Debate Capitalism and Climate Change: Can the Invisible Hand
... reported probabilities are mean risks (based on eight scenario studies) and presented for illustrative purposes only. ...
... reported probabilities are mean risks (based on eight scenario studies) and presented for illustrative purposes only. ...
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... and minimize the risks, others may cause more problems. For instance, migration as a possi ble response to environmental hardships could create more hotspots around the world, each becoming a possible nucleus for social unrest. Global warming affects each world region differently. In parts of the w ...
... and minimize the risks, others may cause more problems. For instance, migration as a possi ble response to environmental hardships could create more hotspots around the world, each becoming a possible nucleus for social unrest. Global warming affects each world region differently. In parts of the w ...
Weitzman2009-Modeling-Economics-ClimateChange.pdf
... of the paper concludes with some speculative (but, I think, necessary) thoughts about what this all means for climatechange policy. The next section argues that, were one forced to specify a “best guess” estimate of the extreme bad tail of the relevant probability density function (PDF) of what migh ...
... of the paper concludes with some speculative (but, I think, necessary) thoughts about what this all means for climatechange policy. The next section argues that, were one forced to specify a “best guess” estimate of the extreme bad tail of the relevant probability density function (PDF) of what migh ...
Three Key Elements of a Post-2012 International Climate Policy
... Annex I countries, including the United States, were to reduce their CO2 emissions to zero by 2030, unless there are also significant reductions by China and India, it will be physically impossible for the world to achieve the frequently discussed climate target of stabilizing atmospheric CO2 concen ...
... Annex I countries, including the United States, were to reduce their CO2 emissions to zero by 2030, unless there are also significant reductions by China and India, it will be physically impossible for the world to achieve the frequently discussed climate target of stabilizing atmospheric CO2 concen ...
A Physician*s Guide to Climate Change, Health and Equity
... including the ability of human life to adapt and continue on the planet, the earth’s average global temperature cannot rise more than 1.5oC above preIndustrial levels. Currently, the planet is on track for a 4oC rise, making the earth uninhabitable. To stay below 1.5oC, we must remain within our car ...
... including the ability of human life to adapt and continue on the planet, the earth’s average global temperature cannot rise more than 1.5oC above preIndustrial levels. Currently, the planet is on track for a 4oC rise, making the earth uninhabitable. To stay below 1.5oC, we must remain within our car ...
transitioning to a green economy
... This tremendous economic prosperity, combined with population growth, have placed an enormous strain on Earth’s environment, which is not sustainable. ...
... This tremendous economic prosperity, combined with population growth, have placed an enormous strain on Earth’s environment, which is not sustainable. ...
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... among others, as CO2 dominates in the long-term the total greenhouse gas forcing. The relationship derived in the IPCC report on the basis of climate model calculations of the Representative Concentration Pathways (D. van Vuuren et al. 2011) indicate that in order to likely remain below the 2oC targ ...
... among others, as CO2 dominates in the long-term the total greenhouse gas forcing. The relationship derived in the IPCC report on the basis of climate model calculations of the Representative Concentration Pathways (D. van Vuuren et al. 2011) indicate that in order to likely remain below the 2oC targ ...
More than CO : a broader paradigm for managing climate change
... Risks and vulnerability Terrestrial ecosystems and the climate system are closely coupled, with multiple interactions and feedbacks occurring across a range of scales [7,34,47]. This is because the Earth and its ecosystems are organised as complex adaptive systems, where feedbacks between large numb ...
... Risks and vulnerability Terrestrial ecosystems and the climate system are closely coupled, with multiple interactions and feedbacks occurring across a range of scales [7,34,47]. This is because the Earth and its ecosystems are organised as complex adaptive systems, where feedbacks between large numb ...
HARC Meeting Slides September 2013
... WG 1 report covering science scheduled to be released on September 27 Most recent assessment was in 2007 WG II (impacts) and WG III (mitigation) reports will be released in March/April 2014 Synthesis report published in October 2014 Summary for Policymakers – national governments can provide comment ...
