Directive IPPC : quelques remarques
... perspective on various environmental effects of particulates seems to be adapted. The following issues could be considered : PM Strategies and Climate change If soot aerosol is confirmed in the near future to be the major non-CO2 greenhouse air pollutant, this fact will have to be taken into account ...
... perspective on various environmental effects of particulates seems to be adapted. The following issues could be considered : PM Strategies and Climate change If soot aerosol is confirmed in the near future to be the major non-CO2 greenhouse air pollutant, this fact will have to be taken into account ...
Selected International Legal Materials on Global Warming and
... in atmospheric and ocean circulation patterns. The natural variability of the atmosphere and climate will continue and be superimposed on the long-term trend, forced by human activities. .3 If current trends continue, the rates and magnitude of climatic change in the next century may substantially e ...
... in atmospheric and ocean circulation patterns. The natural variability of the atmosphere and climate will continue and be superimposed on the long-term trend, forced by human activities. .3 If current trends continue, the rates and magnitude of climatic change in the next century may substantially e ...
Climate change and global water resources: SRES emissions and
... Asia, the Middle East and around the Mediterranean. This paper describes an assessment of the relative effect of climate change and population growth on future global and regional water resources stresses, using SRES socio-economic scenarios and climate projections made using six climate models driv ...
... Asia, the Middle East and around the Mediterranean. This paper describes an assessment of the relative effect of climate change and population growth on future global and regional water resources stresses, using SRES socio-economic scenarios and climate projections made using six climate models driv ...
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... that is largely due to the reality that agriculture in as a whole has a long production cycle and is influenced by a large number of endogenous and exogenous precarious factors (Just and Pope 1979; Kumbhakar and Tsionas 2008; Meyer and Yu 2013). The existing climate conditions for instance are cruci ...
... that is largely due to the reality that agriculture in as a whole has a long production cycle and is influenced by a large number of endogenous and exogenous precarious factors (Just and Pope 1979; Kumbhakar and Tsionas 2008; Meyer and Yu 2013). The existing climate conditions for instance are cruci ...
Business in a Climate- Constrained World
... makes clear, our changing climate has already begun to reshape our world, and threatens to halt (or reverse) the remarkable gains in prosperity achieved over the past generation, which has seen 663 million people—nearly 10 percent of the population—move from poverty to at least basic levels of comfo ...
... makes clear, our changing climate has already begun to reshape our world, and threatens to halt (or reverse) the remarkable gains in prosperity achieved over the past generation, which has seen 663 million people—nearly 10 percent of the population—move from poverty to at least basic levels of comfo ...
Global Climate Change and Wetlands: Issues and Awareness by
... spurred considerable debate at national and international levels, as well as a quest for scientific data or "proof' . The debate revolves around questions concerning the extent to which global climate changes presently occurring are part of a natural trend that has been taking place over the millenn ...
... spurred considerable debate at national and international levels, as well as a quest for scientific data or "proof' . The debate revolves around questions concerning the extent to which global climate changes presently occurring are part of a natural trend that has been taking place over the millenn ...
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... access to credit increased the likelihood of adaptation by farmers. The results implied that institutional support in terms of the provision of credit was an important factor in promoting adaptation options to reduce the negative effects of climate change (Deressa et. al., 2009). Several studies hav ...
... access to credit increased the likelihood of adaptation by farmers. The results implied that institutional support in terms of the provision of credit was an important factor in promoting adaptation options to reduce the negative effects of climate change (Deressa et. al., 2009). Several studies hav ...
Annual report 2014
... more frequent creative meetings between researchers and users. Now, one year later, it is pleasing to see that many meetings of that kind indeed have taken place. These meetings have not only made it possible to share knowledge about research findings; they have also been an opportunity for dialogue ...
... more frequent creative meetings between researchers and users. Now, one year later, it is pleasing to see that many meetings of that kind indeed have taken place. These meetings have not only made it possible to share knowledge about research findings; they have also been an opportunity for dialogue ...
