The Economics of Climate Change. Chris Taylor
... p to adapt p than mitigate g Too expensive to act now Other bigger priorities No point acting as other countries are not acting/will not act It is other countries that should be acting ...
... p to adapt p than mitigate g Too expensive to act now Other bigger priorities No point acting as other countries are not acting/will not act It is other countries that should be acting ...
Climate Change and the Greenhouse Effect Fact
... greenhouse effect. Higher atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, cause more heat to be trapped. As a result the lower atmosphere warms. This is known as the enhanced greenhouse effect. Basically, we’re making too much pollution for the earth to deal with naturally an ...
... greenhouse effect. Higher atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, cause more heat to be trapped. As a result the lower atmosphere warms. This is known as the enhanced greenhouse effect. Basically, we’re making too much pollution for the earth to deal with naturally an ...
Finding Traction for Ethical Principles to Guide Climate Change Policy
... The 2007 IPCC report projected global average sea-level rise of 7 to 23 inches by the 2090s. This calculation did not take into account compelling new evidence of recent rapid melting in Greenland and Antarctica, that if continued could lead to sea-level rise of 5 or 6 feet this century Jim Hansen c ...
... The 2007 IPCC report projected global average sea-level rise of 7 to 23 inches by the 2090s. This calculation did not take into account compelling new evidence of recent rapid melting in Greenland and Antarctica, that if continued could lead to sea-level rise of 5 or 6 feet this century Jim Hansen c ...
The Cost of Climate Change What We’ll Pay if Global Warming
... warming—including economic losses, noneconomic damages, and increased risks of catastrophe—will reach 3.6 percent of U.S. GDP by 2100 if business-as-usual emissions are allowed to continue. Global Warming and the International Economy Damage on the order of a few percentage points of GDP each year w ...
... warming—including economic losses, noneconomic damages, and increased risks of catastrophe—will reach 3.6 percent of U.S. GDP by 2100 if business-as-usual emissions are allowed to continue. Global Warming and the International Economy Damage on the order of a few percentage points of GDP each year w ...
SP-RCC 2009 - 2011 - USAID Adapt Asia
... A forum set up for open policy dialogue and discussion, communication about CC issues for all stakeholder (ministries, donors, NGOs and civil society, business sector,…) through series of technical meetings (2 weeks x 2 times a year) Improved coordination and cooperation: (1) Ministry – Ministry ...
... A forum set up for open policy dialogue and discussion, communication about CC issues for all stakeholder (ministries, donors, NGOs and civil society, business sector,…) through series of technical meetings (2 weeks x 2 times a year) Improved coordination and cooperation: (1) Ministry – Ministry ...
Centro de Ciencia del Sistema Terrestre: Conocimiento interdisciplinar para el desempeño nacional. Lincoln Muñiz, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE), Brasil
... Scientific partner of the INCT FOR CLIMATE CHANGE 139 research groups 76 Brazilian Institutions In response to the urgency that the challenge of global climate change imposes on society, and the critical need for high quality and relevant scientific knowledge to inform the public policy process on t ...
... Scientific partner of the INCT FOR CLIMATE CHANGE 139 research groups 76 Brazilian Institutions In response to the urgency that the challenge of global climate change imposes on society, and the critical need for high quality and relevant scientific knowledge to inform the public policy process on t ...
Human Impacts Booklet
... As we saw in the equilibrium lab, when CO2 mixes with water it forms a weak acid (carbonic acid). The chemical equation can be seen below: CO2 (carbon dioxide) + H2O (water) H2CO3 (carbonic acid). The world’s oceans currently absorb as much as one-third of all CO2 emissions in our atmosphere. Ther ...
... As we saw in the equilibrium lab, when CO2 mixes with water it forms a weak acid (carbonic acid). The chemical equation can be seen below: CO2 (carbon dioxide) + H2O (water) H2CO3 (carbonic acid). The world’s oceans currently absorb as much as one-third of all CO2 emissions in our atmosphere. Ther ...
