Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events and the Highway System
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – The IPCC is the leading international body for the assessment of climate change. It was established by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) to provide the world with a clear scientific view ...
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – The IPCC is the leading international body for the assessment of climate change. It was established by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) to provide the world with a clear scientific view ...
Malaysia`s First National Communication
... transportation and conservation and sustainable use of forests. Developing countries need further economic development through industrialisation and this will certainly cause an increase in GHG emissions in the future. It therefore becomes imperative for the international community to honour their c ...
... transportation and conservation and sustainable use of forests. Developing countries need further economic development through industrialisation and this will certainly cause an increase in GHG emissions in the future. It therefore becomes imperative for the international community to honour their c ...
Regional climate change and its impact on photooxidant
... emissions of greenhouse gases is expected to result in higher summer temperatures and less precipitation in Germany. Though the results of global climate simulations show some differences depending on the assumed greenhouse gas emission scenarios and the global climate model used, all modeling studi ...
... emissions of greenhouse gases is expected to result in higher summer temperatures and less precipitation in Germany. Though the results of global climate simulations show some differences depending on the assumed greenhouse gas emission scenarios and the global climate model used, all modeling studi ...
Let`s Talk Health and Climate
... Now is the time for health professionals to elevate our climate leadership throughout our organizations, communities, and nation. Health can be a game-changing driver for climate solutions. The 2015 Lancet Commission Report, the American Public Health Association, and an ever-growing number of healt ...
... Now is the time for health professionals to elevate our climate leadership throughout our organizations, communities, and nation. Health can be a game-changing driver for climate solutions. The 2015 Lancet Commission Report, the American Public Health Association, and an ever-growing number of healt ...
The Construction of Global Warming and the Politics of Science
... widely publicized warnings about an anthropogenically enhanced greenhouse effect due to rising concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other radiatively sensitive greenhouse gases (GHGs), from the recent Kyoto Protocol to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), at which po ...
... widely publicized warnings about an anthropogenically enhanced greenhouse effect due to rising concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other radiatively sensitive greenhouse gases (GHGs), from the recent Kyoto Protocol to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), at which po ...
The Climate Deception Dossiers - Union of Concerned Scientists
... been a climate hoax that continues today. It is the decades’ long campaign by a handful of the world’s largest fossil fuel companies—such as Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, and Peabody Energy—to deceive the American public by distorting the realities and risks of climate change, sometimes actin ...
... been a climate hoax that continues today. It is the decades’ long campaign by a handful of the world’s largest fossil fuel companies—such as Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, and Peabody Energy—to deceive the American public by distorting the realities and risks of climate change, sometimes actin ...
climate change in the work of the committee on economic, social
... States, arid and semi‐arid regions, arctic regions, and small‐island States, where global warming will have its most negative impacts and where adaptive capacity is already low. Most at risk are the rights of already vulnerable groups, such as indigenous peoples, minorities, women ...
... States, arid and semi‐arid regions, arctic regions, and small‐island States, where global warming will have its most negative impacts and where adaptive capacity is already low. Most at risk are the rights of already vulnerable groups, such as indigenous peoples, minorities, women ...
A Teacher`s Guide for the Video Sila Alangotok— Inuit Observations
... shift in climate zones may affect the distribution of plant and animal species. Globally, a rise in sea level, which will threaten coastal cities and settlements all over the world, is possible. Another disturbing consequence of anthropogenic (human-caused) climate change is that it may permanently ...
... shift in climate zones may affect the distribution of plant and animal species. Globally, a rise in sea level, which will threaten coastal cities and settlements all over the world, is possible. Another disturbing consequence of anthropogenic (human-caused) climate change is that it may permanently ...
Land Resources - Northern Research Station
... future. In some cases, key results are reported out to 100 years to provide a larger context but the emphasis is on next 25-50 years. This nearer-term focus is chosen for two reasons. First, for many natural resources, planning and management activities already address these time scales through deve ...
... future. In some cases, key results are reported out to 100 years to provide a larger context but the emphasis is on next 25-50 years. This nearer-term focus is chosen for two reasons. First, for many natural resources, planning and management activities already address these time scales through deve ...
