Dinnae expect onything an ye`ll no be disappointed
... is larger than the global average temperature rise: we suggest this is related to more rapid warming that happens at higher latitudes. Regrettably, I have falsified the title of this article “‘Dinnae expect onything an ye’ll no be disappointed”, by demonstrating that by examining data around the glo ...
... is larger than the global average temperature rise: we suggest this is related to more rapid warming that happens at higher latitudes. Regrettably, I have falsified the title of this article “‘Dinnae expect onything an ye’ll no be disappointed”, by demonstrating that by examining data around the glo ...
The Paris Agreement and the new logic of international climate politics
... Paris Agreement manages to remove one of the biggest barriers to international climate cooperation. It recognizes that none of the major powers can be forced into drastic emissions cuts. However, instead of leaving mitigation efforts to an entirely bottom-up logic, it embeds country pledges in an ...
... Paris Agreement manages to remove one of the biggest barriers to international climate cooperation. It recognizes that none of the major powers can be forced into drastic emissions cuts. However, instead of leaving mitigation efforts to an entirely bottom-up logic, it embeds country pledges in an ...
Projected Climate Change and the Appalachian Trail
... Hiking the A.T. is a physically demanding activity, and higher summer temperatures would create new challenges for hikers. It is likely that A.T. use would decrease during the hottest parts of the summer. Water availability could become a serious problem. Water availability is determined by the amou ...
... Hiking the A.T. is a physically demanding activity, and higher summer temperatures would create new challenges for hikers. It is likely that A.T. use would decrease during the hottest parts of the summer. Water availability could become a serious problem. Water availability is determined by the amou ...
AT: Transportation Infrastructure
... previous applications mainly found in the food and brewery industry with amounts transported in the range of some 100,000 tons of CO, annually, i.e. much smaller quantities than the amounts associated with CCS [1]. Since the transportation conditions for C02 showr similarities with Liquefied Petrole ...
... previous applications mainly found in the food and brewery industry with amounts transported in the range of some 100,000 tons of CO, annually, i.e. much smaller quantities than the amounts associated with CCS [1]. Since the transportation conditions for C02 showr similarities with Liquefied Petrole ...
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... addressing fisheries and/or aquaculture. Some of the highlighted activities are specifically targeted at addressing climate change impacts in fisheries or aquaculture, and others address related areas (e.g. coastal management and capacity building activities) that also have benefits for fisheries or ...
... addressing fisheries and/or aquaculture. Some of the highlighted activities are specifically targeted at addressing climate change impacts in fisheries or aquaculture, and others address related areas (e.g. coastal management and capacity building activities) that also have benefits for fisheries or ...
Our Changing Climate - UW Atmospheric Sciences
... maximum—roughly every 11 years—than when it is at a minimum. This change in energy output is too small to cause important climate variations, but the sun’s output may vary more on longer time scales. Some evidence suggests that weakened solar energy output may have helped produce the Little Ice Age ...
... maximum—roughly every 11 years—than when it is at a minimum. This change in energy output is too small to cause important climate variations, but the sun’s output may vary more on longer time scales. Some evidence suggests that weakened solar energy output may have helped produce the Little Ice Age ...
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... avoided, or at least minimised, urgent action is required to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In effect, it will be necessary to decarbonise the global economy, and to do so as rapidly as possible. This will require fundamental and lasting changes in, amongst other things, the sources of energy, mod ...
... avoided, or at least minimised, urgent action is required to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In effect, it will be necessary to decarbonise the global economy, and to do so as rapidly as possible. This will require fundamental and lasting changes in, amongst other things, the sources of energy, mod ...
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... change issues takes place in a moral and ethical context in which religious groups have significant influence. Such “issues cannot be solved by simply calculating an ‘optimal solution’. Rather, they invoke fundamental questions on how we ought to live and how humans should value and relate to each o ...
... change issues takes place in a moral and ethical context in which religious groups have significant influence. Such “issues cannot be solved by simply calculating an ‘optimal solution’. Rather, they invoke fundamental questions on how we ought to live and how humans should value and relate to each o ...
open access
... needs and directing limited funding and political will toward the ecosystem goals. Despite such challenges, considerable progress has been made over the past decade in identifying practical and tractable steps to improve the status and condition of ecosystems as climate changes (Harris et al. 2006, ...
... needs and directing limited funding and political will toward the ecosystem goals. Despite such challenges, considerable progress has been made over the past decade in identifying practical and tractable steps to improve the status and condition of ecosystems as climate changes (Harris et al. 2006, ...
