Colombia`s INDC
... communities. This, added to a climate-‐dependent economy, makes the country highly vulnerable and sensitive to adverse impacts from climate change. The “La Niña” phenomenon, which took place in 2010-‐ ...
... communities. This, added to a climate-‐dependent economy, makes the country highly vulnerable and sensitive to adverse impacts from climate change. The “La Niña” phenomenon, which took place in 2010-‐ ...
Introduction - Department of Meteorology and Climate Science
... the Sun Based only on distance to the sun, – Venus would be somewhat warmer than Earth Average surface temperatures would be as follows if the planets absorbed all of the incoming sunlight: – Earth: 5°C – Venus: 55°C However … ...
... the Sun Based only on distance to the sun, – Venus would be somewhat warmer than Earth Average surface temperatures would be as follows if the planets absorbed all of the incoming sunlight: – Earth: 5°C – Venus: 55°C However … ...
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... • From looking at the graph below you can see clearly the periods of low concentrations of CO2 occur during glacial periods • High concentrations of CO2 link with warmer periods of time- like the Holocene interglacial (in between glacial times) we are going through ...
... • From looking at the graph below you can see clearly the periods of low concentrations of CO2 occur during glacial periods • High concentrations of CO2 link with warmer periods of time- like the Holocene interglacial (in between glacial times) we are going through ...
Why is climate change a public health issue?
... many of us still drive to work in large cars.” Prof. Mike Gill co-chair Climate and Health Council BMJ, 28 June 2008 ...
... many of us still drive to work in large cars.” Prof. Mike Gill co-chair Climate and Health Council BMJ, 28 June 2008 ...
CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE/ARCTIC 21 STATEMENT ON ARCTIC
... State and Chair of Arctic 21, an ad hoc coalition of NGOs concerned with climate change in the Arctic. “This new data on sea ice loss sends a clear message to the global community that the Arctic is unraveling, warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet.” “This melting goes beyond sea ice and i ...
... State and Chair of Arctic 21, an ad hoc coalition of NGOs concerned with climate change in the Arctic. “This new data on sea ice loss sends a clear message to the global community that the Arctic is unraveling, warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet.” “This melting goes beyond sea ice and i ...
Implications of the Paris agreement for the ocean
... IPCC session (11–13 April 2016) paves the way for the effective implementation of the science/negotiation dialogue. The IPCC agreed to prepare two ocean-relevant Special Reports. The first one, requested by the UNFCCC (Paris Agreement Decision 1/CP.21 paragraph 21)8 and expected to be released in la ...
... IPCC session (11–13 April 2016) paves the way for the effective implementation of the science/negotiation dialogue. The IPCC agreed to prepare two ocean-relevant Special Reports. The first one, requested by the UNFCCC (Paris Agreement Decision 1/CP.21 paragraph 21)8 and expected to be released in la ...
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC
... nitrate pollution, and administrative enforcement is based on inspections of farms drawn by chance, where noncompliant farms are penalized in their CAP payments. The usefulness of this fertilization control mechanism remains to be seen, because it ignores cultivation over the whole region, rainfed l ...
... nitrate pollution, and administrative enforcement is based on inspections of farms drawn by chance, where noncompliant farms are penalized in their CAP payments. The usefulness of this fertilization control mechanism remains to be seen, because it ignores cultivation over the whole region, rainfed l ...
DOC - Europa.eu
... A more holistic approach to beach management by a local authority County Donegal is geographically the most northern county in Ireland. The issues facing beach managers in Donegal are broad and multi-faceted. Coastal erosion is important with 90% of soft coastline considered at risk and hard coastal ...
... A more holistic approach to beach management by a local authority County Donegal is geographically the most northern county in Ireland. The issues facing beach managers in Donegal are broad and multi-faceted. Coastal erosion is important with 90% of soft coastline considered at risk and hard coastal ...
Climate Protection Fellows 2016/2017 in portrait
... critical to getting the most out of the monies invested. There is a need for decisionmakers, at both governmental and nongovernmental level, to have tools that help them to decide which adaptation measures to implement that are consistent with their financial resources and socioeconomic conditions. ...
