The science of climate change - Australian Academy of Science
... The challenges of predicting weather and climate are very different. Predicting the weather is like predicting how a particular eddy will move and evolve in a turbulent river: it is possible over short time scales by extrapolating the previous path of the eddy, but eventually the eddy is influenced ...
... The challenges of predicting weather and climate are very different. Predicting the weather is like predicting how a particular eddy will move and evolve in a turbulent river: it is possible over short time scales by extrapolating the previous path of the eddy, but eventually the eddy is influenced ...
analysis - Climate Change Commission Wales
... Barriers for taking action Motivation – people can’t see what impact they can have and what “profit” there is in it for them Vulnerability and key risks Lack of understanding of how this applies to them and their business Perceived new cost (as opposed to potential benefit) Communication – people’s ...
... Barriers for taking action Motivation – people can’t see what impact they can have and what “profit” there is in it for them Vulnerability and key risks Lack of understanding of how this applies to them and their business Perceived new cost (as opposed to potential benefit) Communication – people’s ...
Articles
... whole. The work demands a concurrent effort toward understanding the overall role of UV-B within the context of environmental and biological forcesthat drive the Antarctic marine system.Many largeareasof uncertainty remain,including the possibility that in enhanced UV-B situations, changesin species ...
... whole. The work demands a concurrent effort toward understanding the overall role of UV-B within the context of environmental and biological forcesthat drive the Antarctic marine system.Many largeareasof uncertainty remain,including the possibility that in enhanced UV-B situations, changesin species ...
Governance of Bladen Nature Reserve in Belize
... This is good news for Bladen, as it is already well-protected by its classification and good news for Belize, as the country makes provisions for climate change impacts by increasing carbon sequestration capability with the protection of its rainforests. Protecting Bladen Nature Reserve The geograph ...
... This is good news for Bladen, as it is already well-protected by its classification and good news for Belize, as the country makes provisions for climate change impacts by increasing carbon sequestration capability with the protection of its rainforests. Protecting Bladen Nature Reserve The geograph ...
The MDGs have no relevance
... ‘MDGs provide focus, something for people to rally around, but like other management targets, they skew the efforts towards narrow targets.’ INGO Director, Male, Italy ...
... ‘MDGs provide focus, something for people to rally around, but like other management targets, they skew the efforts towards narrow targets.’ INGO Director, Male, Italy ...
PDF - Climate Diplomacy
... depends strongly on the clout of the national government at the negotiating table. These are considerable challenges that cities and local governments have to overcome. By being part of a city network, cities band together to push for a common agenda. There is certainly strength in numbers; however ...
... depends strongly on the clout of the national government at the negotiating table. These are considerable challenges that cities and local governments have to overcome. By being part of a city network, cities band together to push for a common agenda. There is certainly strength in numbers; however ...
Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science
... risks to hard-won reputations.5 For the very same communities, networks, and individuals involved in knowledge construction may also, in some cases, be involved it its deconstruction. Myanna Lahsen has noted that in the recent history of climate science, many claims to expert knowledge have come fro ...
... risks to hard-won reputations.5 For the very same communities, networks, and individuals involved in knowledge construction may also, in some cases, be involved it its deconstruction. Myanna Lahsen has noted that in the recent history of climate science, many claims to expert knowledge have come fro ...
The Republic of China (Taiwan) Bids for
... international vision of long-term goals, and to build the international frameworks that will help each country to play its part in meeting these common goals.” – Nicholas Stern ...
... international vision of long-term goals, and to build the international frameworks that will help each country to play its part in meeting these common goals.” – Nicholas Stern ...
The Republic of China (Taiwan) Bids for
... international vision of long-term goals, and to build the international frameworks that will help each country to play its part in meeting these common goals.” – Nicholas Stern ...
... international vision of long-term goals, and to build the international frameworks that will help each country to play its part in meeting these common goals.” – Nicholas Stern ...
Agroclimatic conditions in China under climate change scenarios
... Climate change scenarios for impacts assessment are basically generated by General Circulation Models (GCMs). The horizontal resolution of most present-day GCMs is at the order of a few hundred kilometres (Meehl et al., 2007). Therefore, they are incapable of capturing significant subgrid scale feat ...
