TAMK - University of Applied Sciences Tampere, Finland
... technologies and infrastructures which have significantly changed and increased the standards of living of people, first in Europe and Northern America and subsequently in Asia and Latin America. The development of techniques and machines which convert potential energy into work has heavily increase ...
... technologies and infrastructures which have significantly changed and increased the standards of living of people, first in Europe and Northern America and subsequently in Asia and Latin America. The development of techniques and machines which convert potential energy into work has heavily increase ...
Assessing the Risk of a Collapse of the Atlantic Thermohaline
... billion watts (10 watts, a petawatt). As a result of this northward heat transport, at least in part, Europe is up to 8°C warmer than other longitudes at its latitude, with the largest effect in winter. It is this comparatively mild European climate, as well as the interrelated climates elsewhere, t ...
... billion watts (10 watts, a petawatt). As a result of this northward heat transport, at least in part, Europe is up to 8°C warmer than other longitudes at its latitude, with the largest effect in winter. It is this comparatively mild European climate, as well as the interrelated climates elsewhere, t ...
A note on including climate change adaptation in an international
... change responsibility and adaptive capacity, there are strong ethical justifications for an international scheme in which developed countries provide support and funding to developing countries. This note proposes a few leads to design this scheme. This note supports the view that an international s ...
... change responsibility and adaptive capacity, there are strong ethical justifications for an international scheme in which developed countries provide support and funding to developing countries. This note proposes a few leads to design this scheme. This note supports the view that an international s ...
Interaction of Land Use and Land Cover Change
... Test (SNHT) in surface temperature and precipitation data for the period of 1951-1999. We also compare the temperature trend computed from Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN) datasets and from our analysis. (2) To assess the regional impacts of land surface type on surface temperature and p ...
... Test (SNHT) in surface temperature and precipitation data for the period of 1951-1999. We also compare the temperature trend computed from Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN) datasets and from our analysis. (2) To assess the regional impacts of land surface type on surface temperature and p ...
Final CHNEP Vulnerability Assessment.indd
... Figure 1: Sea Level Changes during Cenozoic Era Figure 2: Florida Shelf Sea Level Changes Figure 3: Atlantic Sea Surface Temperatures Figure 4: Key West Tide Gauge Records Figure 5: Historic Calendar of Hurricanes Figure 6: Greenhouse Effect Figure 7: Climate Change Drivers and Stressors Figure 8: H ...
... Figure 1: Sea Level Changes during Cenozoic Era Figure 2: Florida Shelf Sea Level Changes Figure 3: Atlantic Sea Surface Temperatures Figure 4: Key West Tide Gauge Records Figure 5: Historic Calendar of Hurricanes Figure 6: Greenhouse Effect Figure 7: Climate Change Drivers and Stressors Figure 8: H ...
Sociological Perspectives on Global Climate Change
... and consequences of climate change have become increasingly apparent, social scientists have found themselves called on to contribute to the scientific understanding of the role of humans in global climate change. The opportunities for social science at the international climate change table have te ...
... and consequences of climate change have become increasingly apparent, social scientists have found themselves called on to contribute to the scientific understanding of the role of humans in global climate change. The opportunities for social science at the international climate change table have te ...
The Kyoto Protocol - Current State and Implications for EU
... climate-change control, negotiations supporting initiatives to continue the Kyoto process and to strengthen climate-change activities in general. In particular, with the adoption of the EU emissions trading scheme (EU ETS) in October 2003, the EU has laid the foundation for its strategy to reduce gr ...
... climate-change control, negotiations supporting initiatives to continue the Kyoto process and to strengthen climate-change activities in general. In particular, with the adoption of the EU emissions trading scheme (EU ETS) in October 2003, the EU has laid the foundation for its strategy to reduce gr ...
Climate Change Adaptation and Development
... since the beginning of human presence on Earth (Smithers and Smit, 1997). Charles Darwin’s 1859 The Origin of Species represents one of the roots of the concept of biological adaptation because his work provided evidence of evolution, which formed the basis for evolutionary biology. Adaptive strate ...
... since the beginning of human presence on Earth (Smithers and Smit, 1997). Charles Darwin’s 1859 The Origin of Species represents one of the roots of the concept of biological adaptation because his work provided evidence of evolution, which formed the basis for evolutionary biology. Adaptive strate ...
