An Uncertain Future: law enforcement, national security and climate
... sea levels. Once the full effects of glacial and ice sheet melting are also taken into account, some suggest that the average rise in sea levels could be significantly higher than the conservative IPCC predictions, potentially a metre or more by end of century.4 Just to put this in context, in Bangl ...
... sea levels. Once the full effects of glacial and ice sheet melting are also taken into account, some suggest that the average rise in sea levels could be significantly higher than the conservative IPCC predictions, potentially a metre or more by end of century.4 Just to put this in context, in Bangl ...
The true cost of fossil fuels: Externality cost assessment
... (SCC). These costs have been reviewed in some depth in the literature (DEFRA, 2007; Anthoff and Tol, 2013; US Government, 2013). The values are based on the discounted costs arising from a tonne of CO2 over the long term and therefore are sensitive to the discount rate adopted. The higher the discou ...
... (SCC). These costs have been reviewed in some depth in the literature (DEFRA, 2007; Anthoff and Tol, 2013; US Government, 2013). The values are based on the discounted costs arising from a tonne of CO2 over the long term and therefore are sensitive to the discount rate adopted. The higher the discou ...
Climate change consequences for the indoor
... Despite the fact that the Earth always had a changing climate throughout its 4.5 billion years of history, today's climate changes seem different than before (e.g., Holmes & Hacker, 2007). Preceding evidence shows that humanity plays an important role with respect to climate change, as concluded by ...
... Despite the fact that the Earth always had a changing climate throughout its 4.5 billion years of history, today's climate changes seem different than before (e.g., Holmes & Hacker, 2007). Preceding evidence shows that humanity plays an important role with respect to climate change, as concluded by ...
Atmospheric circulation as a source of uncertainty in climate change
... circulation-‐related aspects (including precipitation), this sort of situation seems likely to be the rule, and robust predictions the exception. Figure 2 shows large parts of the globe where even for a s ...
... circulation-‐related aspects (including precipitation), this sort of situation seems likely to be the rule, and robust predictions the exception. Figure 2 shows large parts of the globe where even for a s ...
CSIRO_CCAM Model_Methodology_FNL
... This section describes the methods used to provide high-resolution climate projection information for the Philippines. GCMs provide the best available tools for simulating large-scale future climates based on various greenhouse gas and aerosol emission scenarios, since they are able to couple atmosp ...
... This section describes the methods used to provide high-resolution climate projection information for the Philippines. GCMs provide the best available tools for simulating large-scale future climates based on various greenhouse gas and aerosol emission scenarios, since they are able to couple atmosp ...
Forecasting potential global environmental costs of livestock
... strongly in efforts to more effectively manage the global environmental commons for sustainability objectives. Here, we use simplified but robust models to conservatively estimate the aggregate greenhouse gas emissions, reactive nitrogen mobilization, and biomass appropriation potentially associated ...
... strongly in efforts to more effectively manage the global environmental commons for sustainability objectives. Here, we use simplified but robust models to conservatively estimate the aggregate greenhouse gas emissions, reactive nitrogen mobilization, and biomass appropriation potentially associated ...
New South Wales Climate Change Policy Framework
... Harmonised action by state and territory governments has the potential to complement national carbon policies in important areas such as planning and land clearing. However, unilateral action by state and territory governments can also undermine progress towards reducing emissions at lowest possible ...
... Harmonised action by state and territory governments has the potential to complement national carbon policies in important areas such as planning and land clearing. However, unilateral action by state and territory governments can also undermine progress towards reducing emissions at lowest possible ...
Addressing Climate Change through a Risk Management Lens
... guarantees) and to adjust efficiently in response to new information about the climate and economic systems as well as performance against near‐term goals. ...
... guarantees) and to adjust efficiently in response to new information about the climate and economic systems as well as performance against near‐term goals. ...
The Little Ice Age in Scientiªc Perspective: Cold
... in glaciology and climatology. Glaciology focused on a longer period of glacial advance from roughly 1300 to 1950 a.d., especially in the European Alps, depending mostly on winter precipitation, whereas climatology looked at summer temperatures, which were signiªcantly lower from around 1570 to 1900 ...
... in glaciology and climatology. Glaciology focused on a longer period of glacial advance from roughly 1300 to 1950 a.d., especially in the European Alps, depending mostly on winter precipitation, whereas climatology looked at summer temperatures, which were signiªcantly lower from around 1570 to 1900 ...
Climate Change, Health and Future Well
... South Asia, defined geographically as the region of Asia that includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, holds 1.6 billion people, almost one quarter of the world’s current population. Recent population projections suggest that by 2050, the population o ...
... South Asia, defined geographically as the region of Asia that includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, holds 1.6 billion people, almost one quarter of the world’s current population. Recent population projections suggest that by 2050, the population o ...
Climate Change Makes Success in U.S. Strategy Harder to Achieve
... extraction of natural gas creates methane emissions, and so on. Since the 1980s, there has been a growing concern that greenhouse gas emissions from human activity is increasing the amount of heat trapped in the atmosphere. Colloquially this had been called “global warming,” but such a term inaccura ...
... extraction of natural gas creates methane emissions, and so on. Since the 1980s, there has been a growing concern that greenhouse gas emissions from human activity is increasing the amount of heat trapped in the atmosphere. Colloquially this had been called “global warming,” but such a term inaccura ...
News The Rubenstein School R
... invited, along with Dr. Pachauri, chair of the IPCC. A new report on population and climate change in Pakistan was showcased. ...
