Current and future climate of the Fiji Islands
... The observed sea-level records are indicated in dark blue (relative tidegauge observations) and light blue (the satellite record since 1993). Reconstructed estimates of sea level near Fiji (since 1950) are shown in purple. The projections for the A1B (medium) emissions scenario (representing 90% of ...
... The observed sea-level records are indicated in dark blue (relative tidegauge observations) and light blue (the satellite record since 1993). Reconstructed estimates of sea level near Fiji (since 1950) are shown in purple. The projections for the A1B (medium) emissions scenario (representing 90% of ...
Global warming: predictions versus reality
... warming. Climate is naturally variable and always changing. Climate is always either warming or cooling. The notion of constant climate is incorrect. All observed changes in climate over the past 100 years have been well within the range of natural climatic variation. Recent research suggests that c ...
... warming. Climate is naturally variable and always changing. Climate is always either warming or cooling. The notion of constant climate is incorrect. All observed changes in climate over the past 100 years have been well within the range of natural climatic variation. Recent research suggests that c ...
GEOENGINEERING AND THE NEW CLIMATE DENIALISM
... by Alex Steffen The Idea of Geoengineering is Being Used Dishonestly Though we spend our time here at Worldchanging focused on solutions to the planet's most pressing problems, sometimes the politics around an issue become so twisted that it's necessary to address the politics before we can have a r ...
... by Alex Steffen The Idea of Geoengineering is Being Used Dishonestly Though we spend our time here at Worldchanging focused on solutions to the planet's most pressing problems, sometimes the politics around an issue become so twisted that it's necessary to address the politics before we can have a r ...
The crisis of the global climate
... whole population of butterflies from the mountains of Mexico to the hills of Vancouver.[43] High above the oceans, most of earth's glaciers are retreating at accelerating rates. The biggest glacier in the Peruvian Andes was retreating by 14 feet a year 20 years ago; today it is shrinking by 99 feet ...
... whole population of butterflies from the mountains of Mexico to the hills of Vancouver.[43] High above the oceans, most of earth's glaciers are retreating at accelerating rates. The biggest glacier in the Peruvian Andes was retreating by 14 feet a year 20 years ago; today it is shrinking by 99 feet ...
Protocols, treaties and action: the `climate change process`
... the hands of the male population in general). The question is, whether men should be considered more responsible than women for the problem. To answer that we need to look at the services and products that these carbon producing industries provide, and who uses them. Gendered responsibility for use ...
... the hands of the male population in general). The question is, whether men should be considered more responsible than women for the problem. To answer that we need to look at the services and products that these carbon producing industries provide, and who uses them. Gendered responsibility for use ...
Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
... states are at the forefront of designing and implementing cap and trade systems and many regional monitoring and trading systems will be operating by the time national legislation is passed, states are urging federal policymakers to expand on existing state efforts instead of creating a completely n ...
... states are at the forefront of designing and implementing cap and trade systems and many regional monitoring and trading systems will be operating by the time national legislation is passed, states are urging federal policymakers to expand on existing state efforts instead of creating a completely n ...
Framework for Long-Term Deep Carbon Reduction Planning
... is a collaboration of leading global cities working to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80% or more by 2050 or sooner (“80x50”) — the most aggressive GHG reduction targets undertaken by any cities across the globe. The Alliance aims to address what it will take for leading international cities to ach ...
... is a collaboration of leading global cities working to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80% or more by 2050 or sooner (“80x50”) — the most aggressive GHG reduction targets undertaken by any cities across the globe. The Alliance aims to address what it will take for leading international cities to ach ...
Addressing the rising carbon dioxide atmospheric levels
... emissions and most of the actions that have been taken are under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The UNFCCC aims to "stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate syste ...
... emissions and most of the actions that have been taken are under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The UNFCCC aims to "stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate syste ...
Presentation slides
... * Mima S, Criqui P, and Watkiss P (2011). The Impacts and Economic Costs of Climate Change on Enery in Europe. Summary of Results from the EC RTD ClimateCost Project. In Watkiss, P (Editor), 2011. The ClimateCost Project. Final Report. Volume 1: Europe. Published by the Stockholm Environment Institu ...
... * Mima S, Criqui P, and Watkiss P (2011). The Impacts and Economic Costs of Climate Change on Enery in Europe. Summary of Results from the EC RTD ClimateCost Project. In Watkiss, P (Editor), 2011. The ClimateCost Project. Final Report. Volume 1: Europe. Published by the Stockholm Environment Institu ...