... critical to getting the most out of the monies invested. There is a need for decisionmakers, at both governmental and nongovernmental level, to have tools that help them to decide which adaptation measures to implement that are consistent with their financial resources and socioeconomic conditions. ...
Forest Bioenergy Worsens Climate Change
... Forest regrowth can take 50-100 years. During this period, atmospheric CO2 is elevated, extra heat is trapped by the atmosphere, and irreversible impacts will occur (e.g., ice sheet melting and release of greenhouse gases from thawing permafrost). There is no requirement that wood used for forest bi ...
... Forest regrowth can take 50-100 years. During this period, atmospheric CO2 is elevated, extra heat is trapped by the atmosphere, and irreversible impacts will occur (e.g., ice sheet melting and release of greenhouse gases from thawing permafrost). There is no requirement that wood used for forest bi ...
6. Coal, Global Warming, and Health
... mud and ice. Because methane is a potent greenhouse gas, this also accelerates global warming. Thus, one warming phenomenon feeds another, creating positive feedback cycles.25 These and other feedback cycles push us closer to a “tipping point”: a point at which the accumulation of small changes in a ...
... mud and ice. Because methane is a potent greenhouse gas, this also accelerates global warming. Thus, one warming phenomenon feeds another, creating positive feedback cycles.25 These and other feedback cycles push us closer to a “tipping point”: a point at which the accumulation of small changes in a ...
- Climatelinks
... July through September at a rate of 0.32°C per decade. Available data indicates that the average number of "hot" nights (the hottest 10% of nights annually) increased by 137 per year between 1960 and 2003, and "hot" days per year increased by 73 [UNDP]. Future: 2030 (generally 2020-2049) The mean an ...
... July through September at a rate of 0.32°C per decade. Available data indicates that the average number of "hot" nights (the hottest 10% of nights annually) increased by 137 per year between 1960 and 2003, and "hot" days per year increased by 73 [UNDP]. Future: 2030 (generally 2020-2049) The mean an ...
Link to statement. - Deep Ocean Stewardship Initiative
... - the deep ocean has a predominant role in the sequestration of heat and carbon, with tight linkages to the upper ocean and atmosphere through vertical mixing, species migrations and particulate sinking, and a diverse range of ecosystems making it critical to any analysis of ocean roles in climate m ...
... - the deep ocean has a predominant role in the sequestration of heat and carbon, with tight linkages to the upper ocean and atmosphere through vertical mixing, species migrations and particulate sinking, and a diverse range of ecosystems making it critical to any analysis of ocean roles in climate m ...
Climate change action post Paris: What now for New Zealand
... The international community met in Paris in December last year to try to thrash out a post-2020 international agreement that will keep global temperature increases below 2°C. Stakes were high, and success was far from guaranteed. But they did it: the outcome of the COP21 Paris negotiations is a cons ...
... The international community met in Paris in December last year to try to thrash out a post-2020 international agreement that will keep global temperature increases below 2°C. Stakes were high, and success was far from guaranteed. But they did it: the outcome of the COP21 Paris negotiations is a cons ...
Meeting the Psychological and Social Demands of a World in Distress
... (NRC 2010). Thus, it is a dangerous mistake to think of the effects beyond 3 or 4 degrees of warming just being a bit more of the same than those at 1 or 2 degrees. Researchers recently showed that for every five years the world delays serious action to avoid this kind of future, the percentage of ...
... (NRC 2010). Thus, it is a dangerous mistake to think of the effects beyond 3 or 4 degrees of warming just being a bit more of the same than those at 1 or 2 degrees. Researchers recently showed that for every five years the world delays serious action to avoid this kind of future, the percentage of ...
Adapting to climate change in practice
... Moderator: Andreas Vetter, Federal Ministry for the Environment (D) Municipalities, cities and regions are faced with the challenge of having to develop concepts for adapting to climate change and to implement suitable measures. For the most part, they only have limited personnel and financial resou ...
... Moderator: Andreas Vetter, Federal Ministry for the Environment (D) Municipalities, cities and regions are faced with the challenge of having to develop concepts for adapting to climate change and to implement suitable measures. For the most part, they only have limited personnel and financial resou ...
