The relevance of climate change integrated assessment models in
... growing body of literature examines the use of integrated assessment models (IAMs) in informing climate policy. Economists and researchers suggest that such sophisticated models can provide useful insights for policy-makers. IAMs represent stylised mechanisms and processes underlying world economic ...
... growing body of literature examines the use of integrated assessment models (IAMs) in informing climate policy. Economists and researchers suggest that such sophisticated models can provide useful insights for policy-makers. IAMs represent stylised mechanisms and processes underlying world economic ...
Read the full comment letter here - Competitive Enterprise Institute
... “experiential temperature” of the average person living in the U.S. has increased by about “3.85°F over the course of the last 114 years (a rate of 0.34°F per decade).” Only a small portion of that increase is due to the long-term increase in U.S. average temperature. Most of it is due to people mov ...
... “experiential temperature” of the average person living in the U.S. has increased by about “3.85°F over the course of the last 114 years (a rate of 0.34°F per decade).” Only a small portion of that increase is due to the long-term increase in U.S. average temperature. Most of it is due to people mov ...
4th National Comunication
... representatives from state delegations of SEMARNAT, the Ministry of Environment of the state and research institutions and academia, among others. • A web site for the Mexican States to unload scenarios (50Km) for their climate V&A. • As well as negotiating national and international financial resou ...
... representatives from state delegations of SEMARNAT, the Ministry of Environment of the state and research institutions and academia, among others. • A web site for the Mexican States to unload scenarios (50Km) for their climate V&A. • As well as negotiating national and international financial resou ...
ClimateBC: Your Access to Interpolated Climate Data for BC
... snowpack and the precipitation increase resulted in a slightly higher SWE by the end of the year. The main effect of the increased temperature was an earlier start to the snow melt. Spittlehouse and Winkler (2004) show that a few consecutive days in late winter with air temperatures above 0ºC are en ...
... snowpack and the precipitation increase resulted in a slightly higher SWE by the end of the year. The main effect of the increased temperature was an earlier start to the snow melt. Spittlehouse and Winkler (2004) show that a few consecutive days in late winter with air temperatures above 0ºC are en ...
Development and Climate Change: A Strategic Framework for the
... Click on the attached link to read Link Phase I Consultations ...
... Click on the attached link to read Link Phase I Consultations ...
Spring 2008
... rank of Professor in Geosciences and Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (AOS), presented a talk on “Evolution of climate science in the IPCC assessments: Understanding the 20th century climate change.” Ramaswamy provided a history of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the role of Prince ...
... rank of Professor in Geosciences and Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (AOS), presented a talk on “Evolution of climate science in the IPCC assessments: Understanding the 20th century climate change.” Ramaswamy provided a history of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the role of Prince ...
Review of Climate Change in Colorado: A Synthesis... and Adaptation
... decades. These “projections” are really “what if” predictions in which a key aspect (e.g. the role of the initial conditions are ignored). The projections certainly are presented as predictions (for given emission scenarios) to the impact and policy communities. This top-down view permeates much of ...
... decades. These “projections” are really “what if” predictions in which a key aspect (e.g. the role of the initial conditions are ignored). The projections certainly are presented as predictions (for given emission scenarios) to the impact and policy communities. This top-down view permeates much of ...
2161_GRI-LSE_Party Manifestos 2015_web (opens in new window)
... is required for the electricity system alone (DECC, 2014). Political uncertainty and policy risk pose significant threats to investment. Weak or inconsistent policy raises the cost of capital and damages private sector investment. It also undermines markets and entrepreneurship. To build long-term i ...
... is required for the electricity system alone (DECC, 2014). Political uncertainty and policy risk pose significant threats to investment. Weak or inconsistent policy raises the cost of capital and damages private sector investment. It also undermines markets and entrepreneurship. To build long-term i ...
Do we need more precise and accurate predictions in order to adapt
... There is no doubt that climate science has proved vital in detecting and attributing past and current changes in the climate system and in projecting potential long-term future changes based on scenarios of greenhouse gas emissions. Climate models’ ability to reproduce the time-evolution of observed ...
... There is no doubt that climate science has proved vital in detecting and attributing past and current changes in the climate system and in projecting potential long-term future changes based on scenarios of greenhouse gas emissions. Climate models’ ability to reproduce the time-evolution of observed ...
Determining Climate Change Scenarios And Projections
... Archive of Downscaled CMIP3 + CMIP5 Climatology Outputs: • CMIP3 and CMIP5 outputs were downscaled using empirical-statistical techniques and a restricted set of combinations of GCMs and emissions scenarios to 0.125 degree (~12 km) on a grid side • This archive now houses >200 transient-through-time ...
... Archive of Downscaled CMIP3 + CMIP5 Climatology Outputs: • CMIP3 and CMIP5 outputs were downscaled using empirical-statistical techniques and a restricted set of combinations of GCMs and emissions scenarios to 0.125 degree (~12 km) on a grid side • This archive now houses >200 transient-through-time ...
Motion LSESU should lobby the School to divest from fossil fuels
... the potential to have a devastating impact on human society and our natural environment. 2. That we are running out of time to keep global warming below 2°C above pre-industrial levels: the limit for ensuring a safe and stable future for the economy, the planet and all people on it, as outlined in t ...
