WMO Global Observing Systems for Climate Monitoring
... 1780: First international observing network ( 40 weather stations with standardized observations), extending over Europe and North America, led to the development of synoptic weather charts over a large area. 1873: First International Meteorological Congress, facilitated coordinated observations and ...
... 1780: First international observing network ( 40 weather stations with standardized observations), extending over Europe and North America, led to the development of synoptic weather charts over a large area. 1873: First International Meteorological Congress, facilitated coordinated observations and ...
Science Communication Research
... trust in scientists as a source of information, though levels of trust have shifted slightly downward in recent years. Yet still, compared to other possible sources of information, scientists and expert go ...
... trust in scientists as a source of information, though levels of trust have shifted slightly downward in recent years. Yet still, compared to other possible sources of information, scientists and expert go ...
Going beyond aid effectiveness to guide the delivery of climate finance
... of climate finance speaks of ‘common but differentiated responsibility’ (Article 3 of the UNFCCC), suggesting a very different type of partnership, as the negotiations under the UNFCCC attest. This is something that the emerging economy countries have been quick to understand and support. An importa ...
... of climate finance speaks of ‘common but differentiated responsibility’ (Article 3 of the UNFCCC), suggesting a very different type of partnership, as the negotiations under the UNFCCC attest. This is something that the emerging economy countries have been quick to understand and support. An importa ...
Energy Balance
... of radiation decreases until balance is restored. At this point, cooling stops and equilibrium is restored. ...
... of radiation decreases until balance is restored. At this point, cooling stops and equilibrium is restored. ...
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... State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO Economic Policy Directorate Environment and Energy Policy ...
... State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO Economic Policy Directorate Environment and Energy Policy ...
Strengthening of the Walker Circulation under Global Warming in an
... longwave radiation, condensation heating and divergence of eddy static energy transport. Equation (1) implies that the change of vertical motion under global warming is determined by the combined effect of the static stability and apparent heating changes. It has been shown that global warming leads ...
... longwave radiation, condensation heating and divergence of eddy static energy transport. Equation (1) implies that the change of vertical motion under global warming is determined by the combined effect of the static stability and apparent heating changes. It has been shown that global warming leads ...
Empathy and Climate Change
... individuals who do not yet exist and whom we shall never meet. While we are aware of some impacts of global warming today, the reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predict with strong certainty that the problems will get worse for future generations. Even if we take concerted act ...
... individuals who do not yet exist and whom we shall never meet. While we are aware of some impacts of global warming today, the reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predict with strong certainty that the problems will get worse for future generations. Even if we take concerted act ...
Public Health: Adapting to Climate Change
... weather conditions that lead to dangerous heat stress. The many epidemics of heat‐caused deaths have identified those who need to be protected during heat waves, and there is a single stressor, heat, to avoid. Heat watch systems have been implemented and proven effective (Ebi and Schmier 2005). T ...
... weather conditions that lead to dangerous heat stress. The many epidemics of heat‐caused deaths have identified those who need to be protected during heat waves, and there is a single stressor, heat, to avoid. Heat watch systems have been implemented and proven effective (Ebi and Schmier 2005). T ...
Climate Change in Jamaica
... Global sea level rise over the 20th century is estimated to have been 0.17 ± 0.05 m. ...
... Global sea level rise over the 20th century is estimated to have been 0.17 ± 0.05 m. ...
Submission by Japan to the UN Framework Convention on Climate
... changes in climate have caused impacts on natural ecosystems and human societies on all continents and across the oceans. As a national adaptation planning process, the Central Environment Council conducted climate change impact assessments in March 2015, and based on the results, the Inter-Ministry ...
... changes in climate have caused impacts on natural ecosystems and human societies on all continents and across the oceans. As a national adaptation planning process, the Central Environment Council conducted climate change impact assessments in March 2015, and based on the results, the Inter-Ministry ...
Coping with climate variability and climate change in La Ceiba
... La Ceiba is a bustling but largely poor city with a strong potential for tourism. Its origins began with the tropical fruit industry. La Ceiba was developed at the beginning of the 20th century and was used as a port by banana companies (Merrill 1995). It is a way station to the popular tourist dest ...
... La Ceiba is a bustling but largely poor city with a strong potential for tourism. Its origins began with the tropical fruit industry. La Ceiba was developed at the beginning of the 20th century and was used as a port by banana companies (Merrill 1995). It is a way station to the popular tourist dest ...
Climate Change Full English.qxd
... current forecasts of population growth and economic activity, Nunavut’s emissions are increasing rapidly and it is predicted that by 2013, our emissions could be 23% higher than the 1990 levels. Emissions may be significantly higher if mining projects are developed. Therefore, reducing emissions wil ...
... current forecasts of population growth and economic activity, Nunavut’s emissions are increasing rapidly and it is predicted that by 2013, our emissions could be 23% higher than the 1990 levels. Emissions may be significantly higher if mining projects are developed. Therefore, reducing emissions wil ...
Long-Term Ecological Records and Their Relevance to Climate
... which predicts that, on the basis of mid-range climatic warming scenarios for 2050, up to 37% of plant species globally will be committed to extinction owing to lack of suitable climate space. Another well-cited scenario is the prediction from a general dynamic vegetation model run for the tropical ...
... which predicts that, on the basis of mid-range climatic warming scenarios for 2050, up to 37% of plant species globally will be committed to extinction owing to lack of suitable climate space. Another well-cited scenario is the prediction from a general dynamic vegetation model run for the tropical ...
regional climate model intercomparison project for asia
... the Korean peninsula (repTaking the ensemble average of a group of models resented by A, B, C, respectively, as shown in Fig. 1) are chosen to evaluate the models’ abilities in simulat- is one approach for possibly reducing bias. The simple ing the surface climate. No ocean points are included ensem ...
