Conservation Ecology: Uncertainty, Climate Change, and Adaptive
... physical infrastructure, degraded natural capital, or ineffective governance can all contribute to the vulnerability of a region to climate change. Unfortunately, some areas that are already vulnerable due to social and economic circumstances, such as small island states and the arid tropics, are al ...
... physical infrastructure, degraded natural capital, or ineffective governance can all contribute to the vulnerability of a region to climate change. Unfortunately, some areas that are already vulnerable due to social and economic circumstances, such as small island states and the arid tropics, are al ...
Attribution of climate extreme events
... of media attention. Consider the widely publicized event dubbed ‘snowmaggedon’, in Washington DC on 5–6 February 201020. Key features included (i) it was winter and there was plenty of cold continental air; (ii) there was a storm in the right place; and (iii) the unusually high SSTs in the tropica ...
... of media attention. Consider the widely publicized event dubbed ‘snowmaggedon’, in Washington DC on 5–6 February 201020. Key features included (i) it was winter and there was plenty of cold continental air; (ii) there was a storm in the right place; and (iii) the unusually high SSTs in the tropica ...
Program Kampung Iklim ~ ProKlim - LCS-RNet
... • Lack of understanding on the concept of climate change adaptation and mitigation. • Active participation of local community is crucial for implementing climate change adaptation and mitigation. • There is a need to quantify adaptation and mitigation action, as well as quantification of its benefit ...
... • Lack of understanding on the concept of climate change adaptation and mitigation. • Active participation of local community is crucial for implementing climate change adaptation and mitigation. • There is a need to quantify adaptation and mitigation action, as well as quantification of its benefit ...
20041019_csiro_powerpoint_template.pot
... Bushfire CRC and Australian Bureau of Meteorology * CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research ...
... Bushfire CRC and Australian Bureau of Meteorology * CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research ...
OVERVIEW OF CLIMATE SCIENCE
... alongside two great earlier revolution in knowledge of Earth history. ...
... alongside two great earlier revolution in knowledge of Earth history. ...
PowerPoint - Princeton University
... Present-day radiative forcing due to aerosols over the eastern US is comparable in magnitude, but opposite in sign, to global forcing due to CO2. Due to short lifetime, forcing due to aerosols is not uniform across globe. Over the US, radiative forcing due to sulfate aerosols is -2 Wm-2. ...
... Present-day radiative forcing due to aerosols over the eastern US is comparable in magnitude, but opposite in sign, to global forcing due to CO2. Due to short lifetime, forcing due to aerosols is not uniform across globe. Over the US, radiative forcing due to sulfate aerosols is -2 Wm-2. ...
Elizabeth G. Ferris
... Climate change has, of course, been a part of our planet’s history since its creation. However, since 1970, there has been growing scientific concern about global warming and climate change as a result of human action. Many studies have been carried out and a consensus seems to have emerged in the s ...
... Climate change has, of course, been a part of our planet’s history since its creation. However, since 1970, there has been growing scientific concern about global warming and climate change as a result of human action. Many studies have been carried out and a consensus seems to have emerged in the s ...
Os pontos focais do Protocolo de Montreal de países
... Without the action prompted by the Montreal Protocol and its Vienna Convention, atmospheric levels of ozone-depleting substances would grow 10-fold by 2050. The resulting exposure to the sun’s ultraviolet radiation would likely have led to up to 20 million additional cases of skin cancer and 130 mil ...
... Without the action prompted by the Montreal Protocol and its Vienna Convention, atmospheric levels of ozone-depleting substances would grow 10-fold by 2050. The resulting exposure to the sun’s ultraviolet radiation would likely have led to up to 20 million additional cases of skin cancer and 130 mil ...
Meetings
... The Indian Ocean is taking an ever more important place in Earth’s climate system, climatologists are finding. For one, the seesaw in the east-west sea surface temperature (SST) contrast may affect not only rainfall in regions bordering the Indian Ocean but in regions as far away as North America. For ...
... The Indian Ocean is taking an ever more important place in Earth’s climate system, climatologists are finding. For one, the seesaw in the east-west sea surface temperature (SST) contrast may affect not only rainfall in regions bordering the Indian Ocean but in regions as far away as North America. For ...
Climate Change I Abrupt
... aspects of our world so rapidly. Particularly worrisome are human-induced increases in atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases, which are promoting global warming [see “Defusing the Global Warming Time Bomb,” by James Hansen; Scientific American, March; www.sciam.com/ontheweb]. The United Nat ...
... aspects of our world so rapidly. Particularly worrisome are human-induced increases in atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases, which are promoting global warming [see “Defusing the Global Warming Time Bomb,” by James Hansen; Scientific American, March; www.sciam.com/ontheweb]. The United Nat ...
Climate change management in drainage systems – changes
... Point 1) represents a normal rainfall and in this situation flooding should never occur. In this situation the facilities - lakes, canals, streams, etc. should be a natural part of the city and appear to be as recreational elements as possible. Point 2) illustrates the limits on the guarantee agains ...
... Point 1) represents a normal rainfall and in this situation flooding should never occur. In this situation the facilities - lakes, canals, streams, etc. should be a natural part of the city and appear to be as recreational elements as possible. Point 2) illustrates the limits on the guarantee agains ...
AISL poster 8-22-14 - Geological Society of America
... provided participants with a visual representation of their own status compared to that of their peers, and opportunity to investigate the reasons for these differences. ...
... provided participants with a visual representation of their own status compared to that of their peers, and opportunity to investigate the reasons for these differences. ...
