Summary of the Garnaut Climate Change Review Final Report
... as a matter of belief, the majority opinion of the Australian and international scientific communities that human-induced climate change is happening. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded in its Fourth Assessment Report in 2007 that the warming of the climate system is ‘un ...
... as a matter of belief, the majority opinion of the Australian and international scientific communities that human-induced climate change is happening. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded in its Fourth Assessment Report in 2007 that the warming of the climate system is ‘un ...
... development. The Global Green New Deal promoted by Secretary-General of the United Nations (Jaura, 2008) provides a way forward towards a low-carbon development path in which ESCAP has taken the lead in the region. Developing countries, in particular, should be proactive in adopting similar initiati ...
Environmental - Successor-agreement to the extended Kyoto protocol
... in the United Nations Climate Change Conference many discussions were held about a successor of the Kyoto protocol with conclude the decision to reach an agreement until 2009. In the United Nations Climate Change Conference in 2011 no new treaty to reduce greenhouse gases emissions was established a ...
... in the United Nations Climate Change Conference many discussions were held about a successor of the Kyoto protocol with conclude the decision to reach an agreement until 2009. In the United Nations Climate Change Conference in 2011 no new treaty to reduce greenhouse gases emissions was established a ...
UNFCCC Workshop on the preparation of national communications
... Use of IPCC guidelines, national adaptation programmes of action, adaptation policy framework, case studies, other approaches, etc Key sets of baseline conditions and their linkages: climate-related disaster effects and response capabilities, population, food security, agriculture, water ...
... Use of IPCC guidelines, national adaptation programmes of action, adaptation policy framework, case studies, other approaches, etc Key sets of baseline conditions and their linkages: climate-related disaster effects and response capabilities, population, food security, agriculture, water ...
Risks from Climate Feedbacks
... The Fifth Assessment Report of the IPCC concluded that human activities are causing the climate to warm, but there is uncertainty in how the climate will continue to change. Climate feedbacks could both increase and decrease global warming. This POSTnote discusses what climate feedbacks are, as well ...
... The Fifth Assessment Report of the IPCC concluded that human activities are causing the climate to warm, but there is uncertainty in how the climate will continue to change. Climate feedbacks could both increase and decrease global warming. This POSTnote discusses what climate feedbacks are, as well ...
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... the same period. 3 Failure to support rural populations in adaptation will help produce crisis driven movements that increase the vulnerability of those forced to move, as they leave behind homes and assets, and lose valuable social networks and family ties. Migration can be an important adaptive me ...
... the same period. 3 Failure to support rural populations in adaptation will help produce crisis driven movements that increase the vulnerability of those forced to move, as they leave behind homes and assets, and lose valuable social networks and family ties. Migration can be an important adaptive me ...
Climate and Development Economics: Balancing Science, Politics
... are best for humanity? Other types of IAMs answer this question more obliquely: their results do not offer a policy recommendation but rather can be used to compare scenarios with better or worse outcomes. Regardless of model type, a projection of future emissions based on assumed economic growth ra ...
... are best for humanity? Other types of IAMs answer this question more obliquely: their results do not offer a policy recommendation but rather can be used to compare scenarios with better or worse outcomes. Regardless of model type, a projection of future emissions based on assumed economic growth ra ...
The Non-Regulatory Alternatives to GHG Regulations
... Future of Nuclear Power: An Interdisciplinary MIT Study, Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Barrett, S. (2006a) “Climate Treaties and ‘Breakthrough’ Technologies.” American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings 96(2): 2225. Barrett, Scott, (2007), “The Incredible Economics of Ge ...
... Future of Nuclear Power: An Interdisciplinary MIT Study, Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Barrett, S. (2006a) “Climate Treaties and ‘Breakthrough’ Technologies.” American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings 96(2): 2225. Barrett, Scott, (2007), “The Incredible Economics of Ge ...
CONFRONTING THE CRISIS OF GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
... Humanity today faces a growing range of global problems that require urgent attention—from the multiple wars and terrorist attacks fueled by violent extremism, repression by autocratic regimes, and conflicts in Africa, Eastern Europe, the Greater Middle East, and elsewhere, to the growing global dan ...
... Humanity today faces a growing range of global problems that require urgent attention—from the multiple wars and terrorist attacks fueled by violent extremism, repression by autocratic regimes, and conflicts in Africa, Eastern Europe, the Greater Middle East, and elsewhere, to the growing global dan ...
Toward Integrated Historical Climate Research
... regional climate histories but, perhaps most significantly, is offering important insights into how societies have coped with and have responded to climatic variability and anomalous weather events in the past.a The environmental history community is also now engaged in work that explores how socie ...
... regional climate histories but, perhaps most significantly, is offering important insights into how societies have coped with and have responded to climatic variability and anomalous weather events in the past.a The environmental history community is also now engaged in work that explores how socie ...
From Mars and Venus Down to Earth: Understanding the
... problems the Americans have experienced in inducing others to contribute to Iraq’s reconstruction. The climate arena more clearly requires policy adjustments by all states, as emissions reductions by only some countries might not have any meaningful impact on mitigating global warming. Even if we ac ...
... problems the Americans have experienced in inducing others to contribute to Iraq’s reconstruction. The climate arena more clearly requires policy adjustments by all states, as emissions reductions by only some countries might not have any meaningful impact on mitigating global warming. Even if we ac ...
Transcript
... guy called Matthew Fontaine Maury. Now Maury was a lieutenant in the US Navy and from even when he was a small boy was obsessed with mathematics and data and analysis. But in 1839 Maury had a coaching accident where he broke his thigh bone and dislocated his kneecap and while he was recovering he sp ...
