Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change
... regulatory frameworks which in turn would create a stable long-term investment climate ...
... regulatory frameworks which in turn would create a stable long-term investment climate ...
related paper by Mann (PDF)
... at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies predicted the warming expected for the next two decades. The predictions turn out to have matched the observed warming since that time remarkably well.1 In a later study published just after the 1991 Mount Pinatubo volcanic eruption in the Philippines, ...
... at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies predicted the warming expected for the next two decades. The predictions turn out to have matched the observed warming since that time remarkably well.1 In a later study published just after the 1991 Mount Pinatubo volcanic eruption in the Philippines, ...
2016-IP47 A Global Zero Carbon Roadmap
... the public arena. It will require precipitous emissions reductions within 40 years and a new carbon sink on the scale of the ocean sink. Even then, the world is extremely likely to overshoot. A catastrophic failure of policy, for example, waiting another decade for transformative policy and full com ...
... the public arena. It will require precipitous emissions reductions within 40 years and a new carbon sink on the scale of the ocean sink. Even then, the world is extremely likely to overshoot. A catastrophic failure of policy, for example, waiting another decade for transformative policy and full com ...
Federal Climate Change Funding from FY2008 to FY2014
... approximately $77 billion of budget authority available to federal agencies from Fiscal Years 2008 through 2013 for climate change activities. The large majority—more than 75%—funded technology development and deployment, mostly through the Department of Energy (DOE). More than one-third of the iden ...
... approximately $77 billion of budget authority available to federal agencies from Fiscal Years 2008 through 2013 for climate change activities. The large majority—more than 75%—funded technology development and deployment, mostly through the Department of Energy (DOE). More than one-third of the iden ...
document - Africa-wide Civil Society Climate Change
... The international community, in the spirit of the United Nations Charter and strong believe in multilateralism, has responded by adopting the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The UNFCCC provides an international framework for mitigating the cause of climate change and ...
... The international community, in the spirit of the United Nations Charter and strong believe in multilateralism, has responded by adopting the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The UNFCCC provides an international framework for mitigating the cause of climate change and ...
technologies for adaptation to climate change
... This process has been accelerating. Since the beginning of the industrial revolution the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide has increased exponentially from about 280 parts per million (ppm) in 1800 to about 380 ppm today and there have been similar increases for methane and nitrous oxide. ...
... This process has been accelerating. Since the beginning of the industrial revolution the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide has increased exponentially from about 280 parts per million (ppm) in 1800 to about 380 ppm today and there have been similar increases for methane and nitrous oxide. ...
Climate Change Legal Roadmap: A Snapshot of Alberta`s Climate
... as an exercise of the criminal law power of Parliament. That is clear from Hydro-Quebec. The only question is whether the three additional means of compliance (emissions credits, offset credits, and contributions to a climate change technology fund) can also be upheld as exercises of the criminal la ...
... as an exercise of the criminal law power of Parliament. That is clear from Hydro-Quebec. The only question is whether the three additional means of compliance (emissions credits, offset credits, and contributions to a climate change technology fund) can also be upheld as exercises of the criminal la ...
Climate change impacts in urban coastal
... protect and, in the event of protection, which of the various methods to choose. This requires knowledge of: (1) how demographic pressures and socio-economics vary among Australian coastal settlement types; (2) the stakeholders affected by climate change in different coastal settlement types (e.g. f ...
... protect and, in the event of protection, which of the various methods to choose. This requires knowledge of: (1) how demographic pressures and socio-economics vary among Australian coastal settlement types; (2) the stakeholders affected by climate change in different coastal settlement types (e.g. f ...
Toward Extreme Weather and Climate Resilience in the Region of
... The intent of this project was to provide case study examples of vulnerability and risk analysis methods being used to develop actionable strategies for increasing resilience to priority impacts of climate ...
... The intent of this project was to provide case study examples of vulnerability and risk analysis methods being used to develop actionable strategies for increasing resilience to priority impacts of climate ...
Climate sCienCe
... Because of internal variability in the climate system, such decade-long pauses are to be expected.17 The early and mid-20th century even saw periods of cooling. In their AR5 report, the IPCC attributed the recent hiatus to a combination of three things – internal variability, cooling by airborne par ...
... Because of internal variability in the climate system, such decade-long pauses are to be expected.17 The early and mid-20th century even saw periods of cooling. In their AR5 report, the IPCC attributed the recent hiatus to a combination of three things – internal variability, cooling by airborne par ...
The Projected Death of the Fertile Crescent
... This study clearly shows that the super-high resolution model simulates orographic rainfall very well. The 20-km mesh AGCM reproduces a regional maxima of rainfall along the coastal regions of the East Mediterranean and the Black Sea as well as along the south coast of the Caspian Sea. Lower resolut ...
... This study clearly shows that the super-high resolution model simulates orographic rainfall very well. The 20-km mesh AGCM reproduces a regional maxima of rainfall along the coastal regions of the East Mediterranean and the Black Sea as well as along the south coast of the Caspian Sea. Lower resolut ...
Estimation of Climate Change Impacts (Pece Ristevski
... Republic of Macedonia for 5 meteorological stations which have the longest series of data, the investigations of variations of these two elements are performed on the basis of which future climatic changes can be estimated in the 21st century. These 5 meteorological stations are located in different ...
... Republic of Macedonia for 5 meteorological stations which have the longest series of data, the investigations of variations of these two elements are performed on the basis of which future climatic changes can be estimated in the 21st century. These 5 meteorological stations are located in different ...
