Recent worldwide CO2 emissions - Digging in the Clay
... there are other views of ethics, leadership, pollution. London doesn't have smog any more, and that's thanks to all 7 million people all following the lead of whoever went first”. Futility of Man-made Climate Control by limiting CO2 emissions ...
... there are other views of ethics, leadership, pollution. London doesn't have smog any more, and that's thanks to all 7 million people all following the lead of whoever went first”. Futility of Man-made Climate Control by limiting CO2 emissions ...
The effects of climate changes on aquifer storage
... Wilkinson & Cooper (1993) simulated changes in recharge, baseflow and storage in aquifers having fast, intermediate and slow response characteristics, identified in the United Kingdom with the Limestone, Triassic sandstone and Chalk aquifers. In an idealized dimensionless analysis, recharge was assu ...
... Wilkinson & Cooper (1993) simulated changes in recharge, baseflow and storage in aquifers having fast, intermediate and slow response characteristics, identified in the United Kingdom with the Limestone, Triassic sandstone and Chalk aquifers. In an idealized dimensionless analysis, recharge was assu ...
Atmospheric Recovery Litigation - University of Oregon School of Law
... structure geared toward forcing urgent emissions reduction around the world.12 The approach recognizes that, while there is no panacea to a climate negotiation stalemate, domestic courts do have the power to order swift and decisive relief responsive to the climate crisis.13 The litigation seeks jud ...
... structure geared toward forcing urgent emissions reduction around the world.12 The approach recognizes that, while there is no panacea to a climate negotiation stalemate, domestic courts do have the power to order swift and decisive relief responsive to the climate crisis.13 The litigation seeks jud ...
V. Objectives of the Inter-Regional Technical Support Component
... Africa is particularly vulnerable to climate change. It will exacerbate the economic, political and humanitarian stresses that countries in the region already face, and greatly reduce their capacity to eradicate extreme poverty. The poorest segments of society will be the most severely affected beca ...
... Africa is particularly vulnerable to climate change. It will exacerbate the economic, political and humanitarian stresses that countries in the region already face, and greatly reduce their capacity to eradicate extreme poverty. The poorest segments of society will be the most severely affected beca ...
Governing the future under climate change: contested visions of
... change impacts often implies a notion of permanent solutions, despite growing awareness (discussed further below) of continual change in the environment and thus continual shifting of adaptation targets. Combined with the idea of being able to neutralise all climate change ...
... change impacts often implies a notion of permanent solutions, despite growing awareness (discussed further below) of continual change in the environment and thus continual shifting of adaptation targets. Combined with the idea of being able to neutralise all climate change ...
The representative concentration pathways: an overview
... and allow for a smooth transition between analyses of historical and future periods; 4) The RCPs should cover the time period up to 2100, but information also needs to be made available for the centuries thereafter. The requirement that the RCPs are based on existing literature (criterion 1) is rela ...
... and allow for a smooth transition between analyses of historical and future periods; 4) The RCPs should cover the time period up to 2100, but information also needs to be made available for the centuries thereafter. The requirement that the RCPs are based on existing literature (criterion 1) is rela ...
Warming Good - RS - DDI
... are "critical to maintaining biodiversity and supporting fishery catches." Hence, the study’s authors write they are keen to examine what the future might hold in this regard, noting, "effects of climate-driven production change on marine ecosystems and fisheries can be explored using food web model ...
... are "critical to maintaining biodiversity and supporting fishery catches." Hence, the study’s authors write they are keen to examine what the future might hold in this regard, noting, "effects of climate-driven production change on marine ecosystems and fisheries can be explored using food web model ...
Climatic Threat Spaces as a Tool to Assess Current and Future
... have affected crop production. Particularly, El Niño or La Niña years are specified in the plot, to visualize the possible effect of strong El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) years, which have been documented in previous studies (Podesta et al., 2000; Magaña, 1999; Seiler and Vinocur, 2004) in the ...
... have affected crop production. Particularly, El Niño or La Niña years are specified in the plot, to visualize the possible effect of strong El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) years, which have been documented in previous studies (Podesta et al., 2000; Magaña, 1999; Seiler and Vinocur, 2004) in the ...
Future climate warming and changes to mountain permafrost in the
... Northern Hemisphere permafrost will continue to decline during the 21st century (IPCC 2013, p.1032), similar predictions for Southern Hemisphere permafrost are not available. This represents a substantial knowledge gap, particularly in regions where water security is already at risk. Here, we addres ...
... Northern Hemisphere permafrost will continue to decline during the 21st century (IPCC 2013, p.1032), similar predictions for Southern Hemisphere permafrost are not available. This represents a substantial knowledge gap, particularly in regions where water security is already at risk. Here, we addres ...
AHEAD OF THE STORM…. Preparing Toronto for Climate Change
... Climate changes are already being seen in Toronto. In the last decade, the City has been subjected to extreme heat, floods, drought, new insect pests, new vector-borne diseases and other problems made worse by climate change. Even if the world is successful in getting emissions under control, clima ...
