DOC - World bank documents
... focus on further strengthening the existing comprehensive disaster management systems to deal with the increasingly frequent and severe natural catastrophes that are likely to occur as a result of climate change. Pillar 3: Building resilient infrastructure. Activities under this pillar will focus ...
... focus on further strengthening the existing comprehensive disaster management systems to deal with the increasingly frequent and severe natural catastrophes that are likely to occur as a result of climate change. Pillar 3: Building resilient infrastructure. Activities under this pillar will focus ...
“Freeze – Fry” Episodes of the Late Precambrian
... Restoring greenhouse gases to original levels is not sufficient Much higher levels of CO2 would be required Question: how much higher CO2 would be required to thaw out the earth? ...
... Restoring greenhouse gases to original levels is not sufficient Much higher levels of CO2 would be required Question: how much higher CO2 would be required to thaw out the earth? ...
JPI Climate
... The assessment of probabilities, risks and consequences of plausible climate futures requires joint learning, synthesis and knowledge exchange across the boundaries between natural and social sciences and between modules. – Integrated socio-economic policy and response analysis. – Integration of obs ...
... The assessment of probabilities, risks and consequences of plausible climate futures requires joint learning, synthesis and knowledge exchange across the boundaries between natural and social sciences and between modules. – Integrated socio-economic policy and response analysis. – Integration of obs ...
Tues Jan 6 - UW Atmospheric Sciences
... 0.7°C rise in global-mean temperature so far; enough to have noticeable impacts Global-mean temperature is projected to rise to 2-3°C by 2100 (CO2 doubling) Note that 1°C = 1.8°F, so we’re taling about a ~5°F temperature rise Temperature rise expected to be larger over land than sea Expect even larg ...
... 0.7°C rise in global-mean temperature so far; enough to have noticeable impacts Global-mean temperature is projected to rise to 2-3°C by 2100 (CO2 doubling) Note that 1°C = 1.8°F, so we’re taling about a ~5°F temperature rise Temperature rise expected to be larger over land than sea Expect even larg ...
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... • Many proposals for expansion of supply in carbon markets and CDM: CO2 capture and storage, Tradable credits for Deforestation in developing countries (REDD); Tradable credits for sustainable development policies and measures (SDPAMs); Sectoral CDM; Policy CDM Other options for REDD, SD ...
... • Many proposals for expansion of supply in carbon markets and CDM: CO2 capture and storage, Tradable credits for Deforestation in developing countries (REDD); Tradable credits for sustainable development policies and measures (SDPAMs); Sectoral CDM; Policy CDM Other options for REDD, SD ...
Climate models at their limit? - UNDP Climate Change Adaptation
... some of which contradict others. For example, detailed hydrological modelling of the Mekong River Basin using climate model input from the UK Met Office’s HadCM3 model projects changes in annual river discharge that range from a decrease of 5.4% to an increase of 4.5% (ref. 2). Changes in predicted ...
... some of which contradict others. For example, detailed hydrological modelling of the Mekong River Basin using climate model input from the UK Met Office’s HadCM3 model projects changes in annual river discharge that range from a decrease of 5.4% to an increase of 4.5% (ref. 2). Changes in predicted ...
The Cocktail to Conversation Guide Global Warming
... Yes and yes, but neither can be linked to global warming with any certainty. Sea levels have risen some, and melting is observed, but the causes are the subject of much study. The oceans have not risen rapidly during the past century. In the 20th century, the sea level rose an average of 1.7 mm per ...
... Yes and yes, but neither can be linked to global warming with any certainty. Sea levels have risen some, and melting is observed, but the causes are the subject of much study. The oceans have not risen rapidly during the past century. In the 20th century, the sea level rose an average of 1.7 mm per ...
It`s a Hard-Knock Butterfly`s Life
... There is ample evidence of growing climate disruption. But despite record or near-record heat and drought in the United States this past summer with simultaneous extreme flooding, and despite comparable extremes in China and elsewhere, there has been little public discussion of the connection of the ...
