Friending Planet Earth - Catholic Climate Covenant
... We all breathe the same air. Guarding the integrity of the atmosphere— without which complex life could not have evolved on this planet—seems like common sense. Yet a broad consensus of modern science is that human activity is [is altering] the earth's atmospheric characteristics in serious, perhaps ...
... We all breathe the same air. Guarding the integrity of the atmosphere— without which complex life could not have evolved on this planet—seems like common sense. Yet a broad consensus of modern science is that human activity is [is altering] the earth's atmospheric characteristics in serious, perhaps ...
Understanding the Social Cost of Carbon
... • SCC is an estimate of the damages to society from CO2 • SCC is in use broadly in USG rulemakings (going back to 2008) – states and others using as well • For foreseeable future, CO2 (all GHGs) will be regulated under the Clean Air Act and efficiency policies • USG legally obligated to value CO2 (9 ...
... • SCC is an estimate of the damages to society from CO2 • SCC is in use broadly in USG rulemakings (going back to 2008) – states and others using as well • For foreseeable future, CO2 (all GHGs) will be regulated under the Clean Air Act and efficiency policies • USG legally obligated to value CO2 (9 ...
Changes in temperature and precipitation extremes in the CMIP5
... and climate extremes observed in the late 20th century are projected to continue into the future. A subsequent assessment by the IPCC in its special report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX) confirms these assessments (Seneviratne et al. 2012). The li ...
... and climate extremes observed in the late 20th century are projected to continue into the future. A subsequent assessment by the IPCC in its special report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX) confirms these assessments (Seneviratne et al. 2012). The li ...
6. Earth radiation balance under present day conditions Radiation
... Data collection began on 1 July 1983. The resulting datasets and analysis products are being used to improve understanding and modeling of the role of clouds in climate, with the primary focus on the effects of clouds on the ...
... Data collection began on 1 July 1983. The resulting datasets and analysis products are being used to improve understanding and modeling of the role of clouds in climate, with the primary focus on the effects of clouds on the ...
July 2016 - American Bar Association
... available at http://www.nytimes.com/1988/06/24/ us/global-warming-has-begun-expert-tells-senate. html?pagewanted=2. Almost three decades later, at the end of 2015, with predicted climate change effects well under way, including rising temperatures, extreme weather events, melting ice, rising sea lev ...
... available at http://www.nytimes.com/1988/06/24/ us/global-warming-has-begun-expert-tells-senate. html?pagewanted=2. Almost three decades later, at the end of 2015, with predicted climate change effects well under way, including rising temperatures, extreme weather events, melting ice, rising sea lev ...
Plankton dynamics under different climatic conditions in space and
... Northern and Central Asia are likely to warm more than the global average. These projections suggest that the warming will be least in South-East Asia, Australia and New Zealand and southern South America (Christensen et al., 2007). Projected warming also differs by season: in the northern part of E ...
... Northern and Central Asia are likely to warm more than the global average. These projections suggest that the warming will be least in South-East Asia, Australia and New Zealand and southern South America (Christensen et al., 2007). Projected warming also differs by season: in the northern part of E ...
Final Report
... greenhouse gases and only a limited number of large urban areas have begun to consider adaptation part of their responses to climate change (Adger, 2006). Particularly critical is the situation of urban areas in low and middle-income countries with severe development pressures and few resources and ...
... greenhouse gases and only a limited number of large urban areas have begun to consider adaptation part of their responses to climate change (Adger, 2006). Particularly critical is the situation of urban areas in low and middle-income countries with severe development pressures and few resources and ...
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... To evaluate the decadal climate predictability, we perform the following three experiments using all resolution versions of MIROC: the 20th century climate simulation (NoAS), the data assimilation (ASSM), and the hindcast (HCST) experiments. In the NoAS experiment, the model is prescribed by the his ...
... To evaluate the decadal climate predictability, we perform the following three experiments using all resolution versions of MIROC: the 20th century climate simulation (NoAS), the data assimilation (ASSM), and the hindcast (HCST) experiments. In the NoAS experiment, the model is prescribed by the his ...
Climate-Smart Agriculture Sourcebook MODULE 14: Financing Climate-smart agriculture
... • Climate finance can play an important role in meeting the CSA investment gap, but there are some challenges that must be addressed. To date, most public sector climate finance, as well as almost all private sector climate financing, flows into mitigation activities in the industrial and energy s ...