... the Korean peninsula (repTaking the ensemble average of a group of models resented by A, B, C, respectively, as shown in Fig. 1) are chosen to evaluate the models’ abilities in simulat- is one approach for possibly reducing bias. The simple ing the surface climate. No ocean points are included ensem ...
Climate Change: Causes, Impacts and Adaptation
... patterns are shifting, and more extreme climate events—like heavy rainstorms and record high temperatures—are already taking place. Scientists are highly confident that many of these observed changes can be linked to the climbing levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs) in ou ...
... patterns are shifting, and more extreme climate events—like heavy rainstorms and record high temperatures—are already taking place. Scientists are highly confident that many of these observed changes can be linked to the climbing levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs) in ou ...
Professional Development Scholarship Program
... upon rethinking of security issues which has occurred since the end of the cold-war. It includes a review of competing views on security and then explores how current debates regarding human and environmental security can be applied in a climatic change context. Session 4: Climatic Change, Equity an ...
... upon rethinking of security issues which has occurred since the end of the cold-war. It includes a review of competing views on security and then explores how current debates regarding human and environmental security can be applied in a climatic change context. Session 4: Climatic Change, Equity an ...
Global Climate Change Policies: From Bali to Copenhagen and
... effects thereof. In response to growing scientific concerns during the early-to-mid 1990s that the process of human-induced climate change was accelerating, the international community negotiated a new agreement during 1995-97 (under the UNFCCC) to curb the growth in greenhouse gas emissions. The ma ...
... effects thereof. In response to growing scientific concerns during the early-to-mid 1990s that the process of human-induced climate change was accelerating, the international community negotiated a new agreement during 1995-97 (under the UNFCCC) to curb the growth in greenhouse gas emissions. The ma ...
Climate, conflict, and social stability: what does the evidence say?
... the evidence does not support this hypothesis. Instead, previous studies document associations between climate and conflict at all temporal scales, ranging from a climatologically anomalous hour to an anomalous millennium. Consistency across spatial scales Roughly half of studies that measure an ass ...
... the evidence does not support this hypothesis. Instead, previous studies document associations between climate and conflict at all temporal scales, ranging from a climatologically anomalous hour to an anomalous millennium. Consistency across spatial scales Roughly half of studies that measure an ass ...
Climate, conflict, and social stability: what does the evidence say
... the evidence does not support this hypothesis. Instead, previous studies document associations between climate and conflict at all temporal scales, ranging from a climatologically anomalous hour to an anomalous millennium. Consistency across spatial scales Roughly half of studies that measure an ass ...
... the evidence does not support this hypothesis. Instead, previous studies document associations between climate and conflict at all temporal scales, ranging from a climatologically anomalous hour to an anomalous millennium. Consistency across spatial scales Roughly half of studies that measure an ass ...
Climate change as a threat to biodiversity
... Current climate change combined with other human developments is stressing biodiversity far beyond the changes caused by natural global climatic changes that occurred in the recent evolutionary past (IPCC, 2001; Steffen et al., 2004). From climate science we know about the different possible and far ...
... Current climate change combined with other human developments is stressing biodiversity far beyond the changes caused by natural global climatic changes that occurred in the recent evolutionary past (IPCC, 2001; Steffen et al., 2004). From climate science we know about the different possible and far ...
The likelihood and potential impact of future change in
... the large-scale event occurring, or the ecological impact, through use of probabilistic projections or expert judgement of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Where appropriate, the year of impact and scenario – e.g. SRES (Nakićenović et al., 2000) – is cited. This review is uniq ...
... the large-scale event occurring, or the ecological impact, through use of probabilistic projections or expert judgement of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Where appropriate, the year of impact and scenario – e.g. SRES (Nakićenović et al., 2000) – is cited. This review is uniq ...
“Imperfect” Information and Incentives in Action
... 1. Scientific uncertainty: growing scientific consensus on global warming not matched by capacity to model or predict extreme weather events, 2. Scientific uncertainty combined with regulatory constraints – weirdness – presents obstacles to properly pricing the property risks associated with climate ...
... 1. Scientific uncertainty: growing scientific consensus on global warming not matched by capacity to model or predict extreme weather events, 2. Scientific uncertainty combined with regulatory constraints – weirdness – presents obstacles to properly pricing the property risks associated with climate ...
Arctic Circle - Office national du film du Canada
... 5. Decisions regarding scientific and technological development involve a variety of considerations, including social, environmental, ethical and economic. What is the role of science to inform and empower decision‐ making by individuals, and by local, national and global communities? Extension ...
... 5. Decisions regarding scientific and technological development involve a variety of considerations, including social, environmental, ethical and economic. What is the role of science to inform and empower decision‐ making by individuals, and by local, national and global communities? Extension ...
Policy Workshop Summary Appendices
... not using what we have now don’t get new knowledge that won’t be used need for independent information brokers how to make decisions under uncertainty how to integrate extension services how to overcome societal resistance to change how to unravel climate change complexity would BC take stronger ada ...
... not using what we have now don’t get new knowledge that won’t be used need for independent information brokers how to make decisions under uncertainty how to integrate extension services how to overcome societal resistance to change how to unravel climate change complexity would BC take stronger ada ...
CCCI_Mongolia_Executive_Summary_20110411
... built up apartments in the south part, and traditional Ger areas in the north, which has been newly settled since 2000, due to the mass migration from rural areas after consequent dzud disasters occurred in Mongolia during 1999-2002. The UNUR is comparatively close to the City Center (in distance of ...
... built up apartments in the south part, and traditional Ger areas in the north, which has been newly settled since 2000, due to the mass migration from rural areas after consequent dzud disasters occurred in Mongolia during 1999-2002. The UNUR is comparatively close to the City Center (in distance of ...