Primer on Short-Lived Climate Pollutants
... protecting the people and regions most vulnerable to near-term climate impacts. Although we have known about SLCPs for more than thirty-five years,3 the following scientific developments have catapulted them to the front lines in the battle against climate change. • First is the recognition that we ...
... protecting the people and regions most vulnerable to near-term climate impacts. Although we have known about SLCPs for more than thirty-five years,3 the following scientific developments have catapulted them to the front lines in the battle against climate change. • First is the recognition that we ...
Fall 2015
... The lectureship is presented only occasionally and recipients are chosen for their significant contributions to the understanding of atmospheric processes through multidisciplinary research. The lectureship was created to foster exchanges and collaboration between atmospheric science and other disci ...
... The lectureship is presented only occasionally and recipients are chosen for their significant contributions to the understanding of atmospheric processes through multidisciplinary research. The lectureship was created to foster exchanges and collaboration between atmospheric science and other disci ...
A comprehensive set of high-resolution grids of monthly climate for
... It is desirable that any study of the potential consequences of future climate change should use the best available information about projected climates. These projections are most commonly obtained from global climate model (GCM) simulations of the climate response to a given scenario of future gre ...
... It is desirable that any study of the potential consequences of future climate change should use the best available information about projected climates. These projections are most commonly obtained from global climate model (GCM) simulations of the climate response to a given scenario of future gre ...
Communicating the risks of global warming
... A clear majority of respondents (68%) were most concerned about the impacts on people around the world and non-human nature. Only 13% were most concerned about the impacts on themselves, their family or their local community. This may help explain why global climate change remains a relatively low p ...
... A clear majority of respondents (68%) were most concerned about the impacts on people around the world and non-human nature. Only 13% were most concerned about the impacts on themselves, their family or their local community. This may help explain why global climate change remains a relatively low p ...
Print - Climate Change Knowledge Portal
... events could be even more damaging without effective disaster risk reduction and adaptation measures in place. Drought — Drought events occur most frequently in the Kara and Savannah regions, where each year temperatures reach above 40°C. Over the past 60 years, Togo has experienced three major drou ...
... events could be even more damaging without effective disaster risk reduction and adaptation measures in place. Drought — Drought events occur most frequently in the Kara and Savannah regions, where each year temperatures reach above 40°C. Over the past 60 years, Togo has experienced three major drou ...
Bioenergetic Prediction of Climate Change
... Yohe, 2003; Root et al., 2003), there is growing demand to anticipate the future responses of plant and animal populations to ongoing environmental change (Ludwig et al., 2001). The ability of biologists to anticipate these biotic responses is limited to some degree by lingering uncertainty about th ...
... Yohe, 2003; Root et al., 2003), there is growing demand to anticipate the future responses of plant and animal populations to ongoing environmental change (Ludwig et al., 2001). The ability of biologists to anticipate these biotic responses is limited to some degree by lingering uncertainty about th ...
LCC/2014/0101Roseacre Wood, Roseacre and Wharles, Fylde
... (either further up or down the supply chain). For example, GHG emissions associated with the production, extraction, refining and transport of diesel used to power generators and trucks (referred to in this assessment as well-to-tank), or the treatment of flowback fluid are defined as indirect emiss ...
... (either further up or down the supply chain). For example, GHG emissions associated with the production, extraction, refining and transport of diesel used to power generators and trucks (referred to in this assessment as well-to-tank), or the treatment of flowback fluid are defined as indirect emiss ...
This Changes Everything classroom guide
... we need. What role do different actors play? What values guide certain decisions? What priority do questions of participation, transparency, and accountability have? Is there a role between power decentralization and successful climate action? ...
... we need. What role do different actors play? What values guide certain decisions? What priority do questions of participation, transparency, and accountability have? Is there a role between power decentralization and successful climate action? ...
Climate change and respiratory diseases
... pollutants. In Europe, the emissions of many air pollutants have decreased over the past decades, resulting in some improved air quality (www.eea.europa.eu). Nevertheless, due to complex links between emissions and air quality, reductions in emissions do not always produce a corresponding drop in at ...
... pollutants. In Europe, the emissions of many air pollutants have decreased over the past decades, resulting in some improved air quality (www.eea.europa.eu). Nevertheless, due to complex links between emissions and air quality, reductions in emissions do not always produce a corresponding drop in at ...
