Climate, Environment and Security in Sudan
... distraction from the more serious political motivations behind violence, which may be unrelated to resource scarcity and competition and more to do with economic, ethnic or historical factors. However, the UNEP does make clear that where environmental and natural resource issues are important to con ...
... distraction from the more serious political motivations behind violence, which may be unrelated to resource scarcity and competition and more to do with economic, ethnic or historical factors. However, the UNEP does make clear that where environmental and natural resource issues are important to con ...
Presentation
... Aid selected countries in developing eEnvironment strategies and action plans, in collaboration with partners (see Annex) Monitor and evaluate results Share best practices with other countries ...
... Aid selected countries in developing eEnvironment strategies and action plans, in collaboration with partners (see Annex) Monitor and evaluate results Share best practices with other countries ...
2010 Environment Report
... Transformation in Uganda. It is notable that the World Bank Group has developed various instruments to trade greenhouse gas ( GHG ) emission rights among States ( see article Climate Finance – Challenges and Responses: World Bank Perspective, Chapter 7 of this report ). These financing models and fi ...
... Transformation in Uganda. It is notable that the World Bank Group has developed various instruments to trade greenhouse gas ( GHG ) emission rights among States ( see article Climate Finance – Challenges and Responses: World Bank Perspective, Chapter 7 of this report ). These financing models and fi ...
climate change Adaptation for building Designers
... regions, strategies to reduce the threat of coastal storm surge and inundation are of critical importance. Through development of a National Coastal Vulnerability Assessment (NCVA), a detailed report was released to determine the risks of climate change for the whole of Australia’s coastline (DCCEE ...
... regions, strategies to reduce the threat of coastal storm surge and inundation are of critical importance. Through development of a National Coastal Vulnerability Assessment (NCVA), a detailed report was released to determine the risks of climate change for the whole of Australia’s coastline (DCCEE ...
JOURNEY TO PLANET EARTH Extreme Realities: Severe Weather
... Monsoons: annual rainy seasons that are due to a change in wind direction. At certain times of year, the land warms more quickly than the ocean and the air above the ocean. This causes winds to shift from a land-to-ocean direction to an ocean-toland direction, bringing heavy rains usually over a per ...
... Monsoons: annual rainy seasons that are due to a change in wind direction. At certain times of year, the land warms more quickly than the ocean and the air above the ocean. This causes winds to shift from a land-to-ocean direction to an ocean-toland direction, bringing heavy rains usually over a per ...
Activity 1: Climate timeline (PDF 70KB)
... work on climate change research and was heavily involved in the fourth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that was released in 2007. ...
... work on climate change research and was heavily involved in the fourth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that was released in 2007. ...
Ch 6 PPT - Blountstown Middle School
... greenhouse gases. • developing alternative energy sources, such as solar and wind energy • building energy-efficient buildings ...
... greenhouse gases. • developing alternative energy sources, such as solar and wind energy • building energy-efficient buildings ...
Kyoto – Marrakech: SINKS
... In theory a small country can hold up consensus In practice, small countries have little influence unless they build alliances ...
... In theory a small country can hold up consensus In practice, small countries have little influence unless they build alliances ...
Climate change issues for 2012
... methane, clouds, ocean cycles, plate tectonics, shifting ocean currents, albedo (Earth’s changing reflective properties), atmospheric dust, atmospheric circulation, cosmic rays, particulates like carbon soot and volcanic dust, forests and grasslands, urban and other land use changes. Climate change ...
... methane, clouds, ocean cycles, plate tectonics, shifting ocean currents, albedo (Earth’s changing reflective properties), atmospheric dust, atmospheric circulation, cosmic rays, particulates like carbon soot and volcanic dust, forests and grasslands, urban and other land use changes. Climate change ...
LCCARL231_en.pdf
... Driver 3: A fundamental characteristic of a global public good, such as a clean atmosphere, is the absence of property rights over its ownership and use that leads to a problem of under provision. Alternatively, in the case of global public “bads” such as polluted air, the absence of property rights ...
... Driver 3: A fundamental characteristic of a global public good, such as a clean atmosphere, is the absence of property rights over its ownership and use that leads to a problem of under provision. Alternatively, in the case of global public “bads” such as polluted air, the absence of property rights ...
Central Asia - GFCS Observation Workshop
... established what health professionals and the general public need to know about the services, and which messages need to be delivered. From these questions it becomes evident that multi-sectoral cooperation is pivotal and very likely needs both enhancement and improvement. As far as observation requ ...
... established what health professionals and the general public need to know about the services, and which messages need to be delivered. From these questions it becomes evident that multi-sectoral cooperation is pivotal and very likely needs both enhancement and improvement. As far as observation requ ...
California Agriculture and Climate Change: Challenges and
... (e.g., trees) and the atmosphere combined. Much work has been done on Midwest crops such as soybeans and corn on storing carbon in the soil, but less is known about the carbon sequestration potential of California’s many row crops that have diverse management practices and rotation systems. It has b ...
... (e.g., trees) and the atmosphere combined. Much work has been done on Midwest crops such as soybeans and corn on storing carbon in the soil, but less is known about the carbon sequestration potential of California’s many row crops that have diverse management practices and rotation systems. It has b ...
here - Cloudfront.net
... partnership with climate change domain scientists, learning scientists, conservation psychologists, and other stakeholders, serving as a sustainable infrastructure to investigate strategies designed to foster changes in public attitudes, understandings, and behavior surrounding climate change.” ...
