Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events
... Following a request from WWF we, as researchers at the Institute for Environmental Studies, have made an assessment of the scientific knowledge concerning climate change and its impacts regarding the weather and weather extremes in particular. ...
... Following a request from WWF we, as researchers at the Institute for Environmental Studies, have made an assessment of the scientific knowledge concerning climate change and its impacts regarding the weather and weather extremes in particular. ...
Climate Change: Law, Policy, and Business
... Office: Room 329, 200 McAllister St. Phone: 415.565.4845 [email protected] Wednesdays, 4:40-6:50 PM Office Hours: Tuesday 3-4, Thursday 10-11 WELCOME! Nearly all climate scientists believe that human activities are warming the planet1, and many warn that climate change will devastate human comm ...
... Office: Room 329, 200 McAllister St. Phone: 415.565.4845 [email protected] Wednesdays, 4:40-6:50 PM Office Hours: Tuesday 3-4, Thursday 10-11 WELCOME! Nearly all climate scientists believe that human activities are warming the planet1, and many warn that climate change will devastate human comm ...
A fair climate deal in Paris means adequate finance to deliver INDCs
... about exactly how much money they will provide from domestic budgets and how much they will need to raise from international donors. Some countries, including Ethiopia, do not specify where funds will come from but report an exceptionally high financial need (US$150 billion total) to implement their ...
... about exactly how much money they will provide from domestic budgets and how much they will need to raise from international donors. Some countries, including Ethiopia, do not specify where funds will come from but report an exceptionally high financial need (US$150 billion total) to implement their ...
Presentation
... Global methodologies for the assessment of ICT carbon footprint Recommendation ITU-T L.1400 Overview and general principles of methodologies for assessing the environmental impact of ICT Recommendation ITU-T L.1410 Methodology for environmental impacts of ICT goods, networks and services Recom ...
... Global methodologies for the assessment of ICT carbon footprint Recommendation ITU-T L.1400 Overview and general principles of methodologies for assessing the environmental impact of ICT Recommendation ITU-T L.1410 Methodology for environmental impacts of ICT goods, networks and services Recom ...
Dealing with the uncertainties of climate engineering
... of interdependent decisions over time. This not only means that they are confronted with uncertainties inherent in the situation and experienced on a psychological level. It also means that they need to remain capable of acting despite of these uncertainties. They are required to act under uncertain ...
... of interdependent decisions over time. This not only means that they are confronted with uncertainties inherent in the situation and experienced on a psychological level. It also means that they need to remain capable of acting despite of these uncertainties. They are required to act under uncertain ...
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... There are a number of cost-benefit models that calculate the so-called ‗social cost of carbon‘, which generally refers to the expected present value damage of a (metric) tonne of CO2 emissions along a particular path (e.g. business-as-usual). Examples include Nordhaus and Boyer (1999), Cline (1992), ...
... There are a number of cost-benefit models that calculate the so-called ‗social cost of carbon‘, which generally refers to the expected present value damage of a (metric) tonne of CO2 emissions along a particular path (e.g. business-as-usual). Examples include Nordhaus and Boyer (1999), Cline (1992), ...
Historical Overview of Climate Change Science
... to the scrutiny of their peers, which includes disclosing the methods that they use, so their results can be checked through replication by other scientists. The insights and research results of individual scientists, even scientists of unquestioned genius, are thus confirmed or rejected in the peer ...
... to the scrutiny of their peers, which includes disclosing the methods that they use, so their results can be checked through replication by other scientists. The insights and research results of individual scientists, even scientists of unquestioned genius, are thus confirmed or rejected in the peer ...
T M Target Atmospheric Greenhouse Gas Concentrations
... 3. Warning from Current Climate Changes: 387 ppm CO2 The global climate system has not yet fully responded to the recent increase of anthropogenic climate forcings because of its inertia (i.e. climate inertia) (Hansen et al., 2007). Nevertheless, climate impacts are already occurring that allow sci ...
