The Emissions Gap Report 2015
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Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution. (2010) Adapting Institutions to Climate Change, Twenty-eighth report. David Stainforth is acknowledged in the report as a key contributor
... The individual streams of analysis in this report build on important work done by others. The United Kingdom Climate Projections, updated in 2009 (UKCP09), have already set out the best currently available projections of climate change for different parts of the UK. And there is a rich literature in ...
... The individual streams of analysis in this report build on important work done by others. The United Kingdom Climate Projections, updated in 2009 (UKCP09), have already set out the best currently available projections of climate change for different parts of the UK. And there is a rich literature in ...
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... issues, heat and heat waves, air pollution, disease, fire, and biodiversity loss (Schauser et al. 2010; EU 2011). Many of the risks and hazards confronting cities as a result of climate change are modifications in scale of existing risks and hazards, or the result of a combination of climate depende ...
... issues, heat and heat waves, air pollution, disease, fire, and biodiversity loss (Schauser et al. 2010; EU 2011). Many of the risks and hazards confronting cities as a result of climate change are modifications in scale of existing risks and hazards, or the result of a combination of climate depende ...
- Deltas in Times of Climate Change
... significant and emerging threat to public health, particularly in the poorest communities. In this session recent research will be presented about the impact of climate change on health in some delta regions. Also national or local health programmes and interventions in deltas will be discussed. Con ...
... significant and emerging threat to public health, particularly in the poorest communities. In this session recent research will be presented about the impact of climate change on health in some delta regions. Also national or local health programmes and interventions in deltas will be discussed. Con ...
5. integrated impacts on coastal areas and river flooding
... 1 in 100 year standard, would be reduced to the range of a 2- to 8-year standard by the 2050s under this scenario. (By the 2080s, many of these defences would be at or below a 1-year standard under this scenario). In the Fens, the interaction of sea-level rise, increased river flows and ongoing subs ...
... 1 in 100 year standard, would be reduced to the range of a 2- to 8-year standard by the 2050s under this scenario. (By the 2080s, many of these defences would be at or below a 1-year standard under this scenario). In the Fens, the interaction of sea-level rise, increased river flows and ongoing subs ...
Centennial and Millennial climate- carbon cycle feedback analysis
... which will affect the feedback between carbon cycle and climate change. In this project, a climate-carbon cycle feedback analysis has been conducted by using long simulated time series (2001 – 3000) data, derived from the Max-Planck-Institute / University of Wisconsin-Madison Earth System Model (MPI ...
... which will affect the feedback between carbon cycle and climate change. In this project, a climate-carbon cycle feedback analysis has been conducted by using long simulated time series (2001 – 3000) data, derived from the Max-Planck-Institute / University of Wisconsin-Madison Earth System Model (MPI ...
Chapter 18 - Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
... few decades. For the Arctic as a whole, the 20th century can be divided into two warming periods, bracketing a 20-year cooling period (approximately 1945 to 1966) in the middle of the century.This pattern is less evident in northern Canada than in some other areas of the Arctic. The Canadian Archipe ...
... few decades. For the Arctic as a whole, the 20th century can be divided into two warming periods, bracketing a 20-year cooling period (approximately 1945 to 1966) in the middle of the century.This pattern is less evident in northern Canada than in some other areas of the Arctic. The Canadian Archipe ...
Simulating Future Wheat Yields` Response to Climate Change and
... increase in CO2 concentrations (from 278 ppm in 1750 to 390.5 ppm in 2011). Methane (CH4), dichlorodifluoromethane (CFC-12) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2 - N2O) are other GHG that considerably contribute to global warming in addition to natural factors such as volcanic eruptions and solar irradiance (My ...
... increase in CO2 concentrations (from 278 ppm in 1750 to 390.5 ppm in 2011). Methane (CH4), dichlorodifluoromethane (CFC-12) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2 - N2O) are other GHG that considerably contribute to global warming in addition to natural factors such as volcanic eruptions and solar irradiance (My ...
