Carse of Gowrie Climate Change Panel Briefing pack
... The work is being supported by the Scottish Climate Change Impacts Partnership (SCCIP) - an initiative that brings together stakeholders in Scotland to collectively address and prepare for the impacts of climate change. Climate change will affect all areas of life in Scotland and SCCIP believes that ...
... The work is being supported by the Scottish Climate Change Impacts Partnership (SCCIP) - an initiative that brings together stakeholders in Scotland to collectively address and prepare for the impacts of climate change. Climate change will affect all areas of life in Scotland and SCCIP believes that ...
Features
... here and there… much more impressive than the computer itself. When you wanted to read the tapes, they were so bad… many tapes were in storage… the operator blows dust out and then puts tape back in, and after you try several times, two out of three tapes start reading, but the last one still goes b ...
... here and there… much more impressive than the computer itself. When you wanted to read the tapes, they were so bad… many tapes were in storage… the operator blows dust out and then puts tape back in, and after you try several times, two out of three tapes start reading, but the last one still goes b ...
Climate Change News 15 February 11
... Making in a Changing Climate No matter what actions are taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the near future, nations everywhere need to begin to take steps to adapt to a very different world. The risks posed by climate change, from surprises, like the mudslides in Brazil, to the long-term im ...
... Making in a Changing Climate No matter what actions are taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the near future, nations everywhere need to begin to take steps to adapt to a very different world. The risks posed by climate change, from surprises, like the mudslides in Brazil, to the long-term im ...
Although cities often are touted as climate change policy leaders, a
... A third group of cities had some years before begun planning for climate change by making a public commitment to climate action or drafting GHG inventories and climate-related plans — but then had backed away. Several of these cities had joined ICLEI’s (now defunct) Cities for Climate Protection cam ...
... A third group of cities had some years before begun planning for climate change by making a public commitment to climate action or drafting GHG inventories and climate-related plans — but then had backed away. Several of these cities had joined ICLEI’s (now defunct) Cities for Climate Protection cam ...
Global Environmental Change Volume 42, Issue 1, January 2017 1
... Middle East and North Africa, and South America, while the largest magnitude shocks occurred in Asia, Europe, and Africa. Shocks also occurred more frequently in aquaculture systems than in capture systems, particularly in recent years. In response to shocks, countries tend to increase imports and e ...
... Middle East and North Africa, and South America, while the largest magnitude shocks occurred in Asia, Europe, and Africa. Shocks also occurred more frequently in aquaculture systems than in capture systems, particularly in recent years. In response to shocks, countries tend to increase imports and e ...
Parliamentary Meeting on the occasion of the United Nations
... Climate Change (COP22) and the 12 session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP12), Welcoming the international community's growing awareness of the reality of climate change, its consequences and its potential human and economic costs, Als ...
... Climate Change (COP22) and the 12 session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP12), Welcoming the international community's growing awareness of the reality of climate change, its consequences and its potential human and economic costs, Als ...
Communicating Uncertainty PPT Slides
... Long-term risk, affect future generations. Concern to other nations only serious mitigative/adaptive action unlikley climate change causes obscure (uncertainties) people lack experience make risks apparent, real or impending, cost benefits, Public opinion ...
... Long-term risk, affect future generations. Concern to other nations only serious mitigative/adaptive action unlikley climate change causes obscure (uncertainties) people lack experience make risks apparent, real or impending, cost benefits, Public opinion ...
New Observations Show - The Science and Public Policy Institute
... up," which is fine; but then -- as if hoping no one will question them -- the Report says the oceans are warming, "as they absorb most of the extra heat being added to the climate system from the build-up of heat-trapping gases," which contention is far from a proven fact, and is -in fact -- merely ...
... up," which is fine; but then -- as if hoping no one will question them -- the Report says the oceans are warming, "as they absorb most of the extra heat being added to the climate system from the build-up of heat-trapping gases," which contention is far from a proven fact, and is -in fact -- merely ...
Briefing for the global health community
... all departments and sectors in global health institutions will help build the necessary health expertise and capacity needed to respond to climate change. 2. Support and encourage an international agreement on climate change, which protects public health. Whilst the international climate negotiatio ...
... all departments and sectors in global health institutions will help build the necessary health expertise and capacity needed to respond to climate change. 2. Support and encourage an international agreement on climate change, which protects public health. Whilst the international climate negotiatio ...
The Consultation Schedule
... will reach the tipping point, or a point of no return, in the next five years. The IPCC has predicted that there is 50 per cent chance of a rise in global average temperature of more than 4oC by 2100. While science has explained and increased our understanding of climate, it is the technological sol ...
... will reach the tipping point, or a point of no return, in the next five years. The IPCC has predicted that there is 50 per cent chance of a rise in global average temperature of more than 4oC by 2100. While science has explained and increased our understanding of climate, it is the technological sol ...
Session II - public_authorities
... already know how to plan under conditions of uncertainty very skillfully. In the future, climate change will demand to take even more decisions with incomplete and evolving information. It must continue to seek the best new information about climate change, to find answers to some questions about cl ...
... already know how to plan under conditions of uncertainty very skillfully. In the future, climate change will demand to take even more decisions with incomplete and evolving information. It must continue to seek the best new information about climate change, to find answers to some questions about cl ...
Adaptation to climate change: key concepts
... The distinction between natural climate variability and climate change is clear enough in theory, but it is much less evident in practice. At the moment it remains, for example, difficult to say precisely whether a particular drought is the result of climate change or not. In the decades to come it ...
... The distinction between natural climate variability and climate change is clear enough in theory, but it is much less evident in practice. At the moment it remains, for example, difficult to say precisely whether a particular drought is the result of climate change or not. In the decades to come it ...
