Crossing the Divide
... that is going up, where we are taking urgent action and keeping on taking it. We don’t know exactly where we are on the curve but what we know is that we are seeing positive impacts. For the first time in decades we are seeing coal consumption in China and the US starting to plateau. We’re seeing an ...
... that is going up, where we are taking urgent action and keeping on taking it. We don’t know exactly where we are on the curve but what we know is that we are seeing positive impacts. For the first time in decades we are seeing coal consumption in China and the US starting to plateau. We’re seeing an ...
The Greenhouse Effect – A New Zealand perspective on
... The human population is increasing, as is energy use per person. Total energy use has grown 16fold in the last century and, because most of this is from fossil fuels, has led to dramatic increases in the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. We know that the level of greenhouse gases, su ...
... The human population is increasing, as is energy use per person. Total energy use has grown 16fold in the last century and, because most of this is from fossil fuels, has led to dramatic increases in the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. We know that the level of greenhouse gases, su ...
Team Name
... Social networking involves a group of individuals who share similar interests. These networks are influential in changing one’s attitude and behaviour, and can be used to communicate the intended message to the target audience at large. As such, the communication plan will emphasize on online social ...
... Social networking involves a group of individuals who share similar interests. These networks are influential in changing one’s attitude and behaviour, and can be used to communicate the intended message to the target audience at large. As such, the communication plan will emphasize on online social ...
DAY 1 - UAF SNAP
... The first planning step is to select drivers with high impact and high uncertainty. It is also important to consider whether drivers have a wide range of effects, impacts in all parks, and impact multiple sectors. Drivers can be more general (e.g. temperature change) or more specific (e.g. water tem ...
... The first planning step is to select drivers with high impact and high uncertainty. It is also important to consider whether drivers have a wide range of effects, impacts in all parks, and impact multiple sectors. Drivers can be more general (e.g. temperature change) or more specific (e.g. water tem ...
Climate vulnerability of biophysical systems in
... 20–40% for the period between 1931–60 and 1968–90. The same declining trends were observed in mean annual precipitations in the tropical moist forests by 4% in West Africa, 3% in North Congo and 2% in South Congo for the period 1960–98 (Malhi and Wright 2004). On the other hand, tropical moist fores ...
... 20–40% for the period between 1931–60 and 1968–90. The same declining trends were observed in mean annual precipitations in the tropical moist forests by 4% in West Africa, 3% in North Congo and 2% in South Congo for the period 1960–98 (Malhi and Wright 2004). On the other hand, tropical moist fores ...
Climate Change in the Midwest - Union of Concerned Scientists
... century. It is important to note, however, that the lower scenario does not represent a lower boundary on possible futures. It is very probable that timely and aggressive action to reduce emissions over the next few decades, such as that laid out in the Chicago Climate Action Plan, could limit clima ...
... century. It is important to note, however, that the lower scenario does not represent a lower boundary on possible futures. It is very probable that timely and aggressive action to reduce emissions over the next few decades, such as that laid out in the Chicago Climate Action Plan, could limit clima ...
Radio and Reduction of GHG Emissions
... reduce power consumption per unit for almost all radio applications. The use of radio-based devices/systems for reduction in other sectors - Wireless devices, such as mobile phones are currently the most common way of communications, which significantly reduce commuting and travelling. Radio, in man ...
... reduce power consumption per unit for almost all radio applications. The use of radio-based devices/systems for reduction in other sectors - Wireless devices, such as mobile phones are currently the most common way of communications, which significantly reduce commuting and travelling. Radio, in man ...
Climatic Impact of Volcanic Emissions
... amount and timing of these slow volcanic emissions into the troposphere will produce a better understanding of the record of tropospheric sulfate aerosols, their contribution to radiative and cloud microphysical changes, and thus their relative role in climate change. Fifth, the response to volcanic ...
... amount and timing of these slow volcanic emissions into the troposphere will produce a better understanding of the record of tropospheric sulfate aerosols, their contribution to radiative and cloud microphysical changes, and thus their relative role in climate change. Fifth, the response to volcanic ...