... There is ample evidence of growing climate disruption. But despite record or near-record heat and drought in the United States this past summer with simultaneous extreme flooding, and despite comparable extremes in China and elsewhere, there has been little public discussion of the connection of the ...
statement of dr. rk pachauri, chairman, intergovernmental
... produced by the IPCC since its inception in 1988, a full four years before the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change came into existence. The drafting of the Convention benefited enormously from knowledge created in the First Assessment Report of the IPCC, and I would like to submit with due emp ...
... produced by the IPCC since its inception in 1988, a full four years before the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change came into existence. The drafting of the Convention benefited enormously from knowledge created in the First Assessment Report of the IPCC, and I would like to submit with due emp ...
Climate Change, Foreign Policy, and Higher Education
... policy to tackle climate change is also essential. Michael Levi, the David M. Rubenstein senior fellow for energy and environment at the Council on Foreign Relations, directed the Council’s Independent Task Force established to examine climate change strategy, especially those dimensions that involv ...
... policy to tackle climate change is also essential. Michael Levi, the David M. Rubenstein senior fellow for energy and environment at the Council on Foreign Relations, directed the Council’s Independent Task Force established to examine climate change strategy, especially those dimensions that involv ...
Climate Change: possible impacts on coastal systems
... temperature will be exceeded more frequently with the consequence that bleaching will recur more often than reefs can sustain. (Donner et al 2005, Hoegh-Guldberg 1999, ...
... temperature will be exceeded more frequently with the consequence that bleaching will recur more often than reefs can sustain. (Donner et al 2005, Hoegh-Guldberg 1999, ...
The Geological Triggers of Climate Change
... role in recent geologic history, and the potential hazards that are associated with them. These ice-like deposits of gas—mostly methane—are stable under high pressure and at low temperatures and are found at the ocean bottom and in permafrost. Were the ocean to warm sufficiently, the clathrate would ...
... role in recent geologic history, and the potential hazards that are associated with them. These ice-like deposits of gas—mostly methane—are stable under high pressure and at low temperatures and are found at the ocean bottom and in permafrost. Were the ocean to warm sufficiently, the clathrate would ...
AUSTRALIA
... under paragraph 2 of decision 6/CP.17. Climate change impacts including higher temperatures, sea level rise, extreme weather events and the spread of infectious diseases have human health consequences. The IPCC found that climate change is already contributing to disease and premature death around t ...
... under paragraph 2 of decision 6/CP.17. Climate change impacts including higher temperatures, sea level rise, extreme weather events and the spread of infectious diseases have human health consequences. The IPCC found that climate change is already contributing to disease and premature death around t ...
Farming with climate change in south-west Western
... The most significant impact of this new average rainfall is in a dry year where rainfall is lower than the average. A low rainfall scenario, coupled with increasing temperatures, is likely to lead to much drier soils and greater production risks for farmers. It is not all bad news. Rainfall is incre ...
... The most significant impact of this new average rainfall is in a dry year where rainfall is lower than the average. A low rainfall scenario, coupled with increasing temperatures, is likely to lead to much drier soils and greater production risks for farmers. It is not all bad news. Rainfall is incre ...
Climate Local Wirral Council
... The Leader of the Council signed our Climate Local Commitment in December 2012. This signalled our continued pledge to take action on climate change. By making this commitment we agreed to set out our planned actions on both mitigation and adaptation and publish these within six months. Our initial ...
... The Leader of the Council signed our Climate Local Commitment in December 2012. This signalled our continued pledge to take action on climate change. By making this commitment we agreed to set out our planned actions on both mitigation and adaptation and publish these within six months. Our initial ...
Teresa Hitchcock Partner, UK Head of Safety Health and
... Power to set up further emissions trading schemes to be used to set up Carbon Reduction Commitment ...
... Power to set up further emissions trading schemes to be used to set up Carbon Reduction Commitment ...
