Preparing for climate change guide for local government
... edition of Preparing for Climate Change supersedes the first edition published in 2004. The guide summarises the main elements of a comprehensive technical report Climate Change Effects and Impacts Assessment (‘the source report’). Its first edition was updated in May 2008 following the release of t ...
... edition of Preparing for Climate Change supersedes the first edition published in 2004. The guide summarises the main elements of a comprehensive technical report Climate Change Effects and Impacts Assessment (‘the source report’). Its first edition was updated in May 2008 following the release of t ...
White Paper on the Ethical Dimensions of Climate Change
... Facts about climate change and fundamental human rights provide the starting point for our ethical analysis. (Sachs, 2005) A recent article in the respected scientific journal Nature (Patz, 2005) concluded that the humaninduced warming that the world is now experiencing is already causing 150,000 de ...
... Facts about climate change and fundamental human rights provide the starting point for our ethical analysis. (Sachs, 2005) A recent article in the respected scientific journal Nature (Patz, 2005) concluded that the humaninduced warming that the world is now experiencing is already causing 150,000 de ...
Ireland in a Warmer World
... a particular focus on coastal regions surrounding Ireland. While the impact is seasonally dependent, there is evidence that extreme wave heights may increase by up to 10% in some Irish waters. Chapter 5 describes an investigation into the impact of warmer ocean temperatures on storminess. The result ...
... a particular focus on coastal regions surrounding Ireland. While the impact is seasonally dependent, there is evidence that extreme wave heights may increase by up to 10% in some Irish waters. Chapter 5 describes an investigation into the impact of warmer ocean temperatures on storminess. The result ...
MCCIP Briefing Note Ocean uptake of carbon dioxide (CO2)
... levels between the ocean surface waters and the atmosphere. This is then exported to the deep ocean, mainly via mixing and the solubility pump. 3. Can the ocean maintain this rate of atmospheric CO2 removal? As atmospheric CO2 concentrations continue to rise, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ...
... levels between the ocean surface waters and the atmosphere. This is then exported to the deep ocean, mainly via mixing and the solubility pump. 3. Can the ocean maintain this rate of atmospheric CO2 removal? As atmospheric CO2 concentrations continue to rise, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ...
Fiji - unfccc
... that are specific to Pacific islands. The focus of this resource is on the effects of changes in air and seasurface temperature, rainfall, sea-level rise and extreme weather events on island environments, economies and people. It is vital to enhance individual and community skills to adapt to these ...
... that are specific to Pacific islands. The focus of this resource is on the effects of changes in air and seasurface temperature, rainfall, sea-level rise and extreme weather events on island environments, economies and people. It is vital to enhance individual and community skills to adapt to these ...
NDVI-based increase in growth of temperate grasslands and its
... water-use capacity of temperate grasslands. Alternatively, this may arise from the lower temperature and sunshine levels as precipitation increases. In contrast, the temperature-NDVI relationship exhibited a strictly linear relationship. The Pearson correlation coefficient between NDVI and temperatur ...
... water-use capacity of temperate grasslands. Alternatively, this may arise from the lower temperature and sunshine levels as precipitation increases. In contrast, the temperature-NDVI relationship exhibited a strictly linear relationship. The Pearson correlation coefficient between NDVI and temperatur ...
Barriers to Municipal Climate Adaptation: Examples From Coastal
... & Tomar, 2010); that is, cities adopting this approach use some projection of future climate and directly incorporate responses to those projections into key aspects of related government policies (Adger et al., 2007). This enables them to integrate their policies horizontally using mechanisms such ...
... & Tomar, 2010); that is, cities adopting this approach use some projection of future climate and directly incorporate responses to those projections into key aspects of related government policies (Adger et al., 2007). This enables them to integrate their policies horizontally using mechanisms such ...
Unified Sea Level Rise Projection
... low risk projects that are easily replaceable with short design lives, are adaptable and have limited interdependencies with other infrastructure or services. The shaded zone between the IPCC AR5 RCP8.5 median curve and the USACE High is recommended to be generally applied to most projects within a ...
... low risk projects that are easily replaceable with short design lives, are adaptable and have limited interdependencies with other infrastructure or services. The shaded zone between the IPCC AR5 RCP8.5 median curve and the USACE High is recommended to be generally applied to most projects within a ...
