Presently
... extend observations and monitoring over much wider area of the global oceans. Submarine telecommunication cables equipped with sensors to measure key variables (e.g. water temperature, pressure and acceleration) on ocean floor are viewed as vital to monitor climate change and to provide tsunami wa ...
... extend observations and monitoring over much wider area of the global oceans. Submarine telecommunication cables equipped with sensors to measure key variables (e.g. water temperature, pressure and acceleration) on ocean floor are viewed as vital to monitor climate change and to provide tsunami wa ...
2 yr -1 - Federation of Earth Science Information Partners
... recommendation for reducing California’s greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 include: • Expansion and strengthening of existing energy efficiency programs and building and appliance standards; • Expansion of the Renewables Portfolio Standard to 33%; • Development of a California cap-and- ...
... recommendation for reducing California’s greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 include: • Expansion and strengthening of existing energy efficiency programs and building and appliance standards; • Expansion of the Renewables Portfolio Standard to 33%; • Development of a California cap-and- ...
DROUGHT ICE STORMS WIND FIRE WATER
... The climate has changed many times during Earth’s history, but the changes have occurred slowly, over thousands of years. Only in the last hundred years or so have human activities begun to influence climate—and scientists are still struggling to understand what the consequences might be. ...
... The climate has changed many times during Earth’s history, but the changes have occurred slowly, over thousands of years. Only in the last hundred years or so have human activities begun to influence climate—and scientists are still struggling to understand what the consequences might be. ...
File - The Atmospheric Vortex Engine
... “…The increase in atmospheric stability and the reduction in rainfall are important aspects of the air pollution impacts on climate. Both these effects can enhance the lifetime of aerosols because increases in low-level inversion (see Fig. 4) can increase the persistence of brownish haze layers, and ...
... “…The increase in atmospheric stability and the reduction in rainfall are important aspects of the air pollution impacts on climate. Both these effects can enhance the lifetime of aerosols because increases in low-level inversion (see Fig. 4) can increase the persistence of brownish haze layers, and ...
Le climat et les ressources naturelles. Quels enjeux pour 2010
... in a JI or CDM project occurs over and above the baseline and constitutes a new reduction that would not have otherwise occurred in absence of the project. But from “a small fraction” (Haya B. berkeley) to only 60 % (öko-Institut Berlin) of CDM are additional. ...
... in a JI or CDM project occurs over and above the baseline and constitutes a new reduction that would not have otherwise occurred in absence of the project. But from “a small fraction” (Haya B. berkeley) to only 60 % (öko-Institut Berlin) of CDM are additional. ...
investor statement on climate change iigcc
... Integrate climate change risks and opportunities into business strategy. Set high-level policy commitments in support of action on climate change, including commitments to greenhouse gas emissions reductions. Provide appropriate disclosures on climate change risks and opportunities that allow invest ...
... Integrate climate change risks and opportunities into business strategy. Set high-level policy commitments in support of action on climate change, including commitments to greenhouse gas emissions reductions. Provide appropriate disclosures on climate change risks and opportunities that allow invest ...
Climate Threats: A More Inclusive Assessment Is Needed By
... Amy Clement, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami ...
... Amy Clement, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami ...
Uncertainty in climate economic modeling: Does time preference
... Abstract: Climate economic models are increasingly used as input in the decision making on climate change mitigation. However, for these models huge uncertainty regarding several input parameters exist since the effect of these parameters on climate change is difficult to predict, estimate and valua ...
... Abstract: Climate economic models are increasingly used as input in the decision making on climate change mitigation. However, for these models huge uncertainty regarding several input parameters exist since the effect of these parameters on climate change is difficult to predict, estimate and valua ...
– IEAGHG Information Paper; 2014-IP16: UN Climate Summit Ban Ki-moon Final Summary
... At the end of the Climate Summit in New York, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon summarised the outcome. He told the assembled leaders: “This was a great day!” His full summary of the outcomes of the summit follows: The purpose of the 2014 Climate Summit was to raise political momentum for a meaningfu ...
... At the end of the Climate Summit in New York, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon summarised the outcome. He told the assembled leaders: “This was a great day!” His full summary of the outcomes of the summit follows: The purpose of the 2014 Climate Summit was to raise political momentum for a meaningfu ...
An Integration of Mitigation and Adaptation Options for Sustainable Livestock Production under Climate Change
... farm scale by providing dynamic farm scale models to analyse the sensitivity to climate change and to estimate the ecological and economic efficiency of options ...
... farm scale by providing dynamic farm scale models to analyse the sensitivity to climate change and to estimate the ecological and economic efficiency of options ...
Climate change and mass extinction: What can we learn from 200
... in greenhouse gasses in the past resulted in global warming. We are also actively studying whether global warming was wholly, or in part, responsible for any of the five great 'mass extinction events' that punctuated the history of life on Earth. In this paper I will review the long term record of a ...
... in greenhouse gasses in the past resulted in global warming. We are also actively studying whether global warming was wholly, or in part, responsible for any of the five great 'mass extinction events' that punctuated the history of life on Earth. In this paper I will review the long term record of a ...