Impacts_L12_2011_post
... Global Warming and Sea Level Rise (SLR) Major variations in geological history (-150 to +40 meters) Sources in future: - Thermal expansion (up to 2 meters in next 500 years) ...
... Global Warming and Sea Level Rise (SLR) Major variations in geological history (-150 to +40 meters) Sources in future: - Thermal expansion (up to 2 meters in next 500 years) ...
IPCC
... • The widespread diffusion of low-carbon technologies may take many decades, even if early investments in these technologies are made attractive. • Returning global energy-related CO2 emissions to 2005 levels by 2030 would require a large shift in the pattern of investment, although the net addition ...
... • The widespread diffusion of low-carbon technologies may take many decades, even if early investments in these technologies are made attractive. • Returning global energy-related CO2 emissions to 2005 levels by 2030 would require a large shift in the pattern of investment, although the net addition ...
Midterm exam review
... What remedy does Henry Paulson view as the most effective means to reduce carbon emissions from fossil fuels (i.e. sources such as coal fired power plants)? Why does he believe this to be the most effective remedy? Paulson also argues that attempting to do more than this now would not be advisable. ...
... What remedy does Henry Paulson view as the most effective means to reduce carbon emissions from fossil fuels (i.e. sources such as coal fired power plants)? Why does he believe this to be the most effective remedy? Paulson also argues that attempting to do more than this now would not be advisable. ...
MEMORANDUM TO THE PRESIDENT From: F. Sherwood Rowland
... added concentrations of CO2 and the other trace gases in bringing about a still larger discrepancy—an enhanced greenhouse effect, with the difference between observed and calculated global average surface temperatures rising from 32 degrees C to 33 or 35 degrees C. It is worth noting that when the c ...
... added concentrations of CO2 and the other trace gases in bringing about a still larger discrepancy—an enhanced greenhouse effect, with the difference between observed and calculated global average surface temperatures rising from 32 degrees C to 33 or 35 degrees C. It is worth noting that when the c ...
Literacy demands - ogle
... currents which are driven by ocean salinity variations. Ocean circulation variations are as yet little understood. • Human kind has little or nothing to do with the recent temperature changes. We are not that influential. • It is not the human-induced greenhouse gases themselves which cause signific ...
... currents which are driven by ocean salinity variations. Ocean circulation variations are as yet little understood. • Human kind has little or nothing to do with the recent temperature changes. We are not that influential. • It is not the human-induced greenhouse gases themselves which cause signific ...
Hot research on roasted lizards - The International Biogeography
... sponses of species to climate change. The incorporation of ecological and behavioral mechanisms into models attempting to provide insight of the likely responses of species to climate change is welcomed (Brook et al. 2009), but when such attempts involve large numbers of species and biogeographical ...
... sponses of species to climate change. The incorporation of ecological and behavioral mechanisms into models attempting to provide insight of the likely responses of species to climate change is welcomed (Brook et al. 2009), but when such attempts involve large numbers of species and biogeographical ...
Nature - MOspace
... Constrained World 1. UMKC Center for Applied Environmental Research (CAER) is conducting this study on behalf of the Kansas City Environmental Management Commission (EMC) 2. Goal is to identify risks and opportunities from future climate change to specific sectors in Kansas City Metropolitan Area ...
... Constrained World 1. UMKC Center for Applied Environmental Research (CAER) is conducting this study on behalf of the Kansas City Environmental Management Commission (EMC) 2. Goal is to identify risks and opportunities from future climate change to specific sectors in Kansas City Metropolitan Area ...
Il' INSTITUTE LOCAL GOVERNMENT California Climate Action Network (CalifomiaCAN!)
... CALIFORNIA CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK (CALIFORNIACAN!) California is at the forefront of the worldwide effort to tackle the causes - and consequences - of global wanning. The slate has set ambitious goals to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases to 1990 levels by 2020, and to 80% ...
