bill nye: science guy
... Nye do they share and how have they been inspired by him? When Bill Nye presented his mentor and professor, Carl Sagan, with his idea of hosting a children’s television show, Sagan gave him the following advice: “You should focus on pure science. Don’t do science experiments without explaining the b ...
... Nye do they share and how have they been inspired by him? When Bill Nye presented his mentor and professor, Carl Sagan, with his idea of hosting a children’s television show, Sagan gave him the following advice: “You should focus on pure science. Don’t do science experiments without explaining the b ...
Vote 30: Environmental Affairs 2014/15 Budget
... This resulted in the reduction in budget of more than R6 million (nominal) and R19 million (real Rand), respectively. • How would South Africa’s fair contribution to the global effort to stabilise greenhouse gas (GHG) in the atmosphere be achieved in the face of reduced spending focus on the Clima ...
... This resulted in the reduction in budget of more than R6 million (nominal) and R19 million (real Rand), respectively. • How would South Africa’s fair contribution to the global effort to stabilise greenhouse gas (GHG) in the atmosphere be achieved in the face of reduced spending focus on the Clima ...
03_MATCH_paper2_May17 - Modelling and assessment of
... The increase in CO2 concentration can be explained by the following factors: • Anthropogenic emissions from fossil fuels and industrial processes • Anthropogenic emissions/removals from land use change and forestry • Natural removals by the biosphere • Natural removals by the ocean ...
... The increase in CO2 concentration can be explained by the following factors: • Anthropogenic emissions from fossil fuels and industrial processes • Anthropogenic emissions/removals from land use change and forestry • Natural removals by the biosphere • Natural removals by the ocean ...
The Fifth Carbon Budget - Call for Evidence Question and Response
... reduction, either before the end of Paris or after Paris? As indicated in the Committee’s preamble to this section, Europe’s offer is to cut domestic emissions by “at least” 40% by 2030, leaving opportunity for Europe to increase its offer, through further emissions reductions domestically or intern ...
... reduction, either before the end of Paris or after Paris? As indicated in the Committee’s preamble to this section, Europe’s offer is to cut domestic emissions by “at least” 40% by 2030, leaving opportunity for Europe to increase its offer, through further emissions reductions domestically or intern ...
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... 3.2. Evaluating the relative impact of climate and economic changes on forest and agricultural ecosystem services in mountain regions In this study, the same climate and land-use change scenarios as in Briner et al. (2012) were divided in i) the direct biophysical impacts of climate change, ii) cli ...
... 3.2. Evaluating the relative impact of climate and economic changes on forest and agricultural ecosystem services in mountain regions In this study, the same climate and land-use change scenarios as in Briner et al. (2012) were divided in i) the direct biophysical impacts of climate change, ii) cli ...
Climate change scenarios for Peru and Ecuador
... HadCM2GG integrations simulated the change in forcing of the climate system by greenhouse gases since the early industrial period (taken by HadCM2 to be 1860). The addition of the negative forcing effects of sulphate aerosols represents the direct radiative forcing due to anthropogenic sulphate aero ...
... HadCM2GG integrations simulated the change in forcing of the climate system by greenhouse gases since the early industrial period (taken by HadCM2 to be 1860). The addition of the negative forcing effects of sulphate aerosols represents the direct radiative forcing due to anthropogenic sulphate aero ...
CIRCE Stakeholder guidance document
... 2008) and the cultures and values of communities (Reid and Huq, 2007; O’Brien, 2008; Coulthard, 2008) can act as socio-political barriers to adaptation. Structured discussions are important to discuss adaptation options and their potential barriers (Arnell and Charlton, 2008). The different experien ...
... 2008) and the cultures and values of communities (Reid and Huq, 2007; O’Brien, 2008; Coulthard, 2008) can act as socio-political barriers to adaptation. Structured discussions are important to discuss adaptation options and their potential barriers (Arnell and Charlton, 2008). The different experien ...
20101209-Forest-Roundtable-Minutes
... dynamic and knows how to give a speech. She should also lead a workshop. She also has a grant for outreach so maybe she can pay for some of her travel with that as well. Need to get folks warmed up to thinking about passing on land after death—the opening welcome/keynote and landowner panel may help ...
