outreach materials for climate day partners
... that you’ll join us in kicking off this inaugural event. Leading environmentalist and author, Paul Hawken will give the keynote address on his inspirational work with Project Drawdown. Working with more than 200 scientists around the world, Project Drawdown has identified 100 solutions which when de ...
... that you’ll join us in kicking off this inaugural event. Leading environmentalist and author, Paul Hawken will give the keynote address on his inspirational work with Project Drawdown. Working with more than 200 scientists around the world, Project Drawdown has identified 100 solutions which when de ...
POST 151 - Parliament UK
... (Table 1). The rainfall varied across the country (Table 2), with particularly heavy rainfall in Yorkshire the south east of England. Rainfall was most extreme in October. The last column in Table 2 shows just how unusual the rains were, by giving the ‘rainfall anomaly’ – i.e. the rainfall recorded ...
... (Table 1). The rainfall varied across the country (Table 2), with particularly heavy rainfall in Yorkshire the south east of England. Rainfall was most extreme in October. The last column in Table 2 shows just how unusual the rains were, by giving the ‘rainfall anomaly’ – i.e. the rainfall recorded ...
Paris, for the People and the Planet
... Governments agreed in Copenhagen in 2009 that “the increase in global temperature should be below 2°C [compared to pre-industrial levels].”2 However, a recent expert report3 found that, in some regions and vulnerable ecosystems, high risks are projected even for warming above 1.5°C.4 This means the ...
... Governments agreed in Copenhagen in 2009 that “the increase in global temperature should be below 2°C [compared to pre-industrial levels].”2 However, a recent expert report3 found that, in some regions and vulnerable ecosystems, high risks are projected even for warming above 1.5°C.4 This means the ...
Making Sense of the New Climate Change Scenarios? (PDF)
... (IPCC) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. 2007. Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Solomon, S., D. Qin, M. Manning, Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K.B. Averyt, M. Tignor and ...
... (IPCC) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. 2007. Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Solomon, S., D. Qin, M. Manning, Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K.B. Averyt, M. Tignor and ...
The impact of 1.5°C and 2.0 °C above pre-industrial levels
... Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held in Paris in December 2015 invited the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to provide a special report in 2018 on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways. This resear ...
... Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held in Paris in December 2015 invited the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to provide a special report in 2018 on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways. This resear ...
Antarctica`s Adelie Penguins Cope with Global
... • As the temperature increases, the ice melts and since the penguins need ice to survive they move to where there is ice. • Warmer weather makes it hard to raise chicks • The warmer temperatures melts the ice and snow around the breeding sites and water makes it impossible to build dry nests, the eg ...
... • As the temperature increases, the ice melts and since the penguins need ice to survive they move to where there is ice. • Warmer weather makes it hard to raise chicks • The warmer temperatures melts the ice and snow around the breeding sites and water makes it impossible to build dry nests, the eg ...
Slide 1
... • Ultimately, increased spatial resolution can allow more processes to be modeled explicitly. (But there are many orders of magnitude between spatial resolution of most advanced global models and spatial scales of cloud formation!) ...
... • Ultimately, increased spatial resolution can allow more processes to be modeled explicitly. (But there are many orders of magnitude between spatial resolution of most advanced global models and spatial scales of cloud formation!) ...
Title of Article
... pay for these solutions. Climate, ecological systems and society can all recoup after stress, but only if they are not exposed to prolonged challenge or to one disruption after another. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, established by the United Nations, calculates that halting the ongo ...
... pay for these solutions. Climate, ecological systems and society can all recoup after stress, but only if they are not exposed to prolonged challenge or to one disruption after another. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, established by the United Nations, calculates that halting the ongo ...
Climate Projections and Impacts on Soybean Production Jerry L
... projection for a shift in the seasonality of precipitation with greater precipitation in the spring and reduced amounts in the summer and coupled with more intense and less frequent rain events. The increase in temperature will create an environment in which the soybean plant is exposed to temperatu ...
... projection for a shift in the seasonality of precipitation with greater precipitation in the spring and reduced amounts in the summer and coupled with more intense and less frequent rain events. The increase in temperature will create an environment in which the soybean plant is exposed to temperatu ...
Comment by: Patrick J. Michaels and Paul C. Knappenberger
... There is no justification for this discussion to include reducing greenhouse gas emissions for the benefit of reducing future global warming. In order to do so, you must include citations, if any exist (which we doubt), which conclude that energy efficiency measures would preferentially reduce green ...
... There is no justification for this discussion to include reducing greenhouse gas emissions for the benefit of reducing future global warming. In order to do so, you must include citations, if any exist (which we doubt), which conclude that energy efficiency measures would preferentially reduce green ...
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... Agriculturally oriented studies focus on the explicit productivity impacts of changing climatic conditions on crops and their growing conditions, while economically oriented studies instead analyze agricultural market reactions to climate change based on simple crop response ...
... Agriculturally oriented studies focus on the explicit productivity impacts of changing climatic conditions on crops and their growing conditions, while economically oriented studies instead analyze agricultural market reactions to climate change based on simple crop response ...