Understanding the Links between Climate Change and Development
... ecosystems and natural resources, intensify the competition for land and water, and increase the demand for energy. Most of the population increase will be in cities, which could help limit resource degradation and individual energy consumption. But both could increase, along with human vulnerabilit ...
... ecosystems and natural resources, intensify the competition for land and water, and increase the demand for energy. Most of the population increase will be in cities, which could help limit resource degradation and individual energy consumption. But both could increase, along with human vulnerabilit ...
A climatic basis for microrefugia: the influence of terrain on climate
... the dispersal capacity of species in response to anthropogenic warming. Indeed, there are many implications of microrefugia and yet our understanding of them is quite limited. Most notably, we lack an understanding of the climatic basis for explaining their existence. Investigators commonly attribut ...
... the dispersal capacity of species in response to anthropogenic warming. Indeed, there are many implications of microrefugia and yet our understanding of them is quite limited. Most notably, we lack an understanding of the climatic basis for explaining their existence. Investigators commonly attribut ...
“icehouse” (cold) climates
... Neoproterozoic glacial marine diamictites are often overlain by laminated cap carbonates that have strongly negative d13C values (e.g., Kauffman et al., 1997; Hoffman et al., 1998, Kennedy et al., 2001). Some cap carbonates contain spectacular aragonite crystal fans that grew rapidly on the sea floo ...
... Neoproterozoic glacial marine diamictites are often overlain by laminated cap carbonates that have strongly negative d13C values (e.g., Kauffman et al., 1997; Hoffman et al., 1998, Kennedy et al., 2001). Some cap carbonates contain spectacular aragonite crystal fans that grew rapidly on the sea floo ...
Blöschl, G., A. Viglione and A. Montanari (2013)
... (or drought) event, vulnerability as the damage cost in monetary terms, and (economic) risk as the product of the two. This leads to an optimization problem that aims at identifying the most economic management strategy among those discussed in the previous section. The ‘top-down’ approach is the mo ...
... (or drought) event, vulnerability as the damage cost in monetary terms, and (economic) risk as the product of the two. This leads to an optimization problem that aims at identifying the most economic management strategy among those discussed in the previous section. The ‘top-down’ approach is the mo ...
Ambiente & Sociedade 1414-753X Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e
... funds are used for climate change mitigation and a small share for adaptation projects. The countries that have produced a temperature increase lower than their commitments may sell this difference at market price to any country that has not complied with its commitment. This is known as emissions t ...
... funds are used for climate change mitigation and a small share for adaptation projects. The countries that have produced a temperature increase lower than their commitments may sell this difference at market price to any country that has not complied with its commitment. This is known as emissions t ...
pdf - The Paleoindian Database of the Americas
... understandings than individual scholars working alone. As scientific knowledge of the causes of climate change has grown, so, too, has public interest in the subject. ‘‘An Inconvenient Truth,’’ a film about global warming produced by former United States Vice President Al Gore, won an Oscar for best d ...
... understandings than individual scholars working alone. As scientific knowledge of the causes of climate change has grown, so, too, has public interest in the subject. ‘‘An Inconvenient Truth,’’ a film about global warming produced by former United States Vice President Al Gore, won an Oscar for best d ...
The Influence of Climate Variability and Change on the Science and
... Species Range Shifts in Response to Past Climate Variation Studies of paleoclimate and paleoecology allow us to put current species distributions in a longer-term context. Using records derived from tree rings, pollen analysis, packrat middens, and other sources, changes in space and time of many sp ...
... Species Range Shifts in Response to Past Climate Variation Studies of paleoclimate and paleoecology allow us to put current species distributions in a longer-term context. Using records derived from tree rings, pollen analysis, packrat middens, and other sources, changes in space and time of many sp ...
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... Survey results: Greece acknowledges the need to reduce emissions from shipping and other transport. As regards international shipping, Greece suggests that a global regulative approach under the International Maritime Organization would be much more effective in reducing CO2 emissions from shipping ...
... Survey results: Greece acknowledges the need to reduce emissions from shipping and other transport. As regards international shipping, Greece suggests that a global regulative approach under the International Maritime Organization would be much more effective in reducing CO2 emissions from shipping ...
