The influence of constrained fossil fuel emissions scenarios on
... similar to those observed in the real world climate. Koutsoyiannis (2010) proposed that a stochastic approach using a deterministic dynamic model within a Monte Carlo framework (to account for inherent lack of precision and accuracy in values such as initial conditions) can be considered an “all-tim ...
... similar to those observed in the real world climate. Koutsoyiannis (2010) proposed that a stochastic approach using a deterministic dynamic model within a Monte Carlo framework (to account for inherent lack of precision and accuracy in values such as initial conditions) can be considered an “all-tim ...
Adapting to Climate Change in Ottawa
... City intends to investigate which major sectors will be impacted by climate change, evaluate adaptive capacity levels, identify areas or sectors that are most vulnerable to climate change and propose what sorts of policies may be developed to mitigate against economic, environmental and health impac ...
... City intends to investigate which major sectors will be impacted by climate change, evaluate adaptive capacity levels, identify areas or sectors that are most vulnerable to climate change and propose what sorts of policies may be developed to mitigate against economic, environmental and health impac ...
WETLANDS, CARBON STORAGE, AND FUTURE CLIMATE
... compaction of sediments, oil and gas removal, and isostatic adjustments. Loss of many of these wetlands can be expected with some return of the carbon contained in the peats and soils to the atmosphere. In other instances, the carbon will be redeposited in new marshes or transported to the open ocea ...
... compaction of sediments, oil and gas removal, and isostatic adjustments. Loss of many of these wetlands can be expected with some return of the carbon contained in the peats and soils to the atmosphere. In other instances, the carbon will be redeposited in new marshes or transported to the open ocea ...
The Rules of the Game
... environmental and climate change issues than non-parents. Consumer research by the Welsh Consumer Council/Friends of the Earth Cymru indicates that a respondent having dependent children does not necessarily lead to an increased concern for the effects of climate change on the lives of future genera ...
... environmental and climate change issues than non-parents. Consumer research by the Welsh Consumer Council/Friends of the Earth Cymru indicates that a respondent having dependent children does not necessarily lead to an increased concern for the effects of climate change on the lives of future genera ...
Slide 1
... COP President to appoint 2 cochairs to initiate work programme on results-based finance in 2013 through 2 workshops – Cochairs to report on workshops to COP 19 – Seeks submissions by 25 March 2013 on following for consideration in COP 19 » Technical and financial support for REDD+ implementation » J ...
... COP President to appoint 2 cochairs to initiate work programme on results-based finance in 2013 through 2 workshops – Cochairs to report on workshops to COP 19 – Seeks submissions by 25 March 2013 on following for consideration in COP 19 » Technical and financial support for REDD+ implementation » J ...
- Friends of the Earth International
... how the asian development bank finances climate change august 2009 friends of the earth interna�onal is the world’s largest grassroots environmental network, uni�ng more than 77 diverse na�onal member groups and some 5,000 local ac�vist groups in every con�nent. With approximately 2 million members a ...
... how the asian development bank finances climate change august 2009 friends of the earth interna�onal is the world’s largest grassroots environmental network, uni�ng more than 77 diverse na�onal member groups and some 5,000 local ac�vist groups in every con�nent. With approximately 2 million members a ...
The Climate Co-benefits of Obesity Reduction
... worldwide since 1964 and this likely explains some of the increased prevalence of obesity given the association between higher meat consumption and a variety of adiposity measures (Wang and Beydoun, 2009; WHO, 2003). The production of animal-based foods, especially ruminant meat, is associated with ...
... worldwide since 1964 and this likely explains some of the increased prevalence of obesity given the association between higher meat consumption and a variety of adiposity measures (Wang and Beydoun, 2009; WHO, 2003). The production of animal-based foods, especially ruminant meat, is associated with ...
Human Development Report 2007/2008 Climate Change and the
... Even if more drastic measures were started today to greatly reduce global emissions, the impacts of current climate change trends would continue to pose serious risks to humanity for decades to come. With the impacts of climate change felt more frequently in various parts of the world in the form of ...
