The role of expertise in governance processes
... In increasing numbers scientists are leaving their laboratories and lecture halls in order to take part in political debates about the future of science and the social consequences of scientific developments. Some scientists represent a body of knowledge that is highly policy relevant, and at the sa ...
... In increasing numbers scientists are leaving their laboratories and lecture halls in order to take part in political debates about the future of science and the social consequences of scientific developments. Some scientists represent a body of knowledge that is highly policy relevant, and at the sa ...
The importance of ENSO phase during volcanic eruptions
... Agung, as was the case during 1951–2014, is a very rare occurrence (see section S1 in the supporting information). Also, sampling El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) variability itself in coupled climate models requires large ensembles or long control simulations [Wittenberg, 2009; Deser et al., 201 ...
... Agung, as was the case during 1951–2014, is a very rare occurrence (see section S1 in the supporting information). Also, sampling El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) variability itself in coupled climate models requires large ensembles or long control simulations [Wittenberg, 2009; Deser et al., 201 ...
Climate Change in Africa - Heinrich-Böll
... The level of information on the consequences of climate change in Africa has however clearly improved in the last couple of years. The latest IPCC report confirms the continuation of the trend which has become visible on the continent for some time now: rising temperatures as well as, depending on t ...
... The level of information on the consequences of climate change in Africa has however clearly improved in the last couple of years. The latest IPCC report confirms the continuation of the trend which has become visible on the continent for some time now: rising temperatures as well as, depending on t ...
Climate Change Legislation in Context
... a clear meeting of the minds. 19 This horizontal pressure both serves as a slowing force and influences the details of the ultimate bills. Meanwhile, the problem of climate change will continue to worsen as candidates make speeches and sample local specialties. Moreover, the increasing willingness o ...
... a clear meeting of the minds. 19 This horizontal pressure both serves as a slowing force and influences the details of the ultimate bills. Meanwhile, the problem of climate change will continue to worsen as candidates make speeches and sample local specialties. Moreover, the increasing willingness o ...
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... Yunlong, 1996). It is generally expected that climatic variability in terms of such extreme weather events will increase in the foreseeable future. In addition, mean climate conditions are also forecasted to change. On the one hand, following a gradual warming over the past five decades, East Asia ...
... Yunlong, 1996). It is generally expected that climatic variability in terms of such extreme weather events will increase in the foreseeable future. In addition, mean climate conditions are also forecasted to change. On the one hand, following a gradual warming over the past five decades, East Asia ...
S-RIP Chapter on Stratosphere-Troposphere Coupling: Tentative Author Contributions
... Time scales and downward coupling of the Annular Mode indices, based on daily zonal mean Annular Modes geopotential height SSW diagnostics - joint with Dann Mitchell see below Final Warming Events Time of SH final warming at 10hPa (based on zonal mean, monthly mean, U) and/or NH final warming TYPE ( ...
... Time scales and downward coupling of the Annular Mode indices, based on daily zonal mean Annular Modes geopotential height SSW diagnostics - joint with Dann Mitchell see below Final Warming Events Time of SH final warming at 10hPa (based on zonal mean, monthly mean, U) and/or NH final warming TYPE ( ...
Climate, Ecology, and Human Health
... insecticides-- have themselves become a source of new, resistant microbes and disease carriers, and the growing number of people with malnutrition or depressed immune systems have helped select and disseminate these emerging organisms. Environmental conditions, interacting with the biology of diseas ...
... insecticides-- have themselves become a source of new, resistant microbes and disease carriers, and the growing number of people with malnutrition or depressed immune systems have helped select and disseminate these emerging organisms. Environmental conditions, interacting with the biology of diseas ...
Uncertainties in CMIP5 Climate Projections due to Carbon Cycle
... ranges are offset (i.e., to correct a potential bias), are wider (i.e., to reflect additional uncertainties), and/or are more or less skewed (i.e., to reflect additional skewed uncertainties). When providing best-estimate projections and uncertainty ranges for emission scenarios, there are two major ...
