CATS Annual Report 2012-13
... student, Ed Wheatcroft, who is studying the relationship between models and reality in the context of climate change. The research will work towards the design of ensemble experiments which can evaluate the spatial and temporal scales on which complex climate models can potentially provide quantitat ...
... student, Ed Wheatcroft, who is studying the relationship between models and reality in the context of climate change. The research will work towards the design of ensemble experiments which can evaluate the spatial and temporal scales on which complex climate models can potentially provide quantitat ...
ITU ICT and the environment
... which envisages significant reduction (by almost 10 times) of transmitter power and reduction of the number of transmitters (due to the possibility of transmitting several TV and sound programmes in one channel). Taking into account that there are roughly one hundred thousands transmitters in these ...
... which envisages significant reduction (by almost 10 times) of transmitter power and reduction of the number of transmitters (due to the possibility of transmitting several TV and sound programmes in one channel). Taking into account that there are roughly one hundred thousands transmitters in these ...
Climate change and groundwater: a short review Geological Society
... defined at present. In any case, today, there is an unanimous consensus on the forecast that the warming will persist for decades, no matter what action is taken (Michaels 2005; Singer & Avery 2006; Trenberth et al. 2006; IPCC 2007). As the warming process continues, it will bring about numerous env ...
... defined at present. In any case, today, there is an unanimous consensus on the forecast that the warming will persist for decades, no matter what action is taken (Michaels 2005; Singer & Avery 2006; Trenberth et al. 2006; IPCC 2007). As the warming process continues, it will bring about numerous env ...
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
... transient alterations in an organism’s neurophysiological and somatovisceral state that represent its immediate relationship to the flow of changing events… in a sense, core affect is a neurophysiologic barometer of the individual’s relationship to an environment at a given point in time. To the ext ...
... transient alterations in an organism’s neurophysiological and somatovisceral state that represent its immediate relationship to the flow of changing events… in a sense, core affect is a neurophysiologic barometer of the individual’s relationship to an environment at a given point in time. To the ext ...
Comment by: Patrick J. Michaels and Paul C. Knappenberger
... of CO2 and other GHG emissions to changes in the future global climate and the potential resulting damages to the world economy continues to evolve rapidly. Thus, any value placed on reducing CO2 emissions in this rulemaking is subject to change. DOE, together with other Federal agencies, will conti ...
... of CO2 and other GHG emissions to changes in the future global climate and the potential resulting damages to the world economy continues to evolve rapidly. Thus, any value placed on reducing CO2 emissions in this rulemaking is subject to change. DOE, together with other Federal agencies, will conti ...
73 - ITU
... development, and instructs the Secretary-General, in collaboration with the Directors of the Bureaux, to identify new activities to be undertaken by ITU to support developing countries in achieving sustainable development through telecommunications and ICTs, considering a) that the issue of the envi ...
... development, and instructs the Secretary-General, in collaboration with the Directors of the Bureaux, to identify new activities to be undertaken by ITU to support developing countries in achieving sustainable development through telecommunications and ICTs, considering a) that the issue of the envi ...
Development of agricultural systems and climate smart agriculture in developing countries - Workshop FAO, ICROFS, CCAFS
... and fisheries while more effectively protecting natural resources. It next discusses what can be done to support national efforts, focusing on international cooperation and the essential role of information both at the global and the local level. Then it focuses on how incentives might change to acc ...
... and fisheries while more effectively protecting natural resources. It next discusses what can be done to support national efforts, focusing on international cooperation and the essential role of information both at the global and the local level. Then it focuses on how incentives might change to acc ...
Standard PDF - Wiley Online Library
... Received 29 June 2004; revised 9 August 2004; accepted 27 August 2004; published 29 September 2004. ...
... Received 29 June 2004; revised 9 August 2004; accepted 27 August 2004; published 29 September 2004. ...
INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE
... During discussion, it was felt that there was a need to involve more PAGES scientists in PMIP studies. Prof. Valdes commented that the main requirement the PAGES community could help meet was data input. However, a challenge remains on how to carry out the model-data synthesis. Prof. Briffa commente ...
... During discussion, it was felt that there was a need to involve more PAGES scientists in PMIP studies. Prof. Valdes commented that the main requirement the PAGES community could help meet was data input. However, a challenge remains on how to carry out the model-data synthesis. Prof. Briffa commente ...
Climate variability and malaria epidemics in the highlands of East
... There are several other important misrepresentations, among which we include: (i) the paper by Githeko and Ndegwa [15], which provides no evidence of a geographical expansion of malaria epidemics in East Africa; it simply makes an unsubstantiated assertion in its introduction, without reference to a ...
... There are several other important misrepresentations, among which we include: (i) the paper by Githeko and Ndegwa [15], which provides no evidence of a geographical expansion of malaria epidemics in East Africa; it simply makes an unsubstantiated assertion in its introduction, without reference to a ...
Living in an Uncertain World
... respect to the response of social and biological systems to multiple stressors – strongly argues for mitigation rather than adaptation (reinforcing and adding to other arguments, i.e. ethical ones). 2. To limit global warming to 2C – in fact, to keep global warming below 5C – we must cut emissions m ...
... respect to the response of social and biological systems to multiple stressors – strongly argues for mitigation rather than adaptation (reinforcing and adding to other arguments, i.e. ethical ones). 2. To limit global warming to 2C – in fact, to keep global warming below 5C – we must cut emissions m ...
