The ecological and economic consequences of Global Climate
... Assessment Report1 (TAR) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is certainly the most comprehensive analysis and discussion on scientific evidence and projections of future climate change. Produced by several hundred academic scientists and researchers from many nations, its aim is ...
... Assessment Report1 (TAR) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is certainly the most comprehensive analysis and discussion on scientific evidence and projections of future climate change. Produced by several hundred academic scientists and researchers from many nations, its aim is ...
Case Study – Denver, CO How to Get Started on
... vulnerability assessment can be useful even without everyone agreeing on a specific projection. They can identify options that can increase a utility’s resilience to extreme conditions that may be experienced in the short term. And while these kinds of studies can take a lot of resources, from tens ...
... vulnerability assessment can be useful even without everyone agreeing on a specific projection. They can identify options that can increase a utility’s resilience to extreme conditions that may be experienced in the short term. And while these kinds of studies can take a lot of resources, from tens ...
The Cancun Agreements Quick Guide UNFCCC COP 16/CMP 6 April 2011
... their voluntary plans to limit GHG, as well as the support they need in form of technology, finance or capacity-building to achieve them, and the supporting action to match these needs. The registry will be maintained by the UNFCCC Secretariat. During 2010, many developing countries submitted their ...
... their voluntary plans to limit GHG, as well as the support they need in form of technology, finance or capacity-building to achieve them, and the supporting action to match these needs. The registry will be maintained by the UNFCCC Secretariat. During 2010, many developing countries submitted their ...
Dangerous Degrees - The Climate Institute
... And if a few degrees change in the average temperature was enough to so drastically and irreversibly change the prehistoric world, imagine what a few more might do. Back then, the warming took thousands of years, the world has already warmed by almost 1°C on average in a century. The projected rise ...
... And if a few degrees change in the average temperature was enough to so drastically and irreversibly change the prehistoric world, imagine what a few more might do. Back then, the warming took thousands of years, the world has already warmed by almost 1°C on average in a century. The projected rise ...
Speech by Mark Carney at Lloyd`s of London
... Risks to financial stability will be minimised if the transition begins early and follows a predictable path, thereby helping the market anticipate the transition to a 2 degree world. To draw out these crucial points consider the Bank of England’s current approach to the insurance sector. As regulat ...
... Risks to financial stability will be minimised if the transition begins early and follows a predictable path, thereby helping the market anticipate the transition to a 2 degree world. To draw out these crucial points consider the Bank of England’s current approach to the insurance sector. As regulat ...
Michael D. Dettinger - CASPO Hydroclimate Group
... Assessment, 2011-2012. Steering Committee, CLIVAR PACE Postdoctoral Program, 20082012. Science Steering Group for US Global Water Cycle Interagency Working Group, 2004-. US CCSP Committee for Science & Assessment Product 5.3 (Decision support & evaluations of seasonal-interannual forecasts & observa ...
... Assessment, 2011-2012. Steering Committee, CLIVAR PACE Postdoctoral Program, 20082012. Science Steering Group for US Global Water Cycle Interagency Working Group, 2004-. US CCSP Committee for Science & Assessment Product 5.3 (Decision support & evaluations of seasonal-interannual forecasts & observa ...
CLIMATE CHANGE A Natural Hazard
... meeting in Villach, Austria issued a statement claiming that the earth was warming due to increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases caused by human activities. They suggested a magnitude for future warming and sea level rises, and called for global action. In 1987, an international conference in ...
... meeting in Villach, Austria issued a statement claiming that the earth was warming due to increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases caused by human activities. They suggested a magnitude for future warming and sea level rises, and called for global action. In 1987, an international conference in ...
Cooling the planet: frontline communities lead the struggle
... voice peasants’ real solutions to climate change Struggle against industrial livestock and feedstock production: support for small-farmer agroecology by La Via Campesina and friends Dec 9th: 13:00, Forum ouvert No to agribusiness, yes to peasant agriculture to protect Earth by La Via Campesina Dec 9 ...
... voice peasants’ real solutions to climate change Struggle against industrial livestock and feedstock production: support for small-farmer agroecology by La Via Campesina and friends Dec 9th: 13:00, Forum ouvert No to agribusiness, yes to peasant agriculture to protect Earth by La Via Campesina Dec 9 ...
