1.5 degrees - Environmental Change Institute
... one thing is certain; urgent action is required world-wide if climate change and its impacts are to be limited. The Environmental Change Institute at the University of Oxford is proud to lead the scientific response to the Paris agreement, through its organisation of 1.5 degrees: Meeting the challen ...
... one thing is certain; urgent action is required world-wide if climate change and its impacts are to be limited. The Environmental Change Institute at the University of Oxford is proud to lead the scientific response to the Paris agreement, through its organisation of 1.5 degrees: Meeting the challen ...
Mark_MacLeod_NTAA-ITEP_Apr07_for Web
... happening . . . Question: Which statement comes closest to your view about global warming: it probably is happening, it probably is not happening, or I don’t know if is happening? ...
... happening . . . Question: Which statement comes closest to your view about global warming: it probably is happening, it probably is not happening, or I don’t know if is happening? ...
Modeling Earth`s Climate - National Science Teachers Association
... ocean or land, which are darker than ice and therefore absorb more of the Sun’s energy. This leads to more warming, which in turn leads to more ice melting, and so on in this positive feedback loop. In the curriculum, students can use a model to change the percent of ice cover or amount of greenhous ...
... ocean or land, which are darker than ice and therefore absorb more of the Sun’s energy. This leads to more warming, which in turn leads to more ice melting, and so on in this positive feedback loop. In the curriculum, students can use a model to change the percent of ice cover or amount of greenhous ...
natural resource adaptation principles
... effective. Polling indicates the public is confused about climate change and its impacts and they are less supportive of action to address climate impacts than they were a few years ago. Clear examples of how climate is impacting our natural and agricultural systems and practical steps that can be t ...
... effective. Polling indicates the public is confused about climate change and its impacts and they are less supportive of action to address climate impacts than they were a few years ago. Clear examples of how climate is impacting our natural and agricultural systems and practical steps that can be t ...
natural resource adaptation principles
... effective. Polling indicates the public is confused about climate change and its impacts and they are less supportive of action to address climate impacts than they were a few years ago. Clear examples of how climate is impacting our natural and agricultural systems and practical steps that can be t ...
... effective. Polling indicates the public is confused about climate change and its impacts and they are less supportive of action to address climate impacts than they were a few years ago. Clear examples of how climate is impacting our natural and agricultural systems and practical steps that can be t ...
Item 9 - Climate Change and Planning for Unpredictable Weather
... forecasts and include appropriate resilience measures when planning and designing new infrastructure. However, there have been a number of instances where adaptation measures have been designed into a major infrastructure project, but then been ‘value engineered’ out at a later stage due to budget p ...
... forecasts and include appropriate resilience measures when planning and designing new infrastructure. However, there have been a number of instances where adaptation measures have been designed into a major infrastructure project, but then been ‘value engineered’ out at a later stage due to budget p ...
Update on Climate Change Liability cases in the US Supreme Court
... (In separate case of Massachusetts v. EPA (2007) US Sup Ct had held that the EPA did have duty to use powers under Clean Air Act to assess whether GHG emissions were an environmental hazard.) In this action Connecticut and other states and private land trusts sued AEP and 4 other major utility cos./ ...
... (In separate case of Massachusetts v. EPA (2007) US Sup Ct had held that the EPA did have duty to use powers under Clean Air Act to assess whether GHG emissions were an environmental hazard.) In this action Connecticut and other states and private land trusts sued AEP and 4 other major utility cos./ ...
Document
... 1. Climate change could worsen ozone air quality in U.S.; the summer average daily max-8-hr ozone is projected to increase by 2-5 ppb over large areas of U.S. due to the 2000-2050 climate change with the IPCC A1B scenario. 2. Factors causing worse ozone air quality associated with the future climate ...
... 1. Climate change could worsen ozone air quality in U.S.; the summer average daily max-8-hr ozone is projected to increase by 2-5 ppb over large areas of U.S. due to the 2000-2050 climate change with the IPCC A1B scenario. 2. Factors causing worse ozone air quality associated with the future climate ...
Communicating climate change to mass public audiences
... Cialdini, Goldstein and Griskevicius, 2007). There are different reasons that people adopt social norms, and encouraging people to adopt a positive norm simply to ‘conform’, to avoid a feeling of guilt, or for fear of not ‘fitting in’ is likely to produce a relatively shallow level of motivation for ...
