Climate Revanchism
... Since Kyoto and the advent of cap and trade, greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere have spiked from around 360 parts per million (ppm) to over 400 ppm today. Cap and trade has not reduced greenhouse gas emissions. And yet, as one consultant explained to me, this agreement “will finally establish th ...
... Since Kyoto and the advent of cap and trade, greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere have spiked from around 360 parts per million (ppm) to over 400 ppm today. Cap and trade has not reduced greenhouse gas emissions. And yet, as one consultant explained to me, this agreement “will finally establish th ...
Can Reducing Black Carbon Emissions Counteract Global Warming?
... The climatic impacts of BC are not recent discoveries. It has been known for over 30 years that aerosols affect the Earth’s radiative balance: reflective particles (such as sulfates) have a cooling effect, and light-absorbing particles (such as BC) warm the system (3). However, the role of BC in the ...
... The climatic impacts of BC are not recent discoveries. It has been known for over 30 years that aerosols affect the Earth’s radiative balance: reflective particles (such as sulfates) have a cooling effect, and light-absorbing particles (such as BC) warm the system (3). However, the role of BC in the ...
observed changes and projections
... associated with the current and future activities of humans, which affect the development of greenhouse gas and aerosol emission scenarios. • Uncertainties associated with our understanding of how the Earth’s major biophysical systems behave and how they are represented in climate models. • Uncertai ...
... associated with the current and future activities of humans, which affect the development of greenhouse gas and aerosol emission scenarios. • Uncertainties associated with our understanding of how the Earth’s major biophysical systems behave and how they are represented in climate models. • Uncertai ...
(202) 224-4159 Kerry: On Eve of Rio+20, An Honest Assessment of C
... nothing less than shocking when people in a position of authority can just say—without documentation, without accepted scientific research, without peer reviewed analysis—just stand up and say that there isn't enough evidence because it suits their political purposes to serve some interest that does ...
... nothing less than shocking when people in a position of authority can just say—without documentation, without accepted scientific research, without peer reviewed analysis—just stand up and say that there isn't enough evidence because it suits their political purposes to serve some interest that does ...
Radiative forcing - UW Atmospheric Sciences
... Pollution (from coal burning or other types of burning) Dust (e.g., from the Sahara) ...
... Pollution (from coal burning or other types of burning) Dust (e.g., from the Sahara) ...
Slide 1
... possibility of global collapse – is still relevant and worthy of study. Global collapse triggered by ever growing emissions of greenhouse gases is still conceivable in the first half of the 21st century, because of the unfortunate combination of global decision delays and self-reinforcing feedback i ...
... possibility of global collapse – is still relevant and worthy of study. Global collapse triggered by ever growing emissions of greenhouse gases is still conceivable in the first half of the 21st century, because of the unfortunate combination of global decision delays and self-reinforcing feedback i ...
as file - The Sustainability Trust
... “The climate is always changing. This is nothing to do with humans” • 0.75’C rise in a century cannot be explained by natural causes • Previous (natural) changes were far more gradual • The natural Greenhouse Gas Effect keeps Earth 30’C warmer. • However, we are increasing the greenhouse effect by ...
... “The climate is always changing. This is nothing to do with humans” • 0.75’C rise in a century cannot be explained by natural causes • Previous (natural) changes were far more gradual • The natural Greenhouse Gas Effect keeps Earth 30’C warmer. • However, we are increasing the greenhouse effect by ...
Regional_Economic_Gr.. - Erasmus Mundus Students and Alumni
... • (ASEAN post 1990, SAARC, NAFTA, EEC, APEC, Mercosur) • public goods provision (financial stability and climate change) • (EU, ASEAN post 2005, some African regional cooperation) ...
... • (ASEAN post 1990, SAARC, NAFTA, EEC, APEC, Mercosur) • public goods provision (financial stability and climate change) • (EU, ASEAN post 2005, some African regional cooperation) ...
