Cop Action Guide II - Friends of the Earth
... countries, and show solidarity with those negotiators from developing countries who are holding out for a strong and fair agreement. The first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol (on greenhouse gas reductions) runs out in 2012, meaning developed countries must set ambitious new targets at Copenh ...
... countries, and show solidarity with those negotiators from developing countries who are holding out for a strong and fair agreement. The first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol (on greenhouse gas reductions) runs out in 2012, meaning developed countries must set ambitious new targets at Copenh ...
Climate Data in the NWT
... • Land 1.2 million square km • 33 communities, many small remote communities without all season roads • in small communities, 50 % of protein derived from country foods • Major industries: mining, oil & gas • All season highways link southern NWT to Alberta and BC, and northern NWT to Yukon • ...
... • Land 1.2 million square km • 33 communities, many small remote communities without all season roads • in small communities, 50 % of protein derived from country foods • Major industries: mining, oil & gas • All season highways link southern NWT to Alberta and BC, and northern NWT to Yukon • ...
Paris, for the People and the Planet
... be below 2°C [compared to pre-industrial levels].”2 However, a recent expert report3 found that, in some regions and vulnerable ecosystems, high risks are projected even for warming above 1.5°C.4 This means the world needs to raise its ambition to tackle the climate crisis. Richer countries – which ...
... be below 2°C [compared to pre-industrial levels].”2 However, a recent expert report3 found that, in some regions and vulnerable ecosystems, high risks are projected even for warming above 1.5°C.4 This means the world needs to raise its ambition to tackle the climate crisis. Richer countries – which ...
Some important considerations in the development of micro level plans
... Global Conferenceon Agriculture, Food Securityand Climate ChangeHanoi, Vietnam, 3‐7 September 2012.37 p. FAO. Ref 9 Shames S & Onyango G 2012 Institutional innovations in African smallholder carbon projects Case Study: Sustaining Agriculture through Climate Change (SACC): CARE International. 9 ...
... Global Conferenceon Agriculture, Food Securityand Climate ChangeHanoi, Vietnam, 3‐7 September 2012.37 p. FAO. Ref 9 Shames S & Onyango G 2012 Institutional innovations in African smallholder carbon projects Case Study: Sustaining Agriculture through Climate Change (SACC): CARE International. 9 ...
4. Climate Change Scenarios
... scale to country level to provincial level. Although it is likely that temperatures will eventually rise in most regions of the world,1 changes at the regional scale in many other key variables, such as precipitation, are uncertain for most regions. Even where the direction of change is certain or l ...
... scale to country level to provincial level. Although it is likely that temperatures will eventually rise in most regions of the world,1 changes at the regional scale in many other key variables, such as precipitation, are uncertain for most regions. Even where the direction of change is certain or l ...
A normative account of dangerous climate change
... won’t understand the dangers. Not paying attention to scientists in this case would be like not listening to a doctor’s assessment prior to arduous mountain climbing. If you want to know whether mountain climbing is especially dangerous for you, given your medical condition, it makes good sense to l ...
... won’t understand the dangers. Not paying attention to scientists in this case would be like not listening to a doctor’s assessment prior to arduous mountain climbing. If you want to know whether mountain climbing is especially dangerous for you, given your medical condition, it makes good sense to l ...
Adaptation and the poor: development, resilience and transition ■ synthesis article
... that climate change effects would have severe social repercussions only in a distant future, thus providing a motive for giving less attention to adaptation as a tool for coping with climate change. Another reason for not giving equal priority to adaptation was the fear that it would distract attent ...
... that climate change effects would have severe social repercussions only in a distant future, thus providing a motive for giving less attention to adaptation as a tool for coping with climate change. Another reason for not giving equal priority to adaptation was the fear that it would distract attent ...
Climate of Opinion
... “Climate change means that we will need to rely heavily on green energy in the future - we need to make a start now to develop the technologies.” net more supportive +70% “Wind turbines ruin the landscape for local people” net less supportive -19% Again, the arguments for and against hardly shif ...
... “Climate change means that we will need to rely heavily on green energy in the future - we need to make a start now to develop the technologies.” net more supportive +70% “Wind turbines ruin the landscape for local people” net less supportive -19% Again, the arguments for and against hardly shif ...
Dangerous Scientific Reticence
... One suggestion is that we enclose the word dangerous in parentheses. That would not be right, because it implies that we mean something different by the word dangerous than what the public understands. However, we mean exactly what the public understands. Or the parentheses could mean that the UNFCC ...
... One suggestion is that we enclose the word dangerous in parentheses. That would not be right, because it implies that we mean something different by the word dangerous than what the public understands. However, we mean exactly what the public understands. Or the parentheses could mean that the UNFCC ...
modern climate science - American Meteorological Society
... Fundamental to understanding weather, climate, and climate change is the recognition that the Earth’s climate system is a complex energy flow system, as alluded to by animations of visible and IR full-disk views of Earth. The observable impacts of the energy flows (and associated mass flows) are emb ...
... Fundamental to understanding weather, climate, and climate change is the recognition that the Earth’s climate system is a complex energy flow system, as alluded to by animations of visible and IR full-disk views of Earth. The observable impacts of the energy flows (and associated mass flows) are emb ...
Climate Change in the Sydney Metropolitan Catchments
... Since 1950, the region has experienced warming of around 0.8ºC. This is likely to be partly due to human activities. The catchment has also experienced a significant drop in annual rainfall at a rate of approximately 55 mm per decade. The contribution of human activities to the rainfall decline is h ...
