151725 Public Policy Text - A Convention For Persons Displaced By
... Developed countries do not commit themselves to legally-binding emission reductions. Similarly, there is no quantification of a long-term global goal for emission reductions, or specific timing for global emissions to peak. Instead, the agreement suggests a bottomup approach whereby developed and de ...
... Developed countries do not commit themselves to legally-binding emission reductions. Similarly, there is no quantification of a long-term global goal for emission reductions, or specific timing for global emissions to peak. Instead, the agreement suggests a bottomup approach whereby developed and de ...
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... •It is calculated that CFC molecules takes an average of 15 years to go from Ground level upto the upper atmosphere, and it can stay there for about a century, destroying up to one hundred thousand ozone molecules during that times. •The Antarctic ozone hole is an area of the Antarctic Stratosphere ...
... •It is calculated that CFC molecules takes an average of 15 years to go from Ground level upto the upper atmosphere, and it can stay there for about a century, destroying up to one hundred thousand ozone molecules during that times. •The Antarctic ozone hole is an area of the Antarctic Stratosphere ...
Rapid climate change and no-analog vegetation in lowland Central
... would be expected to reduce (expand) the geographic extent of the AWP, decreasing (increasing) precipitation and temperature regimes in the Central American lowlands and Caribbean (Hodell et al., 2008). An understanding of the past linkages among these atmospheric and oceanic features and Central Am ...
... would be expected to reduce (expand) the geographic extent of the AWP, decreasing (increasing) precipitation and temperature regimes in the Central American lowlands and Caribbean (Hodell et al., 2008). An understanding of the past linkages among these atmospheric and oceanic features and Central Am ...
A question of survival
... are expected to submit their climate action plans, including emissions reduction targets for the post-2020 period, well ahead of the Paris conference. These are known as Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs). All major developed countries, along with many developing countries, have no ...
... are expected to submit their climate action plans, including emissions reduction targets for the post-2020 period, well ahead of the Paris conference. These are known as Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs). All major developed countries, along with many developing countries, have no ...
A simple object-oriented and open-source model for scientific and
... Hector’s control flow starts with the coupler, which is responsible for (1) parsing and routing input data to the model components; (2) tracking how the components depend on each other; (3) passing messages and data between components; (4) providing facilities for logging, time series interpolation, ...
... Hector’s control flow starts with the coupler, which is responsible for (1) parsing and routing input data to the model components; (2) tracking how the components depend on each other; (3) passing messages and data between components; (4) providing facilities for logging, time series interpolation, ...
Draft Risk Assessment Framework Outline
... the sign of the change is unknown) and small in Assets can be sorted into high- and low-likelihood categories. For example, magnitude. These potential effects may be bridges with historical drainage problems, overtopping, or scour-critical revisited at a later time. Potential changes that bridges ma ...
... the sign of the change is unknown) and small in Assets can be sorted into high- and low-likelihood categories. For example, magnitude. These potential effects may be bridges with historical drainage problems, overtopping, or scour-critical revisited at a later time. Potential changes that bridges ma ...
Standard PDF - Wiley Online Library
... mechanisms or standards that would allow the determination of such an emergency. Furthermore, should geoengineering begin, it would have to continue for decades, and the decision to stop would be even more difficult, what with commercial and employment interests in continuing the project as well as ...
... mechanisms or standards that would allow the determination of such an emergency. Furthermore, should geoengineering begin, it would have to continue for decades, and the decision to stop would be even more difficult, what with commercial and employment interests in continuing the project as well as ...
Biogeosciences
... Two steps are required to explore the relationship between climate-change mediated alteration of ocean properties and the consequent phytoplankton response on intermediary time-scales, i.e. decades – relevant to present experimental and observing system design and to policy makers (Dilling et al., 2 ...
... Two steps are required to explore the relationship between climate-change mediated alteration of ocean properties and the consequent phytoplankton response on intermediary time-scales, i.e. decades – relevant to present experimental and observing system design and to policy makers (Dilling et al., 2 ...
... throughout the world (Mizuta et al., 2006; Randall et al., 2007; Vera and Silvestri, 2009; Blázquez and Nuñez, 2012a; Cavalcanti and Shimizu, 2012; Rupp et al., 2013; Grose et al., 2014; Gulizia and Camilloni 2015, among others). Nevertheless, their performance deteriorates when looking at finer tem ...
East Riding of Yorkshire Council Climate Change Strategy
... from the Council’s operations, as well as adapting the services the Council provides to cope with a changing climate. In most cases, this means the Council saves money and resources which are needed for services to residents. This strategy will also address the actions the Council will take to mitig ...
... from the Council’s operations, as well as adapting the services the Council provides to cope with a changing climate. In most cases, this means the Council saves money and resources which are needed for services to residents. This strategy will also address the actions the Council will take to mitig ...
Children`s health and Climate Change
... to keep us on track towards 4-5 degrees of average warming this century - it is widely recognised by scientists this would risk a largely inhospitable planet. What is at stake is national responsibility for the future of our children. To allow such an atrocity to occur would constitute a major inter ...
... to keep us on track towards 4-5 degrees of average warming this century - it is widely recognised by scientists this would risk a largely inhospitable planet. What is at stake is national responsibility for the future of our children. To allow such an atrocity to occur would constitute a major inter ...
Strategic Framework 2014–2017: SDC Global Programme Climate
... Climate Change 1 is a major global challenge and a key underlying factor in many global risks including food shortage, water supply crises and the impacts of extreme weather events. Additionally, Climate Change is a most relevant development challenge, as it affects developing countries far more tha ...
