
Slide 1 - climateknowledge.org
... (US in part of this.) • UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992, non-binding, voluntary, 192 signers) – Reduce CO2 Emissions in 2000 to 1990 levels – Inventories of greenhouse gas emissions – Mitigate Climate Change ...
... (US in part of this.) • UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992, non-binding, voluntary, 192 signers) – Reduce CO2 Emissions in 2000 to 1990 levels – Inventories of greenhouse gas emissions – Mitigate Climate Change ...
hamlet_harc_oct_2003 - UW Hydro
... “horizontal” linkage between climate research and a group of “vertically integrated” research teams in several traditional academic disciplines has proven to be a useful one for the Climate Impacts Group. This research strategy has laid the foundation for future work with increasing horizontal integ ...
... “horizontal” linkage between climate research and a group of “vertically integrated” research teams in several traditional academic disciplines has proven to be a useful one for the Climate Impacts Group. This research strategy has laid the foundation for future work with increasing horizontal integ ...
Susan R. ESPINUEVA, Philippines Meteorological Society
... network of ground stations across the country that would provide supplementary data on local rainfall measurement in specific areas. ...
... network of ground stations across the country that would provide supplementary data on local rainfall measurement in specific areas. ...
Paradise almost lost: Maldives seek to buy a new homeland
... He said Sri Lanka and India were targets because they had similar cultures, cuisines and climates. Australia was also being considered because of the amount of unoccupied land available. "We do not want to leave the Maldives, but we also do not want to be climate refugees living in tents for decades ...
... He said Sri Lanka and India were targets because they had similar cultures, cuisines and climates. Australia was also being considered because of the amount of unoccupied land available. "We do not want to leave the Maldives, but we also do not want to be climate refugees living in tents for decades ...
Leaflet on Integrating Climate Change into Forest Policies and Practices
... without the world’s forests. This, however, will be a complex and challenging feat. Nonetheless, it is one of the best large-scale investments we can make against climate change that could result in an equally large-scale dividend.” ...
... without the world’s forests. This, however, will be a complex and challenging feat. Nonetheless, it is one of the best large-scale investments we can make against climate change that could result in an equally large-scale dividend.” ...
Confronting climate change: Ethical issues
... the worst-case scenario occur; act so as to prioritize reasonable protection for the worst-off. ...
... the worst-case scenario occur; act so as to prioritize reasonable protection for the worst-off. ...
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
... twelve wise men and women – the elected councillors who are making huge decisions like this and they are relying on guidance from experts but in the end they are butchers, bakers and candlestick ...
... twelve wise men and women – the elected councillors who are making huge decisions like this and they are relying on guidance from experts but in the end they are butchers, bakers and candlestick ...
Correcting the carbon cycle representation: How
... between anthropogenic emissions of the main greenhouse gas, CO2 , and the resulting atmospheric concentration”; in particular, since “errors in predicting the carbon budget could come at high economic costs”. However, from an economist’s point of view such an effort can be recommended only if it mus ...
... between anthropogenic emissions of the main greenhouse gas, CO2 , and the resulting atmospheric concentration”; in particular, since “errors in predicting the carbon budget could come at high economic costs”. However, from an economist’s point of view such an effort can be recommended only if it mus ...
Medieval Warm Period - Natural Climate Change
... was on the origin of the ice ages, the possibility of an imminent future ice age, and the first explorations of the so-called Little Ice Age and Medieval Warm Period. Even in the first IPCC assessment (IPCC, 1990), many climatic variations prior to the instrumental record were not that well known or ...
... was on the origin of the ice ages, the possibility of an imminent future ice age, and the first explorations of the so-called Little Ice Age and Medieval Warm Period. Even in the first IPCC assessment (IPCC, 1990), many climatic variations prior to the instrumental record were not that well known or ...
Greenhouse gases - Aktuel Naturvidenskab
... Where E is the total energy radiated per unit area per unit time measured in W/m2, σ is the Stefan-Boltzmann constant (5,67×10-8 W/m2/K4) and T is absolute body temperature measured in Kelvin. By inserting 236 W/m2 on the left side of the equation (i.e. the amount of energy the earth radiates averag ...
... Where E is the total energy radiated per unit area per unit time measured in W/m2, σ is the Stefan-Boltzmann constant (5,67×10-8 W/m2/K4) and T is absolute body temperature measured in Kelvin. By inserting 236 W/m2 on the left side of the equation (i.e. the amount of energy the earth radiates averag ...
