2015-02-05-Zero-Carbon-Zero-Poverty-the-Climate-Justice-Way
... and nations – especially but not only the poorest – to achieve the overall level of welfare or resources needed to secure and protect other essential human rights. Most directly, the increase in energy costs due to the foreclosing of fossil-fuel driven industrialisation may adversely affect poor cou ...
... and nations – especially but not only the poorest – to achieve the overall level of welfare or resources needed to secure and protect other essential human rights. Most directly, the increase in energy costs due to the foreclosing of fossil-fuel driven industrialisation may adversely affect poor cou ...
Increase of carbon cycle feedback with climate sensitivity
... of the conventionally accepted range (1.5 to 4.5 K per CO 2 doubling; IPCC, 2001). The land surface is more likely to damp the effects of CO 2 emissions if climate sensitivity is low, with carbon uptake by the biosphere dominated by CO 2 fertilization. Higher climate sensitivity is more likely to am ...
... of the conventionally accepted range (1.5 to 4.5 K per CO 2 doubling; IPCC, 2001). The land surface is more likely to damp the effects of CO 2 emissions if climate sensitivity is low, with carbon uptake by the biosphere dominated by CO 2 fertilization. Higher climate sensitivity is more likely to am ...
CONFALONIERI 2007 Human Health
... impacts of climate change, current and future populations at risk, and the strategies, policies and measures that have been and can be taken to reduce impacts. The chapter reviews the knowledge that has emerged since the Third Assessment Report (TAR) (McMichael et al., 2001). Published research cont ...
... impacts of climate change, current and future populations at risk, and the strategies, policies and measures that have been and can be taken to reduce impacts. The chapter reviews the knowledge that has emerged since the Third Assessment Report (TAR) (McMichael et al., 2001). Published research cont ...
Mass-media coverage, its influence on public awareness of climate
... contributed to this larger increase in mass-media coverage. Boykoff (2007) observed a peak in UK newspaper coverage from September 2006 to November 2006. He attributed this primarily to a series of key interrelated events. Al Gore’s film was released in mid-September in the UK; this was followed by t ...
... contributed to this larger increase in mass-media coverage. Boykoff (2007) observed a peak in UK newspaper coverage from September 2006 to November 2006. He attributed this primarily to a series of key interrelated events. Al Gore’s film was released in mid-September in the UK; this was followed by t ...
Hamilton Community Climate Change Action Plan
... Hamilton’s Community Emissions Targets 20% reduction in GHG emissions from 2006 levels by 2020 50% reduction in GHG emissions from 2006 levels by 2030 80% reduction in GHG emissions from 2006 levels by 2050 ...
... Hamilton’s Community Emissions Targets 20% reduction in GHG emissions from 2006 levels by 2020 50% reduction in GHG emissions from 2006 levels by 2030 80% reduction in GHG emissions from 2006 levels by 2050 ...
Mean, interannual variability and trends in a regional climate
... We begin our analysis with a discussion of the changes in large scale circulation patterns over our full domain as described by sea level pressure (SLP) and 500 hPa geopotential height fields. Figure 2 shows the change in average SLP and 500 hPa height between the A2 and reference simulations. Result ...
... We begin our analysis with a discussion of the changes in large scale circulation patterns over our full domain as described by sea level pressure (SLP) and 500 hPa geopotential height fields. Figure 2 shows the change in average SLP and 500 hPa height between the A2 and reference simulations. Result ...
Stepping Stone or Stumbling Block
... change legislative proposals are worth substantial political investment. By no means is this an argument against all efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions at the national level. Instead, this Article should lead policymakers and academics to analyze more carefully the dynamic political impact of ...
... change legislative proposals are worth substantial political investment. By no means is this an argument against all efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions at the national level. Instead, this Article should lead policymakers and academics to analyze more carefully the dynamic political impact of ...
Environmental effects of increased atmospheric carbon dioxide
... spatial cells should have no more than 10 yr (10% of the period) of measurements missing produced a ‘global’ sample covering only 18.4% of the earth. This is not an optimal spatial coverage for determining a global mean. Jones et al. (1997) have attempted to address the influence of incomplete spati ...
... spatial cells should have no more than 10 yr (10% of the period) of measurements missing produced a ‘global’ sample covering only 18.4% of the earth. This is not an optimal spatial coverage for determining a global mean. Jones et al. (1997) have attempted to address the influence of incomplete spati ...
