Evaluating Washington`s Future in a Changing Climate
... • Climate change impacts over the next few decades are virtually certain. Impacts beyond this timeframe will be greatly influenced by how successfully we reduce greenhouse gas concentrations both in the near-term and over time. • State and local governments, businesses, and residents are on the “fro ...
... • Climate change impacts over the next few decades are virtually certain. Impacts beyond this timeframe will be greatly influenced by how successfully we reduce greenhouse gas concentrations both in the near-term and over time. • State and local governments, businesses, and residents are on the “fro ...
Submission DR152 - Torres Strait Regional Authority
... Coastal Plan, which in its draft form did not adequately consider how small island communities would accommodate any further development outside of coastal hazard zones when the entire island fell within such a zone. If remote indigenous communities are to be able to respond adequately to current an ...
... Coastal Plan, which in its draft form did not adequately consider how small island communities would accommodate any further development outside of coastal hazard zones when the entire island fell within such a zone. If remote indigenous communities are to be able to respond adequately to current an ...
Discovery and naming of four new elements in the
... assessment and planning at local level, and effective strategies for implementation of the policies at the ground level. This policy framework also highlighted the financial, technological, and human resource aspects as a force to traditional knowledge system and other allied services. Further, she ...
... assessment and planning at local level, and effective strategies for implementation of the policies at the ground level. This policy framework also highlighted the financial, technological, and human resource aspects as a force to traditional knowledge system and other allied services. Further, she ...
Deciding our future in Copenhagen: will the world rise to
... Mistake 4: relative valuations of environmental and ‘standard goods’ are central. If environmental flow of services is falling then discount rate w.r.t. these goods might be negative. Cannot treat this as a one-good model with consumption of standard goods as the single relevant determinant of ...
... Mistake 4: relative valuations of environmental and ‘standard goods’ are central. If environmental flow of services is falling then discount rate w.r.t. these goods might be negative. Cannot treat this as a one-good model with consumption of standard goods as the single relevant determinant of ...
Greenhouse-gas emission targets for limiting global warming to 2 °C
... We focus here on 2 uC relative to pre-industrial levels, as such a warming limit has gained increasing prominence in science and policy circles as a goal to prevent dangerous climate change25. We recognize that 2 uC cannot be regarded as a ‘safe level’, and that (for example) small island states and ...
... We focus here on 2 uC relative to pre-industrial levels, as such a warming limit has gained increasing prominence in science and policy circles as a goal to prevent dangerous climate change25. We recognize that 2 uC cannot be regarded as a ‘safe level’, and that (for example) small island states and ...
The time lag between a carbon dioxide emission and maximum
... which differ widely across Earth System Models: the sensitivity of the marine and terrestrial carbon sinks to changes in atmospheric CO2 and climate, which determines the decline of atmospheric CO2; the rate of mixing of heat into the deep ocean, which determines the decrease of ocean heat uptake; a ...
... which differ widely across Earth System Models: the sensitivity of the marine and terrestrial carbon sinks to changes in atmospheric CO2 and climate, which determines the decline of atmospheric CO2; the rate of mixing of heat into the deep ocean, which determines the decrease of ocean heat uptake; a ...
Richard Ostfeld presentation
... temperature in Celsius. Data based on that of Jepson et al. Line best fit by least squares. X-axis average water temperature, Yaxis: rate of development (in 1/days) as the reciprocal of length of cycle. Hoshen and Morse Malaria Journal 2004 ...
... temperature in Celsius. Data based on that of Jepson et al. Line best fit by least squares. X-axis average water temperature, Yaxis: rate of development (in 1/days) as the reciprocal of length of cycle. Hoshen and Morse Malaria Journal 2004 ...
Climate Change and Human Settlements
... Steps to remove the barrier need to be taken at all levels - global, regional, national, local, as well as individual. Improving the knowledge base and making people aware of the underlying concepts of climate change will give them a new sense of responsibility and urgency towards climate change iss ...
... Steps to remove the barrier need to be taken at all levels - global, regional, national, local, as well as individual. Improving the knowledge base and making people aware of the underlying concepts of climate change will give them a new sense of responsibility and urgency towards climate change iss ...
Advances in Climate Change Research
... Abstract: By using the climate and cicada (Cryptotympana atrata) phenological data in Zhumadian, Shenqiu and Taikang Prefectures of Henan Province in 1990-2004, the impact of climate warming on the first song date of cicadas was analyzed. The results show that the first song date of cicadas has adv ...
... Abstract: By using the climate and cicada (Cryptotympana atrata) phenological data in Zhumadian, Shenqiu and Taikang Prefectures of Henan Province in 1990-2004, the impact of climate warming on the first song date of cicadas was analyzed. The results show that the first song date of cicadas has adv ...
How Will Climate Change Affect Agriculture in Washington?
... Washington crops and livestock will be affected by climate change via warming temperatures, rising atmospheric carbon dioxide, increasing water stress, declining availability of irrigation water, and changing pressures from pests, weeds, and pathogens. Different crops and locations will experience d ...
... Washington crops and livestock will be affected by climate change via warming temperatures, rising atmospheric carbon dioxide, increasing water stress, declining availability of irrigation water, and changing pressures from pests, weeds, and pathogens. Different crops and locations will experience d ...
Slide 1
... Gov. Gregoire’s 2006 Energy Policy Brief: “Goal #4: Address Global Warming Washington State is facing climate issues, such as lower snow packs and summer droughts, which will only become worse as global warming advances. … The Governor will convene a forum of the state’s top economists to analyze th ...