... 3. Warning from Current Climate Changes: 387 ppm CO2 The global climate system has not yet fully responded to the recent increase of anthropogenic climate forcings because of its inertia (i.e. climate inertia) (Hansen et al., 2007). Nevertheless, climate impacts are already occurring that allow sci ...
From Words to Facts: Acting on climate change
... Central America little contributes to climate change, but it [ill endure some of its most negative conseUuences The global [arming [ill increase the magnitude and freUuency of extreme climate events such as droughts that [ill impact the region This is [hy during the upcoming CO4 that [ill be hel ...
... Central America little contributes to climate change, but it [ill endure some of its most negative conseUuences The global [arming [ill increase the magnitude and freUuency of extreme climate events such as droughts that [ill impact the region This is [hy during the upcoming CO4 that [ill be hel ...
IOSR Journal of Mechanical and Civil Engineering (IOSRJMCE)
... been examined in terms of sectors of civil society, stakeholders and decision makers’ response. The project results show how promising is the mixture between firm scientific facts with actual interaction with civil society and stakeholders, in transferring important knowledge to the community , on o ...
... been examined in terms of sectors of civil society, stakeholders and decision makers’ response. The project results show how promising is the mixture between firm scientific facts with actual interaction with civil society and stakeholders, in transferring important knowledge to the community , on o ...
How Climate Change Will Affect People Around the World
... Climate change is a serious and urgent issue. The Earth has already warmed by 0.7°C since around 1900 and is committed to further warming over coming decades simply due to past emissions (Chapter 1). On current trends, average global temperatures could rise by 2 - 3°C within the next fifty years or ...
... Climate change is a serious and urgent issue. The Earth has already warmed by 0.7°C since around 1900 and is committed to further warming over coming decades simply due to past emissions (Chapter 1). On current trends, average global temperatures could rise by 2 - 3°C within the next fifty years or ...
Resource Scarcity, Climate Change and the Risk of
... (although oil is touched on in the paper, primarily because of the linkages between oil and other scarcity issues). The paper begins with an overview of projected trends in resource scarcity and climate change. It emphasises that problems of resource availability may be as much the result of poor go ...
... (although oil is touched on in the paper, primarily because of the linkages between oil and other scarcity issues). The paper begins with an overview of projected trends in resource scarcity and climate change. It emphasises that problems of resource availability may be as much the result of poor go ...
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... Scientists and nonscientists develop their understandings in different ways. Climate scientists have developed understanding over generations by using multiple methods that scientists typically use to guard against error: (a) observations and experiments that build and test fundamental theories and ...
... Scientists and nonscientists develop their understandings in different ways. Climate scientists have developed understanding over generations by using multiple methods that scientists typically use to guard against error: (a) observations and experiments that build and test fundamental theories and ...
chapter eight climate change, northern subsistence and land based
... would be affected by ecosystem shifts that may be outside the limits of historical experience. If these shifts occur at a rapid pace, there may be difficulties in adapting. - From the submission of the Canadian Global Change Program to Canadian energy and environment ministers. The focus of this pap ...
... would be affected by ecosystem shifts that may be outside the limits of historical experience. If these shifts occur at a rapid pace, there may be difficulties in adapting. - From the submission of the Canadian Global Change Program to Canadian energy and environment ministers. The focus of this pap ...
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... of communities are key strategies for enabling and building community adaptive capacity. In this paper social capital and group-based approaches are used interchangeably. In the recent past, social capital has increasingly gained recognition as important for agricultural development, natural resourc ...
... of communities are key strategies for enabling and building community adaptive capacity. In this paper social capital and group-based approaches are used interchangeably. In the recent past, social capital has increasingly gained recognition as important for agricultural development, natural resourc ...
