Tipping elements and climate-economic shocks: Pathways toward
... horizon of socio-economic relevance. For example, paleoclimatic evidence from the Last Interglacial suggests that the committed response to 2°C global warming above pre-Industrial temperatures may be about 6–9 m of GMSL rise [Kopp et al., 2009], but if these 6–9 m were to take millennia to be realiz ...
... horizon of socio-economic relevance. For example, paleoclimatic evidence from the Last Interglacial suggests that the committed response to 2°C global warming above pre-Industrial temperatures may be about 6–9 m of GMSL rise [Kopp et al., 2009], but if these 6–9 m were to take millennia to be realiz ...
The Carbon the World Forgot - Boreal Songbird Initiative
... Industrial emissions of greenhouse gases are moving the world into an uncertain future where climate change will dominate environmental, political, and economic issues. Solutions to slow negative impacts of rapid and large changes are still possible, if we act swiftly and strategically on a global s ...
... Industrial emissions of greenhouse gases are moving the world into an uncertain future where climate change will dominate environmental, political, and economic issues. Solutions to slow negative impacts of rapid and large changes are still possible, if we act swiftly and strategically on a global s ...
Biosphere feedbacks and climate change
... defined as the change in global mean temperature at the time of CO2 doubling after CO2 has increased by 1% annually13. The transient climate response is smaller than the climate sensitivity. In this paper we only make use of the climate sensitivity, for which we adopt a mid-range value of 3˚C. This ...
... defined as the change in global mean temperature at the time of CO2 doubling after CO2 has increased by 1% annually13. The transient climate response is smaller than the climate sensitivity. In this paper we only make use of the climate sensitivity, for which we adopt a mid-range value of 3˚C. This ...
Parallel Session L3 Towards Climate
... How to deal with trade-offs? – A manual for policymakers Ignaciuk Ada OECD, 2 rue Andre Pascal, 75016 Paris, France ...
... How to deal with trade-offs? – A manual for policymakers Ignaciuk Ada OECD, 2 rue Andre Pascal, 75016 Paris, France ...
Precipitation (Word) - Narragansett Bay Estuary Program
... Current climate models project that total volume of precipitation will increase by 1 to 3 inches per decade locally (Figures 6 and 8) and that seasonality of precipitation will continue to change, leading to greater effects on the overall health of Narragansett Bay (Bradley et al. 2016). Rhode Isla ...
... Current climate models project that total volume of precipitation will increase by 1 to 3 inches per decade locally (Figures 6 and 8) and that seasonality of precipitation will continue to change, leading to greater effects on the overall health of Narragansett Bay (Bradley et al. 2016). Rhode Isla ...
The social values at risk from sea
... Environmental Pollution (RCEP) is also relevant. The RCEP (1998) defines values as “beliefs, either individual or social, about what is important in ...
... Environmental Pollution (RCEP) is also relevant. The RCEP (1998) defines values as “beliefs, either individual or social, about what is important in ...
Global Cryosphere Watch - Byrd Polar Research Center
... to use this information to aid the detection of climate change • organize assessments of changes in regional and global components of the cryosphere to support decision making and policy development in support of formulating environmental policy. • provide authoritative information on the current st ...
... to use this information to aid the detection of climate change • organize assessments of changes in regional and global components of the cryosphere to support decision making and policy development in support of formulating environmental policy. • provide authoritative information on the current st ...
From Kyoto to Copenhagen - Law, Environment and Development
... could therefore mean leaving many developed countries out, as most of them might be unwilling to support a regime that is not cost saving or flexible. Similarly, because of the nature of GHG emissions, reduction achieved by a developed country through investments in a developing country is as good a ...
... could therefore mean leaving many developed countries out, as most of them might be unwilling to support a regime that is not cost saving or flexible. Similarly, because of the nature of GHG emissions, reduction achieved by a developed country through investments in a developing country is as good a ...
Chapter 19
... Campus Climate Challenge. http://climatechallenge.org/ Canadell, Joseph G., et al. 2007. “Contributions to Accelerating Atmospheric CO2 Growth From Economic Activity, Carbon Intensity, and Efficiency of Natural Sinks.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October 25, Carbon Dioxide Infor ...
