Climate Change Adaptation Plan
... “And now our world is different. The climate has been permanently altered and is on an escalating vector of change, not because of what we are going to put into the atmosphere in the future but as a consequence of what we have already done”. - Environmental Commissioner of Ontario, 2009/2010 Annual ...
... “And now our world is different. The climate has been permanently altered and is on an escalating vector of change, not because of what we are going to put into the atmosphere in the future but as a consequence of what we have already done”. - Environmental Commissioner of Ontario, 2009/2010 Annual ...
The new climate message
... want them to want) and then show how the vision will make that happen. Cut the dates and figures. Dates, percentages and figures come in action plans, not visions. A 20% cut by 2020 isn’t a vision, it’s a target. Put all the targets together and imagine what the world would be like if we met and exc ...
... want them to want) and then show how the vision will make that happen. Cut the dates and figures. Dates, percentages and figures come in action plans, not visions. A 20% cut by 2020 isn’t a vision, it’s a target. Put all the targets together and imagine what the world would be like if we met and exc ...
Nullifying the climate null hypothesis
... issues discussed in Section 2 not withstanding, the IPCC has arguably met the standard of proof for clear and convincing evidence supporting the existence of anthropogenic effects on climate, although its relative magnitude with respect to natural climate variability remains unclear. In the context ...
... issues discussed in Section 2 not withstanding, the IPCC has arguably met the standard of proof for clear and convincing evidence supporting the existence of anthropogenic effects on climate, although its relative magnitude with respect to natural climate variability remains unclear. In the context ...
Climate change, food, water and population health in China
... storms and other extreme weather events.2 At the United Nations climate summit held in Paris in late 2015, China committed to halting the growth in its emissions of so-called greenhouse gases by 2030. The peak in China’s emissions of such gases could come by 2025 – if not substantially sooner.3 On 1 ...
... storms and other extreme weather events.2 At the United Nations climate summit held in Paris in late 2015, China committed to halting the growth in its emissions of so-called greenhouse gases by 2030. The peak in China’s emissions of such gases could come by 2025 – if not substantially sooner.3 On 1 ...
Phenology as an Integrative Science for Assessment of Global
... network of integrated phenological observations, linked with other relevant data sources, and the tools to analyze these data at multiple scales. A USA National Phenology Network (USA-NPN) is currently being designed and organized to engage federal agencies, environmental networks and field stations ...
... network of integrated phenological observations, linked with other relevant data sources, and the tools to analyze these data at multiple scales. A USA National Phenology Network (USA-NPN) is currently being designed and organized to engage federal agencies, environmental networks and field stations ...
UNDP Climate Change Inside Eng1
... Rising sea levels that will swamp many islands and shrink Indonesia’s national territory. Erratic planting and harvesting seasons punctuated by devastating droughts. Floods rushing through the streets of major coastal cities. Salt water intruding into river deltas destroying livelihoods of fishing c ...
... Rising sea levels that will swamp many islands and shrink Indonesia’s national territory. Erratic planting and harvesting seasons punctuated by devastating droughts. Floods rushing through the streets of major coastal cities. Salt water intruding into river deltas destroying livelihoods of fishing c ...
The Denial of Global Warming
... Schelling focused on what warming would mean socially and politically, an aspect of the problem that was scarcely studied, much less understood. So his letter to the Academy focused on uncertainties, although he stressed not just the social scientific uncertainties, but the physical scientific ones ...
... Schelling focused on what warming would mean socially and politically, an aspect of the problem that was scarcely studied, much less understood. So his letter to the Academy focused on uncertainties, although he stressed not just the social scientific uncertainties, but the physical scientific ones ...
Download country chapter
... Botswana became independent from British rule in 1966, when it changed its political system from one based on the Westminster model of parliamentary democracy to one in which the President is head of state as well as head of government. The President is elected for five years by the legislature, the ...
... Botswana became independent from British rule in 1966, when it changed its political system from one based on the Westminster model of parliamentary democracy to one in which the President is head of state as well as head of government. The President is elected for five years by the legislature, the ...