... • Climate finance can play an important role in meeting the CSA investment gap, but there are some challenges that must be addressed. To date, most public sector climate finance, as well as almost all private sector climate financing, flows into mitigation activities in the industrial and energy s ...
6 Manufacturing gas in New Zealand
... These regulations provide for the determination of emissions removed from New Zealand through exporting or destroying SGG. The regulations also identify the eligibility criteria for the emissions to be counted as removed. 3. Climate Change (General Exemptions) Order 2009 and Climate Change (General ...
... These regulations provide for the determination of emissions removed from New Zealand through exporting or destroying SGG. The regulations also identify the eligibility criteria for the emissions to be counted as removed. 3. Climate Change (General Exemptions) Order 2009 and Climate Change (General ...
Climate warming will reduce growth and survival of Scots pine
... Additionally, sites with the largest range in DMAT, both in positive and negative directions, showed little evidence of greater nonlinearity than the remaining sites. Hence, we assume that the observed slopes are representative surrogates for responses to DMAT in the vicinity of 0 !C DMAT; i.e. the ...
... Additionally, sites with the largest range in DMAT, both in positive and negative directions, showed little evidence of greater nonlinearity than the remaining sites. Hence, we assume that the observed slopes are representative surrogates for responses to DMAT in the vicinity of 0 !C DMAT; i.e. the ...
Climate of the Past
... from data records that reach beyond the information available from instrumental records (e.g. Jones et al., 2009). Such data – i.e. climate proxy records – are further needed for validation of climate models, to assure that the models are able to reproduce the observed climate change. Reconstruction ...
... from data records that reach beyond the information available from instrumental records (e.g. Jones et al., 2009). Such data – i.e. climate proxy records – are further needed for validation of climate models, to assure that the models are able to reproduce the observed climate change. Reconstruction ...
Climate Change in Kiana, Alaska - Alaska Native Tribal Health
... Information sources for this report include the observations of local residents, reports from government agencies, and scientific evidence gathered from published sources. Kiana has experienced climate change for at least the past 50 years, as evidenced by rising temperatures in every month and inc ...
... Information sources for this report include the observations of local residents, reports from government agencies, and scientific evidence gathered from published sources. Kiana has experienced climate change for at least the past 50 years, as evidenced by rising temperatures in every month and inc ...
Project management
... Context and significance of the TNC Since the ratification of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1994 Georgia has achieved significant progress towards meeting its commitments to the Convention. Serious efforts have been made to set appropriate policy and legal frameworks. Sin ...
... Context and significance of the TNC Since the ratification of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1994 Georgia has achieved significant progress towards meeting its commitments to the Convention. Serious efforts have been made to set appropriate policy and legal frameworks. Sin ...
Quantifying non-cooperative climate engineering
... free driving would lead to an over provision of climate engineering above what would be the global social optimum. The challenges in governing both externalities would be enormous, since they both suffer from the same lack of supra-national institutions. New governance architectures can of course be ...
... free driving would lead to an over provision of climate engineering above what would be the global social optimum. The challenges in governing both externalities would be enormous, since they both suffer from the same lack of supra-national institutions. New governance architectures can of course be ...
Summer Season Water Temperature Modeling under the Climate
... of upper water temperature criteria, based on the climate change scenarios. Hence, water discussed the potential impact of temperature increases on the brook trout population in one of Lake temperature issues could be one of the main challenges in the perspective of climate change and Superior’s tri ...
... of upper water temperature criteria, based on the climate change scenarios. Hence, water discussed the potential impact of temperature increases on the brook trout population in one of Lake temperature issues could be one of the main challenges in the perspective of climate change and Superior’s tri ...
Ferruginous Hawk Climate Change Adaptation Plan for Alberta
... ecological changes are likely to benefit FEHAs and others to present challenges. Increases in mean temperature, drought, and extreme precipitation, rainfall and wind events may result in changes in disease incidence, breeding asynchrony, increased nestling mortality from exposure and nest collapse, ...
... ecological changes are likely to benefit FEHAs and others to present challenges. Increases in mean temperature, drought, and extreme precipitation, rainfall and wind events may result in changes in disease incidence, breeding asynchrony, increased nestling mortality from exposure and nest collapse, ...
