Enhancing Climate Change Mitigation Efforts
... the process argue that there are signs of progress despite the complexity of such broad negotiations. Detractors point out that the agreement made in Durban essentially constitutes the death knell of the Kyoto Protocol, contending that there will be a new agreement. The intent of this article is to ...
... the process argue that there are signs of progress despite the complexity of such broad negotiations. Detractors point out that the agreement made in Durban essentially constitutes the death knell of the Kyoto Protocol, contending that there will be a new agreement. The intent of this article is to ...
Climate Finance for the Middle East and North Africa - Heinrich
... The Government of Morocco has expressed an ambitious intent to promote renewable energy technology and diversify its energy mix. In this context, it has established a number of programmes to develop wind and solar energy technology, both of which are receiving substantial finance from the World Bank ...
... The Government of Morocco has expressed an ambitious intent to promote renewable energy technology and diversify its energy mix. In this context, it has established a number of programmes to develop wind and solar energy technology, both of which are receiving substantial finance from the World Bank ...
1. Climate Catastrophe - Global Commons Institute
... literature. In 2004, US geoscientist Naomi Oreskes, Professor of History and Science Studies at the University of California, San Diego, conducted a survey of the 928 peer-reviewed scientific papers on global climate change from 1993 to 2003. She found that 75 per cent explicitly or implicitly accep ...
... literature. In 2004, US geoscientist Naomi Oreskes, Professor of History and Science Studies at the University of California, San Diego, conducted a survey of the 928 peer-reviewed scientific papers on global climate change from 1993 to 2003. She found that 75 per cent explicitly or implicitly accep ...
the united states` next generation of atmospheric composition and
... Some of these processes are not easily discernible by the current generation of polar-orbiting ocean color satellite sensors. GEO-CAPE, with associated field campaigns, will provide the measurements that show how these small-scale processes operate, allowing for parameterization in larger-scale pred ...
... Some of these processes are not easily discernible by the current generation of polar-orbiting ocean color satellite sensors. GEO-CAPE, with associated field campaigns, will provide the measurements that show how these small-scale processes operate, allowing for parameterization in larger-scale pred ...
Motivated for Action and Collaboration
... a disturbing warming of the climatic system. In recent decades this warming has been accompanied by a constant rise in the sea level and, it would appear, by an increase of extreme weather events, even if a scientifically determinable cause cannot be assigned to each particular phenomenon (§23). He ...
... a disturbing warming of the climatic system. In recent decades this warming has been accompanied by a constant rise in the sea level and, it would appear, by an increase of extreme weather events, even if a scientifically determinable cause cannot be assigned to each particular phenomenon (§23). He ...
High-latitude cooling associated with landscape
... coupled to an Earth system model, younger vegetation from increased burning cooled the high-latitude atmosphere, primarily in the winter and spring, with noticeable feedbacks from the ocean and sea ice. Results from multiple scenarios suggest that a doubling of burn area would cool the surface by 0. ...
... coupled to an Earth system model, younger vegetation from increased burning cooled the high-latitude atmosphere, primarily in the winter and spring, with noticeable feedbacks from the ocean and sea ice. Results from multiple scenarios suggest that a doubling of burn area would cool the surface by 0. ...
Fighting Climate Change: Human Solidarity in a Divided World
... to act rapidly. Climate change is already starting to affect some of the poorest and most vulnerable communities around the world. A worldwide average 3° centigrade increase (compared to preindustrial temperatures) over the coming decades would result in a range of localized increases that could rea ...
... to act rapidly. Climate change is already starting to affect some of the poorest and most vulnerable communities around the world. A worldwide average 3° centigrade increase (compared to preindustrial temperatures) over the coming decades would result in a range of localized increases that could rea ...
Study Session 11 Impacts of Climate Change in Ethiopia
... impacts occur when climate changes in the temperature, precipitation and weather extremes affect our health and survival directly. For example, very hot weather can cause heat-related illness such as heat exhaustion and heat stroke; and floods can cause injury and drowning. These direct effects are ...
... impacts occur when climate changes in the temperature, precipitation and weather extremes affect our health and survival directly. For example, very hot weather can cause heat-related illness such as heat exhaustion and heat stroke; and floods can cause injury and drowning. These direct effects are ...
