No Regrets Charter
... particular torrential rain and storm events will proliferate — albeit with differing regional intensity. The various dimensions of climate change remain uncertain. It is doubtful whether the aim of limiting temperature increase to no more than two degrees can be adhered to. Mitigation remains essent ...
... particular torrential rain and storm events will proliferate — albeit with differing regional intensity. The various dimensions of climate change remain uncertain. It is doubtful whether the aim of limiting temperature increase to no more than two degrees can be adhered to. Mitigation remains essent ...
Toast: climate change and the Right to Food May 2015
... Food and water are basic requirements for human life, but climate change is threatening these vital resources. People in some parts of the world are already facing severe challenges in producing food under changing conditions; extreme weather events, rising temperatures, drought and rising sea level ...
... Food and water are basic requirements for human life, but climate change is threatening these vital resources. People in some parts of the world are already facing severe challenges in producing food under changing conditions; extreme weather events, rising temperatures, drought and rising sea level ...
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... 1. Past climate is a useful guide to the future - Assessing past climate conditions provides a very effective analysis tool to assess societal and environmental vulnerability to future climate, regardless of the extent the future climate is altered by human activity. Our current and future vulnerabi ...
... 1. Past climate is a useful guide to the future - Assessing past climate conditions provides a very effective analysis tool to assess societal and environmental vulnerability to future climate, regardless of the extent the future climate is altered by human activity. Our current and future vulnerabi ...
Writing Sample Kimiko Nygaard – Technical Narrative (5 pages, Appendix)
... change. Only until recently has attention been reoriented around local communities and individuals’ vulnerability to potentially hazardous and risky scenarios resulting from changing climatic conditions. In particular, the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has propose ...
... change. Only until recently has attention been reoriented around local communities and individuals’ vulnerability to potentially hazardous and risky scenarios resulting from changing climatic conditions. In particular, the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has propose ...
Why should health be a central argument in
... want. The latter include studies on the costs and effectiveness of adaptation measures for example. Furthermore, the topics that interest researchers are often not in sync with the imputed size of climate-related health problems. For example, research on the effect of heat waves abound, from Götebor ...
... want. The latter include studies on the costs and effectiveness of adaptation measures for example. Furthermore, the topics that interest researchers are often not in sync with the imputed size of climate-related health problems. For example, research on the effect of heat waves abound, from Götebor ...
The Delta Project: Past and Future Dr. Jeroen Aerts March 2009
... Design criteria in 1970 = 20cm sea level rise in 100 years ÆBarrier is 50 years old: “ only10cm sea level rise to go” Æ With a SLR of 60cm/100years, the barrier would not fit design criteria in ~2025 Æ In 2025 invest 100 Million Euro to replace doors (replacement whole barrier in 2070-2120) ...
... Design criteria in 1970 = 20cm sea level rise in 100 years ÆBarrier is 50 years old: “ only10cm sea level rise to go” Æ With a SLR of 60cm/100years, the barrier would not fit design criteria in ~2025 Æ In 2025 invest 100 Million Euro to replace doors (replacement whole barrier in 2070-2120) ...
Environment, Politics and Development Working Paper Series
... lifestyles and livelihoods. It is no longer thought of merely as an environmental and/or scientific issue; rather, the ‘climate question’ is considered one that now more than ever, permeates the more ‘transgressive’ realms of the economic, political, cultural and social ‘lived’ lives of individuals. ...
... lifestyles and livelihoods. It is no longer thought of merely as an environmental and/or scientific issue; rather, the ‘climate question’ is considered one that now more than ever, permeates the more ‘transgressive’ realms of the economic, political, cultural and social ‘lived’ lives of individuals. ...
Climate value at risk of global financial assets
... residual damages). It does not include mitigation costs, which for a low emissions path could be considerable. However, at the end of this paper we do tackle the wider issue of the PV of assets when mitigation costs are also included. We use an extended version of William Nordhaus’ DICE model22 to e ...
... residual damages). It does not include mitigation costs, which for a low emissions path could be considerable. However, at the end of this paper we do tackle the wider issue of the PV of assets when mitigation costs are also included. We use an extended version of William Nordhaus’ DICE model22 to e ...