PowerPoint Template - Nigerian Meteorological Agency
... Climate is the average condition of weather in a place. It is expressed as the mean state described by temperature, wind, rainfall, sunshine etc. By the standard stipulated by WMO, the condition should be averaged over at least a 30-year period Climate Change as defined by the Inter-governmental Pan ...
... Climate is the average condition of weather in a place. It is expressed as the mean state described by temperature, wind, rainfall, sunshine etc. By the standard stipulated by WMO, the condition should be averaged over at least a 30-year period Climate Change as defined by the Inter-governmental Pan ...
Climate Change and Natural Disasters: Scientific
... likelihood of anthropogenic global climate change1 being a phenomenon already underway, there is the prospect that ‘acts of God’ may in fact be getting a little help. Whether this is indeed so is a subject of intense research. There are several aspects to the issue: 1. Establishing that there is cli ...
... likelihood of anthropogenic global climate change1 being a phenomenon already underway, there is the prospect that ‘acts of God’ may in fact be getting a little help. Whether this is indeed so is a subject of intense research. There are several aspects to the issue: 1. Establishing that there is cli ...
Climate change and global justice
... important details in the debates that have been occurring, but I shall point to a few areas where those debates are important to the concerns of justice and climate change. The kind of justice in philosophical debates about global justice that is relevant to our theme is best thought of as social ju ...
... important details in the debates that have been occurring, but I shall point to a few areas where those debates are important to the concerns of justice and climate change. The kind of justice in philosophical debates about global justice that is relevant to our theme is best thought of as social ju ...
Moresby Declaration for an effective global climate agreement
... March, Category Five Severe Tropical Cyclone Maysak destroyed the homes of thousands of people in the Federated States of Micronesia. The global peak body for climate science – the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – has indicated that as temperatures continue to rise, Pacific island ...
... March, Category Five Severe Tropical Cyclone Maysak destroyed the homes of thousands of people in the Federated States of Micronesia. The global peak body for climate science – the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – has indicated that as temperatures continue to rise, Pacific island ...
(2006) Adapting To Climate Change in Developing Countries
... • Those dependent on natural resources: especially subsistence farmers dependent on rain-fed crops. • Shanty town dwellers: living on unsuitable land, often unstable and/or flood prone and lacking infrastructure. • Those living in extreme poverty: the UN estimate that 1.3 billion people live on less ...
... • Those dependent on natural resources: especially subsistence farmers dependent on rain-fed crops. • Shanty town dwellers: living on unsuitable land, often unstable and/or flood prone and lacking infrastructure. • Those living in extreme poverty: the UN estimate that 1.3 billion people live on less ...
The Real Truth about Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change:
... Comment (MCM): First, when a scientist asserts we know a value from the past with more accuracy than at present (i.e., “was 270 ppm,” and with no specified time reference given, versus “about 390 ppm” at present), it is good to be cautious. Generally, air bubbles trapped in glacial ice indicate that ...
... Comment (MCM): First, when a scientist asserts we know a value from the past with more accuracy than at present (i.e., “was 270 ppm,” and with no specified time reference given, versus “about 390 ppm” at present), it is good to be cautious. Generally, air bubbles trapped in glacial ice indicate that ...
Economic Impacts Of Climate Change On Colorado
... diversity in approaches among existing economic studies and the complexity of climateinduced challenges faced by society, there is a real need for a consistent methodology that enables more complete estimates of impacts and adaptation costs. The report closes ...
... diversity in approaches among existing economic studies and the complexity of climateinduced challenges faced by society, there is a real need for a consistent methodology that enables more complete estimates of impacts and adaptation costs. The report closes ...
Trend Analysis of the Mean Annual Temperature in
... Rwanda is a small mountainous, landlocked country in the Great Lakes region of Africa. Bordered by the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Burundi, Tanzania and Uganda, it is located at 02˚00 Latitude South and 30˚00 Longitude East. Total land area is about 24,950 km2, and inland lakes cover abo ...
... Rwanda is a small mountainous, landlocked country in the Great Lakes region of Africa. Bordered by the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Burundi, Tanzania and Uganda, it is located at 02˚00 Latitude South and 30˚00 Longitude East. Total land area is about 24,950 km2, and inland lakes cover abo ...
From the report accepted by Working Group I
... carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Projecting changes in climate due to changes in greenhouse gases 50 years from now is a very different and much more easily solved problem than forecasting weather patterns just weeks from now. To put it another way, long-term variations b ...
... carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Projecting changes in climate due to changes in greenhouse gases 50 years from now is a very different and much more easily solved problem than forecasting weather patterns just weeks from now. To put it another way, long-term variations b ...
C L limate iteracy
... or ask the authors to make revisions if the study has insufficient data or unsound interpretations. Through this process, only those concepts that have been described through well-documented research and subjected to the scrutiny of other experts in the field become published papers in science journ ...
... or ask the authors to make revisions if the study has insufficient data or unsound interpretations. Through this process, only those concepts that have been described through well-documented research and subjected to the scrutiny of other experts in the field become published papers in science journ ...
2010 Environment Report
... report ). Similar carbon-financing initiatives are currently being developed by various other international financial institutions. The World Bank and regional development banks provide financing for investment in mitigation and adaptation measures to developing countries. This includes loans to sup ...
... report ). Similar carbon-financing initiatives are currently being developed by various other international financial institutions. The World Bank and regional development banks provide financing for investment in mitigation and adaptation measures to developing countries. This includes loans to sup ...
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.