US Senate Minority Report - US Senate Committee on Environment
... Over 650 dissenting scientists from around the globe challenged man-made global warming claims made by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and former Vice President Al Gore. This new 231-page U.S. Senate Minority Report -updated from 2007’s groundbreaking report of ov ...
... Over 650 dissenting scientists from around the globe challenged man-made global warming claims made by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and former Vice President Al Gore. This new 231-page U.S. Senate Minority Report -updated from 2007’s groundbreaking report of ov ...
US Senate Minority Report
... Over 650 dissenting scientists from around the globe challenged man-made global warming claims made by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and former Vice President Al Gore. This new 231-page U.S. Senate Minority Report -updated from 2007’s groundbreaking report of ov ...
... Over 650 dissenting scientists from around the globe challenged man-made global warming claims made by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and former Vice President Al Gore. This new 231-page U.S. Senate Minority Report -updated from 2007’s groundbreaking report of ov ...
Land use planning tools for local adaptation to climate change
... wildfires. A changing climate magnifies all these risks. In 2008, Elkford, with support of the Columbia Basin Trust, a provincial crown corporation, developed a local adaptation strategy to assess the risks posed by climate change and identify corresponding adaptation actions. The Adaptation Strateg ...
... wildfires. A changing climate magnifies all these risks. In 2008, Elkford, with support of the Columbia Basin Trust, a provincial crown corporation, developed a local adaptation strategy to assess the risks posed by climate change and identify corresponding adaptation actions. The Adaptation Strateg ...
Riedy CAGs-AUS-ED_accepted - OPUS at UTS
... The analytical approach proposed by Stevenson and Drzyek (2014) is helpful for identifying the component parts of a deliberative system and where a particular innovation, such as a CAG, fits within such a system. Below, we will apply this schema to develop a more detailed description of the role of ...
... The analytical approach proposed by Stevenson and Drzyek (2014) is helpful for identifying the component parts of a deliberative system and where a particular innovation, such as a CAG, fits within such a system. Below, we will apply this schema to develop a more detailed description of the role of ...
Observed and simulated full-depth ocean heat
... OHC changes, suggesting that some models are not state-ofthe-art and require further improvements. However, the ensemble median has excellent agreement with our observational estimate: 0.68 [0.54–0.82] × 1022 J yr−1 (0.42 Wm−2 ) from 1970 to 2005 and 1.25 [1.10–1.41] × 1022 J yr−1 (0.77 Wm−2 ) from ...
... OHC changes, suggesting that some models are not state-ofthe-art and require further improvements. However, the ensemble median has excellent agreement with our observational estimate: 0.68 [0.54–0.82] × 1022 J yr−1 (0.42 Wm−2 ) from 1970 to 2005 and 1.25 [1.10–1.41] × 1022 J yr−1 (0.77 Wm−2 ) from ...
Full Report - Focus on Energy
... simulations are probably nearer to the upper-end of the strength of this effect. Projected carbon losses are highest for the climate simulations that predict the most warming and drying in Wisconsin. For the high-end A2fixCO2 scenario, Wisconsin natural vegetation is projected to lose 18.9 Tg CO2 pe ...
... simulations are probably nearer to the upper-end of the strength of this effect. Projected carbon losses are highest for the climate simulations that predict the most warming and drying in Wisconsin. For the high-end A2fixCO2 scenario, Wisconsin natural vegetation is projected to lose 18.9 Tg CO2 pe ...
Brown, Lessons Learned From The Climate Change Disinformation
... Brown, Why the US Academy of Science and the Royal Academy’s Easy To Understand Report On Climate Change Science Has Ethical Significance, http://blogs.law.widener.edu/climate/2014/03/06/why-the-us-academy-of-sciences-easy-tounderstand-report-on-climate-change-science-has-ethical-significane/ , Mar ...
... Brown, Why the US Academy of Science and the Royal Academy’s Easy To Understand Report On Climate Change Science Has Ethical Significance, http://blogs.law.widener.edu/climate/2014/03/06/why-the-us-academy-of-sciences-easy-tounderstand-report-on-climate-change-science-has-ethical-significane/ , Mar ...
