Ozone hole and Southern Hemisphere climate change
... remarkably consistent impact of stratospheric ozone on the various components of the SH climate system. It should be noted that comparison among these four sets of models may not be a fair comparison, as each model set comprises very different models. This comparison, however, is made by assuming th ...
... remarkably consistent impact of stratospheric ozone on the various components of the SH climate system. It should be noted that comparison among these four sets of models may not be a fair comparison, as each model set comprises very different models. This comparison, however, is made by assuming th ...
Annex II Risk profile outline
... Review Committee (POPRC) to consider the possible implications of the interlinkages between climate change and POPs for the Committee’s work on its fifth meeting in 2011 (decision SC-5/11, para 14). The POPs Review Committee concluded at its seventh meeting that a better understanding of the interli ...
... Review Committee (POPRC) to consider the possible implications of the interlinkages between climate change and POPs for the Committee’s work on its fifth meeting in 2011 (decision SC-5/11, para 14). The POPs Review Committee concluded at its seventh meeting that a better understanding of the interli ...
WHAT IS WRONG WITH STERN? Peter Lilley MP The Global Warming Policy Foundation
... costs of cutting emissions have begun to hit households and companies. Global warming seems to have paused in recent years. The ‘Climategate’ emails and IPCC scandals dented public confidence in scientists’ predictions that warming will resume. Political parties committed to costly climate policies ...
... costs of cutting emissions have begun to hit households and companies. Global warming seems to have paused in recent years. The ‘Climategate’ emails and IPCC scandals dented public confidence in scientists’ predictions that warming will resume. Political parties committed to costly climate policies ...
An investor enquiry: how much big oil spends on obstructive climate
... understood the fundamentals of climate science since 1977, although by the late 1980s it was at the forefront of efforts to mislead public knowledge on the science in order to stifle and delay climate-driven regulations.13 Despite claiming in 2008 that it would cease its funding of climate denial, i ...
... understood the fundamentals of climate science since 1977, although by the late 1980s it was at the forefront of efforts to mislead public knowledge on the science in order to stifle and delay climate-driven regulations.13 Despite claiming in 2008 that it would cease its funding of climate denial, i ...
Does climate change pose a threat or opportunity to Swedish business?
... emissions of greenhouse gases. Adaptation strategies on the other hand, represent activities to protect society from nature by adjusting to direct or anticipated climatic impact (Stehr and von Storch, 2005). Both these strategies are considered essential in order to act in response to climate change ...
... emissions of greenhouse gases. Adaptation strategies on the other hand, represent activities to protect society from nature by adjusting to direct or anticipated climatic impact (Stehr and von Storch, 2005). Both these strategies are considered essential in order to act in response to climate change ...
DOC - Climate Change Authority
... the remainder of this paper; the Authority will discuss its recommendations—and the reasoning behind them—with stakeholders. ...
... the remainder of this paper; the Authority will discuss its recommendations—and the reasoning behind them—with stakeholders. ...
Cities and the Governing of Climate Change
... countries, may therefore represent a significant proportion of global emissions. For example, London’s emissions of GHGs are estimated at 44 megatonnes or 8% of the United Kingdom’s total in 2006 (31) and are considered to be on a par with those of some European countries such as “Greece or Portugal” ...
... countries, may therefore represent a significant proportion of global emissions. For example, London’s emissions of GHGs are estimated at 44 megatonnes or 8% of the United Kingdom’s total in 2006 (31) and are considered to be on a par with those of some European countries such as “Greece or Portugal” ...
contributions by the world meteorological organization to the
... and issue regional seasonal climate outlooks, which are downscaled and used at the national level by policymakers and sectoral users, including poor people whose livelihoods depend on climate stability. The RCOF process has facilitated a better understanding of the links between the climate system a ...
... and issue regional seasonal climate outlooks, which are downscaled and used at the national level by policymakers and sectoral users, including poor people whose livelihoods depend on climate stability. The RCOF process has facilitated a better understanding of the links between the climate system a ...
Modeling dynamics of tundra plant communities on the Yamal
... a function of both foliar nitrogen concentration and reindeer forage preference. We found that grazing is important, in addition to the latitudinal climate gradient, in controlling tundra plant community composition, explaining about 13% of the total variance in model simulations for all arctic tund ...
... a function of both foliar nitrogen concentration and reindeer forage preference. We found that grazing is important, in addition to the latitudinal climate gradient, in controlling tundra plant community composition, explaining about 13% of the total variance in model simulations for all arctic tund ...
Here - Benjamin Blonder
... species with broader and/or more distinct climate niches at tinf. Such a pattern may reflect a community populated by generalists or by a mixture of species from several biogeographic regions. A small value of DC(tinf ) may reflect more specialist species or species from fewer biogeographic regions. A ...
... species with broader and/or more distinct climate niches at tinf. Such a pattern may reflect a community populated by generalists or by a mixture of species from several biogeographic regions. A small value of DC(tinf ) may reflect more specialist species or species from fewer biogeographic regions. A ...
Climate Change and Agrarian Societies in Drylands
... materials for a good standard of living. This also limits the livelihood opportunities in drylands and often leads to practices, such as intensified cultivation, that cannot be serviced due to low and further impaired nutrient cycling and water regulation and provision, requiring adjustments in mana ...
