Adapting to climate change in practice
... Moderator: Wolfgang Pfefferkorn, CIPRA International (FL) Climate change has implications for a wide range of contexts and stakeholders, and affects these at a variety of different levels. Sustainable adaptation is only possible if the political, administrative and business/industry sectors work clo ...
... Moderator: Wolfgang Pfefferkorn, CIPRA International (FL) Climate change has implications for a wide range of contexts and stakeholders, and affects these at a variety of different levels. Sustainable adaptation is only possible if the political, administrative and business/industry sectors work clo ...
Generating possibility distributions of scenarios for regional climate
... Principles for constructing future climate scenarios: Modal induction: a statement about the future is possibly true only if it is positively inferred from our relevant background knowledge (IPCC). Modal falsification: permits creatively constructed scenarios as long as they can’t be falsified b ...
... Principles for constructing future climate scenarios: Modal induction: a statement about the future is possibly true only if it is positively inferred from our relevant background knowledge (IPCC). Modal falsification: permits creatively constructed scenarios as long as they can’t be falsified b ...
CLIMATE CHANGE LEGISLATION IN Nigeria
... house (House of Representatives). The Senate has 109 members, three from each state and one from the capital region of Abuja. Every four years, senators are elected in a popular vote. The House of Representatives has 360 members who are elected for a four-year term, using a simple majority (first-pa ...
... house (House of Representatives). The Senate has 109 members, three from each state and one from the capital region of Abuja. Every four years, senators are elected in a popular vote. The House of Representatives has 360 members who are elected for a four-year term, using a simple majority (first-pa ...
Challenges for management of freshwater ecosystems
... with extreme uncertainty in view of the limited scope of research that is likely to be achievable over the period in which climate change is occurring. 2. Several lines of evidence hint at biological feedback mechanisms that may result in increased respiratory production of carbon dioxide, if not of ...
... with extreme uncertainty in view of the limited scope of research that is likely to be achievable over the period in which climate change is occurring. 2. Several lines of evidence hint at biological feedback mechanisms that may result in increased respiratory production of carbon dioxide, if not of ...
Climate Change and Poverty Reduction
... The first step in environment mainstreaming is to understand how the environment is linked to the development challenge or sector you are responsible for. In this key sheet, we explain why understanding climate change is crucial in the context of poverty reduction, and suggest sources of additional ...
... The first step in environment mainstreaming is to understand how the environment is linked to the development challenge or sector you are responsible for. In this key sheet, we explain why understanding climate change is crucial in the context of poverty reduction, and suggest sources of additional ...
Food Security and Climate
... 60-years long. Note that the negative phases of both bring more cold than warmth and the positive more warmth than cold to the U.S. and globe. Figure 14 shows how there is a very strong correlation between the two multidecadal modes and U.S annual temperatures. ...
... 60-years long. Note that the negative phases of both bring more cold than warmth and the positive more warmth than cold to the U.S. and globe. Figure 14 shows how there is a very strong correlation between the two multidecadal modes and U.S annual temperatures. ...
Analysis of trends in temperature and rainfall in selected
... The temperature data for Victoria and Western Australia spans 1907 – 2012, and for Queensland, the temperature data spans 1962 – 2012. For this reason, Victorian and Western Australian data were divided into two sets of 53 samples, 1907 – 1959 and 1960 – 2012, and Queensland data two sets of samples ...
... The temperature data for Victoria and Western Australia spans 1907 – 2012, and for Queensland, the temperature data spans 1962 – 2012. For this reason, Victorian and Western Australian data were divided into two sets of 53 samples, 1907 – 1959 and 1960 – 2012, and Queensland data two sets of samples ...
Measuring the Public Health Impacts of Climate Change in the
... comprehensive vision and plan of action. We anticipate that the next years of collaborative research and policy development will be full of productive tensions and catalysis, with every difference between the two fields’ approaches presenting an opportunity to paint a fuller picture of how climate c ...
... comprehensive vision and plan of action. We anticipate that the next years of collaborative research and policy development will be full of productive tensions and catalysis, with every difference between the two fields’ approaches presenting an opportunity to paint a fuller picture of how climate c ...
Projected Climate Change Impacts in Asia and Japan
... Ministry of Environment, FY2007‐11,, Integrated research on climate change scenarios to increase public awareness and contribute to the policy process →New project (S‐10: A comprehensive research on the development of global climate risk ...
... Ministry of Environment, FY2007‐11,, Integrated research on climate change scenarios to increase public awareness and contribute to the policy process →New project (S‐10: A comprehensive research on the development of global climate risk ...
