Climate response to imposed solar radiation reductions in
... evenly over the Earth. This amplified influence occurred because high-latitude surface cooling preferentially increased sea ice fraction and, therefore, surface albedo, leading to a larger deficit in the radiation budget at the top of the atmosphere than from an equivalent global reduction in solar ...
... evenly over the Earth. This amplified influence occurred because high-latitude surface cooling preferentially increased sea ice fraction and, therefore, surface albedo, leading to a larger deficit in the radiation budget at the top of the atmosphere than from an equivalent global reduction in solar ...
Forests synchronize their growth in contrasting Eurasian regions in
... We hypothesized that climate warming (1) triggers more synchronous tree growth at subcontinental scales owing to an amplified climatic control of growth, e.g., through higher temperatures in Siberia and decreased water availability in Spain. Our objective was to interpret forest reactions to warming ...
... We hypothesized that climate warming (1) triggers more synchronous tree growth at subcontinental scales owing to an amplified climatic control of growth, e.g., through higher temperatures in Siberia and decreased water availability in Spain. Our objective was to interpret forest reactions to warming ...
The Promises and Perils of Geoengineering
... techniques are concerned with blocking or reflecting sunlight. Such a feat could, in theory, be achieved by boosting Earth’s surface albedo—its reflectivity—using any of a variety of methods or by preventing some portion of solar radiation from ever reaching the earth’s surface. The second category ...
... techniques are concerned with blocking or reflecting sunlight. Such a feat could, in theory, be achieved by boosting Earth’s surface albedo—its reflectivity—using any of a variety of methods or by preventing some portion of solar radiation from ever reaching the earth’s surface. The second category ...
Dissemination of information on climate change: a case study KwaNgwanase in KwaZulu-Natal
... a weather forecasting service to those who would benefit from it. Urgent SMSs could be sent via mobile phones to alert people to the likelihood of, for instance, floods, to prepare them to evacuate dangerous areas, and thus potentially contribute to their safety. Efforts have been made in Southern A ...
... a weather forecasting service to those who would benefit from it. Urgent SMSs could be sent via mobile phones to alert people to the likelihood of, for instance, floods, to prepare them to evacuate dangerous areas, and thus potentially contribute to their safety. Efforts have been made in Southern A ...
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... PROBLEM TREE ANALYSIS The members of CCN-Nigeria participated in a problem tree analysis to further identify the immediate and underlying causes of these problems. They identified one problem statement as follows: Problem 1: There is low response of climate change vulnerability, mitigation and adapt ...
... PROBLEM TREE ANALYSIS The members of CCN-Nigeria participated in a problem tree analysis to further identify the immediate and underlying causes of these problems. They identified one problem statement as follows: Problem 1: There is low response of climate change vulnerability, mitigation and adapt ...
White Paper on the Ethical Dimensions of Climate Change
... interference with these basic rights. In this paper we seek to help clarify our duties to prevent the neglect or violation of those rights. Of course, climate change policy making raises additional ethical issues including questions about duties to protect future generations of humans, plants, anima ...
... interference with these basic rights. In this paper we seek to help clarify our duties to prevent the neglect or violation of those rights. Of course, climate change policy making raises additional ethical issues including questions about duties to protect future generations of humans, plants, anima ...
The impact of climate change and weather on transport - MOWE-IT
... The Stern (2007) and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (2007a) reports analyze damages for, among others, the water, agricultural, health and insurance sectors.1 A sector that receives fairly little (explicit) attention, however, is the transport sector. This is not entirely surprisin ...
... The Stern (2007) and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (2007a) reports analyze damages for, among others, the water, agricultural, health and insurance sectors.1 A sector that receives fairly little (explicit) attention, however, is the transport sector. This is not entirely surprisin ...
REPORT - BC3 Basque Centre for Climate Change
... studying the causes and consequences of climate change and the best ways of addressing it. Given the vast range of the topic, BC3 was designed to focus on the socio-economic aspects of climate change, albeit within an interdisciplinary framework that includes the natural as well as social sciences. ...
