The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Why the
... Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) established the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 1988. The Panel’s role is to assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transpar- ...
... Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) established the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 1988. The Panel’s role is to assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transpar- ...
Adapting to Climate Change in Australia
... The Australian Government recognises that a global deal on emissions reductions consistent with stabilising greenhouse gases at 450 ppm CO2e or lower is in Australia’s national interest. This would be consistent with limiting global warming to around 2°C. However, Australia needs to consider what pr ...
... The Australian Government recognises that a global deal on emissions reductions consistent with stabilising greenhouse gases at 450 ppm CO2e or lower is in Australia’s national interest. This would be consistent with limiting global warming to around 2°C. However, Australia needs to consider what pr ...
- CReaTE - Canterbury Christ Church University
... serious obstacle to political efforts toward this end. There are numerous reasons why this may be so. Climate change is a future-oriented (Ungar, 2000) and large-scale problem, and the images it brings to mind for British people lack personal relevance (Lorenzoni et al., 2006). High-carbon behaviour ...
... serious obstacle to political efforts toward this end. There are numerous reasons why this may be so. Climate change is a future-oriented (Ungar, 2000) and large-scale problem, and the images it brings to mind for British people lack personal relevance (Lorenzoni et al., 2006). High-carbon behaviour ...
Durham Research Online
... values when assigning probabilities. As he puts it: “Scientists cannot assign probabilities to hypotheses about future climate change—or, more specifically, estimate the uncertainties of climate predictions—in a manner that is free from non-epistemic considerations…” (2010, p.119).2 To begin to see ...
... values when assigning probabilities. As he puts it: “Scientists cannot assign probabilities to hypotheses about future climate change—or, more specifically, estimate the uncertainties of climate predictions—in a manner that is free from non-epistemic considerations…” (2010, p.119).2 To begin to see ...
Farmers and Climate Change: A Cross
... low, all of these locations are significant producers of food and fiber. The percent of total greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture varies greatly across the countries. The US is lowest at 6.9 %, and New Zealand has by far the greatest share of GHG emissions from agriculture at 47.2 %. The area ...
... low, all of these locations are significant producers of food and fiber. The percent of total greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture varies greatly across the countries. The US is lowest at 6.9 %, and New Zealand has by far the greatest share of GHG emissions from agriculture at 47.2 %. The area ...
Climate modelling in Bangladesh
... Climate change may intensify these hazards and thus pose a critical challenge to development initiatives in the country. Indeed, according to the Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan (BCCSAP) the adverse impacts of climate change are already being felt in Bangladesh in various sectors. ...
... Climate change may intensify these hazards and thus pose a critical challenge to development initiatives in the country. Indeed, according to the Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan (BCCSAP) the adverse impacts of climate change are already being felt in Bangladesh in various sectors. ...
crTanzania - University of York File Library
... 2075. Both studies agree, however, that the rise in temperature will be greater during cooler months (June to August) than warmer ones (December to February). Rainfall predictions are less certain. Indeed, major discrepancies remain between climate models. However, the most commonly used projection ...
... 2075. Both studies agree, however, that the rise in temperature will be greater during cooler months (June to August) than warmer ones (December to February). Rainfall predictions are less certain. Indeed, major discrepancies remain between climate models. However, the most commonly used projection ...
Including land use, land-use change, and forestry in future climate
... additional options for including land-use, landuse change, and forestry (LULUCF) in future climate change agreements Negotiating the current international agreement on climate change took over a decade. As part of this process, intensive negotiations on the rules for implementing the Kyoto Protocol’ ...
... additional options for including land-use, landuse change, and forestry (LULUCF) in future climate change agreements Negotiating the current international agreement on climate change took over a decade. As part of this process, intensive negotiations on the rules for implementing the Kyoto Protocol’ ...
Conversion of Greenhouse Gasses Into Energy
... Island Press, 2010. With wit and creativity these authors present what are greenhouse gasses, especially carbon, and what damage greenhouse gasses have done. The authors include a condensed history on climate change and the resulting danger to the environment and humanity. They conclude with the rec ...
