HCFC Phase out
... Protocol, the same Parties have the opportunity to help set the scene for a fresh round of climate change talks scheduled for conclusion at the crucial UN climate convention meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark, in late 2009. The efforts and ingenuity of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol have, over 20 ...
... Protocol, the same Parties have the opportunity to help set the scene for a fresh round of climate change talks scheduled for conclusion at the crucial UN climate convention meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark, in late 2009. The efforts and ingenuity of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol have, over 20 ...
Update on Climate Geoengineering in Relation to the
... action to date to reduce future emissions, the use of geoengineering techniques has been suggested and is being explored as a potential additional means to limit the magnitude of climate change. Such techniques have generated much discussions on their actual effectiveness and safety, and have also r ...
... action to date to reduce future emissions, the use of geoengineering techniques has been suggested and is being explored as a potential additional means to limit the magnitude of climate change. Such techniques have generated much discussions on their actual effectiveness and safety, and have also r ...
Projected ocean warming creates a conservation challenge for river
... A conservation challenge for river herring populations contributing to changes in fish abundance, and as a factor that can magnify the effects of fishing, which include not only changes in abundance but also changes in population demographics, distributions, trophic interactions, and ecosystem resil ...
... A conservation challenge for river herring populations contributing to changes in fish abundance, and as a factor that can magnify the effects of fishing, which include not only changes in abundance but also changes in population demographics, distributions, trophic interactions, and ecosystem resil ...
Module 11: Groundwater and climate change
... Groundwater is the major source of drinking water in Africa and has a rapidly expanding role in irrigation to combat growing food insecurity. This module deals with both the impact of climate change on groundwater resources and the role that groundwater can play in adapting to the impacts of climate ...
... Groundwater is the major source of drinking water in Africa and has a rapidly expanding role in irrigation to combat growing food insecurity. This module deals with both the impact of climate change on groundwater resources and the role that groundwater can play in adapting to the impacts of climate ...
DOC 129KB - Climate Change Authority
... This guide provides a framework for comparing countries’ targets to limit or reduce emissions. It does not provide a formula for deciding whether a target is ‘fair’ or ‘comparable’. Such decisions involve judgement; people will weigh the relevant considerations differently, reflecting their own obje ...
... This guide provides a framework for comparing countries’ targets to limit or reduce emissions. It does not provide a formula for deciding whether a target is ‘fair’ or ‘comparable’. Such decisions involve judgement; people will weigh the relevant considerations differently, reflecting their own obje ...
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... cope with the impacts from climate change. In particular, geoengineering (GE) options which either remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere (carbon dioxide removal or CDR) or counteract the temperature increase by managing incoming solar radiation (Solar Radiation Management or SRM1 ) have been pro ...
... cope with the impacts from climate change. In particular, geoengineering (GE) options which either remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere (carbon dioxide removal or CDR) or counteract the temperature increase by managing incoming solar radiation (Solar Radiation Management or SRM1 ) have been pro ...
Global Warming and the Government: How
... “Global warming has been called the most pressing environmental challenge of our time.” 1 Most of the warming that has occurred over the past century has been due to the emission of greenhouse gas concentrations, specifically carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide levels have risen from 316 parts per millio ...
... “Global warming has been called the most pressing environmental challenge of our time.” 1 Most of the warming that has occurred over the past century has been due to the emission of greenhouse gas concentrations, specifically carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide levels have risen from 316 parts per millio ...
http://www.undp.org/content/dam/jordan/docs/News/Climate%20change%20policy_JO.pdf
... Jordan, having signed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1992 and ratified it in 1993 and having acceded the Kyoto Protocol as non-Annex-I country in 2003, has maintained and will continue maintaining strong commitment to the objectives developed by the internation ...
... Jordan, having signed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1992 and ratified it in 1993 and having acceded the Kyoto Protocol as non-Annex-I country in 2003, has maintained and will continue maintaining strong commitment to the objectives developed by the internation ...
Inter-hemispheric linkages in climate change
... that the warming associated with this termination is of similar or even larger magnitude than the human-induced climate modification expected under future greenhouse-gas scenarios (Watson et al., 2001) although the rate of change was much slower. A second reason is that numerous climate archives tha ...
... that the warming associated with this termination is of similar or even larger magnitude than the human-induced climate modification expected under future greenhouse-gas scenarios (Watson et al., 2001) although the rate of change was much slower. A second reason is that numerous climate archives tha ...
CONFALONIERI 2007 Human Health
... of climate change on health-relevant exposures have been investigated in the context of changes in air quality and plant and animal phenology (see Chapter 1 and Sections 8.2.7 and 8.2.8). There has been research on a wider range of health issues, including food safety and water-related infections. T ...
