Cosmic Rays, Carbon Dioxide, and Climate
... with CO and cannot be separated, (ii) the operation of some climate feedbacks depends on the time scale considered, and (iii) the strength of climate feedbacks depends on the mean climate. Over a decade ago, Lorius et al. [1990] used the high-quality records of temperature and CO variations from ice ...
... with CO and cannot be separated, (ii) the operation of some climate feedbacks depends on the time scale considered, and (iii) the strength of climate feedbacks depends on the mean climate. Over a decade ago, Lorius et al. [1990] used the high-quality records of temperature and CO variations from ice ...
the intergovernmental panel on climate change assessment process
... guidelines for evaluating such sources be revised and strictly enforced to ensure that unpublished and non-peerreviewed literature is appropriately flagged in the report. The committee also called for more consistency regarding how each working group characterises uncertainty. In the Fourth Assessme ...
... guidelines for evaluating such sources be revised and strictly enforced to ensure that unpublished and non-peerreviewed literature is appropriately flagged in the report. The committee also called for more consistency regarding how each working group characterises uncertainty. In the Fourth Assessme ...
Implementation of Alternative Energy Sources (set budget)
... public-private initiatives to move the financial industry into investing in sustainable projects. This two pronged agenda has focused on investment changes, particularly in the financial sector. A recent endeavor has been the Portfolio Decarbonization Coalition where two dozen major institutional in ...
... public-private initiatives to move the financial industry into investing in sustainable projects. This two pronged agenda has focused on investment changes, particularly in the financial sector. A recent endeavor has been the Portfolio Decarbonization Coalition where two dozen major institutional in ...
Tree-species range shifts in a changing climate
... in distribution. For many of the species, this analysis indicated higher regeneration success at the northern edge of their ranges. Compared to mean latitude of tree biomass, mean latitude of seedlings was significantly farther north ([20 km) for the northern study species, while southern species ha ...
... in distribution. For many of the species, this analysis indicated higher regeneration success at the northern edge of their ranges. Compared to mean latitude of tree biomass, mean latitude of seedlings was significantly farther north ([20 km) for the northern study species, while southern species ha ...
how big business is funding climate change denial in the 113th
... and prepare for a future when the internal combustion engine itself would be phased out—were simply in keeping with his lifelong concern for the natural world. “I have been an environmentalist all my life,” Bill Ford frequently told reporters.8 In the company’s “Sustainability Report” for 2008-2009, ...
... and prepare for a future when the internal combustion engine itself would be phased out—were simply in keeping with his lifelong concern for the natural world. “I have been an environmentalist all my life,” Bill Ford frequently told reporters.8 In the company’s “Sustainability Report” for 2008-2009, ...
Freshwater Ecosystems, Modelling and Simulation, by
... applications that follow, and is helpful in determining how the different methods can complement one another. The limitations of each method are also evaluated. Most of the book summarizes attempts to construct ecological models by standard deterministic and stochastic methods that simulate, in part ...
... applications that follow, and is helpful in determining how the different methods can complement one another. The limitations of each method are also evaluated. Most of the book summarizes attempts to construct ecological models by standard deterministic and stochastic methods that simulate, in part ...
A RICARDIAN ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH
... severely damaged by higher temperatures (IPCC, 2001b), but there have been very few agroeconomic studies. An economic study in Brazil indicated that farm land values would fall with warming, but the magnitude of the effects was much smaller than the previous estimates from agronomic studies (Mendels ...
... severely damaged by higher temperatures (IPCC, 2001b), but there have been very few agroeconomic studies. An economic study in Brazil indicated that farm land values would fall with warming, but the magnitude of the effects was much smaller than the previous estimates from agronomic studies (Mendels ...
Presentation: Gender and Climate Change
... Why Women are Essential cont’d Women who are active in policy advocacy can influence effective, gender-responsive legislation in their local governments. Khawla Al Sheikh explains that her role in alleviating the scarcity of water is important because “only a woman can sell to a woman” and she beli ...