... Climate changes are already being seen in Toronto. In the last decade, the City has been subjected to extreme heat, floods, drought, new insect pests, new vector-borne diseases and other problems made worse by climate change. Even if the world is successful in getting emissions under control, clima ...
Long-term changes in environmental characteristics required by
... listing under the Endangered Species status due to long-term population declines. Greater sagegrouse now are classified as a candidate species: listing is warranted but precluded by other priorities. Thus, identifying populations at long-term risk can lead to conservation actions that maintain sage- ...
... listing under the Endangered Species status due to long-term population declines. Greater sagegrouse now are classified as a candidate species: listing is warranted but precluded by other priorities. Thus, identifying populations at long-term risk can lead to conservation actions that maintain sage- ...
Hadley Cell (HC) Circulation response to Climate
... this result is not persistent in all the Atmospheric-Ocean models. It is difficult to consider if the changes that already happened in the past to this circulation are due to climate change or a natural fluctuation of the circulation, the same as the results obtained by numerical models for climate ...
... this result is not persistent in all the Atmospheric-Ocean models. It is difficult to consider if the changes that already happened in the past to this circulation are due to climate change or a natural fluctuation of the circulation, the same as the results obtained by numerical models for climate ...
Anthony Patt ETH Zürich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
... Patt, Anthony, Detlef van Vuuren, Frans Berkhout, Asbjørn Aaheim, Andries Hof, Morna Isaac, and Reinhard Mechler (2010). Adaptation in integrated assessment modeling: where do we stand? Climatic Change 99: 383 – 402. Patt, Anthony, Mark Tadross, Patrick Nussbaumer, Kwabena Asante, Marc Metzger, José ...
... Patt, Anthony, Detlef van Vuuren, Frans Berkhout, Asbjørn Aaheim, Andries Hof, Morna Isaac, and Reinhard Mechler (2010). Adaptation in integrated assessment modeling: where do we stand? Climatic Change 99: 383 – 402. Patt, Anthony, Mark Tadross, Patrick Nussbaumer, Kwabena Asante, Marc Metzger, José ...
STRUCTURE OF THE INDC
... relies mostly on external aid (donors) to finance its adaptation measures towards CC as the country is unable to meet the costs of adaptation on its own. Kiribati has received external assistance to formulate its Kiribati Joint Implementation Plan on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management (KJIP ...
... relies mostly on external aid (donors) to finance its adaptation measures towards CC as the country is unable to meet the costs of adaptation on its own. Kiribati has received external assistance to formulate its Kiribati Joint Implementation Plan on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management (KJIP ...
An Analysis of the Dismal Theorem - Yale Economics
... calculates expected discounted utilities without considering that structural uncertainty might matter more than discounting or pure risk. Such a middle-of-thedistribution modeler should be prepared to explain why the bad fat tail of the posterior-predictive PDF is not empirically relevant and does n ...
... calculates expected discounted utilities without considering that structural uncertainty might matter more than discounting or pure risk. Such a middle-of-thedistribution modeler should be prepared to explain why the bad fat tail of the posterior-predictive PDF is not empirically relevant and does n ...
Author`s personal copy - College of DuPage Weather
... mode due to the 4 km grid spacing of the RCM. The use of UH would conceptually trigger more supercell events (due to the associated size of a mesocyclone relative to the horizontal grid spacing used) versus events produced by other convective modes (e.g., squall lines). Spatially, the largest increa ...
... mode due to the 4 km grid spacing of the RCM. The use of UH would conceptually trigger more supercell events (due to the associated size of a mesocyclone relative to the horizontal grid spacing used) versus events produced by other convective modes (e.g., squall lines). Spatially, the largest increa ...
Primer on Short-Lived Climate Pollutants
... or all in the total forcing of black carbon, but most excluding it completely, which has lead them to the conclusion that the combination of organic carbon co-pollutants with black carbon causes net global cooling.50 Brown carbon’s warming effect appears to be offsetting some or all of the lighter o ...
... or all in the total forcing of black carbon, but most excluding it completely, which has lead them to the conclusion that the combination of organic carbon co-pollutants with black carbon causes net global cooling.50 Brown carbon’s warming effect appears to be offsetting some or all of the lighter o ...
BACKGROUND PAPER Prepared for the 2015 Global Assessment
... Although development is generally considered a key element to reducing vulnerability to disasters and climate change, not all development will do this; in fact, some development will increase vulnerability. This is because “development” is a broad term that encompasses everything from literacy and h ...
... Although development is generally considered a key element to reducing vulnerability to disasters and climate change, not all development will do this; in fact, some development will increase vulnerability. This is because “development” is a broad term that encompasses everything from literacy and h ...
What is dangerous climate change?
... to the risks. Risks in China for example appear to be severe if CO2 fertilization of crop production is low but small to modest if CO2 fertilization is high. Avoidance of the risks to food production identified for the 2-2.5°C warming range, if defined as dangerous in relation to Article 2 of the UN ...
... to the risks. Risks in China for example appear to be severe if CO2 fertilization of crop production is low but small to modest if CO2 fertilization is high. Avoidance of the risks to food production identified for the 2-2.5°C warming range, if defined as dangerous in relation to Article 2 of the UN ...