Climate Change and Whitebark Pine
... Restoring whitebark pine forests in changing climates There are many compelling reasons to restore whitebark pine, including the ecosystem services, biodiversity, and ecosystem functions that it provides (Tomback et al. 2001a). Ultimately, healthy whitebark pine forests are critical to enabling futu ...
... Restoring whitebark pine forests in changing climates There are many compelling reasons to restore whitebark pine, including the ecosystem services, biodiversity, and ecosystem functions that it provides (Tomback et al. 2001a). Ultimately, healthy whitebark pine forests are critical to enabling futu ...
Ethics and Geoengineering: Reviewing the Moral Issues Raised by
... leaves carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, ensuring that the problem of ocean acidification will continue. This preference for CDR has been questioned by those with concerns about the ecological impact of large-scale CDR technologies.11 Proponents of stratospheric aerosols have also pointed out that, ...
... leaves carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, ensuring that the problem of ocean acidification will continue. This preference for CDR has been questioned by those with concerns about the ecological impact of large-scale CDR technologies.11 Proponents of stratospheric aerosols have also pointed out that, ...
MODULE 2 (EARTH SCIENCE)
... dynamics (small changes in initial conditions lead to large differences in outcomes), and there is distal causality (chain reactions can trigger events far away from an action’s starting point). (DCI: Weather and Climate) (CCC: Cause and Effect) (CCC: Systems and Systems models) (CCC: Stability and ...
... dynamics (small changes in initial conditions lead to large differences in outcomes), and there is distal causality (chain reactions can trigger events far away from an action’s starting point). (DCI: Weather and Climate) (CCC: Cause and Effect) (CCC: Systems and Systems models) (CCC: Stability and ...
ccaf.gc.ca
... Convention on Climate Change (FCCC). The ultimate objective of the FCCC is the stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous human-induced interference with the climate system. Under the convention, the interim objective was for Annex I part ...
... Convention on Climate Change (FCCC). The ultimate objective of the FCCC is the stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous human-induced interference with the climate system. Under the convention, the interim objective was for Annex I part ...
Trillion Dollar Transformation: Fiduciary Duty, Divestment and Fossil
... ust as it poses unparalleled social and envi- ronmental challenges for humanity and the biosphere, climate change also presents a unique set of financial challenges and opportunities to investors. The early entry into force of the Paris Agreement in November 2016 signals that the era of a fossi ...
... ust as it poses unparalleled social and envi- ronmental challenges for humanity and the biosphere, climate change also presents a unique set of financial challenges and opportunities to investors. The early entry into force of the Paris Agreement in November 2016 signals that the era of a fossi ...
Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and the International Climate Change Policy Agenda
... take the lead in combating climate change and the adverse effects thereof.”10 Parties to the Convention agree to develop national programmes to slow climate change, and take climate change into account in sectors such as agriculture, industry, energy, natural resources and coastal areas. Acknowledgi ...
... take the lead in combating climate change and the adverse effects thereof.”10 Parties to the Convention agree to develop national programmes to slow climate change, and take climate change into account in sectors such as agriculture, industry, energy, natural resources and coastal areas. Acknowledgi ...
Aalborg Universitet Avoiding climate change uncertainties in Strategic Environmental Assessment
... Based on the above considerations, this article is motivated by the perception that uncertainty is an important issue for SEA to deal with, and the authors currently see examples where uncertainty acts as a barrier for dealing with climate change. Prominently, in Denmark, climate change has been exc ...
... Based on the above considerations, this article is motivated by the perception that uncertainty is an important issue for SEA to deal with, and the authors currently see examples where uncertainty acts as a barrier for dealing with climate change. Prominently, in Denmark, climate change has been exc ...
Workshop Report - Ontario Centre for Climate Impacts and
... atmosphere and are tracking in line with the ‘worst case’ scenarios developed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This combined with continued emissions commits the planet to further global climate change. Globally, temperatures have increased 0.74°C over the last 100 years. The ...
