Climate change and trajectories of blame in Northern
... includes the weather, people, plants, animals, landscape and infrastructure, as well as the spiritual world. Asking people about changes in their surrounding automatically made them think about the connection between natural and spiritual phenomena, as well as the human role in mediating between the ...
... includes the weather, people, plants, animals, landscape and infrastructure, as well as the spiritual world. Asking people about changes in their surrounding automatically made them think about the connection between natural and spiritual phenomena, as well as the human role in mediating between the ...
Climate Change - Environmental Science Institute
... F in the next 100 years. While Earth's climate has changed naturally throughout time, the current rate of change due to human activity is unprecedented during at least the last 10,000 years. The projected range of temperature rise is wide because it includes a variety of possible future conditions, ...
... F in the next 100 years. While Earth's climate has changed naturally throughout time, the current rate of change due to human activity is unprecedented during at least the last 10,000 years. The projected range of temperature rise is wide because it includes a variety of possible future conditions, ...
appendix a: the greenhouse effect, greenhouse
... a collection of atmospheric gases called 'greenhouse gases' (GHGs) based on the idea that the gases also 'trap' heat like the glass walls of a greenhouse. These gases, mainly water vapor, carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), ozone, and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) all act as effec ...
... a collection of atmospheric gases called 'greenhouse gases' (GHGs) based on the idea that the gases also 'trap' heat like the glass walls of a greenhouse. These gases, mainly water vapor, carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), ozone, and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) all act as effec ...
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... decades down the road. Indeed, the full impact of today's emissions will not be felt until the next century. Just as global warming is slow in coming, doing something about it is also a long-term proposition. Certainly, there are steps we can and should take right now - for instance, there are count ...
... decades down the road. Indeed, the full impact of today's emissions will not be felt until the next century. Just as global warming is slow in coming, doing something about it is also a long-term proposition. Certainly, there are steps we can and should take right now - for instance, there are count ...
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... furnish proof of such change. As a result, it is difficult to say whether and how climate ...
... furnish proof of such change. As a result, it is difficult to say whether and how climate ...
Climate change - Shana M. McDermott, PhD
... Who is Responsible? “Many of the world’s poorest nations contribute the least to the fossil fuel emissions largely responsible for climate change — yet these places will bear most of the consequences of climate change, like extreme coastal flooding. It’s a discrepancy that held up recent United Nati ...
... Who is Responsible? “Many of the world’s poorest nations contribute the least to the fossil fuel emissions largely responsible for climate change — yet these places will bear most of the consequences of climate change, like extreme coastal flooding. It’s a discrepancy that held up recent United Nati ...
Council Plan 2013-17 - Goal 5: An eco-city
... Goal 5: An eco-city As an eco-city, Melbourne is committed to reducing our ecological footprint and will work to ensure our people and organisations can adapt to climate change and build a sustainable future. What we’ll aim for: ...
... Goal 5: An eco-city As an eco-city, Melbourne is committed to reducing our ecological footprint and will work to ensure our people and organisations can adapt to climate change and build a sustainable future. What we’ll aim for: ...
Climate change mitigation
... A brief history leading up to the UNFCCC How does the UNFCCC operate? What is the Kyoto Protocol? Parties to the Kyoto Protocol Mechanisms Successes and failures ...
... A brief history leading up to the UNFCCC How does the UNFCCC operate? What is the Kyoto Protocol? Parties to the Kyoto Protocol Mechanisms Successes and failures ...
lesson 9: how does the greenhouse effect impact the ocean and
... “Healthy Ocean, Healthy Humans: Making Connections between the Ocean and Humans” (available at healthyocean.org) for teaching students how coral reefs support many different marine species and are the sources of potential and new medicines. Plan International’s video available from http://www. ...
... “Healthy Ocean, Healthy Humans: Making Connections between the Ocean and Humans” (available at healthyocean.org) for teaching students how coral reefs support many different marine species and are the sources of potential and new medicines. Plan International’s video available from http://www. ...
new ipcc report recognizes family planning among social
... reducing the total number of births and reducing births in high-risk groups. Chapter 11, pp. 36, lines 40-44 ll When women have access to family planning, it is the highest risk age groups (youngest and oldest women) who reduce their fertility most. Chapter 11, pp. 36, lines 40-44 ll Meeting the nee ...
... reducing the total number of births and reducing births in high-risk groups. Chapter 11, pp. 36, lines 40-44 ll When women have access to family planning, it is the highest risk age groups (youngest and oldest women) who reduce their fertility most. Chapter 11, pp. 36, lines 40-44 ll Meeting the nee ...
Hot research on roasted lizards - The International Biogeography
... function of maximum temperature. While this approach does not include as much mechanistic detail as a full physical model, like Kearney et al.’s, it is noteworthy for integrating an environmental niche model, ecophysiological traits, and extinction probabilities. This simplification allowed generali ...
... function of maximum temperature. While this approach does not include as much mechanistic detail as a full physical model, like Kearney et al.’s, it is noteworthy for integrating an environmental niche model, ecophysiological traits, and extinction probabilities. This simplification allowed generali ...
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... Dynamic "forcing" by AO/NAO in Arctic is possibly affected by anthropogenic forcings Still uncertainties though… Spatial/Temporal variations in tropospheric aerosols Indirect aerosol effects on cloud formation Modelling of Arctic clouds? ...