A. Proposal Cover Page and Summary Project title: Natural
... projects are usable. This work will also meet key science needs identified by the SRLCC, including protection of riparian and wetland species, vulnerability assessments and adaptive management, and connectivity of migration corridors. By contributing to REVAMP, this project will share a process by w ...
... projects are usable. This work will also meet key science needs identified by the SRLCC, including protection of riparian and wetland species, vulnerability assessments and adaptive management, and connectivity of migration corridors. By contributing to REVAMP, this project will share a process by w ...
Global Change and Air Quality, In: Technical challenges of multipollutant air quality management,
... of high ozone and temperature with stagnation episodes, in part by the temperature dependence of emission of biogenic isoprene (a major ozone precursor), and in part by the temperature dependence of the chemistry for ozone formation (Jacob et al. 1993; Sillman and Samson 1995). A few studies have u ...
... of high ozone and temperature with stagnation episodes, in part by the temperature dependence of emission of biogenic isoprene (a major ozone precursor), and in part by the temperature dependence of the chemistry for ozone formation (Jacob et al. 1993; Sillman and Samson 1995). A few studies have u ...
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... considering two greenhouse gas emissions scenarios and three future points in time. The three global climate models that were used in this study were the Canadian General Circulation Model 2 by the Canadian Centre for Climate Modeling and Analysis (CCCMA-CGCM2; Flato et al., 2000; Kim et al., 2003), ...
... considering two greenhouse gas emissions scenarios and three future points in time. The three global climate models that were used in this study were the Canadian General Circulation Model 2 by the Canadian Centre for Climate Modeling and Analysis (CCCMA-CGCM2; Flato et al., 2000; Kim et al., 2003), ...
Please amend title - International Association for Impact
... “The danger posed by climate change cannot be denied Future generations will look back and wonder why we refused to act ...
... “The danger posed by climate change cannot be denied Future generations will look back and wonder why we refused to act ...
Climate Justice Action Kit for Secondary Schools
... the world’s poorest are bearing the most severe consequences of climatic disruption despite having done the least to cause it. Their voices are often excluded from international climate discussions, fostering a ‘globalisation of indifference’ [52]. “ Climate change is a global problem with grave im ...
... the world’s poorest are bearing the most severe consequences of climatic disruption despite having done the least to cause it. Their voices are often excluded from international climate discussions, fostering a ‘globalisation of indifference’ [52]. “ Climate change is a global problem with grave im ...
Greenland
... • Greenland is the world’s largest island, consisting of 80% ice. It contains 10% of the world’s total supply of fresh water. • Arctic temperatures are rising twice as fast as elsewhere in the world. Average temperatures in this area have risen 2.7˚F over the past 30 years and may soon rise by up ...
... • Greenland is the world’s largest island, consisting of 80% ice. It contains 10% of the world’s total supply of fresh water. • Arctic temperatures are rising twice as fast as elsewhere in the world. Average temperatures in this area have risen 2.7˚F over the past 30 years and may soon rise by up ...
Alberto Montanari - University of Bologna
... The Pliocene (about 3 million years ago) was the most recent time in Earth’s history when mean global temperatures were substantially warmer (about 2°C to 3°C warmer). On the other hand, temperatures during most of the most recent 1 million years (the Pleistocene) have been colder than at present. L ...
... The Pliocene (about 3 million years ago) was the most recent time in Earth’s history when mean global temperatures were substantially warmer (about 2°C to 3°C warmer). On the other hand, temperatures during most of the most recent 1 million years (the Pleistocene) have been colder than at present. L ...
This PDF is a selection from a published volume from... Research Volume Title: The Economics of Climate Change: Adaptations Past and...
... economic impacts and uses consensus estimates of discount rates and other relevant parameters.1 But one could ask whether a stringent policy might be justified by a cost- benefit analysis that accounts for a full distribution of ...
... economic impacts and uses consensus estimates of discount rates and other relevant parameters.1 But one could ask whether a stringent policy might be justified by a cost- benefit analysis that accounts for a full distribution of ...
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.