Detection and attribution
... von Storch, H. A. Barkhordarian, K. Hasselmann and E. Zorita, 2013: Can climate models explain the recent stagnation in global warming? Rejected by nature, published by Klimazwiebel; Similar results by Fyfe, J., N. P. Gillett and F. W. Zwiers, 2013:Overestimated global warming over the past 20 years ...
... von Storch, H. A. Barkhordarian, K. Hasselmann and E. Zorita, 2013: Can climate models explain the recent stagnation in global warming? Rejected by nature, published by Klimazwiebel; Similar results by Fyfe, J., N. P. Gillett and F. W. Zwiers, 2013:Overestimated global warming over the past 20 years ...
Ecological responses to recent climate change
... recent climate change7,8. Common changes in the timing of spring activities include earlier breeding or ®rst singing of birds, earlier arrival of migrant birds, earlier appearance of butter¯ies, earlier choruses and spawning in amphibians and earlier shooting and ¯owering of plants (Fig. 2). In gene ...
... recent climate change7,8. Common changes in the timing of spring activities include earlier breeding or ®rst singing of birds, earlier arrival of migrant birds, earlier appearance of butter¯ies, earlier choruses and spawning in amphibians and earlier shooting and ¯owering of plants (Fig. 2). In gene ...
`Global Climate Change`.
... data, which also indicate CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere, have shown, in general, a relatively stabile global climate, at least over the past 10,000 years. As such, many scientists suggest that the amount of CO2 generated by natural processes is about equal to the amounts absorbed and sequeste ...
... data, which also indicate CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere, have shown, in general, a relatively stabile global climate, at least over the past 10,000 years. As such, many scientists suggest that the amount of CO2 generated by natural processes is about equal to the amounts absorbed and sequeste ...
Abrupt Climate Change - National Snow and Ice Data Center
... Energy policies. Options to slow climate change, such as moving away from coal-burning toward other fuels, can also have benefits in reducing health or environmental effects of emissions. Ecological policies. In land-use and coastal planning, managers may be helped by information on the effects of n ...
... Energy policies. Options to slow climate change, such as moving away from coal-burning toward other fuels, can also have benefits in reducing health or environmental effects of emissions. Ecological policies. In land-use and coastal planning, managers may be helped by information on the effects of n ...
Ecological responses to recent climate change review article
... recent climate change7,8. Common changes in the timing of spring activities include earlier breeding or ®rst singing of birds, earlier arrival of migrant birds, earlier appearance of butter¯ies, earlier choruses and spawning in amphibians and earlier shooting and ¯owering of plants (Fig. 2). In gene ...
... recent climate change7,8. Common changes in the timing of spring activities include earlier breeding or ®rst singing of birds, earlier arrival of migrant birds, earlier appearance of butter¯ies, earlier choruses and spawning in amphibians and earlier shooting and ¯owering of plants (Fig. 2). In gene ...
Climate Change - University at Buffalo
... B. CO2 emissions from a range of human activities are causing the increase in the atmosphere as well as acidifying the oceans. C. The increase of CO2 in the atmosphere results from natural processes in the biosphere. D. Scientists don’t know how much CO2 is emitted or where it goes. ...
... B. CO2 emissions from a range of human activities are causing the increase in the atmosphere as well as acidifying the oceans. C. The increase of CO2 in the atmosphere results from natural processes in the biosphere. D. Scientists don’t know how much CO2 is emitted or where it goes. ...
IJRSP 42(6) 391-396
... temperature. Hence, a small variation in this energy can cause variation in earth’s climate1,3. Several studies have been done on the effect of solar change on global temperature whose results do not agree with each other (e.g. Duffy et al.4 and references therein). Scafetta & West5 report that most ...
... temperature. Hence, a small variation in this energy can cause variation in earth’s climate1,3. Several studies have been done on the effect of solar change on global temperature whose results do not agree with each other (e.g. Duffy et al.4 and references therein). Scafetta & West5 report that most ...
06-05
... the Mauna Loa Observatory–ed.] range from 312 parts per million at the beginning of the record to about 340 parts per million at present.” 2006 Update: Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration in early 2006 was nearly 380 parts per million (http://www.cmdl.noaa.gov/ccgg/iadv/). A half-century ago, w ...
... the Mauna Loa Observatory–ed.] range from 312 parts per million at the beginning of the record to about 340 parts per million at present.” 2006 Update: Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration in early 2006 was nearly 380 parts per million (http://www.cmdl.noaa.gov/ccgg/iadv/). A half-century ago, w ...