Socio-structural and psychological foundations of climate change
... central challenge of our time (Ki-moon, 2009), and a report by the American Psychological Association stated that climate change is a pressing issue facing our planet and its inhabitants (Swim et al., 2009). Such worrying views about climate change are not limited to political figures or scientists. ...
... central challenge of our time (Ki-moon, 2009), and a report by the American Psychological Association stated that climate change is a pressing issue facing our planet and its inhabitants (Swim et al., 2009). Such worrying views about climate change are not limited to political figures or scientists. ...
Primer on Hydrofluorocarbons
... The IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report concludes that climate change is unequivocal, significantly caused by human activities, occurring faster than anticipated, with impacts that are more severe than predicted, and that urgent action is required to reduce climate pollutants.1 This Primer describes how ...
... The IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report concludes that climate change is unequivocal, significantly caused by human activities, occurring faster than anticipated, with impacts that are more severe than predicted, and that urgent action is required to reduce climate pollutants.1 This Primer describes how ...
Adaptation and the Courtroom: Judging Climate Science
... to these petitions could trigger legal challenges. While claims triggering a civil trial in which climate science is likely to be introduced as evidence have not figured prominently in the climate actions filed so far, it is possible this too could change in the future. 9 The growing emphasis upon c ...
... to these petitions could trigger legal challenges. While claims triggering a civil trial in which climate science is likely to be introduced as evidence have not figured prominently in the climate actions filed so far, it is possible this too could change in the future. 9 The growing emphasis upon c ...
Green Finance Solves - UMKC Summer Debate Institute
... themselves—such as their Nationally Determined Contributions—as part of the Paris Agreement. Conclusion Just as the United States and China played decisive roles in the world’s ability to reach a climate agreement in Paris, the two countries will play decisive roles in the world’s ability to fulfill ...
... themselves—such as their Nationally Determined Contributions—as part of the Paris Agreement. Conclusion Just as the United States and China played decisive roles in the world’s ability to reach a climate agreement in Paris, the two countries will play decisive roles in the world’s ability to fulfill ...
Media Echo
... different summits sited in all major European mountain systems, first in 2001 and then again just seven years later in 2008. They found strong indications that, at a continental scale, cold-loving plants traditionally found in alpine regions are being pushed out of many habitats by warm-loving plant ...
... different summits sited in all major European mountain systems, first in 2001 and then again just seven years later in 2008. They found strong indications that, at a continental scale, cold-loving plants traditionally found in alpine regions are being pushed out of many habitats by warm-loving plant ...
Tipping elements and climate-economic shocks
... decrease global mean temperature [Bickel and Agrawal, 2012; Moreno-Cruz and Keith, 2012; Keith, 2013; Irvine et al., 2014; Heutel et al., 2015]. Some researchers suggest that SRM might in certain contexts reduce committed changes or slow their realization in a tipping element such as an ice sheet [I ...
... decrease global mean temperature [Bickel and Agrawal, 2012; Moreno-Cruz and Keith, 2012; Keith, 2013; Irvine et al., 2014; Heutel et al., 2015]. Some researchers suggest that SRM might in certain contexts reduce committed changes or slow their realization in a tipping element such as an ice sheet [I ...
Toronto`s Future Weather and Climate Driver Study
... of 20% (although there is significant uncertainty in this maximum value) with winter precipitation possibly exceeding 130% of present day values (Christensen et al., 2007). However, there is currently only poor agreement, among the results obtained from various standard climate models, in the projec ...
... of 20% (although there is significant uncertainty in this maximum value) with winter precipitation possibly exceeding 130% of present day values (Christensen et al., 2007). However, there is currently only poor agreement, among the results obtained from various standard climate models, in the projec ...
National Policy on Climate Change for Namibia 2011
... There is considerable uncertainty regarding the accurate detection of future climate change scenarios, despite the continuous improvements in climate science. This is because of various limitations related to the uncertainty in future global GHG emissions, understanding of the dynamics of global cli ...
... There is considerable uncertainty regarding the accurate detection of future climate change scenarios, despite the continuous improvements in climate science. This is because of various limitations related to the uncertainty in future global GHG emissions, understanding of the dynamics of global cli ...
The Economics of Climate Change Impacts and Policy
... potential incidence and economic cost associated with changes in extreme events in cities. Cities concentrate many activities, people and wealth in limited areas and as a result they are particularly vulnerable to climate change and climate extremes. The underlying assumption of the work is that und ...
