Climate Engineering under the Paris Agreement
... trade-offs against other sustainability goals. SRM technologies involve greater scientific uncertainty and also involve significant risks. For example, changes to global average temperatures would not be uniform and could have consequential impacts on precipitation patterns, potentially severely imp ...
... trade-offs against other sustainability goals. SRM technologies involve greater scientific uncertainty and also involve significant risks. For example, changes to global average temperatures would not be uniform and could have consequential impacts on precipitation patterns, potentially severely imp ...
Turning the Tide: Recognizing Climate Change Refugees in
... is a comparatively recent conceptualization vis-à-vis the more traditional ideas associated with refugees, such as persecution based on race, religion, nationality, or membership of a particular social group or political opinion.1 Nevertheless, the essence of the idea remains the same: the forced re ...
... is a comparatively recent conceptualization vis-à-vis the more traditional ideas associated with refugees, such as persecution based on race, religion, nationality, or membership of a particular social group or political opinion.1 Nevertheless, the essence of the idea remains the same: the forced re ...
Sea-level rise - Environmental Science Institute
... • Archive of Planet Earth • Climate change in Antarctica • Sea-level rise – life’s a beach, why worry? • Antarctica and sea-level rise • Getting out there • Science and policy – where next? Menu – human fingerprints on the last wilderness ...
... • Archive of Planet Earth • Climate change in Antarctica • Sea-level rise – life’s a beach, why worry? • Antarctica and sea-level rise • Getting out there • Science and policy – where next? Menu – human fingerprints on the last wilderness ...
Human Impacts on Weather and Climate - Recent Research Results
... other important agents and mechanisms, together with the typical geographical extent (spatial scale) of the forcing and the assessed level of scientific understanding (LOSU). The net anthropogenic radiative forcing and its range are also shown. These require summing asymmetric uncertainty estimates ...
... other important agents and mechanisms, together with the typical geographical extent (spatial scale) of the forcing and the assessed level of scientific understanding (LOSU). The net anthropogenic radiative forcing and its range are also shown. These require summing asymmetric uncertainty estimates ...
Strengthening southern Africa`s response to global change
... continent will be one of the worst impacted by climate change; in fact, the results of a changing climate on Africa are already being documented. In this ScienceScope, we focus on science and technology that contribute to a better understanding of our changing planet. The CSIR’s work in this area co ...
... continent will be one of the worst impacted by climate change; in fact, the results of a changing climate on Africa are already being documented. In this ScienceScope, we focus on science and technology that contribute to a better understanding of our changing planet. The CSIR’s work in this area co ...
Fossil Evidence for Evolution of the Shape and Color of
... wing bones as compared with those of other giant penguins [such as Icadyptes (11)]. Conservative estimates of body mass for Inkayacu (~54.6 to 59.7 kg) are approximately twice the average mass of the Emperor Penguin (12); it is among the largest described fossil penguins (10). Isolated contour feath ...
... wing bones as compared with those of other giant penguins [such as Icadyptes (11)]. Conservative estimates of body mass for Inkayacu (~54.6 to 59.7 kg) are approximately twice the average mass of the Emperor Penguin (12); it is among the largest described fossil penguins (10). Isolated contour feath ...
The Psychological Distance of Climate Change
... awareness of the issue is high(9) with an overwhelming majority in 2005 believing that the world’s climate is changing and that action should be taken against it.(10,11) However, research conducted over the past 3–4 years in both America and the United Kingdom shows some decline in levels of concern ...
... awareness of the issue is high(9) with an overwhelming majority in 2005 believing that the world’s climate is changing and that action should be taken against it.(10,11) However, research conducted over the past 3–4 years in both America and the United Kingdom shows some decline in levels of concern ...
Mainstreaming Climate Change in CAADP processes in
... documents. These policies cover all areas related to agriculture. One striking feature observed in all these policies documents about climate change is that they are either silent or do not say much on climate change and how policy is going to tackle its effects in agriculture. Though the ASWAp whic ...
... documents. These policies cover all areas related to agriculture. One striking feature observed in all these policies documents about climate change is that they are either silent or do not say much on climate change and how policy is going to tackle its effects in agriculture. Though the ASWAp whic ...
Evaluation, characterization, and communication of uncertainty by
... On the one hand, IPCC’s making projections of how the socio-economic future of the planet might evolve over 100 years (as opposed to assessing scenarios composed by others) certainly constituted doing “new research”. On the other hand, it did make them (because others had not expended the time or ef ...
... On the one hand, IPCC’s making projections of how the socio-economic future of the planet might evolve over 100 years (as opposed to assessing scenarios composed by others) certainly constituted doing “new research”. On the other hand, it did make them (because others had not expended the time or ef ...
Curriculum Vitae - Department of Atmospheric Sciences
... Bach, W. and A.K. Jain, 1993: Climate and Ecosystem Protection Requires Binding Emission Targets: The Specific Task After Rio(II), Prospective in Energy, 2/3, 173-214. Jain, A.K. and W. Bach, 1994: The effectiveness of measures to reduce the man-made greenhouse effect: the application of a climate-p ...
... Bach, W. and A.K. Jain, 1993: Climate and Ecosystem Protection Requires Binding Emission Targets: The Specific Task After Rio(II), Prospective in Energy, 2/3, 173-214. Jain, A.K. and W. Bach, 1994: The effectiveness of measures to reduce the man-made greenhouse effect: the application of a climate-p ...
Turning points in climate change adaptation
... this Special Feature (http://www.adaptgov.com/the-framing-ofadaptation). In the case of the Delta Programme, assessments ask how much longer current policies and management practices are expected to suffice and when adjustments will be required. This recognizes that climate change will become salien ...