Market and Non-market Mechanisms for Promoting Cost
... Given the complexity of the issues that the • To address those international concerns Parties have to address in mitigating climate change, ‘one size fits all’ approach will not be – Environmental integrity best suited for addressing them in full and in the – Fragmentation – Tran-national impacts mo ...
... Given the complexity of the issues that the • To address those international concerns Parties have to address in mitigating climate change, ‘one size fits all’ approach will not be – Environmental integrity best suited for addressing them in full and in the – Fragmentation – Tran-national impacts mo ...
Is Global Warming Mainly Due to Anthropogenic GHG Emissions?
... new characteristic level must increase to about the temperature that had existed at the initial characteristic level. Therefore, it is the warming at characteristic level that is the fundamental warming associated with the climate greenhouse effect. How warming at the characteristic level relates to ...
... new characteristic level must increase to about the temperature that had existed at the initial characteristic level. Therefore, it is the warming at characteristic level that is the fundamental warming associated with the climate greenhouse effect. How warming at the characteristic level relates to ...
An Introduction to the Science of Climate Change
... climate is changing. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change produced an extensive review document in 2001 that describes the most recent scientific data related to climate change from leading scientists around the world entitled, ‘Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis’. The most recent ev ...
... climate is changing. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change produced an extensive review document in 2001 that describes the most recent scientific data related to climate change from leading scientists around the world entitled, ‘Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis’. The most recent ev ...
Climate Security and Justice for Small Island Developing States
... cultural heritage, human, and natural diversity.7 This policy brief focuses on climate change related challenges that are most urgent for SIDS in the context of security and global justice. These challenges are manifested through increasing vulnerability, development slowing or reversal, forced migr ...
... cultural heritage, human, and natural diversity.7 This policy brief focuses on climate change related challenges that are most urgent for SIDS in the context of security and global justice. These challenges are manifested through increasing vulnerability, development slowing or reversal, forced migr ...
Workshop report, 22-23 April 2010
... important areas where the department is responding to the call by DEA to develop a forestry sector plan on mitigation and adaptation. Forests in South Africa have an important role to play in addressing the effects of climate change. They provide great opportunities for adaptation by increasing both ...
... important areas where the department is responding to the call by DEA to develop a forestry sector plan on mitigation and adaptation. Forests in South Africa have an important role to play in addressing the effects of climate change. They provide great opportunities for adaptation by increasing both ...
Climate System Observations and Prediction Experiment (COPE)
... The Climate of the Twentieth Century Project (C20C; J. Kinter) Discussion on Seasonal Prediction in a Changing Climate (Plenary Discussion) Developing a Coordinated Plan for Pan-WCRP Seasonal Prediction ...
... The Climate of the Twentieth Century Project (C20C; J. Kinter) Discussion on Seasonal Prediction in a Changing Climate (Plenary Discussion) Developing a Coordinated Plan for Pan-WCRP Seasonal Prediction ...
Study guide - Bullfrog Films
... relationship between the distribution of reefs and warm water currents? Discuss the idea of thermal tolerance. ♣ Discuss the concept of environmental stress. What tools do species use to contend with environmental stresses? How do adaptations and evolution play a role in this process? ♠ What is clim ...
... relationship between the distribution of reefs and warm water currents? Discuss the idea of thermal tolerance. ♣ Discuss the concept of environmental stress. What tools do species use to contend with environmental stresses? How do adaptations and evolution play a role in this process? ♠ What is clim ...
Tales of future weather
... second the structural imperfections in weather and climate models. Predictability is certainly lost if ...
... second the structural imperfections in weather and climate models. Predictability is certainly lost if ...
ProClim– Flash - Naturwissenschaften Schweiz
... confirms previous findings from AR4. • Risks result from a combination of hazard, exposure and vulnerability. • Generally: The warmer it gets the more nega tive impacts dominate and the higher the risks become. • Risks differ among social groups, regions, and sectors. • Adaptation can reduce ri ...
... confirms previous findings from AR4. • Risks result from a combination of hazard, exposure and vulnerability. • Generally: The warmer it gets the more nega tive impacts dominate and the higher the risks become. • Risks differ among social groups, regions, and sectors. • Adaptation can reduce ri ...
Greenhouse Effect - Stephen Schneider
... rates at which climate change modifies mixing processes in the ocean (and thus the CO2 residence time) also needs to be taken into account. There is considerable uncertainty about how much newly injected CO2 will remain in the air during the next century, but typical estimates put this so-called "ai ...
... rates at which climate change modifies mixing processes in the ocean (and thus the CO2 residence time) also needs to be taken into account. There is considerable uncertainty about how much newly injected CO2 will remain in the air during the next century, but typical estimates put this so-called "ai ...
Climate Change is a Geographic Problem
... back for thousands of years, and palynology (changes in the type and distribution of fossil pollen), which gives us clues about climate going back millions of years. The result of all this collection and research is vast stores of data describing conditions at particular locations on the planet at p ...
... back for thousands of years, and palynology (changes in the type and distribution of fossil pollen), which gives us clues about climate going back millions of years. The result of all this collection and research is vast stores of data describing conditions at particular locations on the planet at p ...
Growing disruption: Climate change, food, and the fight against hunger
... concentration of 400 parts per million for the first time in about three million years. The last time levels were so high, global temperatures were 2–3°C warmer than they are today, and sea levels were up to 25 metres higher.4 ...
... concentration of 400 parts per million for the first time in about three million years. The last time levels were so high, global temperatures were 2–3°C warmer than they are today, and sea levels were up to 25 metres higher.4 ...