Climate Change and HFCs a very brief scientific introduction
... is a measure over a fixed time period of the effect of an emission of ONE kilogram of the greenhouse gas compared to the effect from ONE kilogram of carbon dioxide over the same period. It takes account of the absorption effectiveness of the gas and its persistence. The persistence of CO2 is ignored ...
... is a measure over a fixed time period of the effect of an emission of ONE kilogram of the greenhouse gas compared to the effect from ONE kilogram of carbon dioxide over the same period. It takes account of the absorption effectiveness of the gas and its persistence. The persistence of CO2 is ignored ...
lecture33
... - Suppose as the atmosphere warms and moistens, more low clouds form. - More low clouds reflect more solar radiation, which decreases solar heating at the surface. - This slows the warming, which would counteract a runaway greenhouse effect on Earth. Negative Feedback Mechanism ...
... - Suppose as the atmosphere warms and moistens, more low clouds form. - More low clouds reflect more solar radiation, which decreases solar heating at the surface. - This slows the warming, which would counteract a runaway greenhouse effect on Earth. Negative Feedback Mechanism ...
unceea/4/p2 - United Nations Statistics Division
... • In order to effectively participate and develop positions in such a challenging and complex negotiation process, developing countries -- in particular those with medium- and small-size economies -- will be required to involve and increasingly coordinate various government decision makers across ke ...
... • In order to effectively participate and develop positions in such a challenging and complex negotiation process, developing countries -- in particular those with medium- and small-size economies -- will be required to involve and increasingly coordinate various government decision makers across ke ...
Environmental Priorities and EGS Trade Policy: A Reality Check
... not merely a matter of technology or products but patterns of consumption too, especially food. ...
... not merely a matter of technology or products but patterns of consumption too, especially food. ...
By the Numbers: Canadian GHG Emissions
... to be a ‘floor’, suggesting that a consultation process with provinces would be launched to design a credible plan for Canada that might lead to an even more ambitious reduction target. In order to assess the cumulative effect of all INDCs received before the Paris Conference, the United Nations Fra ...
... to be a ‘floor’, suggesting that a consultation process with provinces would be launched to design a credible plan for Canada that might lead to an even more ambitious reduction target. In order to assess the cumulative effect of all INDCs received before the Paris Conference, the United Nations Fra ...
Why Are So Many Models and Scenarios Used to Project
... different emission scenarios, upon which climate model projections are based. Different climate models, meanwhile, provide alternative representations of the Earth’s response to those forcings, and of natural climate variability. Together, ensembles of models, simulating the response to a range of d ...
... different emission scenarios, upon which climate model projections are based. Different climate models, meanwhile, provide alternative representations of the Earth’s response to those forcings, and of natural climate variability. Together, ensembles of models, simulating the response to a range of d ...
Winning and Losing the Global Warming Debate
... popularly known as global warming. The debate can be summarized as Global Warming: YES or NO? It is rooted in science, including frequent references to computer models and scientific expertise. Yet the debate only thinly masks the associated policy prescriptions: Global Warming: YES = global emissio ...
... popularly known as global warming. The debate can be summarized as Global Warming: YES or NO? It is rooted in science, including frequent references to computer models and scientific expertise. Yet the debate only thinly masks the associated policy prescriptions: Global Warming: YES = global emissio ...
The Psychology of Climate Change
... With all potential measures: SAP rating increase by 11.5 points; annual fuel costs reduced by £147; CO2 emissions reduction by 26%. Source: English Housing Survey, 2010 US estimate: Behaviour change can reduce US carbon emissions by 20% in the next ten years Source: Dietz et al., 2009 ...
... With all potential measures: SAP rating increase by 11.5 points; annual fuel costs reduced by £147; CO2 emissions reduction by 26%. Source: English Housing Survey, 2010 US estimate: Behaviour change can reduce US carbon emissions by 20% in the next ten years Source: Dietz et al., 2009 ...
Environmental Pillar Submission on Agriculture Roadmap
... It is welcome that the discussion document does not place any stress on ‘risks of carbon leakage’ in its Mitigation Action Plan. Other documents from DAFM and Teagasc have stressed carbon leakage but the argument fails if no system (taxation, regulation) is also proposed to reduce overall global em ...
... It is welcome that the discussion document does not place any stress on ‘risks of carbon leakage’ in its Mitigation Action Plan. Other documents from DAFM and Teagasc have stressed carbon leakage but the argument fails if no system (taxation, regulation) is also proposed to reduce overall global em ...
Climate-Smart Agriculture Sourcebook: GLOSSARY
... origin containing functional units of heredity that is of actual or potential value for food and agriculture. Genetic resources for food and agriculture includes the diversity present in agricultural, pastoral, forest and aquatic production systems or of importance to them: the variety and variabili ...
... origin containing functional units of heredity that is of actual or potential value for food and agriculture. Genetic resources for food and agriculture includes the diversity present in agricultural, pastoral, forest and aquatic production systems or of importance to them: the variety and variabili ...
California's Zero Emission Vehicle Program: A Family of
... Supreme Court’s April 2 Decision In Massachusetts V. EPA • Ruled EPA can regulate greenhouse gases • Ruling does not force EPA to regulate • However, any refusal should be based on science & “reasoned justification” • CA asks Fresno court to set conference for moving ahead with AB 1493 • Still awai ...
... Supreme Court’s April 2 Decision In Massachusetts V. EPA • Ruled EPA can regulate greenhouse gases • Ruling does not force EPA to regulate • However, any refusal should be based on science & “reasoned justification” • CA asks Fresno court to set conference for moving ahead with AB 1493 • Still awai ...
Click here to read article. - The Resource Innovation Group
... Building a Locus of Control: Protecting Yourself From “Climate Trauma” January 23, 2017 By Lynae Bresser ...