Possible strategies to address socio-economic adaptation policies
... methodology used in assessing the impact of climate change and to identify and suggest strategies to develop appropriate long term responses for mitigation and/or adaptation. The WGCC will be presenting its report on strategies to adapt to climate change as documented in its booklet that has been pu ...
... methodology used in assessing the impact of climate change and to identify and suggest strategies to develop appropriate long term responses for mitigation and/or adaptation. The WGCC will be presenting its report on strategies to adapt to climate change as documented in its booklet that has been pu ...
Global Climate Change - FAU - the FAU College of Education
... surface. These global wind systems, in turn, drive the oceans’ surface currents. To understand how global winds form and drive the major ocean currents, students should know that wind is the basically the movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure. Pressure is force per ...
... surface. These global wind systems, in turn, drive the oceans’ surface currents. To understand how global winds form and drive the major ocean currents, students should know that wind is the basically the movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure. Pressure is force per ...
Venezuela-Climate Change
... the country from itself, or the ability to exploit its natural resources for economic gain. Venezuela recognizes the global scientific consensus that greenhouse gas emissions are the main cause of climate change. However, consistent with the beliefs of former president Hugo Chavez, Venezuela maintai ...
... the country from itself, or the ability to exploit its natural resources for economic gain. Venezuela recognizes the global scientific consensus that greenhouse gas emissions are the main cause of climate change. However, consistent with the beliefs of former president Hugo Chavez, Venezuela maintai ...
Adaptation 101
... At Oxfam America, we believe creating solutions to poverty means creating equitable solutions to the climate crisis. We have spent more than three decades helping poor people earn a better living, strengthen laws that protect their rights, provide educational opportunities, and respond to disasters. ...
... At Oxfam America, we believe creating solutions to poverty means creating equitable solutions to the climate crisis. We have spent more than three decades helping poor people earn a better living, strengthen laws that protect their rights, provide educational opportunities, and respond to disasters. ...
in English
... Today, a movement that combines social change and creativity is emerging across the globe. The 21st United Nations Conference on climate change, held in Paris from November 30th to December 11th 2015, is a decisive step towards negotiating a future international agreement in the fight against climat ...
... Today, a movement that combines social change and creativity is emerging across the globe. The 21st United Nations Conference on climate change, held in Paris from November 30th to December 11th 2015, is a decisive step towards negotiating a future international agreement in the fight against climat ...
CLIMATE AND CLEAN AIR COALITION TO REDUCE SHORT
... The UNEP/WMO Assessment (UNEP/WMO, 2011) and subsequent publications have highlighted the considerable multiple benefits for climate and air quality impacts that would result from the implementation of identified measures that address Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCPs). SLCPs are defined as thos ...
... The UNEP/WMO Assessment (UNEP/WMO, 2011) and subsequent publications have highlighted the considerable multiple benefits for climate and air quality impacts that would result from the implementation of identified measures that address Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCPs). SLCPs are defined as thos ...
using big data, scenarios development, and game theory to monitor
... changes at local and regional scales. Climate, economic, environmental and societal stresses will be magnified without appropriate decision making processes for people, communities, businesses and governments for the circumpolar Arctic. Vulnerabilities, impacts and adaptations will differ across the ...
... changes at local and regional scales. Climate, economic, environmental and societal stresses will be magnified without appropriate decision making processes for people, communities, businesses and governments for the circumpolar Arctic. Vulnerabilities, impacts and adaptations will differ across the ...
The impacts of climate change on terrestrial Earth surface systems
... continental in scale29,30. This interplay between ecological and physical processes under ongoing climate change is poorly understood both from field trials and modelling, but such biomorphodynamic studies represent an emerging area of interdisciplinary research31. Understanding of these biomorphody ...
... continental in scale29,30. This interplay between ecological and physical processes under ongoing climate change is poorly understood both from field trials and modelling, but such biomorphodynamic studies represent an emerging area of interdisciplinary research31. Understanding of these biomorphody ...
Human Impacts on Climate: A Broader View than Reported in the
... 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 range are also shown. These require summing asymmetric uncertainty estimates from the compone ...
... 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 range are also shown. These require summing asymmetric uncertainty estimates from the compone ...
extremes
... potential damages associated with varying greenhouse targets, it is imperative to understand the linkages between developing country poverty and climate extremes. However, analyses combining both rigorous climate science and economic theory have been notably lacking to date. This paper provides an i ...
... potential damages associated with varying greenhouse targets, it is imperative to understand the linkages between developing country poverty and climate extremes. However, analyses combining both rigorous climate science and economic theory have been notably lacking to date. This paper provides an i ...
Presumption and Burden of Proof: IADA Workshop
... used to attack this particular type of argument. 2. Examine each of these counter-arguments in light of the context of the debate to see if one might fit. 3. If you find one that fits, anticipate the objection by building in a premise stating that this particular type of counter-argument does no ...
... used to attack this particular type of argument. 2. Examine each of these counter-arguments in light of the context of the debate to see if one might fit. 3. If you find one that fits, anticipate the objection by building in a premise stating that this particular type of counter-argument does no ...