Demographics of true and false climate facts
... unusual warming, however, have been other narratives mainly from nonexpert sources suggesting that Arctic warming is not well established, or just cyclical, or has already reversed. Such counternarratives have been widely publicized too, supplying people who do not believe climate is changing with i ...
... unusual warming, however, have been other narratives mainly from nonexpert sources suggesting that Arctic warming is not well established, or just cyclical, or has already reversed. Such counternarratives have been widely publicized too, supplying people who do not believe climate is changing with i ...
Establishing Accountability for Climate Change Damages: Lessons
... shares with the tobacco industry a number of key players and a remarkably similar network of public relations firms and nonprofit “front groups” that have been actively sowing disinformation about global warming for years.3 At this pivotal moment for climate change, with international agreement all ...
... shares with the tobacco industry a number of key players and a remarkably similar network of public relations firms and nonprofit “front groups” that have been actively sowing disinformation about global warming for years.3 At this pivotal moment for climate change, with international agreement all ...
Understanding the Arctic Climate System
... our team involves 30 researchers, including students, from 10 institutions, and this number is growing. Members from each institution have worked with stand-alone model components, such as ocean, ice, atmosphere and land models, and identified the need for a fully-coupled regional climate model that ...
... our team involves 30 researchers, including students, from 10 institutions, and this number is growing. Members from each institution have worked with stand-alone model components, such as ocean, ice, atmosphere and land models, and identified the need for a fully-coupled regional climate model that ...
Annex 3: Strengths and weaknesses of climate models
... (see Figure A3.1, opposite), or performance in shorter-term predictions of weather for days and weeks into the future and in making predictions of climate on monthly and seasonal time scales. 4. Models cannot be adjusted to give any answer a climate modeller might wish to get about climate change. ...
... (see Figure A3.1, opposite), or performance in shorter-term predictions of weather for days and weeks into the future and in making predictions of climate on monthly and seasonal time scales. 4. Models cannot be adjusted to give any answer a climate modeller might wish to get about climate change. ...
Dealing with Climate Change: Palaeoclimate Research in Australia
... data, and ensuring an appropriate division of resources). • Establishment of a well funded national centre to coordinate research efforts. This can be either an academic institution or an ARC Centre of Excellence for Palaeoclimate Research. While Australia’s palaeoclimate researchers are internatio ...
... data, and ensuring an appropriate division of resources). • Establishment of a well funded national centre to coordinate research efforts. This can be either an academic institution or an ARC Centre of Excellence for Palaeoclimate Research. While Australia’s palaeoclimate researchers are internatio ...
WSB 8/5/1 Task Group Climate page 1 Agenda Item: 5 Subject
... the end of this century. Water temperatures in the Wadden Sea are already increasing and are expected to increase further. Due to the high uncertainty regarding the magnitude and direction of the above climate change aspects, as well as the complexity of geophysical and biological interactions, proj ...
... the end of this century. Water temperatures in the Wadden Sea are already increasing and are expected to increase further. Due to the high uncertainty regarding the magnitude and direction of the above climate change aspects, as well as the complexity of geophysical and biological interactions, proj ...
Department of Political Science 8t Public Administration University of
... the three terms- climate change, health and gender have not been linked together (Preet, Nilsson, Schumann and Evenga, 2010). In other words, over the years in climate change research, there has not been attempt to study the implication of climate change on women. This gap in research has led to the ...
... the three terms- climate change, health and gender have not been linked together (Preet, Nilsson, Schumann and Evenga, 2010). In other words, over the years in climate change research, there has not been attempt to study the implication of climate change on women. This gap in research has led to the ...
Climate change beliefs and perceptions of weather
... 4 ESRC Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK. ∗ Address correspondence to Wändi Bruine de Bruin, Leeds University Business School, Centre for Decision Research, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK; W.BruinedeBruin@leeds.ac.uk. ...
... 4 ESRC Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK. ∗ Address correspondence to Wändi Bruine de Bruin, Leeds University Business School, Centre for Decision Research, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK; W.BruinedeBruin@leeds.ac.uk. ...
House science testimony apr 15 final - Climate Etc.