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
... Cordillera Real mountain range, which rise 6,350 meters above sea level. In the last thirty years, the temperature in the region has increased more than 0.9ºF (0.5ºC). Glaciers in the range have been found to have lost more than 40% of their volume since 1963 and almost half of their surface area si ...
... Cordillera Real mountain range, which rise 6,350 meters above sea level. In the last thirty years, the temperature in the region has increased more than 0.9ºF (0.5ºC). Glaciers in the range have been found to have lost more than 40% of their volume since 1963 and almost half of their surface area si ...
The Use and Abuse of Global Warming: The Threat to Free
... In one case, the village of Uttawar in Haryana was surrounded by police, hundreds were taken into custody, and every eligible male was sterilized. Hearing what had happened, thousands gathered to defend another village named Pipli. Four were killed when police fired upon the crowd. Protesters gave u ...
... In one case, the village of Uttawar in Haryana was surrounded by police, hundreds were taken into custody, and every eligible male was sterilized. Hearing what had happened, thousands gathered to defend another village named Pipli. Four were killed when police fired upon the crowd. Protesters gave u ...
The impacts of climate change on nuclear power stations sites
... sites, often at very low elevations, and are consequently highly vulnerable to rising sea levels. An increase in global sea level is generally acknowledged to be one of the likeliest outcomes of global warming, as a result of the expansion of warmer water and the melting of mountain glaciers. ...
... sites, often at very low elevations, and are consequently highly vulnerable to rising sea levels. An increase in global sea level is generally acknowledged to be one of the likeliest outcomes of global warming, as a result of the expansion of warmer water and the melting of mountain glaciers. ...
Peter Hayes – Urban Infrastructure and Climate
... Coastal city exposure to climate risk co-evolved with non-climate drivers of location of coastal cities: --historical (water-borne logistics, colonial beachheads and metropoles, poor planning, ineffective urban governance, information failures) --contemporary competitive drive for cities to gain eco ...
... Coastal city exposure to climate risk co-evolved with non-climate drivers of location of coastal cities: --historical (water-borne logistics, colonial beachheads and metropoles, poor planning, ineffective urban governance, information failures) --contemporary competitive drive for cities to gain eco ...
6. Atolls in the ocean— canaries in the mine?
... the COP21 (formally, the Conference of the Parties) summit scheduled for Paris in December 2015. Expectations are building that the COP21 conference will achieve much more than the last climate change summit event attended by major world leaders, the 2009 COP15 Conference in Copenhagen. The COP15 su ...
... the COP21 (formally, the Conference of the Parties) summit scheduled for Paris in December 2015. Expectations are building that the COP21 conference will achieve much more than the last climate change summit event attended by major world leaders, the 2009 COP15 Conference in Copenhagen. The COP15 su ...
JIQ Discussion Platform A Reformulation of `Success` in the Climate
... lowest common denominator. However, it offers several characteristics that can form the foundation for a fulfillment of country-specific sustainable development objectives (see Table 1). For instance, the bottom-up characteristic allows developing countries to indicate their potential for action and ...
... lowest common denominator. However, it offers several characteristics that can form the foundation for a fulfillment of country-specific sustainable development objectives (see Table 1). For instance, the bottom-up characteristic allows developing countries to indicate their potential for action and ...
International symposium on the stabilisation of greenhouse gases
... the sensitivity is now likely to be higher than quoted in the TAR, however further observations may constrain the range. There are a range of emission pathways that could be followed theoretically to avoid different temperature levels. Probability analysis provides a quantitative estimate of the ris ...
... the sensitivity is now likely to be higher than quoted in the TAR, however further observations may constrain the range. There are a range of emission pathways that could be followed theoretically to avoid different temperature levels. Probability analysis provides a quantitative estimate of the ris ...
160309_BIS_slides_final_for_websites (opens in new window)
... Paris Agreement was a turning point and forms the basis of new, international, cooperative, long-term action on climate change—building on the broader commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals last September and financing for development in Addis last July. Was founded on deeper understanding ...
... Paris Agreement was a turning point and forms the basis of new, international, cooperative, long-term action on climate change—building on the broader commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals last September and financing for development in Addis last July. Was founded on deeper understanding ...
Ten Overlooked Issues in the IPCC and US National Assessments
... Barnett et al. (2001) state in `Detection of Anthropogenic Climate Change in the World’s Oceans’, Science, 292, 270-274. “Perhaps the most important aspect of this work is that it establishes a strong constraint on the performance and veracity of anthropogenically forced climate models. For example ...
... Barnett et al. (2001) state in `Detection of Anthropogenic Climate Change in the World’s Oceans’, Science, 292, 270-274. “Perhaps the most important aspect of this work is that it establishes a strong constraint on the performance and veracity of anthropogenically forced climate models. For example ...
Introduction “The UN should take a series of steps to enhance links
... The slow progress in reducing disaster risks is not only due to competing priorities, but also due to low understanding of the ability of disaster risk reduction for reducing climate impact and achieving sustainable development. According to the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, one dollar ...
... The slow progress in reducing disaster risks is not only due to competing priorities, but also due to low understanding of the ability of disaster risk reduction for reducing climate impact and achieving sustainable development. According to the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, one dollar ...
Ch. 07
... Crop and fish production in some areas could be reduced by rising sea levels that would flood river deltas. Global warming will increase deaths from: ...
... Crop and fish production in some areas could be reduced by rising sea levels that would flood river deltas. Global warming will increase deaths from: ...