X - School of GeoSciences
... 1. University of Edinburgh, School of GeoSciences, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. 2. Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Ispra, Italy. 3. Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany. 4. University of Oslo, Department of Geosciences, Oslo, Norway. 5. Royal Neth ...
... 1. University of Edinburgh, School of GeoSciences, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. 2. Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Ispra, Italy. 3. Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany. 4. University of Oslo, Department of Geosciences, Oslo, Norway. 5. Royal Neth ...
Solutions_guide_FINALsponsors - Institutional Investors Group
... with investing in clean energy, as well as risks inherent in carbon-intensive portfolios. The Investment Solutions guide is a tool any investor can use as they strive to protect and grow their investments over the long term.” ...
... with investing in clean energy, as well as risks inherent in carbon-intensive portfolios. The Investment Solutions guide is a tool any investor can use as they strive to protect and grow their investments over the long term.” ...
Climate and Weather - Dartmoor National Park
... The Earth's climate varies naturally. However, most scientists agree that the increased warming since the 1970s can only be explained by human activities. The main human influence on global climate is through increasing emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane. Dartmoor Natio ...
... The Earth's climate varies naturally. However, most scientists agree that the increased warming since the 1970s can only be explained by human activities. The main human influence on global climate is through increasing emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane. Dartmoor Natio ...
Slide 1
... • 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 ...
Speaker 10
... The increases in disaster losses primarily result from weather related events, in particular storms and floods. Climate change and variability are factors which influence trends in ...
... The increases in disaster losses primarily result from weather related events, in particular storms and floods. Climate change and variability are factors which influence trends in ...
The European climate under a 2 °C global warming
... RCM biases than parametric methods (Gudmundsson et al 2012). In order to avoid the suppression of new extremes in the future periods (i.e. values outside the calibration range), our implementation uses the correction terms of minimum and maximum values of the calibration range outside of the calibra ...
... RCM biases than parametric methods (Gudmundsson et al 2012). In order to avoid the suppression of new extremes in the future periods (i.e. values outside the calibration range), our implementation uses the correction terms of minimum and maximum values of the calibration range outside of the calibra ...
The Role of International Project Offices (IPOs) in
... it was obviously aimed at NERC and UK interests, and the examples of the sorts of science the Projects deliver were drawn from those Projects for which NERC supports the relevant IPO, many of the points about what IPOs do are generic and may be of help to other IPOs. Please contact John Ingram, GECA ...
... it was obviously aimed at NERC and UK interests, and the examples of the sorts of science the Projects deliver were drawn from those Projects for which NERC supports the relevant IPO, many of the points about what IPOs do are generic and may be of help to other IPOs. Please contact John Ingram, GECA ...
Revised 21st century temperature projections *, Paul C. Knappenberger Patrick J. Michaels
... ABSTRACT: Temperature projections for the 21st century made in the Third Assessment Report (TAR) of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) indicate a rise of 1.4 to 5.8°C for 1990–2100. However, several independent lines of evidence suggest that the projections at the up ...
... ABSTRACT: Temperature projections for the 21st century made in the Third Assessment Report (TAR) of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) indicate a rise of 1.4 to 5.8°C for 1990–2100. However, several independent lines of evidence suggest that the projections at the up ...
Coping with Climate Change in the Next Half-Century
... not yet widely tested. Large-scale deployment of renewable technologies is promising to many analysts, but the technologies needed to allow these systems to work at scale are not yet viable. While rapidly growing, renewable energy sources still provide a small faction of today’s power production, an ...
... not yet widely tested. Large-scale deployment of renewable technologies is promising to many analysts, but the technologies needed to allow these systems to work at scale are not yet viable. While rapidly growing, renewable energy sources still provide a small faction of today’s power production, an ...
Introductions PowerPoint
... From 2006 to 2007, the size of the Arctic ice shelf decreased 386,000 square miles, reducing Arctic sea ice to its lowest levels since satellite records have been tracking the region (Than). In 2007, NASA scientists confirmed that the annual ice melt on Greenland occurred at 150% above the average r ...
... From 2006 to 2007, the size of the Arctic ice shelf decreased 386,000 square miles, reducing Arctic sea ice to its lowest levels since satellite records have been tracking the region (Than). In 2007, NASA scientists confirmed that the annual ice melt on Greenland occurred at 150% above the average r ...
An Analysis of Radiative Equilibrium, Forcings, and Feedbacks
... since radiation output is proportional to the fourth power of the temperature. This is usually already included in the response to a greenhouse perturbation, even in no‐feedback calculations since it’s a pre‐ requisite for the planet to come back into equilibrium. The predominant feedbacks in ...
... since radiation output is proportional to the fourth power of the temperature. This is usually already included in the response to a greenhouse perturbation, even in no‐feedback calculations since it’s a pre‐ requisite for the planet to come back into equilibrium. The predominant feedbacks in ...
AOSS_480_L13_Climate_Change_Response_20080219
... • Those who are poor and less technologically advanced generally advocate mitigation and sharing of adaptation technology • Emission scenarios don’t matter for the next 50 years. • There are a lot of arguments, based on economics, that lead towards adaptation ...
... • Those who are poor and less technologically advanced generally advocate mitigation and sharing of adaptation technology • Emission scenarios don’t matter for the next 50 years. • There are a lot of arguments, based on economics, that lead towards adaptation ...
