climate change WG II
... qualifiers: very low, low, medium, high, and very high. The likelihood, or probability, of some well-defined outcome having occurred or occurring in the future can be described quantitatively through the following terms: virtually certain, 99–100% probability; extremely likely, 95–100%; very likely, ...
... qualifiers: very low, low, medium, high, and very high. The likelihood, or probability, of some well-defined outcome having occurred or occurring in the future can be described quantitatively through the following terms: virtually certain, 99–100% probability; extremely likely, 95–100%; very likely, ...
AHEAD OF THE STORM…. Preparing Toronto for Climate Change
... windspeeds appear to be increasing. Intense storms and hurricanes – linked to warmer sea temperatures – have increased in the North Atlantic since about 1970 (IPCC, 2007). Warmer air holds more water vapour, which leads to more intense rainfall, which can lead in turn to local and regional floods. F ...
... windspeeds appear to be increasing. Intense storms and hurricanes – linked to warmer sea temperatures – have increased in the North Atlantic since about 1970 (IPCC, 2007). Warmer air holds more water vapour, which leads to more intense rainfall, which can lead in turn to local and regional floods. F ...
Climate Change Associated Sediment Yield Changes on the Rio
... spring melting of the snowpack. These changes may not only impact surface water flows, but the interaction between surface water and ground water as well. Warmer temperatures are anticipated to both drive up evaporation rates and increase the length of the growing season, contributing to lower overa ...
... spring melting of the snowpack. These changes may not only impact surface water flows, but the interaction between surface water and ground water as well. Warmer temperatures are anticipated to both drive up evaporation rates and increase the length of the growing season, contributing to lower overa ...
Confronting Climate Change in the Great Lakes Region
... is entering a period of unusually rapid climate change, driven largely by human activities that release heat-trapping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, the responsibility for safeguarding our natural heritage is becoming urgent. Growing evidence suggests that the climate of the Great Lakes regio ...
... is entering a period of unusually rapid climate change, driven largely by human activities that release heat-trapping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, the responsibility for safeguarding our natural heritage is becoming urgent. Growing evidence suggests that the climate of the Great Lakes regio ...
DECC Adaptation Strategy for Climate Change Impacts on Biodiversity
... 1999 (Commonwealth). The global climate has changed significantly during the last 100 years, with the average surface temperature of the Earth increasing by 0.74±0.18oC. There is a very high confidence level that the globally averaged net effect of human activities since 1750 has been one of warming ...
... 1999 (Commonwealth). The global climate has changed significantly during the last 100 years, with the average surface temperature of the Earth increasing by 0.74±0.18oC. There is a very high confidence level that the globally averaged net effect of human activities since 1750 has been one of warming ...
Landslide risk and climate change in the European alps
... period, but more recently we have moved from a period of natural climate variability to a period of human induced-change known as the Anthropocene (Steffen et al., 2007). From the 1970’s onwards there has been a rise in global temperatures attributed to an increase in anthropogenic CO2 emissions as ...
... period, but more recently we have moved from a period of natural climate variability to a period of human induced-change known as the Anthropocene (Steffen et al., 2007). From the 1970’s onwards there has been a rise in global temperatures attributed to an increase in anthropogenic CO2 emissions as ...
Climate Change and Wetlands: Impacts and Mitigation
... and regional climate and some other pressures (e.g., land use and land cover change). The paper also examines adaptive management options and reviews the extent to which the tools and guidelines contained in the Ramsar ‘toolkit’ of Wise Use Handbooks provides adequate guidance in support of manageme ...
... and regional climate and some other pressures (e.g., land use and land cover change). The paper also examines adaptive management options and reviews the extent to which the tools and guidelines contained in the Ramsar ‘toolkit’ of Wise Use Handbooks provides adequate guidance in support of manageme ...
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... This document, aims to gather evidence, present regional information and equip decision makers with the appropriate tools to take action. It was developed in consultation with many stakeholders and with guidance and advice from “Adaptation Scotland”. Adapting to Climate Change in the Highlands uses ...
... This document, aims to gather evidence, present regional information and equip decision makers with the appropriate tools to take action. It was developed in consultation with many stakeholders and with guidance and advice from “Adaptation Scotland”. Adapting to Climate Change in the Highlands uses ...
A note on including climate change adaptation in an international
... is to prepare economies to cope with larger climate-change impacts over the medium to long term. Development is very efficient to do so. Also, it is critical that climate-sensitive development investments, which are carried out today for nonclimatic reasons, take into account climate change to avoid ...
... is to prepare economies to cope with larger climate-change impacts over the medium to long term. Development is very efficient to do so. Also, it is critical that climate-sensitive development investments, which are carried out today for nonclimatic reasons, take into account climate change to avoid ...
