ppt - WMO
... • In return for remaining emissions investment in emission certificates used for climate-protection projects in emerging countries ...
... • In return for remaining emissions investment in emission certificates used for climate-protection projects in emerging countries ...
Glossary of Terms and Definitions on Climate Change and Adaptation
... pumping CO2 into existing or drilled/excavated sub-surface reservoirs; iii) Long term storage in the earth’s oceans where CO2 would be injected thousands of feet deep and trapped by the water. Carbon stock The quantity of carbon in a reservoir/pool having the capacity to accumulate or release carbon ...
... pumping CO2 into existing or drilled/excavated sub-surface reservoirs; iii) Long term storage in the earth’s oceans where CO2 would be injected thousands of feet deep and trapped by the water. Carbon stock The quantity of carbon in a reservoir/pool having the capacity to accumulate or release carbon ...
Dark Skies: Volcanic Contributions to Climate Change
... • Create a set of images that show the sequence of events, in the Earth’s atmosphere during and after a volcanic eruption. Randomize the images and have students organize them into a correct sequence. • Create a hypothesis about how volcanic eruptions impact the Earth system (biosphere, hydrosphere, ...
... • Create a set of images that show the sequence of events, in the Earth’s atmosphere during and after a volcanic eruption. Randomize the images and have students organize them into a correct sequence. • Create a hypothesis about how volcanic eruptions impact the Earth system (biosphere, hydrosphere, ...
Asynchronous exposure to global warming: freshwater resources and terrestrial ecosystems
... We determined, for each 1Tg step, which biogeographic regions experience changes in 0 on more than a third of their respective area, and counted how many of the 19 climate scenarios show this. We then determined the endemism richness of each of those regions from the Kier et al (2009) dataset, and a ...
... We determined, for each 1Tg step, which biogeographic regions experience changes in 0 on more than a third of their respective area, and counted how many of the 19 climate scenarios show this. We then determined the endemism richness of each of those regions from the Kier et al (2009) dataset, and a ...
New Topics, Summer 2011: Climate Change and
... I want to focus ICE cases on conflict and environment and specifically on its relation to climate change and violent conflict. Within that realm, I want cases that look at how climate change will influence borders or situations, including borders in the overall policy calculus. These topics can be ...
... I want to focus ICE cases on conflict and environment and specifically on its relation to climate change and violent conflict. Within that realm, I want cases that look at how climate change will influence borders or situations, including borders in the overall policy calculus. These topics can be ...
Slide 1
... Drought (extreme events, increased temperature) Public Health impacts (mortality, decreased access to cooling centers, spread of disease) Bridges, Roads, Public Transportation (increased extreme weather events, increases in temperature) ...
... Drought (extreme events, increased temperature) Public Health impacts (mortality, decreased access to cooling centers, spread of disease) Bridges, Roads, Public Transportation (increased extreme weather events, increases in temperature) ...
Cooperation in International Environmental Treaties 1
... chemist Svante Arrehenius first described the greenhouse gas effect that traps the Sun’s rays in carbon dioxide and other gases, leading to an increase in global temperature. However, the contributions that human society made to this effect have only recently been discovered. In 1995, the Intergover ...
... chemist Svante Arrehenius first described the greenhouse gas effect that traps the Sun’s rays in carbon dioxide and other gases, leading to an increase in global temperature. However, the contributions that human society made to this effect have only recently been discovered. In 1995, the Intergover ...
powerpoint - Mitigation and Adaptation Research Institute (MARI)
... - mitigation: process of preventing a hazardous situation turning into a crisis or disaster; - adaptation: refers to the process of handling the crisis. FEMA, see http://www.fema.gov/what-mitigation): "Mitigation is the effort to reduce loss of life and property by lessening the impact of disasters. ...
... - mitigation: process of preventing a hazardous situation turning into a crisis or disaster; - adaptation: refers to the process of handling the crisis. FEMA, see http://www.fema.gov/what-mitigation): "Mitigation is the effort to reduce loss of life and property by lessening the impact of disasters. ...