Template - Agriculture v11.indd - Business for Social Responsibility
... highly technical, if it were distilled into an accurate, accessible, timely, relevant and readable summary. Although the information presented here is a ‘translation’ of the key content relevant to this sector from AR5, this summary report adheres to the rigorous scientific basis of the original sou ...
... highly technical, if it were distilled into an accurate, accessible, timely, relevant and readable summary. Although the information presented here is a ‘translation’ of the key content relevant to this sector from AR5, this summary report adheres to the rigorous scientific basis of the original sou ...
SERIE RESEARCH MEMORANDA Clobal Trends and Climate Change Polities
... essentially part of a learning model, which acts as a sort of flight simulator for policy -makers training them to cape with uncertainty, rather than an empirically-tested assessment tool that can be used for future predictions. The overwhelming use of scenarios in climate change analysis is thus a ...
... essentially part of a learning model, which acts as a sort of flight simulator for policy -makers training them to cape with uncertainty, rather than an empirically-tested assessment tool that can be used for future predictions. The overwhelming use of scenarios in climate change analysis is thus a ...
Climate.Denial.2011
... because people want to “do the right thing” • The government can’t just pass a law and create a new global energy economy, any more than they could 200 years ago • If low-carbon-footprint goods and services cost less than “dirtier” ones, people will buy them ...
... because people want to “do the right thing” • The government can’t just pass a law and create a new global energy economy, any more than they could 200 years ago • If low-carbon-footprint goods and services cost less than “dirtier” ones, people will buy them ...
Source: Climate Change in the Pacific
... and plague are particularly susceptible for a number of reasons: the geographical distribution and behaviour of vectors and their hosts are intimately associated with environmental determinants, and transmission dynamics tend to favour warmer, wetter environments. Historically experienced relatively ...
... and plague are particularly susceptible for a number of reasons: the geographical distribution and behaviour of vectors and their hosts are intimately associated with environmental determinants, and transmission dynamics tend to favour warmer, wetter environments. Historically experienced relatively ...
Disaster Risk Reduction as Adaptation Strategy for
... The 4th report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) clearly and unmistakably warned about the expected impacts of climate change. There is a consensus that climate change is already taking place, is causing global warming and that even if there was an immediate curtailing of all C ...
... The 4th report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) clearly and unmistakably warned about the expected impacts of climate change. There is a consensus that climate change is already taking place, is causing global warming and that even if there was an immediate curtailing of all C ...
All you need to know about Greenhouse Gases
... GHG in the atmosphere and has a strong effect. The surface temperature rise will increase the evaporation and the water vapor in the atmosphere, which will enhance the initial warming (a positive feedback). ...
... GHG in the atmosphere and has a strong effect. The surface temperature rise will increase the evaporation and the water vapor in the atmosphere, which will enhance the initial warming (a positive feedback). ...
Integrated Assessment - Jeroen van der Sluijs
... such a way that the whole cause –effect chain of a problem can be evaluated from a synoptic perspective with two characteristics: (i) it should have added value compared to single disciplinary assessment; and (ii) it should provide useful information to decision makers (Rotmans and Dowlatabadi, 1997 ...
... such a way that the whole cause –effect chain of a problem can be evaluated from a synoptic perspective with two characteristics: (i) it should have added value compared to single disciplinary assessment; and (ii) it should provide useful information to decision makers (Rotmans and Dowlatabadi, 1997 ...
lecture25erk - The University of Arizona Department of
... but enhanced by monthly increased Palmer Drought atmospheric demand with Severity Index warming (PDSI) for 1900 to ...
... but enhanced by monthly increased Palmer Drought atmospheric demand with Severity Index warming (PDSI) for 1900 to ...
Likelihood of rapidly increasing surface temperatures unaccompanied by strong warming
... pattern of warming in the Mears et al. (2003) time series is more consistent with model simulations. However, we believe caution is in order when assessing regional patterns of climate change in models which neglect some processes, such as land-cover change, which can have large regional effects (Ch ...
... pattern of warming in the Mears et al. (2003) time series is more consistent with model simulations. However, we believe caution is in order when assessing regional patterns of climate change in models which neglect some processes, such as land-cover change, which can have large regional effects (Ch ...
October 4, 2009 Arctic Ocean acid `will dissolve
... past 8,000 years, Arctic summer temperatures began climbing in 1900 and accelerated after 1950. The decade from 1999 to 2008 was the warmest in the Arctic in two millennia. Arctic temperatures are now 2.2 F (1.2 C) warmer than in 1900, reports an interdisciplinary team involved in the Arctic System ...
... past 8,000 years, Arctic summer temperatures began climbing in 1900 and accelerated after 1950. The decade from 1999 to 2008 was the warmest in the Arctic in two millennia. Arctic temperatures are now 2.2 F (1.2 C) warmer than in 1900, reports an interdisciplinary team involved in the Arctic System ...
Climate change scenarios for impact assessment in Cuba
... The above results agree with the significant warming of the low troposphere over the region (Naranjo & Centella 1996), supporting the idea of important changes in the climate background, which are consistent with significant variations in the circulation patterns of the Pacific-North American sector ...
... The above results agree with the significant warming of the low troposphere over the region (Naranjo & Centella 1996), supporting the idea of important changes in the climate background, which are consistent with significant variations in the circulation patterns of the Pacific-North American sector ...
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.