... the potential to have a devastating impact on human society and our natural environment. 2. That we are running out of time to keep global warming below 2°C above pre-industrial levels: the limit for ensuring a safe and stable future for the economy, the planet and all people on it, as outlined in t ...
March 2010 (meeting notes) - Fire Suppression Systems Association
... Climate Action Reserve ODS destruction protocol does not include destruction of halons due to questions about the indirect GWP ...
... Climate Action Reserve ODS destruction protocol does not include destruction of halons due to questions about the indirect GWP ...
Want to Hunt Polar Bears
... ‘Scientific knowledge has demonstrated that Inuit knowledge was right,’ said Mr. Taylor. While fellow scientists have accepted Mr. Taylor’s findings, critics point out that his study was commissioned by the Inuit-dominated government of Nunavit. Critics claim the government has an agenda to encourag ...
... ‘Scientific knowledge has demonstrated that Inuit knowledge was right,’ said Mr. Taylor. While fellow scientists have accepted Mr. Taylor’s findings, critics point out that his study was commissioned by the Inuit-dominated government of Nunavit. Critics claim the government has an agenda to encourag ...
The Impacts of Climate Change on Hydrology and Water Resources
... Climate change may also impact water supplies on the watershed level. Watersheds that located at high elevations may not be impacted by modest changes in temperature, as most precipitation will continue to fall as snow. Watersheds at low elevation will likewise likely be unaffected, as precipitation ...
... Climate change may also impact water supplies on the watershed level. Watersheds that located at high elevations may not be impacted by modest changes in temperature, as most precipitation will continue to fall as snow. Watersheds at low elevation will likewise likely be unaffected, as precipitation ...
Becoming Refugias: Climate Change and a Change of Heart
... the context of variations in CO2 over the past 400,000 years, based on reconstructions from polar ice cores. During ice ages, the CO2 levels were around 200 ppm. The levels in 2005 were around 378 ppm. If the rate of fossil-fuel burning continues to rise, CO2 will rise to around 1500 ppm, and the at ...
... the context of variations in CO2 over the past 400,000 years, based on reconstructions from polar ice cores. During ice ages, the CO2 levels were around 200 ppm. The levels in 2005 were around 378 ppm. If the rate of fossil-fuel burning continues to rise, CO2 will rise to around 1500 ppm, and the at ...
Chapter Overview Earth`s Climate System Earth`s Climate System
... – More likely result of human activity than natural causes ...
... – More likely result of human activity than natural causes ...
Report of the Climate Change Task Force
... Why does APEGBC have to be involved now? The first tenet of the Code of Ethics states that Professional Engineers and Professional Geoscientists shall hold paramount the safety, health and welfare of the public, the protection of the environment, and promote health and safety within the workplace ...
... Why does APEGBC have to be involved now? The first tenet of the Code of Ethics states that Professional Engineers and Professional Geoscientists shall hold paramount the safety, health and welfare of the public, the protection of the environment, and promote health and safety within the workplace ...
Climate change, development, poverty and economics
... Development, which defined it as “development which meets the needs of current generations without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (Brundtland et ...
... Development, which defined it as “development which meets the needs of current generations without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (Brundtland et ...
April - Smithers Web Page
... CSIRO executive management in 2004 for speaking out on the need for Australia to set greenhouse targets. Dr Pearman said it was ''unrealistic'' for CSIRO to claim scientists should not comment on government policy. ''It doesn't recognise the fact that the interface between science and policy develop ...
... CSIRO executive management in 2004 for speaking out on the need for Australia to set greenhouse targets. Dr Pearman said it was ''unrealistic'' for CSIRO to claim scientists should not comment on government policy. ''It doesn't recognise the fact that the interface between science and policy develop ...
Attribution of climate extreme events
... IPCC reports may have arisen at least in part from natural variability. Hence, forced circulation changes are not well established, and it is difficult to detect changes in circulation-related extremes in observations because of small signal-to-noise ratios. Thus, the anomalous weather pattern is al ...
... IPCC reports may have arisen at least in part from natural variability. Hence, forced circulation changes are not well established, and it is difficult to detect changes in circulation-related extremes in observations because of small signal-to-noise ratios. Thus, the anomalous weather pattern is al ...
GHGs past present future
... Background: This 90-‐minute session is part of a four-‐day workshop that brought together faculty from multiple colleges and diverse disciplines to work collaboratively on developing new and revised courses, ...
... Background: This 90-‐minute session is part of a four-‐day workshop that brought together faculty from multiple colleges and diverse disciplines to work collaboratively on developing new and revised courses, ...
one way or another, everything changes
... Eventually, a larger, more powerful vehicle was brought in to tow the plane and this time it worked; the plane finally took off, three hours behind schedule. A spokesperson for the airline blamed the incident on “very unusual temperatures.”4 The temperatures in the summer of 2012 were indeed unusual ...
... Eventually, a larger, more powerful vehicle was brought in to tow the plane and this time it worked; the plane finally took off, three hours behind schedule. A spokesperson for the airline blamed the incident on “very unusual temperatures.”4 The temperatures in the summer of 2012 were indeed unusual ...
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.