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[07] Dynamical Forecasting 2
... PRedictability Of climate Variations On Seasonal to interannual Timescales EC collaborative project – UKMO contribution was great 15-years (1979 to 1993) – sets of 4-month range, 9 member ensemble integrations from the HadAM3 AGCM Used prescribed ideal (observed) SST data – so simulations are thus r ...
... PRedictability Of climate Variations On Seasonal to interannual Timescales EC collaborative project – UKMO contribution was great 15-years (1979 to 1993) – sets of 4-month range, 9 member ensemble integrations from the HadAM3 AGCM Used prescribed ideal (observed) SST data – so simulations are thus r ...
Sea Level Rise, Climate Change and Health
... feet by 2100. This would mean that 20 million U.S. residents in more than 1,000 communities will be at risk of permanent flooding. The four most impacted states are Florida, California, Louisiana and New York. Already, Native populations in Alaska and Louisiana have made plans to relocate their comm ...
... feet by 2100. This would mean that 20 million U.S. residents in more than 1,000 communities will be at risk of permanent flooding. The four most impacted states are Florida, California, Louisiana and New York. Already, Native populations in Alaska and Louisiana have made plans to relocate their comm ...
The Extremes Become the Norm
... nowiv, why have we hit so many above-average temperatures recently? Of course, Earth has always experienced a range of temperatures, and ecosystems have evolved to accommodate that specific range. The spread has also always included some extremes, which have become integrated into natural rhythms. F ...
... nowiv, why have we hit so many above-average temperatures recently? Of course, Earth has always experienced a range of temperatures, and ecosystems have evolved to accommodate that specific range. The spread has also always included some extremes, which have become integrated into natural rhythms. F ...
Working Group III Mitigation of Climate Change
... • 2nd November: press conference to present the Synthesis Report in Copenhagen, with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon, IPCC Chairman R K Pachauri, WMO Secretary-General Michel Jarraud, IPCC Secretary Renate Christ, and Peruvian Environment Minister Manuel Pulgar-Vidal • The press conference will be ...
... • 2nd November: press conference to present the Synthesis Report in Copenhagen, with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon, IPCC Chairman R K Pachauri, WMO Secretary-General Michel Jarraud, IPCC Secretary Renate Christ, and Peruvian Environment Minister Manuel Pulgar-Vidal • The press conference will be ...
Dr. Jorge Cortés-4
... many areas of tropical Latin America (high confidence). The expected increases in sea-level rise (SLR), weather and climatic variability and extremes are very likely to affect coastal areas (high confidence). Future sustainable development plans should include adaptation strategies to enhance the in ...
... many areas of tropical Latin America (high confidence). The expected increases in sea-level rise (SLR), weather and climatic variability and extremes are very likely to affect coastal areas (high confidence). Future sustainable development plans should include adaptation strategies to enhance the in ...
Regulatory Uncertainty in Climate Change Initiatives
... or, alternatively, to allow them to buy credits from an entity, which can bring its emissions standards below the Kyoto guidelines and still run their business. The United States withdrew its support of the Kyoto Protocol in 2001, thus is not required by international treaty to decrease its GHG emi ...
... or, alternatively, to allow them to buy credits from an entity, which can bring its emissions standards below the Kyoto guidelines and still run their business. The United States withdrew its support of the Kyoto Protocol in 2001, thus is not required by international treaty to decrease its GHG emi ...
Progress report and proposed future works of Deliverable 1
... CO2-equivalent concentration The concentration of carbon dioxide that would cause the same amount of radiative forcing as a given mixture of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. CO2-equivalent emission The amount of CO2 emission that would cause the same radiative forcing as an emitted amount ...
... CO2-equivalent concentration The concentration of carbon dioxide that would cause the same amount of radiative forcing as a given mixture of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. CO2-equivalent emission The amount of CO2 emission that would cause the same radiative forcing as an emitted amount ...
