New Observations Show - The Science and Public Policy Institute
... tropics, the troposphere should warm about 1.5 times more than the surface. This tropical hot spot has not happened. According to Dr Roy Spencer, at University of Alabama, Huntsville, “1998 still leads with the daily average for 1 Jan to 30 June being +0.64 C in 1998 compared with +0.56 C for 2010. ...
... tropics, the troposphere should warm about 1.5 times more than the surface. This tropical hot spot has not happened. According to Dr Roy Spencer, at University of Alabama, Huntsville, “1998 still leads with the daily average for 1 Jan to 30 June being +0.64 C in 1998 compared with +0.56 C for 2010. ...
Impacts and adaptation of European crop production systems to
... The studies on anthropogenic climate change performed in the last decade over Europe show consistent projections of increases in temperature and different patterns of precipitation with widespread increases in northern Europe and decreases over parts of southern and eastern Europe. In many countries ...
... The studies on anthropogenic climate change performed in the last decade over Europe show consistent projections of increases in temperature and different patterns of precipitation with widespread increases in northern Europe and decreases over parts of southern and eastern Europe. In many countries ...
A Summary of the Assessment Process of the Intergovernmental
... 3. The IPCC Assessment Process This section covers the procedures used for preparing assessment reports which are the main products of the IPCC. These procedures have been determined by governments and are carefully documented3. From our personal experience we can say that these procedures are scrup ...
... 3. The IPCC Assessment Process This section covers the procedures used for preparing assessment reports which are the main products of the IPCC. These procedures have been determined by governments and are carefully documented3. From our personal experience we can say that these procedures are scrup ...
Do the stock markets price climate change risks?
... national strategies including provisions of financial and technological support for developing countries, and cooperating on preparing for adaptation to climate change impacts.7 In 1995, under the framework of the UNFCCC, whose commitments were considered not adequate, developed countries committed ...
... national strategies including provisions of financial and technological support for developing countries, and cooperating on preparing for adaptation to climate change impacts.7 In 1995, under the framework of the UNFCCC, whose commitments were considered not adequate, developed countries committed ...
Deceitful Tongues: Is Climate Change Denial A Crime?
... What brought about this change in public opinion and loss of political consensus at the turn of the millennium? It is now well-documented that, since the early 1990s, there has been a sustained and coordinated public relations effort by certain energy companies and related industries, modeled on pri ...
... What brought about this change in public opinion and loss of political consensus at the turn of the millennium? It is now well-documented that, since the early 1990s, there has been a sustained and coordinated public relations effort by certain energy companies and related industries, modeled on pri ...
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... ppm for carbon dioxide–equivalent concentrations! A further jump to 500 ppm increases that chance of catastrophe to 1.2 percent. By the time concentrations reach 700 ppm— where the IEA projects the world will end up by 2100 even if all governments keep all their current promises—the chance of eve ...
... ppm for carbon dioxide–equivalent concentrations! A further jump to 500 ppm increases that chance of catastrophe to 1.2 percent. By the time concentrations reach 700 ppm— where the IEA projects the world will end up by 2100 even if all governments keep all their current promises—the chance of eve ...
What to Do about Climate Change Executive Summary by Indur M. Goklany
... climate change to human health and environmental threats will generally be overshadowed by factors not related to climate change. Hence, climate change is unlikely to be the world’s most important environmental problem of the 21st century. Analysis using both the Stern Review and the fast-track asse ...
... climate change to human health and environmental threats will generally be overshadowed by factors not related to climate change. Hence, climate change is unlikely to be the world’s most important environmental problem of the 21st century. Analysis using both the Stern Review and the fast-track asse ...
Chicago Area Climate Change Quick Guide
... City’s routine business processes at both strategic and tactical levels. The research on climate impacts is summarized in Research Summary Report, Climate Change and Chicago: Projections and Potential Impacts, available online at www.chicagoclimateaction.org. This document summarizes the MWH finding ...
