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Climate of the Past
... of a particular scenario?) and qualitative judgement (i.e. which scenarios to consider in safety assessment). The goal of “scenario development” is to define a limited set of scenarios that can reasonably be analysed while still maintaining a sufficiently comprehensive coverage of possible future st ...
... of a particular scenario?) and qualitative judgement (i.e. which scenarios to consider in safety assessment). The goal of “scenario development” is to define a limited set of scenarios that can reasonably be analysed while still maintaining a sufficiently comprehensive coverage of possible future st ...
AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY
... efficient) to ensure that the surface and top of the atmosphere shortwave fluxes are consistent with ...
... efficient) to ensure that the surface and top of the atmosphere shortwave fluxes are consistent with ...
Egypt - Met Office
... available to the researchers in the project was used, unless there were good scientific reasons for not doing so. For example, some impacts areas were omitted, such as many of those associated with human health. In this case, these impacts are strongly dependant on local factors and do not easily le ...
... available to the researchers in the project was used, unless there were good scientific reasons for not doing so. For example, some impacts areas were omitted, such as many of those associated with human health. In this case, these impacts are strongly dependant on local factors and do not easily le ...
Projecting climate change impacts on species distributions in
... Abstract Increasing evidence shows that anthropogenic climate change is affecting biodiversity. Reducing or stabilizing greenhouse gas emissions may slow global warming, but past emissions will continue to contribute to further unavoidable warming for more than a century. With obvious signs of diffi ...
... Abstract Increasing evidence shows that anthropogenic climate change is affecting biodiversity. Reducing or stabilizing greenhouse gas emissions may slow global warming, but past emissions will continue to contribute to further unavoidable warming for more than a century. With obvious signs of diffi ...
The German Government`s Climate Action Programme 2020
... The renewed rise in 2013 was caused by the increased amount of electricity generated from coal and higher heating energy demand than in 2012 due to weather conditions and the consequently greater use of fossil fuels – heating oil and gas. The 7 percent higher electricity export balance of 33 terawat ...
... The renewed rise in 2013 was caused by the increased amount of electricity generated from coal and higher heating energy demand than in 2012 due to weather conditions and the consequently greater use of fossil fuels – heating oil and gas. The 7 percent higher electricity export balance of 33 terawat ...
WETLANDS, CARBON STORAGE, AND FUTURE CLIMATE
... Gulf coasts. There will be wetland losses where there is insufficient plant growth and sediment deposition to equal sea level rise and coastal or estuarine wetlands cannot migrate inland. This is a particular problem for deltaic systems such as the Mississippi Delta where sediment-trapping reservoir ...
... Gulf coasts. There will be wetland losses where there is insufficient plant growth and sediment deposition to equal sea level rise and coastal or estuarine wetlands cannot migrate inland. This is a particular problem for deltaic systems such as the Mississippi Delta where sediment-trapping reservoir ...
F_Green_Nationally_Self_Interested_Climate_Change_Mitigation (opens in new window)
... assumption that it is not in the national self-interest of a representative state to take action on climate change, whether or not other states take action. In the rationalist 2 tradition of scholarship, national self-interest is typically conceived in terms of economic efficiency — that is, increas ...
... assumption that it is not in the national self-interest of a representative state to take action on climate change, whether or not other states take action. In the rationalist 2 tradition of scholarship, national self-interest is typically conceived in terms of economic efficiency — that is, increas ...
Projecting climate change impacts on species distributions in
... Abstract Increasing evidence shows that anthropogenic climate change is affecting biodiversity. Reducing or stabilizing greenhouse gas emissions may slow global warming, but past emissions will continue to contribute to further unavoidable warming for more than a century. With obvious signs of diffi ...
... Abstract Increasing evidence shows that anthropogenic climate change is affecting biodiversity. Reducing or stabilizing greenhouse gas emissions may slow global warming, but past emissions will continue to contribute to further unavoidable warming for more than a century. With obvious signs of diffi ...
