Climate Change in Africa
... have influenced UNFCCC agreements focus on medium- to long-term projections of carbon emissions and forecasting models of global warming, and cover mainly countries and regions for which relevant data are readily available. This leaves out most developing countries and regions, particularly Africa, ...
... have influenced UNFCCC agreements focus on medium- to long-term projections of carbon emissions and forecasting models of global warming, and cover mainly countries and regions for which relevant data are readily available. This leaves out most developing countries and regions, particularly Africa, ...
Human Impacts on Climate: A Broader View than Reported in the IPCC
... (RF) estimates and ranges in 2005 for anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and other important agents and mechanisms, together with the typical geographical extent (spatial scale) of the forcing and the assessed level of scientific understanding (LOSU). The net anth ...
... (RF) estimates and ranges in 2005 for anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and other important agents and mechanisms, together with the typical geographical extent (spatial scale) of the forcing and the assessed level of scientific understanding (LOSU). The net anth ...
Climate-Science Communication and the Measurement Problem
... her reasoning powers to apprehend what is known to science from two parallel perspectives simultaneously: a collective-knowledge-acquisition one, and a cultural-identity-protective one. Misapprehension of how these two forms of engaging information interact—variously reinforcing one another and canc ...
... her reasoning powers to apprehend what is known to science from two parallel perspectives simultaneously: a collective-knowledge-acquisition one, and a cultural-identity-protective one. Misapprehension of how these two forms of engaging information interact—variously reinforcing one another and canc ...
The Climate Change-Energy Challenge
... Climate scientists have observed that carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations in the atmosphere have been increasing significantly over the past century, compared to the pre-industrial era (about 280 parts per million, or ppm). The 2014 concentration of CO2 (397 ppm) 1 was about 40% higher than in the m ...
... Climate scientists have observed that carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations in the atmosphere have been increasing significantly over the past century, compared to the pre-industrial era (about 280 parts per million, or ppm). The 2014 concentration of CO2 (397 ppm) 1 was about 40% higher than in the m ...
Global premature mortality due to anthropogenic outdoor air pollution and... past climate change
... to ozone. Brauer et al (2012) used high-resolution satellite observations of PM2.5 together with a global atmospheric model and an extensive compilation of surface measurements to better represent global air pollution exposure. These exposure estimates were then used to estimate 3.2 ± 0.4 million pr ...
... to ozone. Brauer et al (2012) used high-resolution satellite observations of PM2.5 together with a global atmospheric model and an extensive compilation of surface measurements to better represent global air pollution exposure. These exposure estimates were then used to estimate 3.2 ± 0.4 million pr ...
Mainstreaming Climate Change in CAADP processes in
... temperatures will rise by about 1-30C by the year 2100 in response to a rise in carbon dioxide concentration levels. According to the same report, this projected change is larger than any other climate change over the last 10,000 years and is likely to have significant impact on global environment, ...
... temperatures will rise by about 1-30C by the year 2100 in response to a rise in carbon dioxide concentration levels. According to the same report, this projected change is larger than any other climate change over the last 10,000 years and is likely to have significant impact on global environment, ...
Silva2013-ERL-APMortality.pdf
... to ozone. Brauer et al (2012) used high-resolution satellite observations of PM2.5 together with a global atmospheric model and an extensive compilation of surface measurements to better represent global air pollution exposure. These exposure estimates were then used to estimate 3.2 ± 0.4 million pr ...
... to ozone. Brauer et al (2012) used high-resolution satellite observations of PM2.5 together with a global atmospheric model and an extensive compilation of surface measurements to better represent global air pollution exposure. These exposure estimates were then used to estimate 3.2 ± 0.4 million pr ...
CLIMATE CHANGE 2014 Mitigation of Climate Change USTH scientific seminar 30/03/2015
... Working Group III contribution to the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report ...
... Working Group III contribution to the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report ...
Guide to Climate Change Risk Assessment for NSW
... While many councils have been actively pursuing strategies to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, there is some evidence to suggest they have only recently begun to prepare for projected changes in climate (ICLEI Oceania 2008; LGSA 2010). To date decisions on environmental policies, building desi ...