How the Latest Generation of Supercomputers Speeds Global
... Running simulations on the spatial and temporal scale needed for climate change research requires maximum computational speed and scalability in order to execute in practical time frames. It turns out that in today’s HPC cluster technology, moving data in and out of the processing units is often the ...
... Running simulations on the spatial and temporal scale needed for climate change research requires maximum computational speed and scalability in order to execute in practical time frames. It turns out that in today’s HPC cluster technology, moving data in and out of the processing units is often the ...
Social Implications of Climate Change in Latin America
... lack the assets to allow long-term planning have little experience addressing these issues; they typically behave in ways that are rational for their objectives and perceptions of risk, which by necessity employ a very short-term perspective. Planning for a future with a changing climate is extremel ...
... lack the assets to allow long-term planning have little experience addressing these issues; they typically behave in ways that are rational for their objectives and perceptions of risk, which by necessity employ a very short-term perspective. Planning for a future with a changing climate is extremel ...
The EU: A climate leader, but headed in the wrong...
... Second, EU leaders have overlooked the fact that cold weather kills more Europeans than warm weather. During the winter of 2006/2007 there were about 23,900 more deaths in England and Wales, for instance, compared to the average number of deaths during the non-winter period (see Winter Mortality: Ex ...
... Second, EU leaders have overlooked the fact that cold weather kills more Europeans than warm weather. During the winter of 2006/2007 there were about 23,900 more deaths in England and Wales, for instance, compared to the average number of deaths during the non-winter period (see Winter Mortality: Ex ...
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... E.g., cities in the Brazilian Amazon are warmer and drier than those areas were before they became urban centers E.g., much of Greece is warmer and drier today because of deforestation in earlier millennia ...
... E.g., cities in the Brazilian Amazon are warmer and drier than those areas were before they became urban centers E.g., much of Greece is warmer and drier today because of deforestation in earlier millennia ...
Keeping Kyoto`s Rules and Obligations
... Kyoto) that would be subject to the same accounting, verification and compliance procedures as other industrialised countries. This new Protocol would also describe the actions that developing countries should take, defining the financial and technological support industrialised countries must provi ...
... Kyoto) that would be subject to the same accounting, verification and compliance procedures as other industrialised countries. This new Protocol would also describe the actions that developing countries should take, defining the financial and technological support industrialised countries must provi ...
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... human and natural changes (Leiserowitz et al., 2009). Americans believe that there is a scientific consensus on the reality of climate change (61%), and view climate change as a somewhat to very serious problem (76%) (Leiserowitz, 2003). At the same time, however, Americans continue to regard both t ...
... human and natural changes (Leiserowitz et al., 2009). Americans believe that there is a scientific consensus on the reality of climate change (61%), and view climate change as a somewhat to very serious problem (76%) (Leiserowitz, 2003). At the same time, however, Americans continue to regard both t ...
Optimal Technology R&D in the Face of Uncertainty
... In order to get insights about the best policy, we need a simple representation of alternative R&D programs. What matters for climate change is how the technology that results from the R&D impacts the cost of abatement. ...
... In order to get insights about the best policy, we need a simple representation of alternative R&D programs. What matters for climate change is how the technology that results from the R&D impacts the cost of abatement. ...
Scientists have to work with the public – not the politicians – to fight
... communities have had in fighting energy companies and challenging unsustainable government models. While appearing at the 2015 Copenhagen Documentary Festival, Lewis and Klein talked about how activism is the most effective way to create positive change; ‘Politicians the world over keep underestimati ...
... communities have had in fighting energy companies and challenging unsustainable government models. While appearing at the 2015 Copenhagen Documentary Festival, Lewis and Klein talked about how activism is the most effective way to create positive change; ‘Politicians the world over keep underestimati ...
Global Ecology
... An ozone hole is not really a hole, but an area with low ozone concentrations. In the Arctic, the decreases have not been as great (the Arctic ozone dent). ...
... An ozone hole is not really a hole, but an area with low ozone concentrations. In the Arctic, the decreases have not been as great (the Arctic ozone dent). ...