... Cialdini, Goldstein and Griskevicius, 2007). There are different reasons that people adopt social norms, and encouraging people to adopt a positive norm simply to ‘conform’, to avoid a feeling of guilt, or for fear of not ‘fitting in’ is likely to produce a relatively shallow level of motivation for ...
north carolina - National Conference of State Legislatures
... production; nearly $2 billion was generated in cash receipts in 2006.21, 22 Heat stress can reduce animals’ ability to gain weight and reproduce, and temperature increases influence availability of forage areas. Research shows that a 9° F increase in temperature reduces livestock yield in animal and ...
... production; nearly $2 billion was generated in cash receipts in 2006.21, 22 Heat stress can reduce animals’ ability to gain weight and reproduce, and temperature increases influence availability of forage areas. Research shows that a 9° F increase in temperature reduces livestock yield in animal and ...
Presentation of COMBINE (FP7)
... ENV.2008.1.1.4.1. New components in Earth System modelling for better climate projections Future climate predictions necessitate development of models which incorporate more complete range of Earth System parameters in comparison to the existing ones, as well as the Earth System feedbacks on future ...
... ENV.2008.1.1.4.1. New components in Earth System modelling for better climate projections Future climate predictions necessitate development of models which incorporate more complete range of Earth System parameters in comparison to the existing ones, as well as the Earth System feedbacks on future ...
Case Study: Belgian coast and coastal flooding
... the North Sea (figure 1.1). Climate change is the main subject of this case-study and the issues it currently raises and might raise in the future for Belgium. A case study on coastal flooding will be used to highlight the problems climate change can cause. The case study will also be used to genera ...
... the North Sea (figure 1.1). Climate change is the main subject of this case-study and the issues it currently raises and might raise in the future for Belgium. A case study on coastal flooding will be used to highlight the problems climate change can cause. The case study will also be used to genera ...
Climate Change and Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa: the Mother of
... that this implies that global emissions need to peak as soon as possible and decline thereafter. As part of this, we also support a goal of developed countries reducing emissions of greenhouse gases in aggregate by 80 % or more by 2050 compared to 1990 or more recent years.” This is paragraph 65 of ...
... that this implies that global emissions need to peak as soon as possible and decline thereafter. As part of this, we also support a goal of developed countries reducing emissions of greenhouse gases in aggregate by 80 % or more by 2050 compared to 1990 or more recent years.” This is paragraph 65 of ...
Climate Change: Lessons for our Future from the Distant Past
... equivalents, discussed below. All of these greenhouse gases are presently increasing at different rates, and are likely to alter their relative impacts in the future. The physics of greenhouse gases are quite well understood, and date from insights starting in the late 19th century (see Arrhenius, 1 ...
... equivalents, discussed below. All of these greenhouse gases are presently increasing at different rates, and are likely to alter their relative impacts in the future. The physics of greenhouse gases are quite well understood, and date from insights starting in the late 19th century (see Arrhenius, 1 ...
Baltadapt impact survey
... change are listed. Each of them is associated with an estimate of the uncertainty and also the time until significant climate change can be detected. The estimate of the uncertainty pertains to if there will be a change or not and it is not reflecting the actual amplitude of the changes. If possible ...
... change are listed. Each of them is associated with an estimate of the uncertainty and also the time until significant climate change can be detected. The estimate of the uncertainty pertains to if there will be a change or not and it is not reflecting the actual amplitude of the changes. If possible ...
PowerPoint Presentation (Blue)
... • Scale of response: must engage every sector of society • Timeframe for response: “…we have at most 10 years -- not 10 years to decide upon action, but 10 years to alter fundamentally the trajectory of global greenhouse emissions." • “There is still time, but just barely.” (Dr. James Hansen, direct ...
... • Scale of response: must engage every sector of society • Timeframe for response: “…we have at most 10 years -- not 10 years to decide upon action, but 10 years to alter fundamentally the trajectory of global greenhouse emissions." • “There is still time, but just barely.” (Dr. James Hansen, direct ...
The Impacts of SLR on The Kingdom of Bahrain
... climate change, causing major threats to human beings around the world particularly in low lying coastal areas. The potential impacts increase when populations and their related economic activities are highly concentrated along the coastal zones (McGranahan et al.,2007; Nicholls et al., 2008). The K ...
