Three Key Elements of Post-2012 International Climate Policy
... post-Kyoto) climate regime. This has happened primarily through the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), but in addition, the key emitting countries of the world have held a series of meetings under the auspices of the Major Economies Forum for Energy and Climate and the G ...
... post-Kyoto) climate regime. This has happened primarily through the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), but in addition, the key emitting countries of the world have held a series of meetings under the auspices of the Major Economies Forum for Energy and Climate and the G ...
Global change: state of the science
... global ozone and climate are their atmospheric lifetimes, generally ranging from years to hundreds of years. These lifetimes are relatively long compared to most other trace gases in the atmosphere. The long lifetime of these gases allows them to reach the stratosphere, where they can aect ozone. I ...
... global ozone and climate are their atmospheric lifetimes, generally ranging from years to hundreds of years. These lifetimes are relatively long compared to most other trace gases in the atmosphere. The long lifetime of these gases allows them to reach the stratosphere, where they can aect ozone. I ...
Climate and Weather Discourse in Anthropology: From Determinism
... one moves from north and south, climate becomes harsher (i.e., less hospitable to European clothing, housing, and agricultural customs of the time), and (in modern parlance) “otherness” increases. This division of the world into north and south still conceptually symbolizes relations of power, domin ...
... one moves from north and south, climate becomes harsher (i.e., less hospitable to European clothing, housing, and agricultural customs of the time), and (in modern parlance) “otherness” increases. This division of the world into north and south still conceptually symbolizes relations of power, domin ...
Moresby Declaration for an effective global climate agreement
... dimensions of climate change impacts, and assist to advance gender equality in their implementation. Furthermore, as Pacific islanders, we have always drawn on the traditional, and local, knowledge women and men carry with them to cope with natural climate variability. This knowledge will continue t ...
... dimensions of climate change impacts, and assist to advance gender equality in their implementation. Furthermore, as Pacific islanders, we have always drawn on the traditional, and local, knowledge women and men carry with them to cope with natural climate variability. This knowledge will continue t ...
Climate Change in Hamilton City, New Zealand - UN
... As in other urban centers around the world, the energy supply infrastructure in Hamilton and the greater Waikato region is necessary to maintain core city functions including health care services, economic activity, clean water supply, and comfort in homes. In Hamilton, most of the residential energ ...
... As in other urban centers around the world, the energy supply infrastructure in Hamilton and the greater Waikato region is necessary to maintain core city functions including health care services, economic activity, clean water supply, and comfort in homes. In Hamilton, most of the residential energ ...
Climate Change Impacts on U.S. Coastal and Marine Ecosystems
... 9Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithica, New York 14853 10RR2 Box 156AB, Charles Town, West Virginia 25414 11Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of New Orleans, 2000 Lakeshore Drive, New Orleans, Louisiana 70148 12Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, Departmen ...
... 9Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithica, New York 14853 10RR2 Box 156AB, Charles Town, West Virginia 25414 11Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of New Orleans, 2000 Lakeshore Drive, New Orleans, Louisiana 70148 12Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, Departmen ...
Guide to new specification
... Candidates should be able to: demonstrate and describe ethical, safe and skilful practical techniques and processes, selecting appropriate qualitative and quantitative methods. make, record and communicate reliable and valid observations and measurements with appropriate precision and accuracy. ...
... Candidates should be able to: demonstrate and describe ethical, safe and skilful practical techniques and processes, selecting appropriate qualitative and quantitative methods. make, record and communicate reliable and valid observations and measurements with appropriate precision and accuracy. ...
Stratospheric sulfur injection on terrestrial autotroph productivity
... Large-scale manipulation of the environment is not a geoengineering innovation; the idea has been around for quite some time. In fact, Arrhenius predicted the effects of significant fossil fuel combustion as early as 1905 (Keith, 2000). Although the analysis of Arrhenius and his contemporaries focus ...
... Large-scale manipulation of the environment is not a geoengineering innovation; the idea has been around for quite some time. In fact, Arrhenius predicted the effects of significant fossil fuel combustion as early as 1905 (Keith, 2000). Although the analysis of Arrhenius and his contemporaries focus ...