A Strategy to Assist States Parties to Implement Appropriate
... ii) Ensure that Climate Change impacts and environmental education are integrated in general training programmes (of the World Heritage Centre and Advisory Bodies) by preparing training material and running specific courses on the impacts of Climate Change. iii) Oversee the organisation of internati ...
... ii) Ensure that Climate Change impacts and environmental education are integrated in general training programmes (of the World Heritage Centre and Advisory Bodies) by preparing training material and running specific courses on the impacts of Climate Change. iii) Oversee the organisation of internati ...
S TAT E O F T H E WO R... Into a Warming World 2 0
... (GHGs)—principally carbon dioxide (CO2) from the burning of fossil fuels—continue to grow rapidly. As a consequence, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased faster during the last 10 years than at any time since continuous measurements began in 1960.1 Unabated, current in ...
... (GHGs)—principally carbon dioxide (CO2) from the burning of fossil fuels—continue to grow rapidly. As a consequence, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased faster during the last 10 years than at any time since continuous measurements began in 1960.1 Unabated, current in ...
Equity in climate change treaty
... developing world are ~0.6 tC yr–1 , and more than 50 developing countries have emissions under 0.2 tC yr–1 , mostly for subsistence27 . Around the world, most people view extravagant CO2 emissions as resulting largely from luxuries that are unavailable to people in developing nations, whereas they v ...
... developing world are ~0.6 tC yr–1 , and more than 50 developing countries have emissions under 0.2 tC yr–1 , mostly for subsistence27 . Around the world, most people view extravagant CO2 emissions as resulting largely from luxuries that are unavailable to people in developing nations, whereas they v ...
the wcrp cmip3 multimodel dataset
... be submitted to peer-reviewed journals by late spring 2004. Many of the participants at the Hawaii workshop, as well as a number of others, ended up submitting nearly 200 papers for assessment. This was judged to be a considerable success, given the tight time frame and the fact that most scientists ...
... be submitted to peer-reviewed journals by late spring 2004. Many of the participants at the Hawaii workshop, as well as a number of others, ended up submitting nearly 200 papers for assessment. This was judged to be a considerable success, given the tight time frame and the fact that most scientists ...
Estimated PDFs of climate system properties including natural and
... historical climate record (Figures 2 and 3) which can be achieved by reducing Kv or Faer, increasing S, or combinations of all three. The mode for Faer is partially reduced from 0.7 to 0.5 W/m2 but there is little change in the distribution’s width with the 5 –95 percentile range being 0.6 W/m2. T ...
... historical climate record (Figures 2 and 3) which can be achieved by reducing Kv or Faer, increasing S, or combinations of all three. The mode for Faer is partially reduced from 0.7 to 0.5 W/m2 but there is little change in the distribution’s width with the 5 –95 percentile range being 0.6 W/m2. T ...
Lindzen2014-What Catastrophe.pdf
... accepting the view of, say, journalist James Delingpole (B.A., English literature), who says global warming is a hoax, and that of, say, James Hansen (Ph.D., physics, former head of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies), who says that we are moving toward “an ice-free Antarctica and a desola ...
... accepting the view of, say, journalist James Delingpole (B.A., English literature), who says global warming is a hoax, and that of, say, James Hansen (Ph.D., physics, former head of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies), who says that we are moving toward “an ice-free Antarctica and a desola ...
[Summary Sheet PDF]
... sensitive areas, such as wetlands, alpine areas and coastal areas. In this context adaptation included social adaptation to changing climatic conditions as well as ecological adaptation. Climate change adaptation was investigated from a wholistic perspective that examined connections between the soc ...
... sensitive areas, such as wetlands, alpine areas and coastal areas. In this context adaptation included social adaptation to changing climatic conditions as well as ecological adaptation. Climate change adaptation was investigated from a wholistic perspective that examined connections between the soc ...
Managing our Debt: Changing Context Reduces Misunderstanding of Global Warming ()
... interaction with the system (turn off the tap) and the outflow is typically constant (i.e., zero, unless we have a leaky bath). This analysis of so called ‘stock-flow-failure’ (Cronin et al., 2009) suggests two aspects that might be important for reducing reliance on a correlation heuristic response ...
... interaction with the system (turn off the tap) and the outflow is typically constant (i.e., zero, unless we have a leaky bath). This analysis of so called ‘stock-flow-failure’ (Cronin et al., 2009) suggests two aspects that might be important for reducing reliance on a correlation heuristic response ...
Four out of five SMEs fear impact of climate change on their
... Zurich, November 3, 2016 – Climate change is a major concern for small and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs), according to Zurich Insurance Group’s (Zurich) fourth annual global SME survey. Almost four-fifths (78%) of SMEs surveyed expected risks associated with climate change to have a significant eff ...
... Zurich, November 3, 2016 – Climate change is a major concern for small and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs), according to Zurich Insurance Group’s (Zurich) fourth annual global SME survey. Almost four-fifths (78%) of SMEs surveyed expected risks associated with climate change to have a significant eff ...
Global Warming Treaty
... But some global-warming naysayers meteorology professor at Massachusetts Shanghai, cited “new and strong still dispute this finding. “There’s no Institute of Technology (MIT) and a evidence that most of the observed question that greenhouse gases have prominent dissenting voice in the IPCC. warming ...
... But some global-warming naysayers meteorology professor at Massachusetts Shanghai, cited “new and strong still dispute this finding. “There’s no Institute of Technology (MIT) and a evidence that most of the observed question that greenhouse gases have prominent dissenting voice in the IPCC. warming ...
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.