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 ...
document Lee Presentation
... The role of the IPCC is … “… to assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis the scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant to understanding the scientific basis of risk of humaninduced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitig ...
... The role of the IPCC is … “… to assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis the scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant to understanding the scientific basis of risk of humaninduced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitig ...
Silvicultural Challenges and Options in the Context of Global Change
... projects, wood and biomass substitution, and wildlife behavior modification. Several publications focus specifically on silvicultural recommendations. Similar to the aforementioned reports, climate change, rather than global change issues, has received most of the attention. Most silvicultural recom ...
... projects, wood and biomass substitution, and wildlife behavior modification. Several publications focus specifically on silvicultural recommendations. Similar to the aforementioned reports, climate change, rather than global change issues, has received most of the attention. Most silvicultural recom ...
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 ...
Health: The Human Face of Climate Change, Perspective and
... 3. Prioritize clean energy. Reduced reliance on fossil fuels is essential preventive medicine. Premature deaths from outdoor air pollution are set to rise from 3 to 4.5 million by 2040. Business as usual may, by century’s end, be catastrophic for human health. The U.S. should phase out coal-fired po ...
... 3. Prioritize clean energy. Reduced reliance on fossil fuels is essential preventive medicine. Premature deaths from outdoor air pollution are set to rise from 3 to 4.5 million by 2040. Business as usual may, by century’s end, be catastrophic for human health. The U.S. should phase out coal-fired po ...
Incorporating Climate Change Adaptation into Catchment
... feasibility of different NRM actions as options for climate change adaptation. Its aim is to highlight those actions that present the maximum benefits along with the least risk. We hope that you find this useful in preparing effective adaptation strategies and would ...
... feasibility of different NRM actions as options for climate change adaptation. Its aim is to highlight those actions that present the maximum benefits along with the least risk. We hope that you find this useful in preparing effective adaptation strategies and would ...
From adaptation to climate-resilient development: the costs of climate-proofing the Millennium Development Goals in Africa (388 kB ) (opens in new window)
... Downing 2007). All too often competing interests within governments champion mean adaptation is seen as an “environmental” issue to be kept separate from financing for “development”. 1.1 The consequences from separating adaptation and development The separation between “development” and “adaptation ...
... Downing 2007). All too often competing interests within governments champion mean adaptation is seen as an “environmental” issue to be kept separate from financing for “development”. 1.1 The consequences from separating adaptation and development The separation between “development” and “adaptation ...
here - School of Social and Political Science
... 1986; Sward 1999; Tanner 1980) and environmental educators (Corcoran 1999; James 1993; Palmer 1993; Palmer and Suggate 1996; Palmer, Suggate, Bajd, Hart, et al. 1998; Palmer, Suggate, Bajd, and Tsaliki 1998; Palmer et al. 1999; Peterson 1982) found that outdoor experiences involving exposure to natu ...
... 1986; Sward 1999; Tanner 1980) and environmental educators (Corcoran 1999; James 1993; Palmer 1993; Palmer and Suggate 1996; Palmer, Suggate, Bajd, Hart, et al. 1998; Palmer, Suggate, Bajd, and Tsaliki 1998; Palmer et al. 1999; Peterson 1982) found that outdoor experiences involving exposure to natu ...
Geotourism and Climate Change Paradoxes and Promises
... probability that Arctic sea ice will ever recover… The entire Arctic system is evolving to a new super interglacial stage seasonally ice free, and this will have profound consequences for all the elements of the Arctic cryosphere, marine and terrestrial ecosystems and human activities”. The loss of ...
... probability that Arctic sea ice will ever recover… The entire Arctic system is evolving to a new super interglacial stage seasonally ice free, and this will have profound consequences for all the elements of the Arctic cryosphere, marine and terrestrial ecosystems and human activities”. The loss of ...
Modeling the Impact of Afforestation on Global Climate: A 2
... strategy for mitigating climate change. Foley et al. (2005), relying on Bonan et al. (1992), says that deforestation in high latitudes can cool the climate due to an increase in surface albedo. Both high-altitude and high-latitude regions – where one can expect consistent snow cover – have been acce ...
... strategy for mitigating climate change. Foley et al. (2005), relying on Bonan et al. (1992), says that deforestation in high latitudes can cool the climate due to an increase in surface albedo. Both high-altitude and high-latitude regions – where one can expect consistent snow cover – have been acce ...
Regional climate model data used within the SWURVE project
... follow different storylines with respect to technological and economic growth in the world. The A2 storyline describes a heterogeneous world with strengthening of regional cultural identities, high population growth but with less concern for rapid economic development (Nakicenovic, 2000). The B2 sto ...
... follow different storylines with respect to technological and economic growth in the world. The A2 storyline describes a heterogeneous world with strengthening of regional cultural identities, high population growth but with less concern for rapid economic development (Nakicenovic, 2000). The B2 sto ...
21st century runoff sensitivities of major global river basins
... Received 31 December 2011; revised 22 February 2012; accepted 24 February 2012; published 21 March 2012. ...
... Received 31 December 2011; revised 22 February 2012; accepted 24 February 2012; published 21 March 2012. ...
POLICY ISSUES RELATED TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN SPAIN
... unavoidable impacts on natural and human systems, presenting the challenge of a second response to climate change - adaptation - to prepare for and cope with these impacts. ...
... unavoidable impacts on natural and human systems, presenting the challenge of a second response to climate change - adaptation - to prepare for and cope with these impacts. ...