... Gov. Gregoire’s 2006 Energy Policy Brief: “Goal #4: Address Global Warming Washington State is facing climate issues, such as lower snow packs and summer droughts, which will only become worse as global warming advances. … The Governor will convene a forum of the state’s top economists to analyze th ...
Managing for Change in the Jemez Mountains
... together local scientists and managers to share information about the known and projected local impacts of climate change – and to start developing practical strategies to reduce its adverse effects. Fifty land managers and scientists representing 22 federal, state and tribal agencies participated. ...
... together local scientists and managers to share information about the known and projected local impacts of climate change – and to start developing practical strategies to reduce its adverse effects. Fifty land managers and scientists representing 22 federal, state and tribal agencies participated. ...
Terms of Reference (TOR) for Individual Consultant
... the countries most vulnerable to climate change. Climate change and variability have already had an impact on the lives and livelihoods of people living in coastal areas and in arid and semi-arid regions of Bangladesh. In addition to the vulnerability to natural disaster, the high reliance of the po ...
... the countries most vulnerable to climate change. Climate change and variability have already had an impact on the lives and livelihoods of people living in coastal areas and in arid and semi-arid regions of Bangladesh. In addition to the vulnerability to natural disaster, the high reliance of the po ...
Synopsis of FEWS NET-related Climate Change and Food Security
... We followed up on this study with a careful study of thousands of eastern African rainfall gauge observations. This analysis suggested that a warming Indian Ocean was likely to produce increasing dryness in extremely vulnerable areas of eastern and southern Africa. These results were presented in an ...
... We followed up on this study with a careful study of thousands of eastern African rainfall gauge observations. This analysis suggested that a warming Indian Ocean was likely to produce increasing dryness in extremely vulnerable areas of eastern and southern Africa. These results were presented in an ...
An Enduring Conundrum for Wise Policy Advice
... infrastructure project which aims to mitigate or adapt to climate change. What is the appropriate basis on which to make judgements when theory and data are in such disagreement? ...
... infrastructure project which aims to mitigate or adapt to climate change. What is the appropriate basis on which to make judgements when theory and data are in such disagreement? ...
Human Induced Climate Change: The IPCC Fourth Assessment
... groups and teams of lead authors of the main assessment report and then subject to review by experts and governments. SPMs are approved line by line by IPCC member governments meeting in Plenary session under the Chairmanship of the Working Group Chairs, are always eminent scientists themselves who ...
... groups and teams of lead authors of the main assessment report and then subject to review by experts and governments. SPMs are approved line by line by IPCC member governments meeting in Plenary session under the Chairmanship of the Working Group Chairs, are always eminent scientists themselves who ...
Robert H. Socolow, Professor, Co-Director, The Carbon Mitigation
... research focuses on global carbon management and fossil-carbon sequestration. He is the co-principal investigator (with ecologist, Stephen Pacala) of Princeton University's Carbon Mitigation Initiative (CMI), www.princeton.edu/~cmi/, a fifteen-year (2000-2015) research project supported by BP and Fo ...
... research focuses on global carbon management and fossil-carbon sequestration. He is the co-principal investigator (with ecologist, Stephen Pacala) of Princeton University's Carbon Mitigation Initiative (CMI), www.princeton.edu/~cmi/, a fifteen-year (2000-2015) research project supported by BP and Fo ...
oslo principles on global climate change obligations
... and tribunals have a duty to inform themselves of and base their actions – in good faith and respecting justice and equity – on prevailing scientific knowledge and opinion. If necessary, in order to respect the Precautionary Principle (Principle 1 below), such decision makers must take into account, ...
... and tribunals have a duty to inform themselves of and base their actions – in good faith and respecting justice and equity – on prevailing scientific knowledge and opinion. If necessary, in order to respect the Precautionary Principle (Principle 1 below), such decision makers must take into account, ...
Climate Change
... Ocean currents are the major component of the climatic system which is driven by the horizontal wind forces causing the displacement of the water against the sea surface. Due to temperature variation of the water, the climate of the region is largely influenced. On longer time scales, alterations to ...
... Ocean currents are the major component of the climatic system which is driven by the horizontal wind forces causing the displacement of the water against the sea surface. Due to temperature variation of the water, the climate of the region is largely influenced. On longer time scales, alterations to ...
Clear facts about Climate Change ISBN:91-620-8155-1
... on possible adjustments to be made and measures to be taken. The analyses are intended to form an impartial basis for decision-making. In its third evaluation report 2001, the scientists give an update on the current level of knowledge regarding the earth’s climate system and how it is being affecte ...
... on possible adjustments to be made and measures to be taken. The analyses are intended to form an impartial basis for decision-making. In its third evaluation report 2001, the scientists give an update on the current level of knowledge regarding the earth’s climate system and how it is being affecte ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES RISK MANAGEMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE Howard Kunreuther Geoffrey Heal
... forcing scenario. The result is a striking gap between the available information and the demand for information framed in the context of risk and uncertainty that form the essential lens through which the entire issue must be viewed. One possible response to this gap is a greater emphasis on charact ...
... forcing scenario. The result is a striking gap between the available information and the demand for information framed in the context of risk and uncertainty that form the essential lens through which the entire issue must be viewed. One possible response to this gap is a greater emphasis on charact ...
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.