Climate Science: Is it currently designed to answer questions
... It is my impression that by the end of the 60’s scientists, themselves, came to feel that the real basis for support was not gratitude (and the associated trust that support would bring further benefit) but fear: fear of the Soviet Union, fear of cancer, etc. Many will conclude that this was merely ...
... It is my impression that by the end of the 60’s scientists, themselves, came to feel that the real basis for support was not gratitude (and the associated trust that support would bring further benefit) but fear: fear of the Soviet Union, fear of cancer, etc. Many will conclude that this was merely ...
How will the Alps Respond to Climate Change?
... Alpine climates have undergone significant change over the past century, mostly because enhanced radiative forcing due to anthropogenic greenhouse gases (Houghton et al., 2001). Temperatures have risen by up to 2 °C in many parts of Alps between 1901 and 2000, which is well above the global-average ...
... Alpine climates have undergone significant change over the past century, mostly because enhanced radiative forcing due to anthropogenic greenhouse gases (Houghton et al., 2001). Temperatures have risen by up to 2 °C in many parts of Alps between 1901 and 2000, which is well above the global-average ...
Global climate change and the Antarctic Treaty system since 2000.
... An Increased Focus on Global Climate Change at ATCMs ATCMs since 2005 have been marked by a greater explicit focus on climate change issues than their predecessors. There are several trends to note. The first trend is a renewed focus on climate change issues by the signatories. This has largely bee ...
... An Increased Focus on Global Climate Change at ATCMs ATCMs since 2005 have been marked by a greater explicit focus on climate change issues than their predecessors. There are several trends to note. The first trend is a renewed focus on climate change issues by the signatories. This has largely bee ...
Climate-ready agriculture - a situation statement for Western Australia
... may continue in the short-term, but in the long term, frost risk will decline. This reduction in frost risk will potentially benefit field crops, but may negatively affect horticultural crops that rely on low temperatures to set fruit. Fire risk is projected to increase, threatening human life, fa ...
... may continue in the short-term, but in the long term, frost risk will decline. This reduction in frost risk will potentially benefit field crops, but may negatively affect horticultural crops that rely on low temperatures to set fruit. Fire risk is projected to increase, threatening human life, fa ...
Bond DEG timeline and priorities 2015 Contents Purpose Work plan
... climate and environment smart and better prepared for the risks and uncertainties of an increasingly climate and environment impacted future. 2. Further research into how to make all development finance climate proof and how to ensure that climate finance itself generates additional value. 3. Bond D ...
... climate and environment smart and better prepared for the risks and uncertainties of an increasingly climate and environment impacted future. 2. Further research into how to make all development finance climate proof and how to ensure that climate finance itself generates additional value. 3. Bond D ...
2016 State of the Climate Report
... unscientific' - Lovelock rips scientists attempting to predict temperatures as 'idiots': “Anyone who tries to predict more than five to 10 years is a bit of an idiot, because so many things can change unexpectedly.” - Lovelock Featured in Climate Hustle - Watch Lovelock transform from climate fear p ...
... unscientific' - Lovelock rips scientists attempting to predict temperatures as 'idiots': “Anyone who tries to predict more than five to 10 years is a bit of an idiot, because so many things can change unexpectedly.” - Lovelock Featured in Climate Hustle - Watch Lovelock transform from climate fear p ...
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... • Why do you think scientists take sediment cores like these? • Have you ever seen rock layers? What did you observe? • Where are the oldest layers? The newest? Explain to students that when we collect a sediment core, we are getting a slice of the soil’s layers. There are many differences betwee ...
... • Why do you think scientists take sediment cores like these? • Have you ever seen rock layers? What did you observe? • Where are the oldest layers? The newest? Explain to students that when we collect a sediment core, we are getting a slice of the soil’s layers. There are many differences betwee ...
Executive Summary
... communities within lower and middle-income countries that are most exposed. Losses of income among these groups is already extreme. The world’s principal objectives for poverty reduction, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), are therefore under comprehensive pressures, in particular as a result ...
... communities within lower and middle-income countries that are most exposed. Losses of income among these groups is already extreme. The world’s principal objectives for poverty reduction, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), are therefore under comprehensive pressures, in particular as a result ...
New International Rights Standard for Climate Displaced People
... that considered as “Peninsula Principles on Climate Displacement” (a name inspired by the Mornington Peninsula of Australia where the meeting took place) outlining the rights of people and communities who lose their homes, land and livelihoods due to the effects of climate change. To set the rules t ...