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... from slight gains to losses of around 10 percent of world GDP [Tol (2010)]. Even though the large uncertainty is frequently mentioned, it is hardly ever taken into account when modeling policy choices on climate policy. A rare exception is Kane and Shogren (2000) who view climate policy as a choice ...
... from slight gains to losses of around 10 percent of world GDP [Tol (2010)]. Even though the large uncertainty is frequently mentioned, it is hardly ever taken into account when modeling policy choices on climate policy. A rare exception is Kane and Shogren (2000) who view climate policy as a choice ...
A Technological Solution for Climate Change? Storage
... where CO2 is separated from flue gases for compression and storage. This process is thought to be able to remove around 90% of the CO2. Waste CO2 is transported by pipeline and stored in depleted oil and gas fields or deep saline aquifers. Other storage options, like ocean storage, are unfeasible du ...
... where CO2 is separated from flue gases for compression and storage. This process is thought to be able to remove around 90% of the CO2. Waste CO2 is transported by pipeline and stored in depleted oil and gas fields or deep saline aquifers. Other storage options, like ocean storage, are unfeasible du ...
Accounting for Health Impacts of Climate Change
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded in 2007 that climate change and global warming is without doubt happening, and that in all likelihood (greater than 90% probability) this warming is primarily caused by human activity. Furthermore, recent observations show that some clim ...
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded in 2007 that climate change and global warming is without doubt happening, and that in all likelihood (greater than 90% probability) this warming is primarily caused by human activity. Furthermore, recent observations show that some clim ...
Islamabad Pakistan
... The Climate Change Division established a steering committee to oversee the initiative. For guidance and advice, a 6-member technical working group (TWG) was established consisting of officials from the Capital Development Authority (CDA), Islamabad Capital Territory Administration (ICTA), the Capit ...
... The Climate Change Division established a steering committee to oversee the initiative. For guidance and advice, a 6-member technical working group (TWG) was established consisting of officials from the Capital Development Authority (CDA), Islamabad Capital Territory Administration (ICTA), the Capit ...
Climate finance in the Pacific: An overview of flows to the region`s
... amounts overall, but this is not surprising, given that they are larger and more populous. Notably, however, Polynesian countries (Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islands, Niue and Tuvalu) have been more successful at attracting climate finance than similarly populated Micronesian countries (Federated States of ...
... amounts overall, but this is not surprising, given that they are larger and more populous. Notably, however, Polynesian countries (Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islands, Niue and Tuvalu) have been more successful at attracting climate finance than similarly populated Micronesian countries (Federated States of ...
Non-paper Guidelines for Project Managers: Making vulnerable
... these Guidelines may help to improve risk management still further. 1.3. Proportionality in applying the Guidelines The Guidelines have been written so as to minimise additional workload and costs for project developers. As already noted, the modules have been designed to integrate into the routine ...
... these Guidelines may help to improve risk management still further. 1.3. Proportionality in applying the Guidelines The Guidelines have been written so as to minimise additional workload and costs for project developers. As already noted, the modules have been designed to integrate into the routine ...
The Public Discourse of Climate Change in the United States
... found to be the case. More generally, word-of-mouth research finds that discourse between those of relatively equal social status can have a powerful influence on opinion formation and preferences (e.g. Allsop, Bassett, & Hoskins, 2007). We believe that on important policy issues, like climate chang ...
... found to be the case. More generally, word-of-mouth research finds that discourse between those of relatively equal social status can have a powerful influence on opinion formation and preferences (e.g. Allsop, Bassett, & Hoskins, 2007). We believe that on important policy issues, like climate chang ...
DECC Adaptation Strategy for Climate Change Impacts on Biodiversity
... the global climate system and are magnifying natural processes, in particular through burning fossil fuels, agriculture and land-use change. Eleven of the last 12 years (1995–2006) rank among the warmest years globally on record and 2005 was Australia’s warmest year in recorded history. Atmospheric ...
... the global climate system and are magnifying natural processes, in particular through burning fossil fuels, agriculture and land-use change. Eleven of the last 12 years (1995–2006) rank among the warmest years globally on record and 2005 was Australia’s warmest year in recorded history. Atmospheric ...
V. Objectives of the Inter-Regional Technical Support Component
... Under its $92 million programme “Supporting Integrated and Comprehensive Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation in Africa” supported by the Government of Japan, UNDP will assist 21 countries across the African continent in incorporating climate change risks and opportunities into national developme ...
... Under its $92 million programme “Supporting Integrated and Comprehensive Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation in Africa” supported by the Government of Japan, UNDP will assist 21 countries across the African continent in incorporating climate change risks and opportunities into national developme ...
