Diapositiva 1 - Denise Milizia
... have got to move forward and create actions here in California. So in April my Climate Action team issued a report based on six months of studies and hearings of something, you have all seen a copy of the statement from the new Corporate Climate Alliance, so I think this is the beginning of a positi ...
... have got to move forward and create actions here in California. So in April my Climate Action team issued a report based on six months of studies and hearings of something, you have all seen a copy of the statement from the new Corporate Climate Alliance, so I think this is the beginning of a positi ...
Seattle Public Library Talk
... Figure 11.12. Temperature and precipitation changes over North America from the 21 MMD-A1B GCM simulations. Top row: Annual mean, DJF and JJA temperature change between 1980 to 1999 and 2080 to 2099, averaged over 21 models. Middle row: same as top, but for fractional change in precipitation. Bottom ...
... Figure 11.12. Temperature and precipitation changes over North America from the 21 MMD-A1B GCM simulations. Top row: Annual mean, DJF and JJA temperature change between 1980 to 1999 and 2080 to 2099, averaged over 21 models. Middle row: same as top, but for fractional change in precipitation. Bottom ...
The tipping point trend in climate change communication
... enough, and we often get more than we bargain for in using metaphor. In 2002, Carl Wunsch found seven different inconsistent definitions of ‘‘thermohaline circulation,’’ a proliferation that was perhaps partly the result of an overextended analogy (p. 1179). The situation with respect to tipping poin ...
... enough, and we often get more than we bargain for in using metaphor. In 2002, Carl Wunsch found seven different inconsistent definitions of ‘‘thermohaline circulation,’’ a proliferation that was perhaps partly the result of an overextended analogy (p. 1179). The situation with respect to tipping poin ...
extinction - Center for Biological Diversity
... sheet, helps keep the Arctic cold by reflecting incoming sunlight back into space. However, rising temperatures are rapidly melting this highly reflective ice, exposing the darker land and ocean surfaces that absorb more of the sun’s energy and accelerate Arctic warming. ...
... sheet, helps keep the Arctic cold by reflecting incoming sunlight back into space. However, rising temperatures are rapidly melting this highly reflective ice, exposing the darker land and ocean surfaces that absorb more of the sun’s energy and accelerate Arctic warming. ...
Extinction: It`s Not Just for Polar Bears.
... sheet, helps keep the Arctic cold by reflecting incoming sunlight back into space. However, rising temperatures are rapidly melting this highly reflective ice, exposing the darker land and ocean surfaces that absorb more of the sun’s energy and accelerate Arctic warming. ...
... sheet, helps keep the Arctic cold by reflecting incoming sunlight back into space. However, rising temperatures are rapidly melting this highly reflective ice, exposing the darker land and ocean surfaces that absorb more of the sun’s energy and accelerate Arctic warming. ...
Faculty of Science and Agriculture Dissertation submitted in partial
... are vulnerable to drought by using an improvised remote sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS)-based mapping approach. The research methodology was comprised of 1) assessment of vulnerability levels and 2) the calculation of established drought assessment indices comprising the Normalized D ...
... are vulnerable to drought by using an improvised remote sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS)-based mapping approach. The research methodology was comprised of 1) assessment of vulnerability levels and 2) the calculation of established drought assessment indices comprising the Normalized D ...
Towards Policy Integration of Disaster Risk, Climate Adaptation, and
... Source: Bündnis Entwicklung Hilft and UNU-EHS, WorldRiskReport 2014 ...
... Source: Bündnis Entwicklung Hilft and UNU-EHS, WorldRiskReport 2014 ...
Aalborg Universitet Avoiding climate change uncertainties in Strategic Environmental Assessment
... in SEA (European Commission, 2013). It is important to note that consideration of climate change issues should cover not only the impacts of the plan or programme on climate change such as calculations of greenhouse gas emissions, but also the climate change induced impacts on the plan and programme ...
... in SEA (European Commission, 2013). It is important to note that consideration of climate change issues should cover not only the impacts of the plan or programme on climate change such as calculations of greenhouse gas emissions, but also the climate change induced impacts on the plan and programme ...
Insights to Key Questions about Climate Change
... two critical questions about climate change. Chapter 2 provides examples from a wide spectrum of scientists, scientific organizations, and the media of contradictions and confusion about whether human-induced climate change is predictable over the time scale of a century. It then explains why such c ...