Understanding future patterns of increased precipitation intensity in
... be compared to this observed data set when it becomes available. [8] Though almost all areas in Figure 1 show increases in precip intensity (positive differences) for this multi-model mean, there is a distinct pattern to the changes. Increases of precipitation intensity are greatest in the tropics, ...
... be compared to this observed data set when it becomes available. [8] Though almost all areas in Figure 1 show increases in precip intensity (positive differences) for this multi-model mean, there is a distinct pattern to the changes. Increases of precipitation intensity are greatest in the tropics, ...
SCIE103: Climate Change - Science, Medicine and Health @ UOW
... discussed in terms of physical landscape responses and the human dimension of climate change as shown by archaeological records. The role of the four main ‘greenhouse gases’, water vapor, carbon dioxide methane and nitrous oxide are examined in the context of anthropogenically-enhanced greenhouse wa ...
... discussed in terms of physical landscape responses and the human dimension of climate change as shown by archaeological records. The role of the four main ‘greenhouse gases’, water vapor, carbon dioxide methane and nitrous oxide are examined in the context of anthropogenically-enhanced greenhouse wa ...
Future Climate Projections around Turkey by Global Climate Models
... Figure 4 shows the changes in seasonal mean precipitation at the end of the 21st century simulated by the 20-km mesh AGCM. Large decrease in precipitation is found in winter (DJF) around the southern coastal region of Turkey, particularly over the eastern Mediterranean Sea. It is noted that an area ...
... Figure 4 shows the changes in seasonal mean precipitation at the end of the 21st century simulated by the 20-km mesh AGCM. Large decrease in precipitation is found in winter (DJF) around the southern coastal region of Turkey, particularly over the eastern Mediterranean Sea. It is noted that an area ...
Sea-Level Rise Estimates for New Brunswick Municipalities
... paper, my point here is not that I predict that sea level rise will be higher than IPCC suggests, or that the IPCC estimates for sea level are wrong in any way. My point is that in terms of a risk assessment, the uncertainty range that one needs to consider is in my view substantially larger than 18 ...
... paper, my point here is not that I predict that sea level rise will be higher than IPCC suggests, or that the IPCC estimates for sea level are wrong in any way. My point is that in terms of a risk assessment, the uncertainty range that one needs to consider is in my view substantially larger than 18 ...
A comprehensive review of climate adaptation in the United States
... adaptation activity across scales were then analyzed to clarify the context in which adaptation is taking place, including the barriers and the needs of stakeholders at different geographic, spatial, and temporal scales. ...
... adaptation activity across scales were then analyzed to clarify the context in which adaptation is taking place, including the barriers and the needs of stakeholders at different geographic, spatial, and temporal scales. ...
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... Since the Industrial Revolution? In this exploration, you will watch a video of an animated graph that traces the 800,000-year history of atmospheric CO2. This video was developed by NOAA’s Earth System Research Laboratory’s Global Monitoring Division. The animated graph shows CO2 concentrations col ...
... Since the Industrial Revolution? In this exploration, you will watch a video of an animated graph that traces the 800,000-year history of atmospheric CO2. This video was developed by NOAA’s Earth System Research Laboratory’s Global Monitoring Division. The animated graph shows CO2 concentrations col ...
Kamloops Future Forest Strategy
... It is the intent of this project to inform practitioners and decision-makers facing increasingly complex questions with respect to forest management under climate change. It is part of a larger effort to understand what needs to be done in terms of forest operations and forest policy in the face of ...
... It is the intent of this project to inform practitioners and decision-makers facing increasingly complex questions with respect to forest management under climate change. It is part of a larger effort to understand what needs to be done in terms of forest operations and forest policy in the face of ...
Climate Change, Agricultural Adaptation and Fairtrade
... there is a large genetic pool for heat resistance which can be exploited by rice breeders. Nevertheless, it will take time before new varieties with suitable characteristics are available. Meanwhile, some projections suggest that increased temperature will lead to a significant reduction in the grow ...
... there is a large genetic pool for heat resistance which can be exploited by rice breeders. Nevertheless, it will take time before new varieties with suitable characteristics are available. Meanwhile, some projections suggest that increased temperature will lead to a significant reduction in the grow ...