FCCC/AWGLCA/2008/6 Page 1 UNITED NATIONS Distr. GENERAL
... The ultimate objective of this Convention and any related legal instruments that the Conference of the Parties may adopt is to achieve, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Convention, stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangero ...
... The ultimate objective of this Convention and any related legal instruments that the Conference of the Parties may adopt is to achieve, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Convention, stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangero ...
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... Recognizing Al Gore as the recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. ...
... Recognizing Al Gore as the recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. ...
CCHH - UCAR
... diarrheal & respiratory diseases • Increase in water- and food-borne diseases The severity of impacts will depend on the capacity to adapt & its effective deployment ...
... diarrheal & respiratory diseases • Increase in water- and food-borne diseases The severity of impacts will depend on the capacity to adapt & its effective deployment ...
A precautionary approach to avoiding catastrophic climate
... technology and financial assistance is critical. Domestic reductions in the North are only half of the North’s obligation. • In principle, a corresponding commitment from the consuming class in the South is also necessary. • In practice, Copenhagen will need to bring a period of trustbuilding. • The ...
... technology and financial assistance is critical. Domestic reductions in the North are only half of the North’s obligation. • In principle, a corresponding commitment from the consuming class in the South is also necessary. • In practice, Copenhagen will need to bring a period of trustbuilding. • The ...
WORKING DRAFT Climate Policy as Political Entrepreneurship
... German economist and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) official Ottmar Eddenhofer, explained prior to the Cancun conference in an interview with the Global Warming Policy Foundation (Potter 2010): First of all, developed countries have basically expropriated the atmosphere of the worl ...
... German economist and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) official Ottmar Eddenhofer, explained prior to the Cancun conference in an interview with the Global Warming Policy Foundation (Potter 2010): First of all, developed countries have basically expropriated the atmosphere of the worl ...
BMUNC 151 DELEGATE PACK WHAT IS A MUN? Model United
... effects of climate change in these regions. Both industrialized and developing nations must be involved in any agreement on climate change. While every person in the world is affected by weather, the poor are often most vulnerable to changes in climate patterns. In the industrialized world, social s ...
... effects of climate change in these regions. Both industrialized and developing nations must be involved in any agreement on climate change. While every person in the world is affected by weather, the poor are often most vulnerable to changes in climate patterns. In the industrialized world, social s ...
Quantification of Uncertainty of Regional Climate Change
... MiCCA’s mission is to translate and enhance the latest NOAA climate forecast products to maximize economic gains for agricultural producers and their agribusiness service providers in the U.S. Midwest through use of advanced regional models, interactive web-based decision-making tools, and high-volu ...
... MiCCA’s mission is to translate and enhance the latest NOAA climate forecast products to maximize economic gains for agricultural producers and their agribusiness service providers in the U.S. Midwest through use of advanced regional models, interactive web-based decision-making tools, and high-volu ...
Unit 1 Hazards and Climate Change Past Questions
... b) Explain the global distribution of two major hydro-meteorological hazards types(15) 8a) Examine how historical data like this can provide evidence for natural climate change (10) b)Explain why many scientists believe that human, rather than natural causes, may be more to blame for recent climate ...
... b) Explain the global distribution of two major hydro-meteorological hazards types(15) 8a) Examine how historical data like this can provide evidence for natural climate change (10) b)Explain why many scientists believe that human, rather than natural causes, may be more to blame for recent climate ...
Global Warming Debate
... Greenhouse effect The "greenhouse effect" is the warming that happens when certain gases in Earth's atmosphere trap heat. These gases let in light but keep heat from escaping, like the glass walls of a greenhouse. First, sunlight shines onto the Earth's surface, where it is absorbed and then radiat ...
... Greenhouse effect The "greenhouse effect" is the warming that happens when certain gases in Earth's atmosphere trap heat. These gases let in light but keep heat from escaping, like the glass walls of a greenhouse. First, sunlight shines onto the Earth's surface, where it is absorbed and then radiat ...
Lesson 1 Planning
... o Our water (both fresh and ocean water that play important roles in all ecosystems) o Our temperature- balanced, conducive to life Discuss how our climate is formed as a result of complex factors that are unique to Earth (other planets are incredible, but have completely different climates that we ...
... o Our water (both fresh and ocean water that play important roles in all ecosystems) o Our temperature- balanced, conducive to life Discuss how our climate is formed as a result of complex factors that are unique to Earth (other planets are incredible, but have completely different climates that we ...
Global Warming - Regents Earth Science Mr. Paris Pace High School
... Eckhoff, David W. "Drought Happens: Get Used to It!" University of Utah. University of Utah Marriott Library, Utah. ...
... Eckhoff, David W. "Drought Happens: Get Used to It!" University of Utah. University of Utah Marriott Library, Utah. ...
View/Open
... Many of the world’s poorest regions could face severe crop losses in the next two decades because of climate change, according to Dr. David Lobell, a Senior Research Scholar at Stanford University in the program on Food Security and Environment. The average world temperature is increasing slightly s ...
