RobockEthicsOslo - Alan Robock
... not consent to deployment, are they thereby more deserving of compensation for resulting harms? 6. Is there ever a condition in which it would be ethically acceptable for one group (e.g., a nation) or a small federation to make the decision to geoengineer without consultation with other groups/natio ...
... not consent to deployment, are they thereby more deserving of compensation for resulting harms? 6. Is there ever a condition in which it would be ethically acceptable for one group (e.g., a nation) or a small federation to make the decision to geoengineer without consultation with other groups/natio ...
Draft Climate change in the North Queensland region
... The region’s tropical climate is characterised by relatively high temperatures throughout the year and pronounced wet and dry seasons and high-intensity tropical storms. High summer temperatures generally peak in January and are usually accompanied by high humidity. The average annual temperature is ...
... The region’s tropical climate is characterised by relatively high temperatures throughout the year and pronounced wet and dry seasons and high-intensity tropical storms. High summer temperatures generally peak in January and are usually accompanied by high humidity. The average annual temperature is ...
tennessee - National Conference of State Legislatures
... The Mississippi River, Tennessee’s western border, is surrounded by low-lying land. If climate change increases the likelihood of intense weather events along the Mississippi River system, flooding could result and cause significant economic losses to agriculture and infrastructure. Communities near ...
... The Mississippi River, Tennessee’s western border, is surrounded by low-lying land. If climate change increases the likelihood of intense weather events along the Mississippi River system, flooding could result and cause significant economic losses to agriculture and infrastructure. Communities near ...
Module 1 - Background and Overview
... Lack of financing and information Perceptions of investment risk Small size (e.g. small volume) of emissions reductions ...
... Lack of financing and information Perceptions of investment risk Small size (e.g. small volume) of emissions reductions ...
Reference Document - World Health Organization
... Population data were used together with the risk areas from the climate and socioeconomic malaria model to estimate the future population at risk of malaria. In this manner, the model’s designed output is the spatial and temporal occurrence of malaria, rather than predicting the number of cases. Th ...
... Population data were used together with the risk areas from the climate and socioeconomic malaria model to estimate the future population at risk of malaria. In this manner, the model’s designed output is the spatial and temporal occurrence of malaria, rather than predicting the number of cases. Th ...
Overlooked Issues in the Climate Change Debate Professor Roger A. Pielke Sr.
... “As shown in the pioneering study by Riehl and Malkus (1958) and by Riehl and Simpson (1979), 1500-5000 thunderstorms (which they refer to as ‘hot towers’) are the conduit to transport this heat, moisture, and wind energy to higher latitudes. Since thunderstorms occur only in a relatively small perc ...
... “As shown in the pioneering study by Riehl and Malkus (1958) and by Riehl and Simpson (1979), 1500-5000 thunderstorms (which they refer to as ‘hot towers’) are the conduit to transport this heat, moisture, and wind energy to higher latitudes. Since thunderstorms occur only in a relatively small perc ...
Facts and Projections on Climate Change
... preindustrial levels (IPCC 2014). A set of four scenarios of ‘representative concentration pathways’ (RCPs) has been the basis of these projections and for the assessment of their global impacts. Derived from a very large number of GHG emission projections collected from the international literature ...
... preindustrial levels (IPCC 2014). A set of four scenarios of ‘representative concentration pathways’ (RCPs) has been the basis of these projections and for the assessment of their global impacts. Derived from a very large number of GHG emission projections collected from the international literature ...
Meeting report - Adaptation Futures 2016
... climate finance to allow better access to L.A. local governments? How to scale-up grants to loans, projects to programmes? Conclusion the session discussed how to bridge the gap between available finance for climate action and the relatively small amount of funds approved for action in the field. La ...
... climate finance to allow better access to L.A. local governments? How to scale-up grants to loans, projects to programmes? Conclusion the session discussed how to bridge the gap between available finance for climate action and the relatively small amount of funds approved for action in the field. La ...
Climate Change
... "Every year the rain season starts at the beginning of March, and now Yemen is in the end of April and there is still no rain. This means that Yemen is truly affected by the climate changes," said Abdulaziz. Though his agency has yet to complete studies on exact drought percentage increase, he is su ...