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... Copenhagen Accord clearly stated the need to develop mechanisms to reward sustainable land-use practices developing forest carbon sequestration. Accordingly, the range of climate mitigation options of the forestry sector was expanded through the so called REDD+ mechanism, which is based on a paymen ...
... Copenhagen Accord clearly stated the need to develop mechanisms to reward sustainable land-use practices developing forest carbon sequestration. Accordingly, the range of climate mitigation options of the forestry sector was expanded through the so called REDD+ mechanism, which is based on a paymen ...
Tropical Hydropower is a Significant Source of Greenhouse Gas
... technologies. Gross emissions has usually meant only those measured at the reservoir surface. A calculation of net emissions requires a comprehensive assessment of the dam’s impact upon the total flux of GHGs into and out of sources and sinks throughout the relevant watershed. The IHA implies that t ...
... technologies. Gross emissions has usually meant only those measured at the reservoir surface. A calculation of net emissions requires a comprehensive assessment of the dam’s impact upon the total flux of GHGs into and out of sources and sinks throughout the relevant watershed. The IHA implies that t ...
A NEW CLIMATE ZONE Introduction
... that modernity and human progression pushes resources crisis to the edge. Natural disasters are inevitable. However, part of their frequency and intensity have a direct relationship with human behaviors. Individual government agrees to shoulder up responsibility for the adaptation and relief of clim ...
... that modernity and human progression pushes resources crisis to the edge. Natural disasters are inevitable. However, part of their frequency and intensity have a direct relationship with human behaviors. Individual government agrees to shoulder up responsibility for the adaptation and relief of clim ...
Needs, Potentials and Challenges of Integrating Air Quality
... conflict of interests. For example, promoting the combustion of biomass for climate change mitigation leads to higher emissions of air pollutants. At the same time, some pollutants that are reduced under the air quality regime currently exert a cooling effect on climate, yet are harmful to human hea ...
... conflict of interests. For example, promoting the combustion of biomass for climate change mitigation leads to higher emissions of air pollutants. At the same time, some pollutants that are reduced under the air quality regime currently exert a cooling effect on climate, yet are harmful to human hea ...
RomaN EmPIRE?
... team’s conclusions about the links between climate and past societies. The researchers “have managed to put together an amazing picture of human-environment interactions over a couple of thousand years [that is] more comprehensive and convincing than any other job that’s been done [before]. I’m pret ...
... team’s conclusions about the links between climate and past societies. The researchers “have managed to put together an amazing picture of human-environment interactions over a couple of thousand years [that is] more comprehensive and convincing than any other job that’s been done [before]. I’m pret ...
A decade of dirty tricks
... When President Bush announced that the US would be pulling out of the Kyoto Treaty in March 2001, the mark of the fossil fuel industry was all over his policy. One company stands out from the rest in its efforts to bring about Bush’s climate climbdown. For more than a decade, ExxonMobil1 (or Esso in ...
... When President Bush announced that the US would be pulling out of the Kyoto Treaty in March 2001, the mark of the fossil fuel industry was all over his policy. One company stands out from the rest in its efforts to bring about Bush’s climate climbdown. For more than a decade, ExxonMobil1 (or Esso in ...
Assessment of GHG Mitigation Opportunities in the U.S
... Mitigation by the U.S. Agricultural and Forest Sectors , PhD Dissertation, Texas A&M University,December 2002 ...
... Mitigation by the U.S. Agricultural and Forest Sectors , PhD Dissertation, Texas A&M University,December 2002 ...
Global Change Biology - The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
... Global change biology is the study of interactions between organisms and environmental changes. It may be considered a sub-discipline of ecology, which is more basically the study of interactions between organisms and their environment. Such interactions work both ways, meaning that the environment ...
... Global change biology is the study of interactions between organisms and environmental changes. It may be considered a sub-discipline of ecology, which is more basically the study of interactions between organisms and their environment. Such interactions work both ways, meaning that the environment ...
Key Question
... • Studies revealed that the main culprits in ozone depletion were a group of humanmade gases collectively known as CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons). • Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer • Montreal Protocol: 1987; phase-out of production and consumption of CFCs © 2012 John Wiley & Sons ...
... • Studies revealed that the main culprits in ozone depletion were a group of humanmade gases collectively known as CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons). • Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer • Montreal Protocol: 1987; phase-out of production and consumption of CFCs © 2012 John Wiley & Sons ...
The Physical Science behind Climate Change
... and tropospheric ozone, surface albedo (reflectivity) and aircraft contrails — although the influences of these mechanisms are much less certain than those of greenhouse gases [see left illustration in box on opposite page]. Investigators are least certain of the climatic influence of something called ...