Week 3 Figures ()
... 5. Large (1,500 gigatons) amounts of organic carbon are vented into the ocean and atmosphere. 6. The methane in the atmosphere and the oxidation of CH4 to CO2 (both greenhouse gases), cause a strong temperature spike (the PETM). 7. This increased global temperature causes more water evaporation, mor ...
... 5. Large (1,500 gigatons) amounts of organic carbon are vented into the ocean and atmosphere. 6. The methane in the atmosphere and the oxidation of CH4 to CO2 (both greenhouse gases), cause a strong temperature spike (the PETM). 7. This increased global temperature causes more water evaporation, mor ...
Public Understanding of Science - Penelope Ironstone
... to make dramatic reading and often are important to public concerns. On occasion, journalists may develop controversy where none previously existed, or sustain it by soliciting opposing arguments by expert scientists. This practice has been interpreted as a means to construct journalistic objectivit ...
... to make dramatic reading and often are important to public concerns. On occasion, journalists may develop controversy where none previously existed, or sustain it by soliciting opposing arguments by expert scientists. This practice has been interpreted as a means to construct journalistic objectivit ...
climate change analysis - University of York File Library
... towards tackling climate change. This part discusses on these initiatives in relation to the land and natural resources rights of the small producers. 3.1.1The National Environmental Policy This policy was promulgated in December 1997. Its main objective is to provide a framework for mainstreaming e ...
... towards tackling climate change. This part discusses on these initiatives in relation to the land and natural resources rights of the small producers. 3.1.1The National Environmental Policy This policy was promulgated in December 1997. Its main objective is to provide a framework for mainstreaming e ...
Scenari_Uncert_Impac.. - The Global Change Program at the
... Land use change and forestry issues are important to national and global inventories of greenhouse gases: Vegetation can “sequester” or remove CO2 from the atmosphere and store it for potentially long periods in above- and below-ground biomass and in soils. soils, trees, crops, and other plants ...
... Land use change and forestry issues are important to national and global inventories of greenhouse gases: Vegetation can “sequester” or remove CO2 from the atmosphere and store it for potentially long periods in above- and below-ground biomass and in soils. soils, trees, crops, and other plants ...
‘Ye Olde Hot Aire’*: reporting on human tabloid press
... has the potential to more effectively promote links between public understanding and social change on the issue of climate change (Moser and Dilling 2007, Moser 2006). Thus, analyses of media representations of these news sources— typically considered ‘working class’ newspapers—can tap into associat ...
... has the potential to more effectively promote links between public understanding and social change on the issue of climate change (Moser and Dilling 2007, Moser 2006). Thus, analyses of media representations of these news sources— typically considered ‘working class’ newspapers—can tap into associat ...
The Climate System - MiraCosta College
... – Radiation is in the form of longwave infrared radiation. – Atmospheric gases, primarily H2O and CO2, are more efficient absorbers of longwave radiation. – This selective absorption, called the greenhouse effect, results in warming of the atmosphere. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. ...
... – Radiation is in the form of longwave infrared radiation. – Atmospheric gases, primarily H2O and CO2, are more efficient absorbers of longwave radiation. – This selective absorption, called the greenhouse effect, results in warming of the atmosphere. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. ...
Central Asia - GFCS Observation Workshop
... established what health professionals and the general public need to know about the services, and which messages need to be delivered. From these questions it becomes evident that multi-sectoral cooperation is pivotal and very likely needs both enhancement and improvement. As far as observation requ ...
... established what health professionals and the general public need to know about the services, and which messages need to be delivered. From these questions it becomes evident that multi-sectoral cooperation is pivotal and very likely needs both enhancement and improvement. As far as observation requ ...
Zero Deforestation and the future of Brazil
... Because of this, in December 2015, representatives from 196 countries will meet, in Paris, for the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21). It is a crucial moment for setting up a new agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions starting in ...
... Because of this, in December 2015, representatives from 196 countries will meet, in Paris, for the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21). It is a crucial moment for setting up a new agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions starting in ...