... CALIFORNIA CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK (CALIFORNIACAN!) California is at the forefront of the worldwide effort to tackle the causes - and consequences - of global wanning. The slate has set ambitious goals to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases to 1990 levels by 2020, and to 80% ...
Met112lecture10
... – Globally, fresh water become more scarce Increased agricultural productivity in some midlatitude regions; reduction in the tropics and subtropics – Overall impact is negative ...
... – Globally, fresh water become more scarce Increased agricultural productivity in some midlatitude regions; reduction in the tropics and subtropics – Overall impact is negative ...
PowerPoint Presentation - Global Change Curricula and
... Climate change is real and we need to be doing something about it to prevent “dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system” Mitigation will have no effect for 50 years, so we need to develop adaptation strategies for the short term The longer we wait, the fewer our options Regional p ...
... Climate change is real and we need to be doing something about it to prevent “dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system” Mitigation will have no effect for 50 years, so we need to develop adaptation strategies for the short term The longer we wait, the fewer our options Regional p ...
Round 1: Global warming basics Q2
... Bonus point: What is the name given to excess heat deaths during a heat wave? ...
... Bonus point: What is the name given to excess heat deaths during a heat wave? ...
What is Greenhouse Effect ? Types of Greenhouse gases Global
... respectively. Human affect greenhouse gas levels by introducing new sources or by interfering with natural sinks. The major greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are carbon dioxide (CO2 ), methane, (CH4 ), nitrous oxide (N2 O), chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and ozone (O3 ). Atmospheric water vapour (H2 ...
... respectively. Human affect greenhouse gas levels by introducing new sources or by interfering with natural sinks. The major greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are carbon dioxide (CO2 ), methane, (CH4 ), nitrous oxide (N2 O), chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and ozone (O3 ). Atmospheric water vapour (H2 ...
Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change - EEG, TU-Wien
... Prime Minister Tony Blair has said, “this book will serve as more than a record of another conference or event. It will provide an invaluable resource for all people wishing to enhance global understanding of the science of climate change and the need for humanity to act to tackle the problem”. ...
... Prime Minister Tony Blair has said, “this book will serve as more than a record of another conference or event. It will provide an invaluable resource for all people wishing to enhance global understanding of the science of climate change and the need for humanity to act to tackle the problem”. ...
Climate Change
... There is no doubt that human activities (air, water and soil pollution, overpopulation) do influence climate. However, it is quite difficult to distinguish clearly and unambiguously the climate change processes stimulated by human activities from those that are part of natural development. A sharp i ...
... There is no doubt that human activities (air, water and soil pollution, overpopulation) do influence climate. However, it is quite difficult to distinguish clearly and unambiguously the climate change processes stimulated by human activities from those that are part of natural development. A sharp i ...
American Angler
... and poses significant risks for a range of human and natural systems.” Okay, now that we know that the world is getting warmer—9 of the 10 hottest years on record have occurred since 2000, the Arctic is melting, and Western forests are dying— let’s connect climate change to anglers. Over the past fe ...
... and poses significant risks for a range of human and natural systems.” Okay, now that we know that the world is getting warmer—9 of the 10 hottest years on record have occurred since 2000, the Arctic is melting, and Western forests are dying— let’s connect climate change to anglers. Over the past fe ...
The “Turmoil” on “Climate Change”
... Andes, the Himalayas and on Mount Kilimanjaro and found that the rate of carbon dioxide emissions continues to accelerate. There is clear evidence of warming causing rapid and potentially catastrophic changes in the near future. According to him, the glaciers provide an early warning system for Clim ...
... Andes, the Himalayas and on Mount Kilimanjaro and found that the rate of carbon dioxide emissions continues to accelerate. There is clear evidence of warming causing rapid and potentially catastrophic changes in the near future. According to him, the glaciers provide an early warning system for Clim ...
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.