... of climate change on health-relevant exposures have been investigated in the context of changes in air quality and plant and animal phenology (see Chapter 1 and Sections 8.2.7 and 8.2.8). There has been research on a wider range of health issues, including food safety and water-related infections. T ...
http://www.fao.org/docrep/011/i0203e/i0203e00.pdf
... watersheds), and potential carbon sequestration and other nutrient management options, but these will need further research and development (R&D). The sustainable use of genetic diversity, including through biotechnologies, could have particular efficiency impacts (e.g. through widening production s ...
... watersheds), and potential carbon sequestration and other nutrient management options, but these will need further research and development (R&D). The sustainable use of genetic diversity, including through biotechnologies, could have particular efficiency impacts (e.g. through widening production s ...
Climate controls on soil respired CO2 in the United States
... season soil CO2 and AET, Kessler and Harvey (2001) produced a global map for the flux of CO2 into soil water. Here, we follow similar methods as Kessler and Harvey (2001) to model S(z) using its relationship to MAP, but because the previous relationships were based on only 19 soils worldwide, it is n ...
... season soil CO2 and AET, Kessler and Harvey (2001) produced a global map for the flux of CO2 into soil water. Here, we follow similar methods as Kessler and Harvey (2001) to model S(z) using its relationship to MAP, but because the previous relationships were based on only 19 soils worldwide, it is n ...
Creighton University`s Climate Action Plan
... reduced the total GHG emissions for the University. To allow for a more accurate ‘apples-to-apples’ comparison of annual GHG inventories moving forward, all utility data (natural gas, electricity, steam, and chilled water) associated with facilities no longer associated with Creighton as a result of ...
... reduced the total GHG emissions for the University. To allow for a more accurate ‘apples-to-apples’ comparison of annual GHG inventories moving forward, all utility data (natural gas, electricity, steam, and chilled water) associated with facilities no longer associated with Creighton as a result of ...
attachment-1311-CRGE Facility TERMS OF REFERENCE
... fiduciary standards designed by a given Fund’s Board in order to be accredited by the Fund and access finance from it directly without an intermediary. The requirements for accreditation for direct access to the Green Fund have yet to be agreed. ...
... fiduciary standards designed by a given Fund’s Board in order to be accredited by the Fund and access finance from it directly without an intermediary. The requirements for accreditation for direct access to the Green Fund have yet to be agreed. ...
THE BIG LIE - Council for American Students in International
... the general American public in the late 1980s, there appeared to be general support for governmental response to the crisis. 18 As a result of press coverage of Senate hearings on climate change during a severe heat wave in June 1988, it seemed that the climate change issue had shifted “from science ...
... the general American public in the late 1980s, there appeared to be general support for governmental response to the crisis. 18 As a result of press coverage of Senate hearings on climate change during a severe heat wave in June 1988, it seemed that the climate change issue had shifted “from science ...
Climate Change and Poverty—An Analytical Framework
... communities, 44% cite “drought, irrigation failure, or crop disease” as one of the reasons for their income losses. “All else being the same, the odds of a non-poor household falling into poverty increase more than 15 times when drought is a significant feature of its event history” (Krishna, 2006). ...
... communities, 44% cite “drought, irrigation failure, or crop disease” as one of the reasons for their income losses. “All else being the same, the odds of a non-poor household falling into poverty increase more than 15 times when drought is a significant feature of its event history” (Krishna, 2006). ...
Victorian climate change adaptation plan
... The plan is guided by economic reviews5 undertaken in Australia and overseas that indicate the benefits of early adaptation actions can outweigh the costs, particularly where there are existing climate-related risks. Projected climate changes affecting ...
... The plan is guided by economic reviews5 undertaken in Australia and overseas that indicate the benefits of early adaptation actions can outweigh the costs, particularly where there are existing climate-related risks. Projected climate changes affecting ...
CIRES-Climate Change - Colorado Water Conservation Board
... to the 20th century average, although one statistical streamflow model projects a 45% decline by 2050. The range of individual model projections within a single study can include both increasing and decreasing runoff due to the range of climate model output used to drive the hydrology models. Ongoin ...
... to the 20th century average, although one statistical streamflow model projects a 45% decline by 2050. The range of individual model projections within a single study can include both increasing and decreasing runoff due to the range of climate model output used to drive the hydrology models. Ongoin ...
i2146e01
... Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) concluded: “warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global average sea level”. The AR4 found that the under ...
... Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) concluded: “warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global average sea level”. The AR4 found that the under ...
Draft African Union Strategy on Climate Change (2015)
... explicitly shows the world is warming faster than estimated before and that humans caused most of that change over the last decades. It is also clear that climate change will continue, at a pace determined by past, present and future emissions of heat-trapping gases. The effects of climate change th ...