... materials for a good standard of living. This also limits the livelihood opportunities in drylands and often leads to practices, such as intensified cultivation, that cannot be serviced due to low and further impaired nutrient cycling and water regulation and provision, requiring adjustments in mana ...
Climate Change: ImplIcatIons and strategIes for the luxury fashIon
... to respond to climate change. Our report is also significant as it is the first time there has been a specific focus on the luxury fashion sector, which aims to offer our customers the most desirable products, and its vulnerabilities to climate change. It provides an opportunity for large multinatio ...
... to respond to climate change. Our report is also significant as it is the first time there has been a specific focus on the luxury fashion sector, which aims to offer our customers the most desirable products, and its vulnerabilities to climate change. It provides an opportunity for large multinatio ...
Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation in Nunavut Setting the
... adapting to its impacts are high priorities for Nunavut. The Government of Nunavut recognizes that climate change is highly complex and dynamic. Nunavut’s communities are facing multiple changes that are impacting daily life and the continuation of traditional activities. The climate change impacts ...
... adapting to its impacts are high priorities for Nunavut. The Government of Nunavut recognizes that climate change is highly complex and dynamic. Nunavut’s communities are facing multiple changes that are impacting daily life and the continuation of traditional activities. The climate change impacts ...
STRIVE An Assessment of Uncertainties Report Series No.48
... of projected temperature changes between GCMs; for ...
... of projected temperature changes between GCMs; for ...
global warming, climate change and tourism: a review of
... system is unequivocal as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice since the mid 20th century”. This conceptual paper discussed the contributions of 30 selected papers published in tourism-related journals. The appr ...
... system is unequivocal as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice since the mid 20th century”. This conceptual paper discussed the contributions of 30 selected papers published in tourism-related journals. The appr ...
Climate Extremes: Recent Trends with Implications for National Security
... trigger outcomes that will threaten U.S. security. These assessments have had to rely on projections of climate change tuned to identify impacts over roughly a one-century time frame. This time frame is driven by the nature of the questions that dominated the initial literature (e.g., what impacts c ...
... trigger outcomes that will threaten U.S. security. These assessments have had to rely on projections of climate change tuned to identify impacts over roughly a one-century time frame. This time frame is driven by the nature of the questions that dominated the initial literature (e.g., what impacts c ...
... trigger outcomes that will threaten U.S. security. These assessments have had to rely on projections of climate change tuned to identify impacts over roughly a one-century time frame. This time frame is driven by the nature of the questions that dominated the initial literature (e.g., what impacts c ...
A Game of Preferences:
... conservatives; it is possible that these two factions adhere to or hold different variants of this ideology and identity. However, especially from a methodological perspective, I think it is very difficult to distinguish between holding different variants of a given ideology and identity or interpre ...
... conservatives; it is possible that these two factions adhere to or hold different variants of this ideology and identity. However, especially from a methodological perspective, I think it is very difficult to distinguish between holding different variants of a given ideology and identity or interpre ...
Short-lived pollutants in the Arctic: their climate impact and possible
... ments has revealed that methane levels, at ∼1770 ppbv, are season and, in particular, delaying the onset of spring melt, higher now than at any time in the past 650 kyr (Petit et al., may best be achieved by targeting shorter-lived climate forc1999; Spahni et al., 2005). Growth rates have slowed ove ...
... ments has revealed that methane levels, at ∼1770 ppbv, are season and, in particular, delaying the onset of spring melt, higher now than at any time in the past 650 kyr (Petit et al., may best be achieved by targeting shorter-lived climate forc1999; Spahni et al., 2005). Growth rates have slowed ove ...
Climate Change and Cherry Tree Blossom Festivals in
... Climate Change A unique data set that can potentially supply these insights is the record of annual cherry blossom festivals in Japan. Cherry blossom fes- ...
... Climate Change A unique data set that can potentially supply these insights is the record of annual cherry blossom festivals in Japan. Cherry blossom fes- ...
Climate predictability - Institut Català de Ciències del Clima
... The atmosphere, as any dynamical system highly sensitive to initial conditions, has a finite limit of predictability. This threshold affects our ability to anticipate the evolution of the climate system at all timescales, from the forecast of interannual anomalies some months ahead to the study of t ...
... The atmosphere, as any dynamical system highly sensitive to initial conditions, has a finite limit of predictability. This threshold affects our ability to anticipate the evolution of the climate system at all timescales, from the forecast of interannual anomalies some months ahead to the study of t ...
coming decades, climate change is expected to exacerbate the risks... disasters, not only from more frequent and intense hazard events,...
... and the back-to-back disastrous Atlantic hurricane seasons of 2004 and 2005. Leading popular magazines such as Time, for instance, warned in a special issue devoted to global warming that we should “be worried, very worried”5,about its consequences. These fears, predictably used by former Vice-Presi ...
... and the back-to-back disastrous Atlantic hurricane seasons of 2004 and 2005. Leading popular magazines such as Time, for instance, warned in a special issue devoted to global warming that we should “be worried, very worried”5,about its consequences. These fears, predictably used by former Vice-Presi ...
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.