... Campus Climate Challenge. http://climatechallenge.org/ Canadell, Joseph G., et al. 2007. “Contributions to Accelerating Atmospheric CO2 Growth From Economic Activity, Carbon Intensity, and Efficiency of Natural Sinks.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October 25, Carbon Dioxide Infor ...
UN report: The coming financial climate
... business and the economy. Finance is a keystone in meeting these challenges and opportunities. The financial system exists to support our choices to save, consume and invest. When it works efficiently and effectively, it deploys finance in ways that creates dynamic, inclusive and sustainable economi ...
... business and the economy. Finance is a keystone in meeting these challenges and opportunities. The financial system exists to support our choices to save, consume and invest. When it works efficiently and effectively, it deploys finance in ways that creates dynamic, inclusive and sustainable economi ...
assam state action plan on climate change
... threat to humanity and has implications for sustainable development. Our climate is already changing. Along with continued warming of the atmosphere, erratic rainfall pattern are emerging and as result new patterns of droughts and floods are being observed, which are likely to get more frequent and ...
... threat to humanity and has implications for sustainable development. Our climate is already changing. Along with continued warming of the atmosphere, erratic rainfall pattern are emerging and as result new patterns of droughts and floods are being observed, which are likely to get more frequent and ...
Diplom/Master`s Thesis - Institute for the Study of Society and
... Hayhoe, Katharine, Laurence S. Kalkstein, Norman Miller, Susanne C. Moser, Scott C. Sheridan, Michael Dettinger. “A Tale of Two Cities: Climate Change, Extreme Heat, and Heat Mortality in California.” Environmental Health Perspectives, to be submitted. ...
... Hayhoe, Katharine, Laurence S. Kalkstein, Norman Miller, Susanne C. Moser, Scott C. Sheridan, Michael Dettinger. “A Tale of Two Cities: Climate Change, Extreme Heat, and Heat Mortality in California.” Environmental Health Perspectives, to be submitted. ...
Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in the Tourism Sector
... This publication, combined with a comprehensive series of international and regional seminars, is designed to provide a pragmatic platform to strengthen the capacity of professionals to understand and respond effectively to the global challenges of climate change in tourism destinations. It is a cri ...
... This publication, combined with a comprehensive series of international and regional seminars, is designed to provide a pragmatic platform to strengthen the capacity of professionals to understand and respond effectively to the global challenges of climate change in tourism destinations. It is a cri ...
Vulnerability to Climate Change and Reasons for
... climate change: how sensitive systems are, what adaptive capacity they have, and what their vulnerability is. It is not the goal of this assessment to determine whether these effects are tolerable or are considered dangerous. The goal of this chapter is to synthesize information on climate change im ...
... climate change: how sensitive systems are, what adaptive capacity they have, and what their vulnerability is. It is not the goal of this assessment to determine whether these effects are tolerable or are considered dangerous. The goal of this chapter is to synthesize information on climate change im ...
When It Rains, It Pours
... Specifically, we defined extreme events as those expected to occur no more than once per year on average at a particular location based on the historical record. In other words, we identified the 64 events at each weather station with the largest 24-hour precipitation totals across the 64-year time ...
... Specifically, we defined extreme events as those expected to occur no more than once per year on average at a particular location based on the historical record. In other words, we identified the 64 events at each weather station with the largest 24-hour precipitation totals across the 64-year time ...
Making Marine Zoning Climate-Change Adaptable Robin Kundis Craig
... development. Moreover, climate change impacts, as discussed in Part II, are likely to alter the appropriateness of any historical baseline actually chosen. Nevertheless, historical states of the ecosystem, when known, still provide relevant points for assessment, just as the current state of the eco ...
... development. Moreover, climate change impacts, as discussed in Part II, are likely to alter the appropriateness of any historical baseline actually chosen. Nevertheless, historical states of the ecosystem, when known, still provide relevant points for assessment, just as the current state of the eco ...
climate change in the courts
... climate regulation in the United States, primarily stemming from the landmark 2007 decision of the Supreme Court in Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency. 5 Subsequent GHG emissions regulations have elicited numerous challenges, mostly by industry groups and states, but also by environmen ...
... climate regulation in the United States, primarily stemming from the landmark 2007 decision of the Supreme Court in Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency. 5 Subsequent GHG emissions regulations have elicited numerous challenges, mostly by industry groups and states, but also by environmen ...
