radiative forcing of about 1.66 W/m2. If carbon uptake of the land or ocean weakens in the future, atmospheric CO2 concentrations increase even faster [Raupach et al., 2007] ...
... [2] Burning of fossil fuel and land use change release carbon dioxide (CO2), which is the most important greenhouse gas with a radiative forcing of about 1.66 W/m2. If carbon uptake of the land or ocean weakens in the future, atmospheric CO2 concentrations increase even faster [Raupach et al., 2007] ...
Global Change – The IGBP Series
... Yet there were opportunities. The unease over global change was being translated, by Presidential Science Advisor D. Allan Bromley, into a ‘U.S. Global Change Program’ that offered the promise of political support. There were advances being made in trace metal clean techniques that yielded new insig ...
... Yet there were opportunities. The unease over global change was being translated, by Presidential Science Advisor D. Allan Bromley, into a ‘U.S. Global Change Program’ that offered the promise of political support. There were advances being made in trace metal clean techniques that yielded new insig ...
Climate Adaptation Plan for the Territories of the Yakama Nation
... followed the melting snows upland and collected edible roots as they matured. Some tribal people would go to the rivers to fish. Others would remain in the mountains, following the maturing plants upslope, until the huckleberry harvest in the fall. At that time, foods would be either stored or trans ...
... followed the melting snows upland and collected edible roots as they matured. Some tribal people would go to the rivers to fish. Others would remain in the mountains, following the maturing plants upslope, until the huckleberry harvest in the fall. At that time, foods would be either stored or trans ...
climate change, disasters, and human mobility in south asia and
... planned relocation), including sudden-onset hazards (e.g. tropical cyclones, flash floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, avalanches and glacial lake outburst floods), as well as slow-onset hazards (e.g. desertification, droughts, riverbank erosion).3 ...
... planned relocation), including sudden-onset hazards (e.g. tropical cyclones, flash floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, avalanches and glacial lake outburst floods), as well as slow-onset hazards (e.g. desertification, droughts, riverbank erosion).3 ...
High latitude terrestrial ecosystems are considered key components in the... carbon (C) cycle and hold large reservoirs of soil organic... Abstract
... global atmospheric C pool. Ecosystems and soils interact with the atmospheric C pool; photosynthesis sequesters CO2 into SOC whereas microbial decomposition releases C based trace gases (mainly CO2 and CH4). Because of the radiative greenhouse properties of these gases, soil processes also feedback ...
... global atmospheric C pool. Ecosystems and soils interact with the atmospheric C pool; photosynthesis sequesters CO2 into SOC whereas microbial decomposition releases C based trace gases (mainly CO2 and CH4). Because of the radiative greenhouse properties of these gases, soil processes also feedback ...
Climate change and its impacts on Kazakhstan`s human development
... threaten livelihoods and lead to a deterioration in the overall quality of human life. Climate change may disturb the natural balance and lead to irreversible environmental processes. The world’s ecological equilibrium which has existed for many centuries, and the energy and water balance in Eurasia ...
... threaten livelihoods and lead to a deterioration in the overall quality of human life. Climate change may disturb the natural balance and lead to irreversible environmental processes. The world’s ecological equilibrium which has existed for many centuries, and the energy and water balance in Eurasia ...
Climate Risk Management for Financial Institutions
... The Climate Change 2014 Synthesis Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)4 notes that “In recent decades, changes in climate have caused impacts on natural and human systems on all continents and across the oceans. Impacts are due to observed climate change, irrespective of it ...
... The Climate Change 2014 Synthesis Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)4 notes that “In recent decades, changes in climate have caused impacts on natural and human systems on all continents and across the oceans. Impacts are due to observed climate change, irrespective of it ...
Global environmental problems and politics
... the Social Sciences. Materials for these programmes are developed by academics at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). For more information, see: www.londoninternational.ac.uk ...
... the Social Sciences. Materials for these programmes are developed by academics at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). For more information, see: www.londoninternational.ac.uk ...
Climate Change and Coastal Human Settlements
... Some of the key anticipated manifestations of climate change for the Caribbean include elevated air and sea-surface temperatures, sea-level rise, possible changes in extreme events and a reduction in freshwater resources. The present research focuses on how human settlements distributed along the co ...
... Some of the key anticipated manifestations of climate change for the Caribbean include elevated air and sea-surface temperatures, sea-level rise, possible changes in extreme events and a reduction in freshwater resources. The present research focuses on how human settlements distributed along the co ...
