Model selection and uncertainty in climate change mitigation research
... • Note the reversal of the onus of weight of evidence as we move from the science to policy, this is a source of some of the antagonism and confusion between the consensus view and the sceptics. • It makes no sense to be a climate sceptic, but a lot of sense being a climate change mitigation sceptic ...
... • Note the reversal of the onus of weight of evidence as we move from the science to policy, this is a source of some of the antagonism and confusion between the consensus view and the sceptics. • It makes no sense to be a climate sceptic, but a lot of sense being a climate change mitigation sceptic ...
forum on the afternoon 13 March 2008.
... Businesses in green buildings report improved productivity, better staff retention, fewer sick days, millions of dollars in energy savings and a reduced environmental footprint. Some companies that "go green” have seen a 25% increase in trade with eco-shoppers and eco-traders, with a trend for green ...
... Businesses in green buildings report improved productivity, better staff retention, fewer sick days, millions of dollars in energy savings and a reduced environmental footprint. Some companies that "go green” have seen a 25% increase in trade with eco-shoppers and eco-traders, with a trend for green ...
lecture33
... • All feedback mechanisms operate simultaneously. • All feedback mechanisms work in both directions. • The dominant effect is difficult to predict. • Cause and effect is very difficult to prove at the “beyond a shadow of a doubt” level. ...
... • All feedback mechanisms operate simultaneously. • All feedback mechanisms work in both directions. • The dominant effect is difficult to predict. • Cause and effect is very difficult to prove at the “beyond a shadow of a doubt” level. ...
In a region already characterized by high variability in the current
... represents an additional stress for society, economic sectors and natural environments. This changing risk profile will have an effect on the outcome of a wide range of decisions affecting individual, societal and economic well-being. In order to plan effectively for the future, decision-makers must ...
... represents an additional stress for society, economic sectors and natural environments. This changing risk profile will have an effect on the outcome of a wide range of decisions affecting individual, societal and economic well-being. In order to plan effectively for the future, decision-makers must ...
If You See Something, Say Something By MICHAEL E. MANN New
... construction of the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to the Texas Gulf. He has warned that the pipeline, which awaits approval by the State Department, would open the floodgates to dirty tar sands oil from Canada, something he says would be “game over for the climate.” Dr. Hansen recently published ...
... construction of the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to the Texas Gulf. He has warned that the pipeline, which awaits approval by the State Department, would open the floodgates to dirty tar sands oil from Canada, something he says would be “game over for the climate.” Dr. Hansen recently published ...
Mr Philippe OMONDI
... • Global warming and overall climate change is now a scientific reality to be reckoned with in all countries of the world, and more particulary in Sub-Saharan Africa which has been shown to be the most vulnerable. • In its Fourth Scientific Assessment brought out in 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel ...
... • Global warming and overall climate change is now a scientific reality to be reckoned with in all countries of the world, and more particulary in Sub-Saharan Africa which has been shown to be the most vulnerable. • In its Fourth Scientific Assessment brought out in 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel ...
ANNEX Human Rights Annual Report 2007: Climate Change
... Climate security is central to national and international security. Without a stable climate, it will become ever harder for governments to put in place the conditions needed for security and prosperity in a crowded and interdependent world. To address the root of the security issues we face, we mus ...
... Climate security is central to national and international security. Without a stable climate, it will become ever harder for governments to put in place the conditions needed for security and prosperity in a crowded and interdependent world. To address the root of the security issues we face, we mus ...
L1 Biosphere
... • Time is usually at least 30 years. • The weather today may be very different than the weather one year ago, but the climate is an average. ...
... • Time is usually at least 30 years. • The weather today may be very different than the weather one year ago, but the climate is an average. ...
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... put the world on track to avoid dangerous climate change by limiting global warming to well below 2oC. To further underline their determination, countries also agreed to pursue efforts to limit temperature increase to 1,5oC. Ten months past, the EU and its Member States remain proud of that historic ...
... put the world on track to avoid dangerous climate change by limiting global warming to well below 2oC. To further underline their determination, countries also agreed to pursue efforts to limit temperature increase to 1,5oC. Ten months past, the EU and its Member States remain proud of that historic ...
Short ppt_Cambodia team_Indian workshop_SV2_final
... national and international levels to ensure that climate change policy are benefiting the poor and vulnerable communities ...
... national and international levels to ensure that climate change policy are benefiting the poor and vulnerable communities ...
No Slide Title
... •It is difficult to explain the recent surface warming in terms of natural climate variability •Recent surface warming is largely consistent with simulations of the effects of anthropogenic influence on climate •Unresolved issues regarding the precise sensitivity of the climate to forcing, and chang ...
... •It is difficult to explain the recent surface warming in terms of natural climate variability •Recent surface warming is largely consistent with simulations of the effects of anthropogenic influence on climate •Unresolved issues regarding the precise sensitivity of the climate to forcing, and chang ...
Sensory Quiz Bowl
... Atmospheric Science: 300 Which of the following planets has the highest concentration of carbon dioxide? A. Mars B. Venus C. Earth ...
... Atmospheric Science: 300 Which of the following planets has the highest concentration of carbon dioxide? A. Mars B. Venus C. Earth ...
