Game-Changers in the Paris Climate Deal
... global temperature rises below 1.5°C, or even 2°C, stays within reach. And it must increase financial support to help them cope with an already changing climate. Earlier this year, world leaders endorsed momentous goals to end extreme poverty and hunger by 2030.1 When US President Obama, Indian Pri ...
... global temperature rises below 1.5°C, or even 2°C, stays within reach. And it must increase financial support to help them cope with an already changing climate. Earlier this year, world leaders endorsed momentous goals to end extreme poverty and hunger by 2030.1 When US President Obama, Indian Pri ...
Farmer beliefs and concerns about climate change and attitudes
... taxes, and market-based cap and trade (CAST 2011). Because each of these options requires substantial government intervention to implement, we use a general measure of support for government action to address the anthropogenic causes of climate change. Farmers were provided with the statement, “Gove ...
... taxes, and market-based cap and trade (CAST 2011). Because each of these options requires substantial government intervention to implement, we use a general measure of support for government action to address the anthropogenic causes of climate change. Farmers were provided with the statement, “Gove ...
Increasing bioenergy production on arable land - CLM
... The external constant parameter data for the surface boundary of the model are coastlines, lakes, river valleys, land cover types, vegetation parameter, topography, and soil type. The land surface processes are controlled by physical vegetation and soil properties. Parameter values are assigned to e ...
... The external constant parameter data for the surface boundary of the model are coastlines, lakes, river valleys, land cover types, vegetation parameter, topography, and soil type. The land surface processes are controlled by physical vegetation and soil properties. Parameter values are assigned to e ...
1 Carbon management and scenario planning at landscape scale
... step when quantifying regional and global C budgets (Paustian et al., 1997). The modelling of SOC content is a way of indirectly assessing C sequestration to complement direct measurements. Modelling may also help in the identification of areas with a large potential for increased SOC sequestration ...
... step when quantifying regional and global C budgets (Paustian et al., 1997). The modelling of SOC content is a way of indirectly assessing C sequestration to complement direct measurements. Modelling may also help in the identification of areas with a large potential for increased SOC sequestration ...
N°20 - AFD
... innovative actor internationally in the area of “climate” funding in terms of both quantity and quality, especially with regard to the methods and financial instruments used. Due to a high level of funding, the flexibility and diversity of the tools, and familiarity with the field and recognized exp ...
... innovative actor internationally in the area of “climate” funding in terms of both quantity and quality, especially with regard to the methods and financial instruments used. Due to a high level of funding, the flexibility and diversity of the tools, and familiarity with the field and recognized exp ...
climate change: challenges Facing india`s Poor
... play and amplify global warming (Lenton, Held et al 2008). The terrestrial biosphere which is now a net sink for carbon dioxide (absorbs CO2) may become a net source as temperatures rise. Methane frozen in permafrost in the Arctic may be released as the permafrost thaws, leading to still higher temp ...
... play and amplify global warming (Lenton, Held et al 2008). The terrestrial biosphere which is now a net sink for carbon dioxide (absorbs CO2) may become a net source as temperatures rise. Methane frozen in permafrost in the Arctic may be released as the permafrost thaws, leading to still higher temp ...
communicating climate change: closing the science
... gases, and the long-term average changes set in motion by them have emerged only recently from the daily, seasonal, and interannual ‘noise’ of variability. Relative to human perceptual capacities, the problem is building far too slowly to be noticed by the lay eye, and the early environmental impact ...
... gases, and the long-term average changes set in motion by them have emerged only recently from the daily, seasonal, and interannual ‘noise’ of variability. Relative to human perceptual capacities, the problem is building far too slowly to be noticed by the lay eye, and the early environmental impact ...
Thermodynamics of climate change
... Grinstein and Linsker, 2007), its heuristic adoption in climate science has been quite fruitful (Kleidon and Lorenz 2005; Kleidon et al., 2006; Kunz et al., 2008), and has stimulated a detailed re-examination of the importance of entropy production in the climate system (Peixoto and Oort, 1992; Good ...
... Grinstein and Linsker, 2007), its heuristic adoption in climate science has been quite fruitful (Kleidon and Lorenz 2005; Kleidon et al., 2006; Kunz et al., 2008), and has stimulated a detailed re-examination of the importance of entropy production in the climate system (Peixoto and Oort, 1992; Good ...
