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 ...
VT PowerPoint Template
... • For independent observations, the likelihood is the product of the probability distribution functions of the observations. • -2 Log likelihood is -2 times the log of the likelihood ...
... • For independent observations, the likelihood is the product of the probability distribution functions of the observations. • -2 Log likelihood is -2 times the log of the likelihood ...
Introduction - San Jose State University
... – would enhance cloud production The question then is how would clouds change – Current understanding is that This processes would increase cloud albedo This idea of enhanced cloud formation by increases in aerosols is termed – The ‘indirect effect’ of aerosols Understanding of these processes ...
... – would enhance cloud production The question then is how would clouds change – Current understanding is that This processes would increase cloud albedo This idea of enhanced cloud formation by increases in aerosols is termed – The ‘indirect effect’ of aerosols Understanding of these processes ...
Statement on Climate Change
... We are also continuing to assess and deploy, where feasible, offsetting renewable energy sources such as solar panels on our premises. Finally, we compensate for our remaining operational GHG footprint (CO2 and other greenhouse gases) through the annual purchase and retirement of quality emission re ...
... We are also continuing to assess and deploy, where feasible, offsetting renewable energy sources such as solar panels on our premises. Finally, we compensate for our remaining operational GHG footprint (CO2 and other greenhouse gases) through the annual purchase and retirement of quality emission re ...
Presentation - Regional Policy Briefings
... • Climate change is of vital importance to the PICs, the threats and challenges existential • The region, supported by CROP, are taking major action on adaptation and mitigation, as well as advancing science and knowledge on climate change • Resilience is being built both through adaptation and miti ...
... • Climate change is of vital importance to the PICs, the threats and challenges existential • The region, supported by CROP, are taking major action on adaptation and mitigation, as well as advancing science and knowledge on climate change • Resilience is being built both through adaptation and miti ...
4 Climate change impacts in a context of full
... suited to measure important social phenomena like conflicts, mass migrations, disruption of knowledge, learning and social capital potentially triggered by climate change (Anthoff and Tol, 2013; Stern, 2013). IAMs emphasize impacts on GDP, which even disregarding its deficiency as a welfare measure, ...
... suited to measure important social phenomena like conflicts, mass migrations, disruption of knowledge, learning and social capital potentially triggered by climate change (Anthoff and Tol, 2013; Stern, 2013). IAMs emphasize impacts on GDP, which even disregarding its deficiency as a welfare measure, ...
Planning Authority`s Reference WA/2008/0788
... (Owen/Guthrie/Gerrard) which I think is impressive. It is evident that this development would be one the UK’s most sustainable settlements, and certainly one of the most advanced in the planning process and that point is key in terms of taking action on climate change. The proposal is an unprecedent ...
... (Owen/Guthrie/Gerrard) which I think is impressive. It is evident that this development would be one the UK’s most sustainable settlements, and certainly one of the most advanced in the planning process and that point is key in terms of taking action on climate change. The proposal is an unprecedent ...
Climate Change - Alfred Nzo District Municipality
... rural households that depend on natural resources for consumption or trade. Land may become less fertile may be. Shifts in climate will bring changes in Alfred Nzo region; some areas may see greater natural resources because of increased rainfall, for example. But on balance, the poorest regions are ...
... rural households that depend on natural resources for consumption or trade. Land may become less fertile may be. Shifts in climate will bring changes in Alfred Nzo region; some areas may see greater natural resources because of increased rainfall, for example. But on balance, the poorest regions are ...
Climatic Change in the Mediterranean Basin: Territorial Impact and
... warming cycles, there has been a high correlation between atmospheric concentration of CO2 and temperature. What is different about the current warming cycle is the rapid rate at which CO2 concentrations are increasing. The Fourth Intergovernmental Panel on Climatic Change Report (IPPC, 2007) conclu ...
... warming cycles, there has been a high correlation between atmospheric concentration of CO2 and temperature. What is different about the current warming cycle is the rapid rate at which CO2 concentrations are increasing. The Fourth Intergovernmental Panel on Climatic Change Report (IPPC, 2007) conclu ...
