Under New Management - Forum for the Future
... Of course the real decisions on geoengineering will eventually have to be taken by national governments. However, it is vital that such decisions are founded on sound science, with well thought out governance structures and broad public participation. It is not too soon for the scientific communit ...
... Of course the real decisions on geoengineering will eventually have to be taken by national governments. However, it is vital that such decisions are founded on sound science, with well thought out governance structures and broad public participation. It is not too soon for the scientific communit ...
Introduction to mitigation assessments
... • Considers the special features of climate change in the context of how they affect decision-making in different frameworks. • Suggests that mitigation, adaptation, and learning activities should be carefully crafted over time but that mitigation action at any level should start in the near term. ...
... • Considers the special features of climate change in the context of how they affect decision-making in different frameworks. • Suggests that mitigation, adaptation, and learning activities should be carefully crafted over time but that mitigation action at any level should start in the near term. ...
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
... of 0.27ºF (0.15ºC) per decade, with increases of around 0.61ºF (0.34ºC) per decade between 1974 and 1998. Past and future temperature increases are causing and will continue to cause irreversible damage to the Andean ecology, including by accelerating glacier melt. 6. The tropical glaciers of the An ...
... of 0.27ºF (0.15ºC) per decade, with increases of around 0.61ºF (0.34ºC) per decade between 1974 and 1998. Past and future temperature increases are causing and will continue to cause irreversible damage to the Andean ecology, including by accelerating glacier melt. 6. The tropical glaciers of the An ...
Use and Abuse of Excess CO2 – An Overview
... Assessment Report that the temperature rise over the 100 year period from 1906–2005 was 0.74°C with a confidence interval of 90%. For the last 50 years, the warming trend has been linear i.e., 0.13°C per decade. However, the often blamed CO2 principally considered as the main source of anthropogenic ...
... Assessment Report that the temperature rise over the 100 year period from 1906–2005 was 0.74°C with a confidence interval of 90%. For the last 50 years, the warming trend has been linear i.e., 0.13°C per decade. However, the often blamed CO2 principally considered as the main source of anthropogenic ...
China - Ny-Ålesund Symposium
... measures suited to their own national conditions. This conference will discuss three important issues, namely, pricing greenhouse gas emissions, establishing laws, standards and regulations for emissions reduction, and providing government support for technology research, development and demonstrati ...
... measures suited to their own national conditions. This conference will discuss three important issues, namely, pricing greenhouse gas emissions, establishing laws, standards and regulations for emissions reduction, and providing government support for technology research, development and demonstrati ...
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A Burning Question [Transcript]
... Prof. Peter Lynch: Well, the ozone and the stratosphere, the other atmosphere, was broken down by chemical reactions. And the chemicals in question were Chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs. These are artificial chem ...
... Prof. Peter Lynch: Well, the ozone and the stratosphere, the other atmosphere, was broken down by chemical reactions. And the chemicals in question were Chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs. These are artificial chem ...
Top Ten Overlooked Issues in Climate Change Science Roger A. Pielke Sr.
... 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 ...
NASA Air Quality Applied Sciences Team (AQAST)
... What does such a goal mean in terms of climate policy? ...
... What does such a goal mean in terms of climate policy? ...
Fact Sheet Resilient Cities. - Contra Costa County Climate Leaders
... Maintain updated flood, drought (and other natural hazards) plans- specifically accounting for high risk populations: old, young, etc and high risk areas: flood plains, coastlines, deltas, etc Reduce water usage/ increase water usage efficiency. Contra Costa County’s Los Vaqueros Reservoir is planni ...
... Maintain updated flood, drought (and other natural hazards) plans- specifically accounting for high risk populations: old, young, etc and high risk areas: flood plains, coastlines, deltas, etc Reduce water usage/ increase water usage efficiency. Contra Costa County’s Los Vaqueros Reservoir is planni ...
Climate change pressure on Scotland`s notified species
... species depend upon, and new species moving into Scotland, tracking the changing climate space. Interactions between species may also be altered- warming has already resulted in earlier timing of spring events such as leaf unfolding, bird migration and egg laying (SNH, 2009). Many species will be di ...
... species depend upon, and new species moving into Scotland, tracking the changing climate space. Interactions between species may also be altered- warming has already resulted in earlier timing of spring events such as leaf unfolding, bird migration and egg laying (SNH, 2009). Many species will be di ...
Infosylva 24/2009
... Signaling a breakthrough on a key climate change issue, the United States and five other nations Wednesday pledged $3.5 billion over three years to preserve the world's forests. U.S. pledges $1B towards rainforest conservation The U.S. will contribute $1 billion towards an effort to reduce emissions ...
... Signaling a breakthrough on a key climate change issue, the United States and five other nations Wednesday pledged $3.5 billion over three years to preserve the world's forests. U.S. pledges $1B towards rainforest conservation The U.S. will contribute $1 billion towards an effort to reduce emissions ...
Business and Climate Change Issues: Discussion on Awareness and Motivational Factors
... Therefore, businesses should take into account climate change impacts specially when making long term investment decisions, as well as taking advantages of the opportunities. The survey also provides empirical evidence on the level of importance among the six motivational factors from the view of co ...
... Therefore, businesses should take into account climate change impacts specially when making long term investment decisions, as well as taking advantages of the opportunities. The survey also provides empirical evidence on the level of importance among the six motivational factors from the view of co ...
Mountain Hazards
... The two most deadly natural hazards (earthquakes and volcanic eruptions) are not directly affected by global warming, but most mountain areas are subject to multiple other hazards and pressures. This is especially true for the northern and central Andes, the East African Rift, the Middle East, the P ...