Kathleen (Kat) Huybers: Curriculum Vitae
... • Sierra Club’s Seattle Inner City Outings Leader September 2005–December 2007 & January 2010–Present. ◦ Inner City Outings provides monthly opportunities for urban youth in the Seattle area to explore, enjoy and protect the natural world. ◦ Served as team lead for the 2006-2007, 2013-2014, and 2014 ...
... • Sierra Club’s Seattle Inner City Outings Leader September 2005–December 2007 & January 2010–Present. ◦ Inner City Outings provides monthly opportunities for urban youth in the Seattle area to explore, enjoy and protect the natural world. ◦ Served as team lead for the 2006-2007, 2013-2014, and 2014 ...
Document
... cheaply can do so beyond their targeted amount and sell the excess through an open market. As some countries or companies will be able to meet their emissions reduction commitments more easily and at lower cost than others, emissions trading creates a market for the right to emit greenhouse gases, t ...
... cheaply can do so beyond their targeted amount and sell the excess through an open market. As some countries or companies will be able to meet their emissions reduction commitments more easily and at lower cost than others, emissions trading creates a market for the right to emit greenhouse gases, t ...
A Combination Method for Improving the Flood Predictability in the
... where R, P, E0 are runoff, precipitation, and potential evaporation; f represents the function R=f(P, E0, n); and ε1 and ε2 are the climate elasticity of runoff to precipitation and potential evaporation. Both the climate and catchment characteristics have large spatial variations in China, which wi ...
... where R, P, E0 are runoff, precipitation, and potential evaporation; f represents the function R=f(P, E0, n); and ε1 and ε2 are the climate elasticity of runoff to precipitation and potential evaporation. Both the climate and catchment characteristics have large spatial variations in China, which wi ...
Report of the Working Group on Climate Change
... Distribution of average annual minimum temperature (°C) in Assam under IPCC A2 climate scenario for the time period of 2071-2100 ...
... Distribution of average annual minimum temperature (°C) in Assam under IPCC A2 climate scenario for the time period of 2071-2100 ...
4. Climate Change Scenarios
... Older GCM runs, roughly up to the early 1990s, tended to simulate current conditions and static conditions in the future, typically for CO2 doubling. Since then, more sophisticated GCMs have been developed that allow us to simulate changes in climate over time. Such simulations are referred to as “t ...
... Older GCM runs, roughly up to the early 1990s, tended to simulate current conditions and static conditions in the future, typically for CO2 doubling. Since then, more sophisticated GCMs have been developed that allow us to simulate changes in climate over time. Such simulations are referred to as “t ...
Framing the Fifth-Century Climate
... empire sat at the juncture of some of the most important climate gradients in the northern hemisphere. The western and northern parts of the empire were under the overarching influence of Atlantic climate mechanisms, which continued to exert an influence even into the central and eastern regions und ...
... empire sat at the juncture of some of the most important climate gradients in the northern hemisphere. The western and northern parts of the empire were under the overarching influence of Atlantic climate mechanisms, which continued to exert an influence even into the central and eastern regions und ...
Regional Climate Messages for East Africa
... Indian Ocean. Temperatures are high throughout the year across much of the region with cooler temperatures in the highland regions of Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania. Northern regions receive the majority of rainfall in the June to August period, southern regions receive the majority of rainfall in the ...
... Indian Ocean. Temperatures are high throughout the year across much of the region with cooler temperatures in the highland regions of Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania. Northern regions receive the majority of rainfall in the June to August period, southern regions receive the majority of rainfall in the ...
To what extent can orbital forcing still be seen as the “pacemaker of
... The transition between glacial and interglacial conditions could result from snowalbedo feedback. Albedo can be increased or decreased as a consequence of internal forcing factors. Large volcanic eruptions may expel vast quantities of dust and ash into the atmosphere. Deposition of such particles ov ...
... The transition between glacial and interglacial conditions could result from snowalbedo feedback. Albedo can be increased or decreased as a consequence of internal forcing factors. Large volcanic eruptions may expel vast quantities of dust and ash into the atmosphere. Deposition of such particles ov ...
an inconvenient truth
... sinks are rainforests as growing trees absorb carbon and oceans. Climate Change the change in average conditions of the atmosphere near the earth's surface over a long period of time. El Niño It refers to the extensive warming of the central and eastern Pacific that leads to a major shift in weather ...
... sinks are rainforests as growing trees absorb carbon and oceans. Climate Change the change in average conditions of the atmosphere near the earth's surface over a long period of time. El Niño It refers to the extensive warming of the central and eastern Pacific that leads to a major shift in weather ...