... ranges are offset (i.e., to correct a potential bias), are wider (i.e., to reflect additional uncertainties), and/or are more or less skewed (i.e., to reflect additional skewed uncertainties). When providing best-estimate projections and uncertainty ranges for emission scenarios, there are two major ...
PDF: Paris 2015 Getting a global agreement on climate change
... March 2015. But, at the Durban talks in 2011, countries also agreed to accelerate action before 2020.2 Limiting climate change in the long term depends on cumulative emissions so, if less is done now, greater effort will be needed in the future. Failure to act now will make it harder to limit temper ...
... March 2015. But, at the Durban talks in 2011, countries also agreed to accelerate action before 2020.2 Limiting climate change in the long term depends on cumulative emissions so, if less is done now, greater effort will be needed in the future. Failure to act now will make it harder to limit temper ...
The Principles and Criteria of Public Climate Finance
... in investments that would not have occurred otherwise (EC, 2012; Venugopal, 2012). These interpretations start with the premise that public finance must remain at the core of fulfilling developed countries’ climate finance obligations, with private climate finance playing a supplementary, not a subs ...
... in investments that would not have occurred otherwise (EC, 2012; Venugopal, 2012). These interpretations start with the premise that public finance must remain at the core of fulfilling developed countries’ climate finance obligations, with private climate finance playing a supplementary, not a subs ...
Climate change implications for the glaciers of the Hindu Kush
... balance data available and the variation in glaciological conditions. Other non-climatic drivers such as deposition of dust and soot may also play a role, with some evidence that this may already be having an effect on some Tibetan glaciers (Xu et al., 2009). There are relatively few studies that ai ...
... balance data available and the variation in glaciological conditions. Other non-climatic drivers such as deposition of dust and soot may also play a role, with some evidence that this may already be having an effect on some Tibetan glaciers (Xu et al., 2009). There are relatively few studies that ai ...
The Energy-Climate Challenge: Issues for the New U.S. Administration Development
... global mean surface air temperature had increased by 0.3 to 0.6 degrees C since the late 19th century, that this had been accompanied by an increase in global sea level by 10-25 centimeters, and that the patterns of change (in relation to day-night temperature differences, vertical temperature distr ...
... global mean surface air temperature had increased by 0.3 to 0.6 degrees C since the late 19th century, that this had been accompanied by an increase in global sea level by 10-25 centimeters, and that the patterns of change (in relation to day-night temperature differences, vertical temperature distr ...
The Household Production Function Approach to Valuing Climate
... capita expenditure data provided by the 1980 International Comparisons Project, Maddison finds that including climate variables greatly enhances the ability of the Quadratic Expenditure System to explain international variations in the pattern of household expenditures. Maddison then uses his result ...
... capita expenditure data provided by the 1980 International Comparisons Project, Maddison finds that including climate variables greatly enhances the ability of the Quadratic Expenditure System to explain international variations in the pattern of household expenditures. Maddison then uses his result ...
The Big Questions - Assets - Cambridge
... If you live outside the tropical zone, you will come to wonder why it is hotter in summer than in winter, and why the summer/winter temperature range has the value that it does (e.g. 30 ◦ C in Chicago) and why the variation is generally lower over the oceans (e.g. 7 ◦ C in the middle of the Pacific O ...
... If you live outside the tropical zone, you will come to wonder why it is hotter in summer than in winter, and why the summer/winter temperature range has the value that it does (e.g. 30 ◦ C in Chicago) and why the variation is generally lower over the oceans (e.g. 7 ◦ C in the middle of the Pacific O ...
5.9.2 Heat and health - Eionet Forum
... in the 2080s under the medium-high scenario. Annual cold-related deaths decrease from 80,313 in 1990s to 60,021 in 2050s and 51,243 in 2080s under the medium-high scenario (Donaldson et al, 2001). In Germany, a 20% increase in heat-related mortality is expected. This increase is estimated to be not ...