Component:
... GDP. That would mean a serious blow to Vietnam’s strategy of sustained economic growth as the main mechanism for poverty alleviation. In addition to the long-term climate change vulnerability, Vietnam is also one of the countries most prone to natural disasters, especially typhoons and floods. It is ...
... GDP. That would mean a serious blow to Vietnam’s strategy of sustained economic growth as the main mechanism for poverty alleviation. In addition to the long-term climate change vulnerability, Vietnam is also one of the countries most prone to natural disasters, especially typhoons and floods. It is ...
Student Sheet 1.2: Where on Earth?
... Background: The most dangerous part of a hurricane is the storm surge that forms on the water of the ocean or other body of water, such as a nearby lake. Low air pressure at the center of the hurricane draws water up into a hill that is higher than sea level, and hurricane winds push the hill of wat ...
... Background: The most dangerous part of a hurricane is the storm surge that forms on the water of the ocean or other body of water, such as a nearby lake. Low air pressure at the center of the hurricane draws water up into a hill that is higher than sea level, and hurricane winds push the hill of wat ...
Agriculture and Future Climate Dynamics in Africa: Impacts and Adaptation Options
... climate risk which tends to indicate switching away from mono-cropping towards the use of irrigation, multiple cropping and integration of livestock activities. Increased precipitation reduces the need for irrigation and will be beneficial to most African farming systems, especially in drier areas. ...
... climate risk which tends to indicate switching away from mono-cropping towards the use of irrigation, multiple cropping and integration of livestock activities. Increased precipitation reduces the need for irrigation and will be beneficial to most African farming systems, especially in drier areas. ...
Key factors governing uncertainty in the response to sunshade
... results of different studies was difficult. The Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP) has proposed a set of standard experiments and output to make such comparisons easier [Kravitz et al., 2011], building on the work done for the Climate Model Intercomparison Project 5 (CMIP5) [Taylor ...
... results of different studies was difficult. The Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP) has proposed a set of standard experiments and output to make such comparisons easier [Kravitz et al., 2011], building on the work done for the Climate Model Intercomparison Project 5 (CMIP5) [Taylor ...
Soil Erosion Climate Change Impact Snapshot
... due to the complex nature of the projected changes in rainfall in those seasons. The seasonal distribution of rainfall erosivity will have impacts on hillslope erosion. The results suggest that the projected changes in seasonality of rainfall erosivity alone could cause a sevenfold increase in soil ...
... due to the complex nature of the projected changes in rainfall in those seasons. The seasonal distribution of rainfall erosivity will have impacts on hillslope erosion. The results suggest that the projected changes in seasonality of rainfall erosivity alone could cause a sevenfold increase in soil ...
Overpeck and Cole, 2006
... Abrupt shifts between warm and cold states punctuate the interval between 20 to 75 ka) in the Greenland isotope record, with shifts of 5◦ –15◦ C occurring in decades or less (Figure 1). These alternations were identified in some of the earliest ice core isotopic studies [e.g., (22)] and were replica ...
... Abrupt shifts between warm and cold states punctuate the interval between 20 to 75 ka) in the Greenland isotope record, with shifts of 5◦ –15◦ C occurring in decades or less (Figure 1). These alternations were identified in some of the earliest ice core isotopic studies [e.g., (22)] and were replica ...
Dis full and final - University of Otago
... discussion. At this conference, the Paris Agreement1 was drafted; an agreement within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change2 (UNFCCC), aimed at mitigating greenhouse gas emissions to reduce global warming.3 While France’s foreign minister Laurant Fabius stated that this agreement ...
... discussion. At this conference, the Paris Agreement1 was drafted; an agreement within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change2 (UNFCCC), aimed at mitigating greenhouse gas emissions to reduce global warming.3 While France’s foreign minister Laurant Fabius stated that this agreement ...
Quantifying climate change induced effects upon glaciers and their
... each been successively warmer at the surface of the Earth than any decade since 1850 (Pachauri, 2014). This warming has meant that future glaciation will likely be delayed by tens or hundreds of thousands of years (Orlove et al., 2008). It is also vital to recognise that the response of glaciers to ...
... each been successively warmer at the surface of the Earth than any decade since 1850 (Pachauri, 2014). This warming has meant that future glaciation will likely be delayed by tens or hundreds of thousands of years (Orlove et al., 2008). It is also vital to recognise that the response of glaciers to ...