... While many councils have been actively pursuing strategies to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, there is some evidence to suggest they have only recently begun to prepare for projected changes in climate (ICLEI Oceania 2008; LGSA 2010). To date decisions on environmental policies, building desi ...
yukon government climate change action plan
... to climate change in Yukon. No matter how much we reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, climate change will continue for many years. We therefore need to adapt. The Action Plan responds to public needs. We plan to use a phased approach to implement timely actions that give tangible results in terms o ...
... to climate change in Yukon. No matter how much we reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, climate change will continue for many years. We therefore need to adapt. The Action Plan responds to public needs. We plan to use a phased approach to implement timely actions that give tangible results in terms o ...
climate change WG II
... life, injury, or other health impacts, as well as damage and loss to property, infrastructure, livelihoods, service provision, ecosystems, and environmental resources. In this report, the term hazard usually refers to climate-related physical events or trends or their physical impacts. Exposure: The ...
... life, injury, or other health impacts, as well as damage and loss to property, infrastructure, livelihoods, service provision, ecosystems, and environmental resources. In this report, the term hazard usually refers to climate-related physical events or trends or their physical impacts. Exposure: The ...
RI Climate Change Commission 2012 report
... assets upon which tourism and boating industries rely.4 Scientists are studying the relationship between ocean acidification and carbon dioxide (C02) emissions. Many of these climatological, oceanographic, ecological, and economic changes and transformations are occurring more rapidly than anticipat ...
... assets upon which tourism and boating industries rely.4 Scientists are studying the relationship between ocean acidification and carbon dioxide (C02) emissions. Many of these climatological, oceanographic, ecological, and economic changes and transformations are occurring more rapidly than anticipat ...
Public
... A critical challenge facing the world is how to feed an expected population of around 9 billion by 2050, while simultaneously reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and adapting to climate change. The agricultural sector plays a critical role in food security, poverty reduction and economic growth— ...
... A critical challenge facing the world is how to feed an expected population of around 9 billion by 2050, while simultaneously reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and adapting to climate change. The agricultural sector plays a critical role in food security, poverty reduction and economic growth— ...
51st DIRECTING COUNCIL
... preparedness and emergency response actions. At-risk populations in the Americas live in areas prone to floods, droughts, and heat waves. The most vulnerable groups include children under 5, women who are pregnant or nursing, older adults, the poor and all the socially excluded, indigenous populatio ...
... preparedness and emergency response actions. At-risk populations in the Americas live in areas prone to floods, droughts, and heat waves. The most vulnerable groups include children under 5, women who are pregnant or nursing, older adults, the poor and all the socially excluded, indigenous populatio ...
Briefing_note_on_legal_synergies
... Parties are currently using the approaches, methodologies, assumptions and metrics consistent with those developed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC), including the guidelines for GHG inventories, further guidance on the various aspects of NDCs are yet to be developed for consid ...
... Parties are currently using the approaches, methodologies, assumptions and metrics consistent with those developed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC), including the guidelines for GHG inventories, further guidance on the various aspects of NDCs are yet to be developed for consid ...
Briefing_note_on_legal_synergies
... Parties are currently using the approaches, methodologies, assumptions and metrics consistent with those developed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC), including the guidelines for GHG inventories, further guidance on the various aspects of NDCs are yet to be developed for consid ...
... Parties are currently using the approaches, methodologies, assumptions and metrics consistent with those developed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC), including the guidelines for GHG inventories, further guidance on the various aspects of NDCs are yet to be developed for consid ...
Biogeosciences
... al., 2006) or foodwebs (Legendre and Rivkin, 2005). Recent experimental approaches have concentrated on perturbation studies (weeks to months) of phytoplankton responses to light climate, CO2 or nutrient concentrations, in laboratory cultures (Riebesell et al., 2000), shipboard experiments (Tortell ...
... al., 2006) or foodwebs (Legendre and Rivkin, 2005). Recent experimental approaches have concentrated on perturbation studies (weeks to months) of phytoplankton responses to light climate, CO2 or nutrient concentrations, in laboratory cultures (Riebesell et al., 2000), shipboard experiments (Tortell ...