... Even if more drastic measures were started today to greatly reduce global emissions, the impacts of current climate change trends would continue to pose serious risks to humanity for decades to come. With the impacts of climate change felt more frequently in various parts of the world in the form of ...
CO2 as a primary driver of Phanerozoic climate: COMMENT
... Royer et al. do not dispute the existence of the CRF/temperature correlation of Shaviv and Veizer (2003), only its role relative to that of CO2. The CRF effect should therefore be incorporated as a complementary factor into the existing climate models. Once this solar amplification is included, the ...
... Royer et al. do not dispute the existence of the CRF/temperature correlation of Shaviv and Veizer (2003), only its role relative to that of CO2. The CRF effect should therefore be incorporated as a complementary factor into the existing climate models. Once this solar amplification is included, the ...
Is co-producing science for adaptation decision
... producing climate scenarios/projections (Hulme & Dessai 2008). Earliest examples CCIRG91 and CCIRG96 - were aimed primarily at the research community and policymakers. But once the Government initiated the United Kingdom's Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP) a boundary organization based at the Unive ...
... producing climate scenarios/projections (Hulme & Dessai 2008). Earliest examples CCIRG91 and CCIRG96 - were aimed primarily at the research community and policymakers. But once the Government initiated the United Kingdom's Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP) a boundary organization based at the Unive ...
Adaptation to climate change starts with human–environment
... historical greenhouse gas emissions, developing nations are highly vulnerable to future impacts (AOSIS, 1999; Apuuli et al., 2000). Increasing adaptive capacity to climate change is a development issue that competes for resources with other development issues, such as food security, social equity, e ...
... historical greenhouse gas emissions, developing nations are highly vulnerable to future impacts (AOSIS, 1999; Apuuli et al., 2000). Increasing adaptive capacity to climate change is a development issue that competes for resources with other development issues, such as food security, social equity, e ...
Draft Interim Climate Change Guidelines
... assumptions (Lempert and Schlesinger, 2000; Pittock et al. 2001; Dessai et al. 2009). Such studies should be limited to a modest number of projections in order to avoid “paralysis by analysis”. ...
... assumptions (Lempert and Schlesinger, 2000; Pittock et al. 2001; Dessai et al. 2009). Such studies should be limited to a modest number of projections in order to avoid “paralysis by analysis”. ...
international, national, and state responses to climate change
... through, the earth’s atmosphere, such that a ton of carbon dioxide emitted in Spokane, Washington contributes to climate change no differently than a ton of carbon dioxide emitted in Mumbai, India. There is growing scientific, political, and legal acknowledgment that successfully mitigating climate ...
... through, the earth’s atmosphere, such that a ton of carbon dioxide emitted in Spokane, Washington contributes to climate change no differently than a ton of carbon dioxide emitted in Mumbai, India. There is growing scientific, political, and legal acknowledgment that successfully mitigating climate ...
Present weather and Climate: evolving Conditions
... years, with isolated 3.6°F (2°C) increases occurring in southwestern portions of the region. Both daytime high temperatures (Figure 5.1, second panel) and nighttime low temperatures (Figure 5.1, third panel) have exhibited widespread warming trends. In this data set, which has been homogenized, mini ...
... years, with isolated 3.6°F (2°C) increases occurring in southwestern portions of the region. Both daytime high temperatures (Figure 5.1, second panel) and nighttime low temperatures (Figure 5.1, third panel) have exhibited widespread warming trends. In this data set, which has been homogenized, mini ...
The FAOSTAT Emissions Database
... A focus on environmentally-sustainable production methods can lead to many synergies with current rural development needs. In particular, many climate change mitigation strategies in agriculture tend to address food security needs, by leading to better climate-adapted production systems with enhance ...
... A focus on environmentally-sustainable production methods can lead to many synergies with current rural development needs. In particular, many climate change mitigation strategies in agriculture tend to address food security needs, by leading to better climate-adapted production systems with enhance ...