... the climate is to these increases. Climate sensitivity is defined as the global surface warming that occurs when the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere doubles. If climate sensitivity is high, then we can expect substantial warming in the coming century as emissions continue to increa ...
... the climate is to these increases. Climate sensitivity is defined as the global surface warming that occurs when the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere doubles. If climate sensitivity is high, then we can expect substantial warming in the coming century as emissions continue to increa ...
Elevation-dependent warming in mountain regions of the world
... elevation gradient would lead to enhanced warming as a function of elevation. Here we discuss ...
... elevation gradient would lead to enhanced warming as a function of elevation. Here we discuss ...
Effective education and communication strategies to
... review of the research have taken place in developed nations, particularly the United States, Australia, Canada, and those in Europe. In contrast, the challenges presented by global climate change and other environmental issues have a wide impact, particularly within developing nations. We recognize ...
... review of the research have taken place in developed nations, particularly the United States, Australia, Canada, and those in Europe. In contrast, the challenges presented by global climate change and other environmental issues have a wide impact, particularly within developing nations. We recognize ...
cordillera azul: transforming communities, forests and
... wetlands, which all help to support the local communities capacity adapt to a rapidly changing climate. The Park is also the source of 45 watersheds that feed two of the Amazon’s major tributaries. These watersheds provide key ecosystem services such as flood and soil erosion protection to the surro ...
... wetlands, which all help to support the local communities capacity adapt to a rapidly changing climate. The Park is also the source of 45 watersheds that feed two of the Amazon’s major tributaries. These watersheds provide key ecosystem services such as flood and soil erosion protection to the surro ...
Rapid Climate Change Science Plan
... Europe than would otherwise be the case (Manabe and Souffer 1988, Schiller et al. 1997, Vellinga and Wood 2001, Seager et al. 2001). The THC consists of deep convection induced by surface cooling at high latitudes, sinking to depth, and upwelling of deep waters at lower latitudes, with horizontal s ...
... Europe than would otherwise be the case (Manabe and Souffer 1988, Schiller et al. 1997, Vellinga and Wood 2001, Seager et al. 2001). The THC consists of deep convection induced by surface cooling at high latitudes, sinking to depth, and upwelling of deep waters at lower latitudes, with horizontal s ...
Atmosphere and Climate Change Section 1
... • The winds that blow steadily over Mauna Loa have come thousands of miles across the Pacific Ocean, far from most forests and human activities, swirling and mixing as ...
... • The winds that blow steadily over Mauna Loa have come thousands of miles across the Pacific Ocean, far from most forests and human activities, swirling and mixing as ...
Using Model Hierarchies to Better Understand Past Climate Change* Masa K
... the oceanic meridional heat fluxes were unchanged. Both approaches have their weaknesses: while the former is strongly dependent on the CLIMAP reconstruction, which has been much debated since its publication and is currently being revised, the latter is based on an assumption that we know not to be ...
... the oceanic meridional heat fluxes were unchanged. Both approaches have their weaknesses: while the former is strongly dependent on the CLIMAP reconstruction, which has been much debated since its publication and is currently being revised, the latter is based on an assumption that we know not to be ...
Psychological Impacts of Global Climate Change
... climate change rather than from changes in global weather patterns or ongoing environmental impacts per se (Reser, 2010; Stokols et al., 2009). Because the media have other agendas in addition to providing accurate information—for example, appealing to a particular target audience, sensationalizing ...
... climate change rather than from changes in global weather patterns or ongoing environmental impacts per se (Reser, 2010; Stokols et al., 2009). Because the media have other agendas in addition to providing accurate information—for example, appealing to a particular target audience, sensationalizing ...
Perception and adaptation to climate change by farmers in the Nile
... The age of the head of the household represents experience in farming and studies have indicated that experienced farmers are more likely to perceive climate change (Maddison 2006; Ishaya & Abaje 2008). The degree of education of the head of household is also hypothesized to be positively related to ...
... The age of the head of the household represents experience in farming and studies have indicated that experienced farmers are more likely to perceive climate change (Maddison 2006; Ishaya & Abaje 2008). The degree of education of the head of household is also hypothesized to be positively related to ...