here - Climate Realists
... GW trend is due primarily to natural causes, with little impact by man-made causes, as the tens of scientists involved in IPCC believe. This is not consensus. To me the key issues/questions to be resolved (as an independent scientist) are: 1. Has there been a GW trend in the recent past? 2. Is GW du ...
... GW trend is due primarily to natural causes, with little impact by man-made causes, as the tens of scientists involved in IPCC believe. This is not consensus. To me the key issues/questions to be resolved (as an independent scientist) are: 1. Has there been a GW trend in the recent past? 2. Is GW du ...
Linking global and local scales: designing dynamic
... deforestation, and thus local release of carbon dioxide. This local release contributes to global climate change (with heterogeneous local impacts), which is being addressed politically through international negotiations involving representatives of the Brazilian national government. Over time, clim ...
... deforestation, and thus local release of carbon dioxide. This local release contributes to global climate change (with heterogeneous local impacts), which is being addressed politically through international negotiations involving representatives of the Brazilian national government. Over time, clim ...
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... Achieve 20% market penetration with hybrid and electric vehicles. It also demands the establishment of the necessary international structures, including a National Energy Commission representing relevant stakeholders that would “review the achievement of the policy targets, receive comments from sta ...
... Achieve 20% market penetration with hybrid and electric vehicles. It also demands the establishment of the necessary international structures, including a National Energy Commission representing relevant stakeholders that would “review the achievement of the policy targets, receive comments from sta ...
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... partial, spatial model with global coverage, depicting about 50 commodities (primary and secondary agricultural products) and breaking the world down into 60 countries or country blocks, grouped into 30 trade blocks. Its spatial specification allows bilateral trade flows and policies between trade b ...
... partial, spatial model with global coverage, depicting about 50 commodities (primary and secondary agricultural products) and breaking the world down into 60 countries or country blocks, grouped into 30 trade blocks. Its spatial specification allows bilateral trade flows and policies between trade b ...
Quantifying Vulnerability to Climate Change: Implications for
... as well as scientific assessments of weather data. The potential for quantifying such impacts is illustrated by the EM-DAT database, which is maintained by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) at the Université Catholique de Louvain. This database contains information on h ...
... as well as scientific assessments of weather data. The potential for quantifying such impacts is illustrated by the EM-DAT database, which is maintained by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) at the Université Catholique de Louvain. This database contains information on h ...
Arctic Climate System Study (ACSYS)/ Climate and Cryosphere
... in support of CSA, MSC and other national and international initiatives • CRYSYS transition to “CliC Canada” • CRYSYS is recognized internationally • Canada is seen as a key player in CliC • must build a strong partnership within the Canadian cryosphere community to contribute to CliC •Must get on w ...
... in support of CSA, MSC and other national and international initiatives • CRYSYS transition to “CliC Canada” • CRYSYS is recognized internationally • Canada is seen as a key player in CliC • must build a strong partnership within the Canadian cryosphere community to contribute to CliC •Must get on w ...
IMPACT2C – Policy Brief 3
... below 2°C above pre-industrial levels, and to consider lowering the goal to 1.5°C in the near future. However, there has already been an increase of about 0.85°C over the period 1880–2012 (IPCC, 2013), and at the current time, international negotiations have had modest success. Current commitments a ...
... below 2°C above pre-industrial levels, and to consider lowering the goal to 1.5°C in the near future. However, there has already been an increase of about 0.85°C over the period 1880–2012 (IPCC, 2013), and at the current time, international negotiations have had modest success. Current commitments a ...
Management Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change Annex
... This project is being undertaken within the framework of the Convention on Climate Change. The overall objective of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) is to manage climate change through “stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that ...
... This project is being undertaken within the framework of the Convention on Climate Change. The overall objective of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) is to manage climate change through “stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that ...