... Since 1950, the region has experienced warming of around 0.8ºC. This is likely to be partly due to human activities. The catchment has also experienced a significant drop in annual rainfall at a rate of approximately 55 mm per decade. The contribution of human activities to the rainfall decline is h ...
The Really InconvenIenT TRuTh oR “IT aIn`T
... The UK Government has put in place an extensive and ambitious set of measures as part of a programme to reduce CO2 by 80 percent from 1990 levels by 2050. This is a unilateral undertaking, enshrined in a legal duty by the Climate Change act 2008. This objective is based on the narrative created by t ...
... The UK Government has put in place an extensive and ambitious set of measures as part of a programme to reduce CO2 by 80 percent from 1990 levels by 2050. This is a unilateral undertaking, enshrined in a legal duty by the Climate Change act 2008. This objective is based on the narrative created by t ...
The African Climate Solution Unlocking Africa`s Potential in the
... change, which was re-iterated by the African Heads of State and Government at the African Union Summit in January 2007. The Heads of State and Government called on all stakeholders including governments, private sector actors, and civil society - to actively address climate change. These leaders hig ...
... change, which was re-iterated by the African Heads of State and Government at the African Union Summit in January 2007. The Heads of State and Government called on all stakeholders including governments, private sector actors, and civil society - to actively address climate change. These leaders hig ...
Global Warming and Polar Bears
... •There is scientific consensus of global warming and the harm it’s having on polar bears and their habitat : False •The global warming we are experiencing is not natural. People are causing it and it will have devastating consequences: False •Glaciers and Ice Caps are melting and are the main contri ...
... •There is scientific consensus of global warming and the harm it’s having on polar bears and their habitat : False •The global warming we are experiencing is not natural. People are causing it and it will have devastating consequences: False •Glaciers and Ice Caps are melting and are the main contri ...
Folie 1
... competitive economy, a fair distribution of the cost and benefits and exploiting Europe’ s leadership in the race to develop new processes and technologies, including green technologies. Member States and the Union should implement the necessary reform to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and use reco ...
... competitive economy, a fair distribution of the cost and benefits and exploiting Europe’ s leadership in the race to develop new processes and technologies, including green technologies. Member States and the Union should implement the necessary reform to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and use reco ...
Why Have Climate Negotiations Proved So Disappointing?
... 2007). Moreover, we don’t know the quantity of global emissions (expressed, perhaps, as a cumulative sum) needed to meet any particular concentration target, due to uncertainty in the carbon cycle. For example, there is uncertainty about how much of the CO2 emitted will be taken up by soils and the ...
... 2007). Moreover, we don’t know the quantity of global emissions (expressed, perhaps, as a cumulative sum) needed to meet any particular concentration target, due to uncertainty in the carbon cycle. For example, there is uncertainty about how much of the CO2 emitted will be taken up by soils and the ...
The Medieval Quiet Period - Department of Geosciences
... basic paradigm in the literature on climate variations of recent millennia, though the timing and duration of that interval is illdefined (Lamb, 1965). Numerous articles have compared the average temperature in recent decades, with paleotemperature estimates for different intervals of time during th ...
... basic paradigm in the literature on climate variations of recent millennia, though the timing and duration of that interval is illdefined (Lamb, 1965). Numerous articles have compared the average temperature in recent decades, with paleotemperature estimates for different intervals of time during th ...
Using the NatureServe Climate Change Vulnerability Index
... the severity of the risk (Table 1). Listing the factors that contributed to the vulnerability scores highlights how climate change will have the greatest effect on the species assessed, and can suggest which management actions would be most beneficial (Table 2). There are many other ways to present ...
... the severity of the risk (Table 1). Listing the factors that contributed to the vulnerability scores highlights how climate change will have the greatest effect on the species assessed, and can suggest which management actions would be most beneficial (Table 2). There are many other ways to present ...
modern climate change in slovenia
... of Slovenia are becoming ever more similar to those in submediterranean Slovenia, where the warming trends are less pronounced. There have been no major changes in the quantity of precipitation, but the greater intensity of downpours and a lower number of days with fog and of days with snow blanket ...
... of Slovenia are becoming ever more similar to those in submediterranean Slovenia, where the warming trends are less pronounced. There have been no major changes in the quantity of precipitation, but the greater intensity of downpours and a lower number of days with fog and of days with snow blanket ...
An Introduction to CCSM http://www.ccsm.ucar.edu
... – Interactions of aerosols and clouds – Interactions of climate and vegetation ...
... – Interactions of aerosols and clouds – Interactions of climate and vegetation ...
Climate Change in Germany - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact
... The probability of overshooting the 2-degree target in the long term rises rapidly under concentrations that lie much higher than today’s values. To reach the 2-degree target, today’s global emissions need to be lowered from 7 Gt carbon per year to 2 Gt per year. This is a formidable challenge, in v ...
... The probability of overshooting the 2-degree target in the long term rises rapidly under concentrations that lie much higher than today’s values. To reach the 2-degree target, today’s global emissions need to be lowered from 7 Gt carbon per year to 2 Gt per year. This is a formidable challenge, in v ...
Pacific Ecosystem-based Adaptation to Climate Change
... lot of changes to the land settings especially through infrastructural development.” Mr. Senivasa said. Mr. Senivasa added that while development is encouraged, the people need to work together to ensure that planning is participatory and that the resources are managed wisely for future generations. ...
... lot of changes to the land settings especially through infrastructural development.” Mr. Senivasa said. Mr. Senivasa added that while development is encouraged, the people need to work together to ensure that planning is participatory and that the resources are managed wisely for future generations. ...