"An Ice Core Time Machine." Earth
... Based on previous analogues and other rapid climate change events, the LIA should last longer than 600 years. Some scientists suggest that the climate state that was set up during the LIA may still be in existence, and that the rising temperatures over the past few decades mean that the natural clim ...
... Based on previous analogues and other rapid climate change events, the LIA should last longer than 600 years. Some scientists suggest that the climate state that was set up during the LIA may still be in existence, and that the rising temperatures over the past few decades mean that the natural clim ...
PCC 588 - Lecture slides
... • The fate of anthropogenic greenhouse gases, their impact on climate and strategies for sequestration of anthropogenic gases ...
... • The fate of anthropogenic greenhouse gases, their impact on climate and strategies for sequestration of anthropogenic gases ...
Educator Guide - The Field Museum
... makes it clear there is no single solution to the problem. Instead, it allows visitors to see how individual and collective actions can make a meaningful impact in reducing global climate change. ...
... makes it clear there is no single solution to the problem. Instead, it allows visitors to see how individual and collective actions can make a meaningful impact in reducing global climate change. ...
Hazards - Alberta Emergency Management Agency
... Reducing GHG emissions, improve NRG efficiency “Climate Protection” Global and long-term Climate Change Adaptation Reducing negative impacts, or enhancing positive impacts of climate change Local, short- to long-term Emergency management and disaster mitigation ...
... Reducing GHG emissions, improve NRG efficiency “Climate Protection” Global and long-term Climate Change Adaptation Reducing negative impacts, or enhancing positive impacts of climate change Local, short- to long-term Emergency management and disaster mitigation ...
South-South Cooperation between Pacific and Caribbean Small
... Pacific, due to their small scale and limited economic diversification, which hamper the resilience of such states and their populations for recovery from post-disaster. At the same time, SIDS countries and local communities have a range of capacities and practices for effective disaster prevention ...
... Pacific, due to their small scale and limited economic diversification, which hamper the resilience of such states and their populations for recovery from post-disaster. At the same time, SIDS countries and local communities have a range of capacities and practices for effective disaster prevention ...
Making climate hot - Center for Science and Technology Policy
... common practice of giving equal time to unequal sides is highly misleading.26 “Balancing” the scientific consensus with the voices of a comparatively tiny number of contrarians overstates the actual degree of disagreement. This reinforces the public’s perception of uncertainty and adds to confusion. ...
... common practice of giving equal time to unequal sides is highly misleading.26 “Balancing” the scientific consensus with the voices of a comparatively tiny number of contrarians overstates the actual degree of disagreement. This reinforces the public’s perception of uncertainty and adds to confusion. ...
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... In addition to altering crop yields, changes in temperature and precipitation will affect crop water requirements and water supply. Forecasts of crop water requirements and availability are thus an important aspect of the analyses reported here. These forecasts are developed using regional total pre ...
... In addition to altering crop yields, changes in temperature and precipitation will affect crop water requirements and water supply. Forecasts of crop water requirements and availability are thus an important aspect of the analyses reported here. These forecasts are developed using regional total pre ...
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... The Policy Division delivers development results at scale through multi-country projects to tackle specific development problems where this approach offers better value for money than working through individual country offices. The division influences change on matters such as anti-corruption work, ...
... The Policy Division delivers development results at scale through multi-country projects to tackle specific development problems where this approach offers better value for money than working through individual country offices. The division influences change on matters such as anti-corruption work, ...
Sustainable Drylands Management - International Institute for
... highly water-stressed circumstances. With limited resources and access to external services, these communities are unable to safeguard their livelihood systems, leaving them more vulnerable to extreme climate conditions. Improving the resilience of these communities is of utmost importance. In respo ...