... Why Women are Essential cont’d Women who are active in policy advocacy can influence effective, gender-responsive legislation in their local governments. Khawla Al Sheikh explains that her role in alleviating the scarcity of water is important because “only a woman can sell to a woman” and she beli ...
Joint Declaration between the Government of the Federal Republic
... cooperation as well as the International Climate Initiative (IKI). In this framework, climate projects totalling around 700 million euros have been agreed since 2008. Mexico's INDC is considered as the frame of reference for German-Mexican cooperation in the field of climate action and beyond. The P ...
... cooperation as well as the International Climate Initiative (IKI). In this framework, climate projects totalling around 700 million euros have been agreed since 2008. Mexico's INDC is considered as the frame of reference for German-Mexican cooperation in the field of climate action and beyond. The P ...
The two limits debates: "Limits to Growth" and climate change
... Both cases exhibit important similarities, but also important differences. Both the LtG and the climate change discourses share a managerial outlook in that Planet Earth is seen as a system that can be observed, managed and controlled from an astronaut’s perspective, as it were [3]. In both cases we ...
... Both cases exhibit important similarities, but also important differences. Both the LtG and the climate change discourses share a managerial outlook in that Planet Earth is seen as a system that can be observed, managed and controlled from an astronaut’s perspective, as it were [3]. In both cases we ...
Role of greenhouse gases in climate change
... The radiation emitted from the warmer surface absorbed by the colder atmosphere is readily detected by orbiting satellites. However, back radiation from the colder atmosphere to the warmer surface heating the surface further violates the Second Law of Thermodynamics. Shown in Figure 1 is a sketch of ...
... The radiation emitted from the warmer surface absorbed by the colder atmosphere is readily detected by orbiting satellites. However, back radiation from the colder atmosphere to the warmer surface heating the surface further violates the Second Law of Thermodynamics. Shown in Figure 1 is a sketch of ...
Climate change, energy and social preferences on policies
... caused by climate change. The questionnaire continues by describing some options the Spanish government is considering to reduce GHG emissions, including an electricity program.1 It was stressed that the objective of this electricity program is to fulfil the Spanish 20/20/20 objectives with respect ...
... caused by climate change. The questionnaire continues by describing some options the Spanish government is considering to reduce GHG emissions, including an electricity program.1 It was stressed that the objective of this electricity program is to fulfil the Spanish 20/20/20 objectives with respect ...
Mk3.5 simulations
... Time scale of greatest interest to planning in a wide range of applications Time scale is short enough that differences in the emissions scenarios of GHGs do not matter much Expect a well initialised model to provide improved projections over this time scale than a non-initialised model (infor ...
... Time scale of greatest interest to planning in a wide range of applications Time scale is short enough that differences in the emissions scenarios of GHGs do not matter much Expect a well initialised model to provide improved projections over this time scale than a non-initialised model (infor ...
Ms. Linda Moodie: Update on the U.S. Climate Change Science
... for the 21 synthesis and assessment products to be delivered within 2 to 4 years ...
... for the 21 synthesis and assessment products to be delivered within 2 to 4 years ...
Full-Text PDF
... used for different purposes (modelling runoff, sediment transport, nutrient, pesticides cycle, etc.) around the world and has been applied to many different size catchments and under considerably different conditions, usually with satisfactory results [16]. Among its multiple applications, SWAT has ...
... used for different purposes (modelling runoff, sediment transport, nutrient, pesticides cycle, etc.) around the world and has been applied to many different size catchments and under considerably different conditions, usually with satisfactory results [16]. Among its multiple applications, SWAT has ...
NJ GHG ACTION PLAN COMPONENTS
... NJ - Coastal state. Densely populated, with rich industrial history and high vehicle use. Historical leader in emerging environmental issues, and sustainability Many innovative technology businesses to contribute to GHG reductions ...