... atmosphere and are tracking in line with the ‘worst case’ scenarios developed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This combined with continued emissions commits the planet to further global climate change. Globally, temperatures have increased 0.74°C over the last 100 years. The ...
Report Workshop on Regional and National Climate
... duration, and frequency of droughts, floods, and other extreme conditions, which will have serious implications for agriculture, human health, and many other human activities. Though GCMs can satisfactorily simulate the atmospheric general circulation at the continental scale, they are not necessari ...
... duration, and frequency of droughts, floods, and other extreme conditions, which will have serious implications for agriculture, human health, and many other human activities. Though GCMs can satisfactorily simulate the atmospheric general circulation at the continental scale, they are not necessari ...
National Climate Change Response White Paper
... enterprises will need to review the policies, strategies, legislation, regulations and plans falling within their jurisdictions to ensure full alignment with the National Climate Change Response within two years of the publication of this policy. On the basis of the outcome of these reviews, governm ...
... enterprises will need to review the policies, strategies, legislation, regulations and plans falling within their jurisdictions to ensure full alignment with the National Climate Change Response within two years of the publication of this policy. On the basis of the outcome of these reviews, governm ...
National Climate Change Response White Paper (2011)
... enterprises will need to review the policies, strategies, legislation, regulations and plans falling within their jurisdictions to ensure full alignment with the National Climate Change Response within two years of the publication of this policy. On the basis of the outcome of these reviews, governm ...
... enterprises will need to review the policies, strategies, legislation, regulations and plans falling within their jurisdictions to ensure full alignment with the National Climate Change Response within two years of the publication of this policy. On the basis of the outcome of these reviews, governm ...
Climate change and stratospheric ozone depletion Early effects on
... international distribution of its publications and encourages their translation and adaptation. By helping to promote and protect health and prevent and control disease, WHO’s books contribute to achieving the Organization’s principal objective – the attainment by all people of the highest possible ...
... international distribution of its publications and encourages their translation and adaptation. By helping to promote and protect health and prevent and control disease, WHO’s books contribute to achieving the Organization’s principal objective – the attainment by all people of the highest possible ...
“Duck Factory” of North America - American Meteorological Society
... seasonal basis. These considerations motivate the current study, which provides the following: (i) a detailed analysis of the changes in seasonal precipitation over past decades—in particular the trend to wetter conditions—and an assessment of whether they has been caused by natural climate variabil ...
... seasonal basis. These considerations motivate the current study, which provides the following: (i) a detailed analysis of the changes in seasonal precipitation over past decades—in particular the trend to wetter conditions—and an assessment of whether they has been caused by natural climate variabil ...
Increasing frequency of extreme El Niño events due to greenhouse
... historical anthropogenic and natural forcings, and future greenhouse gas emission scenarios (Methods), each covering a 200-year period. We determine Niño3 rainfall skewness over the 200-year period in each model. Using skewness greater than 1 and Niño3 rainfall exceeding 5 mm per day as criteria for ...
... historical anthropogenic and natural forcings, and future greenhouse gas emission scenarios (Methods), each covering a 200-year period. We determine Niño3 rainfall skewness over the 200-year period in each model. Using skewness greater than 1 and Niño3 rainfall exceeding 5 mm per day as criteria for ...
Briefing report
... That the world’s climate is changing is irrefutable. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change stated in its most recent Assessment Report that it is very likely that the changes we have seen and measured are the result of anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases. While there may be some oppo ...
... That the world’s climate is changing is irrefutable. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change stated in its most recent Assessment Report that it is very likely that the changes we have seen and measured are the result of anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases. While there may be some oppo ...
International trends in public perceptions of climate change over the
... level, behaviors of significance for climate change may be influenced by a person’s attitudes toward climate change, but they are also subject to these wider sociocultural and political factors12–14 , which, while from a psychological perspective are considered external and contextual, from a sociol ...
... level, behaviors of significance for climate change may be influenced by a person’s attitudes toward climate change, but they are also subject to these wider sociocultural and political factors12–14 , which, while from a psychological perspective are considered external and contextual, from a sociol ...
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.