... highly water-stressed circumstances. With limited resources and access to external services, these communities are unable to safeguard their livelihood systems, leaving them more vulnerable to extreme climate conditions. Improving the resilience of these communities is of utmost importance. In respo ...
seven theories of climate change - The Science and Public Policy
... Ice core samples reveal that tropospheric COS concentration has risen approximately 30 percent since the 1600s, from a mean value of 373 parts per trillion (ppt) over the period 1616-1694 to about 485 ppt today. This is a sizeable increase, and only about one-fourth of it can be attributed to anth ...
... Ice core samples reveal that tropospheric COS concentration has risen approximately 30 percent since the 1600s, from a mean value of 373 parts per trillion (ppt) over the period 1616-1694 to about 485 ppt today. This is a sizeable increase, and only about one-fourth of it can be attributed to anth ...
No. 329 December 31, 1998 LONG HOT YEAR by Patrick J. Michaels
... greater mean warming than has been observed to date, unless a lower climate sensitivity [to the greenhouse effect] is used. . . . There is growing evidence that increases in sulfate aerosols are partially counteracting the [warming] due to increases in greenhouse gases."13 The IPCC presented two alt ...
... greater mean warming than has been observed to date, unless a lower climate sensitivity [to the greenhouse effect] is used. . . . There is growing evidence that increases in sulfate aerosols are partially counteracting the [warming] due to increases in greenhouse gases."13 The IPCC presented two alt ...
Climate Change Legislation in the 113th Congress
... directly or indirectly address climate change. This report describes and compares the bills and provisions that directly address climate change, as opposed to those that primarily address other issues (e.g., energy efficiency)1 but could have ancillary impacts on climate.2 In some cases, it is diffi ...
... directly or indirectly address climate change. This report describes and compares the bills and provisions that directly address climate change, as opposed to those that primarily address other issues (e.g., energy efficiency)1 but could have ancillary impacts on climate.2 In some cases, it is diffi ...
HAPR 72
... in precipitation patterns throughout the region over the adaptive responses to climate change in the region. next century. Increased rainfall in the central and eastern tropiOne overarching concern is whether PIDCs have cal Pacific will likely result in a substantial increase in flood- adequate fina ...
... in precipitation patterns throughout the region over the adaptive responses to climate change in the region. next century. Increased rainfall in the central and eastern tropiOne overarching concern is whether PIDCs have cal Pacific will likely result in a substantial increase in flood- adequate fina ...
Nine Facts About Climate Change
... At the end of 2006 it is clear that by 2012 only two of the ratifying nations which committed to carbon dioxide emission reductions, the UK and Sweden, will fulfil the promises they made in 1997. But more importantly, India and China, two nations which are industrialising at historically unprecedent ...
... At the end of 2006 it is clear that by 2012 only two of the ratifying nations which committed to carbon dioxide emission reductions, the UK and Sweden, will fulfil the promises they made in 1997. But more importantly, India and China, two nations which are industrialising at historically unprecedent ...
Climate Change Science
... temperatures had risen over the previous century due to increased CO2 concentrations. The "Callendar effect" is widely dismissed. In 1958 the geochemist Charles David Keeling was employed to continuously monitor CO2 levels in the atmosphere, with an increase in Antarctica visible after only two year ...
... temperatures had risen over the previous century due to increased CO2 concentrations. The "Callendar effect" is widely dismissed. In 1958 the geochemist Charles David Keeling was employed to continuously monitor CO2 levels in the atmosphere, with an increase in Antarctica visible after only two year ...
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... decades: competition for water resources, rising costs due to environmental protection policies, competition for international markets, loss of comparative advantage in relation to international growers, climate change and the uncertain in effect of the current European policies as adaptation strate ...
... decades: competition for water resources, rising costs due to environmental protection policies, competition for international markets, loss of comparative advantage in relation to international growers, climate change and the uncertain in effect of the current European policies as adaptation strate ...
This PDF is a selection from a published volume from... of Economic Research
... shift in the direction of global negotiation away from the top- down, legally binding developed- country- only targets and timetables of the Kyoto Protocol, and toward a bottom-up set of mitigation commitments by all major economies, provisions for transparent review, and financial support—both publi ...