ACIA Ch02 Final - Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
... Climate change in polar regions is expected to be among the largest and most rapid of any region on the Earth, ...
... Climate change in polar regions is expected to be among the largest and most rapid of any region on the Earth, ...
Assessing Vulnerability to Climate Change Impacts in Cambodia
... for the Philippines over the period of 2011 to 2028. This document also generally assesses the current situation of the country with regard to climate change risk. On the other hand, the passage of Republic Act 10121, otherwise known as the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 20 ...
... for the Philippines over the period of 2011 to 2028. This document also generally assesses the current situation of the country with regard to climate change risk. On the other hand, the passage of Republic Act 10121, otherwise known as the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 20 ...
Energy Partisanship - Scholarship Repository
... Ted Cruz (R–Tex.) even held a hearing questioning climate change science. 20 21F ...
... Ted Cruz (R–Tex.) even held a hearing questioning climate change science. 20 21F ...
Climate Change Adaptation Planning: A Handbook for Small
... makers determine what strategic actions need to be taken. It is especially useful for small communities without “in house” planning resources. While the Handbook is aimed at small communities, other larger municipalities may benefit from it. It is a free resource, and CIP encourages its use by any p ...
... makers determine what strategic actions need to be taken. It is especially useful for small communities without “in house” planning resources. While the Handbook is aimed at small communities, other larger municipalities may benefit from it. It is a free resource, and CIP encourages its use by any p ...
Rapid attribution of the August 2016 flood
... upon the start. It is the authors’ aspiration that the results be used to guide further studies of the devastating precipitation and flooding event. Here, we present a first estimate of how anthropogenic climate change has affected the likelihood of a comparable extreme precipitation event in the ce ...
... upon the start. It is the authors’ aspiration that the results be used to guide further studies of the devastating precipitation and flooding event. Here, we present a first estimate of how anthropogenic climate change has affected the likelihood of a comparable extreme precipitation event in the ce ...
On welfare frameworks and catastrophic climate risks
... in detail in section 2 below) is beyond reproach, the assumptions upon which it is based are controversial, and have been heavily criticized. In section 3, I divide these critiques into three categories – criticisms of the relevance of the dismal theorem for cost-benefit analysis, criticisms of fat- ...
... in detail in section 2 below) is beyond reproach, the assumptions upon which it is based are controversial, and have been heavily criticized. In section 3, I divide these critiques into three categories – criticisms of the relevance of the dismal theorem for cost-benefit analysis, criticisms of fat- ...
Background paper
... ha. Over 65% of these forests are secondary regeneration, making them candidates for carbon sequestration due to their active growth status.2 However, forests are currently under threat from deforestation, a drawback to climate change mitigation. Between 1990 and 2000, Zambia had the highest rate of ...
... ha. Over 65% of these forests are secondary regeneration, making them candidates for carbon sequestration due to their active growth status.2 However, forests are currently under threat from deforestation, a drawback to climate change mitigation. Between 1990 and 2000, Zambia had the highest rate of ...
Complete Text – Transcription of Methane Monster II
... over 10 days due to 1000's of western states wild fires. I marveled at how easily we have slipped into the new normal. It's probably not so much a matter of willful blindness that makes us to so easily accept the new present as something to be adapted too. Perhaps climate change information is not e ...
... over 10 days due to 1000's of western states wild fires. I marveled at how easily we have slipped into the new normal. It's probably not so much a matter of willful blindness that makes us to so easily accept the new present as something to be adapted too. Perhaps climate change information is not e ...
Loss and Damage: The Role of Ecosystem Services
... Climate change is increasing the risk of loss and damage from extreme weather and slow onset events. Loss and damage has become a major policy issue as identified in the 2015 Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Paris Agreement’s Article 8 sta ...
... Climate change is increasing the risk of loss and damage from extreme weather and slow onset events. Loss and damage has become a major policy issue as identified in the 2015 Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Paris Agreement’s Article 8 sta ...
Climate Change and Switzerland 2050
... 2001 and 2007 reports serve as the scientific basis. The research reports available today with their scientific data and facts prove what has been evident for years: With a probability of more than 90 per cent, the largest proportion of the observed increase in the global mean temperature since the ...
... 2001 and 2007 reports serve as the scientific basis. The research reports available today with their scientific data and facts prove what has been evident for years: With a probability of more than 90 per cent, the largest proportion of the observed increase in the global mean temperature since the ...
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.