... The two most deadly natural hazards (earthquakes and volcanic eruptions) are not directly affected by global warming, but most mountain areas are subject to multiple other hazards and pressures. This is especially true for the northern and central Andes, the East African Rift, the Middle East, the P ...
Letter from Bob Ward to Peter Lilley, 14 December 2012
... the Review “adopts an ultra-low rate without explicitly disclosing it”. This mistake is compounded in the vitriolic Foreword to your pamphlet by Professor Richard Tol, which wrongly states: “The Stern Review uses a single discount rate”. It is clear from your criticism that you favour high discount ...
... the Review “adopts an ultra-low rate without explicitly disclosing it”. This mistake is compounded in the vitriolic Foreword to your pamphlet by Professor Richard Tol, which wrongly states: “The Stern Review uses a single discount rate”. It is clear from your criticism that you favour high discount ...
A Case Study of Biofuels and Solar Energy
... there is an imminent concern about the mitigation of these future climate changes, making it necessary to establish measures to adapt to possible impacts. As the power generation and consumption are key to socio-economic development, it is essential to understand how the energy production infrastruc ...
... there is an imminent concern about the mitigation of these future climate changes, making it necessary to establish measures to adapt to possible impacts. As the power generation and consumption are key to socio-economic development, it is essential to understand how the energy production infrastruc ...
Disappearing evidence
... rings that can be used as records of climate, especially conditions at crucial times of year, the dry season and the transition to the rainy season. At the same time as this progress has been made, massive felling of the commercially valuable timber of oldgrowth teak has been going on, raising the p ...
... rings that can be used as records of climate, especially conditions at crucial times of year, the dry season and the transition to the rainy season. At the same time as this progress has been made, massive felling of the commercially valuable timber of oldgrowth teak has been going on, raising the p ...
Lindene E. Patton
... corporation could be held liable for failing to make adequate disclosures. 10 Accordingly, there is a framework under which securities class action lawsuits could potentially be filed against public ...
... corporation could be held liable for failing to make adequate disclosures. 10 Accordingly, there is a framework under which securities class action lawsuits could potentially be filed against public ...
Technical Expert Meetings (TEM)
... o The analysis of INDCs indicate that despite proposed efforts there are risks of lock-in into a high carbon trajectory if action is not strengthened quickly. ...
... o The analysis of INDCs indicate that despite proposed efforts there are risks of lock-in into a high carbon trajectory if action is not strengthened quickly. ...
UNDP-GEF Adaptation
... • climate change urgent issue • developed countries are responsible and must act first • priority is development, poverty reduction • need climatefriendly technologies ...
... • climate change urgent issue • developed countries are responsible and must act first • priority is development, poverty reduction • need climatefriendly technologies ...
modern climate science - American Meteorological Society
... Fundamental to understanding weather, climate, and climate change is the recognition that the Earth’s climate system is a complex energy flow system, as alluded to by animations of visible and IR full-disk views of Earth. The observable impacts of the energy flows (and associated mass flows) are emb ...
... Fundamental to understanding weather, climate, and climate change is the recognition that the Earth’s climate system is a complex energy flow system, as alluded to by animations of visible and IR full-disk views of Earth. The observable impacts of the energy flows (and associated mass flows) are emb ...
Applied Climate Change Conference May 23
... incremental warming of the climate system will create a more favourable environment for a recovery (planned adaptation) to pre-settlement levels in habitat biodiversity (native and new species) over the next ...
... incremental warming of the climate system will create a more favourable environment for a recovery (planned adaptation) to pre-settlement levels in habitat biodiversity (native and new species) over the next ...
The Politics of Fear on a Warming Planet
... A global opinion survey conducted last year found that, while there were differences between countries: more than two thirds of the world are concerned about climate change (84% in Australia); but people are unclear about the consequences of climate change and many, especially in Asia, did not ...
... A global opinion survey conducted last year found that, while there were differences between countries: more than two thirds of the world are concerned about climate change (84% in Australia); but people are unclear about the consequences of climate change and many, especially in Asia, did not ...
Global warming in a nonlinear climate
... the model has a chaotic attractor (see background in Figure 1). As discussed below, this model doesn’t describe weather at all; however, like the weather it is a nonlinear dynamical system. Because of nonlinearity1, the growth of uncertainty depends on the initial state. This dependence is illustrat ...
... the model has a chaotic attractor (see background in Figure 1). As discussed below, this model doesn’t describe weather at all; however, like the weather it is a nonlinear dynamical system. Because of nonlinearity1, the growth of uncertainty depends on the initial state. This dependence is illustrat ...
Climate Change Mitigation and The Kyoto Protocol
... A key objection raised by opponents of the Kyoto Protocol is that compliance to the target of reducing greenhouse-gas emissions by 5.3% by 2012 would impose an unacceptable economic burden. Based on an analysis of alternative scenarios for electricity generation over the next ten years, De Leo et al ...
... A key objection raised by opponents of the Kyoto Protocol is that compliance to the target of reducing greenhouse-gas emissions by 5.3% by 2012 would impose an unacceptable economic burden. Based on an analysis of alternative scenarios for electricity generation over the next ten years, De Leo et al ...
CLimate ChanGe and its importanCe for aGriCuLturaL produCtion
... In a study of natural phenomena occurring in rural areas, we should distinguish between natural variability, extreme events and natural disasters. In every agricultural production carried out within rural areas there is a degree of natural variability. It depends on natural variability of precipitat ...
... In a study of natural phenomena occurring in rural areas, we should distinguish between natural variability, extreme events and natural disasters. In every agricultural production carried out within rural areas there is a degree of natural variability. It depends on natural variability of precipitat ...
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.