Climate-Change Challenge Today
... o A closely related point is that 2°C, the internationally agreed upon level of T increase above the pre-industrial value the world should aim not to exceed, is not “safe”. It cannot be safe if we are already experiencing danger at 1°C. The 2° figure is merely a round number on which many experts re ...
... o A closely related point is that 2°C, the internationally agreed upon level of T increase above the pre-industrial value the world should aim not to exceed, is not “safe”. It cannot be safe if we are already experiencing danger at 1°C. The 2° figure is merely a round number on which many experts re ...
Fundamentals
... • Global Warming…the resistance to change in direction of various elements of the climate system, such as rising atmospheric CO2, rising temperatures and melting ice. ...
... • Global Warming…the resistance to change in direction of various elements of the climate system, such as rising atmospheric CO2, rising temperatures and melting ice. ...
Climate Change - Caritas Australia
... 37 percent. Methane (NH4) has increased by 150 percent and nitrous oxide (N2O) by 18 percent. This rapid increase is more than can be accounted for by natural processes. At the same time that scientists have documented these increases, they have also documented the amounts of greenhouse gases human ...
... 37 percent. Methane (NH4) has increased by 150 percent and nitrous oxide (N2O) by 18 percent. This rapid increase is more than can be accounted for by natural processes. At the same time that scientists have documented these increases, they have also documented the amounts of greenhouse gases human ...
Project intro-wetlands wg 5 16 16 zpj edits
... ■ Facilitate a structured approach (e.g., modified SDM) in a set of workshops to work through the process with each pilot workgroup ...
... ■ Facilitate a structured approach (e.g., modified SDM) in a set of workshops to work through the process with each pilot workgroup ...
Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis
... 0.2°C (0.36°F) per decade is projected for a range of SRES emission scenarios. Even if the concentrations of all greenhouse gases and aerosols had been kept constant at year 2000 levels, a further warming of about 0.1°C (0.18°F) per decade would be expected. ...
... 0.2°C (0.36°F) per decade is projected for a range of SRES emission scenarios. Even if the concentrations of all greenhouse gases and aerosols had been kept constant at year 2000 levels, a further warming of about 0.1°C (0.18°F) per decade would be expected. ...
Is Al Gore`s An Inconvenient Truth accurate?
... Re Greenland, a big clue is the study's title: Recent Ice-Sheet Growth in the Interior of Greenland. The study finds increasing ice mass in the interior due to heavier snowfall - an expected side-effect of global warming - and doesn't factor in all the melting that occurs at the edges of the ice she ...
... Re Greenland, a big clue is the study's title: Recent Ice-Sheet Growth in the Interior of Greenland. The study finds increasing ice mass in the interior due to heavier snowfall - an expected side-effect of global warming - and doesn't factor in all the melting that occurs at the edges of the ice she ...
Jon Rosales - Harmony with Nature
... College of St. Catherine in Minneapolis where he taught liberal arts courses in the nursing program. Jon has also taught courses varying from economics and business math to typing at Brown Institute, a technical college for broadcasters and graphic artists in Minneapolis. His collegiate teaching is ...
... College of St. Catherine in Minneapolis where he taught liberal arts courses in the nursing program. Jon has also taught courses varying from economics and business math to typing at Brown Institute, a technical college for broadcasters and graphic artists in Minneapolis. His collegiate teaching is ...
Global Warming Notes
... • If the climate cycle were to follow its ___________ course, in a few thousand years, the Earth would start sliding into another _________. Our activities threaten to send the climate speeding toward global warming. The build-up of _________________ and other gases have already enhanced the Earth’s ...
... • If the climate cycle were to follow its ___________ course, in a few thousand years, the Earth would start sliding into another _________. Our activities threaten to send the climate speeding toward global warming. The build-up of _________________ and other gases have already enhanced the Earth’s ...
Global response to climate change
... of rising surface air temperatures and subsurface ocean temperatures and from phenomena such as increases in average global sea levels, retreating glaciers, and changes to many physical and biological systems. It is likely that most of the warming in recent decades can be attributed to human activit ...
... of rising surface air temperatures and subsurface ocean temperatures and from phenomena such as increases in average global sea levels, retreating glaciers, and changes to many physical and biological systems. It is likely that most of the warming in recent decades can be attributed to human activit ...
Modeling of AsO4- on Oxide Surfaces
... ARM Sites Taken Together Form a National User Facility: ARM Climate Research Facility (ACRF) -Open to All on a Proposal Basis -Uses Not Limited to Climate Research -Number of Users is the Figure of Merit ...
... ARM Sites Taken Together Form a National User Facility: ARM Climate Research Facility (ACRF) -Open to All on a Proposal Basis -Uses Not Limited to Climate Research -Number of Users is the Figure of Merit ...
Climate change flyer05
... of rising surface air temperatures and subsurface ocean temperatures and from phenomena such as increases in average global sea levels, retreating glaciers, and changes to many physical and biological systems. It is likely that most of the warming in recent decades can be attributed to human activit ...
... of rising surface air temperatures and subsurface ocean temperatures and from phenomena such as increases in average global sea levels, retreating glaciers, and changes to many physical and biological systems. It is likely that most of the warming in recent decades can be attributed to human activit ...