How well do we understand and evaluate climate change feedback
... is substantial for all the feedbacks, it is the largest for cloud feedbacks. The comparison also reveals quite a large range in the strength of water vapor and lapse rate feedbacks among GCMs. A strong anticorrelation between the water vapor and lapse rate feedbacks of models is also seen, consisten ...
... is substantial for all the feedbacks, it is the largest for cloud feedbacks. The comparison also reveals quite a large range in the strength of water vapor and lapse rate feedbacks among GCMs. A strong anticorrelation between the water vapor and lapse rate feedbacks of models is also seen, consisten ...
About observed and future climate changes in Flanders and Belgium
... Flanders were only recently determined, so that no reports are available on past evolutions. Yet the analysis of high water discharges doesindicate that, at the regional level, highly exceptional high water discharges, and therefore also the associated risk of flooding, have become slightly less exc ...
... Flanders were only recently determined, so that no reports are available on past evolutions. Yet the analysis of high water discharges doesindicate that, at the regional level, highly exceptional high water discharges, and therefore also the associated risk of flooding, have become slightly less exc ...
Do Not Cite, Quote, or Distribute IPCC WGII AR5 Chapter 7
... The chapter presents a very interesting analysis of likely climate change effecst on various food production systems. The discussion of literature on direct effects of climate change on crop yields and other food production systems is extensive and covers all important crops and regions. In contrast ...
... The chapter presents a very interesting analysis of likely climate change effecst on various food production systems. The discussion of literature on direct effects of climate change on crop yields and other food production systems is extensive and covers all important crops and regions. In contrast ...
ecosystem-based adaptation - Fundação Grupo Boticário de
... the warming of the global system, which can be evidenced based on changes such as the warming of the atmosphere and the oceans and the increase in sealevel, among other changes already observed (PBMC, 2015). According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the last three decades we ...
... the warming of the global system, which can be evidenced based on changes such as the warming of the atmosphere and the oceans and the increase in sealevel, among other changes already observed (PBMC, 2015). According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the last three decades we ...
Impacts of climate change on disadvantaged UK coastal communities
... Coastal areas are likely to be more vulnerable to climate change than inland areas because, in addition to changes in flooding, temperature and precipitation, they will also be affected by a rise in sea level and wave heights. Both direct effects (such as accelerated coastal erosion and more powerfu ...
... Coastal areas are likely to be more vulnerable to climate change than inland areas because, in addition to changes in flooding, temperature and precipitation, they will also be affected by a rise in sea level and wave heights. Both direct effects (such as accelerated coastal erosion and more powerfu ...
U.S. Senate Report
... The voices of many of these hundreds of scientists serve as a direct challenge to the often mediahyped "consensus" that the debate is "settled." A May 2007 Senate report detailed scientists who had recently converted from believers in man-made global warming to skepticism. [See May 15, 2007 report: ...
... The voices of many of these hundreds of scientists serve as a direct challenge to the often mediahyped "consensus" that the debate is "settled." A May 2007 Senate report detailed scientists who had recently converted from believers in man-made global warming to skepticism. [See May 15, 2007 report: ...
4 Framework for ICTs` integration in cities climate change
... The effects of climate change will be felt by cities with varying degrees of intensity. Evidence from the field indicates that climatic changes such as variation in rainfall or temperature patterns and sea level rise are having an impact on development dimensions such as agricultural production, foo ...
... The effects of climate change will be felt by cities with varying degrees of intensity. Evidence from the field indicates that climatic changes such as variation in rainfall or temperature patterns and sea level rise are having an impact on development dimensions such as agricultural production, foo ...
Module 1: Introduction to climate change in the context of
... contextual explanations are to be found in a) the dominant model of economic development and its fundamental dependence on energy; b) the challenges facing political leaders and policy makers to agree and enact courses of action for mitigation and adaptation. While human beings impact on climate ch ...
... contextual explanations are to be found in a) the dominant model of economic development and its fundamental dependence on energy; b) the challenges facing political leaders and policy makers to agree and enact courses of action for mitigation and adaptation. While human beings impact on climate ch ...
Projections of Future Climate Change
... uncertainty and the uncertainty of the various future scenarios, but not the uncertainty associated with the radiative forcings, particularly aerosol. Note the AOGCM ranges above are 30-year averages for a period ending at the year 2100 compared to the average for the period 1961 to 1990, while the ...
... uncertainty and the uncertainty of the various future scenarios, but not the uncertainty associated with the radiative forcings, particularly aerosol. Note the AOGCM ranges above are 30-year averages for a period ending at the year 2100 compared to the average for the period 1961 to 1990, while the ...