When It Rains, It Pours: Future Climate Extremes and Health
... Background: The accelerating accumulation of greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere is changing global environmental conditions in unprecedented and potentially irreversible ways. Climate change poses a host of challenges to the health of populations through complex direct and indirect mechanism ...
... Background: The accelerating accumulation of greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere is changing global environmental conditions in unprecedented and potentially irreversible ways. Climate change poses a host of challenges to the health of populations through complex direct and indirect mechanism ...
Frequency of wet and dry soil conditions in Tasmanian beef and
... Climate is an important driver of pasture production and the intra-annual variability in climate results in different patterns of pasture production which needs to be managed to meet feed demands on extensive livestock farm systems (beef and sheep farms). In recent decades, south eastern Australia h ...
... Climate is an important driver of pasture production and the intra-annual variability in climate results in different patterns of pasture production which needs to be managed to meet feed demands on extensive livestock farm systems (beef and sheep farms). In recent decades, south eastern Australia h ...
climate change adaptation in nigeria
... Department of Geography, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria ...
... Department of Geography, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria ...
Agriculture and Forestry Climate Change Impacts
... • Changes in the UK’s climate will, in the long term, have significant positive and negative impacts on agricultural and forestry production. For agriculture, however, in the short term it is likely that technology and socio-economic factors will continue to be more influential drivers of change. I ...
... • Changes in the UK’s climate will, in the long term, have significant positive and negative impacts on agricultural and forestry production. For agriculture, however, in the short term it is likely that technology and socio-economic factors will continue to be more influential drivers of change. I ...
a report on kenya*s stakeholders consultative workshop on GREEN
... Kenya has many actors involved in climate change adaptation and mitigation interventions. NEMA as the principal instrument for the Government of Kenya for the implementation of all matters pertaining to the environment has a vast network of stakeholders that it interacts with during its operations. ...
... Kenya has many actors involved in climate change adaptation and mitigation interventions. NEMA as the principal instrument for the Government of Kenya for the implementation of all matters pertaining to the environment has a vast network of stakeholders that it interacts with during its operations. ...
Activity 2.1: Historical Climate Cycles
... we have satellites and weather stations that constantly monitor temperature. In recent history, we used thermometers and historical records.) • What about before that? (We know about past climates from fossil records of plants, small insects, and pollen, ice cores, sea floor cores, geological patter ...
... we have satellites and weather stations that constantly monitor temperature. In recent history, we used thermometers and historical records.) • What about before that? (We know about past climates from fossil records of plants, small insects, and pollen, ice cores, sea floor cores, geological patter ...
Collected Climate Quotes
... Any successful long-term strategy will require that the green wave fully and passionately embrace the principles of eco-equity. - Van Jones, The Green Collar Economy Anyone who would tackle our current addiction to fossil fuels is going to have to maneuver around denial. - William H. Calvin, Apparen ...
... Any successful long-term strategy will require that the green wave fully and passionately embrace the principles of eco-equity. - Van Jones, The Green Collar Economy Anyone who would tackle our current addiction to fossil fuels is going to have to maneuver around denial. - William H. Calvin, Apparen ...
Contributions of past and present human generations to committed
... attempt to examine the range of forcing agents that are believed to be contributing to climate change in this article, nor do we examine how feedbacks influence the climate changes caused by forcing. The purpose of this article is to probe in a qualitative fashion the nature and scope of the warming ...
... attempt to examine the range of forcing agents that are believed to be contributing to climate change in this article, nor do we examine how feedbacks influence the climate changes caused by forcing. The purpose of this article is to probe in a qualitative fashion the nature and scope of the warming ...
Ua `afa le Aso Stormy weather today: traditional ecological
... also extended to different phases of ENSO. Beucher found that in normal events, when the SPI is near zero, the SPCZ lies northwest and southeast along the trough where maximum rainfall anomalies are observed. During El Niño events, when the SPI is lower than −0.47, the SPCZ moves east of the 180◦ W ...
... also extended to different phases of ENSO. Beucher found that in normal events, when the SPI is near zero, the SPCZ lies northwest and southeast along the trough where maximum rainfall anomalies are observed. During El Niño events, when the SPI is lower than −0.47, the SPCZ moves east of the 180◦ W ...
