Reports of Phase 2 Activity, January 2005
... impacts, dominated by rainfall decline, was more strongly recognised within the IOCI partnership as its current, front-line decision issue. Altered streamflows, the most evident manifestations of these impacts, were a surrogate measure of much wider environmental stresses, including those observed i ...
... impacts, dominated by rainfall decline, was more strongly recognised within the IOCI partnership as its current, front-line decision issue. Altered streamflows, the most evident manifestations of these impacts, were a surrogate measure of much wider environmental stresses, including those observed i ...
Chapter 2: International Legal Approaches: Treaties and Non
... Because of the global dimensions of climate change, policymakers have attempted to address this problem at an international level through treaty law. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the agreements under it form the core international legal response to climate c ...
... Because of the global dimensions of climate change, policymakers have attempted to address this problem at an international level through treaty law. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the agreements under it form the core international legal response to climate c ...
2 Echoes of 1983 `Weather Alert` report
... massively increase global poverty and inequality, punishing first, and most, the very people least responsible for greenhouse-gas emissions – and increasing their vulnerability to disaster. There is hope. The global humanitarian system has been getting better at reducing death rates from public-heal ...
... massively increase global poverty and inequality, punishing first, and most, the very people least responsible for greenhouse-gas emissions – and increasing their vulnerability to disaster. There is hope. The global humanitarian system has been getting better at reducing death rates from public-heal ...
Political Economy of Climate Change Policy
... Anthropogenic climate change poses a threat to all people and governments, but the response to that threat varies enormously across countries. Some adopt politically costly and economically challenging climate change mitigation policies, while others deny that climate change is occ ...
... Anthropogenic climate change poses a threat to all people and governments, but the response to that threat varies enormously across countries. Some adopt politically costly and economically challenging climate change mitigation policies, while others deny that climate change is occ ...
The implications of climate change scenario selection for future
... River Basin headwaters (water producing regions), streamflows in the Upper Colorado River Basin will be reduced less than projected, or may increase. Given the large uncertainty over future climate evolution at the scale of this transition zone, advances in climate science (perhaps including higherr ...
... River Basin headwaters (water producing regions), streamflows in the Upper Colorado River Basin will be reduced less than projected, or may increase. Given the large uncertainty over future climate evolution at the scale of this transition zone, advances in climate science (perhaps including higherr ...
Changes in temperature and precipitation extremes in the CMIP5
... and climate extremes observed in the late 20th century are projected to continue into the future. A subsequent assessment by the IPCC in its special report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX) confirms these assessments (Seneviratne et al. 2012). The li ...
... and climate extremes observed in the late 20th century are projected to continue into the future. A subsequent assessment by the IPCC in its special report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX) confirms these assessments (Seneviratne et al. 2012). The li ...
PART VI Burden Sharing and Development
... to this challenge. Climate-related shocks and stresses – from natural disasters, to agricultural impacts and health shocks – already prevent households from escaping poverty. Poor people are disproportionally vulnerable to these shocks, because they are more exposed and lose more when affected. Clim ...
... to this challenge. Climate-related shocks and stresses – from natural disasters, to agricultural impacts and health shocks – already prevent households from escaping poverty. Poor people are disproportionally vulnerable to these shocks, because they are more exposed and lose more when affected. Clim ...
Climate Change Predicted Impacts on Juneau
... glass surrounding a greenhouse, hence, the name “greenhouse gases.” The concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has varied between 150 and 300 parts per million (ppm) throughout at least the last 1,000,000 of the earth’s history. In the past 200 years, however, the burning of fossil fue ...
... glass surrounding a greenhouse, hence, the name “greenhouse gases.” The concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has varied between 150 and 300 parts per million (ppm) throughout at least the last 1,000,000 of the earth’s history. In the past 200 years, however, the burning of fossil fue ...
Climate Change and US Interests
... States. If one believes that the results of these models represent an accurate forecast of climate change impacts, then the climate change winner argument has considerable force. But these models provide only a lower bound on climate change’s possible impact rather than an accurate prediction of its ...
... States. If one believes that the results of these models represent an accurate forecast of climate change impacts, then the climate change winner argument has considerable force. But these models provide only a lower bound on climate change’s possible impact rather than an accurate prediction of its ...
Small Island States
... social and economic needs of their populations in a manner that is sustainable. At the same time, they are forced to implement appropriate strategies to adapt to increasing threats resulting from greenhouse gas forcing of the climate system, to which they contribute little. Sea-level rise. Although ...
... social and economic needs of their populations in a manner that is sustainable. At the same time, they are forced to implement appropriate strategies to adapt to increasing threats resulting from greenhouse gas forcing of the climate system, to which they contribute little. Sea-level rise. Although ...
Climate: Observations, projections and impacts
... • The potential impacts of climate change, based on results from the UK’s Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change programme (AVOID) and supporting literature. For details visit: http://www.avoid.uk.net The assessment of impacts at the national level, both for the AVOID programme results and the cited supp ...
... • The potential impacts of climate change, based on results from the UK’s Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change programme (AVOID) and supporting literature. For details visit: http://www.avoid.uk.net The assessment of impacts at the national level, both for the AVOID programme results and the cited supp ...
Making the Connection: Population Dynamics and Climate
... advent of hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” in oil and gas development). While quantitative research on the correlation between population and climate change has been sparse, efforts going back to the early 1990s have validated that world population growth is an important contributor to emissions ...