CO2 emissions from biomass combustion for bioenergy
... reviewed the exclusion of the climate effect of biomassderived CO2 emissions is explicitly indicated, while in two cases it is clearly mentioned that emissions and removals are both included and offset (van der Voet et al., 2010). Most of the studies generally find a reduction in the contribution to ...
... reviewed the exclusion of the climate effect of biomassderived CO2 emissions is explicitly indicated, while in two cases it is clearly mentioned that emissions and removals are both included and offset (van der Voet et al., 2010). Most of the studies generally find a reduction in the contribution to ...
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... Climate change is one of the major global policy issues and has been on the policy agenda for more than two decades. The consensus view nowadays predicts an average increase in global temperature of at least 4 degrees centigrade up to 6 degrees centigrade until the end of this century, if no measure ...
... Climate change is one of the major global policy issues and has been on the policy agenda for more than two decades. The consensus view nowadays predicts an average increase in global temperature of at least 4 degrees centigrade up to 6 degrees centigrade until the end of this century, if no measure ...
Extreme!Events!and!Climate!
... a wealth of climate simulations covering the last millennium. We want to exploit such data in order to assess how models simulate extreme summer heatwaves. The surface temperature and precipitation are closely related to atmospheric patterns. It has been shown that rainy winter/spring seasons reduce ...
... a wealth of climate simulations covering the last millennium. We want to exploit such data in order to assess how models simulate extreme summer heatwaves. The surface temperature and precipitation are closely related to atmospheric patterns. It has been shown that rainy winter/spring seasons reduce ...
Africa and Climate: Report
... the areas of observations, research and model development, prediction activities, and of the delivery of climate services. All are parts of a continuous chain that provides benefits to sustainable development only insofar as the strength of the weakest link, and only after appropriate integration wi ...
... the areas of observations, research and model development, prediction activities, and of the delivery of climate services. All are parts of a continuous chain that provides benefits to sustainable development only insofar as the strength of the weakest link, and only after appropriate integration wi ...
Climate Change in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas - HimalDoc
... the IPCC. The content of this report should also provide important inputs to support the discussions that will be held in conjunction with the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in June 2012 and in the contexts of other multilateral environmental agreements. The authors as ...
... the IPCC. The content of this report should also provide important inputs to support the discussions that will be held in conjunction with the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in June 2012 and in the contexts of other multilateral environmental agreements. The authors as ...
IPCC WGI AR5 Chapter Template
... Each finding is grounded in an evaluation of underlying evidence and agreement. In many cases, a synthesis of evidence and agreement supports an assignment of confidence. The summary terms for evidence are: limited, medium, or robust. For agreement, they are low, medium, or high. A level of confiden ...
... Each finding is grounded in an evaluation of underlying evidence and agreement. In many cases, a synthesis of evidence and agreement supports an assignment of confidence. The summary terms for evidence are: limited, medium, or robust. For agreement, they are low, medium, or high. A level of confiden ...
Who`s holding us back?
... When it comes to lobbying on climate change many sectors in the US have more than trebled their numbers of lobbyists between 2003 and 2008.26 ...
... When it comes to lobbying on climate change many sectors in the US have more than trebled their numbers of lobbyists between 2003 and 2008.26 ...
... Restricting climate change education in the formal sectors, most of the researches till date have been carried out with the students, prospective teachers and in-service teachers on their conception of climate change related issues like global warming, green house effects, with some linking these is ...
... Restricting climate change education in the formal sectors, most of the researches till date have been carried out with the students, prospective teachers and in-service teachers on their conception of climate change related issues like global warming, green house effects, with some linking these is ...
Rethinking Support for Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change
... World Vision International and Care International. It was established in 2009 with the aim of understanding how development interventions can contribute to adaptive capacity at the community and household level, and to inform the design and implementation of development planning by governments and n ...
... World Vision International and Care International. It was established in 2009 with the aim of understanding how development interventions can contribute to adaptive capacity at the community and household level, and to inform the design and implementation of development planning by governments and n ...
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... According to the IPCC and Erland Källén at Stockholm University, it is very likely that man’s use of fossil fuels is the cause of the majority of warming during the 20th century. The technology exists to limit these emissions, however, and the costs are not too alarming. We do not have that much tim ...
... According to the IPCC and Erland Källén at Stockholm University, it is very likely that man’s use of fossil fuels is the cause of the majority of warming during the 20th century. The technology exists to limit these emissions, however, and the costs are not too alarming. We do not have that much tim ...
The Global Climate Observing System Programme The Global
... infrastructure (Table 1), while their unpredictability is an impediment to development even in years when climate conditions are favorable. In ...
... infrastructure (Table 1), while their unpredictability is an impediment to development even in years when climate conditions are favorable. In ...
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.