... guy called Matthew Fontaine Maury. Now Maury was a lieutenant in the US Navy and from even when he was a small boy was obsessed with mathematics and data and analysis. But in 1839 Maury had a coaching accident where he broke his thigh bone and dislocated his kneecap and while he was recovering he sp ...
Neelin, 2011. Climate Change and Climate Modeling, Cambridge
... Reviews and assesses scientific and socio-economic information (does not conduct research, monitor data,…) Thousands of scientists on a voluntary basis. Working Group I: Physical Science Basis of Climate Change; Working Group II: Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability (socio-econ ...
... Reviews and assesses scientific and socio-economic information (does not conduct research, monitor data,…) Thousands of scientists on a voluntary basis. Working Group I: Physical Science Basis of Climate Change; Working Group II: Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability (socio-econ ...
modern climate change in slovenia
... the climate make climate classification, establishing borders, and denomination difficult. In general, moving away from the Alps and the High Dinaric plateaus toward the east and northeast, continental climate features grow stronger; toward the south and southwest, Mediterranean features; and with i ...
... the climate make climate classification, establishing borders, and denomination difficult. In general, moving away from the Alps and the High Dinaric plateaus toward the east and northeast, continental climate features grow stronger; toward the south and southwest, Mediterranean features; and with i ...
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... short-run changes in weather. Farmers have much less opportunity to adapt to short-run weather fluctuations. Short-run studies of intertemporal weather (Deschenes and Greenstone, 2007) are good measures of acute effects but are less appropriate measures of the long-run impacts of climate change. The ...
... short-run changes in weather. Farmers have much less opportunity to adapt to short-run weather fluctuations. Short-run studies of intertemporal weather (Deschenes and Greenstone, 2007) are good measures of acute effects but are less appropriate measures of the long-run impacts of climate change. The ...
Responses to Climate Change and their Implications on
... has inadvertently exacerbated global warming. In another example, jet aircraft routinely emit sun-blocking exhaust into the atmosphere.16 Scientists have been studying geo-engineering solutions for a considerable time. As early as 1996, the American Association for the Advancement of Science sponsor ...
... has inadvertently exacerbated global warming. In another example, jet aircraft routinely emit sun-blocking exhaust into the atmosphere.16 Scientists have been studying geo-engineering solutions for a considerable time. As early as 1996, the American Association for the Advancement of Science sponsor ...
Classifying Pacific islands Pacific Ecosystem
... Tropical Cyclone Storm Tides in Nadi Bay, Fiji: Summary for Policy Makers Indicative susceptibility of island types to climate change based on island type, area, maximum elevation and circularity - Sheet 2 of 3 Integrated Climate Change Risk and Adaptation Assessment to Inform Settlement Planning in ...
... Tropical Cyclone Storm Tides in Nadi Bay, Fiji: Summary for Policy Makers Indicative susceptibility of island types to climate change based on island type, area, maximum elevation and circularity - Sheet 2 of 3 Integrated Climate Change Risk and Adaptation Assessment to Inform Settlement Planning in ...
Why Hasn`t Earth Warmed as Much as Expected?
... et al. 2001; Gregory et al. 2002). This heat flux is manifested mainly in heating of the World Ocean. Here we estimate N, expressed as watts per square meter of the earth’s surface, from the rate of increase in ocean heat content from the surface to 700 m (Levitus et al. 2009) using the mean for the ...
... et al. 2001; Gregory et al. 2002). This heat flux is manifested mainly in heating of the World Ocean. Here we estimate N, expressed as watts per square meter of the earth’s surface, from the rate of increase in ocean heat content from the surface to 700 m (Levitus et al. 2009) using the mean for the ...
No consensus on consensus
... ask, what is the consensus of experts on this matter? If there is no consensus of experts—as was the case among earth scientists about moving continents before the late 1960s—then we have a case for more research. If there is a consensus of experts—as there is today over the reality of anthropogenic ...
... ask, what is the consensus of experts on this matter? If there is no consensus of experts—as was the case among earth scientists about moving continents before the late 1960s—then we have a case for more research. If there is a consensus of experts—as there is today over the reality of anthropogenic ...
Call for Abstracts The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP
... comparable impacts on African rainfall. Research frontier #2: Understanding and representation of teleconnections in models to enhance forecast performance and interpretation. Potential benefits of advancing these research frontiers include more confident decision making in: a) Implementing early ...
... comparable impacts on African rainfall. Research frontier #2: Understanding and representation of teleconnections in models to enhance forecast performance and interpretation. Potential benefits of advancing these research frontiers include more confident decision making in: a) Implementing early ...
Community-Based Adaptation to a Changing Climate
... Adaptation in Action: The “Pennsylvania Climate Adaptation Planning Report: Risks and Practical Recommendations” includes tourism and outdoor recreation as one of its four areas of focus for statewide adaptation planning. A state-level working group assessed the risks and vulnerabilities of the sect ...
... Adaptation in Action: The “Pennsylvania Climate Adaptation Planning Report: Risks and Practical Recommendations” includes tourism and outdoor recreation as one of its four areas of focus for statewide adaptation planning. A state-level working group assessed the risks and vulnerabilities of the sect ...
3. IPCC`s evaluation of evidence and treatment of uncertainty
... human contribution to that trend, and the likelihood of future trends in the 21st century, based on the SRES scenarios. The confidence-scale terminology is also used. For example, ‘There is high confidence that the rate of observed sea-level rise increased from the 19th to the 20th century’ (IPCC, 2 ...
... human contribution to that trend, and the likelihood of future trends in the 21st century, based on the SRES scenarios. The confidence-scale terminology is also used. For example, ‘There is high confidence that the rate of observed sea-level rise increased from the 19th to the 20th century’ (IPCC, 2 ...
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.