WMO Integrated Global Observing System WIGOS
... circulation and transport on land, at sea and in the air) • Poverty alleviation, sustained livelihoods and economic growth (in connection with the Millennium Development Goals) including improved health and social well-being of citizens (related to weather, climate, water and environmental events an ...
... circulation and transport on land, at sea and in the air) • Poverty alleviation, sustained livelihoods and economic growth (in connection with the Millennium Development Goals) including improved health and social well-being of citizens (related to weather, climate, water and environmental events an ...
Common Misconceptions about Climate Change
... ozone depletion, play only a minor role in climate change. The depletion of the stratospheric ozone layer, including the ozone hole, is a serious environmental problem because it causes an increase in ultraviolet radiation, which can harm people, animals, and plants. This is a different problem from ...
... ozone depletion, play only a minor role in climate change. The depletion of the stratospheric ozone layer, including the ozone hole, is a serious environmental problem because it causes an increase in ultraviolet radiation, which can harm people, animals, and plants. This is a different problem from ...
Chapter 20
... been especially rapid since the 1950s. • It is a known fact that humans emit carbon dioxide into the atmosphere due to transportation and industrial processes. • Loss of forested land exacerbates this process, since photosynthesis is a process that removes CO2 from the atmosphere. ...
... been especially rapid since the 1950s. • It is a known fact that humans emit carbon dioxide into the atmosphere due to transportation and industrial processes. • Loss of forested land exacerbates this process, since photosynthesis is a process that removes CO2 from the atmosphere. ...
Communicating climate change
... Yukon Research Centre, Yukon College NCE has provided a range of climate change services to Yukon since 2000, related to: • Adaptation (community climate change adaptation plans, vulnerability assessments, hazard mapping, and mainstreaming…) ...
... Yukon Research Centre, Yukon College NCE has provided a range of climate change services to Yukon since 2000, related to: • Adaptation (community climate change adaptation plans, vulnerability assessments, hazard mapping, and mainstreaming…) ...
The Ethical Framework - Chief Fire Officers Association
... then its down to natural variations; and even if its not down to natural variations, then the amount of warming is insignificant; and if it becomes significant, then the benefits will outweigh the problems, and even if they don’t, technology will come to the rescue; and even if it doesn't, we should ...
... then its down to natural variations; and even if its not down to natural variations, then the amount of warming is insignificant; and if it becomes significant, then the benefits will outweigh the problems, and even if they don’t, technology will come to the rescue; and even if it doesn't, we should ...
CASE STUDY - Climate change
... environmental stress is holding back the efforts of the world’s poor to build a better life for themselves and their children. ...
... environmental stress is holding back the efforts of the world’s poor to build a better life for themselves and their children. ...
Earth System Feedbacks: Vulnerability of the Carbon Cycle to
... variability and trends of rainfall, runoff, and evaporation. Such changes are thought to result to some degree from increasing emissions of human-driven greenhouse gases (GHG), and consequently, expected to become even larger during the course of this century as GHG emissions increase. Global Climat ...
... variability and trends of rainfall, runoff, and evaporation. Such changes are thought to result to some degree from increasing emissions of human-driven greenhouse gases (GHG), and consequently, expected to become even larger during the course of this century as GHG emissions increase. Global Climat ...
STATE OF WARMING OVER AFRICAN LAND MASSES IN 2016
... The year 2016 was the warmest on record over the African land masses since 1950 (Figure 1). The average temperature over the continent was 1.5 degrees Celsius higher than the 1961-1990 average, beating the year 2010, which was the previous warmest year in Africa. With the pre-industrial era as refer ...
... The year 2016 was the warmest on record over the African land masses since 1950 (Figure 1). The average temperature over the continent was 1.5 degrees Celsius higher than the 1961-1990 average, beating the year 2010, which was the previous warmest year in Africa. With the pre-industrial era as refer ...
Long term modeling - Centre International de Recherche
... Constitutional phase: negotiation and entry into force of the Convention on Climate change • Rio (1992): FCC (Framework on Climate Change) – Article 2: “The ultimate objective of this Convention and any related legal instruments that the Conference of the Parties may adopt is to achieve, in accorda ...
... Constitutional phase: negotiation and entry into force of the Convention on Climate change • Rio (1992): FCC (Framework on Climate Change) – Article 2: “The ultimate objective of this Convention and any related legal instruments that the Conference of the Parties may adopt is to achieve, in accorda ...
General economy models (GEM)
... different economic sectors. In addition, exogenous assumptions on e.g. demographic changes, government interventions or environmental conditions are fed into the models. Dynamic models also depend on initial conditions and allocation of resources over time, e.g. through investment decisions. Model o ...
... different economic sectors. In addition, exogenous assumptions on e.g. demographic changes, government interventions or environmental conditions are fed into the models. Dynamic models also depend on initial conditions and allocation of resources over time, e.g. through investment decisions. Model o ...
Ouranos Climate Change Summary Report
... possible of the regional climate model. This allows for a better representation of the local/regional characteristics (topography, land cover, etc.) and finer spatial and temporal resolution than the global circulation models, providing results more applicable for such impacts and adaptation assessm ...
... possible of the regional climate model. This allows for a better representation of the local/regional characteristics (topography, land cover, etc.) and finer spatial and temporal resolution than the global circulation models, providing results more applicable for such impacts and adaptation assessm ...