... partnership with climate change domain scientists, learning scientists, conservation psychologists, and other stakeholders, serving as a sustainable infrastructure to investigate strategies designed to foster changes in public attitudes, understandings, and behavior surrounding climate change.” ...
How do we know more CO2 is causing warming?
... The effect of adding man-made CO2 is predicted in the theory of greenhouse gases. This theory was first proposed by Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius in 1896, based on earlier work by Fourier and Tyndall. Many scientist have refined the theory in the last century. Nearly all have reached the same conc ...
... The effect of adding man-made CO2 is predicted in the theory of greenhouse gases. This theory was first proposed by Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius in 1896, based on earlier work by Fourier and Tyndall. Many scientist have refined the theory in the last century. Nearly all have reached the same conc ...
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Scientific Committee Cultural Organization
... Watts/m2 warming that has resulted from the increase in humaninduced long-lived greenhouse gases. The relative importance of carbon dioxide in climate change will further rise as we continue to burn larger amounts of fossil fuels. Carbon has a uniquely long residence time. An estimated 20-35% of tod ...
... Watts/m2 warming that has resulted from the increase in humaninduced long-lived greenhouse gases. The relative importance of carbon dioxide in climate change will further rise as we continue to burn larger amounts of fossil fuels. Carbon has a uniquely long residence time. An estimated 20-35% of tod ...
173736_INTRODUCTION 12-1-11
... The second of the change-agents is culture-shift, i.e., the “dueling Weltanschauungen” (Norwine, 2008, 2009) of postmodern, modern, and traditional worldviews and values, and the likely eventual ascendency, perhaps even hegemony, of “postmodernity” as the normative cultural condition of the develope ...
... The second of the change-agents is culture-shift, i.e., the “dueling Weltanschauungen” (Norwine, 2008, 2009) of postmodern, modern, and traditional worldviews and values, and the likely eventual ascendency, perhaps even hegemony, of “postmodernity” as the normative cultural condition of the develope ...
Air, the Atmosphere and Greenhouse Gases - SEE
... climate instability. Students have an understanding about how humans have found and used fossil fuels. They understand that when fossil fuels are burnt, they emit carbon ...
... climate instability. Students have an understanding about how humans have found and used fossil fuels. They understand that when fossil fuels are burnt, they emit carbon ...
Saleemul Huq - Global Change System for Analysis, Research and
... International Institute for Environment and Development, London, United Kingdom ...
... International Institute for Environment and Development, London, United Kingdom ...
Supporting Adaptation: A Priority for Action on Climate Change for
... limate change is having profound impacts in the Canadian Arctic. Temperatures are increasing at twice the global average, recent years have witnessed a dramatic reduction in summer sea ice cover, and extreme weather conditions appear to be increasing in both magnitude and frequency.1 Widely believed ...
... limate change is having profound impacts in the Canadian Arctic. Temperatures are increasing at twice the global average, recent years have witnessed a dramatic reduction in summer sea ice cover, and extreme weather conditions appear to be increasing in both magnitude and frequency.1 Widely believed ...
El Niño Is Becoming More Active
... Some of these discrepancies in ENSO reconstructions arise because the methods typically applied to combine individual paleo-proxy records do not handle small dating uncertainties amongst the proxies well. The usual approach has been to combine the individual ENSO proxies and then to calculate the ac ...
... Some of these discrepancies in ENSO reconstructions arise because the methods typically applied to combine individual paleo-proxy records do not handle small dating uncertainties amongst the proxies well. The usual approach has been to combine the individual ENSO proxies and then to calculate the ac ...
Second Because the Ocean Declaration
... At COP21 in Paris, the first Because the Ocean Declaration emphasized the important role of the Ocean for the climate system. It pledged to support the elaboration of an IPCC Special R ...
... At COP21 in Paris, the first Because the Ocean Declaration emphasized the important role of the Ocean for the climate system. It pledged to support the elaboration of an IPCC Special R ...
Climate Change: The Sun`s Role
... the radiative effects of global mean cloud cover” [6]. This approximation breaks down for very low concentrations and for concentrations greater than 1000 ppmv, but is valid in the range of practical interest. The earth’s temperature is therefore relatively insensitive to changes in carbon dioxide c ...
... the radiative effects of global mean cloud cover” [6]. This approximation breaks down for very low concentrations and for concentrations greater than 1000 ppmv, but is valid in the range of practical interest. The earth’s temperature is therefore relatively insensitive to changes in carbon dioxide c ...
Climate change impact on Oceans
... – Ocean is and will continue to absorb massive amounts of CO2 and the warmth humans are imposing on earth – Ocean circulation is likely to slowdown in a warmer world leading to • Big changes in regional climate • Lower CO2 uptake and therefore more work for us to do • Lower biological productivity a ...
... – Ocean is and will continue to absorb massive amounts of CO2 and the warmth humans are imposing on earth – Ocean circulation is likely to slowdown in a warmer world leading to • Big changes in regional climate • Lower CO2 uptake and therefore more work for us to do • Lower biological productivity a ...
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.