- ROAR - University of East London
... environment and development. The Brundtland Commission Report Our Common Future (United Nations, 1987) defined the concept of sustainable development as "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future.” Other scholars define sustainable development as the ...
... environment and development. The Brundtland Commission Report Our Common Future (United Nations, 1987) defined the concept of sustainable development as "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future.” Other scholars define sustainable development as the ...
Comment by: Patrick J. Michaels and Paul C. Knappenberger
... Americans have actively been moving to warmer climates. And there is every indication that they are continuing to do so, as evidenced by the strong rise in experiential temperatures during the past 20 or 30 years. While climatologists have not generally appreciated this fact, it has been long recogn ...
... Americans have actively been moving to warmer climates. And there is every indication that they are continuing to do so, as evidenced by the strong rise in experiential temperatures during the past 20 or 30 years. While climatologists have not generally appreciated this fact, it has been long recogn ...
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... Climate leaders both large and small have gone through such feedback processes before implementing carbon prices, as new empirical work shows. Denmark from the 1970s on created a variety of supportive policies that culminated in a feed-in tariff in 1993. These measures created a domestic wind turbi ...
... Climate leaders both large and small have gone through such feedback processes before implementing carbon prices, as new empirical work shows. Denmark from the 1970s on created a variety of supportive policies that culminated in a feed-in tariff in 1993. These measures created a domestic wind turbi ...
Diapositive 1 - Infoscience
... and unable to cope with, adverse effects of climate change, including climate variability and extremes. Vulnerability is a function of the character, magnitude, and rate of climate change and variation to which a system is exposed, its sensitivity, and its adaptive capacity.’ [IPCC, 2007] ...
... and unable to cope with, adverse effects of climate change, including climate variability and extremes. Vulnerability is a function of the character, magnitude, and rate of climate change and variation to which a system is exposed, its sensitivity, and its adaptive capacity.’ [IPCC, 2007] ...
Science studies, climate change and the prospects for constructivist
... strategy document counselled candidates to ‘challenge the science’ because if ‘the public come to believe that the scientific issues are settled, their views about global warming will change accordingly’ (EWG 2003: 138, 137). White House officials insisted on such extensive changes to the EPA’s (200 ...
... strategy document counselled candidates to ‘challenge the science’ because if ‘the public come to believe that the scientific issues are settled, their views about global warming will change accordingly’ (EWG 2003: 138, 137). White House officials insisted on such extensive changes to the EPA’s (200 ...
Climate action
... Worldwide, greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise every year. This global challenge requires a global response. In international negotiations on climate change, the European Union speaks with one voice. The Commission and the country holding the rotating 6-month presidency of the Council of the E ...
... Worldwide, greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise every year. This global challenge requires a global response. In international negotiations on climate change, the European Union speaks with one voice. The Commission and the country holding the rotating 6-month presidency of the Council of the E ...
Simulated versus observed patterns of warming over the
... Fig. 2. Maps and zonally averaged meridional profiles showing rates of warming over the historical reference interval 1965–2000 expressed in units of °C per 36 years: (A, B) boreal cold season; (C, D) boreal warm season. The left column (A, C) is based on the NOAA MLOST dataset and the right column ...
... Fig. 2. Maps and zonally averaged meridional profiles showing rates of warming over the historical reference interval 1965–2000 expressed in units of °C per 36 years: (A, B) boreal cold season; (C, D) boreal warm season. The left column (A, C) is based on the NOAA MLOST dataset and the right column ...
Legacy of disasters - Save the Children UK
... The 4th Assessment Report of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 5 , published in February 2007, is the most authoritative statement so far that global warming is undeniable and accelerating, and that human beings are directly responsible. According to the report, even if immediate acti ...
... The 4th Assessment Report of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 5 , published in February 2007, is the most authoritative statement so far that global warming is undeniable and accelerating, and that human beings are directly responsible. According to the report, even if immediate acti ...
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.