Hot Harbinger - Torrid Northwest Summer a Glimpse into Region`s
... A 2nd big line of thunderstorms, on Aug. 2, came like the rerun of a horror movie. Many of the same locations saw a repeat round of wind damage and power outages. One of the people caught outdoors in the July 23 storm was Amy Snover, director of the Climate Impacts Group at the University of Washin ...
... A 2nd big line of thunderstorms, on Aug. 2, came like the rerun of a horror movie. Many of the same locations saw a repeat round of wind damage and power outages. One of the people caught outdoors in the July 23 storm was Amy Snover, director of the Climate Impacts Group at the University of Washin ...
Current State of International Climate Negotiations
... What is “Dangerous” Climate Change? •Broad agreement that global average temperature must stay below 2 ºC warming from pre-industrial level; EU, MEF, even Canada !? •CAN (Climate Action Network): Temp increase should stay as far as possible below 2oC, and ASAP return to below 1.5 degrees; ...
... What is “Dangerous” Climate Change? •Broad agreement that global average temperature must stay below 2 ºC warming from pre-industrial level; EU, MEF, even Canada !? •CAN (Climate Action Network): Temp increase should stay as far as possible below 2oC, and ASAP return to below 1.5 degrees; ...
Climate Change
... produced during the combustion of fossil fuels. *** N2O is also a greenhouse gas and is 300 times better at absorbing infrared radiation than CO2*** ...
... produced during the combustion of fossil fuels. *** N2O is also a greenhouse gas and is 300 times better at absorbing infrared radiation than CO2*** ...
Capitalism Magazine - public.iastate.edu
... Summary: Lots of environmental scares exist without any scientific foundation, but catastrophic global warming must take the cake when it comes to hype. [CAPITALISM MAGAZINE.COM] El Nino and global warming: What connection? It's been a hot year, thanks to El Nino. (According to weather satellite dat ...
... Summary: Lots of environmental scares exist without any scientific foundation, but catastrophic global warming must take the cake when it comes to hype. [CAPITALISM MAGAZINE.COM] El Nino and global warming: What connection? It's been a hot year, thanks to El Nino. (According to weather satellite dat ...
ECEU Conference, Cities of the Future European Capital
... - Balancing climate science and politics when setting the goals; - Exercising care when labeling (e.g. urban waste incineration as renewable energy); - More sense of urgency to take necessary actions now; - Systems approach to delivering solutions (creating incentives, building long term infrastruct ...
... - Balancing climate science and politics when setting the goals; - Exercising care when labeling (e.g. urban waste incineration as renewable energy); - More sense of urgency to take necessary actions now; - Systems approach to delivering solutions (creating incentives, building long term infrastruct ...
Ideas 2016 Ideas submitted as potential strategic programme areas
... boundaries and; projecting earth system responses to human activities and pressures in order to mitigate future impacts. We propose to focus on two PBs, and their interactions, namely climate change and biosphere integrity identified by Steffen et al. (2015) as the two “core boundaries” in the frame ...
... boundaries and; projecting earth system responses to human activities and pressures in order to mitigate future impacts. We propose to focus on two PBs, and their interactions, namely climate change and biosphere integrity identified by Steffen et al. (2015) as the two “core boundaries” in the frame ...
19/06/2012 - IFIEC Europe
... strengthening EU economy • Make it compatible with industrial growth • Do not interfere, which would signal: it does not work • No arbitrary, improvised set aside or price setting, but logical changes that makes ETS attractive even for fast developing countries with a massive carbon output (the ones ...
... strengthening EU economy • Make it compatible with industrial growth • Do not interfere, which would signal: it does not work • No arbitrary, improvised set aside or price setting, but logical changes that makes ETS attractive even for fast developing countries with a massive carbon output (the ones ...
Ice cap meltdown to cause 22ft floods
... committed to a collapse of the Greenland ice sheet. But we don't think we have passed the tipping point yet." A remnant of the last Ice Age, Greenland's ice cap is nearly two miles high. But if the climate change crisis reached the point of no return and it were to melt then global sea levels would ...
... committed to a collapse of the Greenland ice sheet. But we don't think we have passed the tipping point yet." A remnant of the last Ice Age, Greenland's ice cap is nearly two miles high. But if the climate change crisis reached the point of no return and it were to melt then global sea levels would ...
Document
... • Emergency response is vital but it’s important to ask whether more can be done to anticipate these events and limit their impacts, saving lives and livelihoods. Source: CERN • Choosing to deploy resources for disaster reduction, but science has the potential to help make these decisions. • It tell ...
... • Emergency response is vital but it’s important to ask whether more can be done to anticipate these events and limit their impacts, saving lives and livelihoods. Source: CERN • Choosing to deploy resources for disaster reduction, but science has the potential to help make these decisions. • It tell ...
Climate Change and Croatia
... There are many “no regrets” mitigation measures that will actually save money and provide an economic benefit to Croatia. Most of these are related to energy efficiency. There are many other measures that will either be cost-neutral or cost a relatively small amount. In total, it is projected that C ...
... There are many “no regrets” mitigation measures that will actually save money and provide an economic benefit to Croatia. Most of these are related to energy efficiency. There are many other measures that will either be cost-neutral or cost a relatively small amount. In total, it is projected that C ...
prese - Parliamentary Monitoring Group
... South Africa is doing a lot and may be even way ahead of many countries ( sometimes being more like a developed country especially when we consider the sum total of what will be achieved through all the programmes that we have embarked on) The question to respond to regarding our participation is, 1 ...