European Commission Regional Policy
... respond to and tackle the effects of climate change." (Stern Review) ...
... respond to and tackle the effects of climate change." (Stern Review) ...
Changes in Global Ocean Bottom Properties and Volume Transports
... Montégut et al. 2004). The observed MLD in the North Atlantic and Southern Ocean was obtained from the climatology of de Boyer Montégut et al. (2004), using the same density threshold criterion. The sea ice is also shown, as it can have a large impact on the MLD at high latitudes through brine rejec ...
... Montégut et al. 2004). The observed MLD in the North Atlantic and Southern Ocean was obtained from the climatology of de Boyer Montégut et al. (2004), using the same density threshold criterion. The sea ice is also shown, as it can have a large impact on the MLD at high latitudes through brine rejec ...
The Collaborative Program on the Ethical Dimensions of Climate
... nations so that total atmospheric concentrations of GHGs do not exceed very dangerous levels. In the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 180 nations, including the United States, agreed that each country should reduce its emissions based upon equity to prevent dangerous inter ...
... nations so that total atmospheric concentrations of GHGs do not exceed very dangerous levels. In the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 180 nations, including the United States, agreed that each country should reduce its emissions based upon equity to prevent dangerous inter ...
Full Report
... to permit examination of more distant causal relations and follow the impacts of particular decisions downstream through emissions to concentrations to climate to impacts—and possibly then to changes in human activities and back to emissions. The approach is in part motivated by the desire to give p ...
... to permit examination of more distant causal relations and follow the impacts of particular decisions downstream through emissions to concentrations to climate to impacts—and possibly then to changes in human activities and back to emissions. The approach is in part motivated by the desire to give p ...
Impacts of climate warming on forests in Ontario
... under a scenario of doubled atmospheric concentrations of C02, the so called 2 x C02 scenario. Under this scenario, they forecast an air temperature increase of between 23°C and 5.2"C and an increase of precipitation between 7.1 % and 15.8%. ...
... under a scenario of doubled atmospheric concentrations of C02, the so called 2 x C02 scenario. Under this scenario, they forecast an air temperature increase of between 23°C and 5.2"C and an increase of precipitation between 7.1 % and 15.8%. ...
The question of climate impacts on poor and vulnerable
... constant temperature of around 70˚C to produce energy, and this is either not accessible everywhere or scientists have not developed a method to effectively store renewable energy without losing energy in the transportation process. Reasons why poor and vulnerable people are affected by climate chan ...
... constant temperature of around 70˚C to produce energy, and this is either not accessible everywhere or scientists have not developed a method to effectively store renewable energy without losing energy in the transportation process. Reasons why poor and vulnerable people are affected by climate chan ...
Potential Impacts of Climate Change on BC Hydro`s Water Resources
... to assess impacts of climate change As part of its climate change adaptation strategy, BC Hydro has undertaken internal studies and worked with some of the world’s leading scientists in climatology, glaciology, and hydrology. BC Hydro teamed up with scientists from the Pacific Climate Impacts Consor ...
... to assess impacts of climate change As part of its climate change adaptation strategy, BC Hydro has undertaken internal studies and worked with some of the world’s leading scientists in climatology, glaciology, and hydrology. BC Hydro teamed up with scientists from the Pacific Climate Impacts Consor ...
How do we predict Weather and Climate?
... falls back to Earth on a parachute. So from one ‘launch’ we collect very detailed information both going up and coming down. It normally takes about an hour to reach burst height with observations coming every few seconds, so there is a lot of data. The top of the ascent usually is up to 20km or so ...
... falls back to Earth on a parachute. So from one ‘launch’ we collect very detailed information both going up and coming down. It normally takes about an hour to reach burst height with observations coming every few seconds, so there is a lot of data. The top of the ascent usually is up to 20km or so ...
