2014—2015 Annual Report
... sea ice on the Arctic ocean and ice shelves disintegrating that took weeks or months to cross via ski or dogsled. News of the Antarctic’s Larsen B Ice Shelf collapse, which happened in a matter of weeks and rendered my International TransAntarctic expedition irreplicable, turned me from aware to act ...
... sea ice on the Arctic ocean and ice shelves disintegrating that took weeks or months to cross via ski or dogsled. News of the Antarctic’s Larsen B Ice Shelf collapse, which happened in a matter of weeks and rendered my International TransAntarctic expedition irreplicable, turned me from aware to act ...
Climate change and mass extinction: What can we learn from 200
... We are facing unprecedented times in terms of the speed of ongoing climate change. Palaeobotany, the study of fossil plants offers the potential to investigate how levels of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere – an important greenhouse gas – has changed over the last 400 million years of Earth ...
... We are facing unprecedented times in terms of the speed of ongoing climate change. Palaeobotany, the study of fossil plants offers the potential to investigate how levels of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere – an important greenhouse gas – has changed over the last 400 million years of Earth ...
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... efficiency, we (and many others, such as CBO 2006 and Stern 2006, xviii) contend that climate policy needs to use emission pricing as its centrepiece, though there also very much needs to be significant government spending on research into and development of new, low-emission technologies. By emissi ...
... efficiency, we (and many others, such as CBO 2006 and Stern 2006, xviii) contend that climate policy needs to use emission pricing as its centrepiece, though there also very much needs to be significant government spending on research into and development of new, low-emission technologies. By emissi ...
UNFCCC Workshop on the preparation of national communications
... adaptation to climate change, as well as any uncertainties inherent in these methodologies ...
... adaptation to climate change, as well as any uncertainties inherent in these methodologies ...
Brochure "Nature-based approaches for climate change
... Furthermore, such benefits are often not directly quantitatively measurable. However, despite some difficulties in quantifying the value of nature-based approaches, there are already reference values from implemented projects which can be used as a reference for some ecosystems and measures. For exa ...
... Furthermore, such benefits are often not directly quantitatively measurable. However, despite some difficulties in quantifying the value of nature-based approaches, there are already reference values from implemented projects which can be used as a reference for some ecosystems and measures. For exa ...
Global warming
... Aerial photograph showing a section of sea ice. The lighter blue areas are melt ponds and the darkest areas are open water, both have a lower albedo than the White Sea ice. The melting ice contributes to the ice-albedo feedback. Another important feedback process is ice-albedo feedback. When global ...
... Aerial photograph showing a section of sea ice. The lighter blue areas are melt ponds and the darkest areas are open water, both have a lower albedo than the White Sea ice. The melting ice contributes to the ice-albedo feedback. Another important feedback process is ice-albedo feedback. When global ...
Climate diplomacy: Drawing conclusions and recommendations
... agenda is not at the same level. For instance, some developed countries already have a mitigation commitment, but a few that have significant emission contributions do not have them. Some developing countries are in a better situation via setting targets and integrating climate change into their dev ...
... agenda is not at the same level. For instance, some developed countries already have a mitigation commitment, but a few that have significant emission contributions do not have them. Some developing countries are in a better situation via setting targets and integrating climate change into their dev ...
AILAC Opening Statement ADP 2 - 11 ENG
... 7. AILAC stresses the need for ambition to be the underpinning principle that guides our work. A durable, ambitious agreement implies not only the establishment of nationally determined mitigation commitments, and adaptation and means of implementation efforts, but also assurance that they will be i ...
... 7. AILAC stresses the need for ambition to be the underpinning principle that guides our work. A durable, ambitious agreement implies not only the establishment of nationally determined mitigation commitments, and adaptation and means of implementation efforts, but also assurance that they will be i ...
Oxfam 1 - Department of Agriculture
... drawing on estimates of the climate benefit of adoption of a 'healthy diet'. Our point was a dual one: first, that analysis of the climate impact and of human health impacts should take account of research relied on by IPCC and secondly, that predictions of demand for high-emission foodstuffs should ...
... drawing on estimates of the climate benefit of adoption of a 'healthy diet'. Our point was a dual one: first, that analysis of the climate impact and of human health impacts should take account of research relied on by IPCC and secondly, that predictions of demand for high-emission foodstuffs should ...