Making the Connection: Population Dynamics and Climate
... would put the world on a path to slower population growth, leading to substantial reductions in future carbon dioxide emissions.5 Furthermore, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the leading intergovernmental body for the assessment of climate change, in their 5th assessment report ...
... would put the world on a path to slower population growth, leading to substantial reductions in future carbon dioxide emissions.5 Furthermore, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the leading intergovernmental body for the assessment of climate change, in their 5th assessment report ...
Freshwater biodiversity versus anthropogenic climate
... Water in a Changing World Coordinated by the World Water Assessment Programme, the United Nations World Water Development Report 3: Water in a Changing World (WWDR3) is a joint effort of the 26 United Nations agencies and entities that make up UN-Water, working in partnership with governments, inter ...
... Water in a Changing World Coordinated by the World Water Assessment Programme, the United Nations World Water Development Report 3: Water in a Changing World (WWDR3) is a joint effort of the 26 United Nations agencies and entities that make up UN-Water, working in partnership with governments, inter ...
curriculum vitae - u.arizona.edu
... [40] Cook, E.R., P.J. Krusic, K.J. Anchukaitis, B.M. Buckley, T. Nakatsuka, M. Sano and the PAGES Asia2k members, Tree-ring reconstructed summer temperature anomalies for temperate East Asia since 800 C.E., Climate Dynamics, 41(11), 2957–2972, doi: 10.1007/s00382-012-1611-x, 2013. [39] Ummenhofer, C ...
... [40] Cook, E.R., P.J. Krusic, K.J. Anchukaitis, B.M. Buckley, T. Nakatsuka, M. Sano and the PAGES Asia2k members, Tree-ring reconstructed summer temperature anomalies for temperate East Asia since 800 C.E., Climate Dynamics, 41(11), 2957–2972, doi: 10.1007/s00382-012-1611-x, 2013. [39] Ummenhofer, C ...
Met Office science strategy 2010–2015
... For weather forecasting this has meant the ability to run operational models at cloud system resolving scale (~1 km). This has the potential to deliver a step change in our ability to forecast the likelihood and location of extreme weather events, especially heavy rainfall. The capability to run mod ...
... For weather forecasting this has meant the ability to run operational models at cloud system resolving scale (~1 km). This has the potential to deliver a step change in our ability to forecast the likelihood and location of extreme weather events, especially heavy rainfall. The capability to run mod ...
University of Birmingham Operational readiness for climate change
... change, any new infrastructure will need to cope with potentially significantly different conditions to those of today. These projected changes introduce a new source of uncertainty for railroad operators (Remennikov and Kaewunruen, 2008; Remennikov et al., 2012). Extreme weather has many well-estab ...
... change, any new infrastructure will need to cope with potentially significantly different conditions to those of today. These projected changes introduce a new source of uncertainty for railroad operators (Remennikov and Kaewunruen, 2008; Remennikov et al., 2012). Extreme weather has many well-estab ...
February 26, 2014 Ms. Mabel Echols Office of Information and
... 1. Introduction: The SCC is an important policy tool. The SCC estimates the economic cost of climate impacts—specifically the additional economic harm caused by one additional metric ton of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. SCC calculations are important for evaluating the costs of activities that pr ...
... 1. Introduction: The SCC is an important policy tool. The SCC estimates the economic cost of climate impacts—specifically the additional economic harm caused by one additional metric ton of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. SCC calculations are important for evaluating the costs of activities that pr ...
Coastal Vulnerability Handout
... Translating internationa l and national goals and objectives to local outcomes. Aggregate local needs and issues to formulate national and internationa l prio rities and programs ...
... Translating internationa l and national goals and objectives to local outcomes. Aggregate local needs and issues to formulate national and internationa l prio rities and programs ...
Assessment of Climate Change for the Baltic Sea
... Some contested issues have been reconciled (e.g., sea surface temperature trends) Ability to run multi-model ensembles seems a major addition; first signs of detection studies, but attribution still weak. RCMs need further development. Homogeneity is till a problem and not taken seriously enough in ...