... and tropospheric ozone, surface albedo (reflectivity) and aircraft contrails — although the influences of these mechanisms are much less certain than those of greenhouse gases [see left illustration in box on opposite page]. Investigators are least certain of the climatic influence of something called ...
Adapting to our changing climate
... The Western Australian Government is committed to ensuring the future prosperity of our State, and minimising the effects that climate change will have on our environment, economy and community. Climate change is happening now and will continue to occur and affect Western Australia’s communities, in ...
... The Western Australian Government is committed to ensuring the future prosperity of our State, and minimising the effects that climate change will have on our environment, economy and community. Climate change is happening now and will continue to occur and affect Western Australia’s communities, in ...
`Global Climate Change`.
... have focused public attention on possible outcomes of potential long-term climate change and a need for a better understanding of regional climates on decadal to century scales. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) researchers reported that the 12 warmest years (globally averaged ...
... have focused public attention on possible outcomes of potential long-term climate change and a need for a better understanding of regional climates on decadal to century scales. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) researchers reported that the 12 warmest years (globally averaged ...
Climate Protection Fellows 2016/2017 in portrait
... resources in the Sub-Saharan region will be threatened by the region’s growing human population (up to 1.4 billion by 2025) and climate change. Specifically, there are strong indications that climate change will have a severe impact on the water and energy resources of the River Niger Basin, even as ...
... resources in the Sub-Saharan region will be threatened by the region’s growing human population (up to 1.4 billion by 2025) and climate change. Specifically, there are strong indications that climate change will have a severe impact on the water and energy resources of the River Niger Basin, even as ...
Is the Endangered Species Act the Right Place to Set U.S. Climate
... 1973 to prevent extinction of species caused by human impacts on natural ecosystems.1 On December 11, 2008, the Bush Administration finalized a rule change to the ESA, which relieves the Department of the Interior of a duty to assess the impact of climate change on endangered species, and further al ...
... 1973 to prevent extinction of species caused by human impacts on natural ecosystems.1 On December 11, 2008, the Bush Administration finalized a rule change to the ESA, which relieves the Department of the Interior of a duty to assess the impact of climate change on endangered species, and further al ...
Climate Action – Time to Act (PDF 4 MB, accessible)
... Jordan is one of the most arid countries in the world. The scarcity of water is further exacerbated by climate change and by refugee flows adding to the number of people who need water. Germany is supporting Jordanian farmers in making use of treated wastewater for irrigation purposes. Farmers there ...
... Jordan is one of the most arid countries in the world. The scarcity of water is further exacerbated by climate change and by refugee flows adding to the number of people who need water. Germany is supporting Jordanian farmers in making use of treated wastewater for irrigation purposes. Farmers there ...
Aviva`s strategic response to climate change
... We have a fiduciary duty to protect and enhance the value of client assets. We were in the vanguard of signatories to the UK Stewardship Code and view acting as responsible stewards – engaging with and voting on the companies where we are shareholders – as central to delivering this. We believe info ...
... We have a fiduciary duty to protect and enhance the value of client assets. We were in the vanguard of signatories to the UK Stewardship Code and view acting as responsible stewards – engaging with and voting on the companies where we are shareholders – as central to delivering this. We believe info ...
2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference
The 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference, commonly known as the Copenhagen Summit, was held at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark, between 7 and 18 December. The conference included the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 5th Meeting of the Parties (MOP 5) to the Kyoto Protocol. According to the Bali Road Map, a framework for climate change mitigation beyond 2012 was to be agreed there.On Friday 18 December, the final day of the conference, international media reported that the climate talks were ""in disarray"". Media also reported that in lieu of a summit collapse, only a ""weak political statement"" was anticipated at the conclusion of the conference. The Copenhagen Accord was drafted by the United States, China, India, Brazil and South Africa on 18 December, and judged a ""meaningful agreement"" by the United States government. It was ""taken note of"", but not ""adopted"", in a debate of all the participating countries the next day, and it was not passed unanimously. The document recognised that climate change is one of the greatest challenges of the present day and that actions should be taken to keep any temperature increases to below 2 °C. The document is not legally binding and does not contain any legally binding commitments for reducing CO2 emissions.In January 2014, documents leaked by Edward Snowden and published by Dagbladet Information revealed that the US government negotiators were in receipt of information during the conference that was being obtained by spying against other conference delegations. The US National Security Agency provided US delegates with advance details other delegations' positions, including the Danish plan to ""rescue"" the talks should they flounder. Members of the Danish negotiating team said that both the US and Chinese delegations were ""peculiarly well-informed"" about closed-door discussions: ""They simply sat back, just as we had feared they would if they knew about our document.""