... in the 2080s under the medium-high scenario. Annual cold-related deaths decrease from 80,313 in 1990s to 60,021 in 2050s and 51,243 in 2080s under the medium-high scenario (Donaldson et al, 2001). In Germany, a 20% increase in heat-related mortality is expected. This increase is estimated to be not ...
Working Paper
... observation (CRU-TS 3.0). Symbols DJF, MAM, JJA, SON, and ANO, represent the periods from December to February, March to May, June to August, September to November, and annual mean, respectively. Units are in millimeters per day. Figure 14. The same as in Figure 13, but for seasonal surface air temp ...
... observation (CRU-TS 3.0). Symbols DJF, MAM, JJA, SON, and ANO, represent the periods from December to February, March to May, June to August, September to November, and annual mean, respectively. Units are in millimeters per day. Figure 14. The same as in Figure 13, but for seasonal surface air temp ...
Abstract - biodiversity
... distinctive features of the oceanic climate (Which are completely different from the mountainous areas) for example: the Sea level, tides, waves, the water rise…In Viet Nam, most of the coastal areas is directly suffered from the windstorm; this is a special meteorological loading capacity that shou ...
... distinctive features of the oceanic climate (Which are completely different from the mountainous areas) for example: the Sea level, tides, waves, the water rise…In Viet Nam, most of the coastal areas is directly suffered from the windstorm; this is a special meteorological loading capacity that shou ...
A ricardian analysis of the distribution of climate change impacts on
... Department uses a set of polar orbiting satellites that pass above each location on earth between 6am and 6pm every day. These satellites are equipped with sensors that measure surface temperature by detecting microwaves that pass through clouds. The precipitation data comes from the Africa Rainfall ...
... Department uses a set of polar orbiting satellites that pass above each location on earth between 6am and 6pm every day. These satellites are equipped with sensors that measure surface temperature by detecting microwaves that pass through clouds. The precipitation data comes from the Africa Rainfall ...
Economists and Climate Change: Consensus and Open Questions
... Dean of NYU School of Law and expert on the economics of environmental regulation and policy. Dean Richard L. Revesz noticed a recurring problem at EPA meetings on the economics of environmental regulation—a lot of empty chairs. While industry was always present to push their view, green groups were ...
... Dean of NYU School of Law and expert on the economics of environmental regulation and policy. Dean Richard L. Revesz noticed a recurring problem at EPA meetings on the economics of environmental regulation—a lot of empty chairs. While industry was always present to push their view, green groups were ...
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... form of weather and ocean current systems, to even out the temperature imbalance. The chronic movement of air masses in weather systems along the same routes drags along the surface of the ocean and eventually steers the major ocean currents along well-defined pathways. Because of the rotation of th ...
... form of weather and ocean current systems, to even out the temperature imbalance. The chronic movement of air masses in weather systems along the same routes drags along the surface of the ocean and eventually steers the major ocean currents along well-defined pathways. Because of the rotation of th ...
IOSR Journal Of Environmental Science, Toxicology And Food Technology (IOSR-JESTFT)
... Impact Of Deforestation On Climate Change Change. The UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) held in 1992 at Rio de Janeiro adopted the framework for addressing climate change concerns. Internationally the UNFCCC (Convention) was set up in 1992 and entered into force in 1994 ...
... Impact Of Deforestation On Climate Change Change. The UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) held in 1992 at Rio de Janeiro adopted the framework for addressing climate change concerns. Internationally the UNFCCC (Convention) was set up in 1992 and entered into force in 1994 ...
extremes
... The countries with the highest shares of populations entering poverty in the wake of these extreme events include Bangladesh, Mexico, Mozambique, Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia (Figure 1). In Malawi and Zambia, simulated grains productivity declines of about 75 percent cause the poverty headcount in ...
... The countries with the highest shares of populations entering poverty in the wake of these extreme events include Bangladesh, Mexico, Mozambique, Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia (Figure 1). In Malawi and Zambia, simulated grains productivity declines of about 75 percent cause the poverty headcount in ...