... "Every year the rain season starts at the beginning of March, and now Yemen is in the end of April and there is still no rain. This means that Yemen is truly affected by the climate changes," said Abdulaziz. Though his agency has yet to complete studies on exact drought percentage increase, he is su ...
Climate change scenarios
... Use regional climate models (RCMs) High resolution Capture more complexity Limited applications Computationally very demanding 1A.21 ...
... Use regional climate models (RCMs) High resolution Capture more complexity Limited applications Computationally very demanding 1A.21 ...
Research for Action: Climate - NSW Department of Primary Industries
... Addressing climate change There are a number of natural influences on the world’s climate, including changes to the Earth’s orbit, volcanic and meteorite activity and tectonic upheaval. In addition to these influences, most scientists now accept that human activity is increasing the concentration of ...
... Addressing climate change There are a number of natural influences on the world’s climate, including changes to the Earth’s orbit, volcanic and meteorite activity and tectonic upheaval. In addition to these influences, most scientists now accept that human activity is increasing the concentration of ...
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... “As shown in the pioneering study by Riehl and Malkus (1958) and by Riehl and Simpson (1979), 1500-5000 thunderstorms (which they refer to as ‘hot towers’) are the conduit to transport this heat, moisture, and wind energy to higher latitudes. Since thunderstorms occur only in a relatively small perc ...
... “As shown in the pioneering study by Riehl and Malkus (1958) and by Riehl and Simpson (1979), 1500-5000 thunderstorms (which they refer to as ‘hot towers’) are the conduit to transport this heat, moisture, and wind energy to higher latitudes. Since thunderstorms occur only in a relatively small perc ...
Vol.3, No.1, 2003
... Convergence Zone (ITCZ) — gives rise to deep convection and heavy rainfall. Studies over the past two decades have revealed that the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) originates from an ocean-atmosphere interaction that is sensitive to this background climate state. To predict successfully the swi ...
... Convergence Zone (ITCZ) — gives rise to deep convection and heavy rainfall. Studies over the past two decades have revealed that the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) originates from an ocean-atmosphere interaction that is sensitive to this background climate state. To predict successfully the swi ...
Workshop-2-Impacts-FINAL
... Understanding the Paris Agreement Goals Convention objective Article 2 – stabilization of GHG concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. Such a level should be achieved within a time frame sufficient to allow ecosyste ...
... Understanding the Paris Agreement Goals Convention objective Article 2 – stabilization of GHG concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. Such a level should be achieved within a time frame sufficient to allow ecosyste ...
Centre for Earth System Dynamics
... – Physical: Clouds, water vapour, ice, snow. • Biosphere: Will the earth system continue to be a sink for CO2 or will it be a source? • Ocean – sets the timescale. • First order effect (will world warm by 1 or 10 K) by end of 21st Century. Both seem very unlikely. 10K would be “catastrophic climate ...
... – Physical: Clouds, water vapour, ice, snow. • Biosphere: Will the earth system continue to be a sink for CO2 or will it be a source? • Ocean – sets the timescale. • First order effect (will world warm by 1 or 10 K) by end of 21st Century. Both seem very unlikely. 10K would be “catastrophic climate ...
Global Warming`s Increasingly Visible Impacts
... (13 billion euros) in losses in the agriculture, forestry, and electric power sectors. Records have been shattered in other parts of the world as well in recent years. In April-June 1998, 3,028 people died in the most disastrous heat wave to ever hit India. In 1995, a five-day heat wave caused 525 d ...
... (13 billion euros) in losses in the agriculture, forestry, and electric power sectors. Records have been shattered in other parts of the world as well in recent years. In April-June 1998, 3,028 people died in the most disastrous heat wave to ever hit India. In 1995, a five-day heat wave caused 525 d ...
PDF
... fine new book Hell and High Water. Romm claims that, in reality, “there is no ‘550 ppm’ stabilization path because 550 would destroy the tundra, and take us to 700+ by 2100 and trigger yet more amplifying feedbacks that would spiral the system out of control. So we stabilize at or below 450, or ruin ...