2. The Earth, biosphere, climate and Man
... effects. Climate change has drawn much attention by scientists (e.g. the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change who received the Nobel Prize), policymakers and the general public and has hit the headlines of newspapers around the world. Humans have come to realize that they are responsible for cl ...
... effects. Climate change has drawn much attention by scientists (e.g. the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change who received the Nobel Prize), policymakers and the general public and has hit the headlines of newspapers around the world. Humans have come to realize that they are responsible for cl ...
Environmental Structure And Function: Climate System
... also indicate that, even if the concentrations of greenhouse gases were stabilized by 2100, air temperature could continue to increase. As well, sea levels, which are expected to rise anywhere from 15 to 95 cm by 2100, could continue to rise at a similar rate in future centuries. This would be the c ...
... also indicate that, even if the concentrations of greenhouse gases were stabilized by 2100, air temperature could continue to increase. As well, sea levels, which are expected to rise anywhere from 15 to 95 cm by 2100, could continue to rise at a similar rate in future centuries. This would be the c ...
Global warming on Jupiter
... poles will become cooler. Average temperature at some latitudes could change by as much as 5.5° Celsius (Marcus 2006). In other words, what is predicted is not global warming on Jupiter but a change in the distribution of heat with the equator getting hotter and the poles cooling. It's also worth me ...
... poles will become cooler. Average temperature at some latitudes could change by as much as 5.5° Celsius (Marcus 2006). In other words, what is predicted is not global warming on Jupiter but a change in the distribution of heat with the equator getting hotter and the poles cooling. It's also worth me ...
Terms of Reference for Antonio M Bento
... There are several competing theories why Sub-Saharan farmers are lagging behind farmers elsewhere. One theory is that they lack the education and knowledge to be aware of modern technology. Second, African farmers lack access to capital that other regions enjoy. African farmers consequently under in ...
... There are several competing theories why Sub-Saharan farmers are lagging behind farmers elsewhere. One theory is that they lack the education and knowledge to be aware of modern technology. Second, African farmers lack access to capital that other regions enjoy. African farmers consequently under in ...
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... of pests and disease. This will further complicate our efforts to control diseases, including those which are passed directly from livestock to humans and those which move from wildlife to livestock to humans. Pasture production and grazing lands will also be affected, and the competition between cr ...
... of pests and disease. This will further complicate our efforts to control diseases, including those which are passed directly from livestock to humans and those which move from wildlife to livestock to humans. Pasture production and grazing lands will also be affected, and the competition between cr ...
overview of our work on climate justice
... ensure that the principles of climate justice were implemented in policy, including developing integrated impact assessments, working with the international community to design responses to climate change using a human rights-based approach and organising an international conference to support momen ...
... ensure that the principles of climate justice were implemented in policy, including developing integrated impact assessments, working with the international community to design responses to climate change using a human rights-based approach and organising an international conference to support momen ...
IWRM as a Tool for Adaptation to Climate Change - Cap-Net
... climates in other locations as scenarios of future climate in study areas IPCC has made recommendation against using the analogue scenarios since temporal analogues of global warming were not caused by anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases and that no valid basis exists that spatial analogues ...
... climates in other locations as scenarios of future climate in study areas IPCC has made recommendation against using the analogue scenarios since temporal analogues of global warming were not caused by anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases and that no valid basis exists that spatial analogues ...
Fact sheet Climate change
... information campaigns that emphasise the benefits of lower meat consumption for people’s lifestyle and health. These campaigns must be followed up with practical information about how people can change their diet to make it healthier. Food labels, particularly on meat products, should play an active ...
... information campaigns that emphasise the benefits of lower meat consumption for people’s lifestyle and health. These campaigns must be followed up with practical information about how people can change their diet to make it healthier. Food labels, particularly on meat products, should play an active ...
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... Actions to achieve Goals Timelines and associated costs with actions NOTE: both opportunities and measures to increase resiliency should be explored ...
... Actions to achieve Goals Timelines and associated costs with actions NOTE: both opportunities and measures to increase resiliency should be explored ...
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.