GCOS - WMO
... Meteorological Satellites (CGMS) for implementation; and plays a significant role for the broader observation requirements of the GFCS. GCOS will ensure data needs are met, as far as possible, by existing operational and scientific observing, data management and information distribution systems, and ...
... Meteorological Satellites (CGMS) for implementation; and plays a significant role for the broader observation requirements of the GFCS. GCOS will ensure data needs are met, as far as possible, by existing operational and scientific observing, data management and information distribution systems, and ...
1. Background information
... Article 8 of the Commission's proposal for a General Regulation states that "Member States shall provide information on the support for climate change objectives using the methodology adopted by the Commission." The Commission's view is that the proposed methodology should not impose additional admi ...
... Article 8 of the Commission's proposal for a General Regulation states that "Member States shall provide information on the support for climate change objectives using the methodology adopted by the Commission." The Commission's view is that the proposed methodology should not impose additional admi ...
WATCH: Current Knowledge of the Terrestrial Global Water Cycle
... gridded inputs of precipitation and driving climate variables for evaporation and snowmelt estimates. Within the European Union-funded WATCH project (http://www.euwatch.org), a comprehensive assessment of components of the water cycle, including large-scale hydrological extremes for the twentieth an ...
... gridded inputs of precipitation and driving climate variables for evaporation and snowmelt estimates. Within the European Union-funded WATCH project (http://www.euwatch.org), a comprehensive assessment of components of the water cycle, including large-scale hydrological extremes for the twentieth an ...
NIPCC SPM Published - Australian Environment Foundation
... purpose was to produce an independent evaluation of the available scientific evidence on the subject of carbon dioxide-induced global warming in anticipation of the release of the IPCC’s Fourth Assessment Report (AR4). NIPCC scientists concluded the IPCC was biased with respect to making future proj ...
... purpose was to produce an independent evaluation of the available scientific evidence on the subject of carbon dioxide-induced global warming in anticipation of the release of the IPCC’s Fourth Assessment Report (AR4). NIPCC scientists concluded the IPCC was biased with respect to making future proj ...
http://germanwatch.org/en/download/8551.pdf
... People all over the world have to face the reality of climate variability, in many parts of the world an increasing variability. More than 530,000 people died as a direct result of almost 15,000 extreme weather events, and losses of more than USD 2.5 trillion (in PPP) occurred from 1993 to 2012 glob ...
... People all over the world have to face the reality of climate variability, in many parts of the world an increasing variability. More than 530,000 people died as a direct result of almost 15,000 extreme weather events, and losses of more than USD 2.5 trillion (in PPP) occurred from 1993 to 2012 glob ...
Governing climate change: the politics of risk society?
... responsibilities within the nation-state. The risks posed by the onset of climate change have been widely debated. Sceptics suggest that there is insufficient evidence to demonstrate that changes to the climate outside the scope of natural variability have taken, or will take, place. The influential ...
... responsibilities within the nation-state. The risks posed by the onset of climate change have been widely debated. Sceptics suggest that there is insufficient evidence to demonstrate that changes to the climate outside the scope of natural variability have taken, or will take, place. The influential ...
LNG FUEL CYCLE: IMPACTS Report Number PH3/5 January 1999
... Background to the study The overall objective of work on full fuel cycle analysis by the IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D programme (IEA GHG) is to assess the costs and benefits of reducing emissions of greenhouse gases. There are many ways of responding to the possibility of climate change and, in order to c ...
... Background to the study The overall objective of work on full fuel cycle analysis by the IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D programme (IEA GHG) is to assess the costs and benefits of reducing emissions of greenhouse gases. There are many ways of responding to the possibility of climate change and, in order to c ...
Three Ways to Understand State Actors in International Negotiations
... • Regimes act as learning facilitators by initiating processes that give rise to social learning, such as policy diffusion. • Regimes act as agents of internal realignments by creating new constituencies or shifting the balance of power among groups within and across state borders. Together, these t ...
... • Regimes act as learning facilitators by initiating processes that give rise to social learning, such as policy diffusion. • Regimes act as agents of internal realignments by creating new constituencies or shifting the balance of power among groups within and across state borders. Together, these t ...
