On the Risk of Overshooting 2°C - Potsdam Institute for Climate
... certain temperature targets, such as limiting global mean temperature rise to 2°C above pre-industrial levels. The probabilistic assessment is derived from a compilation of recent estimates of the uncertainties in climate sensitivity, which summarizes the key uncertainties in climate science for lon ...
... certain temperature targets, such as limiting global mean temperature rise to 2°C above pre-industrial levels. The probabilistic assessment is derived from a compilation of recent estimates of the uncertainties in climate sensitivity, which summarizes the key uncertainties in climate science for lon ...
New Zealand`s Defective Law on Climate Change
... all shows that the short term nature of New Zealand and international political decision-making stores up big problems for the future and puts off difficult decisions so that they become much more painful when eventually they have to be made. The need to transition towards a low-carbon economy has b ...
... all shows that the short term nature of New Zealand and international political decision-making stores up big problems for the future and puts off difficult decisions so that they become much more painful when eventually they have to be made. The need to transition towards a low-carbon economy has b ...
Emerging markets and climate change: Mexican standoff or low-carbon race?: Working Paper 46 (489 kB) (opens in new window)
... 1. A “No deal” scenario, where the recent trends in emissions are projected forward on the basis of GDP forecasts broadly consistent with the IPCC SRES A1FI scenario, which at present fits the evidence better than the other SRES scenarios; 2. A “North leads” scenario in which developed countries com ...
... 1. A “No deal” scenario, where the recent trends in emissions are projected forward on the basis of GDP forecasts broadly consistent with the IPCC SRES A1FI scenario, which at present fits the evidence better than the other SRES scenarios; 2. A “North leads” scenario in which developed countries com ...
Economic Impacts of Climate Change in Italy and the Mediterranean
... Sea level rise is modelled through reductions in available stocks of capital and land. Parameters were estimated for a static CGE model (Bosello et al., 2007) from simulation results of the DIVA model, which is also used in the PESETA study (Vafeidis et al., 2008). Although the effects of sea level ...
... Sea level rise is modelled through reductions in available stocks of capital and land. Parameters were estimated for a static CGE model (Bosello et al., 2007) from simulation results of the DIVA model, which is also used in the PESETA study (Vafeidis et al., 2008). Although the effects of sea level ...
The Greenhouse Effect o
... The State Education and Environment Roundtable and The Acorn Group served as the principal consultants throughout the development of the California Education and the Environment Initiative. Special thanks for their leadership in the development of the EEI curriculum. Valuable assistance with maps, p ...
... The State Education and Environment Roundtable and The Acorn Group served as the principal consultants throughout the development of the California Education and the Environment Initiative. Special thanks for their leadership in the development of the EEI curriculum. Valuable assistance with maps, p ...
File - Climatelinks
... coastal lowlands are the location of the country’s major cities and much of the mechanized agriculture. To the east, the Andes Mountain range runs north-south through Peru. In the Andean highlands, agriculture is rain-fed and dependent on precipitation cycles. Sixty percent of the land in Peru is ea ...
... coastal lowlands are the location of the country’s major cities and much of the mechanized agriculture. To the east, the Andes Mountain range runs north-south through Peru. In the Andean highlands, agriculture is rain-fed and dependent on precipitation cycles. Sixty percent of the land in Peru is ea ...
Climate Change and Cities in Africa
... decades or longer. It refers to any change in climate over time, whether due to natural variability or as a result of human activity.”7 A principal cause of climate change is the release of greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide, into the atmosphere, partially trapping lon ...
... decades or longer. It refers to any change in climate over time, whether due to natural variability or as a result of human activity.”7 A principal cause of climate change is the release of greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide, into the atmosphere, partially trapping lon ...
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS IN NEW ZEALAND: A CROSS
... The key changes in Step 1 above were the climate projections from NIWA, demographics, social variables, and wildcard variables. In summary, for the social scenarios we assumed an overall growth in the New Zealand population up to over five million people by the 2080s with larger Maori, Pacific Islan ...