Global climate change and non
... According to Anderson & Bows (2008), achieving the goal of 2°C atmospheric stabilization for temperature increase requires several highly optimistic but plausible conditions; plausible only if we take immediate action. First, that deforestation peaks in 2015 and rapidly falls afterward to about half ...
... According to Anderson & Bows (2008), achieving the goal of 2°C atmospheric stabilization for temperature increase requires several highly optimistic but plausible conditions; plausible only if we take immediate action. First, that deforestation peaks in 2015 and rapidly falls afterward to about half ...
Maintaining ecosystem services for human well
... high level understanding of South Africa’s socioeconomic dependence on a healthy environment as well as commitment to the need to adapt to the projected impacts of climate change on the environment. This has resulted in well-developed biodiversity management plans nationally and in the provinces and ...
... high level understanding of South Africa’s socioeconomic dependence on a healthy environment as well as commitment to the need to adapt to the projected impacts of climate change on the environment. This has resulted in well-developed biodiversity management plans nationally and in the provinces and ...
Overview of climate science and international circumstances
... timescales and at smaller spatial scales. Large volcanic eruptions, when they occur, will lower global temperature for a year or two. A major downswing in solar activity over several decades, considered possible but unlikely, would also lower global temperature by a few tenths of a degree. There is ...
... timescales and at smaller spatial scales. Large volcanic eruptions, when they occur, will lower global temperature for a year or two. A major downswing in solar activity over several decades, considered possible but unlikely, would also lower global temperature by a few tenths of a degree. There is ...
alongside the unfccc - Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
... substances (ODS) as well as some ODS substitutes are also greenhouse gases. The international legal context for protecting the ozone layer is provided by the 1985 Vienna Convention and its 1987 Montreal Protocol, both of which enjoy universal participation. The Montreal Protocol regulates the phase- ...
... substances (ODS) as well as some ODS substitutes are also greenhouse gases. The international legal context for protecting the ozone layer is provided by the 1985 Vienna Convention and its 1987 Montreal Protocol, both of which enjoy universal participation. The Montreal Protocol regulates the phase- ...
Guatemala: Country Note on Climate Change
... country and for the region. It also includes a regional document presenting the overall situation of the region in the Clean Development Mechanism. The Project on Capacity building for Stage II adaptation to climate change (Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panam ...
... country and for the region. It also includes a regional document presenting the overall situation of the region in the Clean Development Mechanism. The Project on Capacity building for Stage II adaptation to climate change (Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panam ...
Power Point Summary
... on Green house gases, which in 1990 reported that a 2-degree warming Could be “ an upper limit beyond which the risks of grave damage to ecosystems, and non- linear responses, are expected to increase rapidly.” • Warming more than 0.1 degree Celsius per decade was seen as especially risky to forest ...
... on Green house gases, which in 1990 reported that a 2-degree warming Could be “ an upper limit beyond which the risks of grave damage to ecosystems, and non- linear responses, are expected to increase rapidly.” • Warming more than 0.1 degree Celsius per decade was seen as especially risky to forest ...
SorceMeetingNotes
... Tom Ackerman, (portly, bulgy red forehead, trim greying beard) Pacific Northwest National Lab, Washington; University of Washington, The Radiation Budget of an Atmospheric Column in the Tropical Western Pacific good rough MODEL Background: Climate model sensitivities to forcing changes vary by fa ...
... Tom Ackerman, (portly, bulgy red forehead, trim greying beard) Pacific Northwest National Lab, Washington; University of Washington, The Radiation Budget of an Atmospheric Column in the Tropical Western Pacific good rough MODEL Background: Climate model sensitivities to forcing changes vary by fa ...
Minority Report
... “The synthesis product will also include a non-technical summary. This summary will be authored by a team consisting of a convening lead author assisted by the convening lead authors from each of the six questions. The summary will assess what we know now compared to what we knew at the time of IPCC ...
... “The synthesis product will also include a non-technical summary. This summary will be authored by a team consisting of a convening lead author assisted by the convening lead authors from each of the six questions. The summary will assess what we know now compared to what we knew at the time of IPCC ...
