Is the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change an
... stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous interference with the climate system. With recently increasing scientific certainty regarding the current and future impacts of climate change, and the growing notion that some degree of change is unavo ...
... stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous interference with the climate system. With recently increasing scientific certainty regarding the current and future impacts of climate change, and the growing notion that some degree of change is unavo ...
Warming Impact—Disease - Open Evidence Archive
... understanding of climate change from the geological record, clearly demonstrates that increasing greenhouse gas concentrations will inevitably drive global warming. The observations we have taken since the start of 20th century have confirmed our fundamental understanding of the climate system. Whil ...
... understanding of climate change from the geological record, clearly demonstrates that increasing greenhouse gas concentrations will inevitably drive global warming. The observations we have taken since the start of 20th century have confirmed our fundamental understanding of the climate system. Whil ...
IPCC report
... Climate change will affect different energy sources and technologies differently, depending on the resources (water flow, wind, insolation), the technological processes (cooling), or the locations (coastal regions, floodplains) involved (robust evidence, high agreement). Gradual changes in various c ...
... Climate change will affect different energy sources and technologies differently, depending on the resources (water flow, wind, insolation), the technological processes (cooling), or the locations (coastal regions, floodplains) involved (robust evidence, high agreement). Gradual changes in various c ...
WHITE PAPER Climate Change Adaptation in the Nordic Countries
... and potential barriers to such collaboration. Finally, it identifies key elements for a Nordic Adaptation Strategy and suggests priorities for Nordic decision-makers. UNDERSTANDING ADAPTATION For many decades, climate policy debates focused on how to curb greenhouse gas emissions. This remains an ur ...
... and potential barriers to such collaboration. Finally, it identifies key elements for a Nordic Adaptation Strategy and suggests priorities for Nordic decision-makers. UNDERSTANDING ADAPTATION For many decades, climate policy debates focused on how to curb greenhouse gas emissions. This remains an ur ...
Children and Climate Change
... Here we highlight key findings from the individual articles. The opening article, “The Science of Climate Change,” by Michael Oppenheimer and Jesse Anttila-Hughes, offers a primer emphasizing the features of climate change that are likely to have the greatest impact on children. Oppenheimer and Antt ...
... Here we highlight key findings from the individual articles. The opening article, “The Science of Climate Change,” by Michael Oppenheimer and Jesse Anttila-Hughes, offers a primer emphasizing the features of climate change that are likely to have the greatest impact on children. Oppenheimer and Antt ...
World Climate Conference-3
... through which climate variability and change manifest their impacts in different sectors of development. It is, therefore, important to understand the impacts of climate variability, particularly extreme events (floods and droughts), on the availability of water resources management plans to adapt t ...
... through which climate variability and change manifest their impacts in different sectors of development. It is, therefore, important to understand the impacts of climate variability, particularly extreme events (floods and droughts), on the availability of water resources management plans to adapt t ...
http://www.undp.org/content/dam/jordan/docs/News/Climate%20change%20policy_JO.pdf
... contribution and Mrs. Ghada Al Sous, the CB2 Project assistant, for her articulate organization of administrative issues. This document would have not been prepared with such quality without the dedicated efforts of Mark Van Wees and Mohammad Faisal Yagan who were the consultants facilitating the pr ...
... contribution and Mrs. Ghada Al Sous, the CB2 Project assistant, for her articulate organization of administrative issues. This document would have not been prepared with such quality without the dedicated efforts of Mark Van Wees and Mohammad Faisal Yagan who were the consultants facilitating the pr ...
Di Gregorio et al 2016 - Centre for Climate Change Economics and
... ecology, sociology, politics, planning, economics and management. Our specialist areas are: sustainable development and environmental change; environmental policy, planning and governance; ecological and environmental economics; business, environment and corporate responsibility; sustainable product ...
... ecology, sociology, politics, planning, economics and management. Our specialist areas are: sustainable development and environmental change; environmental policy, planning and governance; ecological and environmental economics; business, environment and corporate responsibility; sustainable product ...
impacts of climate change on urban development in the uae
... I, Zainab AlRustamani, the undersigned, a graduate student at the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) and the author of the thesis entitled “Impacts of Climate Change on Urban Development in the UAE: The case of Dubai”, hereby solemnly declare that this thesis is an original work done and prepare ...
... I, Zainab AlRustamani, the undersigned, a graduate student at the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) and the author of the thesis entitled “Impacts of Climate Change on Urban Development in the UAE: The case of Dubai”, hereby solemnly declare that this thesis is an original work done and prepare ...
