The missing climate forcing
... Results for the troposphere and stratosphere are shown in figure 4 c and 4 d, where the observations are based on MSU (Microwave Sounding Unit) channels 2 and 4, respectively (Spencer & Christy 1993). The tropospheric result is similar to that at the surface, but, at least in the model, the ozone ch ...
... Results for the troposphere and stratosphere are shown in figure 4 c and 4 d, where the observations are based on MSU (Microwave Sounding Unit) channels 2 and 4, respectively (Spencer & Christy 1993). The tropospheric result is similar to that at the surface, but, at least in the model, the ozone ch ...
How to Integrate Climate and Conflict Risks in Development
... Improve coordination across policy areas Climate and security threats span various policy areas that are in many cases strongly separated. If these policy areas are managed within the same department or by a specially created new steering group, coordination becomes significantly easier. The Dutch M ...
... Improve coordination across policy areas Climate and security threats span various policy areas that are in many cases strongly separated. If these policy areas are managed within the same department or by a specially created new steering group, coordination becomes significantly easier. The Dutch M ...
Projected increases in near‑surface air temperature over Ontario
... minimizing these requirements, we choose 5 members (i.e., HadCM3Q0, Q3, Q10, Q13, and Q15) from the QUMP dataset according to the Hadley Centre’s recommendation (see http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/precis/qump). In this study, the PRECIS model is run at its highest spatial resolution (i.e., 25 km). Ther ...
... minimizing these requirements, we choose 5 members (i.e., HadCM3Q0, Q3, Q10, Q13, and Q15) from the QUMP dataset according to the Hadley Centre’s recommendation (see http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/precis/qump). In this study, the PRECIS model is run at its highest spatial resolution (i.e., 25 km). Ther ...
Waves of Change: Climate Change in the Pacific Islands
... States. The global phenomenon provides opportunities and obstacles for the peoples of Oceania that must be thoroughly contested to provide insight for optimal policymaking and diplomacy campaigns to promote and protect the rights of people in Oceania. We will learn the basic international instrument ...
... States. The global phenomenon provides opportunities and obstacles for the peoples of Oceania that must be thoroughly contested to provide insight for optimal policymaking and diplomacy campaigns to promote and protect the rights of people in Oceania. We will learn the basic international instrument ...
Impact of Climate Change on Outdoor Thermal Comfort and Health
... ecological progress, it has emerged since some years at government level with recently the signing of Kyoto protocol. The global awareness about climate change is now a fact some. This awareness has led the international community to seek a scientific consensus around for this sensitive question whi ...
... ecological progress, it has emerged since some years at government level with recently the signing of Kyoto protocol. The global awareness about climate change is now a fact some. This awareness has led the international community to seek a scientific consensus around for this sensitive question whi ...
High impact, low probability (revised for Climatic Change)
... events? This question has received a great deal of attention lately, stimulated by the integrated assessment modelling undertaken by the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change (Stern 2007), and in particular by Martin Weitzman’s critique of it (Weitzman 2007), which he has subsequently deve ...
... events? This question has received a great deal of attention lately, stimulated by the integrated assessment modelling undertaken by the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change (Stern 2007), and in particular by Martin Weitzman’s critique of it (Weitzman 2007), which he has subsequently deve ...
Advent Light
... likely to limit warming to below 2°C relative to pre-industrial levels. These pathways would require substantial emissions reductions over the next few decades and near zero emissions of carbon dioxide and other long-lived greenhouse gases by the end of the century IPCC Fifth Assessment Synthesis Re ...
... likely to limit warming to below 2°C relative to pre-industrial levels. These pathways would require substantial emissions reductions over the next few decades and near zero emissions of carbon dioxide and other long-lived greenhouse gases by the end of the century IPCC Fifth Assessment Synthesis Re ...
Atmosphere and Climate Change Section 1
... Northern Hemisphere tilts toward the sun and receives direct sunlight. The number of hours of daylight is greatest in the summer. Therefore, the amount of time available for the sun to heat the Earth becomes greater. • During summer in the Northern Hemisphere, the Southern Hemisphere tilts away from ...
... Northern Hemisphere tilts toward the sun and receives direct sunlight. The number of hours of daylight is greatest in the summer. Therefore, the amount of time available for the sun to heat the Earth becomes greater. • During summer in the Northern Hemisphere, the Southern Hemisphere tilts away from ...