... explicitly shows the world is warming faster than estimated before and that humans caused most of that change over the last decades. It is also clear that climate change will continue, at a pace determined by past, present and future emissions of heat-trapping gases. The effects of climate change th ...
Climate Change in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas - HimalDoc
... outside the region. This change is complicated by growing climatic variability, which has now reached such a dimension that it can be talked about as climate change. In all likelihood, the effects of climate change will become evident here first and with the greatest intensity. The situation is comp ...
... outside the region. This change is complicated by growing climatic variability, which has now reached such a dimension that it can be talked about as climate change. In all likelihood, the effects of climate change will become evident here first and with the greatest intensity. The situation is comp ...
Protecting Climate Progress - League of Conservation Voters
... there is clearly no mandate for rolling back our historic achievements on clean air, clean water, climate change and public lands. We have known from the very start that solving the climate crisis is a long-term fight, one that requires resolve and perseverance. We are ready to keep up the fight, en ...
... there is clearly no mandate for rolling back our historic achievements on clean air, clean water, climate change and public lands. We have known from the very start that solving the climate crisis is a long-term fight, one that requires resolve and perseverance. We are ready to keep up the fight, en ...
Climate change and its impact on the livelihood of farmers and
... The human species’ capacity to fundamentally alter the basic life-sustaining structures of our planet has reached new and historically unparalleled dimensions. The question is what needs to be undertaken to ensure that global climate change does not continue to develop in such a way that it negative ...
... The human species’ capacity to fundamentally alter the basic life-sustaining structures of our planet has reached new and historically unparalleled dimensions. The question is what needs to be undertaken to ensure that global climate change does not continue to develop in such a way that it negative ...
Gauteng Climate Change Risk and vulnerability assessment
... Resilience: The capacity of social, economic, and environmental systems to cope with a hazardous event or trend or disturbance, responding or reorganizing in ways that maintain their essential function, identity, and structure, while also maintaining the capacity for adaptation, learning, and transf ...
... Resilience: The capacity of social, economic, and environmental systems to cope with a hazardous event or trend or disturbance, responding or reorganizing in ways that maintain their essential function, identity, and structure, while also maintaining the capacity for adaptation, learning, and transf ...
... mainly for family daily consumptions (Mohd. Fariduddin, 2006). The remaining amount of production is sold to the neighbours and nearby community in small amount especially during the festive seasons. The annual aquaculture production in Sarawak has positive significant relationship with total variab ...
Climate engineering
Climate engineering, also referred to as geoengineering or climate intervention, is the deliberate and large-scale intervention in the Earth’s climatic system with the aim of limiting adverse climate change. Climate engineering is an umbrella term for two types of measures: carbon dioxide removal and solar radiation management. Carbon dioxide removal addresses the cause of climate change by removing one of the greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide) from the atmosphere. Solar radiation management attempts to offset effects of greenhouse gases by causing the Earth to absorb less solar radiation.Climate engineering approaches are sometimes viewed as additional potential options for limiting climate change, alongside mitigation and adaptation. There is substantial agreement among scientists that climate engineering cannot substitute climate change mitigation. Some approaches might be used as accompanying measures to sharp cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. Given that all types of measures addressing climate change have economic, political or physical limitations a some climate engineering approaches might eventually be used as part of an ensemble of measures. Research on costs, benefits, and various types of risks of most climate engineering approaches is at an early stage and their understanding needs to improve to judge their adequacy and feasibility.No known large-scale climate engineering projects have taken place to date. Almost all research into solar geoengineering has consisted of computer modelling or laboratory tests, and attempts to move to real-world experimentation have proved controversial for many types of climate engineering. Some practices, such as planting of trees and whitening of surfaces as well as bio-energy with carbon capture and storage projects are underway, their scalability to effectively affect global climate is however debated. Ocean iron fertilization has been given small-scale research trials, sparking substantial controversy.Most experts and major reports advise against relying on geoengineering techniques as a simple solution to climate change, in part due to the large uncertainties over effectiveness and side effects. However, most experts also argue that the risks of such interventions must be seen in the context of risks of dangerous climate change. Interventions at large scale may run a greater risk disrupting natural systems resulting in a dilemma that those approaches that could prove highly (cost-) effective in addressing extreme climate risk, might themselves cause substantial risk. Some have suggested that the concept of geoengineering the climate presents a moral hazard because it could reduce political and public pressure for emissions reduction, which could exacerbate overall climate risks.Groups such as ETC Group and some climate researchers (such as Raymond Pierrehumbert) are in favour of a moratorium on out-of-doors testing and deployment of SRM.