Climate change policies and the WTO: Greening the GATT
... “necessary” has been consistently interpreted to denote the least restrictive option to achieve an objective unilaterally set by the regulating state, which is not justiciable. In the example, if the regulating state cannot afford to subsidise, it could still use the tariff. In light of the above, i ...
... “necessary” has been consistently interpreted to denote the least restrictive option to achieve an objective unilaterally set by the regulating state, which is not justiciable. In the example, if the regulating state cannot afford to subsidise, it could still use the tariff. In light of the above, i ...
Nitrogen and phosphorous limitations significantly reduce future
... IAM estimates except for the high-end RCP8.5 scenario over the last three decades, while the allowable emissions under N or NP limitation as estimated by our ESM are smaller than those from the IAMs. For the historical period (1850–2005), an independent estimate of CO2 emission is 470 ± 80 Pg C (Tab ...
... IAM estimates except for the high-end RCP8.5 scenario over the last three decades, while the allowable emissions under N or NP limitation as estimated by our ESM are smaller than those from the IAMs. For the historical period (1850–2005), an independent estimate of CO2 emission is 470 ± 80 Pg C (Tab ...
Impact of Climate Change on the Poor in Bolivia
... addition to adding to greenhouse gas emissions, this “also increases the devastation caused by flooding as natural forms of protection have been removed.” The impact of deforestation on the poor coupled with climate change is not very clear. It is important to note that most of the land that has bee ...
... addition to adding to greenhouse gas emissions, this “also increases the devastation caused by flooding as natural forms of protection have been removed.” The impact of deforestation on the poor coupled with climate change is not very clear. It is important to note that most of the land that has bee ...
1 WEATHER AND CLIMATE SERVICE DELIVERY IN THE LAKE
... In the past, ‘climate services’ that embrace past, present and future climate information, assessment and advice on climaterelated issues have somewhat developed as an extension of weather services which extend from monitoring, analysis, and seamless prediction f ...
... In the past, ‘climate services’ that embrace past, present and future climate information, assessment and advice on climaterelated issues have somewhat developed as an extension of weather services which extend from monitoring, analysis, and seamless prediction f ...
Changes in Climate will modify the Geography of Crop Suitability
... between regions and over time. Porter et al. (2007) predict that if global temperatures do not increase more than 40C over the next century, arable agricultural production can probably adapt to changes in mean global temperature using breeding, selection and management. Plant breeding, however, is a ...
... between regions and over time. Porter et al. (2007) predict that if global temperatures do not increase more than 40C over the next century, arable agricultural production can probably adapt to changes in mean global temperature using breeding, selection and management. Plant breeding, however, is a ...
Climate-change policy: why has so little been achieved?
... in population, both of which have been facilitated by the harnessing of fossil fuels. The world population tripled in the twentieth century from 2 to 6 billion. Between now and 2050, it is projected to increase from 6 to 9 billion—to add more extra people than the entire world population in 1950. Th ...
... in population, both of which have been facilitated by the harnessing of fossil fuels. The world population tripled in the twentieth century from 2 to 6 billion. Between now and 2050, it is projected to increase from 6 to 9 billion—to add more extra people than the entire world population in 1950. Th ...
pdf Do We Understand What Is Driving Climate Change?
... This simple energy balance allows us to calculate the average temperature that the Earth ought to have – we simply take the total amount of energy that the Earth absorbs from the sun, and equate this with the energy that the Earth is losing by radiating infrared energy outward into space. If those t ...
... This simple energy balance allows us to calculate the average temperature that the Earth ought to have – we simply take the total amount of energy that the Earth absorbs from the sun, and equate this with the energy that the Earth is losing by radiating infrared energy outward into space. If those t ...
impacts by degree - Division on Earth and Life Studies
... Approaches to ‘geoengineer’ future climate, e.g., to actively remove carbon from the atmosphere or reflect sunlight to space using particulate matter or mirrors are topics of active research. If effective, these may be able to reduce or reverse global warming that would otherwise be effectively irre ...
... Approaches to ‘geoengineer’ future climate, e.g., to actively remove carbon from the atmosphere or reflect sunlight to space using particulate matter or mirrors are topics of active research. If effective, these may be able to reduce or reverse global warming that would otherwise be effectively irre ...
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.