... Some contested issues have been reconciled (e.g., sea surface temperature trends) Ability to run multi-model ensembles seems a major addition; first signs of detection studies, but attribution still weak. RCMs need further development. Homogeneity is till a problem and not taken seriously enough in ...
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... marginally determined by climate policies. In particular, Barker et al. [2] argue that studies finding high leakage rates assume that climate policy has strong re-location effects on energy-intensive production. However, in practice, this is an unlikely outcome because countries adjust policies in ...
... marginally determined by climate policies. In particular, Barker et al. [2] argue that studies finding high leakage rates assume that climate policy has strong re-location effects on energy-intensive production. However, in practice, this is an unlikely outcome because countries adjust policies in ...
Business Responses to Climate Change in Developing Countries: A
... commitment of resources for reducing emissions of business, based on a data of 111 multinational corporations in the Financial Times Global 500 list, Carbon Disclosure Project 2002, Kolk and Pinkse (2004) formulated market strategic options for climate change of business by a typology as figure 3. T ...
... commitment of resources for reducing emissions of business, based on a data of 111 multinational corporations in the Financial Times Global 500 list, Carbon Disclosure Project 2002, Kolk and Pinkse (2004) formulated market strategic options for climate change of business by a typology as figure 3. T ...
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... Although climate change is occurring at a global scale, related impacts are experienced locally. Downscaled global circulation models that project changes in future climate conditions at local and regional scales sharpen the focus on climate change-related impacts to human systems (IPCC Fifth Assess ...
... Although climate change is occurring at a global scale, related impacts are experienced locally. Downscaled global circulation models that project changes in future climate conditions at local and regional scales sharpen the focus on climate change-related impacts to human systems (IPCC Fifth Assess ...
A blind expert test of contrarian claims about climate data
... (Lewandowsky et al., 2013a,b; Smith and Leiserowitz, 2012). The present article therefore reports a blind expert test of contrarian claims about climate data. Blind experiments, in which participants are unaware of the nature of the stimuli or experimental manipulation, are common practice to elimin ...
... (Lewandowsky et al., 2013a,b; Smith and Leiserowitz, 2012). The present article therefore reports a blind expert test of contrarian claims about climate data. Blind experiments, in which participants are unaware of the nature of the stimuli or experimental manipulation, are common practice to elimin ...
Use of spatial analogy in analysis and valuation of climate scenarios
... With the Climex method we can only use the temperature and the precipitation in same weight. To calculate the similarity for only for the temperature or for the precipitation we should have alter the calculation of CMI. We started to use a new λ parameter tp weightening the temperature and the preci ...
... With the Climex method we can only use the temperature and the precipitation in same weight. To calculate the similarity for only for the temperature or for the precipitation we should have alter the calculation of CMI. We started to use a new λ parameter tp weightening the temperature and the preci ...
Research and systematic observation
... Over the past decade, the number of R&D personnel has grown from 40,000 to nearly 80,000. This equates to over 2 per cent of the labour force, which is the highest figure among all OECD countries. The number of doctoral degrees has also doubled in the past ten years. Climate change has become a prio ...
... Over the past decade, the number of R&D personnel has grown from 40,000 to nearly 80,000. This equates to over 2 per cent of the labour force, which is the highest figure among all OECD countries. The number of doctoral degrees has also doubled in the past ten years. Climate change has become a prio ...
Migration as a contribution to resilience and innovation
... Sow, 1998). Data on remittances are based on estimates (Fig. 4) since 25e80% of all transfers are sent using informal channels like hand delivery (ADB, 2007; Page & Plaza, 2005; Sow & Alissoutin, ...
... Sow, 1998). Data on remittances are based on estimates (Fig. 4) since 25e80% of all transfers are sent using informal channels like hand delivery (ADB, 2007; Page & Plaza, 2005; Sow & Alissoutin, ...