... City’s routine business processes at both strategic and tactical levels. The research on climate impacts is summarized in Research Summary Report, Climate Change and Chicago: Projections and Potential Impacts, available online at www.chicagoclimateaction.org. This document summarizes the MWH finding ...
Public attitudes and behavior about climate change: what shapes
... often”) that would be personally inconvenient or cause discomfort.13 This same study found that the more that Americans believed that measures to protect the environment will threaten their jobs or personal freedom, the less likely they were to take voluntary pro-environmental actions or to support ...
... often”) that would be personally inconvenient or cause discomfort.13 This same study found that the more that Americans believed that measures to protect the environment will threaten their jobs or personal freedom, the less likely they were to take voluntary pro-environmental actions or to support ...
litreview12forword_wm_review_9feb2012
... Figure 1(a) shows the distribution of annual rainfall across West Africa and averaged from Jan 1901 to December 2009. It uses the CRU TS 2.1 data set (CRU), which is a database of monthly climatic variables constructed from observational data [Mitchell and Jones, 2005] and interpolated to a 0.5◦ gri ...
... Figure 1(a) shows the distribution of annual rainfall across West Africa and averaged from Jan 1901 to December 2009. It uses the CRU TS 2.1 data set (CRU), which is a database of monthly climatic variables constructed from observational data [Mitchell and Jones, 2005] and interpolated to a 0.5◦ gri ...
Impact of climate change on the timing of strawberry phenological
... shown reasonable performance representing the climate, they are known to have systematic biases that need to be addressed before applications (Teutschbein & Seibert 2012). The methods that compare and link model results with observations are called Model Output Statistics (MOS) methods that are part ...
... shown reasonable performance representing the climate, they are known to have systematic biases that need to be addressed before applications (Teutschbein & Seibert 2012). The methods that compare and link model results with observations are called Model Output Statistics (MOS) methods that are part ...
Adaptation and the Courtroom: Judging Climate Science
... A. The Litigation Context for Disputes over Climate Science Two of the main contexts in which judges will be required to evaluate climate science are challenges to agency action (or failure to act) in addressing climate change and actions for injunctive relief or damages attributable to climate chan ...
... A. The Litigation Context for Disputes over Climate Science Two of the main contexts in which judges will be required to evaluate climate science are challenges to agency action (or failure to act) in addressing climate change and actions for injunctive relief or damages attributable to climate chan ...
KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY
... leading to significant increase in global temperatures with profound risks for the natural environment and human society worldwide. According to the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate change (IPCC), average global temperatures are likely to rise by another 0.3 to 4.8 degree ce ...
... leading to significant increase in global temperatures with profound risks for the natural environment and human society worldwide. According to the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate change (IPCC), average global temperatures are likely to rise by another 0.3 to 4.8 degree ce ...
Climate Change and Water in Southeast Asia
... of China and Korea, clearest signal of what is to come ...
... of China and Korea, clearest signal of what is to come ...
Uncertainty in climate change impacts on water resources in the Rio
... were calibrated using data from 1970 to 1980, while the period 1981 to 2001 was used for model validation. The model was calibrated by modifying values of parameters, following the approach described by Collischonn et al. (2007a). The multi-objective MOCOM-UA optimization algorithm (Yapo et al., 199 ...
... were calibrated using data from 1970 to 1980, while the period 1981 to 2001 was used for model validation. The model was calibrated by modifying values of parameters, following the approach described by Collischonn et al. (2007a). The multi-objective MOCOM-UA optimization algorithm (Yapo et al., 199 ...
Future Climate Impact on the Desertification in the Dry Land Asia
... single-model output (the closer a model’s data point is to REF, the more accurate the model is). Precipitation simulations from different models have more scatter than temperature simulations do, as shown in Figure 2b. This ensemble mean can be interpreted as our best estimate of the climate respons ...
... single-model output (the closer a model’s data point is to REF, the more accurate the model is). Precipitation simulations from different models have more scatter than temperature simulations do, as shown in Figure 2b. This ensemble mean can be interpreted as our best estimate of the climate respons ...