Policy makers lament women`s vulnerablity to HIV infection, yet for
... seek to debate the science behind this or objectively review it. Much of the existing science is complex and by its nature speculative: what we present here is what we believe to be of the best quality and, where possible, the consensus from the recent work of hundreds of academics in fields from nu ...
... seek to debate the science behind this or objectively review it. Much of the existing science is complex and by its nature speculative: what we present here is what we believe to be of the best quality and, where possible, the consensus from the recent work of hundreds of academics in fields from nu ...
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... Maine (notably town planners, policy makers, community groups, NGOs) with live and archived web coverage. The CLAS meeting will showcase University of Maine climate expertise and an array of Climate Change Institute software that can be used by researchers and the public to understand and interpret ...
... Maine (notably town planners, policy makers, community groups, NGOs) with live and archived web coverage. The CLAS meeting will showcase University of Maine climate expertise and an array of Climate Change Institute software that can be used by researchers and the public to understand and interpret ...
emissions - Alan Robock
... of sea level. Observations after large volcanic eruptions show that stratospheric sulfate aerosols drastically change the partitioning of downward solar flux into direct and diffuse [Robock, 2000]. After the 1982 El Chichón eruption, observations at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii on mornings wi ...
... of sea level. Observations after large volcanic eruptions show that stratospheric sulfate aerosols drastically change the partitioning of downward solar flux into direct and diffuse [Robock, 2000]. After the 1982 El Chichón eruption, observations at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii on mornings wi ...
The future of soil invertebrate communities in polar regions: different
... OBSERVED AND PREDICTED CLIMATE CHANGES IN THE POLAR ...
... OBSERVED AND PREDICTED CLIMATE CHANGES IN THE POLAR ...
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... Ontario, Canada are investigated in this article. This analysis is among few that have looked at the implications of changes in climatic variability, which may have more important social implications than changes in long-term averages. The study uses the results of the Goddard Institute of Space Stu ...
... Ontario, Canada are investigated in this article. This analysis is among few that have looked at the implications of changes in climatic variability, which may have more important social implications than changes in long-term averages. The study uses the results of the Goddard Institute of Space Stu ...
Oregon`s Biodiversity in a Changing Climate
... increased precipitation in the last century, primarily as increases in the amount of heavy precipitation (Groisman et al. 2001). There is a large degree of confidence that these trends will continue into the future. Global average surface temperatures are projected to rise between 1.1 and 6.4 °C (2. ...
... increased precipitation in the last century, primarily as increases in the amount of heavy precipitation (Groisman et al. 2001). There is a large degree of confidence that these trends will continue into the future. Global average surface temperatures are projected to rise between 1.1 and 6.4 °C (2. ...
Senate Environmental Quality Committee
... Fuel Standard, Building Code Title 24, and the Renewable Portfolio Standard. These efforts focus on cities, counties, industries, and technologies. But the scientific community has become increasingly alarmed that we will not be able to avoid the early impacts of climate change, and that while we co ...
... Fuel Standard, Building Code Title 24, and the Renewable Portfolio Standard. These efforts focus on cities, counties, industries, and technologies. But the scientific community has become increasingly alarmed that we will not be able to avoid the early impacts of climate change, and that while we co ...
Houston, Texas, 9th February 2005
... scheme. In the US, this could happen through the Climate Stewardship Act, proposed by Republican Senator John McCain and Democratic Senator Joseph Lieberman. This could provide a path for US re-entry into a global climate change agreement after the Kyoto Protocol's first phase ends in 2012, but will ...
... scheme. In the US, this could happen through the Climate Stewardship Act, proposed by Republican Senator John McCain and Democratic Senator Joseph Lieberman. This could provide a path for US re-entry into a global climate change agreement after the Kyoto Protocol's first phase ends in 2012, but will ...
6. Whatever the weather. Media attitudes to reporting
... Each interviewee was asked the same set of 35 questions, about themselves, their perceptions and opinions about climate change, the effectiveness of policy measures, the attitude of the media to the issue, obstacles to reporting on climate change, and steps that would make reporting climate change i ...