... Many of the world’s poorest regions could face severe crop losses in the next two decades because of climate change, according to Dr. David Lobell, a Senior Research Scholar at Stanford University in the program on Food Security and Environment. The average world temperature is increasing slightly s ...
Climate Change and Agricultural Sustainability – A Global Assessment
... – Int’l Food Policy Res. Inst. (IFPRI): “Although there will be gains in some crops in some regions of the world, the overall impacts of climate change on agriculture are expected to be negative, threatening global food security.” “Climate Change: Impact on Agriculture and Costs of Adaptation” – IPC ...
... – Int’l Food Policy Res. Inst. (IFPRI): “Although there will be gains in some crops in some regions of the world, the overall impacts of climate change on agriculture are expected to be negative, threatening global food security.” “Climate Change: Impact on Agriculture and Costs of Adaptation” – IPC ...
1 GLOBAL WARMING AND ITS EFFECTS ON MIGRATION IN
... are worth noting. First, hurricanes destroy massively properties; leads to displacement of settled people also destroy general structure that is meant to help humans in their day-to-day activities. ...
... are worth noting. First, hurricanes destroy massively properties; leads to displacement of settled people also destroy general structure that is meant to help humans in their day-to-day activities. ...
Lesson 1 Planning
... Visualizations: Structure of the Atmosphere. Visualizing Global Climate Change Learning outcomes and Notes Answering the question: What is climate and how is it determined? Includes discussion of the earth's atmosphere and focuses on differences between climate and weather, climate change vs. global ...
... Visualizations: Structure of the Atmosphere. Visualizing Global Climate Change Learning outcomes and Notes Answering the question: What is climate and how is it determined? Includes discussion of the earth's atmosphere and focuses on differences between climate and weather, climate change vs. global ...
The Annotated “Take AIM at Climate Change”
... years.” The CCSP’s “Climate Literacy” (http://climatecience.gov) booklet continues, “Over the 21st century, climate scientists expect Earth’s temperature to continue increasing, very likely more than it did during the 20th century. Two anticipated results are rising global sea level and increases in ...
... years.” The CCSP’s “Climate Literacy” (http://climatecience.gov) booklet continues, “Over the 21st century, climate scientists expect Earth’s temperature to continue increasing, very likely more than it did during the 20th century. Two anticipated results are rising global sea level and increases in ...
Centre for Environmental Rights
... 1. South Africa’s negotiating position at COP 21 should give effect to the Constitutional obligations as expressed in section 24 of the Constitution, with special regard to human health. 2. Taking adequate action to mitigate our contribution to global warming is not only a matter of policy, but a Co ...
... 1. South Africa’s negotiating position at COP 21 should give effect to the Constitutional obligations as expressed in section 24 of the Constitution, with special regard to human health. 2. Taking adequate action to mitigate our contribution to global warming is not only a matter of policy, but a Co ...
State of Climate Change and Water Modeling in Bangladesh
... IWM studied “Impact of Sea level Rise on Coastal Rivers of Bangladesh” ...
... IWM studied “Impact of Sea level Rise on Coastal Rivers of Bangladesh” ...
Project finance and foreign investment contracts
... knowledge about, the challenges posed by climate change Identify what steps the country is already taking or methods being used to incorporate responses to climate change in policy-making and planning, particularly through the role of the official national climate change focal points (highlighting i ...
... knowledge about, the challenges posed by climate change Identify what steps the country is already taking or methods being used to incorporate responses to climate change in policy-making and planning, particularly through the role of the official national climate change focal points (highlighting i ...
Climate Change
... A change in the statistical properties of the climate system when considered over long periods of time (i.e. several decades to millions of years). Changes in temperature, precipitation, wind patterns, or other effects. Accordingly, fluctuations over periods shorter than a few decades, such as E ...
... A change in the statistical properties of the climate system when considered over long periods of time (i.e. several decades to millions of years). Changes in temperature, precipitation, wind patterns, or other effects. Accordingly, fluctuations over periods shorter than a few decades, such as E ...
Describe Severe Weather Event
... level is rising today at more than 0.08 inches (2 millimeters) per year and if the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is correct, that rate may approach 0.2 to 0.32 inches (5 to 8 millimeters) per year by 2100—the fastest sea level rise in the last 7,000 years. http://www.whoi.edu/ page.do?pi ...
... level is rising today at more than 0.08 inches (2 millimeters) per year and if the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is correct, that rate may approach 0.2 to 0.32 inches (5 to 8 millimeters) per year by 2100—the fastest sea level rise in the last 7,000 years. http://www.whoi.edu/ page.do?pi ...
Global Warming: The Science and the Politics
... but the methods for doing so are not universally accepted and have been a source of continuing controversies. Some of the data sets that have been used in recent years are thought by many scientists to be contaminated still by this and other non-climatic effects. It is unfortunate that some scientis ...
... but the methods for doing so are not universally accepted and have been a source of continuing controversies. Some of the data sets that have been used in recent years are thought by many scientists to be contaminated still by this and other non-climatic effects. It is unfortunate that some scientis ...
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.