Climate change in Cyprus: projections from regional climate model
... ‐ For the same UV dose, each 1oC increase in temperature would result in estimated increases in the incidences of certain skin cancers of 3%‐6%, ‐ High temperatures and humidity, as experienced in the tropics, may increase the deleterious effects of UV‐B radiation on human health, including suppr ...
... ‐ For the same UV dose, each 1oC increase in temperature would result in estimated increases in the incidences of certain skin cancers of 3%‐6%, ‐ High temperatures and humidity, as experienced in the tropics, may increase the deleterious effects of UV‐B radiation on human health, including suppr ...
Mitigation, Adaptation or Climate Engineering?
... These observations have also revealed the existence of long-term trends in key climatic variables such as temperature and precipitation. Statistical analyses conducted in parallel by different groups have shown that, globally, the planet is currently 0.8oC warmer than in 1850 and that this warming t ...
... These observations have also revealed the existence of long-term trends in key climatic variables such as temperature and precipitation. Statistical analyses conducted in parallel by different groups have shown that, globally, the planet is currently 0.8oC warmer than in 1850 and that this warming t ...
Tropical origins for recent and future Northern Hemisphere climate
... co-vary with the NAO index on decadal timescales. Prior to the linear regression, a running mean filter of 5 years was applied to the precipitation fields and the NAO index time series and, to analyze only the variations that are not forced by the external climate factors, the ensemble mean time ser ...
... co-vary with the NAO index on decadal timescales. Prior to the linear regression, a running mean filter of 5 years was applied to the precipitation fields and the NAO index time series and, to analyze only the variations that are not forced by the external climate factors, the ensemble mean time ser ...
English - unfccc
... The Conference will provide for interaction between those concerned with climate policy and scientists actively involved in climate system research to chart a productive course for the remaining years of the 20th century and the first decade of the 21st. A particular focus of the Conference will be ...
... The Conference will provide for interaction between those concerned with climate policy and scientists actively involved in climate system research to chart a productive course for the remaining years of the 20th century and the first decade of the 21st. A particular focus of the Conference will be ...
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... warming within the scientific community. Should the public come to believe that the scientific issues are settled, their views about global warming will change accordingly. ...
... warming within the scientific community. Should the public come to believe that the scientific issues are settled, their views about global warming will change accordingly. ...
Draft Climate change in the North Queensland region
... Around 80% of the region’s population of 236,000 live in Townsville, the largest city in northern Australia. The Port of Townsville services the region’s mining industry and fishing fleets. Charters Towers is the main regional centre. On the coast, extreme inundation and erosion events could become ...
... Around 80% of the region’s population of 236,000 live in Townsville, the largest city in northern Australia. The Port of Townsville services the region’s mining industry and fishing fleets. Charters Towers is the main regional centre. On the coast, extreme inundation and erosion events could become ...
View/Open
... * Brian Fisher is the Executive Director of the Australian Bureau of Agricultural Resource Economics (ABARE), Canberra, Australia. Vivek Tulpule is Research Economist and Stephen Brown is a Senior Economist with ABARE. # Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Inc. and Blackwell Publi ...
... * Brian Fisher is the Executive Director of the Australian Bureau of Agricultural Resource Economics (ABARE), Canberra, Australia. Vivek Tulpule is Research Economist and Stephen Brown is a Senior Economist with ABARE. # Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Inc. and Blackwell Publi ...
Submission to inquiry on ‘Climate: public understanding and policy implications’ by the House of Commons Select Committee on Science and Technology (158 kB) (opens in new window)
... European Union policies to mitigate climate change, has attacked climate scientists for a lack of transparency, yet refuses to reveal the sources of more than £1 million in donations which it has received (Ward, 2013a). 16. The primary way in which climate change ‘sceptics’ damage the public interes ...
... European Union policies to mitigate climate change, has attacked climate scientists for a lack of transparency, yet refuses to reveal the sources of more than £1 million in donations which it has received (Ward, 2013a). 16. The primary way in which climate change ‘sceptics’ damage the public interes ...
Adapting to Climate Change
... • Significant climate change impacts are projected, and impacts over the next few decades are virtually certain. • Washington’s residents, businesses, and local and state governments are on the “front line” for dealing with climate change. • Decisions with long-term impacts are being made every day. ...
... • Significant climate change impacts are projected, and impacts over the next few decades are virtually certain. • Washington’s residents, businesses, and local and state governments are on the “front line” for dealing with climate change. • Decisions with long-term impacts are being made every day. ...
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.