EURO-CORDEX-LUC: A new initiative on - (ICRC)
... changes on climate at regional to local scales in Europe? • consistent LUC implementation in the models is important base land use distribution in the RCMs on a common reference and impose consistent LUC • large spatial fragmentation of land use in Europe and LUC impacts are dominant on local to ...
... changes on climate at regional to local scales in Europe? • consistent LUC implementation in the models is important base land use distribution in the RCMs on a common reference and impose consistent LUC • large spatial fragmentation of land use in Europe and LUC impacts are dominant on local to ...
Harnessing Synergies Between Climate Change Adaptation and
... • What are the synergies between climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction? How can we characterize them? • What these synergies mean for DRR and CCA planning and processes and what indicators will help capture these synergies? [Each participant may want to provide an example project and ...
... • What are the synergies between climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction? How can we characterize them? • What these synergies mean for DRR and CCA planning and processes and what indicators will help capture these synergies? [Each participant may want to provide an example project and ...
Business and Climate Change Issues: Discussion on Awareness and Motivational Factors
... association. The implications of climate change may vary across the types of corporate and businesses for example some businesses, individual companies and sectors may face increasing threats, while others may be less affected and some may even get opportunities and benefits (Begum & Pereira, 2011; ...
... association. The implications of climate change may vary across the types of corporate and businesses for example some businesses, individual companies and sectors may face increasing threats, while others may be less affected and some may even get opportunities and benefits (Begum & Pereira, 2011; ...
quantification of physical impacts on the nsw coastal zone due to
... It is recognised that future climate change has a significant potential to impact coastal communities and ecosystems. In addition to sea level rise, variations in the local wave climate, resulting from climate change, are likely to modify long-shore and cross-shore sediment transport patterns. This ...
... It is recognised that future climate change has a significant potential to impact coastal communities and ecosystems. In addition to sea level rise, variations in the local wave climate, resulting from climate change, are likely to modify long-shore and cross-shore sediment transport patterns. This ...
Climate Changes, Impacts and Implications for New Zealand to
... trends. They also include the human impacts on ecosystems and ecosystem services such as air and water quality and biodiversity. The global SSPs are designed to be extended to regional and sectoral scenarios but make no assumptions about global or national-level climate change policy. In addition, S ...
... trends. They also include the human impacts on ecosystems and ecosystem services such as air and water quality and biodiversity. The global SSPs are designed to be extended to regional and sectoral scenarios but make no assumptions about global or national-level climate change policy. In addition, S ...
August 2013 News
... ScienceDaily Science News Aug. 6, 2013 One Tree's Architecture Reveals Secrets of a Forest Behind the dazzling variety of shapes and forms found in trees hides a remarkably similar architecture based on fundamental, shared principles, UA ecologists have discovered. Researchers in the University of A ...
... ScienceDaily Science News Aug. 6, 2013 One Tree's Architecture Reveals Secrets of a Forest Behind the dazzling variety of shapes and forms found in trees hides a remarkably similar architecture based on fundamental, shared principles, UA ecologists have discovered. Researchers in the University of A ...
Climate change: a framework for a global agreement in 2015
... now and 2015. We shall first look at why action on climate change is necessary, then see how it could be achieved and finally propose the key elements of the desired outcome. 2. Global risks for human well-being ...
... now and 2015. We shall first look at why action on climate change is necessary, then see how it could be achieved and finally propose the key elements of the desired outcome. 2. Global risks for human well-being ...
Marine boundary layer clouds at the heart of tropical cloud feedback
... [2] For more than a decade, the large spread of cloud feedbacks among climate models has been considered a major source of uncertainty for climate sensitivity estimates [Cess et al., 1990; Houghton et al., 2001; Colman, 2003; Stephens, 2005]. The representation of convective and boundary-layer proce ...
... [2] For more than a decade, the large spread of cloud feedbacks among climate models has been considered a major source of uncertainty for climate sensitivity estimates [Cess et al., 1990; Houghton et al., 2001; Colman, 2003; Stephens, 2005]. The representation of convective and boundary-layer proce ...
Royal Society
... In view of the ongoing public and political debates about climate change, the aim of this document is to summarise the current scientific evidence on climate change and its drivers. It lays out clearly where the science is well established, where there is wide consensus but continuing debate, and wh ...