Climate Change in Atqasuk, Alaska
... Atqasuk is classified as “arctic” with cold dry winters and cool summers. Although located close to the Arctic Ocean, it has interior Arctic influence, registering warmer in summer and colder in winter compared to the coast (Doug Whiteman). Temperatures have historically ranged from -56 to +78 degre ...
... Atqasuk is classified as “arctic” with cold dry winters and cool summers. Although located close to the Arctic Ocean, it has interior Arctic influence, registering warmer in summer and colder in winter compared to the coast (Doug Whiteman). Temperatures have historically ranged from -56 to +78 degre ...
Challenging the current climate change – migration nexus: exploring
... Since the start of the 1990s, the major issue of climate change stands in direct relation to migration. The first IPCC report stated that “[...] the gravest effects of climate change may be those on human migration [...]” (Watson et al. 1997: 103) From then, the nexus between climate change and migr ...
... Since the start of the 1990s, the major issue of climate change stands in direct relation to migration. The first IPCC report stated that “[...] the gravest effects of climate change may be those on human migration [...]” (Watson et al. 1997: 103) From then, the nexus between climate change and migr ...
2020: The Climate Turning Point
... system (THC in Fig. 1) appears to be already slowing8 and recent research indicates it is far more unstable than previously thought. Because overall global temperature rise depends on cumulative global CO2 emissions, the Paris temperature range can be translated, with some uncertainty, into a budget ...
... system (THC in Fig. 1) appears to be already slowing8 and recent research indicates it is far more unstable than previously thought. Because overall global temperature rise depends on cumulative global CO2 emissions, the Paris temperature range can be translated, with some uncertainty, into a budget ...
Expansion of the Tropics – Evidence and implications
... • Stream-function methods: This metric is the edge of the Hadley Circulation (described below) derived from calculation of the (isobaric) mass stream-function. It generally gives a lower estimate of expansion, averaging less than 0.8º latitude widening per decade in both hemispheres, and shows seas ...
... • Stream-function methods: This metric is the edge of the Hadley Circulation (described below) derived from calculation of the (isobaric) mass stream-function. It generally gives a lower estimate of expansion, averaging less than 0.8º latitude widening per decade in both hemispheres, and shows seas ...
Recent Changes in Arctic Vegetation
... Time-Integrated NDVI (TI-NDVI) is the sum of the biweekly NDVI values for the summer growing season. A threshold of 0.09 was used as a minimal value for green vegetation, based on an analysis of spring green-up (Jia et al. 2004). The NDVI data sets were resampled to 25-km resolution for comparisons ...
... Time-Integrated NDVI (TI-NDVI) is the sum of the biweekly NDVI values for the summer growing season. A threshold of 0.09 was used as a minimal value for green vegetation, based on an analysis of spring green-up (Jia et al. 2004). The NDVI data sets were resampled to 25-km resolution for comparisons ...
UNDP-TACC Pilot project Uruguay
... Introduction: the territorial assets of the territory and the interaction between its structuring elements Uruguay is part of the Uruguayan savannah biome, related to the temperate grasslands. With a temperate humid climate, changes in the weather can be brutal because of the cold winds coming from ...
... Introduction: the territorial assets of the territory and the interaction between its structuring elements Uruguay is part of the Uruguayan savannah biome, related to the temperate grasslands. With a temperate humid climate, changes in the weather can be brutal because of the cold winds coming from ...
Cities and Climate Change: Adaptation in London, UK - UN
... The number of people and assets in the flood risk areas can be analysed to determine who and what is at risk. This analysis shows that there are 1.25 million people, 481,180 properties, 441 schools, 75 underground stations and 49 railway stations located in areas of tidal and fluvial flood risk.4 A ...
... The number of people and assets in the flood risk areas can be analysed to determine who and what is at risk. This analysis shows that there are 1.25 million people, 481,180 properties, 441 schools, 75 underground stations and 49 railway stations located in areas of tidal and fluvial flood risk.4 A ...
Recent Changes in Arctic Vegetation
... Time-Integrated NDVI (TI-NDVI) is the sum of the biweekly NDVI values for the summer growing season. A threshold of 0.09 was used as a minimal value for green vegetation, based on an analysis of spring green-up (Jia et al. 2004). The NDVI data sets were resampled to 25-km resolution for comparisons ...