Detection and Attribution of Observed Impacts
... There has been a shift from cold- to heat-related mortality in some regions as a result of warming (medium confidence), but despite many welldocumented sensitivities of human health to other aspects of weather, clear evidence of an additional observed climate change impact on health outcomes is lack ...
... There has been a shift from cold- to heat-related mortality in some regions as a result of warming (medium confidence), but despite many welldocumented sensitivities of human health to other aspects of weather, clear evidence of an additional observed climate change impact on health outcomes is lack ...
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... climate change”. Using this framework of analysis, global studies have highlighted the relative vulnerability of national economies to any potential change in their fisheries from climate change, and found that the most vulnerable tended to be least-developed countries, where the capacity to adapt m ...
... climate change”. Using this framework of analysis, global studies have highlighted the relative vulnerability of national economies to any potential change in their fisheries from climate change, and found that the most vulnerable tended to be least-developed countries, where the capacity to adapt m ...
Feedbacks and mechanisms affecting the global
... database, and depending on the emission scenario applied (see van Vuuren et al., 2011, for an overview of the different Representative Concentration Pathways, RCPs), the contribution of glaciers to sea level rise during the 21st century is estimated as 16 ± 4 cm SLE (RCP4.5) to 22 ± 4 (RCP8.5) by Ra ...
... database, and depending on the emission scenario applied (see van Vuuren et al., 2011, for an overview of the different Representative Concentration Pathways, RCPs), the contribution of glaciers to sea level rise during the 21st century is estimated as 16 ± 4 cm SLE (RCP4.5) to 22 ± 4 (RCP8.5) by Ra ...
2015 Pennsylvania Climate Impacts Assessment Update
... output from a suite of General Circulation Models running standardized simulation experiments. This update analyzes historical and future changes in Pennsylvania’s climate utilizing the new data sets, new statistical techniques, and the most recent suite of global and regional climate model simulati ...
... output from a suite of General Circulation Models running standardized simulation experiments. This update analyzes historical and future changes in Pennsylvania’s climate utilizing the new data sets, new statistical techniques, and the most recent suite of global and regional climate model simulati ...
Climate Change Effects on Heat Waves and Future Heat
... on the choice of model simulations and emission scenarios. Therefore, the results show large geographical heterogeneity among different countries or regions and are not directly comparable. Risk assessments of heat impact on human health in its various aspects play an important role in order to prep ...
... on the choice of model simulations and emission scenarios. Therefore, the results show large geographical heterogeneity among different countries or regions and are not directly comparable. Risk assessments of heat impact on human health in its various aspects play an important role in order to prep ...
Chapter 3 – The cost-effective path to 2050
... by at least 80% on 1990 levels, covering all sectors including the UK share of international aviation and international shipping (IAS)5. This implies a level of per capita emissions in 2050, which if replicated globally, would be consistent with a path to limiting global temperature increase to arou ...
... by at least 80% on 1990 levels, covering all sectors including the UK share of international aviation and international shipping (IAS)5. This implies a level of per capita emissions in 2050, which if replicated globally, would be consistent with a path to limiting global temperature increase to arou ...
Climate Change Scenarios for the United Kingdom
... Professor Nigel Arnell, Department of Geography, University of Southampton, UK Dr Iain Brown, UK Climate Impacts Programme, Oxford, UK Professor Tim Carter, Finnish Environment Institute, Helsinki, Finland Dr Richenda Connell, UK Climate Impacts Programme, Oxford, UK Dr James Curran, Scottish Enviro ...
... Professor Nigel Arnell, Department of Geography, University of Southampton, UK Dr Iain Brown, UK Climate Impacts Programme, Oxford, UK Professor Tim Carter, Finnish Environment Institute, Helsinki, Finland Dr Richenda Connell, UK Climate Impacts Programme, Oxford, UK Dr James Curran, Scottish Enviro ...
Ch12 Pre-Release - Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
... for indigenous peoples, provides an assessment of how climate change has affected, and is affecting, harvesting activities in the past and in the present, and considers what some of the future impacts may be. Key to this chapter are several detailed case studies based on extensive research with indi ...