... In view of the ongoing public and political debates about climate change, the aim of this document is to summarise the current scientific evidence on climate change and its drivers. It lays out clearly where the science is well established, where there is wide consensus but continuing debate, and wh ...
IPCC Working Group II IPCC-XIV/Doc. 6 (II), rev.1 Fifth Session (1.X
... [e.g., Articles 2.3, 3.14, and 10(d)] of the Kyoto Protocol, drawing on important issues that occur in many regions/sectors, or for which there will be cross-regional or global interactions. Potential global impacts of stabilization of atmospheric concentrations of GHGs at a variety of levels will b ...
... [e.g., Articles 2.3, 3.14, and 10(d)] of the Kyoto Protocol, drawing on important issues that occur in many regions/sectors, or for which there will be cross-regional or global interactions. Potential global impacts of stabilization of atmospheric concentrations of GHGs at a variety of levels will b ...
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... sea and contiguous zone, EEZ, continental shelf) and spaces beyond the limits of national jurisdiction (High seas, the Area)2. Since it came into force on the 16th November 1994, more than ten years after its signature in Montego Bay (Jamaica), the International Community has shown a growing concern ...
... sea and contiguous zone, EEZ, continental shelf) and spaces beyond the limits of national jurisdiction (High seas, the Area)2. Since it came into force on the 16th November 1994, more than ten years after its signature in Montego Bay (Jamaica), the International Community has shown a growing concern ...
RELIGION AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN CROSS
... conclude a two-day workshop on “Religion and Climate Change in Cross-Regional Comparison,” co-sponsored by the Observer Research Foundation and American University's Center for Latin American & Latino Studies (Washington, DC). Event description: The proposed public event focuses on the role of civil ...
... conclude a two-day workshop on “Religion and Climate Change in Cross-Regional Comparison,” co-sponsored by the Observer Research Foundation and American University's Center for Latin American & Latino Studies (Washington, DC). Event description: The proposed public event focuses on the role of civil ...
Modes of the wintertime Arctic temperature variability Report No. 343
... rate in the Arctic as well as its seasonality (most pronounced wintertime SAT increase) is in agreement with anthropogenic climate change scenarios simulated by climate models [Räisänen, 2002]. At the same time, the very strong early century warming anomaly in the Arctic, which has only recently bee ...
... rate in the Arctic as well as its seasonality (most pronounced wintertime SAT increase) is in agreement with anthropogenic climate change scenarios simulated by climate models [Räisänen, 2002]. At the same time, the very strong early century warming anomaly in the Arctic, which has only recently bee ...
American Meteorological Society Member Survey on Global
... years it will be very harmful (38%) or somewhat harmful (38%) to people and society; a small minority of respondents indicated that the harms and benefits will be approximately equal (12%), or that t ...
... years it will be very harmful (38%) or somewhat harmful (38%) to people and society; a small minority of respondents indicated that the harms and benefits will be approximately equal (12%), or that t ...
climate change analysis - University of York File Library
... towards tackling climate change. This part discusses on these initiatives in relation to the land and natural resources rights of the small producers. 3.1.1The National Environmental Policy This policy was promulgated in December 1997. Its main objective is to provide a framework for mainstreaming e ...
... towards tackling climate change. This part discusses on these initiatives in relation to the land and natural resources rights of the small producers. 3.1.1The National Environmental Policy This policy was promulgated in December 1997. Its main objective is to provide a framework for mainstreaming e ...
Value of information for climate observing systems
... (city) to regional (continent) to global. As a result, weather prediction VOI metrics are not directly applicable to climate prediction. The problem of decade to century time scale climate science VOI is sufficiently daunting and complex that it has remained largely unexplored. Most climate-related ...
... (city) to regional (continent) to global. As a result, weather prediction VOI metrics are not directly applicable to climate prediction. The problem of decade to century time scale climate science VOI is sufficiently daunting and complex that it has remained largely unexplored. Most climate-related ...
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... The value of farmland is higher with Luvisol and Verisol soils but lower with Cambisol soils. Most of the climate variables are significant. In Table 3, we calculate the marginal impact of climate. The results reveal that warmer temperatures are harmful. Any warming would reduce land values immediat ...
... The value of farmland is higher with Luvisol and Verisol soils but lower with Cambisol soils. Most of the climate variables are significant. In Table 3, we calculate the marginal impact of climate. The results reveal that warmer temperatures are harmful. Any warming would reduce land values immediat ...
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.