... Dynamic "forcing" by AO/NAO in Arctic is possibly affected by anthropogenic forcings Still uncertainties though… Spatial/Temporal variations in tropospheric aerosols Indirect aerosol effects on cloud formation Modelling of Arctic clouds? ...
A Broader Perspective on Climate Change is Needed.
... primary basis on which to plan for the future. This is discussed in another IGBP sponsored paper [2] that presents examples demonstrating that the Earthʼs climate system is highly nonlinear, that inputs and outputs are not proportional (change is often episodic and abrupt, rather then slow and gradu ...
... primary basis on which to plan for the future. This is discussed in another IGBP sponsored paper [2] that presents examples demonstrating that the Earthʼs climate system is highly nonlinear, that inputs and outputs are not proportional (change is often episodic and abrupt, rather then slow and gradu ...
Slide 1 - Climate Science Program
... basis of natural variation alone Only when the influences of greenhouse gases and sulfate aerosols are included can the trends be explained Models that explain these trends, when projected into the future, indicate a 1.5-6.5oC warming over the 21C Iowa farmers and cities already are paying to ...
... basis of natural variation alone Only when the influences of greenhouse gases and sulfate aerosols are included can the trends be explained Models that explain these trends, when projected into the future, indicate a 1.5-6.5oC warming over the 21C Iowa farmers and cities already are paying to ...
Millions at risk
... increases in temperature or inferred changes in precipitation and sea-level rise. For example, the remarkable steepness of the water shortage curve in 2080 is the outcome of very large city populations in China and India becoming newly at risk, In the case of hunger, however, the rising curve in 208 ...
... increases in temperature or inferred changes in precipitation and sea-level rise. For example, the remarkable steepness of the water shortage curve in 2080 is the outcome of very large city populations in China and India becoming newly at risk, In the case of hunger, however, the rising curve in 208 ...
proposal - Global Carbon Project
... floor, associated with episodes of global warming (Dickens et al, 1997). Could such a large scale release happen over the next hundred years? A second area of potentially important ocean vulnerability concerns the incremental organic and inorganic carbon that depend on the biological pump. Widesprea ...
... floor, associated with episodes of global warming (Dickens et al, 1997). Could such a large scale release happen over the next hundred years? A second area of potentially important ocean vulnerability concerns the incremental organic and inorganic carbon that depend on the biological pump. Widesprea ...
Global warming – an update from Durban
... The Kyoto Protocol – the agreement that commits developed countries to reducing their emissions of greenhouse gases – runs out at the end of 2012. At the recent annual conference on climate change (this year held in Durban, South Africa) some European Union countries, along with Switzerland and Norw ...
... The Kyoto Protocol – the agreement that commits developed countries to reducing their emissions of greenhouse gases – runs out at the end of 2012. At the recent annual conference on climate change (this year held in Durban, South Africa) some European Union countries, along with Switzerland and Norw ...
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... The Kyoto Protocol – the agreement that commits developed countries to reducing their emissions of greenhouse gases – runs out at the end of 2012. At the recent annual conference on climate change (this year held in Durban, South Africa) some European Union countries, along with Switzerland and Norw ...
... The Kyoto Protocol – the agreement that commits developed countries to reducing their emissions of greenhouse gases – runs out at the end of 2012. At the recent annual conference on climate change (this year held in Durban, South Africa) some European Union countries, along with Switzerland and Norw ...
« French industry must play an essential role in combatting climate
... agreement will guarantee a level playing field among the States that are party to the agreement in particular with respect to energy prices and products exposed to international competition. This is key to success both in reinforcing Europe’s industrial activity and in making an ambitious ecological ...
... agreement will guarantee a level playing field among the States that are party to the agreement in particular with respect to energy prices and products exposed to international competition. This is key to success both in reinforcing Europe’s industrial activity and in making an ambitious ecological ...
Introduction
... Are not useful for predicting the temperature changes observed during the 20th century. Show that volcanic eruptions and changes in sunlight are responsible for most of the changes observed over the 20th century. Can predict the 20th century observed temperature changes with natural factors only. Ca ...
... Are not useful for predicting the temperature changes observed during the 20th century. Show that volcanic eruptions and changes in sunlight are responsible for most of the changes observed over the 20th century. Can predict the 20th century observed temperature changes with natural factors only. Ca ...
Ist Latin American and the Caribbean Regional Workshop
... Adaptation capacity, an introduction…………………………………………………..Ian Burton Strategic framework for adaptation to climate change of water resources in Central America ………………………………..………………………………….…...LA06….Alejandro Jiménez Establishing applied systems network for building regional adaptation capacity ……………… ...
... Adaptation capacity, an introduction…………………………………………………..Ian Burton Strategic framework for adaptation to climate change of water resources in Central America ………………………………..………………………………….…...LA06….Alejandro Jiménez Establishing applied systems network for building regional adaptation capacity ……………… ...
Lecture #10 Global Climate Change
... to February (left) and June to August (right). White areas are where less than 66% of the models agree in the sign of the change and stippled areas are where more than 90% of the models agree in the sign of the change (IPCC, 2007). ...
... to February (left) and June to August (right). White areas are where less than 66% of the models agree in the sign of the change and stippled areas are where more than 90% of the models agree in the sign of the change (IPCC, 2007). ...
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.