... Climate Change 1 is a major global challenge and a key underlying factor in many global risks including food shortage, water supply crises and the impacts of extreme weather events. Additionally, Climate Change is a most relevant development challenge, as it affects developing countries far more tha ...
Mitigating climate change through reductions in greenhouse gas emissions: is it possible to limit global warming to no more than 1.5°C? (687 kB) (opens in new window)
... whether such technologies are feasible on the scale needed, nor whether they will be safe and reliable over long time horizons. ...
... whether such technologies are feasible on the scale needed, nor whether they will be safe and reliable over long time horizons. ...
high confidence
... Climate change and sea level rise may damage European cultural heritage, including buildings, local industries, landscapes, archaeological sites, and iconic places [medium confidence] and some cultural landscapes may be lost forever [low confidence] ...
... Climate change and sea level rise may damage European cultural heritage, including buildings, local industries, landscapes, archaeological sites, and iconic places [medium confidence] and some cultural landscapes may be lost forever [low confidence] ...
April 2013 News - South Asian Dialogues on Ecological Democracy
... The Arctic is melting much faster than most studies previously predicted. As early as 2020 and not later than 2050 it will be almost completely ice-free, according to a new study by the US National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. "It's pretty scary how rapidly all this Arctic change is happening ...
... The Arctic is melting much faster than most studies previously predicted. As early as 2020 and not later than 2050 it will be almost completely ice-free, according to a new study by the US National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. "It's pretty scary how rapidly all this Arctic change is happening ...
Predicting regional climate change: living with uncertainty
... prompted countries to sign and ratify the UN/FCCC and then to negotiate the Kyoto Protocol in 1997 (which sets specific targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions – Masood, 1997) has been summarized in a series of influential reports prepared by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC ...
... prompted countries to sign and ratify the UN/FCCC and then to negotiate the Kyoto Protocol in 1997 (which sets specific targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions – Masood, 1997) has been summarized in a series of influential reports prepared by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC ...
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... emissions in light of the 2°C mitigation goal. The aim is to give the reader a sense of the stringency of mitigation actions required to reach the 2°C target depending on the peaking year, and to compare with historical emission trajectories, “committed” emissions from existing infrastructure and mi ...
... emissions in light of the 2°C mitigation goal. The aim is to give the reader a sense of the stringency of mitigation actions required to reach the 2°C target depending on the peaking year, and to compare with historical emission trajectories, “committed” emissions from existing infrastructure and mi ...
Results Part A: amount of appearances
... Media coverage is the first mentioned influence. This influence means the mention of a problem in the media is one of the most important influences on the public concern. The second influence, issue space – simply explained, meaning there is no space to solve every problem – is not easy to change si ...
... Media coverage is the first mentioned influence. This influence means the mention of a problem in the media is one of the most important influences on the public concern. The second influence, issue space – simply explained, meaning there is no space to solve every problem – is not easy to change si ...
Geoengineering and the Accusation of Hubris
... also Goes et al., 2011; Robock, 2008). A related field of problems emerges from the fact that some techniques could be implemented unilaterally by single actors and without international agreement (IPCC, 2014b, ch. 13.4.4.). In the following, however, we will not discuss arguments of this kind in de ...
... also Goes et al., 2011; Robock, 2008). A related field of problems emerges from the fact that some techniques could be implemented unilaterally by single actors and without international agreement (IPCC, 2014b, ch. 13.4.4.). In the following, however, we will not discuss arguments of this kind in de ...
Climate Change News 33 October 12
... Aquatic Systems to Climate Change October 2012: The Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Program (CCAFS) of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) has released a working paper that describes the likely impacts of climate change on the commodities and natural r ...
... Aquatic Systems to Climate Change October 2012: The Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Program (CCAFS) of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) has released a working paper that describes the likely impacts of climate change on the commodities and natural r ...
Global warming controversy
The global warming controversy concerns the public debate over whether global warming is occurring, how much has occurred in modern times, what has caused it, what its effects will be, whether any action should be taken to curb it, and if so what that action should be. In the scientific literature, there is a strong consensus that global surface temperatures have increased in recent decades and that the trend is caused primarily by human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases. No scientific body of national or international standing disagrees with this view, though a few organizations with members in extractive industries hold non-committal positions. Disputes over the key scientific facts of global warming are now more prevalent in the popular media than in the scientific literature, where such issues are treated as resolved, and more in the United States than globally.Political and popular debate concerning the existence and cause of climate change includes the reasons for the increase seen in the instrumental temperature record, whether the warming trend exceeds normal climatic variations, and whether human activities have contributed significantly to it. Scientists have resolved many of these questions decisively in favour of the view that the current warming trend exists and is ongoing, that human activity is the primary cause, and that it is without precedent in at least 2000 years. Disputes that also reflect scientific debate include estimates of how responsive the climate system might be to any given level of greenhouse gases (climate sensitivity), and what the consequences of global warming will be.Global warming remains an issue of widespread political debate, often split along party political lines, especially in the United States. Many of the largely settled scientific issues, such as the human responsibility for global warming, remain the subject of politically or economically motivated attempts to downplay, dismiss or deny them – an ideological phenomenon categorised by academics and scientists as climate change denial. The sources of funding for those involved with climate science – both supporting and opposing mainstream scientific positions – have been questioned by both sides. There are debates about the best policy responses to the science, their cost-effectiveness and their urgency. Climate scientists, especially in the United States, have reported official and oil-industry pressure to censor or suppress their work and hide scientific data, with directives not to discuss the subject in public communications. Legal cases regarding global warming, its effects, and measures to reduce it have reached American courts. The fossil fuels lobby and free market think tanks have often been identified as overtly or covertly supporting efforts to undermine or discredit the scientific consensus on global warming.