The Science of Geoengineering - Carnegie Department of Global
... Carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of coal, oil, and gas are increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations. These increased concentrations cause additional energy to be retained in Earth’s climate system, thus increasing Earth’s temperature. Various methods have been proposed to preven ...
... Carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of coal, oil, and gas are increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations. These increased concentrations cause additional energy to be retained in Earth’s climate system, thus increasing Earth’s temperature. Various methods have been proposed to preven ...
Assessments of moisture fluxes east of the Andes in South America
... temporal resolution were used. Lateral boundary conditions for HadRM3P are available from a range of modeland observation-based sources. In this study, they are obtained from the global atmospheric model, HadAM3P. The horizontal resolution of HadAM3P is 1.25° latitude by 1.875° longitude and the mod ...
... temporal resolution were used. Lateral boundary conditions for HadRM3P are available from a range of modeland observation-based sources. In this study, they are obtained from the global atmospheric model, HadAM3P. The horizontal resolution of HadAM3P is 1.25° latitude by 1.875° longitude and the mod ...
Quantifying the impacts of land surface schemes and dynamic
... budgets over land surface are important steps toward improving our confidence in climate change projections. In this study, the contribution of land surface models to the inter-GCM variation of projected future changes in land surface energy and water fluxes are assessed based on output from 19 global ...
... budgets over land surface are important steps toward improving our confidence in climate change projections. In this study, the contribution of land surface models to the inter-GCM variation of projected future changes in land surface energy and water fluxes are assessed based on output from 19 global ...
Climate change research and policy in Portugal
... agenda. In 1990, the European Commission proposed to the Council a strategy to stabilize greenhouse ...
... agenda. In 1990, the European Commission proposed to the Council a strategy to stabilize greenhouse ...
Long-Term Policy: Definition, Origin, and Responses by Detlef Sprinz
... progress. Creating and maintaining public infrastructures is certainly a long-term policy challenge as many public sector budgets are unable to keep infrastructures in good shape. Structural unemployment is the likely result of both regional policies to shield electorally important industries from f ...
... progress. Creating and maintaining public infrastructures is certainly a long-term policy challenge as many public sector budgets are unable to keep infrastructures in good shape. Structural unemployment is the likely result of both regional policies to shield electorally important industries from f ...
the Report - ULI Europe
... University of Regensburg and ULI Europe’s Visiting Fellow on sustainability. Since 2013, he also has been managing director of the IRE|BS International Real Estate Business School at the University of Regensburg, Europe´s largest centre for real estate education. ...
... University of Regensburg and ULI Europe’s Visiting Fellow on sustainability. Since 2013, he also has been managing director of the IRE|BS International Real Estate Business School at the University of Regensburg, Europe´s largest centre for real estate education. ...
European atmosphere in 2050, a regional
... their costs and their impact on air quality have been successfully implemented over the past decades to investigate relatively short time periods (Cohan and Napelenok, 2011). In Europe, the GAINS (Greenhouse Gas and Air Pollution Interactions and Synergies) modelling framework (Amann et al., 2011; A ...
... their costs and their impact on air quality have been successfully implemented over the past decades to investigate relatively short time periods (Cohan and Napelenok, 2011). In Europe, the GAINS (Greenhouse Gas and Air Pollution Interactions and Synergies) modelling framework (Amann et al., 2011; A ...
Zimbabwe Capacity Development Needs Assessment Report
... countries to adapt to a new climate regime through increased investments in water security The project supports 8 African countries and 5 river basins to better cope with the impacts of climate change. In Zimbabwe, WACDEP was launched April 2013 and is being coordinated through the Ministry of Envir ...
... countries to adapt to a new climate regime through increased investments in water security The project supports 8 African countries and 5 river basins to better cope with the impacts of climate change. In Zimbabwe, WACDEP was launched April 2013 and is being coordinated through the Ministry of Envir ...
National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) – Looking through
... Rights to alternative livelihoods: Climate change causes dreadful negative impacts on employment especially in agrarian societies. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) states that major weather events, caused by climate change, carry with them the potential to cause damage and disrupt tra ...
... Rights to alternative livelihoods: Climate change causes dreadful negative impacts on employment especially in agrarian societies. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) states that major weather events, caused by climate change, carry with them the potential to cause damage and disrupt tra ...
Addendum to Internal Document 336
... to inform risk analysis and that such files, unlike ones based on observed data, carry no copyright. ...
... to inform risk analysis and that such files, unlike ones based on observed data, carry no copyright. ...
Deep uncertainty in long-term hurricane risk: scenario generation and implications for future climate experiments: Working Paper 51 (556 kB) (opens in new window)
... carbon markets. This programme is funded by Munich Re and benefits from research collaborations across the industry and public sectors. The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment was established by the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2008 to bring toget ...