Climate Model MEA Teacher Materials
... why they received that score and/or how their solution could be improved. In particular, we found it helpful to phrase the feedback as if it was coming from the client of the problem. So for example, in the Climate Model problem, the client are the cochairs, Thomas Stocker and Qin Dahe, at Working G ...
... why they received that score and/or how their solution could be improved. In particular, we found it helpful to phrase the feedback as if it was coming from the client of the problem. So for example, in the Climate Model problem, the client are the cochairs, Thomas Stocker and Qin Dahe, at Working G ...
File - Mrs. Mongeon Science
... They are increasing the amount of carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere, both of which are greenhouse gases. An increase in greenhouse gases leads to global climate change, which has many effects. ...
... They are increasing the amount of carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere, both of which are greenhouse gases. An increase in greenhouse gases leads to global climate change, which has many effects. ...
The Gender and Climate Debate: More of the Same or New
... change negotiations and committed parties to a universal objective of reducing emissions, with the benchmark set at 1990 emissions levels. Subsequent decisions under the UNFCCC, including the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, did not articulate any concern for gender issues, except for the need to include gende ...
... change negotiations and committed parties to a universal objective of reducing emissions, with the benchmark set at 1990 emissions levels. Subsequent decisions under the UNFCCC, including the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, did not articulate any concern for gender issues, except for the need to include gende ...
US Climate Engagement - Skoll Global Threats Fund
... commissioned a number of studies to better understand the current state of public engagement around climate change in the United States. The goal was to explore how the philanthropic sector could empower a more targeted, effective, and evidence-based approach to public engagement on climate. This do ...
... commissioned a number of studies to better understand the current state of public engagement around climate change in the United States. The goal was to explore how the philanthropic sector could empower a more targeted, effective, and evidence-based approach to public engagement on climate. This do ...
Standard PDF - Wiley Online Library
... we concentrate further analysis on temperature. Is there also a detectable signal of anthropogenic climate change in forest fire data themselves? [9] In order to test whether observed changes in area burned are due to anthropogenic climate change, we need a model of how area burned would be expected ...
... we concentrate further analysis on temperature. Is there also a detectable signal of anthropogenic climate change in forest fire data themselves? [9] In order to test whether observed changes in area burned are due to anthropogenic climate change, we need a model of how area burned would be expected ...
Chicago Area Climate Change Quick Guide
... methodology and recommended actions to help the City prepare for a changing climate. The City asked MWH to create a planning document to integrate adaptation actions into the City’s routine business processes at both strategic and tactical levels. The research on climate impacts is summarized in Res ...
... methodology and recommended actions to help the City prepare for a changing climate. The City asked MWH to create a planning document to integrate adaptation actions into the City’s routine business processes at both strategic and tactical levels. The research on climate impacts is summarized in Res ...
Climate and Culture - George Mason University
... famines, and conflicts, and there is already a wealth of anthropological knowledge on how people deal with these disruptions to their lives. Although these problems may not be ...
... famines, and conflicts, and there is already a wealth of anthropological knowledge on how people deal with these disruptions to their lives. Although these problems may not be ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES THE PERCEPTION AND VALUATION
... increase between the time of the survey and 2024; a gas tax that could control climate change till the later date would be accomplishing more. The survey also included a variety of other background questions and belief questions, which will be discussed in this section below, and Section 3. Qualifi ...
... increase between the time of the survey and 2024; a gas tax that could control climate change till the later date would be accomplishing more. The survey also included a variety of other background questions and belief questions, which will be discussed in this section below, and Section 3. Qualifi ...
Good Living for Whom? Bolivia`s Climate Justice Movement and the
... summers. Among the El Alto residents, the glacier retreat was quite visible from their homes. Many spoke about the physical signs of global warming. However, some colleagues in El Alto told me that they experienced more water in their pozos or wells and were uncertain as to how this retreat would af ...
... summers. Among the El Alto residents, the glacier retreat was quite visible from their homes. Many spoke about the physical signs of global warming. However, some colleagues in El Alto told me that they experienced more water in their pozos or wells and were uncertain as to how this retreat would af ...
Document
... We begin by examining reference scenarios that represent the range (but not necessarily the distribution) of scenarios found in the open literature and explore the role technology plays in shaping fossil-fuel carbon emissions. The main conclusion is that scenarios are generally optimistic about futu ...
... We begin by examining reference scenarios that represent the range (but not necessarily the distribution) of scenarios found in the open literature and explore the role technology plays in shaping fossil-fuel carbon emissions. The main conclusion is that scenarios are generally optimistic about futu ...