Current Extreme Weather and Climate Change
... nights, and frost days over the last four decades.13 Human influence has also been shown to have contributed to the increase of heavy precipitation over the Northern Hemisphere.14 Extreme weather events do not have a single cause but instead have various possible contributing factors – and human-ind ...
... nights, and frost days over the last four decades.13 Human influence has also been shown to have contributed to the increase of heavy precipitation over the Northern Hemisphere.14 Extreme weather events do not have a single cause but instead have various possible contributing factors – and human-ind ...
Pages: 1-13 (Download PDF) - European/American Journals
... Published by European Centre for Research Training and Development UK (www.ea-journals.org) ...
... Published by European Centre for Research Training and Development UK (www.ea-journals.org) ...
Extending a Geographic Lens Towards Climate Justice, Part 1
... with resultant inadequate attention to humans rights (Liverman 2009) and justice concerns such as recognition. A second framing with implications for justice is that of “common but differentiated responsibility” (Liverman 2009). How responsibility for climate change is framed directly shapes the al ...
... with resultant inadequate attention to humans rights (Liverman 2009) and justice concerns such as recognition. A second framing with implications for justice is that of “common but differentiated responsibility” (Liverman 2009). How responsibility for climate change is framed directly shapes the al ...
Oxfam Education Session 5: adapting to climate change Age range
... Show slide 10. Discuss learners‟ ideas about what climate change adaptation means. Explain that climate change adaptation is about responding to the effects of climate change to reduce the vulnerability of people, plants, animals and natural systems. Oxfam are already working with communities around ...
... Show slide 10. Discuss learners‟ ideas about what climate change adaptation means. Explain that climate change adaptation is about responding to the effects of climate change to reduce the vulnerability of people, plants, animals and natural systems. Oxfam are already working with communities around ...
Radiative forcing of climate by historical land cover change
... change has had a significant radiative effect on global climate over the past three centuries. All model runs show a cooling associated with land cover change, both in global averages, and as amplified locally by positive feedbacks. In the equilibrium runs, global cooling was in the range of 0.10!C ...
... change has had a significant radiative effect on global climate over the past three centuries. All model runs show a cooling associated with land cover change, both in global averages, and as amplified locally by positive feedbacks. In the equilibrium runs, global cooling was in the range of 0.10!C ...
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... abroad. The share of domestic tourists in total tourism depends on the climate in the home country and on per capita income. International tourists are finally allocated to all other countries based on a general attractiveness index, climate, per capita income in the destination countries, and the d ...
... abroad. The share of domestic tourists in total tourism depends on the climate in the home country and on per capita income. International tourists are finally allocated to all other countries based on a general attractiveness index, climate, per capita income in the destination countries, and the d ...
The Kyoto Protocol and Beyond: The World After 2012
... countries in 1995.21 To achieve a higher level of policy integration then, climate objectives, and environmental goals more broadly, need to be placed on a par with traditional Bank business. This would include goals relating to funding levels of GEF associated projects and integration into its sect ...
... countries in 1995.21 To achieve a higher level of policy integration then, climate objectives, and environmental goals more broadly, need to be placed on a par with traditional Bank business. This would include goals relating to funding levels of GEF associated projects and integration into its sect ...
Three Key Elements of a Post-2012 International Climate Policy
... The Kyoto Protocol also has some weaknesses. First, some of the worldÕs leading emitters either have not ratified the treaty or have not committed to specific targets that would restrict emissions. To date, the United States—until recently the country with the largest share of global emissions, abou ...
... The Kyoto Protocol also has some weaknesses. First, some of the worldÕs leading emitters either have not ratified the treaty or have not committed to specific targets that would restrict emissions. To date, the United States—until recently the country with the largest share of global emissions, abou ...
The Climate Change Performance Index - Results
... On the basis of standardised criteria, the index evaluates and compares the climate protection performance of 58 countries that are, together, responsible for more than 90% of global energy-related CO2 emissions. There are other countries with good or even higher climate protection performance, but ...
... On the basis of standardised criteria, the index evaluates and compares the climate protection performance of 58 countries that are, together, responsible for more than 90% of global energy-related CO2 emissions. There are other countries with good or even higher climate protection performance, but ...