... dynamic and knows how to give a speech. She should also lead a workshop. She also has a grant for outreach so maybe she can pay for some of her travel with that as well. Need to get folks warmed up to thinking about passing on land after death—the opening welcome/keynote and landowner panel may help ...
14 percent - World Future Council
... The global food system as a whole is estimated to produce nearly 40 percent of total carbon emissions – encompassing GHG release from the conversion of forest to farmland, all aspects of food production, as well as the transportation and processing of food. This huge climate impact obviously has ma ...
... The global food system as a whole is estimated to produce nearly 40 percent of total carbon emissions – encompassing GHG release from the conversion of forest to farmland, all aspects of food production, as well as the transportation and processing of food. This huge climate impact obviously has ma ...
Presentation Slides - Association for the Advancement of
... significant risks for – and in many cases is already affecting – a broad range of human and natural systems.” ...
... significant risks for – and in many cases is already affecting – a broad range of human and natural systems.” ...
Global Climate Change as a Threat to U.S. National Security
... become exploited by man-made threats, such as terrorist organizations, and natural threats, like hurricanes and tornadoes. PDDs intended to protect the CI from any attack have led to the development of federal organizations and information-sharing centers and have directed the private sector, which ...
... become exploited by man-made threats, such as terrorist organizations, and natural threats, like hurricanes and tornadoes. PDDs intended to protect the CI from any attack have led to the development of federal organizations and information-sharing centers and have directed the private sector, which ...
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Adaptation to climate [change] impacts
... options for sectors and countries that are most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change – possible funding abeit not adequate at the moment – development of national policy options for adaptation • The Convention works to ensure food and health security ...
... options for sectors and countries that are most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change – possible funding abeit not adequate at the moment – development of national policy options for adaptation • The Convention works to ensure food and health security ...
Economic Impacts of Climate Change on Ohio
... gas emissions and to help us adapt to the impending impacts triggered by past emissions. While climate impacts will vary on a regional scale, it is at the state and local levels where critical policy and investment decisions are made for the very systems most likely to be affected by climate change ...
... gas emissions and to help us adapt to the impending impacts triggered by past emissions. While climate impacts will vary on a regional scale, it is at the state and local levels where critical policy and investment decisions are made for the very systems most likely to be affected by climate change ...
Ethics, equity and the economics of climate change. Paper 1: science and philosophy: Working Paper 84a (568 kB) (opens in new window)
... or societies and contrast with the decisions which could or should be understood as ethical. Such scrutiny can nurture reflection, discussion and change. For example, our political and social decision-making systems have often led to outcomes that are discriminatory and unethical; slavery and denyin ...
... or societies and contrast with the decisions which could or should be understood as ethical. Such scrutiny can nurture reflection, discussion and change. For example, our political and social decision-making systems have often led to outcomes that are discriminatory and unethical; slavery and denyin ...
Regional Climate Messages for East Africa
... variability in the climate system results from natural processes both internal and external to the climate system. On decadal, multi-decadal and centennial time scales, major modes of variability are found in the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian and Southern Oceans, and they can have substantial influences ...
... variability in the climate system results from natural processes both internal and external to the climate system. On decadal, multi-decadal and centennial time scales, major modes of variability are found in the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian and Southern Oceans, and they can have substantial influences ...
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
... transient alterations in an organism’s neurophysiological and somatovisceral state that represent its immediate relationship to the flow of changing events… in a sense, core affect is a neurophysiologic barometer of the individual’s relationship to an environment at a given point in time. To the ext ...
... transient alterations in an organism’s neurophysiological and somatovisceral state that represent its immediate relationship to the flow of changing events… in a sense, core affect is a neurophysiologic barometer of the individual’s relationship to an environment at a given point in time. To the ext ...
The paradox of Anthony Giddens
... Giddens that it does the topic described in its title. Having the capacity to say something is not the same thing as having something worth saying. The alarm bells sound as early as page two, where the ‘Giddens paradox’ is defined: “It states that, since the dangers posed by global warming aren't ta ...