Abstract Key words - OpenDocs Home
... economic disparities, is one of the reasons for the delays that have occurred in fighting climate change.7 However, the Montreal Protocol regime, which deals with ozone layer depletion, is considered by many as a breakthrough in many respects, partially because it managed to balance and reconcile th ...
... economic disparities, is one of the reasons for the delays that have occurred in fighting climate change.7 However, the Montreal Protocol regime, which deals with ozone layer depletion, is considered by many as a breakthrough in many respects, partially because it managed to balance and reconcile th ...
Assessing the costs of adaptation to climate
... (which is largely a development deficit) will need to be made good. For good reason these costs were not included in the UNFCCC estimate, which was aimed at identifying the additional cost of climate change, but it needs to be stressed that without the adaptation deficit being made good, the enhance ...
... (which is largely a development deficit) will need to be made good. For good reason these costs were not included in the UNFCCC estimate, which was aimed at identifying the additional cost of climate change, but it needs to be stressed that without the adaptation deficit being made good, the enhance ...
Impacts of climate change: challenges of flooding in coastal East Asia
... Currently, more than half of the Asian population live in coastal areas, especially in vulnerable deltas and coastal cities (Fuchs et al. 2011, Woodroffe 2010). More than 325 million inhabitants are living in coastal low-lying flood prone areas in East Asia alone (McGranahan et al. 2007). Many of th ...
... Currently, more than half of the Asian population live in coastal areas, especially in vulnerable deltas and coastal cities (Fuchs et al. 2011, Woodroffe 2010). More than 325 million inhabitants are living in coastal low-lying flood prone areas in East Asia alone (McGranahan et al. 2007). Many of th ...
Air pollution, climate change and ozone loss
... Second: temperature inversion can occur in an area with a sunny climate, light winds, mountains on three sides and the ocean on the other. A layer of warm air form high-pressure system that prevents ocean-cooled air near the ground from ascending enough to disperse and dilute pollutants. Ex: Los Ang ...
... Second: temperature inversion can occur in an area with a sunny climate, light winds, mountains on three sides and the ocean on the other. A layer of warm air form high-pressure system that prevents ocean-cooled air near the ground from ascending enough to disperse and dilute pollutants. Ex: Los Ang ...
Where have the family farmers gone?
... trends to worsen presents significant risks to global food security and human wellbeing (Ingram, Ericksen, and Liverman 2010; IPCC 2014). Much of the research to date regarding climate change and agriculture has focused on the twin issues of food production and food security. Faced with a rapidly gr ...
... trends to worsen presents significant risks to global food security and human wellbeing (Ingram, Ericksen, and Liverman 2010; IPCC 2014). Much of the research to date regarding climate change and agriculture has focused on the twin issues of food production and food security. Faced with a rapidly gr ...
North Atlantic storminess and Atlantic Meridional Overturning
... of ENSO-induced stratospheric anomalies (Randel, 2004). Different mechanism chains could potentially modulate ENSO influence in different seasons (Moron and Plaut, 2003). Trouet et al. (2009) and Mann et al. (2009) used a combination of high-resolution proxy records and model simulations to evince a ...
... of ENSO-induced stratospheric anomalies (Randel, 2004). Different mechanism chains could potentially modulate ENSO influence in different seasons (Moron and Plaut, 2003). Trouet et al. (2009) and Mann et al. (2009) used a combination of high-resolution proxy records and model simulations to evince a ...
Cognitive and Behavioral Challenges in Responding to Climate Change P R
... pointing towards denial as a psychological barrier to action, barriers in the form of social, political and economic capital are significant. Developed Nations- Public Apathy? Public Ignorance? Despite the extreme seriousness of this global environmental problem, the pattern of meager public respons ...
... pointing towards denial as a psychological barrier to action, barriers in the form of social, political and economic capital are significant. Developed Nations- Public Apathy? Public Ignorance? Despite the extreme seriousness of this global environmental problem, the pattern of meager public respons ...
Evaluating the Use of Ocean Models of Different Complexity in
... of carbon, phosphate, dissolved organic phosphorus, and alkalinity. The physical ocean model velocities and diffusion are used to transport these tracers; in addition chemical and biological processes are parameterized. Air-sea exchange of carbon dioxide follows Wannikof (1992), and carbonate chemis ...
