Lecture 10: Climate Feedback
... Note: Positive/negative feedbacks have no relation to ‘good versus bad’, but are about how a system responds to a change. ...
... Note: Positive/negative feedbacks have no relation to ‘good versus bad’, but are about how a system responds to a change. ...
Newsletter number 3
... ‐ Set up fire management strategy and early warning systems ‐ Increase awareness of the communities on bushfires and other issues ‐ Improve human capacity (train field ecologists) ...
... ‐ Set up fire management strategy and early warning systems ‐ Increase awareness of the communities on bushfires and other issues ‐ Improve human capacity (train field ecologists) ...
Notes - Department of Atmospheric Sciences
... • In the troposphere, air temperature decreases with altitude • So the temperature of the emission to space decreases • So the energy emission to space decreases because the ...
... • In the troposphere, air temperature decreases with altitude • So the temperature of the emission to space decreases • So the energy emission to space decreases because the ...
Presentation
... • Long term vision by 2050: The 2000 Watts society Energy and climate policy guided by sustainable development strategy targets : 1 ton of CO2 per capita 500 watts from fossil fuels 1500 watts from renewable sources SOGE, 05/16-17/05, Bonn, Germany ...
... • Long term vision by 2050: The 2000 Watts society Energy and climate policy guided by sustainable development strategy targets : 1 ton of CO2 per capita 500 watts from fossil fuels 1500 watts from renewable sources SOGE, 05/16-17/05, Bonn, Germany ...
OSA 13-020docx.pdf
... reserves of the top 200 fossil-fuel companies, and countries (e.g. Venezuela or Kuwait) which act like fossil-fuel companies, equals about 2,795 gigatons of CO2, or five times the amount we can release to maintain a 2°C limit of planetary warming; WHEREAS research sponsored by 20 governments around ...
... reserves of the top 200 fossil-fuel companies, and countries (e.g. Venezuela or Kuwait) which act like fossil-fuel companies, equals about 2,795 gigatons of CO2, or five times the amount we can release to maintain a 2°C limit of planetary warming; WHEREAS research sponsored by 20 governments around ...
View/Open
... climate science to anticipate the demands of adaptation is going to require a strong local research effort. The Garnaut Climate Change Review team also became aware of the excessively large gaps in communication between the policy communities and the science community. I found myself being greeted w ...
... climate science to anticipate the demands of adaptation is going to require a strong local research effort. The Garnaut Climate Change Review team also became aware of the excessively large gaps in communication between the policy communities and the science community. I found myself being greeted w ...
PDF
... longer-run, climate change could be potentially damaging on net, as more extreme environmental changes increasingly stress agricultural production systems. The state implications of climate change for agriculture will depend on the level of climate change and the ability to adapt. How society evolve ...
... longer-run, climate change could be potentially damaging on net, as more extreme environmental changes increasingly stress agricultural production systems. The state implications of climate change for agriculture will depend on the level of climate change and the ability to adapt. How society evolve ...
summary - Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
... • We caution that: 1. Previous research to simulate and describe the effects of climate warming might not have properly accounted for the dynamic role of periglacial geomorphology in regulating the tundra vegetation-soil complex. 2. However, polygon development may have been periodically impacted by ...
... • We caution that: 1. Previous research to simulate and describe the effects of climate warming might not have properly accounted for the dynamic role of periglacial geomorphology in regulating the tundra vegetation-soil complex. 2. However, polygon development may have been periodically impacted by ...
Environment, Politics and Development Working Paper Series
... My main point is that climate research would benefit from diving into the vast literature discussing power relations in the context of radical social transformations. This literature is rooted in an idealist/humanist tradition that can be traced back to Socrates/Plato/Aristotle‘s notion of virtue, a ...
... My main point is that climate research would benefit from diving into the vast literature discussing power relations in the context of radical social transformations. This literature is rooted in an idealist/humanist tradition that can be traced back to Socrates/Plato/Aristotle‘s notion of virtue, a ...