... WG 1 report covering science scheduled to be released on September 27 Most recent assessment was in 2007 WG II (impacts) and WG III (mitigation) reports will be released in March/April 2014 Synthesis report published in October 2014 Summary for Policymakers – national governments can provide comment ...
recent years, Brazil and the world have suffered from
... At COP21, Brazil should establish the goal to reduce deforestation to zero in less than a decade in all biomes, because it is necessary, feasible and advantageous. Deforestation, particularly in the Amazon, continues to be one of the main sources of greenhouse gas emissions in Brazil5. The effects o ...
... At COP21, Brazil should establish the goal to reduce deforestation to zero in less than a decade in all biomes, because it is necessary, feasible and advantageous. Deforestation, particularly in the Amazon, continues to be one of the main sources of greenhouse gas emissions in Brazil5. The effects o ...
Comment by: Patrick J. Michaels and Paul C. Knappenberger
... Social Cost of Carbon 2010 (hereafter, IWG2010) report as “the long-term increase in the annual global-average surface temperature from a doubling of atmospheric CO2 concentration relative to pre-industrial levels (or stabilization at a concentration of approximately 550 parts per million (ppm))” an ...
... Social Cost of Carbon 2010 (hereafter, IWG2010) report as “the long-term increase in the annual global-average surface temperature from a doubling of atmospheric CO2 concentration relative to pre-industrial levels (or stabilization at a concentration of approximately 550 parts per million (ppm))” an ...
Robust Analysis of Future Climate Change Impacts on Water for
... Figure 2 shows monthly pattern of inflows to major reservoirs in the Sacramento Basin for two time periods: 2035-2064 and 2070-2099. As can be seen in the figure all the scenarios show an earlier timing of inflow as against historic conditions. The impacts are higher for the Feather and American wat ...
... Figure 2 shows monthly pattern of inflows to major reservoirs in the Sacramento Basin for two time periods: 2035-2064 and 2070-2099. As can be seen in the figure all the scenarios show an earlier timing of inflow as against historic conditions. The impacts are higher for the Feather and American wat ...
PPT - Global Carbon Project
... Chris Huntingford (Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH), United Kingdom) Atul Jain (Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois, United States) Charlotte Jourdain (Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom) Etsushi Kato (Center fo ...
... Chris Huntingford (Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH), United Kingdom) Atul Jain (Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois, United States) Charlotte Jourdain (Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom) Etsushi Kato (Center fo ...
Radiative forcing - UW Atmospheric Sciences
... “Global Dimming” Solar radiation reaching the Earth’s surface ...
... “Global Dimming” Solar radiation reaching the Earth’s surface ...
Climate Change News 24 December 11
... FAO Releases Briefs on Climate-Smart Agriculture 30 November 2011: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) have released two briefs that address the role of agriculture in climate change adaptation and mitigation. In “Increasing Agriculture’s Climate Smartness,” the FAO describes the g ...
... FAO Releases Briefs on Climate-Smart Agriculture 30 November 2011: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) have released two briefs that address the role of agriculture in climate change adaptation and mitigation. In “Increasing Agriculture’s Climate Smartness,” the FAO describes the g ...
Potential impacts of climate change on ecosystems: a review of
... addressing US policymakers' uncertainties about climate change impacts identified relative sensitivity of different natural ecosystems and geographic regions, and information about adaptability amongst the top 5 priority issues for research. These decisionmakers also agreed that the research communi ...
... addressing US policymakers' uncertainties about climate change impacts identified relative sensitivity of different natural ecosystems and geographic regions, and information about adaptability amongst the top 5 priority issues for research. These decisionmakers also agreed that the research communi ...
Ontario`s climate change discussion paper
... Q. How can Ontario better support early stage research that could lead to the future commercialization of technologies that will provide economic benefits while also helping Ontario achieve its carbon reduction goals? CME recognizes that early-stage research is critical to the development of new tec ...