... advent of hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” in oil and gas development). While quantitative research on the correlation between population and climate change has been sparse, efforts going back to the early 1990s have validated that world population growth is an important contributor to emissions ...
Discussion Paper - LEDS Global Partnership
... events such as droughts, floods and periods of extremely high temperatures above previous recordings can cause serious economic losses and affect national development goals. Climate projections for many parts of Africa show declines in precipitation over time, having a significant effect on food pro ...
... events such as droughts, floods and periods of extremely high temperatures above previous recordings can cause serious economic losses and affect national development goals. Climate projections for many parts of Africa show declines in precipitation over time, having a significant effect on food pro ...
Adaptation to Climate Change
... fragile ecosystems, impede development efforts, increase risks to public health, frustrate poverty alleviation programs, and force large-scale migration from wateror food-scarce regions. The environmental, economic, and social costs of inaction will far exceed the cost of taking immediate steps to a ...
... fragile ecosystems, impede development efforts, increase risks to public health, frustrate poverty alleviation programs, and force large-scale migration from wateror food-scarce regions. The environmental, economic, and social costs of inaction will far exceed the cost of taking immediate steps to a ...
Projected poleward shift of king penguins
... Seabird populations of the Southern Ocean have been responding to climate change for the last three decades and demographic models suggest that projected warming will cause dramatic population changes over the next century. Shift in species distribution is likely to be one of the major possible adap ...
... Seabird populations of the Southern Ocean have been responding to climate change for the last three decades and demographic models suggest that projected warming will cause dramatic population changes over the next century. Shift in species distribution is likely to be one of the major possible adap ...
Regional Climate Change Adaptation Framework for the
... local emergency measures. However, building environmental and socioeconomic resilience against climate change at the regional level is about pro-active, longer term and integrated planning that addresses existing aspects of unsustainable development as drivers of vulnerability and guides the economi ...
... local emergency measures. However, building environmental and socioeconomic resilience against climate change at the regional level is about pro-active, longer term and integrated planning that addresses existing aspects of unsustainable development as drivers of vulnerability and guides the economi ...
The Emergence of Climate Change Mitigation Action by Society: An
... 1.4 Currently society’s response to climate change has not been incorporated adequately in modelling studies on the energy system, climate change and associated impact as researchers have widely acknowledged (Balbi & Giupponi 2009; Brede & de Vries 2013; Giupponi et al. 2013; Hughes et al. 2013; Pfe ...
... 1.4 Currently society’s response to climate change has not been incorporated adequately in modelling studies on the energy system, climate change and associated impact as researchers have widely acknowledged (Balbi & Giupponi 2009; Brede & de Vries 2013; Giupponi et al. 2013; Hughes et al. 2013; Pfe ...
POLICY ISSUES RELATED TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN SPAIN
... decades have had noticeable direct consequences in natural ecosystems, glaciers and agricultural systems in many regions. Many areas of the world are already struggling today with the adverse impacts of an increase in global average temperature. The scientific literature also suggests that observed ...
... decades have had noticeable direct consequences in natural ecosystems, glaciers and agricultural systems in many regions. Many areas of the world are already struggling today with the adverse impacts of an increase in global average temperature. The scientific literature also suggests that observed ...
The sensitivity of mountain snowpack accumulation to climate warming
... century by using global climate models (GCMs) to force comprehensive regional models of mountain climate and hydrology (e.g., Hamlet and Lettenmaier 1999; Leung and Qian 2003; Vicuna et al. 2007; Salathé et al. 2008; Climate Impacts Group 2009). However, despite the advanced techniques used, projec ...
... century by using global climate models (GCMs) to force comprehensive regional models of mountain climate and hydrology (e.g., Hamlet and Lettenmaier 1999; Leung and Qian 2003; Vicuna et al. 2007; Salathé et al. 2008; Climate Impacts Group 2009). However, despite the advanced techniques used, projec ...
Tuvalu and Climate Change in the Sydney Morning
... Tuvalu and climate change discourse Various discourses relate to the uptake of climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies with which Tuvaluans are most concerned. Connell (2003, 98) identifies a ‘garbage can’ discourse by which diverse environmental changes on Tuvalu are attributed to clima ...
... Tuvalu and climate change discourse Various discourses relate to the uptake of climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies with which Tuvaluans are most concerned. Connell (2003, 98) identifies a ‘garbage can’ discourse by which diverse environmental changes on Tuvalu are attributed to clima ...
Superannuation Trustees and Climate Change Report
... Preface This report is very timely. I hope and believe it will be read widely and acted upon. For this reason, it is a great honour to be invited to write an introductory comment. Some years ago I invented a humorous assertion which is not very funny but is intended to illustrate an important point ...
... Preface This report is very timely. I hope and believe it will be read widely and acted upon. For this reason, it is a great honour to be invited to write an introductory comment. Some years ago I invented a humorous assertion which is not very funny but is intended to illustrate an important point ...
The EU and the progressive alliance negotiating in Durban
... great influence on its international image and credibility. After Copenhagen, the EU shifted its attention (back) to its traditional allies within international climate negotiations, the least-developed country (LDC) group and the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS). These countries have come to ...
... great influence on its international image and credibility. After Copenhagen, the EU shifted its attention (back) to its traditional allies within international climate negotiations, the least-developed country (LDC) group and the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS). These countries have come to ...
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.