... Each interviewee was asked the same set of 35 questions, about themselves, their perceptions and opinions about climate change, the effectiveness of policy measures, the attitude of the media to the issue, obstacles to reporting on climate change, and steps that would make reporting climate change i ...
Adaptation policy and practice in densely populated glacier
... expected to result in adverse impacts on agricultural production, hydro-energy generation and physical infrastructure (Vass et al. 2009; Xu et al. 2009; Mirza 2011; Immerzeel et al. 2012; Rupper et al. 2012), which will have significant welfare implications for the entire South Asia region. Climate ...
... expected to result in adverse impacts on agricultural production, hydro-energy generation and physical infrastructure (Vass et al. 2009; Xu et al. 2009; Mirza 2011; Immerzeel et al. 2012; Rupper et al. 2012), which will have significant welfare implications for the entire South Asia region. Climate ...
Landscaping climate change: a mapping technique for
... once was thought to hold out the prospect of a “new pluralism” of voices, experience has shown that self-publication decreases the value of the information or knowledge more generally. From the beginning, net information has been viewed as “floating,” as generally unreliable, as mere information—as ...
... once was thought to hold out the prospect of a “new pluralism” of voices, experience has shown that self-publication decreases the value of the information or knowledge more generally. From the beginning, net information has been viewed as “floating,” as generally unreliable, as mere information—as ...
Understanding Climate Change And Impacts On Tourism In The
... accumulated a large amount of published and unpublished facts and intelligence sources used throughout this research study. It also includes data and information available from North Carolina’s Climate Action Planning Advisory Group (See Appendix for membership). This research, combined with studies ...
... accumulated a large amount of published and unpublished facts and intelligence sources used throughout this research study. It also includes data and information available from North Carolina’s Climate Action Planning Advisory Group (See Appendix for membership). This research, combined with studies ...
The integrated Earth system model version 1
... model (iESM). The goal is to create a first-generation integrated system to improve climate simulations and enhance scientific understanding of climate impacts on human systems and important feedbacks from human activities to the climate system. The first version of the iESM described in this paper ...
... model (iESM). The goal is to create a first-generation integrated system to improve climate simulations and enhance scientific understanding of climate impacts on human systems and important feedbacks from human activities to the climate system. The first version of the iESM described in this paper ...
Extreme Weather Events
... time period. This rule may seem rather obvious, yet time and again many scientists, politicians and members of the media violate this principle and publically intimate there exists a CO2induced global warming influence on extreme weather simply because climate models project an influence. These indi ...
... time period. This rule may seem rather obvious, yet time and again many scientists, politicians and members of the media violate this principle and publically intimate there exists a CO2induced global warming influence on extreme weather simply because climate models project an influence. These indi ...
Understanding Seasonal Variability in thin Cirrus Clouds from
... net radiative forcing represents one of the primary uncertainties in climate feedback, as sub-visible clouds play a fundamental role in atmospheric radiation balance and climate change. A lidar is a very sensitive optical device to detect clouds with an optical depth as low as 10-4. In this paper we ...
... net radiative forcing represents one of the primary uncertainties in climate feedback, as sub-visible clouds play a fundamental role in atmospheric radiation balance and climate change. A lidar is a very sensitive optical device to detect clouds with an optical depth as low as 10-4. In this paper we ...
Executive Report
... waves, droughts, floods, cyclone, and wildfires, reveal significant vulnerability and exposure of some ecosystems and many human systems: alterations of ecosystems, disruption of food production and water supply, damage to infrastructure and settlements, morbidity and mortality, and consequences for ...
... waves, droughts, floods, cyclone, and wildfires, reveal significant vulnerability and exposure of some ecosystems and many human systems: alterations of ecosystems, disruption of food production and water supply, damage to infrastructure and settlements, morbidity and mortality, and consequences for ...
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.