Cities and climate change - Urban Climate Change Research Network
... by putting climate protection on the agenda and convincing council members, by linking climate policies with other local issues that generate co-benefits and securing project-funding, and by overcoming fragmentation and building consensus (Betsilll, 2001; Carmin et al., 2009; McCarney, 2009). Especi ...
... by putting climate protection on the agenda and convincing council members, by linking climate policies with other local issues that generate co-benefits and securing project-funding, and by overcoming fragmentation and building consensus (Betsilll, 2001; Carmin et al., 2009; McCarney, 2009). Especi ...
An Analysis of Black Carbon Mitigation as a Response to Climate
... Reducing the cost of moving to a low or zero carbon economy can also make a worldwide agreement to reduce GHG emissions more likely. Since reductions in black carbon emissions can delay warming for a matter of decades,10 black carbon policies can buy time for R&D to achieve these kinds of cost reduc ...
... Reducing the cost of moving to a low or zero carbon economy can also make a worldwide agreement to reduce GHG emissions more likely. Since reductions in black carbon emissions can delay warming for a matter of decades,10 black carbon policies can buy time for R&D to achieve these kinds of cost reduc ...
Adapting for climate change - City of Sydney
... community is ready to face the likely impacts of climate change. Far more than that, the City of Sydney is working to ensure that our city continues to thrive and is more liveable than ever. so we must adapt… This strategy sets out the impacts the changing climate will have on our city, the risks th ...
... community is ready to face the likely impacts of climate change. Far more than that, the City of Sydney is working to ensure that our city continues to thrive and is more liveable than ever. so we must adapt… This strategy sets out the impacts the changing climate will have on our city, the risks th ...
climate justice - Buffalo Law Review
... Human beings, and in particular U.S. citizens, are responsible for this dramatic change. 10 Global atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases—including carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide,11 and hydrofluorocarbons— have increased markedly as a result of human activities since 1750 and now “fa ...
... Human beings, and in particular U.S. citizens, are responsible for this dramatic change. 10 Global atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases—including carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide,11 and hydrofluorocarbons— have increased markedly as a result of human activities since 1750 and now “fa ...
Feedback Dynamics, Sensitivity - Apollo-Gaia
... made up of two fundamental parts. The first is the effect of doubling the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide on its own, holding all other system parameters constant. The second is the amplification of the primary forcing by the dynamic feedback system. It represents a value of temperature ...
... made up of two fundamental parts. The first is the effect of doubling the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide on its own, holding all other system parameters constant. The second is the amplification of the primary forcing by the dynamic feedback system. It represents a value of temperature ...
Greenhouse Gas Regulation and Climate Change
... judicial decisions concerning the analysis of GHG impacts under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), may soon increase the state’s legally mandated GHG reduction target to 80% below 1990 levels by 2050.3 The purpose of California’s GHG policies is to reduce the concentration of human-gen ...
... judicial decisions concerning the analysis of GHG impacts under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), may soon increase the state’s legally mandated GHG reduction target to 80% below 1990 levels by 2050.3 The purpose of California’s GHG policies is to reduce the concentration of human-gen ...
PDF
... worldwide marine and freshwater species and habitats are at risk from human pressures, including overexploitation, pollution and habitat alteration (Hilborn et al., 2003; Allan et al., 2005; FAO, 2005). Destructive fishing practices, such as heavy bottom trawling gear, explosives and poisons, damage ...
... worldwide marine and freshwater species and habitats are at risk from human pressures, including overexploitation, pollution and habitat alteration (Hilborn et al., 2003; Allan et al., 2005; FAO, 2005). Destructive fishing practices, such as heavy bottom trawling gear, explosives and poisons, damage ...
ADAPTATION OPTIONS IN AGRICULTURE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
... Certainly the earlier focus on the potential biophysical impacts of climate change scenarios on agricultural production (i.e. plant growth and crop yields) has shifted ...
... Certainly the earlier focus on the potential biophysical impacts of climate change scenarios on agricultural production (i.e. plant growth and crop yields) has shifted ...