The EU Climate Change Strategy under the Lens of Multi
... Students (CFBE) and to Mister Olivier Lombard. Last but not least, my utmost appreciation to my loved ones, who, near and far, have supported, inspired and motivated my quest. ...
... Students (CFBE) and to Mister Olivier Lombard. Last but not least, my utmost appreciation to my loved ones, who, near and far, have supported, inspired and motivated my quest. ...
Key players` perspective on climate change in the Mediterranean
... that have the capacity to bolster the region’s low-carbon development in a consistent and structured manner. The Union for the Mediterranean is the intergovernmental mechanism for political dialogue between the EuroMediterranean nations. It is an essential instrument for making the Mediterranean reg ...
... that have the capacity to bolster the region’s low-carbon development in a consistent and structured manner. The Union for the Mediterranean is the intergovernmental mechanism for political dialogue between the EuroMediterranean nations. It is an essential instrument for making the Mediterranean reg ...
Integrating Mitigation and Adaptation in Climate and Land Use
... management, geography, sociology, science and technology studies, ecology, environmental science and soil science in our work. The Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP) brings together some of the world's leading researchers on climate change economics and policy, from many differen ...
... management, geography, sociology, science and technology studies, ecology, environmental science and soil science in our work. The Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP) brings together some of the world's leading researchers on climate change economics and policy, from many differen ...
7 Managing the Risks: International Level and Integration across Scales
... institutions with different mandates and scope and objectives, and with varying strengths and capacities (high confidence). Up to the present this fact has made the integration of disaster risk management and climate change adaptation difficult to achieve (medium confidence). [7.3] The evolution of ...
... institutions with different mandates and scope and objectives, and with varying strengths and capacities (high confidence). Up to the present this fact has made the integration of disaster risk management and climate change adaptation difficult to achieve (medium confidence). [7.3] The evolution of ...
PRODUCTION FUNCTION ANALYSIS OF THE SENSITIVITY OF
... Understanding and predicting these inter-annual, inter-decadal and multi-decadal variations in climate has become the major challenge facing most African climate scientists in recent years. The work of examining climate variability, especially rainfall, has also been set in the wider context of the ...
... Understanding and predicting these inter-annual, inter-decadal and multi-decadal variations in climate has become the major challenge facing most African climate scientists in recent years. The work of examining climate variability, especially rainfall, has also been set in the wider context of the ...
Proceedings of the European Conference on Biodiversity and
... conference provided a broad platform for international information exchange on these issues. 25 presentations covering the above mentioned topics as well as representing a wide range of different geographical regions and habitats within Europe were supplemented by a poster session and a panel discus ...
... conference provided a broad platform for international information exchange on these issues. 25 presentations covering the above mentioned topics as well as representing a wide range of different geographical regions and habitats within Europe were supplemented by a poster session and a panel discus ...
Multicentennial Agulhas leakage variability and links to North
... [Shackleton et al., 2000] and the North Greenland Ice Core Project (NGRIP) Greenland ice core chronology [Pahnke et al., 2003; Pahnke and Zahn, 2005] (Figure S1 in the supporting information). Here it is reexamined. We first tested whether the European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica (EPICA) Dom ...
... [Shackleton et al., 2000] and the North Greenland Ice Core Project (NGRIP) Greenland ice core chronology [Pahnke et al., 2003; Pahnke and Zahn, 2005] (Figure S1 in the supporting information). Here it is reexamined. We first tested whether the European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica (EPICA) Dom ...
A regional climate change decision framework for natural resource
... Application of adaptive management techniques which can be adjusted over time ...
... Application of adaptive management techniques which can be adjusted over time ...
The implications for climate sensitivity of AR5 forcing and heat...
... response‟ (TCR), represents the extent of global warming at the time of the CO2 doubling following a linear increase in CO2 forcing over a period of 70 years. For three decades up to 2007, scientific assessments (including those by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – IPCC) provided a ran ...
... response‟ (TCR), represents the extent of global warming at the time of the CO2 doubling following a linear increase in CO2 forcing over a period of 70 years. For three decades up to 2007, scientific assessments (including those by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – IPCC) provided a ran ...
A multistage crucible of revision and approval shapes IPCC
... IPCC chair, provides explanations and proposes revisions in real time to address government comments raised from the floor. Hundreds of individuals participate in IPCC SPM approval plenaries, which are intense, diversely interpreted experiences. Anecdotes and perspectives on IPCC governmental approv ...
... IPCC chair, provides explanations and proposes revisions in real time to address government comments raised from the floor. Hundreds of individuals participate in IPCC SPM approval plenaries, which are intense, diversely interpreted experiences. Anecdotes and perspectives on IPCC governmental approv ...