Understanding Global Climate Change
... “takes place so rapidly and unexpectedly that human or natural systems have trouble adapting to it.” Because they produce high-resolution records of climate, ice cores have been valuable in the study of past abrupt climate change. One of the most remarkable examples was a sudden cold, wet event that ...
... “takes place so rapidly and unexpectedly that human or natural systems have trouble adapting to it.” Because they produce high-resolution records of climate, ice cores have been valuable in the study of past abrupt climate change. One of the most remarkable examples was a sudden cold, wet event that ...
I. SUMMARY OF THE PETITION - Inuit Circumpolar Council
... Several principles of international law guide the application of the human rights issues in this case. Most directly, the United States is obligated by its membership in the Organization of American States and its acceptance of the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man to protect the ...
... Several principles of international law guide the application of the human rights issues in this case. Most directly, the United States is obligated by its membership in the Organization of American States and its acceptance of the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man to protect the ...
Articles Climate Change Vulnerability and Policy Support
... disposition toward the biophysical world. Studies routinely show that persons scoring high on the NEP scale (reflecting greater concern for the environment) are more likely to engage in proenvironmental behaviors (Blake et al. 1997; Clark et al. 2003; Stern et al. 1999). Bord et al. (1998) find that ...
... disposition toward the biophysical world. Studies routinely show that persons scoring high on the NEP scale (reflecting greater concern for the environment) are more likely to engage in proenvironmental behaviors (Blake et al. 1997; Clark et al. 2003; Stern et al. 1999). Bord et al. (1998) find that ...
Projected increases in near‑surface air temperature over Ontario
... minimizing these requirements, we choose 5 members (i.e., HadCM3Q0, Q3, Q10, Q13, and Q15) from the QUMP dataset according to the Hadley Centre’s recommendation (see http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/precis/qump). In this study, the PRECIS model is run at its highest spatial resolution (i.e., 25 km). Ther ...
... minimizing these requirements, we choose 5 members (i.e., HadCM3Q0, Q3, Q10, Q13, and Q15) from the QUMP dataset according to the Hadley Centre’s recommendation (see http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/precis/qump). In this study, the PRECIS model is run at its highest spatial resolution (i.e., 25 km). Ther ...
Internally and Externally Caused Climate Change
... forcing a unique climate may not exist. Climate change may be a natural internal feature of the land-oceanice-atmosphere (climate) system. The theory of internal causation of climate change has been developed by Lorenz (1968, 1970, 1976). He suggested that climate change might just be the natural va ...
... forcing a unique climate may not exist. Climate change may be a natural internal feature of the land-oceanice-atmosphere (climate) system. The theory of internal causation of climate change has been developed by Lorenz (1968, 1970, 1976). He suggested that climate change might just be the natural va ...
On Applying the Test of a False Prophet to the
... University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit, climate change skeptics fixated on a few select emails whose contents they believed demonstrated that scientists were manipulating data, and the mainstream media dubbed this scandal “Climate-gate.” This so-called “scandal” gave an already uncertain ...
... University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit, climate change skeptics fixated on a few select emails whose contents they believed demonstrated that scientists were manipulating data, and the mainstream media dubbed this scandal “Climate-gate.” This so-called “scandal” gave an already uncertain ...
High impact, low probability (revised for Climatic Change)
... As there is some evidence to constrain estimates of the costs of 2.5°C warming (i.e. α), the more uncertain issue is what to assume about the functional form, β. Across the range of previous studies, the damage function has tended to be quadratic (which has the convenient analytical property of givi ...
... As there is some evidence to constrain estimates of the costs of 2.5°C warming (i.e. α), the more uncertain issue is what to assume about the functional form, β. Across the range of previous studies, the damage function has tended to be quadratic (which has the convenient analytical property of givi ...
UNFCCC, the Kyoto Protocol, and the WTO – Brewing Conflicts or
... effects of climate change will have major effects on the global economy. 7 As one scholar described the situation, “[e]ven a 3˚C rise in global average temperature would devastate the global environment, place human survival in grave danger, and risk the collapse of the world economy.” 8 The global ...