... Time-Integrated NDVI (TI-NDVI) is the sum of the biweekly NDVI values for the summer growing season. A threshold of 0.09 was used as a minimal value for green vegetation, based on an analysis of spring green-up (Jia et al. 2004). The NDVI data sets were resampled to 25-km resolution for comparisons ...
The effects of global change upon United States air quality
... et al., 2009). These US investigations based their current and future climate realizations on the results of GCMs using the various IPCC emissions scenarios (IPCC, 2007) projected to the 2050s. In some of the studies, the global climate realizations were subsequently downscaled to a higher resolutio ...
... et al., 2009). These US investigations based their current and future climate realizations on the results of GCMs using the various IPCC emissions scenarios (IPCC, 2007) projected to the 2050s. In some of the studies, the global climate realizations were subsequently downscaled to a higher resolutio ...
Impact of climate change on ozone related mortality and morbidity in
... concentrations affected by weather and the supply of chemical precursors, including nitrogen oxides (NOX), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), methane (CH4) and carbon monoxide (CO). Climate change can affect ozone concentrations and thus influence respiratory health [1] through a numbe ...
... concentrations affected by weather and the supply of chemical precursors, including nitrogen oxides (NOX), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), methane (CH4) and carbon monoxide (CO). Climate change can affect ozone concentrations and thus influence respiratory health [1] through a numbe ...
Potential Impacts of Climate Change on the Broads
... climate changes projected over the Broads catchment basin. This report goes into substantially more detail, using more models, for more variables, at a finer scale, and using more recent scenarios for future climate change. While the report’s annex contain ...
... climate changes projected over the Broads catchment basin. This report goes into substantially more detail, using more models, for more variables, at a finer scale, and using more recent scenarios for future climate change. While the report’s annex contain ...
Preindustrial to present-day changes in tropospheric hydroxyl
... of trace gases whose emissions are well known and whose primary sink is OH. Accurate long-term measurements of the industrial chemical 1,1,1-trichloroethane (methyl chloroform CH3 CCl3 ) (Prinn et al., 1995, 2000, 2001; Montzka et al., 2000) in the atmosphere and an assumption of accurate emissions ...
... of trace gases whose emissions are well known and whose primary sink is OH. Accurate long-term measurements of the industrial chemical 1,1,1-trichloroethane (methyl chloroform CH3 CCl3 ) (Prinn et al., 1995, 2000, 2001; Montzka et al., 2000) in the atmosphere and an assumption of accurate emissions ...
Climate Change Threatens the Survival of Coral Reefs
... impacts having increased over subsequent decades [1,5]. An estimated 33-50% of coral reefs have now been largely or completely degraded by a combination of local factors and global climate change [5], with reefs in many regions already having lost half or more of their living coral cover [6-8]. Addi ...
... impacts having increased over subsequent decades [1,5]. An estimated 33-50% of coral reefs have now been largely or completely degraded by a combination of local factors and global climate change [5], with reefs in many regions already having lost half or more of their living coral cover [6-8]. Addi ...
Climate-Smart Marine Protected Areas
... Climate change has been acknowledged as the greatest natural threat facing the planet today. ...
... Climate change has been acknowledged as the greatest natural threat facing the planet today. ...
Climate Impacts on Energy Systems
... Hydro-Meteorology (IHFR-Oran, Algeria), and holds a Masters degree in Mathematics and Physics from the University of Algiers (1970). John M. Callaway is a Senior Economist for the UNEP Risoe Centre, Risoe National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy at the Technical University of Denmark. He holds a P ...
... Hydro-Meteorology (IHFR-Oran, Algeria), and holds a Masters degree in Mathematics and Physics from the University of Algiers (1970). John M. Callaway is a Senior Economist for the UNEP Risoe Centre, Risoe National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy at the Technical University of Denmark. He holds a P ...
Climate Change Risk Management - American Meteorological Society
... match the characteristics we would expect from the other factors that could change climate such as the sun, volcanoes, aerosols, land-use patterns, or natural variability. It is possible that these other factors could have contributed a small net-warming or netcooling influence on the climate system ...
... match the characteristics we would expect from the other factors that could change climate such as the sun, volcanoes, aerosols, land-use patterns, or natural variability. It is possible that these other factors could have contributed a small net-warming or netcooling influence on the climate system ...