... that considered as “Peninsula Principles on Climate Displacement” (a name inspired by the Mornington Peninsula of Australia where the meeting took place) outlining the rights of people and communities who lose their homes, land and livelihoods due to the effects of climate change. To set the rules t ...
Research Project Final Report
... Each section is fully referenced with a total citation of 123 papers and reports (including the pre-identified material see Appendix 1 for full citation list included here as demonstration of our approach). In support of the QSR Chapter 3.1 this section of the assessment closes with two summary tabl ...
... Each section is fully referenced with a total citation of 123 papers and reports (including the pre-identified material see Appendix 1 for full citation list included here as demonstration of our approach). In support of the QSR Chapter 3.1 this section of the assessment closes with two summary tabl ...
Challenging Knowledge: How Climate Science Became a Victim of the Cold War
... James E. Hansen, director of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies, places the earth’s climate sensitivity to a doubling of the pre-industrial carbon dioxide levels as 3 ºC, based on paleoclimate data. The last time the earth was this warm, 3 million years ago, sea level was about 25 meters higher ...
... James E. Hansen, director of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies, places the earth’s climate sensitivity to a doubling of the pre-industrial carbon dioxide levels as 3 ºC, based on paleoclimate data. The last time the earth was this warm, 3 million years ago, sea level was about 25 meters higher ...
General principle
... General : o 1. Start adapting flood risk management to potential climate change as soon as possible, when information is robust enough, since full certainty will never be the case. Follow the guiding principles set out for the WFD PFRA : 2. Understand and anticipate as far as possible climate change ...
... General : o 1. Start adapting flood risk management to potential climate change as soon as possible, when information is robust enough, since full certainty will never be the case. Follow the guiding principles set out for the WFD PFRA : 2. Understand and anticipate as far as possible climate change ...
South African Food Security and Climate Change: Agriculture Futures
... Readers are referred to You et al. (2009) for an explanation of how land use is estimated using SPAM and to Jones et al. (2003) for an explanation of DSSAT. It would be useful for a general audience to explain how the models work, what they capture, etc. This is important because this is the main an ...
... Readers are referred to You et al. (2009) for an explanation of how land use is estimated using SPAM and to Jones et al. (2003) for an explanation of DSSAT. It would be useful for a general audience to explain how the models work, what they capture, etc. This is important because this is the main an ...
Global Warming Is a Threat? It Just Ain`t So!
... toto these models indicate one central tendency: Soon after warming begins it takes place at a constant rate. The models use the same increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide: 1 percent per year, compounded annually. But this number is dead wrong and has been known to be wrong for years. According to ...
... toto these models indicate one central tendency: Soon after warming begins it takes place at a constant rate. The models use the same increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide: 1 percent per year, compounded annually. But this number is dead wrong and has been known to be wrong for years. According to ...
Michael E. Mann
Michael E. Mann (born 1965) is an American climatologist and geophysicist, currently director of the Earth System Science Center at Pennsylvania State University, who has contributed to the scientific understanding of historic climate change based on the temperature record of the past thousand years. He has pioneered techniques to find patterns in past climate change, and to isolate climate signals from ""noisy data"".As lead author of a paper produced in 1998 with co-authors Raymond S. Bradley and Malcolm K. Hughes, Mann introduced innovative statistical techniques to find regional variations in a hemispherical climate reconstruction covering the past 600 years. In 1999 the same team used these techniques to produce a reconstruction over the past 1,000 years (MBH99) which was dubbed the ""hockey stick graph"" because of its shape. He was one of 8 lead authors of the ""Observed Climate Variability and Change"" chapter of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Third Scientific Assessment Report published in 2001. A graph based on the MBH99 paper was highlighted in several parts of the report, and was given wide publicity. The IPCC acknowledged that his work, along with that of the many other lead authors and review editors, contributed to the award of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, which was won jointly by the IPCC and Al Gore.He was organizing committee chair for the National Academy of Sciences Frontiers of Science in 2003 and has received a number of honors and awards including selection by Scientific American as one of the fifty leading visionaries in science and technology in 2002. In 2012 he was inducted as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union and was awarded the Hans Oeschger Medal of the European Geosciences Union. In 2013 he was elected a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society, and awarded the status of distinguished professor in Penn State's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences.Mann is author of more than 160 peer-reviewed and edited publications, and has published two books: Dire Predictions: Understanding Global Warming in 2008 and The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines, published in early 2012. In 2013 the European Geosciences Union described his publication record as ""outstanding for a scientist of his relatively young age"". He is also a co-founder and contributor to the climatology blog RealClimate.