... for indigenous peoples, provides an assessment of how climate change has affected, and is affecting, harvesting activities in the past and in the present, and considers what some of the future impacts may be. Key to this chapter are several detailed case studies based on extensive research with indi ...
2015 Emissions Gap Report
... report drawing on glossaries and other resources available on the websites of the following organizations, networks and projects: Center for International Forestry Research, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Non-State Actor Zone for C ...
... report drawing on glossaries and other resources available on the websites of the following organizations, networks and projects: Center for International Forestry Research, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Non-State Actor Zone for C ...
The Emissions Gap Report 2015
... report drawing on glossaries and other resources available on the websites of the following organizations, networks and projects: Center for International Forestry Research, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Non-State Actor Zone for C ...
... report drawing on glossaries and other resources available on the websites of the following organizations, networks and projects: Center for International Forestry Research, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Non-State Actor Zone for C ...
Wyoming v. USDA: A Look Down the Road at Management of
... propose regulations that would protect certain roadless areas within the National Forest System (NFS). 6 Following this directive, the Forest Service developed the Roadless Area Conservation Rule (“Roadless Rule”), which prohibits road construction, reconstruction, and timber harvesting throughout m ...
... propose regulations that would protect certain roadless areas within the National Forest System (NFS). 6 Following this directive, the Forest Service developed the Roadless Area Conservation Rule (“Roadless Rule”), which prohibits road construction, reconstruction, and timber harvesting throughout m ...
Climate Change Vulnerability Of Mountain
... shortcomings and identifies research gaps in relation to biodiversity, wetland conservation, the resilience of ecosystems and their services, and hazards assessment, and points out the unreliability of trends and model projections due to the lack of country-wise consistent data related to climate ch ...
... shortcomings and identifies research gaps in relation to biodiversity, wetland conservation, the resilience of ecosystems and their services, and hazards assessment, and points out the unreliability of trends and model projections due to the lack of country-wise consistent data related to climate ch ...
Trade And Climate Change - WTO-UNEP Report
... range of national policies and measures that have been used in a number of countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to increase energy efficiency (Part IV). It presents key features in the design and implementation of these policies, in order to draw a clearer picture of their overall effect ...
... range of national policies and measures that have been used in a number of countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to increase energy efficiency (Part IV). It presents key features in the design and implementation of these policies, in order to draw a clearer picture of their overall effect ...
Draft Final Report - South Tyneside Council
... policy statement has been submitted to Defra and the Environment Agency. 19. Further emphasis has been placed on local authority performance in relation to flood and coastal risk management through the introduction of National Indicator 189. The aim of this indicator is to record the progress of loc ...
... policy statement has been submitted to Defra and the Environment Agency. 19. Further emphasis has been placed on local authority performance in relation to flood and coastal risk management through the introduction of National Indicator 189. The aim of this indicator is to record the progress of loc ...
2005 International Project Spotlight: Belize Barrier Reef
... In 1988, the United Nations Environment Programme and the World Meteorological Organization established the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to assess the science of climate change, and its impacts, mitigation and adaptation options, amongst other tasks. B. Climate Change Science Ha ...
... In 1988, the United Nations Environment Programme and the World Meteorological Organization established the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to assess the science of climate change, and its impacts, mitigation and adaptation options, amongst other tasks. B. Climate Change Science Ha ...
City of Long Beach Climate Resiliency Assessment Report
... change most relevant to Long Beach. By highlighting the issues that clearly impact the City, priorities can be reviewed to address adaptation sooner rather than later, while there is still an opportunity to be proactive on matters of urgency. Each climate threat has its own potential detrimental eff ...
... change most relevant to Long Beach. By highlighting the issues that clearly impact the City, priorities can be reviewed to address adaptation sooner rather than later, while there is still an opportunity to be proactive on matters of urgency. Each climate threat has its own potential detrimental eff ...