... effects of climate change will have major effects on the global economy. 7 As one scholar described the situation, “[e]ven a 3˚C rise in global average temperature would devastate the global environment, place human survival in grave danger, and risk the collapse of the world economy.” 8 The global ...
impact of climate change on agriculture: empirical evidence from
... Asia majority of them are surviving farmers who are occupying rain-fed land. Production of rice, maize and wheat in the past few decades has gone down due to ever increasing water stress arising mainly from temperature rise ...
... Asia majority of them are surviving farmers who are occupying rain-fed land. Production of rice, maize and wheat in the past few decades has gone down due to ever increasing water stress arising mainly from temperature rise ...
Interpretation of Climate Change Scenarios
... determine whether or not these events are due to climate change or to other factors, although some studies lead one to believe that these events were caused by warming attributable to the greenhouse effect (IPCC 2007b). The main objective of this technical document is to define some concepts related ...
... determine whether or not these events are due to climate change or to other factors, although some studies lead one to believe that these events were caused by warming attributable to the greenhouse effect (IPCC 2007b). The main objective of this technical document is to define some concepts related ...
model estimates that take into account both greenhouse gases and
... “In the light of new evidence and taking into account the remaining uncertainties, most of the observed warming over the last 50 years is likely to be due to the increases in greenhouse gas ...
... “In the light of new evidence and taking into account the remaining uncertainties, most of the observed warming over the last 50 years is likely to be due to the increases in greenhouse gas ...
Building Place-Based Climate Change Education
... Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge (WA) Mount Rainier National Park (WA) Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge (WA) North Cascades National Park (WA) Olympic National Park (WA) ...
... Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge (WA) Mount Rainier National Park (WA) Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge (WA) North Cascades National Park (WA) Olympic National Park (WA) ...
A comment on “Economy-wide estimates of the
... the minimum-mortality temperature.2 Bosello et al. represent at least a third generation in the studies of this relationship. In parts of their work, including the treatment of cardio-vascular and respiratory mortality, they adapt the results of Tol (2002), which in turn estimates worldwide impacts ...
... the minimum-mortality temperature.2 Bosello et al. represent at least a third generation in the studies of this relationship. In parts of their work, including the treatment of cardio-vascular and respiratory mortality, they adapt the results of Tol (2002), which in turn estimates worldwide impacts ...
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON LARGE SCALE OCEAN
... continuous observations of the MOC for many years. Snapshot measurements Since the 1950s oceanographers have been making high quality and reliable measurements of ocean temperature and salinity. The usual way of estimating the transatlantic MOC is by using a ship to sample a series of stations acros ...
... continuous observations of the MOC for many years. Snapshot measurements Since the 1950s oceanographers have been making high quality and reliable measurements of ocean temperature and salinity. The usual way of estimating the transatlantic MOC is by using a ship to sample a series of stations acros ...
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... atmosphere, which depends on human and natural emissions. In particular, the anthropogenic contribution to this phenomenon is widely recognized as the main driver of climate change (IPCC, 2007). Very little is known, however, about the reverse causation, by which climate change would affect economic ...
... atmosphere, which depends on human and natural emissions. In particular, the anthropogenic contribution to this phenomenon is widely recognized as the main driver of climate change (IPCC, 2007). Very little is known, however, about the reverse causation, by which climate change would affect economic ...
Climate Change - cloudfront.net
... destroy the coral communities of the Great Barrier Reef for hundreds if not thousands of years”.¶ “It is highly unlikely that coral reefs will survive more than a two-degree increase in average global temperature relative to pre-industrial levels,” he said.¶ “But if the current trajectory of carbon ...
... destroy the coral communities of the Great Barrier Reef for hundreds if not thousands of years”.¶ “It is highly unlikely that coral reefs will survive more than a two-degree increase in average global temperature relative to pre-industrial levels,” he said.¶ “But if the current trajectory of carbon ...
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.