... this Special Feature (http://www.adaptgov.com/the-framing-ofadaptation). In the case of the Delta Programme, assessments ask how much longer current policies and management practices are expected to suffice and when adjustments will be required. This recognizes that climate change will become salien ...
Agriculture and Climate Change in Kenya: Climate Chaos, Policy
... critical sectors of interest. However, there are concerns about whether policy goals may be achieved amidst the actors’ many and diverging interests. This paper sets out to map how these debates are starting to take place in practice, and poses the following questions: what are the arguments, who is ...
... critical sectors of interest. However, there are concerns about whether policy goals may be achieved amidst the actors’ many and diverging interests. This paper sets out to map how these debates are starting to take place in practice, and poses the following questions: what are the arguments, who is ...
Teacher manual - Government of Grenada
... “I believe that the study of climate change is relevant to a great many of the subjects our children undertake, and that by increasing their understanding of the issue they will see the relevance of such disciplines anew. Indeed, as their understanding of the issue develops I believe that they will ...
... “I believe that the study of climate change is relevant to a great many of the subjects our children undertake, and that by increasing their understanding of the issue they will see the relevance of such disciplines anew. Indeed, as their understanding of the issue develops I believe that they will ...
A new scenario framework for climate change research: the concept
... populated by reference scenarios that project socioeconomic developments and emissions in the absence of climate policy and are based purely on the SSPs, although the extent and pattern of climate change could affect development pathways such that the SSPs may need to be modified when creating a sce ...
... populated by reference scenarios that project socioeconomic developments and emissions in the absence of climate policy and are based purely on the SSPs, although the extent and pattern of climate change could affect development pathways such that the SSPs may need to be modified when creating a sce ...
Transitions in climate and energy discourse between Hurricanes Katrina and... Emily M. Cody, Jennie C. Stephens, James P. Bagrow,
... intense extreme weather events, result from increased atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases attributed primarily to fossil fuel burning for energy. Given probable links between the increasing ocean temperature and the severity and frequency of hurricanes and tropical storms [14, 19, 27], ex ...
... intense extreme weather events, result from increased atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases attributed primarily to fossil fuel burning for energy. Given probable links between the increasing ocean temperature and the severity and frequency of hurricanes and tropical storms [14, 19, 27], ex ...
Climate change impacts on New Zealand
... society and economy is impossible, but it is likely that there will be short-term winners and losers. Negative impacts could be reduced and potential gains increased by ongoing proactive adaptation to altering climate conditions. Because of the regionally varying impacts of climate change and the di ...
... society and economy is impossible, but it is likely that there will be short-term winners and losers. Negative impacts could be reduced and potential gains increased by ongoing proactive adaptation to altering climate conditions. Because of the regionally varying impacts of climate change and the di ...
REQUEST FOR CLIMATE SIMULATION LABORATORY
... apply it to grand challenge climate issues. The development and assessment of this modeling system has been ongoing for the past ten years. The simulations produced by the CCSM have improved continuously over this time period, and the results from the model are an important contribution to internati ...
... apply it to grand challenge climate issues. The development and assessment of this modeling system has been ongoing for the past ten years. The simulations produced by the CCSM have improved continuously over this time period, and the results from the model are an important contribution to internati ...
CLIMATE CHANGE AND MINING
... 2. Mining is a sector that is particularly vulnerable to climate change. Changing climatic conditions will have both direct (operational and performance-based) and indirect (securing of supplies and rising energy costs) impacts on the mining sector. Increasingly a number of these impacts may cross-f ...
... 2. Mining is a sector that is particularly vulnerable to climate change. Changing climatic conditions will have both direct (operational and performance-based) and indirect (securing of supplies and rising energy costs) impacts on the mining sector. Increasingly a number of these impacts may cross-f ...
Read More... - Greater Sudbury Climate Change Consortium
... so can not give MNR or CA data needed in usable and reliable format (currently format is percentages over a really large area – not helpful) no staff to monitor radar to pick up local storm activity, which can develop quickly; also no groundproofing of radar system – development of future plans diff ...
... so can not give MNR or CA data needed in usable and reliable format (currently format is percentages over a really large area – not helpful) no staff to monitor radar to pick up local storm activity, which can develop quickly; also no groundproofing of radar system – development of future plans diff ...
Print - Climate Change Knowledge Portal
... World Bank Data Portal: Togo Country Profile. Accessed on 14 January 2011 at http://data.worldbank.org/country/togo. ...
... World Bank Data Portal: Togo Country Profile. Accessed on 14 January 2011 at http://data.worldbank.org/country/togo. ...
CGE Training Materials for Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment
... method to estimate and provide an integrated evaluation of vulnerability “to allow comparisons to be made and assign values for different sectors, ecosystems and institutions in the face of climate change.” ...
... method to estimate and provide an integrated evaluation of vulnerability “to allow comparisons to be made and assign values for different sectors, ecosystems and institutions in the face of climate change.” ...
2. Global warming is occurring
... temperatures rose 0.6—0.7''C during the 20* century; 2005, depending upon the source consulted, was either the hottest year or the second hottest year since temperatures began to be systematically recorded in the midnineteenth century; 40 per cent of the Arctic icecap has retreated during the past s ...
... temperatures rose 0.6—0.7''C during the 20* century; 2005, depending upon the source consulted, was either the hottest year or the second hottest year since temperatures began to be systematically recorded in the midnineteenth century; 40 per cent of the Arctic icecap has retreated during the past s ...