Applying the VFM framework to business case design and appraisal
... interventions. This includes guidance for appraising resilience-oriented business cases, particularly in the context of uncertainty associated with future climate change. However, the guidance does not provide ex-ante advice to design teams on what type of resilience interventions might provide earl ...
... interventions. This includes guidance for appraising resilience-oriented business cases, particularly in the context of uncertainty associated with future climate change. However, the guidance does not provide ex-ante advice to design teams on what type of resilience interventions might provide earl ...
Casino-21: Public Participation in Climate Simulation of the 21st
... choices on model predictions? Harder question: impact of model structure. www.climateprediction.com ...
... choices on model predictions? Harder question: impact of model structure. www.climateprediction.com ...
151725 Public Policy Text - A Convention For Persons Displaced By
... that deep cuts in global emissions are required … with a view to reduce global emissions so as to hold the increase in global temperature below 2 degrees Celsius, and to take action to meet this objective … on the basis of equity (UNFCCC 2009: Article 2) and an agreement on the part of developed sta ...
... that deep cuts in global emissions are required … with a view to reduce global emissions so as to hold the increase in global temperature below 2 degrees Celsius, and to take action to meet this objective … on the basis of equity (UNFCCC 2009: Article 2) and an agreement on the part of developed sta ...
Lea - Harvard University
... The similarity of Antarctic proxy air temperature and atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) records from the Vostok ice core is striking (Petit et al. 1999; Cuffey and Vimeux 2001) and suggests that CO 2 is playing a direct role in forcing the observed climate variations over the ice sheet. Such past r ...
... The similarity of Antarctic proxy air temperature and atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) records from the Vostok ice core is striking (Petit et al. 1999; Cuffey and Vimeux 2001) and suggests that CO 2 is playing a direct role in forcing the observed climate variations over the ice sheet. Such past r ...
Fulltext: english,
... century (IPCC 2007). Meta-analyses and other studies have illustrated that increasing temperatures have had considerable effects on many organisms in the world. For instance, higher spring temperatures have led to the earlier emergence of yellow-belied marmots (Marmota flaviventris) from hibernation ...
... century (IPCC 2007). Meta-analyses and other studies have illustrated that increasing temperatures have had considerable effects on many organisms in the world. For instance, higher spring temperatures have led to the earlier emergence of yellow-belied marmots (Marmota flaviventris) from hibernation ...
Climate engineering
Climate engineering, also referred to as geoengineering or climate intervention, is the deliberate and large-scale intervention in the Earth’s climatic system with the aim of limiting adverse climate change. Climate engineering is an umbrella term for two types of measures: carbon dioxide removal and solar radiation management. Carbon dioxide removal addresses the cause of climate change by removing one of the greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide) from the atmosphere. Solar radiation management attempts to offset effects of greenhouse gases by causing the Earth to absorb less solar radiation.Climate engineering approaches are sometimes viewed as additional potential options for limiting climate change, alongside mitigation and adaptation. There is substantial agreement among scientists that climate engineering cannot substitute climate change mitigation. Some approaches might be used as accompanying measures to sharp cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. Given that all types of measures addressing climate change have economic, political or physical limitations a some climate engineering approaches might eventually be used as part of an ensemble of measures. Research on costs, benefits, and various types of risks of most climate engineering approaches is at an early stage and their understanding needs to improve to judge their adequacy and feasibility.No known large-scale climate engineering projects have taken place to date. Almost all research into solar geoengineering has consisted of computer modelling or laboratory tests, and attempts to move to real-world experimentation have proved controversial for many types of climate engineering. Some practices, such as planting of trees and whitening of surfaces as well as bio-energy with carbon capture and storage projects are underway, their scalability to effectively affect global climate is however debated. Ocean iron fertilization has been given small-scale research trials, sparking substantial controversy.Most experts and major reports advise against relying on geoengineering techniques as a simple solution to climate change, in part due to the large uncertainties over effectiveness and side effects. However, most experts also argue that the risks of such interventions must be seen in the context of risks of dangerous climate change. Interventions at large scale may run a greater risk disrupting natural systems resulting in a dilemma that those approaches that could prove highly (cost-) effective in addressing extreme climate risk, might themselves cause substantial risk. Some have suggested that the concept of geoengineering the climate presents a moral hazard because it could reduce political and public pressure for emissions reduction, which could exacerbate overall climate risks.Groups such as ETC Group and some climate researchers (such as Raymond Pierrehumbert) are in favour of a moratorium on out-of-doors testing and deployment of SRM.