Global warming - The Open University
... Evidence suggests that global temperature is beginning to rise. There are several factors that could cause this. Only one is affected by human activity. Click on the link below to view a chart showing the rates of energy gain and loss by the Earth's surface and atmosphere Energy gain and loss Up to ...
... Evidence suggests that global temperature is beginning to rise. There are several factors that could cause this. Only one is affected by human activity. Click on the link below to view a chart showing the rates of energy gain and loss by the Earth's surface and atmosphere Energy gain and loss Up to ...
Floods in the Sahel: an analysis of anomalies, Petra Tschakert
... as ‘normal’ (West et al. 2008) or continue to blame themselves for increasingly irregular rainfall patterns. Yet, these irregularities may well be a consequence of anthropogenic emissions, primarily from the wealthy and industrialized North, rather than natural high variability or local resource mis ...
... as ‘normal’ (West et al. 2008) or continue to blame themselves for increasingly irregular rainfall patterns. Yet, these irregularities may well be a consequence of anthropogenic emissions, primarily from the wealthy and industrialized North, rather than natural high variability or local resource mis ...
paper
... Climate Change target of limiting global warming to 2°C has become unrealistic. If mitigation targets can’t be met and the climate changes faster than expected, the Scenario presented in this document as “Worst Case” might become a realistic scenario, making the case for adaptation to hotter, drier ...
... Climate Change target of limiting global warming to 2°C has become unrealistic. If mitigation targets can’t be met and the climate changes faster than expected, the Scenario presented in this document as “Worst Case” might become a realistic scenario, making the case for adaptation to hotter, drier ...
Africa Talks Climate
... perspectives and demands to the rest of the world. Africa Talks Climate is the first step in developing long-term strategies for sharing information about climate change. It aims to support all those charged with communicating on climate change, whether they be international organisations, governmen ...
... perspectives and demands to the rest of the world. Africa Talks Climate is the first step in developing long-term strategies for sharing information about climate change. It aims to support all those charged with communicating on climate change, whether they be international organisations, governmen ...
Updating the World on the Latest Climate Science
... continues in a business-as-usual way throughout this century. The risk of transgressing critical thresholds (“tipping points”) increases strongly with ongoing climate change. Thus waiting for higher levels of scientific certainty could mean that some tipping points will be crossed before they are re ...
... continues in a business-as-usual way throughout this century. The risk of transgressing critical thresholds (“tipping points”) increases strongly with ongoing climate change. Thus waiting for higher levels of scientific certainty could mean that some tipping points will be crossed before they are re ...
The Copenhagen Diagnosis - Climate Change Research Centre
... continues in a business-as-usual way throughout this century. The risk of transgressing critical thresholds (“tipping points”) increases strongly with ongoing climate change. Thus waiting for higher levels of scientific certainty could mean that some tipping points will be crossed before they are re ...
... continues in a business-as-usual way throughout this century. The risk of transgressing critical thresholds (“tipping points”) increases strongly with ongoing climate change. Thus waiting for higher levels of scientific certainty could mean that some tipping points will be crossed before they are re ...
1) Bad Ideas - CBC Ombudsman - Radio
... If you juxtapose a non-scientist (Epstein) or unqualified inactive non-climate scientist (Moore) with scientists in the field, you cannot call the non-experts—who do not know what they are talking about and make up their own facts—"contrarians". The big-name denialists are self-promoting mischief-ma ...
... If you juxtapose a non-scientist (Epstein) or unqualified inactive non-climate scientist (Moore) with scientists in the field, you cannot call the non-experts—who do not know what they are talking about and make up their own facts—"contrarians". The big-name denialists are self-promoting mischief-ma ...
Regional climate change projections for Chicago and the US Great
... economic growth and a global population that peaks midcentury and then declines. New and more efficient technologies are introduced toward the end of the century. In this scenario, atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations reach 940 parts per million (ppm) by 2100—almost four times preindustrial leve ...
... economic growth and a global population that peaks midcentury and then declines. New and more efficient technologies are introduced toward the end of the century. In this scenario, atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations reach 940 parts per million (ppm) by 2100—almost four times preindustrial leve ...
Polar Lows - Hans von Storch
... 2) Number and interannual variability in CLM similar to „best track“ data set and to limited satellite data evidence. 3) Simulated typhoons and polar lows too weak. Polar Lows: No multi-decadal reference available. ...
... 2) Number and interannual variability in CLM similar to „best track“ data set and to limited satellite data evidence. 3) Simulated typhoons and polar lows too weak. Polar Lows: No multi-decadal reference available. ...
Climate_Change_
... Collaborative financial institutions providing ready access to full spectrum capital S-curve drivers to drive innovation climate Intellectual property management agencies Rapid commercialization mechanisms Export development agencies A national culture of collaboration and competitiveness ...
... Collaborative financial institutions providing ready access to full spectrum capital S-curve drivers to drive innovation climate Intellectual property management agencies Rapid commercialization mechanisms Export development agencies A national culture of collaboration and competitiveness ...
Vermont`s Wildlife Action Plan
... habitats might be affected by climate change, which are most vulnerable, and how to best manage for the future. There are few clear or simple answers. Identifying vulnerable species and habitats requires teasing out myriad factors that climate change could influence, such as changes in precipitation ...
... habitats might be affected by climate change, which are most vulnerable, and how to best manage for the future. There are few clear or simple answers. Identifying vulnerable species and habitats requires teasing out myriad factors that climate change could influence, such as changes in precipitation ...