Human Impacts on Climate: A Broader View than Reported in the IPCC
... anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and other important agents and mechanisms, together with the typical geographical extent (spatial scale) of the forcing and the assessed level of scientific understanding (LOSU). The net anthropogenic radiative forcing and its ra ...
... anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and other important agents and mechanisms, together with the typical geographical extent (spatial scale) of the forcing and the assessed level of scientific understanding (LOSU). The net anthropogenic radiative forcing and its ra ...
Annotated draft outline of the 2016 EEA CCIV report
... German vulnerability indicators (Source: UBA, DE) 5.6 Vulnerability to Birgit Georgi (ACC4) Revised section climate change in urban regions 6. Strengthening the knowledge base 6.1 Indicator and data Andre Jol (ACC4) needs 6.2 Copernicus Climate Andre Jol (ACC4) New section describing the current sta ...
... German vulnerability indicators (Source: UBA, DE) 5.6 Vulnerability to Birgit Georgi (ACC4) Revised section climate change in urban regions 6. Strengthening the knowledge base 6.1 Indicator and data Andre Jol (ACC4) needs 6.2 Copernicus Climate Andre Jol (ACC4) New section describing the current sta ...
Analyzing Urban Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change: A
... emissions. Cities occupy two percent of the world’s land mass and contribute more than twothirds of global GHG emissions. But cities should not only be blamed for their role as problem causers. They can also contribute substantially to problem-solving. The analysis of mega-cities as key areas of res ...
... emissions. Cities occupy two percent of the world’s land mass and contribute more than twothirds of global GHG emissions. But cities should not only be blamed for their role as problem causers. They can also contribute substantially to problem-solving. The analysis of mega-cities as key areas of res ...
Preparing Low-Emission Climate-Resilient Development
... term across sectors (e.g. agriculture, industry, energy, water, etc.) if immediate action is not taken to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 50 percent by 2050 from 1990 levels. Global warming will lead to erratic and extreme weather events, floods, droughts, and sea-level rise, which could adver ...
... term across sectors (e.g. agriculture, industry, energy, water, etc.) if immediate action is not taken to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 50 percent by 2050 from 1990 levels. Global warming will lead to erratic and extreme weather events, floods, droughts, and sea-level rise, which could adver ...
one planet – one Future
... more food, 45% more energy and 30% more water to meet the needs of the growing population – and its increasing consumption patterns. This comes at a time when we are increasingly confronting the planet’s resource limitations and globally there are still 1.3 billion people living on less than $1.25 a ...
... more food, 45% more energy and 30% more water to meet the needs of the growing population – and its increasing consumption patterns. This comes at a time when we are increasingly confronting the planet’s resource limitations and globally there are still 1.3 billion people living on less than $1.25 a ...
Myanmar`s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution
... of technical knowledge and best practice, training and institutional support. To promote evidence-based planning and policy making through the integration of climate change mitigation experience into sub-national, state and regional development planning initiatives. To increase awareness of climate ...
... of technical knowledge and best practice, training and institutional support. To promote evidence-based planning and policy making through the integration of climate change mitigation experience into sub-national, state and regional development planning initiatives. To increase awareness of climate ...
Increasing Atmospheric Poleward Energy Transport with Global
... where a is the radius of the earth, φ is latitude, and λ is longitude. To evaluate the change in MSE flux, we calculate the difference between the warmer and the control periods listed in Table 1. The change in northward MSE flux in each model is plotted in Fig. 1. Most models show increasing polewa ...
... where a is the radius of the earth, φ is latitude, and λ is longitude. To evaluate the change in MSE flux, we calculate the difference between the warmer and the control periods listed in Table 1. The change in northward MSE flux in each model is plotted in Fig. 1. Most models show increasing polewa ...
II. Analysis of the Provisions of the Convention Preamble The
... Paragraph 4 recognises the role and importance of terrestrial and marine ecosystems as sinks and reservoirs of greenhouse gases. Paragraph 5 recognises the difficulties in making correct assessment because of the uncertainities in predictions of climate change particularly with regard to the timing, ...