... Island Press, 2010. With wit and creativity these authors present what are greenhouse gasses, especially carbon, and what damage greenhouse gasses have done. The authors include a condensed history on climate change and the resulting danger to the environment and humanity. They conclude with the rec ...
REPORT - BC3 Basque Centre for Climate Change
... A centre of excellence is evaluated primarily in terms of its scientific output and in this regard BC3 has started to make a name for itself. As the staff has increased, so has the volume of publications, principally in scientific journals, but also in books and monographs. In the 2009-2012 period w ...
... A centre of excellence is evaluated primarily in terms of its scientific output and in this regard BC3 has started to make a name for itself. As the staff has increased, so has the volume of publications, principally in scientific journals, but also in books and monographs. In the 2009-2012 period w ...
Climate Change and Tourism - United Nations Department of
... through GHG emissions derived especially from the transport and accommodation of tourists. 10,14 Tourism must seek to significantly reduce its GHG emissions in accordance with the international community, which at the ‘Vienna Climate Change Talks 2007’ recognized that global emi ...
... through GHG emissions derived especially from the transport and accommodation of tourists. 10,14 Tourism must seek to significantly reduce its GHG emissions in accordance with the international community, which at the ‘Vienna Climate Change Talks 2007’ recognized that global emi ...
In Pursuit of a Sustainable World
... sector leader in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index and part of every third European SRI fund. Our climate strategy is to reduce our CO2 emissions by 20% by 2012. We are looking to invest in excess of €300 million in renewable energies before the end of the decade, and have already invested €150 mil ...
... sector leader in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index and part of every third European SRI fund. Our climate strategy is to reduce our CO2 emissions by 20% by 2012. We are looking to invest in excess of €300 million in renewable energies before the end of the decade, and have already invested €150 mil ...
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
... sanitation, and hygiene (1.73 million deaths); indoor air pollution from indoor heating and cooking with wood, coal, and dung (1.62 million deaths); various micronutrient deficiencies (2.4 million deaths); insufficient fruit and vegetable intake (2.7 million deaths); urban air pollution (0.8 million ...
... sanitation, and hygiene (1.73 million deaths); indoor air pollution from indoor heating and cooking with wood, coal, and dung (1.62 million deaths); various micronutrient deficiencies (2.4 million deaths); insufficient fruit and vegetable intake (2.7 million deaths); urban air pollution (0.8 million ...
Usable Science? The UK Climate Projections 2009
... they had created an adaptation report, whether they had utilized UKCP09 for that report and why, and if they associated the terms credible, legitimate, and salient with UKCP09. In the summer of 2011, 130 decision makers were e-mailed (Fig. 1) with follow-up e-mails after three and five weeks, and a ...
... they had created an adaptation report, whether they had utilized UKCP09 for that report and why, and if they associated the terms credible, legitimate, and salient with UKCP09. In the summer of 2011, 130 decision makers were e-mailed (Fig. 1) with follow-up e-mails after three and five weeks, and a ...
Building Climate Resilience in the Blue Nile/Abay Highlands: A
... herders of their only source of income and food. Present estimates of vulnerable populations are 3.5 million in Kenya, 3.2 million in Ethiopia, 2.5 million in Somalia and 120,000 in Djibouti (UN report). These factors often interact with one another, resulting in a reinforcing cycle of “poverty, foo ...
... herders of their only source of income and food. Present estimates of vulnerable populations are 3.5 million in Kenya, 3.2 million in Ethiopia, 2.5 million in Somalia and 120,000 in Djibouti (UN report). These factors often interact with one another, resulting in a reinforcing cycle of “poverty, foo ...
A Case for Guardians for Future Generations
... accordance with their common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities.” The Paris Agreement adopted in 20157 acknowledges that “climate change is a common concern of humankind” and reminds Parties to respect “intergenerational equity” when they take action to address climate c ...
... accordance with their common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities.” The Paris Agreement adopted in 20157 acknowledges that “climate change is a common concern of humankind” and reminds Parties to respect “intergenerational equity” when they take action to address climate c ...