... NJ - Coastal state. Densely populated, with rich industrial history and high vehicle use. Historical leader in emerging environmental issues, and sustainability Many innovative technology businesses to contribute to GHG reductions ...
Climate and Development Economics: Balancing Science, Politics
... paleoclimate data, arguing that the equilibrium response to increased greenhouse gas concentrations is about twice as great as commonly believed; that is, the long-run climate sensitivity (defined as the eventual temperature increase in oC per doubling of atmospheric CO2) is 6, not 3 as both IPCC (2 ...
... paleoclimate data, arguing that the equilibrium response to increased greenhouse gas concentrations is about twice as great as commonly believed; that is, the long-run climate sensitivity (defined as the eventual temperature increase in oC per doubling of atmospheric CO2) is 6, not 3 as both IPCC (2 ...
The clash of theories - Analytical methods for water resource
... The Hurst Phenomenon: A Puzzle? In it he addressed the most puzzling problem that faced academics and practitioners alike. It was very clear that the properties of the hydrological and geophysical time series could not be replicated in mathematical models that assumed random variability about a cons ...
... The Hurst Phenomenon: A Puzzle? In it he addressed the most puzzling problem that faced academics and practitioners alike. It was very clear that the properties of the hydrological and geophysical time series could not be replicated in mathematical models that assumed random variability about a cons ...
Climate Change and Forest Fire Potential in Russian and Canadian
... Despite their coarse spatial and temporal resolution, GCMs provide the best means currently available to project future climate and forest fire danger on a broad scale. However, Regional Climate Models (RCMs) currently under development (e.g., Caya et al., 1995), with much higher resolution, will pe ...
... Despite their coarse spatial and temporal resolution, GCMs provide the best means currently available to project future climate and forest fire danger on a broad scale. However, Regional Climate Models (RCMs) currently under development (e.g., Caya et al., 1995), with much higher resolution, will pe ...
Brochure – Climate Change: Supporting Actions at the Regional Level
... energy efficiency and energy conservation opportunities in the field of oil and natural gas production. Current trends and technologies from exploration to transport, with specific case studies from selected countries in the region were also investigated. In April 2008, ESCWA has completed a project bas ...
... energy efficiency and energy conservation opportunities in the field of oil and natural gas production. Current trends and technologies from exploration to transport, with specific case studies from selected countries in the region were also investigated. In April 2008, ESCWA has completed a project bas ...
African crops yield another catastrophe for the IPCC
... he wrote. The nearest any got to providing evidence for his claim was one for the Moroccan government, which said that in serious drought years, cereal yields might be reduced by 50 per cent. The report for the Algerian government, on the other hand, predicted that, on current projections, "agricult ...
... he wrote. The nearest any got to providing evidence for his claim was one for the Moroccan government, which said that in serious drought years, cereal yields might be reduced by 50 per cent. The report for the Algerian government, on the other hand, predicted that, on current projections, "agricult ...
Robust Analysis of Future Climate Change Impacts on Water for
... The simulated impacts of the climate change scenarios on the Sacramento Basin hydrology are characterized by considering inflows to the three major reservoirs in the basin: Lake Shasta, Lake Oroville and Folsom Lake. Two aspects of the hydrologic system that could be affected by the climate change s ...
... The simulated impacts of the climate change scenarios on the Sacramento Basin hydrology are characterized by considering inflows to the three major reservoirs in the basin: Lake Shasta, Lake Oroville and Folsom Lake. Two aspects of the hydrologic system that could be affected by the climate change s ...
Slides
... Most climate advisory to date has been focused on mitigation. It’s now clear that mitigation alone will not be sufficient Some adaptation will be necessary but it is not a single institution problem. Or a national problem, or a county problem. Adaptation is a pervasive need, from few to many end-use ...
... Most climate advisory to date has been focused on mitigation. It’s now clear that mitigation alone will not be sufficient Some adaptation will be necessary but it is not a single institution problem. Or a national problem, or a county problem. Adaptation is a pervasive need, from few to many end-use ...