... two critical questions about climate change. Chapter 2 provides examples from a wide spectrum of scientists, scientific organizations, and the media of contradictions and confusion about whether human-induced climate change is predictable over the time scale of a century. It then explains why such c ...
The Carbon the World Forgot - Boreal Songbird Initiative
... Industrial emissions of greenhouse gases are moving the world into an uncertain future where climate change will dominate environmental, political, and economic issues. Solutions to slow negative impacts of rapid and large changes are still possible, if we act swiftly and strategically on a global s ...
... Industrial emissions of greenhouse gases are moving the world into an uncertain future where climate change will dominate environmental, political, and economic issues. Solutions to slow negative impacts of rapid and large changes are still possible, if we act swiftly and strategically on a global s ...
The importance of glacier and forest change in hydrological climate
... to climatic change, i.e., to increases and decreases in temperature. Moreover, Tinner and Kaltenrieder (2005) demonstrated that, during the Holocene, “[. . . ] vegetation was in dynamic equilibrium with climate, [and] forecasted global warming may trigger rapid upslope movements of the tree line of ...
... to climatic change, i.e., to increases and decreases in temperature. Moreover, Tinner and Kaltenrieder (2005) demonstrated that, during the Holocene, “[. . . ] vegetation was in dynamic equilibrium with climate, [and] forecasted global warming may trigger rapid upslope movements of the tree line of ...
Extreme!Events!and!Climate!
... a wealth of climate simulations covering the last millennium. We want to exploit such data in order to assess how models simulate extreme summer heatwaves. The surface temperature and precipitation are closely related to atmospheric patterns. It has been shown that rainy winter/spring seasons reduce ...
... a wealth of climate simulations covering the last millennium. We want to exploit such data in order to assess how models simulate extreme summer heatwaves. The surface temperature and precipitation are closely related to atmospheric patterns. It has been shown that rainy winter/spring seasons reduce ...
Lakes and reservoirs as regulators of carbon cycling and climate
... from inland waters to the atmosphere are similar in magnitude to the carbon dioxide uptake by the oceans and that the global burial of organic carbon in inland water sediments exceeds organic carbon sequestration on the ocean floor. The role of inland waters in global carbon cycling and climate forc ...
... from inland waters to the atmosphere are similar in magnitude to the carbon dioxide uptake by the oceans and that the global burial of organic carbon in inland water sediments exceeds organic carbon sequestration on the ocean floor. The role of inland waters in global carbon cycling and climate forc ...
Lake Victoria CC Readness brief No. 3 English
... temperatures eventually reduce yields of desirable crops and tend to encourage weed and pest proliferation. Greater variations in precipitation patterns increase the likelihood of short-run crop failures and long-run production declines. Although there might be gains in some crops in some regions ...
... temperatures eventually reduce yields of desirable crops and tend to encourage weed and pest proliferation. Greater variations in precipitation patterns increase the likelihood of short-run crop failures and long-run production declines. Although there might be gains in some crops in some regions ...
come heat and high water: climate risk in the southeastern us and
... overarching issues such as changes in labor productivity and heat-related mortality. This follow-up report focuses on the Southeast and Texas and offers a first step toward defining the range of potential economic consequences to this specific region if we continue on our current greenhouse gas emis ...
... overarching issues such as changes in labor productivity and heat-related mortality. This follow-up report focuses on the Southeast and Texas and offers a first step toward defining the range of potential economic consequences to this specific region if we continue on our current greenhouse gas emis ...
Climate and finance systemic risks, more than an analogy?
... fast increase in the frequency and the severity of extreme events, the melting of Greenland’s ice-sheet, an abrupt change in ocean circulation, a strong increase in CO2 and CH4 emissions through the melting of the permafrost. Some of these changes happen slowly, accumulating unnoticed disequilibria ...
... fast increase in the frequency and the severity of extreme events, the melting of Greenland’s ice-sheet, an abrupt change in ocean circulation, a strong increase in CO2 and CH4 emissions through the melting of the permafrost. Some of these changes happen slowly, accumulating unnoticed disequilibria ...
Great Lakes National Parks in Peril
... multi-model dataset, provided by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Santa Clara University, and Climate Central multi-model dataset, with support provided by the Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy. For assistance in design of this report, RMCO thanks Ji ...