... Q. How can Ontario better support early stage research that could lead to the future commercialization of technologies that will provide economic benefits while also helping Ontario achieve its carbon reduction goals? CME recognizes that early-stage research is critical to the development of new tec ...
Energy and technology lessons since Rio
... of fossil fuel CO2 emissions will reside for centuries in the atmosphere with much of the remainder accumulating in oceans. And, because CO2 is acidic, the transport of carbon from the atmosphere to oceans may dampen the pace of climate change but at the expense of ocean acidification. (see Riebeek, ...
... of fossil fuel CO2 emissions will reside for centuries in the atmosphere with much of the remainder accumulating in oceans. And, because CO2 is acidic, the transport of carbon from the atmosphere to oceans may dampen the pace of climate change but at the expense of ocean acidification. (see Riebeek, ...
Greenhouse warming and the 21st Century hydroclimate of
... climate are often computed over the post 1979 period because global satellite data, including for precipitation, begin at about that time. A post 1979 trend shows strong drying of SWNA. However, over that same period, the trend in SST shows, amidst widespread warming, a cooling of the eastern and ce ...
... climate are often computed over the post 1979 period because global satellite data, including for precipitation, begin at about that time. A post 1979 trend shows strong drying of SWNA. However, over that same period, the trend in SST shows, amidst widespread warming, a cooling of the eastern and ce ...
Did the Stern Review underestimate climate damages
... foundations of the Stern analysis was the use of the PAGE2002 model (Alberth and Hope 2007; Hope 2006; Wahba and Hope 2006) to estimate the damages that would be expected under business-asusual conditions (i.e., in the absence of effective new climate policies). Based on PAGE, Stern estimated that t ...
... foundations of the Stern analysis was the use of the PAGE2002 model (Alberth and Hope 2007; Hope 2006; Wahba and Hope 2006) to estimate the damages that would be expected under business-asusual conditions (i.e., in the absence of effective new climate policies). Based on PAGE, Stern estimated that t ...
Do scientists agree about climate change? public perceptions from a
... Consensus views based on this body of research have been articulated through individual and joint statements by all of the major u.s. scientific organizations with relevant expertise,3 in statements or reports by the national academies of thirteen leading scientific nations,4 and in broad interna ...
... Consensus views based on this body of research have been articulated through individual and joint statements by all of the major u.s. scientific organizations with relevant expertise,3 in statements or reports by the national academies of thirteen leading scientific nations,4 and in broad interna ...
MODIFICATION on CROP WATER DEMANDS under ADAPTATION
... Assuming than future crop patterns remain similar to the baseline period, crop water demand will decrease about 11.7% at the end of century. Higher values can be obtained if PER and SS crops cover more area than actual values. Future climate change projections indicate warmer and drier environments ...
... Assuming than future crop patterns remain similar to the baseline period, crop water demand will decrease about 11.7% at the end of century. Higher values can be obtained if PER and SS crops cover more area than actual values. Future climate change projections indicate warmer and drier environments ...
Introduction of Chinese Participants
... 3 National Climate Center, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing 100081, China ...
... 3 National Climate Center, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing 100081, China ...
1. dia - The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern
... permafrost) have led a Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) scientist to warn that "as a society we are facing a climate crisis that is larger and harder to deal with than any of us thought." "Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are rising more rapidly than expected, i ...
... permafrost) have led a Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) scientist to warn that "as a society we are facing a climate crisis that is larger and harder to deal with than any of us thought." "Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are rising more rapidly than expected, i ...
Climate change: a framework for a global agreement in 2015
... responsible for developing, passing and amending laws and ensuring that these are implemented, as well as approving national budgets and holding climate negotiators accountable. It is crucial to build capacity amongst legislators in order to maximise their potential to have a positive influence on i ...
... responsible for developing, passing and amending laws and ensuring that these are implemented, as well as approving national budgets and holding climate negotiators accountable. It is crucial to build capacity amongst legislators in order to maximise their potential to have a positive influence on i ...