2016/03/PR PRESS RELEASE 14 April 2016 IPCC agrees special
... Thus the IPCC offers policymakers a snapshot of what the scientific community understands about climate change rather than promoting a particular view. IPCC reports are policy-relevant without being policy-prescriptive. The IPCC may set out options for policymakers to choose from in pursuit of goals ...
... Thus the IPCC offers policymakers a snapshot of what the scientific community understands about climate change rather than promoting a particular view. IPCC reports are policy-relevant without being policy-prescriptive. The IPCC may set out options for policymakers to choose from in pursuit of goals ...
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE BARBADOS
... Some of the key anticipated manifestations of climate change for the Caribbean include elevated air and sea-surface temperatures, sea-level rise, possible changes in extreme events and a reduction in freshwater resources.This research focuses on how human settlements distributed along the coast of G ...
... Some of the key anticipated manifestations of climate change for the Caribbean include elevated air and sea-surface temperatures, sea-level rise, possible changes in extreme events and a reduction in freshwater resources.This research focuses on how human settlements distributed along the coast of G ...
The South East Queensland drought to 2007
... of the earth and therefore radiation absorption. Landuse changes may also alter the capacity of the land to absorb or produce greenhouse gases. Preliminary modelling studies conducted by the Department of Natural Resources and Water and the University of Queensland indicate that past land-use change ...
... of the earth and therefore radiation absorption. Landuse changes may also alter the capacity of the land to absorb or produce greenhouse gases. Preliminary modelling studies conducted by the Department of Natural Resources and Water and the University of Queensland indicate that past land-use change ...
O I M
... At the world‘s current rate, the limit will have been breached by the middle of the century – and if allowed to persist further, we may well exceed the 4 °C limit by the end of the century. That is far beyond the limit previously called ―dangerous‖. To successfully keep to the 2 °C limit today would ...
... At the world‘s current rate, the limit will have been breached by the middle of the century – and if allowed to persist further, we may well exceed the 4 °C limit by the end of the century. That is far beyond the limit previously called ―dangerous‖. To successfully keep to the 2 °C limit today would ...
Meteorologists` Views About Global Warming: A Survey of American
... 2008). As a result, our first hypothesis is as follows: H1: As compared with professionals with less expertise in climate change, professionals with more expertise will have higher levels of personal certainty that global warming is happening, will be more likely to view it is as mostly human caused ...
... 2008). As a result, our first hypothesis is as follows: H1: As compared with professionals with less expertise in climate change, professionals with more expertise will have higher levels of personal certainty that global warming is happening, will be more likely to view it is as mostly human caused ...
Macro Policies For Climate Change: Free
... atmosphere, and concluded that greenhouse gases “are expected” to cause significant warming in the next century and that some warming was inevitable (WMO, 1986). In June 1988, James E. Hansen made one of the first assessments that human-caused warming had already measurably affected global climate ( ...
... atmosphere, and concluded that greenhouse gases “are expected” to cause significant warming in the next century and that some warming was inevitable (WMO, 1986). In June 1988, James E. Hansen made one of the first assessments that human-caused warming had already measurably affected global climate ( ...
Building Climate Resilience in the Blue Nile/Abay Highlands: A Role
... considered the range of drought definitions and the range of GCM uncertainty in the evaluation of future drought risk. Furthermore, earlier studies employed a range of downscaling methods to process GCM results. While downscaling may be necessary for some applications, it adds an additional layer of ...
... considered the range of drought definitions and the range of GCM uncertainty in the evaluation of future drought risk. Furthermore, earlier studies employed a range of downscaling methods to process GCM results. While downscaling may be necessary for some applications, it adds an additional layer of ...
Climate Change Impacts and Spatial Planning Decision Support
... Spatial planners are already well practised at balancing social, environmental and economic pressures when they consider options for development. However, climate change presents another very different challenge, one which most planners will be aware of, but may not have sufficient information, time ...
... Spatial planners are already well practised at balancing social, environmental and economic pressures when they consider options for development. However, climate change presents another very different challenge, one which most planners will be aware of, but may not have sufficient information, time ...
- Europa.eu
... The objective of the two-day meeting was to facilitate dialogue and discuss follow-up actions to COP 22, in collaboration with partners, focusing on key issues for the ACP Group of States. Furthermore, the meeting served as a forum to explore ways and means to support ACP countries implement the Par ...
... The objective of the two-day meeting was to facilitate dialogue and discuss follow-up actions to COP 22, in collaboration with partners, focusing on key issues for the ACP Group of States. Furthermore, the meeting served as a forum to explore ways and means to support ACP countries implement the Par ...
Report on WCRP developments/response post Review
... Society needs the research for mitigation strategies/climate adaptation After 30 years of high achievement, the breadth of WCRP activities has outgrown the ability of society to support all the necessary research, infrastructure, and coordination. Yet the need for WCRP’s work is more important than ...
... Society needs the research for mitigation strategies/climate adaptation After 30 years of high achievement, the breadth of WCRP activities has outgrown the ability of society to support all the necessary research, infrastructure, and coordination. Yet the need for WCRP’s work is more important than ...
PLOS Biology - University of Hawaii
... warming and other climatic changes can trigger additional responses in connection to ocean circulation and stratification, which in turn reduce oxygen concentration [9,10] and primary productivity [11] (additional responses may include sea-level rise and extreme weather events, which we do not analy ...
... warming and other climatic changes can trigger additional responses in connection to ocean circulation and stratification, which in turn reduce oxygen concentration [9,10] and primary productivity [11] (additional responses may include sea-level rise and extreme weather events, which we do not analy ...
Fairness on the Day after Tomorrow: Justice, Reciprocity and Global
... transformations of the Earth’s atmosphere have occurred over its history, a strong consensus has only recently emerged that human behaviour can affect the atmosphere in ways that will have significant impacts on future generations.1 A number of impact analyses have indicated that the climate changes ...