Cooperation in higher education, Environment and climate
... CO2 emission – tons per capita per year *) International Panel on Climate Change estimated level in 2050 to ensure temperature increase below 2.0 degrees C by 2100 Grønås, Sigbjørn: 'Norway's double standards', Aftenposten 14 July 2008, p. 6-7 Groenewald, Yolandi: SA on low-carbon diet, Mail & Guard ...
... CO2 emission – tons per capita per year *) International Panel on Climate Change estimated level in 2050 to ensure temperature increase below 2.0 degrees C by 2100 Grønås, Sigbjørn: 'Norway's double standards', Aftenposten 14 July 2008, p. 6-7 Groenewald, Yolandi: SA on low-carbon diet, Mail & Guard ...
The Impact of Climate Change on Tourism in Spain
... other countries (cf. Schmidt, 2005). The study involves an analysis of (i) the suitability of the Spanish climate for tourism in 2080, based on existing models and scenarios; and (ii) the potential changes in the number of tourists visiting Spain because of climate change. The study follows a system ...
... other countries (cf. Schmidt, 2005). The study involves an analysis of (i) the suitability of the Spanish climate for tourism in 2080, based on existing models and scenarios; and (ii) the potential changes in the number of tourists visiting Spain because of climate change. The study follows a system ...
Modeling Climate Change Impacts on Viti Levu (Fiji) and Aitutaki
... developing world for responding to climate change by building scientific and technical capacity, advancing scientific knowledge, and linking scientific and policy communities. These activities are supporting the work of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) by adding to ...
... developing world for responding to climate change by building scientific and technical capacity, advancing scientific knowledge, and linking scientific and policy communities. These activities are supporting the work of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) by adding to ...
Understanding complexity in savannas: climate, biodiversity and
... Savannas are effectively sub-climax ecosystems maintained due to edaphic, fire and/or herbivore influence (Plate 1). Edaphic savannas, for example, the grass savanna of the Serengeti, form on free-draining substrates that inhibit the growth of hydrophilous trees. The influence of fire, both from nat ...
... Savannas are effectively sub-climax ecosystems maintained due to edaphic, fire and/or herbivore influence (Plate 1). Edaphic savannas, for example, the grass savanna of the Serengeti, form on free-draining substrates that inhibit the growth of hydrophilous trees. The influence of fire, both from nat ...
Impacts of Climate Change on Plant Growth, Ecosystem Services
... socio- economic activities, such as agriculture, forestry, etc., and is a major threat for biodiversity and ecosystem function (Lepetz et al., 2009). Climate change is a result from emission of greenhouse gases (e.g. CO2, CH4, & N2O, etc.) in the past century that will cause atmospheric warming (IPC ...
... socio- economic activities, such as agriculture, forestry, etc., and is a major threat for biodiversity and ecosystem function (Lepetz et al., 2009). Climate change is a result from emission of greenhouse gases (e.g. CO2, CH4, & N2O, etc.) in the past century that will cause atmospheric warming (IPC ...
Moving Beyond Kyoto - Brookings Institution
... Policy that Both Environmentalists and Industry Can Live With,” September 29, 1997, Resources for the Future, Washington, D.C. Kopp, R., Morgenstern, R., Pizer, W. and Toman, M. “A Proposal for Credible Early Action in U.S. Climate Policy,” Weathervane/Resources for the Future, 1999. http://www.weat ...
... Policy that Both Environmentalists and Industry Can Live With,” September 29, 1997, Resources for the Future, Washington, D.C. Kopp, R., Morgenstern, R., Pizer, W. and Toman, M. “A Proposal for Credible Early Action in U.S. Climate Policy,” Weathervane/Resources for the Future, 1999. http://www.weat ...
Project Document for CEO Approval
... implementing climate change projects just recently. There is a very limited number of people who are aware of and understand climate change issues and technology needs. From the 1st Climate Change Enabling Activity project, it was revealed that there were many gaps that need to be filled. The techni ...
... implementing climate change projects just recently. There is a very limited number of people who are aware of and understand climate change issues and technology needs. From the 1st Climate Change Enabling Activity project, it was revealed that there were many gaps that need to be filled. The techni ...
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... consumption is impacted severely by drought, which has been and will continue to increase in intensity and frequency (due to both changes in rainfall and increasing temperatures), especially in sub-tropical and semi-arid regions. In Ethiopia temperatures have risen by approximately 1.3°C between 196 ...