... potential incidence and economic cost associated with changes in extreme events in cities. Cities concentrate many activities, people and wealth in limited areas and as a result they are particularly vulnerable to climate change and climate extremes. The underlying assumption of the work is that und ...
Extreme Temperatures and Precipitation in Europe
... It is widely supposed that the so-called enhanced greenhouse effect may not only lead to a change in climate in the sense of ‘average’ weather conditions, but also to an increase in climate variability. For example, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), in its 4th assessment report, ...
... It is widely supposed that the so-called enhanced greenhouse effect may not only lead to a change in climate in the sense of ‘average’ weather conditions, but also to an increase in climate variability. For example, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), in its 4th assessment report, ...
Guidelines on Analysis of extremes in a changing climate in support
... It is important to note that this guide does not cover every type of extreme. It focuses on weather and climate extremes that are defined as rare events within the statistical reference distribution of particular weather elements at a particular place (Houghton and others, 2001). The extremes in thi ...
... It is important to note that this guide does not cover every type of extreme. It focuses on weather and climate extremes that are defined as rare events within the statistical reference distribution of particular weather elements at a particular place (Houghton and others, 2001). The extremes in thi ...
Adapting to Climate Change - City of Sydney
... to future shocks and stresses including climate change. Participating in the 100 Resilient Cities Initiative will allow us to learn from how others are adapting to climate change. As part of the 100 Resilient Cities Initiative, the City will be developing a resilience strategy for Metropolitan Sydne ...
... to future shocks and stresses including climate change. Participating in the 100 Resilient Cities Initiative will allow us to learn from how others are adapting to climate change. As part of the 100 Resilient Cities Initiative, the City will be developing a resilience strategy for Metropolitan Sydne ...
full - School of GeoSciences
... Quinn, T. M., F. W. Taylor, T. J. Crowley, and S. M. Link, 1996. Evaluation of sampling resolution in coral stable isotope records: A case study using records from New Caledonia and Tarawa, Paleoceanography 11, 529-542. ...
... Quinn, T. M., F. W. Taylor, T. J. Crowley, and S. M. Link, 1996. Evaluation of sampling resolution in coral stable isotope records: A case study using records from New Caledonia and Tarawa, Paleoceanography 11, 529-542. ...
The Hydrological Cycle of the Mediterranean
... In spite of their importance, changes in Sea evaporation and surface fresh water fluxes (potentially a combination of precipitation and evaporation changes) in the recent past, are yet to be fully quantified. A number of previous studies have indicated a long-term increase in Western Mediterranean D ...
... In spite of their importance, changes in Sea evaporation and surface fresh water fluxes (potentially a combination of precipitation and evaporation changes) in the recent past, are yet to be fully quantified. A number of previous studies have indicated a long-term increase in Western Mediterranean D ...
Global warming hiatus
A global warming hiatus, also sometimes referred to as a global warming pause or a global warming slowdown, is a period of relatively little change in globally averaged surface temperatures. In the current episode of global warming many such periods are evident in the surface temperature record, along with robust evidence of the long term warming trend.The exceptionally warm El Niño year of 1998 was an outlier from the continuing temperature trend, and so gave the appearance of a hiatus: by January 2006 assertions had been made that this showed that global warming had stopped. A 2009 study showed that decades without warming were not exceptional, and in 2011 a study showed that if allowances were made for known variability, the rising temperature trend continued unabated. There was increased public interest in 2013 in the run-up to publication of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report, and despite concerns that a 15-year period was too short to determine a meaningful trend, the IPCC included a section on a hiatus, which it defined as a much smaller increasing linear trend over the 15 years from 1998 to 2012, than over the 60 years from 1951 to 2012. Various studies examined possible causes of the short term slowdown. Even though the overall climate system had continued to accumulate energy due to Earth's positive energy budget, the available temperature readings at the earth's surface indicated slower rates of increase in surface warming than in the prior decade. Since measurements at the top of the atmosphere show that Earth is receiving more energy than it is radiating back into space, the retained energy should be producing warming in at least one of the five parts of Earth's climate system.A July 2015 paper on the updated NOAA dataset cast doubt on the existence of this supposed hiatus, and found no indication of a slowdown. This analysis incorporated the latest corrections for known biases in ocean temperature measurements, and new land temperature data. Scientists working on other datasets welcomed this study, though the view was expressed that the short term warming trend had been slower than in previous periods of the same length.