... climate change, causing major threats to human beings around the world particularly in low lying coastal areas. The potential impacts increase when populations and their related economic activities are highly concentrated along the coastal zones (McGranahan et al.,2007; Nicholls et al., 2008). The K ...
PlanetUnderPressure - Atmospheric and Oceanic Science
... and access to modern forms of contraception Improve resource efficiency – production and use Transition to a low-carbon economy, coupled with adaptation to climate change Address the drivers of biodiversity loss and the degradation of ...
... and access to modern forms of contraception Improve resource efficiency – production and use Transition to a low-carbon economy, coupled with adaptation to climate change Address the drivers of biodiversity loss and the degradation of ...
Slide 1
... Why climate change belongs in the new science curriculum *It’s an example of how science works. Exactly because it’s controversial, we can experience science as a process, rather than a compilation of facts. *Understanding the climate change theory involves many science concepts. ...
... Why climate change belongs in the new science curriculum *It’s an example of how science works. Exactly because it’s controversial, we can experience science as a process, rather than a compilation of facts. *Understanding the climate change theory involves many science concepts. ...
Rapid accumulation of committed sea-level rise from global warming
... Similar analyses can be further applied to contrast the standard RCP scenarios being used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Fig. 1A illustrates the implied sea-level rise commitment differential between the two most extreme of these: RCP8.5, the no-policy, highest emissions scenario ...
... Similar analyses can be further applied to contrast the standard RCP scenarios being used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Fig. 1A illustrates the implied sea-level rise commitment differential between the two most extreme of these: RCP8.5, the no-policy, highest emissions scenario ...
Minneapolis Westminster Town Hall Forum Speech May 10 2007
... There are many other such examples: the rich cloud forests of Central America and Africa; coral reefs worldwide that are vulnerable to bleaching and mortality, for very modest warming. What are the ethics of initiating such massive losses, all in the course of a century? But it doesn’t have to happe ...
... There are many other such examples: the rich cloud forests of Central America and Africa; coral reefs worldwide that are vulnerable to bleaching and mortality, for very modest warming. What are the ethics of initiating such massive losses, all in the course of a century? But it doesn’t have to happe ...
Douglas-fir Seed Movement Study
... A feature which is especially important for an organism’s survival and reproduction; a product of natural selection in a given environment (adaptive trait) Adaptedness is the state of being adapted: the degree to which a population of organisms is able to survive, grow and reproduce in a given envir ...
... A feature which is especially important for an organism’s survival and reproduction; a product of natural selection in a given environment (adaptive trait) Adaptedness is the state of being adapted: the degree to which a population of organisms is able to survive, grow and reproduce in a given envir ...
Recent and future changes in the global and UK climate: high-res (2 MB) (opens in new window)
... United Nations Environment Programme, and its role is “to assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis the scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant to understanding the scientific basis of risk of human-induced climate change, its potential impacts and option ...
... United Nations Environment Programme, and its role is “to assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis the scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant to understanding the scientific basis of risk of human-induced climate change, its potential impacts and option ...
Ocean Variables
... 1-3 July 2002 - GCOS Science Panel chairs finalise information base / define critical questions for meeting with IPCC experts. 12-14 August 2002 - Meeting with IPCC experts on needs of Convention and metrics for observing systems as in TAR. 14-18 October 2002 - Meeting of authors to organise, ...
... 1-3 July 2002 - GCOS Science Panel chairs finalise information base / define critical questions for meeting with IPCC experts. 12-14 August 2002 - Meeting with IPCC experts on needs of Convention and metrics for observing systems as in TAR. 14-18 October 2002 - Meeting of authors to organise, ...
Speech by Mark Carney at Lloyd`s of London
... Insurers are therefore amongst those with the greatest incentives to understand and tackle climate change in the short term. Your motives are sharpened by commercial concern as capitalists and by moral considerations as global citizens. And your response is at the cutting edge of the understanding ...
... Insurers are therefore amongst those with the greatest incentives to understand and tackle climate change in the short term. Your motives are sharpened by commercial concern as capitalists and by moral considerations as global citizens. And your response is at the cutting edge of the understanding ...