DavidWarrilow_UKApproach_AAAS_021304
... How do we get to stabilisation? • All stabilisation levels require deep cuts in global emissions. • The stabilisation level attained is dependent on how fast reductions are put in place. • Some climate change will be inevitable so we will need to adapt. • Less action on emissions = more damage and ...
... How do we get to stabilisation? • All stabilisation levels require deep cuts in global emissions. • The stabilisation level attained is dependent on how fast reductions are put in place. • Some climate change will be inevitable so we will need to adapt. • Less action on emissions = more damage and ...
DavidWarrilow_UKApproach_AAAS_021304
... How do we get to stabilisation? • All stabilisation levels require deep cuts in global emissions. • The stabilisation level attained is dependent on how fast reductions are put in place. • Some climate change will be inevitable so we will need to adapt. • Less action on emissions = more damage and ...
... How do we get to stabilisation? • All stabilisation levels require deep cuts in global emissions. • The stabilisation level attained is dependent on how fast reductions are put in place. • Some climate change will be inevitable so we will need to adapt. • Less action on emissions = more damage and ...
The quest for climate control Aubrey Meyer The Guardian, 2 April 2008
... two-thirds were responsible for 20% of emissions. To cap that, the climate-changedamages driven by the pollution of the rich on the heads of the poor were estimated to be growing at a rate of 6% a year – in other words, at twice the rate of economic growth. So the debate was how to prevent climate c ...
... two-thirds were responsible for 20% of emissions. To cap that, the climate-changedamages driven by the pollution of the rich on the heads of the poor were estimated to be growing at a rate of 6% a year – in other words, at twice the rate of economic growth. So the debate was how to prevent climate c ...
Elements of climate science- policy interaction in Germany
... BACC) derived with scientific methods These tasks are integrated in “regional climate offices“ and a “Climate Service Center” to improve science-stakeholder interaction in particular regions and on the national/European level ...
... BACC) derived with scientific methods These tasks are integrated in “regional climate offices“ and a “Climate Service Center” to improve science-stakeholder interaction in particular regions and on the national/European level ...
The impacts of climate change on tourism
... change in connection with tourism The most famous tourist attractions can be destroyed by the effects of climate change So they lose part of their tourist sights. Tourism decreases in those areas Moreover it can destroy even the best tourist resorts once and for all. ...
... change in connection with tourism The most famous tourist attractions can be destroyed by the effects of climate change So they lose part of their tourist sights. Tourism decreases in those areas Moreover it can destroy even the best tourist resorts once and for all. ...
Open Government Act of 2010 - Council of the District of Columbia
... wishes to preserve a planet similar to that on which civilization developed and to which life on Earth is adapted, paleoclimate evidence and climate change suggest that CO2 will need to be reduced from its current 385 ppm to at most 350 ppm.” (4) The Environmental Protection Agency determined that c ...
... wishes to preserve a planet similar to that on which civilization developed and to which life on Earth is adapted, paleoclimate evidence and climate change suggest that CO2 will need to be reduced from its current 385 ppm to at most 350 ppm.” (4) The Environmental Protection Agency determined that c ...
How the Latest Generation of Supercomputers Speeds Global
... Running simulations on the spatial and temporal scale needed for climate change research requires maximum computational speed and scalability in order to execute in practical time frames. It turns out that in today’s HPC cluster technology, moving data in and out of the processing units is often the ...
... Running simulations on the spatial and temporal scale needed for climate change research requires maximum computational speed and scalability in order to execute in practical time frames. It turns out that in today’s HPC cluster technology, moving data in and out of the processing units is often the ...
Global Climate Change Fact Sheet - Minnesota Pollution Control
... change in climate lasting for decades or longer. A certain amount of climate change can result from natural factors, such as variations in the sun's intensity or, over very long periods of time, changes in the earth's orbit or position of the continents. But scientists believe that the changes now g ...
... change in climate lasting for decades or longer. A certain amount of climate change can result from natural factors, such as variations in the sun's intensity or, over very long periods of time, changes in the earth's orbit or position of the continents. But scientists believe that the changes now g ...
Modelling the interactions between climate change and rice
... Some areas are projected to become wetter, others drier with an overall increase projected Annual mean precipitation change: 2071 to 2100 Relative to 1990 ...
... Some areas are projected to become wetter, others drier with an overall increase projected Annual mean precipitation change: 2071 to 2100 Relative to 1990 ...
Hot research on roasted lizards - The International Biogeography
... sponses of species to climate change. The incorporation of ecological and behavioral mechanisms into models attempting to provide insight of the likely responses of species to climate change is welcomed (Brook et al. 2009), but when such attempts involve large numbers of species and biogeographical ...
... sponses of species to climate change. The incorporation of ecological and behavioral mechanisms into models attempting to provide insight of the likely responses of species to climate change is welcomed (Brook et al. 2009), but when such attempts involve large numbers of species and biogeographical ...
Slide 1 - climateknowledge.org
... • Warm, salty water on the surface moves to high northern and southern latitudes, where it sinks. • The area where there is strong, localized exchange, bottom water currents develop which return cold water towards the equator (heat exchange). • The area where there is strong localized exchange is si ...
... • Warm, salty water on the surface moves to high northern and southern latitudes, where it sinks. • The area where there is strong, localized exchange, bottom water currents develop which return cold water towards the equator (heat exchange). • The area where there is strong localized exchange is si ...