... Paragraph 4 recognises the role and importance of terrestrial and marine ecosystems as sinks and reservoirs of greenhouse gases. Paragraph 5 recognises the difficulties in making correct assessment because of the uncertainities in predictions of climate change particularly with regard to the timing, ...
The evolution of, and revolution in, land surface schemes designed
... surface is significant on climate and that changes in the land surface can influence regional- to global-scale climate on time scales from days to millennia. Further, there is now a suggestion that the terrestrial carbon sink may decrease as global temperatures increase as a consequence of rising CO ...
... surface is significant on climate and that changes in the land surface can influence regional- to global-scale climate on time scales from days to millennia. Further, there is now a suggestion that the terrestrial carbon sink may decrease as global temperatures increase as a consequence of rising CO ...
Annex - Environment Bureau
... 1.9 In the 2008/09 Policy Address, the Chief Executive announced that the Government would make early preparations to meet the challenge of climate change. In particular, we will enhance energy efficiency, use clean fuels, rely less on fossil fuels, and promote a low carbon economy – an economy base ...
... 1.9 In the 2008/09 Policy Address, the Chief Executive announced that the Government would make early preparations to meet the challenge of climate change. In particular, we will enhance energy efficiency, use clean fuels, rely less on fossil fuels, and promote a low carbon economy – an economy base ...
REPUBLIC REPUBLIC OF NAURU
... projected temperature increases due to existing and inevitable near term future levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere which will be sufficient to cause global warming well beyond the 1.5 degrees Celsius that is considered safe for SIDS. This temperature increase will put in place an inevitabl ...
... projected temperature increases due to existing and inevitable near term future levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere which will be sufficient to cause global warming well beyond the 1.5 degrees Celsius that is considered safe for SIDS. This temperature increase will put in place an inevitabl ...
NRDC: Clean Power – The Case for Carbon Pollution Limits
... Obama’s climate action initiative—promises to be the most important action the government can take to combat climate change before it’s too late to avoid the worst impacts. The plan also is critical to spurring an international agreement to slow the impacts of climate change at this December’s U.N. ...
... Obama’s climate action initiative—promises to be the most important action the government can take to combat climate change before it’s too late to avoid the worst impacts. The plan also is critical to spurring an international agreement to slow the impacts of climate change at this December’s U.N. ...
Climate in the Pacific: a regional summary of new science and
... Small island developing states in the tropical Pacific are increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of climate variability, extremes and change, including loss and damage to infrastructure and natural assets from climaterelated natural disasters and associated threats to health and wellbeing of the po ...
... Small island developing states in the tropical Pacific are increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of climate variability, extremes and change, including loss and damage to infrastructure and natural assets from climaterelated natural disasters and associated threats to health and wellbeing of the po ...
UN report: The coming financial climate
... business and the economy. Finance is a keystone in meeting these challenges and opportunities. The financial system exists to support our choices to save, consume and invest. When it works efficiently and effectively, it deploys finance in ways that creates dynamic, inclusive and sustainable economi ...
... business and the economy. Finance is a keystone in meeting these challenges and opportunities. The financial system exists to support our choices to save, consume and invest. When it works efficiently and effectively, it deploys finance in ways that creates dynamic, inclusive and sustainable economi ...
Using the UKCP09 probabilistic scenarios to model the amplified
... step of the uncertainty cascade to try to quantify the uncertainty in the impact response. However, this approach has yet to be fully endorsed by geomorphic modellers, possibly due to their long model run times and the added complexity of sediment transport. As a result, to date there are few, if an ...
... step of the uncertainty cascade to try to quantify the uncertainty in the impact response. However, this approach has yet to be fully endorsed by geomorphic modellers, possibly due to their long model run times and the added complexity of sediment transport. As a result, to date there are few, if an ...
The US Economic Impacts of Climate Change and the Costs of
... This report presents a review of economic studies for the United States and relates them to predicted impacts of climate change. The summary findings are organized by region and identify the key sectors likely affected by climate change, the main impacts to be expected, as well as estimates of costs ...
... This report presents a review of economic studies for the United States and relates them to predicted impacts of climate change. The summary findings are organized by region and identify the key sectors likely affected by climate change, the main impacts to be expected, as well as estimates of costs ...