... South Africa is doing a lot and may be even way ahead of many countries ( sometimes being more like a developed country especially when we consider the sum total of what will be achieved through all the programmes that we have embarked on) The question to respond to regarding our participation is, 1 ...
Lecture 03
... Climate Change 1. Warming of our climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global mean sea level. • Updated 100-year linear trend (1906–2005) of 0.74°C is larger than th ...
... Climate Change 1. Warming of our climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global mean sea level. • Updated 100-year linear trend (1906–2005) of 0.74°C is larger than th ...
Lecture 02
... Climate Change 1. Warming of our climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global mean sea level. • Updated 100-year linear trend (1906–2005) of 0.74°C is larger than th ...
... Climate Change 1. Warming of our climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global mean sea level. • Updated 100-year linear trend (1906–2005) of 0.74°C is larger than th ...
Powerpoint of Diagrams File
... during the previous two millennia (high confidence). Over the period 1901 to 2010, global mean sea level rose by 0.19 [0.17 to 0.21] m. The atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide have increased to levels unprecedented in at least the last 800,000 years. Carbon dioxi ...
... during the previous two millennia (high confidence). Over the period 1901 to 2010, global mean sea level rose by 0.19 [0.17 to 0.21] m. The atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide have increased to levels unprecedented in at least the last 800,000 years. Carbon dioxi ...
Dimensions of the Need for Climate Change Response
... of the world’s energy and produce nearly 80 per cent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. The battle to prevent catastrophic climate change will be won or lost in our cities. ...
... of the world’s energy and produce nearly 80 per cent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. The battle to prevent catastrophic climate change will be won or lost in our cities. ...
The Capacity of Nature Conservation Regulation to Facilitate
... System feedback and adaptability of decision making: Does the regulatory system include mechanisms to respond to new information? Coordination between instruments: Does the regulatory system provide a means to coordinate decision-making processes? ...
... System feedback and adaptability of decision making: Does the regulatory system include mechanisms to respond to new information? Coordination between instruments: Does the regulatory system provide a means to coordinate decision-making processes? ...
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... Convention on Climate Change, negotiated by over 160 countries in December 1997. – The agreement would require 38 industrialized countries to reduce the emissions of six major greenhouse gases by an average of 5.2 percent ...
... Convention on Climate Change, negotiated by over 160 countries in December 1997. – The agreement would require 38 industrialized countries to reduce the emissions of six major greenhouse gases by an average of 5.2 percent ...
- Tourism Management Institute
... Forum For The Future • We are THE sustainable development charity • Our vision is of business and communities thriving in a future that’s environmentally viable • Our mission is to find practical ways private and public organisations can deliver a sustainable future working with over 180 different ...
... Forum For The Future • We are THE sustainable development charity • Our vision is of business and communities thriving in a future that’s environmentally viable • Our mission is to find practical ways private and public organisations can deliver a sustainable future working with over 180 different ...
Factors to be considered in choosing metrics
... • “GHG” metrics are types of conversion factors to express the effect of different gases on climate change in terms of a common accounting unit, tonnes of CO2-equivalent. • More research needs to be done to inform the Parties of the implications of the choice of effect for comparison, the time frame ...
... • “GHG” metrics are types of conversion factors to express the effect of different gases on climate change in terms of a common accounting unit, tonnes of CO2-equivalent. • More research needs to be done to inform the Parties of the implications of the choice of effect for comparison, the time frame ...
Stefan Greiving, ESPON Climate
... Aggregated changes in climate stimuli are more severe in Scandinavia, the Alpine region and parts of South-eastern Europe. Range of values between 1.14 and 3.25 – some regions are three times as much exposed as others. This does not necessarily mean that the vulnerability of Scandinavian regions is ...
... Aggregated changes in climate stimuli are more severe in Scandinavia, the Alpine region and parts of South-eastern Europe. Range of values between 1.14 and 3.25 – some regions are three times as much exposed as others. This does not necessarily mean that the vulnerability of Scandinavian regions is ...
fluid dynamics - University of Guelph
... simplified climate models under abstract assumptions. Measurement of RF in Watts/square meter is a convention, but RF itself is not a measured physical quantity. The various processes that it attempts to approximate are themselves poorly quantified. (2.2) An increase in radiative flux associated wit ...
... simplified climate models under abstract assumptions. Measurement of RF in Watts/square meter is a convention, but RF itself is not a measured physical quantity. The various processes that it attempts to approximate are themselves poorly quantified. (2.2) An increase in radiative flux associated wit ...
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... back into space as heat radiation. Greenhouse gases trap this heat in the atmosphere and thereby warm the Earth’s surface as we are warmed when blankets are piled on our bed. Carbon dioxide (CO2), produced mainly by burning fossil fuels (coal, oil, and natural gas), is the most important greenhouse ...
... back into space as heat radiation. Greenhouse gases trap this heat in the atmosphere and thereby warm the Earth’s surface as we are warmed when blankets are piled on our bed. Carbon dioxide (CO2), produced mainly by burning fossil fuels (coal, oil, and natural gas), is the most important greenhouse ...
Detection and attribution of climate change for the Baltic Sea Region
... recent trend can not be explained by these GHG increases alone. That means: - the effect of GHG is overestimated in the scenarios , or - other factors are at work as well Or, the inconsistency is related to a too constraint dynamical response of the climate systems in contemporary models (enhanced f ...
... recent trend can not be explained by these GHG increases alone. That means: - the effect of GHG is overestimated in the scenarios , or - other factors are at work as well Or, the inconsistency is related to a too constraint dynamical response of the climate systems in contemporary models (enhanced f ...