... Giddens that it does the topic described in its title. Having the capacity to say something is not the same thing as having something worth saying. The alarm bells sound as early as page two, where the ‘Giddens paradox’ is defined: “It states that, since the dangers posed by global warming aren't ta ...
Federal Climate Change Legislation as If the States Matter
... the United States. These efforts involve more and more states and are becoming increasingly ambitious and regional in scope. Most observers, even at the state level, see state and regional efforts as a next-best strategy in the absence of serious national leadership. The growing prospect of comprehe ...
... the United States. These efforts involve more and more states and are becoming increasingly ambitious and regional in scope. Most observers, even at the state level, see state and regional efforts as a next-best strategy in the absence of serious national leadership. The growing prospect of comprehe ...
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... could affect our lives and environment, for example through changes in the size and age of the population, changes in our industries and changes in our environmental priorities. However, we need to understand the science of climate change better and what climate change could mean at the local level ...
... could affect our lives and environment, for example through changes in the size and age of the population, changes in our industries and changes in our environmental priorities. However, we need to understand the science of climate change better and what climate change could mean at the local level ...
Impacts of climatic change on water and associated economic
... governance. Regional climate models have over the past decade provided the essential information on shifting precipitation and temperature patterns, while snow, ice, hydrological models and biosphere models are now beginning to allow coupled system approaches in order to assess the changes in basin ...
... governance. Regional climate models have over the past decade provided the essential information on shifting precipitation and temperature patterns, while snow, ice, hydrological models and biosphere models are now beginning to allow coupled system approaches in order to assess the changes in basin ...
The Bali Agreements and Forests
... are substantially located in developing countries such as Brazil, Indonesia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Scientists estimate that tropical deforestation and other land use changes were responsible for releasing approximately 1.6 GtC (gigatons or billion metric tons of carbon) per year ...
... are substantially located in developing countries such as Brazil, Indonesia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Scientists estimate that tropical deforestation and other land use changes were responsible for releasing approximately 1.6 GtC (gigatons or billion metric tons of carbon) per year ...
Climate finance briefing: the global climate finance architecture
... particularly on public climate financing mechanisms. There are a number of channels through which climate finance flows, including multilateral climate funds that are dedicated to addressing climate change. Several developed countries have also established climate finance initiatives or are channell ...
... particularly on public climate financing mechanisms. There are a number of channels through which climate finance flows, including multilateral climate funds that are dedicated to addressing climate change. Several developed countries have also established climate finance initiatives or are channell ...
NAMAs seeking International Support: Selected cases from
... International negotiation on NAMA is still ongoing at the UNFCCC. Its role in the new international agreement on climate change, which is expected to be agreed by 2015, is uncertain. To domestic stakeholders, NAMA is still a rather new issue. Without a prescriptive definition, scope and approach ...
... International negotiation on NAMA is still ongoing at the UNFCCC. Its role in the new international agreement on climate change, which is expected to be agreed by 2015, is uncertain. To domestic stakeholders, NAMA is still a rather new issue. Without a prescriptive definition, scope and approach ...
2 The scientification of climate politics
... Concern for Tomorrow, NMP and Note on Climate Change In the wake of the Brundtland report, the 1988 RIVM report Concern for Tomorrow (Zorgen voor Morgen) had a shock effect in the Netherlands – this first environmental investigation had a fairly alarming tone. Thanks to this scientific input, a Nati ...
... Concern for Tomorrow, NMP and Note on Climate Change In the wake of the Brundtland report, the 1988 RIVM report Concern for Tomorrow (Zorgen voor Morgen) had a shock effect in the Netherlands – this first environmental investigation had a fairly alarming tone. Thanks to this scientific input, a Nati ...
Bangladesh Experience Mohammad Abdul Qayyum 1
... Evaluate systematically effects & effectiveness of integration on Adaptation; Invest more in Capacity Building. ...
... Evaluate systematically effects & effectiveness of integration on Adaptation; Invest more in Capacity Building. ...
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.