John Harrington`s Global Change Presentation
... the Mauna Loa record. The CO2 level for pre-industrial times was 280 ppm. Annual cycle – driven by summer vegetation greenup in the Northern Hemisphere ...
... the Mauna Loa record. The CO2 level for pre-industrial times was 280 ppm. Annual cycle – driven by summer vegetation greenup in the Northern Hemisphere ...
energy transfer in oceans
... Phytoplankton in the oceans also plays a major role in the absorption and storage of carbon dioxide – it is estimated that oceans currently absorb between 30-50% of the carbon dioxide produced by the burning of fossil fuels. Carbon dioxide and water vapour affect one another to form a positive fee ...
... Phytoplankton in the oceans also plays a major role in the absorption and storage of carbon dioxide – it is estimated that oceans currently absorb between 30-50% of the carbon dioxide produced by the burning of fossil fuels. Carbon dioxide and water vapour affect one another to form a positive fee ...
talking points - Citizens` Climate Lobby
... offsets are open to fraud. For example, Chevron was recently awarded a multimillion dollar offsets project for agreeing to stop burning their gas flares in Nigeria. But it has been illegal to flare gas in Nigeria since 1984, so it is questionable why Chevron should be rewarded for simply not breakin ...
... offsets are open to fraud. For example, Chevron was recently awarded a multimillion dollar offsets project for agreeing to stop burning their gas flares in Nigeria. But it has been illegal to flare gas in Nigeria since 1984, so it is questionable why Chevron should be rewarded for simply not breakin ...
Mountains, Climate Adaptation and Sustainable Development
... hunger, and to conserve land, water, plant and .., biodiversity and ecosystems, for enhancing resilience to climate change and natural disasters (Agri. & FS). 119. `…We also recognize the need to maintain natural ecological processes that support food production systems…’ (Water) ...
... hunger, and to conserve land, water, plant and .., biodiversity and ecosystems, for enhancing resilience to climate change and natural disasters (Agri. & FS). 119. `…We also recognize the need to maintain natural ecological processes that support food production systems…’ (Water) ...
GTAP 2015 Conference Paper # 4650 Coupling Socioeconomic
... could be termed Human-Earth-System Models, where policy, actions, and responses to environmental and global change issues can be modelled in a coupled manner. ...
... could be termed Human-Earth-System Models, where policy, actions, and responses to environmental and global change issues can be modelled in a coupled manner. ...
How measure climate change in Local condition? - adaptation
... • Both regions has different particularities in water supply. • Theses regions has different responses of communities. • They have high property level. • Also theses regions have problems under actual condition and additional impact to climate changes which increasing their more properly ...
... • Both regions has different particularities in water supply. • Theses regions has different responses of communities. • They have high property level. • Also theses regions have problems under actual condition and additional impact to climate changes which increasing their more properly ...
PPT - Steel Manufacturers Association
... prompt enactment of legislation • Each year we delay action increases the risk of unavoidable and potentially costlier consequences “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow ...
... prompt enactment of legislation • Each year we delay action increases the risk of unavoidable and potentially costlier consequences “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow ...
Gore Shares Peace Prize for Climate Change Work
... OSLO, Oct. 12 — Former Vice President Al Gore, who emerged from his loss in the muddled 2000 presidential election to devote himself to his passion as an environmental crusader, was awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, sharing it with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a United ...
... OSLO, Oct. 12 — Former Vice President Al Gore, who emerged from his loss in the muddled 2000 presidential election to devote himself to his passion as an environmental crusader, was awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, sharing it with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a United ...
Climate Change, Foreign Policy, and Higher Education
... emissions—from the burning of fossil fuels such as coal and oil, and from deforestation as well as other changes in how people use land—get pumped into earth’s atmosphere and stay there for a long time. As more greenhouse gasses are emitted, their concentration in our atmosphere increases, trapping ...
... emissions—from the burning of fossil fuels such as coal and oil, and from deforestation as well as other changes in how people use land—get pumped into earth’s atmosphere and stay there for a long time. As more greenhouse gasses are emitted, their concentration in our atmosphere increases, trapping ...
"Methodological constrains and need in the area of V&A assessment
... • Political willingness & stability issues that makes the region even more vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. ...
... • Political willingness & stability issues that makes the region even more vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. ...
The Scientific Guide to Global Warming Skepticism
... variations in solar activity, aerosols (tiny particles suspended in the air), changes in the Earth’s orbit and ...
... variations in solar activity, aerosols (tiny particles suspended in the air), changes in the Earth’s orbit and ...
Abstract
... relates to whether such envelopes can be reduced in size using metrics of model quality. The non-linear nature of the system and the “distance” between the models and reality create new challenges here. Challenges which have not yet been addressed but which may well provide fruitful areas for furthe ...
... relates to whether such envelopes can be reduced in size using metrics of model quality. The non-linear nature of the system and the “distance” between the models and reality create new challenges here. Challenges which have not yet been addressed but which may well provide fruitful areas for furthe ...
press release
... IN THE SCHOOL OF OCEAN AND EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI'I at MĀNOA ...
... IN THE SCHOOL OF OCEAN AND EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI'I at MĀNOA ...
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.