Local Climate Change Governance
... consequence of transforming attitudes to anthropogenic climate change is a global movement in the direction of creating a low carbon society. Because both its causes and consequences are distributed around the world, climate change is generally understood to be a global problem in need of global ans ...
... consequence of transforming attitudes to anthropogenic climate change is a global movement in the direction of creating a low carbon society. Because both its causes and consequences are distributed around the world, climate change is generally understood to be a global problem in need of global ans ...
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... climate change on river regimes in the Iberian Peninsula [10–12], but few studies have been conducted in North-Western Spain [13]. In this area, especially in Galicia, most rivers have little or no flow data available for such analyses. Records of river discharges are relatively recent in the region ...
... climate change on river regimes in the Iberian Peninsula [10–12], but few studies have been conducted in North-Western Spain [13]. In this area, especially in Galicia, most rivers have little or no flow data available for such analyses. Records of river discharges are relatively recent in the region ...
Quantifying Vulnerability to Climate Change: Implications for
... opposite direction. Extensive research suggests that income growth has a significant riskreducing impact, via greater willingness to pay for personal security, a lower discount rate, and greater support for public investments in risk reduction.12 This factor might cause reported losses to hold stead ...
... opposite direction. Extensive research suggests that income growth has a significant riskreducing impact, via greater willingness to pay for personal security, a lower discount rate, and greater support for public investments in risk reduction.12 This factor might cause reported losses to hold stead ...
Directory of finance sources for climate change mitigation in
... This directory includes information on potential sources of funding for projects that seek to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in agriculture in low-income countries. To meet food security needs as well as commitments to reducing GHG emissions, a number of countries have been interested in how ...
... This directory includes information on potential sources of funding for projects that seek to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in agriculture in low-income countries. To meet food security needs as well as commitments to reducing GHG emissions, a number of countries have been interested in how ...
Energy-Water-Climate Change Scenario Report
... concentrations of several categories of emissions based on assumptions about economic activity, energy sources, population growth and other socio-economic factors. 3 If one assumes a value for RCP, it can be translated into a range of potential future global temperature increases relative to a given ...
... concentrations of several categories of emissions based on assumptions about economic activity, energy sources, population growth and other socio-economic factors. 3 If one assumes a value for RCP, it can be translated into a range of potential future global temperature increases relative to a given ...
COP15 side event
... Uncertainty can be result of new ways of knowledge production Acknowledge that not all uncertainties can be quantified Openly deal with deeper dimensions of uncertainty Tools: Knowledge Quality Assessment ...
... Uncertainty can be result of new ways of knowledge production Acknowledge that not all uncertainties can be quantified Openly deal with deeper dimensions of uncertainty Tools: Knowledge Quality Assessment ...
Massachusetts Climate Protection Plan
... way we dispose of solid waste, add climate pollutants to the atmosphere. There are, fortunately, a broad range of opportunities to slow down these GHG releases through common sense, costeffective actions that also advance other important state objectives, including sustainable economic development, ...
... way we dispose of solid waste, add climate pollutants to the atmosphere. There are, fortunately, a broad range of opportunities to slow down these GHG releases through common sense, costeffective actions that also advance other important state objectives, including sustainable economic development, ...
Riedy CAGs-AUS-ED_accepted - OPUS at UTS
... An important progression for members of CAGs was to take these private sphere concerns and motivations around climate change into public space. Essentially, the group provided a facilitating mechanism for this move from the private sphere to the public sphere. The CAGs consisted of like-minded peopl ...
... An important progression for members of CAGs was to take these private sphere concerns and motivations around climate change into public space. Essentially, the group provided a facilitating mechanism for this move from the private sphere to the public sphere. The CAGs consisted of like-minded peopl ...
Climate Change and Adaptation in Muskoka
... Climate change will have a significant impact on the Muskoka watersheds over the next 100 years. Although mitigation is necessary to reduce future climate change impacts, the climate would continue to warm until the end of the current century, even if all carbon emissions ceased today. Adaptation is ...
... Climate change will have a significant impact on the Muskoka watersheds over the next 100 years. Although mitigation is necessary to reduce future climate change impacts, the climate would continue to warm until the end of the current century, even if all carbon emissions ceased today. Adaptation is ...