... studying the causes and consequences of climate change and the best ways of addressing it. Given the vast range of the topic, BC3 was designed to focus on the socio-economic aspects of climate change, albeit within an interdisciplinary framework that includes the natural as well as social sciences. ...
Project Document for CEO Approval
... 26. The Greenhouse Gas (GHG) inventory is based on 1993 data, as it had more data than any other year and uses the 1996 Revised Guidelines (IPCC. OECD.IEA, 1997). Meanwhile, not all emission categories of the Guidelines are reported on, due to lack of data, or to the non-existence of the activity in ...
... 26. The Greenhouse Gas (GHG) inventory is based on 1993 data, as it had more data than any other year and uses the 1996 Revised Guidelines (IPCC. OECD.IEA, 1997). Meanwhile, not all emission categories of the Guidelines are reported on, due to lack of data, or to the non-existence of the activity in ...
6 Climate change impacts, adaptation measures and vulnerability
... National Communication) has already started in different administrative sectors. Some of the administrative sectors, for instance the Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, have published implementation programmes. A significant share of the adaptation measures are ...
... National Communication) has already started in different administrative sectors. Some of the administrative sectors, for instance the Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, have published implementation programmes. A significant share of the adaptation measures are ...
Impacts of climate change on Australia`s World Heritage properties
... and biological diversity. There are currently 17 sites in Australia recognised by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as possessing characteristics considered to be of outstanding value to humanity. Because of their universal significance, these 17 sites are lis ...
... and biological diversity. There are currently 17 sites in Australia recognised by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as possessing characteristics considered to be of outstanding value to humanity. Because of their universal significance, these 17 sites are lis ...
The Risk of Sea Level Rise: A Delphic Monte Carlo Analysis in
... As Figure 1 shows, the linkages between global temperatures and the potential contribution of the polar ice sheets had not been completely modeled when we began our effort. Models were available, for example, that showed the potential impact of ice-shelf melting on the Antarctic contribution to sea ...
... As Figure 1 shows, the linkages between global temperatures and the potential contribution of the polar ice sheets had not been completely modeled when we began our effort. Models were available, for example, that showed the potential impact of ice-shelf melting on the Antarctic contribution to sea ...
Sample pages 2 PDF
... Such is the overwhelming case of the Vunidogoloa village, which moved to a land owned by the same mataqali. Since the community moved to a land within its boundaries, the transition was smoother than what the villagers would have experienced if a suitable resettlement site was not available. Notewor ...
... Such is the overwhelming case of the Vunidogoloa village, which moved to a land owned by the same mataqali. Since the community moved to a land within its boundaries, the transition was smoother than what the villagers would have experienced if a suitable resettlement site was not available. Notewor ...
Weathercaster Views on Informal Climate Education: Similarities
... as possible (Lising and Elby, 2005). Since it is difficult to fully describe how particular groups of people make sense of the world around them and construct their epistemology (Carey et al., 1989; Khishfe and Abd-El-Khalick, 2002; Linn and Songer, 1993), a network analysis could be promising in el ...
... as possible (Lising and Elby, 2005). Since it is difficult to fully describe how particular groups of people make sense of the world around them and construct their epistemology (Carey et al., 1989; Khishfe and Abd-El-Khalick, 2002; Linn and Songer, 1993), a network analysis could be promising in el ...
Student Sheet 1.2: Where on Earth?
... 1. Where did the tropical storm that eventually turned into Hurricane Katrina begin? _______________ ...
... 1. Where did the tropical storm that eventually turned into Hurricane Katrina begin? _______________ ...
Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability
... on all continents and across the oceans. Evidence of climate-change impacts is strongest and most comprehensive for natural systems. Some impacts on human systems have also been attributed7 to climate change, with a major or minor contribution of climate change distinguishable from other influences. ...