In Pursuit of a Sustainable World
... Our commitment to ensuring customer satisfaction involves offering the best-possible value, and this has meant unavoidable reductions in staff numbers. This was not a decision we took easily. It is always sad to have to restructure in this way, but we do so in the knowledge that making these difficu ...
... Our commitment to ensuring customer satisfaction involves offering the best-possible value, and this has meant unavoidable reductions in staff numbers. This was not a decision we took easily. It is always sad to have to restructure in this way, but we do so in the knowledge that making these difficu ...
Existing data and knowledge gaps about air-climate inter
... CCMI, IC-IMAGES). The present report will focus on these two priority scenarios although there are possible additional scenarios that could comply with the selection criteria listed above. The Global Energy Assessment has developed energy projection pathways that comply with the RCP storylines and t ...
... CCMI, IC-IMAGES). The present report will focus on these two priority scenarios although there are possible additional scenarios that could comply with the selection criteria listed above. The Global Energy Assessment has developed energy projection pathways that comply with the RCP storylines and t ...
Biodiversity Climate change impacts report card Technical paper 11
... affecting the ability of migrants to forage sufficiently. These habitats are often also under intense pressure from other anthropogenic threats, such as water abstraction or infrastructure development. ...
... affecting the ability of migrants to forage sufficiently. These habitats are often also under intense pressure from other anthropogenic threats, such as water abstraction or infrastructure development. ...
Great Barrier Reef - Garnaut Climate Change Review
... one of the most supported scientific ideas, receiving the attention of thousands of scientists who have defined it, argued for and against it, and have built up one of the most significant bodies of scientific evidence ever established. Publication of the fourth assessment report by the Intergovernm ...
... one of the most supported scientific ideas, receiving the attention of thousands of scientists who have defined it, argued for and against it, and have built up one of the most significant bodies of scientific evidence ever established. Publication of the fourth assessment report by the Intergovernm ...
2016: global heat record broken again
... The 20th century average is affected by strong warming from 1970 through the end of the century (Figure 1). When 2016’s record hot year is compared to pre- industrial temperatures rather than the 20th century, the extent to which our climate has warmed is even more alarming. In fact, 2016’s temperat ...
... The 20th century average is affected by strong warming from 1970 through the end of the century (Figure 1). When 2016’s record hot year is compared to pre- industrial temperatures rather than the 20th century, the extent to which our climate has warmed is even more alarming. In fact, 2016’s temperat ...
Single PDF in small font of the following:
... Lab TA: Nick Gabriel ([email protected]) Time: 11:15 12:30 Tues and Thurs Prerequisites: EE3161, IT, or consent of instructor Goal: To develop an understanding of the physics and applications of devices that are key to a clean energy environment with an electrical engineering perspective. Ove ...
... Lab TA: Nick Gabriel ([email protected]) Time: 11:15 12:30 Tues and Thurs Prerequisites: EE3161, IT, or consent of instructor Goal: To develop an understanding of the physics and applications of devices that are key to a clean energy environment with an electrical engineering perspective. Ove ...
On forced temperature changes, internal variability
... The best fit to the observational NH series (82% variance explained) is achieved using an aerosol scaling factor of 1.2 (i.e., assuming that indirect aerosol forcing increases ERF by 20% relative to the direct forcing), linear scaling of volcanic optical depth with aerosol deposition, and a 0.25% Mau ...
... The best fit to the observational NH series (82% variance explained) is achieved using an aerosol scaling factor of 1.2 (i.e., assuming that indirect aerosol forcing increases ERF by 20% relative to the direct forcing), linear scaling of volcanic optical depth with aerosol deposition, and a 0.25% Mau ...
Water-based Adhesives for Flexible Packaging
... The results of this study show that under the given conditions and chosen assumptions the three adhesive product systems, the solventless PU, the water-based PU and the water-based acrylate system, are about equally eco-efficient and have a clear advantage over the solvent-based PU adhesive system ...
... The results of this study show that under the given conditions and chosen assumptions the three adhesive product systems, the solventless PU, the water-based PU and the water-based acrylate system, are about equally eco-efficient and have a clear advantage over the solvent-based PU adhesive system ...