Assessment of potential climate change impacts on
... types ranging from desert landscapes with sparse plant cover on the western coastal belt with high succulent dominance in the south-west, through arid shrubland and sparse woodland with C4 grasses along the escarpment, to tree-grass mixed savanna and woodland vegetation in areas of higher rainfall i ...
... types ranging from desert landscapes with sparse plant cover on the western coastal belt with high succulent dominance in the south-west, through arid shrubland and sparse woodland with C4 grasses along the escarpment, to tree-grass mixed savanna and woodland vegetation in areas of higher rainfall i ...
Public pressure versus lobbying – how do Environmental NGOs matter most in climate negotiations? - Working Paper 70 (472 kB) (opens in new window)
... State representatives struggle at United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations to agree on a post-2012 treaty to succeed the expiring first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol. The highly complex negotiations face many challenges including incompatible political po ...
... State representatives struggle at United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations to agree on a post-2012 treaty to succeed the expiring first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol. The highly complex negotiations face many challenges including incompatible political po ...
climate change law: the emergence of a new legal discipline
... frameworks, with reverberations felt in many other areas of law such as constitutional law, administrative law and property law. Against this backdrop, this article seeks to provide an introduction to the new field of climate change law and to highlight the key issues that it will face as its develo ...
... frameworks, with reverberations felt in many other areas of law such as constitutional law, administrative law and property law. Against this backdrop, this article seeks to provide an introduction to the new field of climate change law and to highlight the key issues that it will face as its develo ...
DRAFT (2/15/2012) – PLEASE DO NOT CITE, QUOTE OR REPRODUCE A M -D
... agencies and Congress.10 Others focused on the substantive impact of the reorganization on agency programs, pointing out that good reasons may support what appears to be a “byzantine” governmental structure.”11 Members of the President’s own party, for example, questioned whether the consolidation w ...
... agencies and Congress.10 Others focused on the substantive impact of the reorganization on agency programs, pointing out that good reasons may support what appears to be a “byzantine” governmental structure.”11 Members of the President’s own party, for example, questioned whether the consolidation w ...
Nitrogen deposition
... • Poor skill over European stations (on average models tend to be lower) • Good skill over US stations, with a tendency to overestimate nitrogen deposition (10%) at large values ...
... • Poor skill over European stations (on average models tend to be lower) • Good skill over US stations, with a tendency to overestimate nitrogen deposition (10%) at large values ...
The tipping point trend in climate change communication
... propose an ‘‘S-curve’’ for conceptualizing social change that is distinguished by stages of predevelopment, take-off, breakthrough, and stabilization (pp. 492–493). Tipping points are located within this framework for understanding the diffusion of innovations and defined as ‘‘moments in time where a ...
... propose an ‘‘S-curve’’ for conceptualizing social change that is distinguished by stages of predevelopment, take-off, breakthrough, and stabilization (pp. 492–493). Tipping points are located within this framework for understanding the diffusion of innovations and defined as ‘‘moments in time where a ...
Climate Change, Federalism, and the Constitution
... As Brown explains: Many scientists and policy makers believe that a doubling of CO[ 2] from pre-industrial levels to 560 ppm [part per million] may be unavoidable in the 21st century .... Some environmentalists, however, believe it is still possible to stabilize GHG at 450 ppm, a level that would li ...
... As Brown explains: Many scientists and policy makers believe that a doubling of CO[ 2] from pre-industrial levels to 560 ppm [part per million] may be unavoidable in the 21st century .... Some environmentalists, however, believe it is still possible to stabilize GHG at 450 ppm, a level that would li ...
Climate change and its impact on the livelihood of farmers and
... climate. Internationally, it is agreed that dangerous climate change is preventable by keeping the global temperature rise within a 2°C limit. Global warming will manifest in varying temperature changes from region to region. For instance, in Africa desertification will rapidly spread. In order to s ...
... climate. Internationally, it is agreed that dangerous climate change is preventable by keeping the global temperature rise within a 2°C limit. Global warming will manifest in varying temperature changes from region to region. For instance, in Africa desertification will rapidly spread. In order to s ...
Climate Change Implications for Marine Fisheries
... stages such as spawning or migration. Increased storm activity under a changing climate will have a significant impact on fishing activity by reducing the number of viable sea fishing days, and damaging shore-based offloading facilities and fishing vessels. Fisheries that are successfully managed to ...
... stages such as spawning or migration. Increased storm activity under a changing climate will have a significant impact on fishing activity by reducing the number of viable sea fishing days, and damaging shore-based offloading facilities and fishing vessels. Fisheries that are successfully managed to ...