... The key changes in Step 1 above were the climate projections from NIWA, demographics, social variables, and wildcard variables. In summary, for the social scenarios we assumed an overall growth in the New Zealand population up to over five million people by the 2080s with larger Maori, Pacific Islan ...
special report climate change
... has been so far. Renewable energy is crucial. Contrary to what many claim, though, it is not true that existing solar and wind technologies could cheaply save the planet while also creating lots of green jobs if only they were subsidised for just a few more years. Those renewable power sources have ...
... has been so far. Renewable energy is crucial. Contrary to what many claim, though, it is not true that existing solar and wind technologies could cheaply save the planet while also creating lots of green jobs if only they were subsidised for just a few more years. Those renewable power sources have ...
Environmental Heroes Come to Eugene
... Lenzen, Germany, Samantha and her colleague Harriet Bibangambah described disturbing events that they attribute to climate change in Uganda, where their organization, Greenwatch, works. The dynamic team described increased flooding, drought, fatal mudslides, famines, unpredictable storms, and cases ...
... Lenzen, Germany, Samantha and her colleague Harriet Bibangambah described disturbing events that they attribute to climate change in Uganda, where their organization, Greenwatch, works. The dynamic team described increased flooding, drought, fatal mudslides, famines, unpredictable storms, and cases ...
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... To get an overview on how adaption is proceeding in different sectors, to undertake an evaluation of the implementation of the NAS during the first half of 2009 and to support the deelopment of future adaption policies. ...
... To get an overview on how adaption is proceeding in different sectors, to undertake an evaluation of the implementation of the NAS during the first half of 2009 and to support the deelopment of future adaption policies. ...
Video transcript
... stratospheric ozone changes impacting Australia, but it's the increase in greenhouse gases the causes the big signal amongst all that noise. So what's happened in Australia? So out of the report, Australia's climate has warmed, it's warmed by about 0.9 of a degree, overall. The warming has been gre ...
... stratospheric ozone changes impacting Australia, but it's the increase in greenhouse gases the causes the big signal amongst all that noise. So what's happened in Australia? So out of the report, Australia's climate has warmed, it's warmed by about 0.9 of a degree, overall. The warming has been gre ...
ICTs and Climate Change
... 8. Projects to support and assist the membership, in particular developing countries ...
... 8. Projects to support and assist the membership, in particular developing countries ...
Presentation
... Are CO2 and other greenhouse gasses really responsible for changing the global temperature? ...
... Are CO2 and other greenhouse gasses really responsible for changing the global temperature? ...
The paradox of Anthony Giddens
... who inhabits the relatively exclusive world of climate change politics. When, as early as page 12, Giddens says that “my advice to policy makers would be as follows …” we are in no doubt: The politics of climate change was written to anticipate the United Nations Copenhagen Conference on Climate Cha ...
... who inhabits the relatively exclusive world of climate change politics. When, as early as page 12, Giddens says that “my advice to policy makers would be as follows …” we are in no doubt: The politics of climate change was written to anticipate the United Nations Copenhagen Conference on Climate Cha ...
freshwater ecosystems
... Perturbations of Riparian Zones and Floodplains The riparian zone undergoes a cycle of establishment and destruction owing to patterns of hydrologic disturbance and recruitment characteristics of riparian trees (3, 3 1, 49). Rare catastrophic events such as mass wasting of hillslopes remove soil, de ...
... Perturbations of Riparian Zones and Floodplains The riparian zone undergoes a cycle of establishment and destruction owing to patterns of hydrologic disturbance and recruitment characteristics of riparian trees (3, 3 1, 49). Rare catastrophic events such as mass wasting of hillslopes remove soil, de ...
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... Climate change is one of the greatest contemporary threats to our planet's environmental, social and economic well-being, accompanied by major changes in life support systems on Earth, where the far-reaching effects will be felt in the coming decades. The Earth's climate is warming rapidly due to em ...