... invited, along with Dr. Pachauri, chair of the IPCC. A new report on population and climate change in Pakistan was showcased. ...
Post-2012 Issues under the UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol
... • Parties will consider extension and adaptation of the New Delhi work programme on Article 6 of the Convention, to address gaps and needed identified by Parties. • Parties will consider written views of Parties that have been made on possible elements of a work programme to succeed the New Delhi WP ...
... • Parties will consider extension and adaptation of the New Delhi work programme on Article 6 of the Convention, to address gaps and needed identified by Parties. • Parties will consider written views of Parties that have been made on possible elements of a work programme to succeed the New Delhi WP ...
AGENDA
... ocean, biosphere, and chemosphere. Of special interest is the evolution of rates of changes. ...
... ocean, biosphere, and chemosphere. Of special interest is the evolution of rates of changes. ...
Agreeing on Robust Decisions
... urbanization plans, risk management strategies, and building codes and norms can influence development for equally long. Therefore, to make sound plans we must consider the performance of our investments and decisions in the near and long term. 2. Yet deep uncertainty about the future exacerbates th ...
... urbanization plans, risk management strategies, and building codes and norms can influence development for equally long. Therefore, to make sound plans we must consider the performance of our investments and decisions in the near and long term. 2. Yet deep uncertainty about the future exacerbates th ...
Trends in Accounting for Greenhouse Gases
... and severity of droughts and floods, the shift in onset of the rains, and increasing intensity of mid-season dry spells in the last 50 years have been identified in the Initial National Communications (1996) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Third Assessment Report (2001) as a ...
... and severity of droughts and floods, the shift in onset of the rains, and increasing intensity of mid-season dry spells in the last 50 years have been identified in the Initial National Communications (1996) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Third Assessment Report (2001) as a ...
Life history and spatial traits predict extinction risk due to climate
... stochasticity, to create metapopulation models (spatially structured models of multiple populations, with partially correlated dynamics, that may exchange individuals through dispersal). We constructed age- and stage-structured, density-dependent, stochastic models for 6 life history types: small sa ...
... stochasticity, to create metapopulation models (spatially structured models of multiple populations, with partially correlated dynamics, that may exchange individuals through dispersal). We constructed age- and stage-structured, density-dependent, stochastic models for 6 life history types: small sa ...
Science integration into US climate and ocean policy
... • A set of global sea-level rise scenarios37 was developed as input to the NCA; the scenarios include estimates of future increases in global average sea level up to 2100, as well as descriptions of selected regional and local differences from the global trend. • The sustained NCA process will inc ...
... • A set of global sea-level rise scenarios37 was developed as input to the NCA; the scenarios include estimates of future increases in global average sea level up to 2100, as well as descriptions of selected regional and local differences from the global trend. • The sustained NCA process will inc ...
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... climate physics and economics. In Section 4, we discuss various aspects of the cost estimates of greenhouse gas emission reductions, and offer some suggestions as to how the estimates should be communicated. In Section 5, the paper reviews the published range, since 1998, of costs estimates of imple ...
... climate physics and economics. In Section 4, we discuss various aspects of the cost estimates of greenhouse gas emission reductions, and offer some suggestions as to how the estimates should be communicated. In Section 5, the paper reviews the published range, since 1998, of costs estimates of imple ...
Down-scaling CC_07072014 - cgiar-cac
... Then the floor was given to Dr. Srinivasan to present works about CC and its environmental applications, impact on agriculture and water resources. Demonstration of applications were from USA, India, Iran and other parts of world. Further Dr. Feras Ziadat mentioned that there a concept of mitigatio ...
... Then the floor was given to Dr. Srinivasan to present works about CC and its environmental applications, impact on agriculture and water resources. Demonstration of applications were from USA, India, Iran and other parts of world. Further Dr. Feras Ziadat mentioned that there a concept of mitigatio ...
- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
... The regional costs of emission reductions are represented by dynamic mitigation cost functions. In integrated assessment models, mitigation cost functions represent the link between the magnitude of emission reductions relative to a reference path and the resulting economic costs. Traditional mitiga ...
... The regional costs of emission reductions are represented by dynamic mitigation cost functions. In integrated assessment models, mitigation cost functions represent the link between the magnitude of emission reductions relative to a reference path and the resulting economic costs. Traditional mitiga ...
EPA CLIMATE CHANGE ANPR – WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
... • Design and use of almost anything that uses energy ...
... • Design and use of almost anything that uses energy ...
epa climate change anpr – what does it mean?
... • Design and use of almost anything that uses energy ...
... • Design and use of almost anything that uses energy ...
Global temperature change
... imagined,’’ specifically GHGs were assumed to stop increasing after 2000. Intermediate scenario B was described as ‘‘the most plausible.’’ Scenario B has continued moderate increase in the rate of GHG emissions and includes three large volcanic eruptions sprin- ...
... imagined,’’ specifically GHGs were assumed to stop increasing after 2000. Intermediate scenario B was described as ‘‘the most plausible.’’ Scenario B has continued moderate increase in the rate of GHG emissions and includes three large volcanic eruptions sprin- ...
Yes, He Can: President Obama’s Power to Make an International Climate Commitment
... After a long period of deliberation on how to approach an international agreement, President Obama has finally announced plans to attend part of the Copenhagen conference. He also has offered an emissions reduction target for the United States. His target, however, falls far short of the reductions ...
... After a long period of deliberation on how to approach an international agreement, President Obama has finally announced plans to attend part of the Copenhagen conference. He also has offered an emissions reduction target for the United States. His target, however, falls far short of the reductions ...