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... Does not require field assessments of damages; Claims are paid out once a certain “index” is breached. Potential to respond more quickly to farmers when there is limited amount of rainfall (drought) or excessive amount of rainfall expected to adversely affect crops. ...
... Does not require field assessments of damages; Claims are paid out once a certain “index” is breached. Potential to respond more quickly to farmers when there is limited amount of rainfall (drought) or excessive amount of rainfall expected to adversely affect crops. ...
PPAI Goals - US CLIVAR
... - Role of ENSO in drought - Role of ENSO in US prediction skill - Role of ENSO in hurricane development * Tasks would include studies of predictability & experimental predictions for tropical Pacific variability characteristics * Leverage ongoing decadal predictability experiments at GFDL & NCAR; ex ...
... - Role of ENSO in drought - Role of ENSO in US prediction skill - Role of ENSO in hurricane development * Tasks would include studies of predictability & experimental predictions for tropical Pacific variability characteristics * Leverage ongoing decadal predictability experiments at GFDL & NCAR; ex ...
Folie 1
... 2050 by 80-90 % and keeping global warming under 2 degree. clear focus on energy- and resources efficiency that will also provide answer to ever increasing competition over scarce resources Defend leading position of EU globally in ...
... 2050 by 80-90 % and keeping global warming under 2 degree. clear focus on energy- and resources efficiency that will also provide answer to ever increasing competition over scarce resources Defend leading position of EU globally in ...
Assessing the potential impacts of climate change on food
... temperatures have risen by 3 °C over the last 90 years [4]. Northern Europe is also the geographical area with the biggest projected temperature increase according to climate change scenarios [5]. This change is particularly pronounced in the winter rather than the summer months, with projected incr ...
... temperatures have risen by 3 °C over the last 90 years [4]. Northern Europe is also the geographical area with the biggest projected temperature increase according to climate change scenarios [5]. This change is particularly pronounced in the winter rather than the summer months, with projected incr ...
2020: The Climate Turning Point
... No new coal-fired power plants are built, and all existing coal-fired power plants are in the process of being retired Already, more global capacity for renewable power is being added each year than coal, natural gas and oil combined, and in 2015 the sector overtook coal in terms of cumulative insta ...
... No new coal-fired power plants are built, and all existing coal-fired power plants are in the process of being retired Already, more global capacity for renewable power is being added each year than coal, natural gas and oil combined, and in 2015 the sector overtook coal in terms of cumulative insta ...
Revised 21st century temperature projections *, Paul C. Knappenberger Patrick J. Michaels
... the IPCC believes are self-consistent social development possibilities for the next 100 yr. These are factored into what are known as ‘SRES’ scenarios, as they were published in an IPCC document known as the ‘Special Report on Emissions’ (IPCC 2000). These ‘storylines’ range from high population gro ...
... the IPCC believes are self-consistent social development possibilities for the next 100 yr. These are factored into what are known as ‘SRES’ scenarios, as they were published in an IPCC document known as the ‘Special Report on Emissions’ (IPCC 2000). These ‘storylines’ range from high population gro ...
for International Climate Action? - Penn Law
... gases, the United States. Second, the Protocol does not extend deeply enough into the fields of human behavior to have a sustainable impact. In order to be truly effective, the international climate regime must change deeply ingrained commercial behavior. The only way to expand the breadth and depth ...
... gases, the United States. Second, the Protocol does not extend deeply enough into the fields of human behavior to have a sustainable impact. In order to be truly effective, the international climate regime must change deeply ingrained commercial behavior. The only way to expand the breadth and depth ...
climate change adaptation in serbia: the role of information networks
... societies exposed to severe economic, social and environmental problems and limitations, caused by sensitive local circumstances. The case of Serbia, which is the focus of this article, reveals challenges generated after more than two turbulent decades of recent history, marked by the gradual breaku ...
... societies exposed to severe economic, social and environmental problems and limitations, caused by sensitive local circumstances. The case of Serbia, which is the focus of this article, reveals challenges generated after more than two turbulent decades of recent history, marked by the gradual breaku ...
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.