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... Doubling CO2 would warm earth by 5° – 6° C But we could never do that … the oceans absorb too much! ...
... Doubling CO2 would warm earth by 5° – 6° C But we could never do that … the oceans absorb too much! ...
Climate Change Adaptation Guideline
... The National Climate Change Adaptation Framework8 identified “settlements and infrastructure” as one of six key sectors to fill critical knowledge gaps needed by decision makers. The National Climate Change Adaptation Research Plan9 was developed to address key issues and set a national precedence f ...
... The National Climate Change Adaptation Framework8 identified “settlements and infrastructure” as one of six key sectors to fill critical knowledge gaps needed by decision makers. The National Climate Change Adaptation Research Plan9 was developed to address key issues and set a national precedence f ...
Tropical Belt WG
... bands, or is more global in its extent. It was recommended that a better connection be made between the zonal-mean expansion of the Hadley circulation and changes in the regional circulations of the tropical and subtropical zones. ...
... bands, or is more global in its extent. It was recommended that a better connection be made between the zonal-mean expansion of the Hadley circulation and changes in the regional circulations of the tropical and subtropical zones. ...
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... We don’t have a picture of the good that we need. It is not clear what it means to be a moral person, or to lead a good life in the context of climate debt. The current human population living sustainably on the planet with relative environmental equity between and within societies is an unprecedent ...
... We don’t have a picture of the good that we need. It is not clear what it means to be a moral person, or to lead a good life in the context of climate debt. The current human population living sustainably on the planet with relative environmental equity between and within societies is an unprecedent ...
Public Health: Adapting to Climate Change
... The tools necessary for protecting people from heat stress are available in the United States and have been shown to work. These include tools that measure temperature widely and forecast weather conditions that lead to dangerous heat stress. The many epidemics of heat‐caused deaths have identifi ...
... The tools necessary for protecting people from heat stress are available in the United States and have been shown to work. These include tools that measure temperature widely and forecast weather conditions that lead to dangerous heat stress. The many epidemics of heat‐caused deaths have identifi ...
Climate Change Adaptation Plan – City of Red Deer Part One
... practises and practises that cause GHG emissions. Red Deer has not joined to PCP program. But we do have a corporate GHG plan adopted by Council in April 2013. The EMP directs that a community GHG plan also be developed. Special funding was set aside to start this project in 2014. It may make sense ...
... practises and practises that cause GHG emissions. Red Deer has not joined to PCP program. But we do have a corporate GHG plan adopted by Council in April 2013. The EMP directs that a community GHG plan also be developed. Special funding was set aside to start this project in 2014. It may make sense ...
Bringing in Irrigation
... what conditions would it be feasible/viable to use – One approach would be to take multiple corn price realizations for future and see if its profitable for farmers to use surface, ground water to irrigate – Cost of irrigation, infrastructure. ...
... what conditions would it be feasible/viable to use – One approach would be to take multiple corn price realizations for future and see if its profitable for farmers to use surface, ground water to irrigate – Cost of irrigation, infrastructure. ...
Change is in the Air
... ELECTRICITY 13. Expand and extend all Toronto Hydro programs that support energy conservation and renewable energy. 14. Eliminate use of incandescent bulbs in all City-owned buildings, including Agencies, Boards and Commissions, by 2012. 15. Complete conversion of street lighting to LED technology b ...
... ELECTRICITY 13. Expand and extend all Toronto Hydro programs that support energy conservation and renewable energy. 14. Eliminate use of incandescent bulbs in all City-owned buildings, including Agencies, Boards and Commissions, by 2012. 15. Complete conversion of street lighting to LED technology b ...
A probabilistic analysis of human influence on
... average monthly temperatures exceeding the 20th century average for each corresponding month resulting in a total of 346 months. Such a fact would seem to strongly support the hypothesis that global warming is occurring, but the question remains: how strong is this evidence (Bowman et al., 2010)? Ev ...
... average monthly temperatures exceeding the 20th century average for each corresponding month resulting in a total of 346 months. Such a fact would seem to strongly support the hypothesis that global warming is occurring, but the question remains: how strong is this evidence (Bowman et al., 2010)? Ev ...
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.