... transformations of the Earth’s atmosphere have occurred over its history, a strong consensus has only recently emerged that human behaviour can affect the atmosphere in ways that will have significant impacts on future generations.1 A number of impact analyses have indicated that the climate changes ...
Initial NationalCommunication St. Kitts-Nevis
... altitude. Mean annual rainfall ranges from about 890 – 1000 mm (35 - 40 inches) in the coastal areas, to about 2500 – 3800 mm (100 - 150 inches) in the central mountain ranges. The rainfall is unevenly distributed between years and between months, but there is a reliable wet period from August to Se ...
... altitude. Mean annual rainfall ranges from about 890 – 1000 mm (35 - 40 inches) in the coastal areas, to about 2500 – 3800 mm (100 - 150 inches) in the central mountain ranges. The rainfall is unevenly distributed between years and between months, but there is a reliable wet period from August to Se ...
Changes in Water Use Under Regional Climate Change Scenarios
... relatively more frequent measurements of water use (e.g., monthly, weekly, and daily) are more preferable for evaluating the effects of weather and climate effects than models based on coarser time measurements. Aggregate measures of demand, such as water production, are typically more readily avail ...
... relatively more frequent measurements of water use (e.g., monthly, weekly, and daily) are more preferable for evaluating the effects of weather and climate effects than models based on coarser time measurements. Aggregate measures of demand, such as water production, are typically more readily avail ...
Changing Shades of Green: The environmental and cultural impacts
... and the speed with which those policy changes are adopted. It will depend, as well, on changes indi viduals make in their energy consumption, and the speed at which those changes are embraced. ...
... and the speed with which those policy changes are adopted. It will depend, as well, on changes indi viduals make in their energy consumption, and the speed at which those changes are embraced. ...
Climate change, biodiversity conservation, deforestation and its
... Introduction Evidence produced in several studies since the early 1990s suggests that large-scale conversion of tropical forests into pastures or annual crops could lead to changes in the climate. Thus, it has been documented that land-use change impacts regional and global climate through the surfa ...
... Introduction Evidence produced in several studies since the early 1990s suggests that large-scale conversion of tropical forests into pastures or annual crops could lead to changes in the climate. Thus, it has been documented that land-use change impacts regional and global climate through the surfa ...
AerChemMIP (Aerosols and Chemistry MIP)
... nitrate and sulfate and any land-use change interacting with atmospheric changes. The forcing of climate by ozone changes results from tropospheric increases and lower stratospheric decreases, with interaction between those. They are the result of combined impacts from climate change and multiple em ...
... nitrate and sulfate and any land-use change interacting with atmospheric changes. The forcing of climate by ozone changes results from tropospheric increases and lower stratospheric decreases, with interaction between those. They are the result of combined impacts from climate change and multiple em ...
Paleoclimate Implications for Human-Made
... loss, if warming continues unabated, will be characterized better by a doubling time for mass loss rate than by a linear trend. Satellite gravity data, though too brief to be conclusive, are consistent with a doubling time of 10 years or less, implying the possibility of multi-meter sea level rise t ...
... loss, if warming continues unabated, will be characterized better by a doubling time for mass loss rate than by a linear trend. Satellite gravity data, though too brief to be conclusive, are consistent with a doubling time of 10 years or less, implying the possibility of multi-meter sea level rise t ...
The MDGs have no relevance
... about how you get there. It’s the wrong starting place for where we need to be post 2015 but that doesn’t mean we throw it out at this point, we get what we can out of it.’ Think Tank, Female, UK ...
... about how you get there. It’s the wrong starting place for where we need to be post 2015 but that doesn’t mean we throw it out at this point, we get what we can out of it.’ Think Tank, Female, UK ...
Hughes et al 2003a
... have dominated modern reefs for the past half-million years, providing an invaluable baseline long before human impacts began (3, 4). New assessment of past climates has revealed unexpectedly rapid shifts over decades or less, especially at high latitudes, with ice-age transitions being linked to ab ...
... have dominated modern reefs for the past half-million years, providing an invaluable baseline long before human impacts began (3, 4). New assessment of past climates has revealed unexpectedly rapid shifts over decades or less, especially at high latitudes, with ice-age transitions being linked to ab ...
Mexico City - World Bank
... The Inter‐institutional Climate Change Commission of Mexico City is in charge of coordinating and evaluating the MCCAP. This commission includes representatives from all the administrative units of the Federal District. In addition, three deputies from the District’s Legislativ ...
... The Inter‐institutional Climate Change Commission of Mexico City is in charge of coordinating and evaluating the MCCAP. This commission includes representatives from all the administrative units of the Federal District. In addition, three deputies from the District’s Legislativ ...
Why Hasn`t Earth Warmed as Much as Expected?
... Department of Meteorology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden (Manuscript received 2 October 2009, in final form 17 December 2009) ABSTRACT The observed increase in global mean surface temperature (GMST) over the industrial era is less than 40% of that expected from observed increases in long-l ...
... Department of Meteorology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden (Manuscript received 2 October 2009, in final form 17 December 2009) ABSTRACT The observed increase in global mean surface temperature (GMST) over the industrial era is less than 40% of that expected from observed increases in long-l ...
Summary and Conclusions
... to ensure effective stewardship of both through its obligations as signatories to the various international treaties and agreements3 that seek to ensure the Polar Regions are appropriately protected, managed and recognised at the global scale. Our presentations illustrated why research on polar mari ...
... to ensure effective stewardship of both through its obligations as signatories to the various international treaties and agreements3 that seek to ensure the Polar Regions are appropriately protected, managed and recognised at the global scale. Our presentations illustrated why research on polar mari ...