... consumption is impacted severely by drought, which has been and will continue to increase in intensity and frequency (due to both changes in rainfall and increasing temperatures), especially in sub-tropical and semi-arid regions. In Ethiopia temperatures have risen by approximately 1.3°C between 196 ...
New South Wales Climate Change Policy Framework
... The Business Council therefore strongly supports the continuation of adaptation policy initiatives that are aimed at helping NSW communities manage the long-term impacts of climate change. State governments are well placed to implement such policy initiatives in collaboration with local councils and ...
... The Business Council therefore strongly supports the continuation of adaptation policy initiatives that are aimed at helping NSW communities manage the long-term impacts of climate change. State governments are well placed to implement such policy initiatives in collaboration with local councils and ...
the Climate Change Report here…
... 1.3. Impacts of climate change Global warming is not just a case of the whole world getting uniformly hotter. As previously mentioned, the driving force behind climate is energy from the Sun. If more heat is retained, this will have an effect on the patterns of wind and rainfall around the world, as ...
... 1.3. Impacts of climate change Global warming is not just a case of the whole world getting uniformly hotter. As previously mentioned, the driving force behind climate is energy from the Sun. If more heat is retained, this will have an effect on the patterns of wind and rainfall around the world, as ...
Climate Changes Caucasus - WWF
... adaptation capacity of nature. Also in terms of climate adaptation, almost no projects or investments have started despite the huge and increasing needs. The ideas and principles of the global Forest Carbon Partnership Facility launched in late 2007 could also well apply to the Southern Caucasus reg ...
... adaptation capacity of nature. Also in terms of climate adaptation, almost no projects or investments have started despite the huge and increasing needs. The ideas and principles of the global Forest Carbon Partnership Facility launched in late 2007 could also well apply to the Southern Caucasus reg ...
revised, March 2009 - Harvard Kennedy School
... We will likely see increasing efforts to minimize leakage of carbon to non-participating countries and to address concerns on behalf of the competitiveness of carbon-intensive industry. Environmentalists on one side and free traders on the other side fear that border measures such as tariffs or perm ...
... We will likely see increasing efforts to minimize leakage of carbon to non-participating countries and to address concerns on behalf of the competitiveness of carbon-intensive industry. Environmentalists on one side and free traders on the other side fear that border measures such as tariffs or perm ...
Has the ozone hole contributed to increased Antarctic sea ice extent
... It has been suggested that the increase of Southern Hemisphere sea ice extent since the 1970s can be explained by ozone depletion in the Southern Hemisphere stratosphere. In a previous study we have shown, using single forcing time slice simulations with a coupled atmosphere-ocean-sea ice model, tha ...
... It has been suggested that the increase of Southern Hemisphere sea ice extent since the 1970s can be explained by ozone depletion in the Southern Hemisphere stratosphere. In a previous study we have shown, using single forcing time slice simulations with a coupled atmosphere-ocean-sea ice model, tha ...
Eksterne relationer
... Their agenda is to increase the stock size of the resource to an “acceptable” level. (This could be motivated by safeguarding the stock in case of unforeseen (stochastic) temporary shocks that could force the stock below its minimum level with long ...
... Their agenda is to increase the stock size of the resource to an “acceptable” level. (This could be motivated by safeguarding the stock in case of unforeseen (stochastic) temporary shocks that could force the stock below its minimum level with long ...
WPmagSkeptics506
... persuasion business, fighting for the free market. They lobby against government regulations of all kinds. Smith writes articles with titles such as "Eco-Socialism: Threat to Liberty Around the World." These promoters of capitalism don't really operate a commercial enterprise; like any think tank, C ...
... persuasion business, fighting for the free market. They lobby against government regulations of all kinds. Smith writes articles with titles such as "Eco-Socialism: Threat to Liberty Around the World." These promoters of capitalism don't really operate a commercial enterprise; like any think tank, C ...
Adapting Environmental Law to the impacts of climate change
... protection scheme is that it does not specify what areas are needed to protect and conserve retention and relief areas or what criteria are to be applied to determine them. Consequently, the central aim of creating more space for the river will largely be a matter for planning by the relevant minist ...
... protection scheme is that it does not specify what areas are needed to protect and conserve retention and relief areas or what criteria are to be applied to determine them. Consequently, the central aim of creating more space for the river will largely be a matter for planning by the relevant minist ...