Atmosphere and Wind - Cabarrus County Schools
... warming … more evaporation … more water vapor … • A negative feedback loop = more water vapor … more clouds … shade and cool Earth OR increase evaporation • Minor modifications of the atmosphere can lead to major effects on climate ...
... warming … more evaporation … more water vapor … • A negative feedback loop = more water vapor … more clouds … shade and cool Earth OR increase evaporation • Minor modifications of the atmosphere can lead to major effects on climate ...
Word - Green Ninja
... yesterday? Why doesn’t that question make sense? BIG IDEA: Variations in weather do not mean global warming. Climate refers to the average weather conditions in a certain place over many years. For example, the climate in Minnesota is cold and snowy in the winter, and the climate in Honolulu, Hawai ...
... yesterday? Why doesn’t that question make sense? BIG IDEA: Variations in weather do not mean global warming. Climate refers to the average weather conditions in a certain place over many years. For example, the climate in Minnesota is cold and snowy in the winter, and the climate in Honolulu, Hawai ...
Green Climate Fund - Philippine Movement for Climate Justice
... There was considerable controversy over attempts to remove a specific provision that would gauge recipients’ eligibility for funding according to their income-per-capita levels (i.e. lower income countries would be prioritised for finance), with medium developing countries (MDCs) concerned that soci ...
... There was considerable controversy over attempts to remove a specific provision that would gauge recipients’ eligibility for funding according to their income-per-capita levels (i.e. lower income countries would be prioritised for finance), with medium developing countries (MDCs) concerned that soci ...
A decade of dirty tricks
... 1990, when it attempted to water down the conclusions of the first assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The IPCC – 2500 of the world’s top scientists – was set up by the United Nations in 1988 to produce assessment reports on the science of global warming, the probable ...
... 1990, when it attempted to water down the conclusions of the first assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The IPCC – 2500 of the world’s top scientists – was set up by the United Nations in 1988 to produce assessment reports on the science of global warming, the probable ...
Introduction
... global mean temperature near the surface by 30 K over the first 30 days The ejecta that are thrown up by the impact return to Earth over several days to weeks produce radiative ...
... global mean temperature near the surface by 30 K over the first 30 days The ejecta that are thrown up by the impact return to Earth over several days to weeks produce radiative ...
gis based climate modeling for ecological and epidemiological
... hand landscape design methods can help the protection of climate and on the other hand we have to adapt to the climate change. Regarding climate protection it is highly important to increase the spreading of CO2 bonding vegetation by various landscape planning methods: regulation plans can help chan ...
... hand landscape design methods can help the protection of climate and on the other hand we have to adapt to the climate change. Regarding climate protection it is highly important to increase the spreading of CO2 bonding vegetation by various landscape planning methods: regulation plans can help chan ...
Attribution of climate forcing to economic sectors
... arbon dioxide (CO2 ) is the most important single contributor to global climate change and therefore mitigation policies and actions must focus on this species even though impacts may take decades to be realized. The coemitted air pollutants tropospheric ozone (O3 ) and fine aerosol particles also s ...
... arbon dioxide (CO2 ) is the most important single contributor to global climate change and therefore mitigation policies and actions must focus on this species even though impacts may take decades to be realized. The coemitted air pollutants tropospheric ozone (O3 ) and fine aerosol particles also s ...
The Climate Change Challenge
... each individual country can choose its own target? What will stop countries from choosing low, achievable targets? ...
... each individual country can choose its own target? What will stop countries from choosing low, achievable targets? ...
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... models that predict the trajectory of climate change. Moreover, understanding farmers´ adaptation to climate change is important to assess the sustainability of the agricultural activities and to evaluate the impact of climate change on farmers´ well-being. This paper aims at evaluating the impacts ...
... models that predict the trajectory of climate change. Moreover, understanding farmers´ adaptation to climate change is important to assess the sustainability of the agricultural activities and to evaluate the impact of climate change on farmers´ well-being. This paper aims at evaluating the impacts ...
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.