Climate Change Youth Guide to Action
... on climate change, The Future In Our Hands: Addressing the Leadership Challenge of Climate Change. Excerpts from her speech are below. ...
... on climate change, The Future In Our Hands: Addressing the Leadership Challenge of Climate Change. Excerpts from her speech are below. ...
Training Your People How to Think About Climate Change
... supposed to mimic atmospheric processes. The models are then tested against recent climate data by adjusting equation parameters until the output reasonably matches the climate data. At least two problems occur. First, adjusting parameters to fit what one is trying to prove as an effect, still suffe ...
... supposed to mimic atmospheric processes. The models are then tested against recent climate data by adjusting equation parameters until the output reasonably matches the climate data. At least two problems occur. First, adjusting parameters to fit what one is trying to prove as an effect, still suffe ...
Short-Lived Promise? - Oxford Martin School
... principal greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide (CO2), continue to rise.2 The challenges of securing international agreement, the perceived cost of CO2 emission reductions, and the recognition that even relatively ambitious CO2 measures may take decades to have a substantial impact on rising global tempera ...
... principal greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide (CO2), continue to rise.2 The challenges of securing international agreement, the perceived cost of CO2 emission reductions, and the recognition that even relatively ambitious CO2 measures may take decades to have a substantial impact on rising global tempera ...
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON MAIN AGRICULTURE CROPS IN
... expected in the Central and Northern AEZs by 2080s. Winters are estimated to be wetter in the RM by the end of the 21st century. The ensemble projections show the largest increase in precipitation from 5.3 % (B1) to 7.5% (A2) in winter over the Northern and the lowest one from 0.2% (B1) to 1.5% (A2) ...
... expected in the Central and Northern AEZs by 2080s. Winters are estimated to be wetter in the RM by the end of the 21st century. The ensemble projections show the largest increase in precipitation from 5.3 % (B1) to 7.5% (A2) in winter over the Northern and the lowest one from 0.2% (B1) to 1.5% (A2) ...
CLIMATE CHANGE: Regional Climate Model Predictions for Ireland (2001-CD-C4-M2) Environmental RTDI Programme 2000–2006
... series of such reports, which will build on this analysis. ...
... series of such reports, which will build on this analysis. ...
ESPACE Project Scoping Report
... points is meant to fast-track planning decisions as a way to avoid the cyclical trap of uncertainty in planning. This is a potential solution to the barrier of uncertainty, as long as its underlying assumptions are made clear. However, the WSRL stakeholder workshop also pointed out that some models ...
... points is meant to fast-track planning decisions as a way to avoid the cyclical trap of uncertainty in planning. This is a potential solution to the barrier of uncertainty, as long as its underlying assumptions are made clear. However, the WSRL stakeholder workshop also pointed out that some models ...
China`s Policies and Actions for Addressing Climate Change
... as well as some key fields such as waste recovery and processing and utilizing of reusable resources. In 2008, China recycled and reused 72 million tons of waste steel, 5.2 million tons of non-ferrous metal, and more than 16 million tons of plastics, ranking first in the world. Organizing the Implem ...
... as well as some key fields such as waste recovery and processing and utilizing of reusable resources. In 2008, China recycled and reused 72 million tons of waste steel, 5.2 million tons of non-ferrous metal, and more than 16 million tons of plastics, ranking first in the world. Organizing the Implem ...
Regional breakdown for IPCC AR5 WGII
... African countries are experiencing some of the world’s highest urbanization rates and the urban populations in Africa are projected to triple by 2050, increasing by 0.8 billion. As a consequence, many of Africa’s evolving cities are growing without planning and therefore have inadequate housing, lac ...
... African countries are experiencing some of the world’s highest urbanization rates and the urban populations in Africa are projected to triple by 2050, increasing by 0.8 billion. As a consequence, many of Africa’s evolving cities are growing without planning and therefore have inadequate housing, lac ...
Chapter 11 CUSTOMARY LAW, HUMAN RIGHTS AND CLIMATE
... to addressing climate change. But the slow pace of treaty negotiations has been frustrating to many observers, particularly those island States and other developing countries that have not been significant contributors to climate change but are victimized by its negative consequences. This frustrati ...