Region Case Profile of Future Conflict and
... You will find a map of the regions below and brief descriptions of the profiles as I see them (from my book, Table III-9). There is also a map of the world’s regions. The table should serve as a guide, not as an authoritative source, to the characteristics of places you might consider. Much of this ...
... You will find a map of the regions below and brief descriptions of the profiles as I see them (from my book, Table III-9). There is also a map of the world’s regions. The table should serve as a guide, not as an authoritative source, to the characteristics of places you might consider. Much of this ...
BURMA - Climatelinks
... producer – would recede by 10 km. Burma’s economy, largely dependent on natural resources (mining, forestry, fishing) and rice production, would also be at risk from higher temperatures and increased precipitation variability. After 50 years of military rule, Burma transitioned to a civilian governm ...
... producer – would recede by 10 km. Burma’s economy, largely dependent on natural resources (mining, forestry, fishing) and rice production, would also be at risk from higher temperatures and increased precipitation variability. After 50 years of military rule, Burma transitioned to a civilian governm ...
Green infrastructure and the urban heat island
... Grimmond, C.S.B., Best, M., Barlow, J., Arnfield, A.J., Baik, J.-J., Baklanov, J., Belcher, S., Bruse, M., Calmet, F., Chen, P., Clark, P., Dandou, A., Erell, E., Fortuniak, K., Hamdi, R., Kanda, M., Kawai, T., Kondo, H., Krayenhoff, S., Lee, S.H., Limor, S.-B., Martilli, A., Masson, V., Miao, S., M ...
... Grimmond, C.S.B., Best, M., Barlow, J., Arnfield, A.J., Baik, J.-J., Baklanov, J., Belcher, S., Bruse, M., Calmet, F., Chen, P., Clark, P., Dandou, A., Erell, E., Fortuniak, K., Hamdi, R., Kanda, M., Kawai, T., Kondo, H., Krayenhoff, S., Lee, S.H., Limor, S.-B., Martilli, A., Masson, V., Miao, S., M ...
Chapter 8 – Dynamics of Climate Change
... person on Earth equal a significant portion of the human contribution to climate change. Therefore, responsibility on the individual level plays an important role in reducing global greenhouse gas emissions. You can reduce your carbon footprint by choosing activities that reduce or eliminate the nee ...
... person on Earth equal a significant portion of the human contribution to climate change. Therefore, responsibility on the individual level plays an important role in reducing global greenhouse gas emissions. You can reduce your carbon footprint by choosing activities that reduce or eliminate the nee ...
Global and Climate Change
... but rather a rigorous business process that: – “promotes flexible decisionmaking that can be adjusted in the face of uncertainties as outcomes from management actions and other events become better understood” (National Research Council, 2004) DJF JJA – Offers a framework where robust decision crite ...
... but rather a rigorous business process that: – “promotes flexible decisionmaking that can be adjusted in the face of uncertainties as outcomes from management actions and other events become better understood” (National Research Council, 2004) DJF JJA – Offers a framework where robust decision crite ...
No Regrets Charter
... currently higher per capita carbon emmittors, while cities in the South will be more severely affected by the impacts of climate change. Cooperation and knowledge exchange is therefore essential. Large metropolises will be especially affected by climate change. Major cities, in particular, are heat ...
... currently higher per capita carbon emmittors, while cities in the South will be more severely affected by the impacts of climate change. Cooperation and knowledge exchange is therefore essential. Large metropolises will be especially affected by climate change. Major cities, in particular, are heat ...
STUDENT ACTIVITY 1-8: global futures
... water to contribute about 7 m to sea level. A sustained rise in local temperatures of about 3 °C (that’s global warming of about 1.5 °C) is likely to be reached by the end of the century if human-made emissions are not controlled. This would melt the Greenland ice sheet, although it is estimated tha ...