... on all continents and across the oceans. Evidence of climate-change impacts is strongest and most comprehensive for natural systems. Some impacts on human systems have also been attributed7 to climate change, with a major or minor contribution of climate change distinguishable from other influences. ...
Tuesday 1 December Wednesday 2 December
... Alliance Villes Emploi side event: Mobilizing Territories to Support Trends in Employment and Skills Related to the Energy Transition (Climate Generations Areas, Room 3) ...
... Alliance Villes Emploi side event: Mobilizing Territories to Support Trends in Employment and Skills Related to the Energy Transition (Climate Generations Areas, Room 3) ...
the impact of climate change on the development - UN
... change. Yet, LDCs and SIDS will suffer the most. Adaptation to climate change is, therefore, of the essence for LDCs and SIDS. Several adaptation initiatives are being undertaken by LDCs and SIDS, including the implementation of National Adaptation Programmes of Action. However, it is clear that con ...
... change. Yet, LDCs and SIDS will suffer the most. Adaptation to climate change is, therefore, of the essence for LDCs and SIDS. Several adaptation initiatives are being undertaken by LDCs and SIDS, including the implementation of National Adaptation Programmes of Action. However, it is clear that con ...
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE LIMITED
... from the sea, adopting in-house energy systems, recycling. Similarly, Emmanuel and Spence (2009), estimates that in 1996 total water demand by hotels, ships and golf courses in Barbados was 2,569,000 cubic metres, approximately one sixth of total domestic water consumption in Barbados. It is project ...
... from the sea, adopting in-house energy systems, recycling. Similarly, Emmanuel and Spence (2009), estimates that in 1996 total water demand by hotels, ships and golf courses in Barbados was 2,569,000 cubic metres, approximately one sixth of total domestic water consumption in Barbados. It is project ...
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... Nations (FAO) estimates that almost 800 million people in the world are chronically hungry today. Population growth and diet changes will drive food needs up by 60 percent by 2050. Climate change is already putting stress on food systems and rural livelihoods all around the globe. Today’s response t ...
... Nations (FAO) estimates that almost 800 million people in the world are chronically hungry today. Population growth and diet changes will drive food needs up by 60 percent by 2050. Climate change is already putting stress on food systems and rural livelihoods all around the globe. Today’s response t ...
IPCC 5-2014 WG-2 Summary.pdf
... on all continents and across the oceans. Evidence of climate-change impacts is strongest and most comprehensive for natural systems. Some impacts on human systems have also been attributed7 to climate change, with a major or minor contribution of climate change distinguishable from other influences. ...
... on all continents and across the oceans. Evidence of climate-change impacts is strongest and most comprehensive for natural systems. Some impacts on human systems have also been attributed7 to climate change, with a major or minor contribution of climate change distinguishable from other influences. ...
at least -48 - Monash University
... change and for economic redistribution to assist in mitigation and adaptation funding to that period when the science enabled the issue to be recognised. By contrast, developing states have emphasised that the long history of appropriation of the atmospheric commons by industrialised nations has res ...
... change and for economic redistribution to assist in mitigation and adaptation funding to that period when the science enabled the issue to be recognised. By contrast, developing states have emphasised that the long history of appropriation of the atmospheric commons by industrialised nations has res ...
Effects of climate extremes on the terrestrial carbon cycle
... Received 6 September 2013 and accepted 24 January 2015 ...
... Received 6 September 2013 and accepted 24 January 2015 ...
The Surveyor’s Role in Monitoring, Mitigating, and Adapting to Climate Change FIG REPORT
... 2. The administration and use of rural areas. Land use is responsible for more than 30% of all greenhouse gas emissions. Changes in land use (such as re-forestation) can thus have special importance in mitigating climate change both by lowering emissions and by removing such gases from the atmosphe ...
... 2. The administration and use of rural areas. Land use is responsible for more than 30% of all greenhouse gas emissions. Changes in land use (such as re-forestation) can thus have special importance in mitigating climate change both by lowering emissions and by removing such gases from the atmosphe ...
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.