CLIMATE AND HEALTH COUNTRY PROFILE – 2015 PAKISTAN
... Pakistan’s national development strategy ‘Pakistan Vision 2025’ includes sustainable development alongside aims of economic growth and social inclusion. Pakistan's INDC recognizes the need to mainstream medium and long-term climate change efforts into policies and programmes between different levels ...
... Pakistan’s national development strategy ‘Pakistan Vision 2025’ includes sustainable development alongside aims of economic growth and social inclusion. Pakistan's INDC recognizes the need to mainstream medium and long-term climate change efforts into policies and programmes between different levels ...
Assessing climate forcings of the Earth system for the past millennium
... [11] The atmospheric CO2 time series from Law Dome ice core [Etheridge et al., 1996] and Mauna Loa station [Keeling and Whorf, 1996] are employed as greenhouse gas forcing C (Figure 1c). The impact from other well-mixed greenhouse gases, aerosols and tropospheric and stratospheric ozone is not consi ...
... [11] The atmospheric CO2 time series from Law Dome ice core [Etheridge et al., 1996] and Mauna Loa station [Keeling and Whorf, 1996] are employed as greenhouse gas forcing C (Figure 1c). The impact from other well-mixed greenhouse gases, aerosols and tropospheric and stratospheric ozone is not consi ...
“climate change” or “global warming” will find it useful.
... Then the heat cranks way up. Human activities—such as the burning of fossil fuels, like coal and petroleum—release billions of tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere every year. And deforestation (clearing of forests) removes the trees that would otherwise absorb carbon dioxide. Most climate s ...
... Then the heat cranks way up. Human activities—such as the burning of fossil fuels, like coal and petroleum—release billions of tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere every year. And deforestation (clearing of forests) removes the trees that would otherwise absorb carbon dioxide. Most climate s ...
An Introduction to CCSM http://www.ccsm.ucar.edu
... – Realistic estimates of ocean heat uptake Effects of ocean on transient climate response – Realism of ocean mixed layer and ventilation Ocean uptake of CO2 and passive tracers (CFCs) ...
... – Realistic estimates of ocean heat uptake Effects of ocean on transient climate response – Realism of ocean mixed layer and ventilation Ocean uptake of CO2 and passive tracers (CFCs) ...
EURO-CORDEX-LUC: A new initiative on - (ICRC)
... • large spatial fragmentation of land use in Europe and LUC impacts are dominant on local to regional scale need for very high resolution modelling and observations • In contrast to GHG forcing: LUC radiative forcing can also be negative, and spread in GCM response to LUC forcing is larger - so ...
... • large spatial fragmentation of land use in Europe and LUC impacts are dominant on local to regional scale need for very high resolution modelling and observations • In contrast to GHG forcing: LUC radiative forcing can also be negative, and spread in GCM response to LUC forcing is larger - so ...
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... coping with adaptation. The choice of the suitable adaptation measure depends on factor endowments (i.e. family size, land area and capital resources). The more experienced farmers are, the more likely to adapt. Sex of the farmer did not seem to be of significance in influencing adaptation, as the m ...
... coping with adaptation. The choice of the suitable adaptation measure depends on factor endowments (i.e. family size, land area and capital resources). The more experienced farmers are, the more likely to adapt. Sex of the farmer did not seem to be of significance in influencing adaptation, as the m ...
Introduction - San Jose State University
... over the first 30 days The ejecta that are thrown up by the impact return to Earth over several days to weeks produce radiative heating. Long-term forcing: Over several weeks to months, a global cloud of dust obscures the Sun, cooling the Earth’s surface, effectively eliminating photosynthesis and s ...
... over the first 30 days The ejecta that are thrown up by the impact return to Earth over several days to weeks produce radiative heating. Long-term forcing: Over several weeks to months, a global cloud of dust obscures the Sun, cooling the Earth’s surface, effectively eliminating photosynthesis and s ...
quantification of physical impacts on the nsw coastal zone due to
... It is recognised that future climate change has a significant potential to impact coastal communities and ecosystems. In addition to sea level rise, variations in the local wave climate, resulting from climate change, are likely to modify long-shore and cross-shore sediment transport patterns. This ...