Public Enemy No. 1? Understanding Media Representations of
... public arena. For example, in October 2009, possibilities for “global cooling” (echoing claims made in the 1970s) permeated mass media accounts. The news hook was that the U.K. Met Office’s Hadley Centre reported that the last decade had seen a sputtering rather than a steady increase in global temp ...
... public arena. For example, in October 2009, possibilities for “global cooling” (echoing claims made in the 1970s) permeated mass media accounts. The news hook was that the U.K. Met Office’s Hadley Centre reported that the last decade had seen a sputtering rather than a steady increase in global temp ...
Adaptability and Change - UCD Energy Research Group
... 1. To show that increased energy use (e.g. conventional air conditioning) is not the solution to adapting to the urban microclimate or climate change. 2. To demonstrate how low energy design and comfort theory can address both mitigation and adaptation. ...
... 1. To show that increased energy use (e.g. conventional air conditioning) is not the solution to adapting to the urban microclimate or climate change. 2. To demonstrate how low energy design and comfort theory can address both mitigation and adaptation. ...
The Geoengineering Option
... caused even greater cooling that lasted longer. Unlike eªorts to control emissions of greenhouse gases, which will take many years to yield a noticeable eªect, volcano-like strategies for cooling the planet would work relatively promptly. Another lesson from volcanoes is that a geoengineering system ...
... caused even greater cooling that lasted longer. Unlike eªorts to control emissions of greenhouse gases, which will take many years to yield a noticeable eªect, volcano-like strategies for cooling the planet would work relatively promptly. Another lesson from volcanoes is that a geoengineering system ...
af`fidavit marc lee i - Office national de l`énergie
... fossil fuels, while campaigns are underway in many others across North America. The City of Vancouver is engaging the BC Investment Management Corporation (who manage the province's public sector pension funds) about how it is considering climate risk and carbon budgets in its investment portfolio. ...
... fossil fuels, while campaigns are underway in many others across North America. The City of Vancouver is engaging the BC Investment Management Corporation (who manage the province's public sector pension funds) about how it is considering climate risk and carbon budgets in its investment portfolio. ...
2.0 air quality, climate and climate change
... turn, affected by the dispersion of pollutants from emission sources. Emission sources can be primary or secondary, where primary sources include stack emissions and volatilization from equipment, and secondary sources generally refer to the reemission of contaminants from large environmental reserv ...
... turn, affected by the dispersion of pollutants from emission sources. Emission sources can be primary or secondary, where primary sources include stack emissions and volatilization from equipment, and secondary sources generally refer to the reemission of contaminants from large environmental reserv ...
Report on climate change and migration scenario
... floodplains. Without any increased flood protection, the report estimates that 800,000 homes will be at risk rather than the current 500,000. Of course, policies for reducing carbon dioxide emissions will mean a significant increase in renewable technology needed to meet EU 2020 target of 20% energy ...
... floodplains. Without any increased flood protection, the report estimates that 800,000 homes will be at risk rather than the current 500,000. Of course, policies for reducing carbon dioxide emissions will mean a significant increase in renewable technology needed to meet EU 2020 target of 20% energy ...
Word - Oceanclimate.de
... act to ensure that the climate convention serves a purpose. "Our first goal is a follow-up conference to the Climate Convention where we can get down to serious business," he declared at the end of the Earth Summit in Rio.19 As other voices have also commented that while the results were not optimal ...
... act to ensure that the climate convention serves a purpose. "Our first goal is a follow-up conference to the Climate Convention where we can get down to serious business," he declared at the end of the Earth Summit in Rio.19 As other voices have also commented that while the results were not optimal ...
Word - Council of Europe
... biodiversity/ecosystems in climate change adaptation, and the role of biodiversity and ecosystems in climate change mitigation. Their current work includes a project on the impacts of climate change on Natura 2000 sites; work for the CBD AHTEG on Biodiversity and Climate Change, including scientific ...
... biodiversity/ecosystems in climate change adaptation, and the role of biodiversity and ecosystems in climate change mitigation. Their current work includes a project on the impacts of climate change on Natura 2000 sites; work for the CBD AHTEG on Biodiversity and Climate Change, including scientific ...