The Economics of Climate Change in the Pacific
... region. The region’s vulnerability arises from its unique geography and environment, the fragility of its economic structure, its distinctive demographics, and the interactions between these different factors. Many of the Pacific developing member countries (DMCs) of ADB have limited agricultural la ...
... region. The region’s vulnerability arises from its unique geography and environment, the fragility of its economic structure, its distinctive demographics, and the interactions between these different factors. Many of the Pacific developing member countries (DMCs) of ADB have limited agricultural la ...
National Climate Response Strategy
... Kenya acknowledges that the change in the Earth’s climate and its adverse effects are a common concern of humankind. The Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources (MEMR) has therefore recognised the need to enhance coordination of climate change activities in the country with a view to ensuring ...
... Kenya acknowledges that the change in the Earth’s climate and its adverse effects are a common concern of humankind. The Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources (MEMR) has therefore recognised the need to enhance coordination of climate change activities in the country with a view to ensuring ...
CLIMATE CHANGE – Refining the Impacts for Ireland
... The main challenges for Irish agriculture will come ...
... The main challenges for Irish agriculture will come ...
SECOND-ORDER DRAFT IPCC WGII AR5 Chapter 24 Do Not Cite
... sea-levels. Widespread damage to coral reefs correlated with episodes of high sea-surface temperature has been reported in recent decades and there is high confidence that such damage will increase during the 21st century as a result of both warming and ocean acidification. Multiple stresses caused ...
... sea-levels. Widespread damage to coral reefs correlated with episodes of high sea-surface temperature has been reported in recent decades and there is high confidence that such damage will increase during the 21st century as a result of both warming and ocean acidification. Multiple stresses caused ...
IPCC WGII AR5 Chapter 18 FIRST-‐ORDER DRAFT Expert Review
... the interest to have 30 pages on that. Maybe it could be replaced by extended tables (done in an homogeneized way). If the main synthesis that goes significantly beyond the mere repetition of results ...
... the interest to have 30 pages on that. Maybe it could be replaced by extended tables (done in an homogeneized way). If the main synthesis that goes significantly beyond the mere repetition of results ...
Climate Change and Our Natural Resources A Report from the
... Figure 6: Typical hydrological regimes of PNW rivers showing representative peak and base flow timing in rain-dominated, transient snow (or rain- and snow-dominated), and snow-dominated watersheds. Source: after Elsner et al. 2010............................................ 14 Figure 7: Streamflow c ...
... Figure 6: Typical hydrological regimes of PNW rivers showing representative peak and base flow timing in rain-dominated, transient snow (or rain- and snow-dominated), and snow-dominated watersheds. Source: after Elsner et al. 2010............................................ 14 Figure 7: Streamflow c ...
Michael E. Mann
Michael E. Mann (born 1965) is an American climatologist and geophysicist, currently director of the Earth System Science Center at Pennsylvania State University, who has contributed to the scientific understanding of historic climate change based on the temperature record of the past thousand years. He has pioneered techniques to find patterns in past climate change, and to isolate climate signals from ""noisy data"".As lead author of a paper produced in 1998 with co-authors Raymond S. Bradley and Malcolm K. Hughes, Mann introduced innovative statistical techniques to find regional variations in a hemispherical climate reconstruction covering the past 600 years. In 1999 the same team used these techniques to produce a reconstruction over the past 1,000 years (MBH99) which was dubbed the ""hockey stick graph"" because of its shape. He was one of 8 lead authors of the ""Observed Climate Variability and Change"" chapter of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Third Scientific Assessment Report published in 2001. A graph based on the MBH99 paper was highlighted in several parts of the report, and was given wide publicity. The IPCC acknowledged that his work, along with that of the many other lead authors and review editors, contributed to the award of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, which was won jointly by the IPCC and Al Gore.He was organizing committee chair for the National Academy of Sciences Frontiers of Science in 2003 and has received a number of honors and awards including selection by Scientific American as one of the fifty leading visionaries in science and technology in 2002. In 2012 he was inducted as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union and was awarded the Hans Oeschger Medal of the European Geosciences Union. In 2013 he was elected a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society, and awarded the status of distinguished professor in Penn State's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences.Mann is author of more than 160 peer-reviewed and edited publications, and has published two books: Dire Predictions: Understanding Global Warming in 2008 and The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines, published in early 2012. In 2013 the European Geosciences Union described his publication record as ""outstanding for a scientist of his relatively young age"". He is also a co-founder and contributor to the climatology blog RealClimate.