Massachusetts v. EPA, 127 S.Ct. 1438 (2007)
... authorization of §202(a)(1) to confer regulatory authority over greenhouse gases. Is ozone the same issue as CO2? When does the specific rule out the general? ...
... authorization of §202(a)(1) to confer regulatory authority over greenhouse gases. Is ozone the same issue as CO2? When does the specific rule out the general? ...
McCarty, 2001. Ecological consequences of recent climate change.
... Abstract: Global climate change is frequently considered a major conservation threat. The Earth’s climate has already warmed by 0.5⬚ C over the past century, and recent studies show that it is possible to detect the effects of a changing climate on ecological systems. This suggests that global chang ...
... Abstract: Global climate change is frequently considered a major conservation threat. The Earth’s climate has already warmed by 0.5⬚ C over the past century, and recent studies show that it is possible to detect the effects of a changing climate on ecological systems. This suggests that global chang ...
Kyoto Protocol: an introduction
... usually meeting once a year in early December. Secretariat: The Conference of Parties and the Convention goals are supported by various bodies and organizations. This includes a Permanent Secretariat based in Bonn, Germany. Subsidiary Bodies: A number of subsidiary bodies also advise the COP. The Su ...
... usually meeting once a year in early December. Secretariat: The Conference of Parties and the Convention goals are supported by various bodies and organizations. This includes a Permanent Secretariat based in Bonn, Germany. Subsidiary Bodies: A number of subsidiary bodies also advise the COP. The Su ...
Petition to the World Heritage Committee
... biofuels, and biomass. It is often transported long distances by air currents. Because the darkcolored particles absorb sunlight, black carbon warms the top of the atmosphere, increasing cloud droplet concentrations, and thickening low-level clouds. When deposited on ice and snow, it reduces the al ...
... biofuels, and biomass. It is often transported long distances by air currents. Because the darkcolored particles absorb sunlight, black carbon warms the top of the atmosphere, increasing cloud droplet concentrations, and thickening low-level clouds. When deposited on ice and snow, it reduces the al ...
(mis)calculated risk and climate change
... those that arise from the constrained demand for fossil fuel products when the current ≥4°C climate scenario changes to a 2°C climate scenario. This shift towards a 2°C climate scenario exposes fossil fuel investments to stranding and the economy as a whole to a “carbon bubble.”3 Shifting from the ≥ ...
... those that arise from the constrained demand for fossil fuel products when the current ≥4°C climate scenario changes to a 2°C climate scenario. This shift towards a 2°C climate scenario exposes fossil fuel investments to stranding and the economy as a whole to a “carbon bubble.”3 Shifting from the ≥ ...
Climate and land use change impacts on global terrestrial
... (CMIP5), they are likely to be widely used for driving models of ecosystem and hydrological impacts, and previous experience suggests that these studies will give a range of different results. Ecosystem and hydrological changes which are widely different from those projected by the ESMs themselves m ...
... (CMIP5), they are likely to be widely used for driving models of ecosystem and hydrological impacts, and previous experience suggests that these studies will give a range of different results. Ecosystem and hydrological changes which are widely different from those projected by the ESMs themselves m ...
forests at risk
... think most importantly, it occurred specifically where climate suitability is projected to be lost, early this century. I would say yes, SAD does seem to be a harbinger of climate change. That being the case, we can expect it to occur not at a steady rate, but in spurts, because trees and tree disea ...
... think most importantly, it occurred specifically where climate suitability is projected to be lost, early this century. I would say yes, SAD does seem to be a harbinger of climate change. That being the case, we can expect it to occur not at a steady rate, but in spurts, because trees and tree disea ...
Environment, Forced Migration and Social Vulnerability - Beck-Shop
... approach dominant until then (Theys, 2005). The environment constitutes a new autonomous social value that must be protected in itself and not, as in the past, through reference to human health. The new environmental policies are based on the responsibility concept operationalised by the ‘polluter-p ...
... approach dominant until then (Theys, 2005). The environment constitutes a new autonomous social value that must be protected in itself and not, as in the past, through reference to human health. The new environmental policies are based on the responsibility concept operationalised by the ‘polluter-p ...