... to addressing climate change. But the slow pace of treaty negotiations has been frustrating to many observers, particularly those island States and other developing countries that have not been significant contributors to climate change but are victimized by its negative consequences. This frustrati ...
What will global annual emissions of greenhouse gases be in
... However, when the achievement of net negative emissions is assumed, four published model pathways suggest that the rise in global average temperature could be limited to less than 2°C. These pathways have a median value of 53 Gt CO2e in 2020, reducing to 47 Gt CO2e in 2030, 28 Gt CO2e in 2050 and - ...
... However, when the achievement of net negative emissions is assumed, four published model pathways suggest that the rise in global average temperature could be limited to less than 2°C. These pathways have a median value of 53 Gt CO2e in 2020, reducing to 47 Gt CO2e in 2030, 28 Gt CO2e in 2050 and - ...
Causes of the Global Warming Observed since the 19th Century
... climate change since the foundation of the IPCC, with particular attention focused on the “optimal fingerprinting” multivariate regression technique (see reviews by [6] and [7] for further details), the methods used in those studies have become increasingly complex and bewildering to members of the ...
... climate change since the foundation of the IPCC, with particular attention focused on the “optimal fingerprinting” multivariate regression technique (see reviews by [6] and [7] for further details), the methods used in those studies have become increasingly complex and bewildering to members of the ...
Chapter 3 RESPONDING TO CLIMATE CHANGE: ADAPTATION
... making evacuation and disaster relief plans, to the relocation of coastal and island communities. Adaptation measures can involve local, national, or international efforts and can include changes in behavior, infrastructure, governance, technology, management, and a wide range of policies. While ada ...
... making evacuation and disaster relief plans, to the relocation of coastal and island communities. Adaptation measures can involve local, national, or international efforts and can include changes in behavior, infrastructure, governance, technology, management, and a wide range of policies. While ada ...
263. Cass R. Sunstein, "The Availability Heuristic, Intuitive Cost
... It has become standard to say that with respect to risks, Europe and the United States can be distinguished along a single axis: Europe accepts the Precautionary Principle, and the United States does not. On this view, Europeans attempt to build a “margin of safety” into public decisions, taking car ...
... It has become standard to say that with respect to risks, Europe and the United States can be distinguished along a single axis: Europe accepts the Precautionary Principle, and the United States does not. On this view, Europeans attempt to build a “margin of safety” into public decisions, taking car ...
The Recent Trend and Variance Increase of the
... analyses that examine the relationship between the synthetic and AO index time series will be presented in more detail in the next section). Since the synthetic time series simulates the intraseasonal characteristics of the AO index, this result implies that a large fraction of the interannual varia ...
... analyses that examine the relationship between the synthetic and AO index time series will be presented in more detail in the next section). Since the synthetic time series simulates the intraseasonal characteristics of the AO index, this result implies that a large fraction of the interannual varia ...
CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
... political ecology have birthed alternative approaches to the problems of sustainability, including crucial concepts like system resilience, and integrated analysis of ecosystems and human actors (Holling 1992). Recent papers in sociology have explored ideas about the integrative glue that binds soci ...
... political ecology have birthed alternative approaches to the problems of sustainability, including crucial concepts like system resilience, and integrated analysis of ecosystems and human actors (Holling 1992). Recent papers in sociology have explored ideas about the integrative glue that binds soci ...
Colgate`s Greenhouse Gas Inventory
... ability of industrialized nations to more fully engage developing nations in emissions reduction efforts. With looming prospects of mass development and growth of fossil fuel combustion rates in countries such as China, India, Brazil, and other emerging nations, a timely and thoughtful addressing o ...
... ability of industrialized nations to more fully engage developing nations in emissions reduction efforts. With looming prospects of mass development and growth of fossil fuel combustion rates in countries such as China, India, Brazil, and other emerging nations, a timely and thoughtful addressing o ...