The Climate Change Tort Suits
... GHG emissions from new motor vehicles 2003: EPA denies petition; determines it lacks GHG regulatory authority under CAA Litigation on 2003 action: Court of Appeals’ 2005 decision and Supreme Court’s 2007 decision in Massachusetts v. EPA ...
... GHG emissions from new motor vehicles 2003: EPA denies petition; determines it lacks GHG regulatory authority under CAA Litigation on 2003 action: Court of Appeals’ 2005 decision and Supreme Court’s 2007 decision in Massachusetts v. EPA ...
Climate change adaptation: challenges and opportunities for a smart
... launching a voluntary commitment based on the Covenant of Mayors initiative; guarantees that adaptation issues are considered in different sectors of EU policies. The Strategy represents a key step towards the adoption and the implementation of effective adaptation strategies at different levels, si ...
... launching a voluntary commitment based on the Covenant of Mayors initiative; guarantees that adaptation issues are considered in different sectors of EU policies. The Strategy represents a key step towards the adoption and the implementation of effective adaptation strategies at different levels, si ...
Project Document for CEO Approval
... 26. The Greenhouse Gas (GHG) inventory is based on 1993 data, as it had more data than any other year and uses the 1996 Revised Guidelines (IPCC. OECD.IEA, 1997). Meanwhile, not all emission categories of the Guidelines are reported on, due to lack of data, or to the non-existence of the activity in ...
... 26. The Greenhouse Gas (GHG) inventory is based on 1993 data, as it had more data than any other year and uses the 1996 Revised Guidelines (IPCC. OECD.IEA, 1997). Meanwhile, not all emission categories of the Guidelines are reported on, due to lack of data, or to the non-existence of the activity in ...
Elizabeth Marino - Initiative on Climate Adaptation Research and
... Early rational for why the island was chosen as a village site is unclear, but it is reasonable to assume that because winter settlements tended to be more densely populated than other seasonally settled areas and because the Kigiqitamiut would have been gathered on the island when outsiders first ...
... Early rational for why the island was chosen as a village site is unclear, but it is reasonable to assume that because winter settlements tended to be more densely populated than other seasonally settled areas and because the Kigiqitamiut would have been gathered on the island when outsiders first ...
IOC and COP21 - UNESDOC
... generated by humans since industrialization. But its climate regulating role is threatened: warmer atmosphere and increasing concentration of greenhouse gases, pollution from land, overfishing, unsustainable coastal development and increasing population, are all degrading the health and functionalit ...
... generated by humans since industrialization. But its climate regulating role is threatened: warmer atmosphere and increasing concentration of greenhouse gases, pollution from land, overfishing, unsustainable coastal development and increasing population, are all degrading the health and functionalit ...
Dangerous human-made interference with climate
... are being altered by human activities. Some of the alterations are as large or larger than natural atmosphere and surface changes, even compared with natural changes that have occurred over hundreds of thousands of years. There is concern that these human-made alterations could substantially alter t ...
... are being altered by human activities. Some of the alterations are as large or larger than natural atmosphere and surface changes, even compared with natural changes that have occurred over hundreds of thousands of years. There is concern that these human-made alterations could substantially alter t ...
Effective media reporting of sea level rise projections: 1989–2009
... for 2050 and double that number for 2100. However, articles that reported current sea level rise rates but did not provide projections were not included. Moreover, articles that reported sea level rise from only one source (e.g. ice sheet melting) were not included in the data set, but many articles ...
... for 2050 and double that number for 2100. However, articles that reported current sea level rise rates but did not provide projections were not included. Moreover, articles that reported sea level rise from only one source (e.g. ice sheet melting) were not included in the data set, but many articles ...
Climate Change Detection and Attribution: Beyond Mean
... change is generally understood to require a demonstration that the detected change is consistent with simulated change driven by a combination of external forcings, including anthropogenic changes in the composition of the atmosphere and internal variability, and not consistent with alternative expl ...
... change is generally understood to require a demonstration that the detected change is consistent with simulated change driven by a combination of external forcings, including anthropogenic changes in the composition of the atmosphere and internal variability, and not consistent with alternative expl ...