... It is recognised that future climate change has a significant potential to impact coastal communities and ecosystems. In addition to sea level rise, variations in the local wave climate, resulting from climate change, are likely to modify long-shore and cross-shore sediment transport patterns. This ...
north carolina - National Conference of State Legislatures
... North Carolina’s agriculture sector also could be affected by climate change. Droughts, an increase in severe weather and higher temperatures could severely affect the farming, livestock and forestry industries. An AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies report estimates a 22.6 percent cli ...
... North Carolina’s agriculture sector also could be affected by climate change. Droughts, an increase in severe weather and higher temperatures could severely affect the farming, livestock and forestry industries. An AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies report estimates a 22.6 percent cli ...
Environmental Policy - Mid Suffolk District Council
... • Participate in local and regional networks for support. • Within the next two years develop plans with our partners and local communities to progressively address the causes and the impacts of climate change, according to our local priorities, securing maximum benefit for our communities. • Public ...
... • Participate in local and regional networks for support. • Within the next two years develop plans with our partners and local communities to progressively address the causes and the impacts of climate change, according to our local priorities, securing maximum benefit for our communities. • Public ...
Adaptation and Mitigation Reponses to Climate Change
... several regions in the Western states of California, Oregon, and Montana. One of the unexpected results of these workshops is an increase in participants’ interest in reducing the magnitude of climate change by reducing their greenhouse gas emissions, an increased openness to consider mitigation mea ...
... several regions in the Western states of California, Oregon, and Montana. One of the unexpected results of these workshops is an increase in participants’ interest in reducing the magnitude of climate change by reducing their greenhouse gas emissions, an increased openness to consider mitigation mea ...
Alarmist - nick g. glumac
... Convection in the Antarctic Ice Sheet Leading to a Surge of the Ice Sheet and Possibly to a New Ice Age. – Science 1970 * “In the next 50 years fine dust that humans discharge into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuel will screen out so much of the sun's rays that the Earth's average temperature co ...
... Convection in the Antarctic Ice Sheet Leading to a Surge of the Ice Sheet and Possibly to a New Ice Age. – Science 1970 * “In the next 50 years fine dust that humans discharge into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuel will screen out so much of the sun's rays that the Earth's average temperature co ...
climate change and forced migration - sid
... The IOM study7 estimates that large scale migrations will turn fragile states into failed states and increase the pressures on regional neighbours. This is already apparent in Africa. The question is whether (potential) conflicts can be prevented from becoming violent conflicts. A new international ...
... The IOM study7 estimates that large scale migrations will turn fragile states into failed states and increase the pressures on regional neighbours. This is already apparent in Africa. The question is whether (potential) conflicts can be prevented from becoming violent conflicts. A new international ...
Future New Zealand - Groundwork Associates
... Ministry for the Environment. Regional summaries of climate change, www.mfe.govt.nz ...
... Ministry for the Environment. Regional summaries of climate change, www.mfe.govt.nz ...
Geographies of Race and Food
... April 2010, the British lawyer, Polly Higgins added to the debates about global responsibilities for climate change by launching a campaign to have ‘ecocide’ recognized by the United Nations as a ‘crime against peace’ that could be tried at the International Criminal Court. Higgins’ definition of ec ...
... April 2010, the British lawyer, Polly Higgins added to the debates about global responsibilities for climate change by launching a campaign to have ‘ecocide’ recognized by the United Nations as a ‘crime against peace’ that could be tried at the International Criminal Court. Higgins’ definition of ec ...
Cassandra Complex: Analysis on Law Relating to Climatic
... Abstract—According to the strategic report of Ministry of Disaster Management in Sri Lanka, a sever landslide occurred in Meeriyabedda area in Kotabatha Grama Niladari Division in Haldemulla Divisional Secretariant Division in Baddulla Distrci in 29th October 2014 at 7.30 a.m. Due to this landslide ...
... Abstract—According to the strategic report of Ministry of Disaster Management in Sri Lanka, a sever landslide occurred in Meeriyabedda area in Kotabatha Grama Niladari Division in Haldemulla Divisional Secretariant Division in Baddulla Distrci in 29th October 2014 at 7.30 a.m. Due to this landslide ...
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.