... Climate change scenarios for impacts assessment are basically generated by General Circulation Models (GCMs). The horizontal resolution of most present-day GCMs is at the order of a few hundred kilometres (Meehl et al., 2007). Therefore, they are incapable of capturing significant subgrid scale feat ...
Russia`s Reluctance to Ratify Kyoto: an Economic
... be negatively affected by the greenhouse effect, since desertification in southern parts of the country and droughts and floods due to extreme weather occurrences may increase. However, it seems that in the perception of Russian political leaders the possible positive effects of global warming more th ...
... be negatively affected by the greenhouse effect, since desertification in southern parts of the country and droughts and floods due to extreme weather occurrences may increase. However, it seems that in the perception of Russian political leaders the possible positive effects of global warming more th ...
Reinforced Theistic Manifest Destiny theory
... importance of researchers finding ways to help people accept that anthropogenic global warming is (1) occurring, and (2) crucial to quickly address (Harte & Harte, 2008). This urgent state is due to dramatic, human-caused atmospheric greenhouse gas increases from pre-industrial levels (about 260 yea ...
... importance of researchers finding ways to help people accept that anthropogenic global warming is (1) occurring, and (2) crucial to quickly address (Harte & Harte, 2008). This urgent state is due to dramatic, human-caused atmospheric greenhouse gas increases from pre-industrial levels (about 260 yea ...
Planning and shale gas briefing
... How does the precautionary principle apply? The EU Water Framework Directive and environmental law provide for the precautionary principle to be considered in planning. In addition it is linked to the use of Environmental Impact Assessment. A summary of the Water Framework Directive is as follows: T ...
... How does the precautionary principle apply? The EU Water Framework Directive and environmental law provide for the precautionary principle to be considered in planning. In addition it is linked to the use of Environmental Impact Assessment. A summary of the Water Framework Directive is as follows: T ...
Executive Summary - Overseas Development Institute
... and delivery of successful outcomes are critical in building consensus on the imperative to take action in response to climate change. The funds reviewed in this report have approved about $1 billion a year since 2008 and overall levels of approved finance have increased rapidly in recent years (see ...
... and delivery of successful outcomes are critical in building consensus on the imperative to take action in response to climate change. The funds reviewed in this report have approved about $1 billion a year since 2008 and overall levels of approved finance have increased rapidly in recent years (see ...
Winter 2013
... honorary recognition given by the Department of Commerce. The scientists were honored “for using their expertise and creativity to establish innovative new modeling that will lead to greater understanding of the impacts of atmospheric greenhouse gases and aerosols on global climate change.” The awar ...
... honorary recognition given by the Department of Commerce. The scientists were honored “for using their expertise and creativity to establish innovative new modeling that will lead to greater understanding of the impacts of atmospheric greenhouse gases and aerosols on global climate change.” The awar ...
Impacts of climate change on mental health
... Australian impacts: Heat Heatwave left hundreds dead January’s brutal heatwave may have killed 100 Melburnians - and more than 200 people across south-eastern Australia - an ‘’invisible tragedy’’ now the subject of investigations by the Department of Human Services and the Coroner’s Office. The Age ...
... Australian impacts: Heat Heatwave left hundreds dead January’s brutal heatwave may have killed 100 Melburnians - and more than 200 people across south-eastern Australia - an ‘’invisible tragedy’’ now the subject of investigations by the Department of Human Services and the Coroner’s Office. The Age ...
Greenhouse Policy Architectures and Institutions
... negotiations, “We knew the basic principles on which we needed to build: cost-effectiveness, equity, joint implementation, and comprehensiveness. But not how to make them operational.” In this section and the next I want to consider the Report’s treatment of two important operational issues: the imp ...
... negotiations, “We knew the basic principles on which we needed to build: cost-effectiveness, equity, joint implementation, and comprehensiveness. But not how to make them operational.” In this section and the next I want to consider the Report’s treatment of two important operational issues: the imp ...
The Kyoto Protocol and Global Climate Change
... active role in directing and fostering common European efforts to address global climate change. The Commission’s European Climate Change Programme (ECCP), first adopted in 2000, has provided a framework for EU member states to develop a common climate change strategy and consult with the relevant s ...