... fine new book Hell and High Water. Romm claims that, in reality, “there is no ‘550 ppm’ stabilization path because 550 would destroy the tundra, and take us to 700+ by 2100 and trigger yet more amplifying feedbacks that would spiral the system out of control. So we stabilize at or below 450, or ruin ...
Attachment 2
... However, whether the IPCC’s specific communications have succeeded is an empirical question whose answer requires rigorous research. At least one study suggests that the IPCC has not done as well as it would have wished26. The UK government’s Stern review on the economics of climate change27 argued ...
... However, whether the IPCC’s specific communications have succeeded is an empirical question whose answer requires rigorous research. At least one study suggests that the IPCC has not done as well as it would have wished26. The UK government’s Stern review on the economics of climate change27 argued ...
Battle for the Climate Friday, 10.4.2015 5pm â 6pm
... country’s and people’s vulnerability. Lives, livelihoods, plant- and animal-species, entire ecosystems are under threat. But the Philippines are not only victims of climate change. The country is also responsible for its own foot-dragging in terms of energy- and climate policy, for the slow expansio ...
... country’s and people’s vulnerability. Lives, livelihoods, plant- and animal-species, entire ecosystems are under threat. But the Philippines are not only victims of climate change. The country is also responsible for its own foot-dragging in terms of energy- and climate policy, for the slow expansio ...
Can aerosols spin down the water cycle in a warmer and moister
... radiation causes the decline in pan evaporation and concluded that the water cycle ‘‘dampens’’. However, note that pan evaporation is ‘‘potential’’ and not ‘‘actual’’ evaporation. Observations of soil moisture show increasing tendencies of more than 1 cm per decade in large regions of Eurasia [Roboc ...
... radiation causes the decline in pan evaporation and concluded that the water cycle ‘‘dampens’’. However, note that pan evaporation is ‘‘potential’’ and not ‘‘actual’’ evaporation. Observations of soil moisture show increasing tendencies of more than 1 cm per decade in large regions of Eurasia [Roboc ...
ERE_email_exchange_1
... ‘Environmental and Resource Economics’ in 2012. I believe they require not only prompt correction but also action by the author to make available details of the calculations he carried out so that the rest of his data may be replicated and verified. The paper is now being cited in the media and in p ...
... ‘Environmental and Resource Economics’ in 2012. I believe they require not only prompt correction but also action by the author to make available details of the calculations he carried out so that the rest of his data may be replicated and verified. The paper is now being cited in the media and in p ...
Globally Averaged CO 2 Levels Reach 400 parts per million in 2015
... The growth spurt in CO2 was fuelled by the El Niño event, which started in 2015 and had a strong impact well into 2016. This triggered droughts in tropical regions and reduced the capacity of “sinks” like forests, vegetation and the oceans to absorb CO2. These sinks currently absorb about half of CO ...
... The growth spurt in CO2 was fuelled by the El Niño event, which started in 2015 and had a strong impact well into 2016. This triggered droughts in tropical regions and reduced the capacity of “sinks” like forests, vegetation and the oceans to absorb CO2. These sinks currently absorb about half of CO ...
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... Climate change including regional impacts can be skillfully predicted by knowledge of the concentration of well-mixed greenhouse gases. Surface temperatures are the most appropriate metric to assess “global warming.” The global average temperature provides a useful assessment of climate. The surface ...
... Climate change including regional impacts can be skillfully predicted by knowledge of the concentration of well-mixed greenhouse gases. Surface temperatures are the most appropriate metric to assess “global warming.” The global average temperature provides a useful assessment of climate. The surface ...
Overlooked Issues in the Climate Change Debate Professor Roger A. Pielke Sr.
... Climate change including regional impacts can be skillfully predicted by knowledge of the concentration of well-mixed greenhouse gases. Surface temperatures are the most appropriate metric to assess “global warming.” The global average temperature provides a useful assessment of climate. The surface ...
... Climate change including regional impacts can be skillfully predicted by knowledge of the concentration of well-mixed greenhouse gases. Surface temperatures are the most appropriate metric to assess “global warming.” The global average temperature provides a useful assessment of climate. The surface ...
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.