... carbon markets. This programme is funded by Munich Re and benefits from research collaborations across the industry and public sectors. The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment was established by the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2008 to bring toget ...
A Teacher`s Guide for the Video Sila Alangotok— Inuit Observations
... shift in climate zones may affect the distribution of plant and animal species. Globally, a rise in sea level, which will threaten coastal cities and settlements all over the world, is possible. Another disturbing consequence of anthropogenic (human-caused) climate change is that it may permanently ...
... shift in climate zones may affect the distribution of plant and animal species. Globally, a rise in sea level, which will threaten coastal cities and settlements all over the world, is possible. Another disturbing consequence of anthropogenic (human-caused) climate change is that it may permanently ...
States (and Cities) as Actors in Global Climate Regulation: Unitary
... Six Midwestern states, including Illinois and Michigan, have signed a regional agreement with the Canadian province of Manitoba calling for emissions reductions of 60 to 80% in the long term;16 the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers (NEG-ECP) has formed a regional, cr ...
... Six Midwestern states, including Illinois and Michigan, have signed a regional agreement with the Canadian province of Manitoba calling for emissions reductions of 60 to 80% in the long term;16 the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers (NEG-ECP) has formed a regional, cr ...
Addressing Climate Change through a Risk Management Lens
... reported in IPCC (2007a, pg 65), puts the likely range of this critical parameter at 2 – 4.5 oC, but higher values are possible and it is widely accepted that timely reductions in this uncertainty are unlikely.1 As reported in Roe and Baker (2007), for example, “the probability of large temperatu ...
... reported in IPCC (2007a, pg 65), puts the likely range of this critical parameter at 2 – 4.5 oC, but higher values are possible and it is widely accepted that timely reductions in this uncertainty are unlikely.1 As reported in Roe and Baker (2007), for example, “the probability of large temperatu ...
GDI 12 – Warming Core – Final
... http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/feb/19/frontpagenews.climatechange) KA A critical meltdown of ice sheets and severe sea level rise could be inevitable because of global warming, the world's scientists are preparing to warn their governments. New studies of Greenland and Antarctica have fo ...
... http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/feb/19/frontpagenews.climatechange) KA A critical meltdown of ice sheets and severe sea level rise could be inevitable because of global warming, the world's scientists are preparing to warn their governments. New studies of Greenland and Antarctica have fo ...
Chapter 6: Projections Based on Global Climate Models
... the incidence of extremely hot days and warm nights are also projected. • Increases in annual mean rainfall are projected to be most prominent near the South Pacific Convergence Zone (SPCZ) and Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), while the remainder of the region is generally expected to experie ...
... the incidence of extremely hot days and warm nights are also projected. • Increases in annual mean rainfall are projected to be most prominent near the South Pacific Convergence Zone (SPCZ) and Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), while the remainder of the region is generally expected to experie ...
10 IISD (17 March 2016):Arctic Council Addresses
... can be exploited by 2050 in order to keep the average temperature increase below two degrees Celsius. At the same time it is estimated that about one fifth of the world’s undiscovered hydrocarbon resources are located in the Arctic region.18 Is it reasonable that the possible 20 % will be all exploi ...
... can be exploited by 2050 in order to keep the average temperature increase below two degrees Celsius. At the same time it is estimated that about one fifth of the world’s undiscovered hydrocarbon resources are located in the Arctic region.18 Is it reasonable that the possible 20 % will be all exploi ...
Full-Text
... Smallholder French beans farmers are usually certified under the Global-GAP standards option for producer groups upon compliance with farm audits [44]. To acquire certification status, individual farmers normally form producer group which then pursue compliance with certification regulation points. ...
... Smallholder French beans farmers are usually certified under the Global-GAP standards option for producer groups upon compliance with farm audits [44]. To acquire certification status, individual farmers normally form producer group which then pursue compliance with certification regulation points. ...
On the relationship between metrics to compare greenhouse gases
... following a pulse emission of a gas X compared to “the integral of the temperature change” following a pulse emission of CO2 . Such a measure has been discussed previously by, for instance, Fisher et al. (1990), Rotmans and den Elzen (1992), Shine et al. (2005, p. 298), IPCC (2009), Gillet and Matth ...
... following a pulse emission of a gas X compared to “the integral of the temperature change” following a pulse emission of CO2 . Such a measure has been discussed previously by, for instance, Fisher et al. (1990), Rotmans and den Elzen (1992), Shine et al. (2005, p. 298), IPCC (2009), Gillet and Matth ...
International Climate Policy, National Positions, and Their Domestic
... Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Confederation of Danish Industries approached the government of Lars Rasmussen to propose a public–private partnership in light of the “needed focal point for all business-related activities leading up to the [2009] Climate Change Conference of the Parties ...
... Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Confederation of Danish Industries approached the government of Lars Rasmussen to propose a public–private partnership in light of the “needed focal point for all business-related activities leading up to the [2009] Climate Change Conference of the Parties ...
Ecological consequences of global climate change for freshwater
... Freshwater ecosystems are considered to be among the ecosystems most vulnerable to global climate change.1 Observational records and climate projections provide abundant evidence that freshwater resources have the potential to be strongly impacted by climate change, with wide-ranging consequences fo ...
... Freshwater ecosystems are considered to be among the ecosystems most vulnerable to global climate change.1 Observational records and climate projections provide abundant evidence that freshwater resources have the potential to be strongly impacted by climate change, with wide-ranging consequences fo ...
Implications of global climate change for natural resource damage
... of NRDAR processes and offer eight recommendations to improve these processes in light of GCC. First, we call for a better understanding of the net effects of GCC and contaminants on natural resources. Second, we urge facilities and environmental managers to plan for GCC-related factors that are exp ...
... of NRDAR processes and offer eight recommendations to improve these processes in light of GCC. First, we call for a better understanding of the net effects of GCC and contaminants on natural resources. Second, we urge facilities and environmental managers to plan for GCC-related factors that are exp ...
Deepening the Food Crisis? A summary of the Study `Climate
... ty of available fresh water (Ban-Ki Moon, 2007). In the southern part of Africa, climate change is expected to further weaken the agricultural potentials of countries belonging to the poorest societies in the world. This would worsen the state of human security and strain the governments’ capabiliti ...
... ty of available fresh water (Ban-Ki Moon, 2007). In the southern part of Africa, climate change is expected to further weaken the agricultural potentials of countries belonging to the poorest societies in the world. This would worsen the state of human security and strain the governments’ capabiliti ...
VSO and Climate Change
... world which is warmer and it is very likely that the changes in the 21st century will be greater than those which took place in the 20th. Tragically, it is the poorest and most vulnerable people, communities and countries who bear the brunt of climate change impacts. This is not surprising, since vu ...
... world which is warmer and it is very likely that the changes in the 21st century will be greater than those which took place in the 20th. Tragically, it is the poorest and most vulnerable people, communities and countries who bear the brunt of climate change impacts. This is not surprising, since vu ...
Climate Change and College Students
... creating effective persuasive text (Chambliss 2001). However, in our web-based information society, on-line news stories are often coupled with an image or photograph. Clearly, news editors believe that a picture will attract readers’ attention to the story. In addition, extensive research in social ...
... creating effective persuasive text (Chambliss 2001). However, in our web-based information society, on-line news stories are often coupled with an image or photograph. Clearly, news editors believe that a picture will attract readers’ attention to the story. In addition, extensive research in social ...
Fred Singer
Siegfried Fred Singer (born September 27, 1924) is an Austrian-born American physicist and emeritus professor of environmental science at the University of Virginia. Singer trained as an atmospheric physicist and is known for his work in space research, atmospheric pollution, rocket and satellite technology, his questioning of the link between UV-B and melanoma rates, and that between CFCs and stratospheric ozone loss, his public denial of the health risks of passive smoking, and as an advocate for climate change denial. He is the author or editor of several books including Global Effects of Environmental Pollution (1970), The Ocean in Human Affairs (1989), Global Climate Change (1989), The Greenhouse Debate Continued (1992), and Hot Talk, Cold Science (1997). He has also co-authored Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1,500 Years (2007) with Dennis Avery, and Climate Change Reconsidered (2009) with Craig Idso.Singer has had a varied career, serving in the armed forces, government, and academia. He designed mines for the U.S. Navy during World War II, before obtaining his Ph.D. in physics from Princeton University in 1948 and working as a scientific liaison officer in the U.S. Embassy in London. He became a leading figure in early space research, was involved in the development of earth observation satellites, and in 1962 established the National Weather Bureau's Satellite Service Center. He was the founding dean of the University of Miami School of Environmental and Planetary Sciences in 1964, and held several government positions, including deputy assistant administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency, and chief scientist for the Department of Transportation. He held a professorship with the University of Virginia from 1971 until 1994, and with George Mason University until 2000.In 1990 Singer founded the Science & Environmental Policy Project to advocate for climate change denial, and in 2006 was named by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as one of a minority of scientists said to be creating a stand-off on a consensus on climate change. Singer argues there is no evidence that global warming is attributable to human-caused increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide, and that humanity would benefit if temperatures do rise.He is an opponent of the Kyoto Protocol, and has claimed climate models as not based on reality, and not evidence. Singer has been accused of rejecting peer-reviewed and independently confirmed scientific evidence in his claims concerning public health and environmental issues.