... active role in directing and fostering common European efforts to address global climate change. The Commission’s European Climate Change Programme (ECCP), first adopted in 2000, has provided a framework for EU member states to develop a common climate change strategy and consult with the relevant s ...
Building a Resilient Energy Gulf Coast: Executive Report
... • There is a long-standing debate around the extent to which climate change will occur, how large the impacts will be and how soon they will be realized. However, this analysis indicates that irrespective of any impacts from climate change, the Gulf Coast will face increasing loss from subsidence a ...
... • There is a long-standing debate around the extent to which climate change will occur, how large the impacts will be and how soon they will be realized. However, this analysis indicates that irrespective of any impacts from climate change, the Gulf Coast will face increasing loss from subsidence a ...
Overview of climate science and international circumstances
... temperature for a year or two. A major downswing in solar activity over several decades, considered possible but unlikely, would also lower global temperature by a few tenths of a degree. There is no known simple threshold beyond which climate change moves from safe to dangerous. Some disruption and ...
... temperature for a year or two. A major downswing in solar activity over several decades, considered possible but unlikely, would also lower global temperature by a few tenths of a degree. There is no known simple threshold beyond which climate change moves from safe to dangerous. Some disruption and ...
Vulnerability to climate change and adaptation strategies of local
... that Malawi is experiencing an increase in mean annual temperature. From 1960 to 2006 the mean annual temperature increased by 0.9 ◦ C, an average rate of 0.21 ◦ C per decade (McSweeney et al., 2012). It is predicted that the temperature will continue to rise by 1.1 to 3.0 ◦ C by the 2060s and furth ...
... that Malawi is experiencing an increase in mean annual temperature. From 1960 to 2006 the mean annual temperature increased by 0.9 ◦ C, an average rate of 0.21 ◦ C per decade (McSweeney et al., 2012). It is predicted that the temperature will continue to rise by 1.1 to 3.0 ◦ C by the 2060s and furth ...
Agricultural production, food security, climate change, rainfall
... with a slight drop from late 1940’s to early 1950s until subsequent increase till late 1960s. However, the evidence of sudden increase in air temperature in Nigeria was observed as from the early 1970s until 2005 ((Fig. 1), This abrupt increase could be linked to the effect of climate change and its ...
... with a slight drop from late 1940’s to early 1950s until subsequent increase till late 1960s. However, the evidence of sudden increase in air temperature in Nigeria was observed as from the early 1970s until 2005 ((Fig. 1), This abrupt increase could be linked to the effect of climate change and its ...
Document
... Lawler et al. 2009b) or changes in phenology and the potential for phenological mismatches (e.g., Bradley et al. 1999, Visser and Both 2005). More recently, scientists have emphasized how key behavioral or demographic characteristics may contribute to vulnerability (e.g., Humphries et al. 2004, Jigu ...
... Lawler et al. 2009b) or changes in phenology and the potential for phenological mismatches (e.g., Bradley et al. 1999, Visser and Both 2005). More recently, scientists have emphasized how key behavioral or demographic characteristics may contribute to vulnerability (e.g., Humphries et al. 2004, Jigu ...
Shrinking of fishes exacerbates impacts of global ocean changes on
... latitudinal areas will be heavily impacted, with an average reduction of more than 20%. Our results provide a new dimension to understanding the integrated impacts of climate change on marine ecosystems. Global climate and ocean changes resulting from anthropogenic greenhouse-gas emissions are curre ...
... latitudinal areas will be heavily impacted, with an average reduction of more than 20%. Our results provide a new dimension to understanding the integrated impacts of climate change on marine ecosystems. Global climate and ocean changes resulting from anthropogenic greenhouse-gas emissions are curre ...
The Politics of Climate Change in Germany
... practically no credence to anthropogenic influences on world climate. It was not until late 1987 that the Council finally acknowledged the possibility of climate change due to CO2 emissions and other greenhouse gases (Hatch,1995:426). In other words, government officials did not receive much early w ...
... practically no credence to anthropogenic influences on world climate. It was not until late 1987 that the Council finally acknowledged the possibility of climate change due to CO2 emissions and other greenhouse gases (Hatch,1995:426). In other words, government officials did not receive much early w ...