... of carbon, phosphate, dissolved organic phosphorus, and alkalinity. The physical ocean model velocities and diffusion are used to transport these tracers; in addition chemical and biological processes are parameterized. Air-sea exchange of carbon dioxide follows Wannikof (1992), and carbonate chemis ...
Detecting runoff variation in Weihe River basin, China
... The sequential Mann-Kendall test (Mann, 1945; Sneyers, 1975) was used to detect variation changes in precipitation recorded at the 18 hydrological stations listed in Table 1 and in runoff (annual, seasonal and monthly) from 1919 to 2011 at the Huaxian hydrological station. The MannKendall test is us ...
... The sequential Mann-Kendall test (Mann, 1945; Sneyers, 1975) was used to detect variation changes in precipitation recorded at the 18 hydrological stations listed in Table 1 and in runoff (annual, seasonal and monthly) from 1919 to 2011 at the Huaxian hydrological station. The MannKendall test is us ...
Prince Edward Island and Climate Change
... province have been the warmest on record. Sea level has risen over 30 centimetres since 1911, and the frequency and severity of hurricanes and storm surges have increased noticeably. Health problems associated with air pollution may become more common and we are already dealing with a prevalence of ...
... province have been the warmest on record. Sea level has risen over 30 centimetres since 1911, and the frequency and severity of hurricanes and storm surges have increased noticeably. Health problems associated with air pollution may become more common and we are already dealing with a prevalence of ...
Responding to the challenges of climate change in the Pacific
... diversity, and the raw materials available to support adaptation. It is important for policy makers to understand the cultural influences that have helped shape current environmental decision making, and the ways in which adaptations to climate change can be sustained. The efficacy of donor preferen ...
... diversity, and the raw materials available to support adaptation. It is important for policy makers to understand the cultural influences that have helped shape current environmental decision making, and the ways in which adaptations to climate change can be sustained. The efficacy of donor preferen ...
Transportation & Climate Change in Manitoba – Proceedings
... surrounding climate change, and condensed them down to the five most important strategies for emissions reduction and adaptation. Alarming information on the impacts of climate change in Manitoba included the difficulties of building winter roads and the adverse effects of higher temperatures on per ...
... surrounding climate change, and condensed them down to the five most important strategies for emissions reduction and adaptation. Alarming information on the impacts of climate change in Manitoba included the difficulties of building winter roads and the adverse effects of higher temperatures on per ...
Producing the Climate: States, Scientists, and the
... view, the emergence of climate governance can be explained by the fact that climate change affects state interests and so demands an institutional solution. However, as Wendt argues, this functionalist logic brackets the stage in which objective conditions are translated into an intersubjective prob ...
... view, the emergence of climate governance can be explained by the fact that climate change affects state interests and so demands an institutional solution. However, as Wendt argues, this functionalist logic brackets the stage in which objective conditions are translated into an intersubjective prob ...
Kenya Talks Climate
... 1. what changes have African citizens experienced in their climate and environment over time? 2. How do African citizens explain and respond to these changes? 3. what do African citizens know and understand about global climate change? 4. what do African opinion leaders know and understand about cli ...
... 1. what changes have African citizens experienced in their climate and environment over time? 2. How do African citizens explain and respond to these changes? 3. what do African citizens know and understand about global climate change? 4. what do African opinion leaders know and understand about cli ...
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... were to cease abruptly, an initially extremely rapid warming would follow at a rate of up to several times the decadal rate of global warming that would have occurred had solar geoengineering not been deployed [Jones et al., 2013; Matthews and Caldeira, 2007; Wigley, 2006]. However, it is important ...
... were to cease abruptly, an initially extremely rapid warming would follow at a rate of up to several times the decadal rate of global warming that would have occurred had solar geoengineering not been deployed [Jones et al., 2013; Matthews and Caldeira, 2007; Wigley, 2006]. However, it is important ...
Climate Risk Management for Financial Institutions
... The Climate Change 2014 Synthesis Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)4 notes that “In recent decades, changes in climate have caused impacts on natural and human systems on all continents and across the oceans. Impacts are due to observed climate change, irrespective of it ...
... The Climate Change 2014 Synthesis Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)4 notes that “In recent decades, changes in climate have caused impacts on natural and human systems on all continents and across the oceans. Impacts are due to observed climate change, irrespective of it ...