... water to contribute about 7 m to sea level. A sustained rise in local temperatures of about 3 °C (that’s global warming of about 1.5 °C) is likely to be reached by the end of the century if human-made emissions are not controlled. This would melt the Greenland ice sheet, although it is estimated tha ...
Slide 1 - climateknowledge.org
... – If we don’t act now it will cost between 5% and 20% of gross domestic product (an aggregate measure of economy.) ...
... – If we don’t act now it will cost between 5% and 20% of gross domestic product (an aggregate measure of economy.) ...
Korea, Rep of - PreventionWeb
... act for the future generation. But, how about now? The climate change has been already begun and we are facing real impacts of climate change every day. I believe that "Now" is the time for enhanced advocacy and "Now" is the time to start the initiatives for climate change and disaster risk reductio ...
... act for the future generation. But, how about now? The climate change has been already begun and we are facing real impacts of climate change every day. I believe that "Now" is the time for enhanced advocacy and "Now" is the time to start the initiatives for climate change and disaster risk reductio ...
Regional Climate Service
... • Man-made climate change is real and emerging. Given our present knowledge, the present changes can only be explained consistently when employing elevated greenhouse gas concentrations as a major factor. • Stakeholders must understand that the knowledge about climate change (incl. hazards) is diffe ...
... • Man-made climate change is real and emerging. Given our present knowledge, the present changes can only be explained consistently when employing elevated greenhouse gas concentrations as a major factor. • Stakeholders must understand that the knowledge about climate change (incl. hazards) is diffe ...
proposal - Global Carbon Project
... We believe that carbon vulnerability is one of the key unknowns in climate change. If the vulnerability is great, the task of mitigating or adapting to climate change becomes much more complex, and the priority on avoiding climate changes sufficient to drive large carbon losses becomes much greater. ...
... We believe that carbon vulnerability is one of the key unknowns in climate change. If the vulnerability is great, the task of mitigating or adapting to climate change becomes much more complex, and the priority on avoiding climate changes sufficient to drive large carbon losses becomes much greater. ...
Economic, political, and sociological barriers and solutions for
... Gifford. 2011. The Dragons of Inaction Psychological Barriers That Limit Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation. American Psychologist. Vol. 66, No. 4, 290–302 ...
... Gifford. 2011. The Dragons of Inaction Psychological Barriers That Limit Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation. American Psychologist. Vol. 66, No. 4, 290–302 ...
Wildlife and Climate Change Adaptation
... flexibility to continue refinement of strategies as information increases. Developing adaptation plans and implementing adaptation strategies requires setting clear goals and objectives, identifying conservation targets, and planning detailed monitoring and assessment approaches. Planning will requi ...
... flexibility to continue refinement of strategies as information increases. Developing adaptation plans and implementing adaptation strategies requires setting clear goals and objectives, identifying conservation targets, and planning detailed monitoring and assessment approaches. Planning will requi ...
Resilience Strategies for Communities at Risk
... dramatic increases in the costs of protecting and rebuilding those structures determined to be at risk. In responding to the costs of preserving and protecting certain high-risk locations, communities will need to develop new land use overlay zones that balance the value of continuing their current ...
... dramatic increases in the costs of protecting and rebuilding those structures determined to be at risk. In responding to the costs of preserving and protecting certain high-risk locations, communities will need to develop new land use overlay zones that balance the value of continuing their current ...
Adapting to climate change in practice
... Moderator: Gian-Reto Walther, Federal Office for the Environment FOEN (CH) The effects of climate change on biodiversity are already visible today, for example in the way the seasons are shifting (spring blossoms and bird migration) and changes in the regional distribution of animals and plants. Wha ...
... Moderator: Gian-Reto Walther, Federal Office for the Environment FOEN (CH) The effects of climate change on biodiversity are already visible today, for example in the way the seasons are shifting (spring blossoms and bird migration) and changes in the regional distribution of animals and plants. Wha ...