... Building a Locus of Control: Protecting Yourself From “Climate Trauma” January 23, 2017 By Lynae Bresser ...
The Science and Ethics of Global warming
... convection to overcome the effect of the added carbon dioxide. This equilibration process takes at least several decades, so that even if CO2 were held fixed at today’s level, computer models show warming continuing for the next 50 years or so. If CO2 continues to rise to twice the pre-industrial le ...
... convection to overcome the effect of the added carbon dioxide. This equilibration process takes at least several decades, so that even if CO2 were held fixed at today’s level, computer models show warming continuing for the next 50 years or so. If CO2 continues to rise to twice the pre-industrial le ...
- UNDP Climate Change Adaptation
... Budget climate coding/tracking (US, EC, Nepal, Indonesia) Distributional impacts of climate finance (Bangladesh) ...
... Budget climate coding/tracking (US, EC, Nepal, Indonesia) Distributional impacts of climate finance (Bangladesh) ...
Slide 1
... absorbing aerosols, especially black carbon, should contribute to an improvement of air quality, specifically to a reduction in the ozone concentration. • Reduction of SO2 emissions will increase global warming. Q4. Are there regions particularly sensitive to European pollutant emissions? • Yes , th ...
... absorbing aerosols, especially black carbon, should contribute to an improvement of air quality, specifically to a reduction in the ozone concentration. • Reduction of SO2 emissions will increase global warming. Q4. Are there regions particularly sensitive to European pollutant emissions? • Yes , th ...
Grüne Bildungswerkstatt Tirol, 22-23 February 2008
... In the interacting environment-and-society system, we have to options for response • trying to avoid man-made changes („mitigation“), • or to adapt to man-made changes („adaptations“). ...
... In the interacting environment-and-society system, we have to options for response • trying to avoid man-made changes („mitigation“), • or to adapt to man-made changes („adaptations“). ...
Document
... even though they belonged to us. Then the land started flooding and washed away the good soil. This old lady here says there weren’t any floods in her childhood. And now we have droughts coming more and more [frequently]. Diseases that hit our children that we’d never seen before – trouble with thei ...
... even though they belonged to us. Then the land started flooding and washed away the good soil. This old lady here says there weren’t any floods in her childhood. And now we have droughts coming more and more [frequently]. Diseases that hit our children that we’d never seen before – trouble with thei ...
Create a Clean Energy Future for Massachusetts
... risks to both our environment and economy. . . . The solution can be a fundamentally conservative one that will empower the marketplace to find the most efficient response. We can do this by putting a price on emissions of carbon dioxide—a carbon tax . . . will unleash a wave of innovation to deve ...
... risks to both our environment and economy. . . . The solution can be a fundamentally conservative one that will empower the marketplace to find the most efficient response. We can do this by putting a price on emissions of carbon dioxide—a carbon tax . . . will unleash a wave of innovation to deve ...
Carbon Trade Watch in CNN
... However, he insists many of the failures have been due to a lack of scientific knowledge rather than any "bad intent." He advised consumers to use offsets which adhere to one of the voluntary standards within the industry, for example the Voluntary Gold Standard which is backed by Greenpeace. ...
... However, he insists many of the failures have been due to a lack of scientific knowledge rather than any "bad intent." He advised consumers to use offsets which adhere to one of the voluntary standards within the industry, for example the Voluntary Gold Standard which is backed by Greenpeace. ...
PHILIP ALLAN UPDATES - SLC Geog A Level Blog
... plant flags and say: 'We're claiming this territory'." Except that's exactly what Russia did in August when it audaciously plonked a flag on the seabed under the North Pole, and lodged a claim of sovereignty with the United Nations. Protestations apart, Canada has hardly been idle itself in the Arct ...
... plant flags and say: 'We're claiming this territory'." Except that's exactly what Russia did in August when it audaciously plonked a flag on the seabed under the North Pole, and lodged a claim of sovereignty with the United Nations. Protestations apart, Canada has hardly been idle itself in the Arct ...
The NHS and Climate Change
... - ecosystem collapse - water shortages - mass migration - resource wars - economic collapse ...
... - ecosystem collapse - water shortages - mass migration - resource wars - economic collapse ...
The Policy Development Process - Parliamentary Monitoring Group
... Initiating a detailed scenario building process to map out how South Africa could meet its UNFCCC Article 2 commitment to greenhouse gas stabilisation whilst ...
... Initiating a detailed scenario building process to map out how South Africa could meet its UNFCCC Article 2 commitment to greenhouse gas stabilisation whilst ...
Slide 1 - Climate Science Program
... Summary Global temperature trends of the 20C cannot be explained on the basis of natural variation alone Only when the influences of greenhouse gases and sulfate aerosols are included can the trends be explained Models that explain these trends, when projected into the future, indicate a 1.5- ...
... Summary Global temperature trends of the 20C cannot be explained on the basis of natural variation alone Only when the influences of greenhouse gases and sulfate aerosols are included can the trends be explained Models that explain these trends, when projected into the future, indicate a 1.5- ...
UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol - Training for the State Negotiators on
... Kyoto Protocol to the UNFCCC: binding targets promote cooperation Drafted in 1997, signed in 1998, entered into force in 16 February 2005 after the Parties possessing at least 55% of global GHG emissions have ratified the Protocol Ratified by 191 countries Main objective: binding targets for 3 ...
... Kyoto Protocol to the UNFCCC: binding targets promote cooperation Drafted in 1997, signed in 1998, entered into force in 16 February 2005 after the Parties possessing at least 55% of global GHG emissions have ratified the Protocol Ratified by 191 countries Main objective: binding targets for 3 ...
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.""