Future risk of record-breaking summer temperatures and its
... (Fig. 1a). In the year 2080, at least 10 %, and up to >40 % of the land area might see a new temperature record. The scenarios RCP 8.5 and RCP 4.5 start to separate eventually and RCP 8.5 sees a consistently higher land area fraction than RCP 4.5, which seems to stabilize. However, that stabilizatio ...
... (Fig. 1a). In the year 2080, at least 10 %, and up to >40 % of the land area might see a new temperature record. The scenarios RCP 8.5 and RCP 4.5 start to separate eventually and RCP 8.5 sees a consistently higher land area fraction than RCP 4.5, which seems to stabilize. However, that stabilizatio ...
Climate change science and Victoria
... general statements based on scientific research. The reader is advised and needs to be aware that such information may be incomplete or unable to be used in any specific situation. No reliance or actions must therefore be made on that information without seeking prior expert professional, scientific ...
... general statements based on scientific research. The reader is advised and needs to be aware that such information may be incomplete or unable to be used in any specific situation. No reliance or actions must therefore be made on that information without seeking prior expert professional, scientific ...
Geoengineering the climate: science, governance
... reduced by adaptation, and moderated by mitigation, especially by reducing emissions of greenhouse gases. However, global efforts to reduce emissions have not yet been sufficiently successful to provide confidence that the reductions needed to avoid dangerous climate change will be achieved. It is h ...
... reduced by adaptation, and moderated by mitigation, especially by reducing emissions of greenhouse gases. However, global efforts to reduce emissions have not yet been sufficiently successful to provide confidence that the reductions needed to avoid dangerous climate change will be achieved. It is h ...
Climate Change Associated Sediment Yield Changes on the Rio
... spring melting of the snowpack. These changes may not only impact surface water flows, but the interaction between surface water and ground water as well. Warmer temperatures are anticipated to both drive up evaporation rates and increase the length of the growing season, contributing to lower overa ...
... spring melting of the snowpack. These changes may not only impact surface water flows, but the interaction between surface water and ground water as well. Warmer temperatures are anticipated to both drive up evaporation rates and increase the length of the growing season, contributing to lower overa ...
Climate Change Adaptation Actions for Local
... Over the twentieth century, average air temperatures at the earth’s surface increased by approximately 0.74 °C (IPCC, 2007). It is very likely that greenhouse gas emissions generated by human activities caused most of the observed increase in globally averaged temperatures since mid-20th century (IP ...
... Over the twentieth century, average air temperatures at the earth’s surface increased by approximately 0.74 °C (IPCC, 2007). It is very likely that greenhouse gas emissions generated by human activities caused most of the observed increase in globally averaged temperatures since mid-20th century (IP ...
Anchoring amid uncertainty - Personal Page: Prof. Dr. Jeroen van
... problem date from the seventies. Climate research, and especially climate modelling, has expanded enormously during the last few decades. Consequently, successive assessments have had to deal with new insights, theories and data. This history, and the prevalence of large scientific and epistemologic ...
... problem date from the seventies. Climate research, and especially climate modelling, has expanded enormously during the last few decades. Consequently, successive assessments have had to deal with new insights, theories and data. This history, and the prevalence of large scientific and epistemologic ...
Feb 27, 2016 - Science and Environmental Policy Project
... By Ken Haapala, President, Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP) Power Plan; Science Argument: SEPP Chairman Fred Singer and Vice President Tom Sheahen joined eleven other distinguished scientists in filing a “Brief of Amici Curiae Scientists in Support of Petitioners Supporting Reversal” ...
... By Ken Haapala, President, Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP) Power Plan; Science Argument: SEPP Chairman Fred Singer and Vice President Tom Sheahen joined eleven other distinguished scientists in filing a “Brief of Amici Curiae Scientists in Support of Petitioners Supporting Reversal” ...
The effects of climate change in the Netherlands
... beginning of 2005, the State Secretary for the Environment posed a number of pertinent questions to the Netherlands Environment Assessment Agency; for example, what effects have been observed, what could be expected in the foreseeable future (within several decades) and what factors need to be taken ...
... beginning of 2005, the State Secretary for the Environment posed a number of pertinent questions to the Netherlands Environment Assessment Agency; for example, what effects have been observed, what could be expected in the foreseeable future (within several decades) and what factors need to be taken ...
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.