... shift in the direction of global negotiation away from the top- down, legally binding developed- country- only targets and timetables of the Kyoto Protocol, and toward a bottom-up set of mitigation commitments by all major economies, provisions for transparent review, and financial support—both publi ...
adaptation - Network for Business Sustainability
... analysis to decision-making • Place to start is to define risk because climate change has many indirect • Rationale based on traditional economics: save money, reduce risk, increase energy efficiency, minimize waste ...
... analysis to decision-making • Place to start is to define risk because climate change has many indirect • Rationale based on traditional economics: save money, reduce risk, increase energy efficiency, minimize waste ...
Good Science, Bad Policy
... • Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced similar language on federal level • Such requirements are accompanied by talk of the “risk” of GMOs to health ...
... • Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced similar language on federal level • Such requirements are accompanied by talk of the “risk” of GMOs to health ...
Feeling the heat: Australian landbirds and
... current trend ascribed primarily to anthropogenic alteration of atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases (IPCC 2007). Recent evidence suggests that warming is occurring even more rapidly than predicted by most models used in the 2007 assessment of the Intergovernmental ...
... current trend ascribed primarily to anthropogenic alteration of atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases (IPCC 2007). Recent evidence suggests that warming is occurring even more rapidly than predicted by most models used in the 2007 assessment of the Intergovernmental ...
Exposure of global mountain systems to climate warming during the
... technologies. The emphasis is on global solutions to environmental and social sustainability. B2 (regional environmental) is a world in which the emphasis is on local solutions to economic, social, and environmental sustainability. It is a world with less rapid, and more diverse technological change ...
... technologies. The emphasis is on global solutions to environmental and social sustainability. B2 (regional environmental) is a world in which the emphasis is on local solutions to economic, social, and environmental sustainability. It is a world with less rapid, and more diverse technological change ...
O 3 Environmental Advocacy in the Obama Years
... stop climate change,” declared writer turned 350.org activist group leader Bill McKibben, addressing the crowd from a stage. “And now,” he told them, “I’ve seen it.”1 Minor political players just three years earlier as the major environmental groups failed to pass congressional cap-and-trade legisla ...
... stop climate change,” declared writer turned 350.org activist group leader Bill McKibben, addressing the crowd from a stage. “And now,” he told them, “I’ve seen it.”1 Minor political players just three years earlier as the major environmental groups failed to pass congressional cap-and-trade legisla ...
Baltic Sea catchment
... Hegerl, G.C., H. von Storch, K. Hasselmann, B.D. Santer, U. Cubasch, P.D. Jones, 1996: Detecting anthropogenic climate change with an optimal fingerprint method. J. Climate 9, 2281-2306 Zwiers, F.W., 1999: The detection of climate change. In: H. von Storch and G. Flöser (Eds.): Anthropogenic Climate ...
... Hegerl, G.C., H. von Storch, K. Hasselmann, B.D. Santer, U. Cubasch, P.D. Jones, 1996: Detecting anthropogenic climate change with an optimal fingerprint method. J. Climate 9, 2281-2306 Zwiers, F.W., 1999: The detection of climate change. In: H. von Storch and G. Flöser (Eds.): Anthropogenic Climate ...
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P.048-2011 Amd.(26) [Ferguson- climate change]
... energy. They can bless remote villages with electricity. But they are nothing compared to reliable electricity from hydrocarbon, hydroelectric and nuclear power.’ If we follow the policies advocated by the IPCC, we will be substantially increasing the cost of living as well as reducing the standard ...
... energy. They can bless remote villages with electricity. But they are nothing compared to reliable electricity from hydrocarbon, hydroelectric and nuclear power.’ If we follow the policies advocated by the IPCC, we will be substantially increasing the cost of living as well as reducing the standard ...