The Kyoto Protocol and Global Warming - Imprimis
... menting the Kyoto Protocol – negotiated in 1997 and calling for a worldwide five percent cut in carbon dioxide emissions from 1990 levels – would reduce that increase to 0.94 degree Celsius. This amounts to an insignificant 0.06 degree Celsius averted temperature increase. [See Chart 1. The jagged l ...
... menting the Kyoto Protocol – negotiated in 1997 and calling for a worldwide five percent cut in carbon dioxide emissions from 1990 levels – would reduce that increase to 0.94 degree Celsius. This amounts to an insignificant 0.06 degree Celsius averted temperature increase. [See Chart 1. The jagged l ...
2014/31/PR IPCC PRESS RELEASE 2 November 2014 Concluding
... necessary to achieve sustainable development and poverty eradication. “Many of those most vulnerable to climate change have contributed and contribute little to greenhouse gas emissions,” Pachauri said. “Addressing climate change will not be possible if individual agents advance their own interests ...
... necessary to achieve sustainable development and poverty eradication. “Many of those most vulnerable to climate change have contributed and contribute little to greenhouse gas emissions,” Pachauri said. “Addressing climate change will not be possible if individual agents advance their own interests ...
Indigenous knowledge of a changing climate
... Received: 21 January 2010 / Accepted: 22 January 2010 / Published online: 17 February 2010 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010 ...
... Received: 21 January 2010 / Accepted: 22 January 2010 / Published online: 17 February 2010 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010 ...
Eric Paul - Carleton College
... degrees Fahrenheit to breed (Roberts 2000). An increase in the temperature will put the survival of their offspring in jeopardy. The affects of climate change on many fishes that require aquatic ecosystems will be sizeable. The disruption of the aquatic ecosystem will have a large impact on the duc ...
... degrees Fahrenheit to breed (Roberts 2000). An increase in the temperature will put the survival of their offspring in jeopardy. The affects of climate change on many fishes that require aquatic ecosystems will be sizeable. The disruption of the aquatic ecosystem will have a large impact on the duc ...
Climate Change and Recreation
... In groups, students read, select, evaluate and integrate information from various sources, including electronic and print resources, to answer the questions chosen.. Resources to support the Recreation Inquiry appropriate for students have been identified and added to the COOL 2.0 Database; see side ...
... In groups, students read, select, evaluate and integrate information from various sources, including electronic and print resources, to answer the questions chosen.. Resources to support the Recreation Inquiry appropriate for students have been identified and added to the COOL 2.0 Database; see side ...
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
... High technologies are some of the more recently developed technologies that derive from scientific advances in recent decades including information and communication technology, earth observation systems and geographic information systems (GIS), genetically modified organisms, and the like. Futu ...
... High technologies are some of the more recently developed technologies that derive from scientific advances in recent decades including information and communication technology, earth observation systems and geographic information systems (GIS), genetically modified organisms, and the like. Futu ...
Syllabus
... Climate change is a global environmental threat which will have increasingly undesirable effects around the world in our lifetimes. International negotiations to limit the emissions of long lived greenhouse gases (GHG) have stalled. There is a very real possibility that current emissions of GHG have ...
... Climate change is a global environmental threat which will have increasingly undesirable effects around the world in our lifetimes. International negotiations to limit the emissions of long lived greenhouse gases (GHG) have stalled. There is a very real possibility that current emissions of GHG have ...
climate projections for new zealand
... FOR MORE INFORMATION: > about climate change impacts for New Zealand go to: www.mfe.govt.nz/climate-change/how-climate-change-affects-nz > about adapting to climate change go to: www.mfe.govt.nz/climate-change/adapting-climate-change > about the climate projections presented in this snapshot cont ...
... FOR MORE INFORMATION: > about climate change impacts for New Zealand go to: www.mfe.govt.nz/climate-change/how-climate-change-affects-nz > about adapting to climate change go to: www.mfe.govt.nz/climate-change/adapting-climate-change > about the climate projections presented in this snapshot cont ...
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.