... multi-model dataset, provided by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Santa Clara University, and Climate Central multi-model dataset, with support provided by the Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy. For assistance in design of this report, RMCO thanks Ji ...
Strategy Guide on Climate Change: Implications and Strategies for the Community Sector
... ways to combat the harmful effects of climate change. The report analyses the roles of different actors in addressing climate justice. It places particular emphasis on the role that the community sector can play, and the partners which it must work with to highlight environmental issues. The report’ ...
... ways to combat the harmful effects of climate change. The report analyses the roles of different actors in addressing climate justice. It places particular emphasis on the role that the community sector can play, and the partners which it must work with to highlight environmental issues. The report’ ...
Towards Critical Studies of Climate Adaptation - diss.fu
... recently, even environmental goods have been shown to produce negative impacts through gentrification (Anguelovski 2015; Dooling 2009). New priorities around climate adaptation and resilience, therefore, emerged against this backdrop of urban segregation, spatial inequality, and the uneven applicati ...
... recently, even environmental goods have been shown to produce negative impacts through gentrification (Anguelovski 2015; Dooling 2009). New priorities around climate adaptation and resilience, therefore, emerged against this backdrop of urban segregation, spatial inequality, and the uneven applicati ...
Atmosphere and Climate Change ppt
... which restricted CFC production globally. Follow-up agreements strengthened the pact. Today CFC levels are down, and stratospheric ozone is starting to recover. The Montreal Protocol is one of the biggest environmental success stories of our time. ...
... which restricted CFC production globally. Follow-up agreements strengthened the pact. Today CFC levels are down, and stratospheric ozone is starting to recover. The Montreal Protocol is one of the biggest environmental success stories of our time. ...
Climate Change Analysis
... Figure 2.4: Grid boxes for regional Basin projections (e.g., Canadian Global Climate Model).......................... 10 Figure 2.5: (a) Basin average annual mean temperature record and 50-year trends (b) Basin average annual mean temperature record and 30-year trends................................ ...
... Figure 2.4: Grid boxes for regional Basin projections (e.g., Canadian Global Climate Model).......................... 10 Figure 2.5: (a) Basin average annual mean temperature record and 50-year trends (b) Basin average annual mean temperature record and 30-year trends................................ ...
Better Growth, Better Climate: The New Climate Economy Report
... to be invested in infrastructure in the world’s urban, land use and energy systems. How these changes are managed will shape future patterns of growth, productivity and living standards. The next 15 years of investment will also determine the future of the world’s climate system. Climate change caus ...
... to be invested in infrastructure in the world’s urban, land use and energy systems. How these changes are managed will shape future patterns of growth, productivity and living standards. The next 15 years of investment will also determine the future of the world’s climate system. Climate change caus ...
IN THE HIGH COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA GAUTENG DIVISION
... 20. The Minister in her answering affidavit averred that the Chief Director had adequately considered the climate change effects, but had not conducted a comprehensive assessment, and she imposed condition 10.5 requiring a fuller climate change impact assessment for that reason. She reasoned that co ...
... 20. The Minister in her answering affidavit averred that the Chief Director had adequately considered the climate change effects, but had not conducted a comprehensive assessment, and she imposed condition 10.5 requiring a fuller climate change impact assessment for that reason. She reasoned that co ...
Mid- to Late Holocene climate change: an overview
... conditions of the climate system did not change dramatically (in comparison to larger glacial–interglacial changes), and because abundant, detailed regional palaeoclimatic proxy records cover this period. We use selected proxy-based reconstructions of different climate variables, together with state ...
... conditions of the climate system did not change dramatically (in comparison to larger glacial–interglacial changes), and because abundant, detailed regional palaeoclimatic proxy records cover this period. We use selected proxy-based reconstructions of different climate variables, together with state ...
Climate Change in the African Small Island Developing States: From
... adverse environmental factors, including their small size, isolation, narrow resource base, small populations, high population density and limited supplies of fresh water (Briguglio, 2003; Guillaumont, 2007; Wong, 2011; Boto and Biasca, 2012). In 2005, the parties to the United Nations Framework Con ...
... adverse environmental factors, including their small size, isolation, narrow resource base, small populations, high population density and limited supplies of fresh water (Briguglio, 2003; Guillaumont, 2007; Wong, 2011; Boto and Biasca, 2012). In 2005, the parties to the United Nations Framework Con ...
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.