... Climate change is one of the greatest contemporary threats to our planet's environmental, social and economic well-being, accompanied by major changes in life support systems on Earth, where the far-reaching effects will be felt in the coming decades. The Earth's climate is warming rapidly due to em ...
The social construct of climate and climate change
... chooses to emphasize the reception (by laymen) of such hypotheses in different social, cultural and political contexts. The disparities and discrepancies between the 2 forms of inference often are highlighted and lead to the conclusion that a generally 'true' definition of risks and threats is at be ...
... chooses to emphasize the reception (by laymen) of such hypotheses in different social, cultural and political contexts. The disparities and discrepancies between the 2 forms of inference often are highlighted and lead to the conclusion that a generally 'true' definition of risks and threats is at be ...
Relative climatic effects of landcover change and
... similar amplitude and may occur in similar regions of the globe so that their effects are not easily spatially isolated. Both are comparable in magnitude to observed trends in the past 2 decades, a period when regional temperature trends should be at their largest. We emphasize that the effects of h ...
... similar amplitude and may occur in similar regions of the globe so that their effects are not easily spatially isolated. Both are comparable in magnitude to observed trends in the past 2 decades, a period when regional temperature trends should be at their largest. We emphasize that the effects of h ...
Climate change effects on Mount Kenya`s Glaciers
... Tourism has attracted attention as both an important contributor to climate change through its greenhouse gas emissions, and as an industry that is potentially at high risk given the predicted changes in the global climate. The First Conference on Climate Change and Tourism convened by the World Tou ...
... Tourism has attracted attention as both an important contributor to climate change through its greenhouse gas emissions, and as an industry that is potentially at high risk given the predicted changes in the global climate. The First Conference on Climate Change and Tourism convened by the World Tou ...
Introduction of Chinese Participants
... Abstract：India's energy and climate policy will have a significant impact both on the situation of the global greenhouse gas emission and the success of the global climate cooperation afterwards Paris Climate Conference in the future. To have a clear understanding about the dynamics and the targets ...
... Abstract：India's energy and climate policy will have a significant impact both on the situation of the global greenhouse gas emission and the success of the global climate cooperation afterwards Paris Climate Conference in the future. To have a clear understanding about the dynamics and the targets ...
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... After coasts and islands, mountains are the most important destinations for global tourism. About 15-20 per cent of the global tourism industry - US$ 70-90 billion per year - is associated with mountain areas.. The winter sports market is estimated to be 65-70 million people worldwide: including 20 ...
... After coasts and islands, mountains are the most important destinations for global tourism. About 15-20 per cent of the global tourism industry - US$ 70-90 billion per year - is associated with mountain areas.. The winter sports market is estimated to be 65-70 million people worldwide: including 20 ...
Does global environmental change cause vulnerability to disaster
... Cumulative environmental change as described in Table 1 may be the direct result of human manipulation of the local surface environment or of climate change, a systemic process which may in turn be caused by anthropogenic modification of the global atmospheric environment. Cumulative and systemic ch ...
... Cumulative environmental change as described in Table 1 may be the direct result of human manipulation of the local surface environment or of climate change, a systemic process which may in turn be caused by anthropogenic modification of the global atmospheric environment. Cumulative and systemic ch ...
Climate Change in Germany - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact
... The probability of overshooting the 2-degree target in the long term rises rapidly under concentrations that lie much higher than today’s values. To reach the 2-degree target, today’s global emissions need to be lowered from 7 Gt carbon per year to 2 Gt per year. This is a formidable challenge, in v ...
... The probability of overshooting the 2-degree target in the long term rises rapidly under concentrations that lie much higher than today’s values. To reach the 2-degree target, today’s global emissions need to be lowered from 7 Gt carbon per year to 2 Gt per year. This is a formidable challenge, in v ...