Climate Change and Extreme Weather
... GreenLearning at [email protected] for help in finding a class to collaborate with or to set up a collaborative project of your own. Showcase Student Inquiries — and your versions of these Inquiries — in the COOL 2.0 Database: [information to be added June 2104] Resources to Support a Student In ...
... GreenLearning at [email protected] for help in finding a class to collaborate with or to set up a collaborative project of your own. Showcase Student Inquiries — and your versions of these Inquiries — in the COOL 2.0 Database: [information to be added June 2104] Resources to Support a Student In ...
Ocean-atmosphere interactions
... NASA: 70% of global climate change due to Pacific Ocean Oscillations • “It can be shown with a simple climate model that small cloud fluctuations assumed to occur with two modes of natural climate variability- ENSO and Pacific Decadal Oscillations- can explain 70% of the warming trend since 1990, a ...
... NASA: 70% of global climate change due to Pacific Ocean Oscillations • “It can be shown with a simple climate model that small cloud fluctuations assumed to occur with two modes of natural climate variability- ENSO and Pacific Decadal Oscillations- can explain 70% of the warming trend since 1990, a ...
Climate and Climate Change in West Africa, 2008
... Box 3. Reliability of Climate Models Climate projections are based on models that are able to achieve good large-scale simulations with increasingly better performances. Some of these climate models are, for instance: Hadcm3, ECHAM4, NCAR, CCSR, CSIRO, CGCM2, etc. However, their ability to reproduce ...
... Box 3. Reliability of Climate Models Climate projections are based on models that are able to achieve good large-scale simulations with increasingly better performances. Some of these climate models are, for instance: Hadcm3, ECHAM4, NCAR, CCSR, CSIRO, CGCM2, etc. However, their ability to reproduce ...
Summary Sheet - Ontario Centre for Climate Impacts and Adaptation
... storms and droughts), increases in illness an deaths due to poor air quality, food- and water-borne illnesses and the expansion of vector-borne and zoonotic diseases. Vulnerability to the health risks associated with climate change are influenced by exposure to the hazards, sensitivity to the effect ...
... storms and droughts), increases in illness an deaths due to poor air quality, food- and water-borne illnesses and the expansion of vector-borne and zoonotic diseases. Vulnerability to the health risks associated with climate change are influenced by exposure to the hazards, sensitivity to the effect ...
PowerPoint プレゼンテーション
... identify key regions for the bottom-water warming below 2000 m depth in the global ocean. An adjoint sensitivity analysis implies that changes in the water temperature in the local areas in the Southern Ocean can have subtle influence on the water warming in the pentadal/decadal time-scale. We are ...
... identify key regions for the bottom-water warming below 2000 m depth in the global ocean. An adjoint sensitivity analysis implies that changes in the water temperature in the local areas in the Southern Ocean can have subtle influence on the water warming in the pentadal/decadal time-scale. We are ...
Climate Change and Climate Variability
... • IPCC TAR 2001: The Earth’s Climate system has demonstrably changed on both global and regional scales since the preindustrial era. The just-released IPCC-FAR(2007), confirms that Climate change is due to increase in concentration of GHGs. • Stern Review ( 2007) : ‘poorest countries and people will ...
... • IPCC TAR 2001: The Earth’s Climate system has demonstrably changed on both global and regional scales since the preindustrial era. The just-released IPCC-FAR(2007), confirms that Climate change is due to increase in concentration of GHGs. • Stern Review ( 2007) : ‘poorest countries and people will ...
Annex B. Glossary of Terms
... Mechanism projects undertaken in non-Annex I countries that limit or reduce greenhouse gas emissions, when certified by operational entities designated by Conference of the Parties/ Meeting of the Parties, can be accrued to the investor (government or industry) from Parties in Annex B. A share of th ...
... Mechanism projects undertaken in non-Annex I countries that limit or reduce greenhouse gas emissions, when certified by operational entities designated by Conference of the Parties/ Meeting of the Parties, can be accrued to the investor (government or industry) from Parties in Annex B. A share of th ...