Perception of Climate Change Among Egyptians Living in Egypt and
... carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4), which is known as anthropogenic forcing of changes to the climate. Since the industrial revolution, the global concentration of carbon dioxide has been estimated to have been increased 31% (Karl and Trenberth 2003). Anthropogenic greenhouse gases trap radiatio ...
... carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4), which is known as anthropogenic forcing of changes to the climate. Since the industrial revolution, the global concentration of carbon dioxide has been estimated to have been increased 31% (Karl and Trenberth 2003). Anthropogenic greenhouse gases trap radiatio ...
Climate Change Impacts and Risk Management
... warmer than at the beginning of the 20th Century, with global temperatures having increased by around 0.6˚C; > it is likely that 1990-1999 was the warmest decade in the last 1,000 years, at least in the Northern Hemisphere; > most of the observed warming in the last 50 years is attributable to human ...
... warmer than at the beginning of the 20th Century, with global temperatures having increased by around 0.6˚C; > it is likely that 1990-1999 was the warmest decade in the last 1,000 years, at least in the Northern Hemisphere; > most of the observed warming in the last 50 years is attributable to human ...
Draft Discussion Paper Ilaria Carrozza ESCAP/FfD/04/2015
... including for the exchange of technology and know-how, will be vital to developing the appropriate conditions for low-carbon economies to flourish. ...
... including for the exchange of technology and know-how, will be vital to developing the appropriate conditions for low-carbon economies to flourish. ...
Understanding Earth`s Deep Past: Lessons for Our Climate Future
... of short- and long-term processes and feedbacks that govern the global climate system. Perhaps more importantly, these studies have also revealed the potential for positive feedbacks that typically operate on century to millennial timescales but may become operative on much shorter, human timescales ...
... of short- and long-term processes and feedbacks that govern the global climate system. Perhaps more importantly, these studies have also revealed the potential for positive feedbacks that typically operate on century to millennial timescales but may become operative on much shorter, human timescales ...
U. S. Senate Report Over 400 Prominent Scientists Disputed Man
... change to a skeptic. Patterson noted that the notion of a "consensus" of scientists aligned with the UN IPCC or former Vice President Al Gore is false. "I was at the Geological Society of America meeting in Philadelphia in the fall and I would say that people with my opinion were probably in the maj ...
... change to a skeptic. Patterson noted that the notion of a "consensus" of scientists aligned with the UN IPCC or former Vice President Al Gore is false. "I was at the Geological Society of America meeting in Philadelphia in the fall and I would say that people with my opinion were probably in the maj ...
CLIMATE CHANGE, MIGRATION, AND THE PUGET SOUND REGION
... following two questions: 1. To what extent does current knowledge about human migration support the claim that climate change will drive a significant increase in migration to the Puget Sound region? 2. What further research and analysis could tell us more about how climate change could affect futur ...
... following two questions: 1. To what extent does current knowledge about human migration support the claim that climate change will drive a significant increase in migration to the Puget Sound region? 2. What further research and analysis could tell us more about how climate change could affect futur ...
uganda`s economic development - Konrad-Adenauer
... Climate is a key determinant of the status of Uganda’s natural resources, such as agriculture, forestry, water resources and wildlife, and therefore also a highly relevant factor for the country’s economic development potential. The unpredictability of the climate, captured in the broadest sense in ...
... Climate is a key determinant of the status of Uganda’s natural resources, such as agriculture, forestry, water resources and wildlife, and therefore also a highly relevant factor for the country’s economic development potential. The unpredictability of the climate, captured in the broadest sense in ...
Beyond Known Worlds: Climate Change Governance by Arbitral
... adopt measures to protect the cultural and religious sites of indigenous peoples? Should the promotion of green energy be prioritized vis-à-vis other environmental concerns? The above scenario is but one example of the complex interplay between climate change and foreign direct investments. Despite ...
... adopt measures to protect the cultural and religious sites of indigenous peoples? Should the promotion of green energy be prioritized vis-à-vis other environmental concerns? The above scenario is but one example of the complex interplay between climate change and foreign direct investments. Despite ...
Tilburg University Climate change adaptation
... sustainable manner. Mitigation, according to the objective of the UNFCCC, is supposed to be successful so that ecosystems, food production, and the economy are more or less automatically kept as they were before. Fifteen years later, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) sounded the ...
... sustainable manner. Mitigation, according to the objective of the UNFCCC, is supposed to be successful so that ecosystems, food production, and the economy are more or less automatically kept as they were before. Fifteen years later, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) sounded the ...
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... methods in Section 3. Discussion of estimation procedure and analysis of empirical results can be found in Section 4. Concluding remarks are contained in Section 5. 2. Conceptual Framework PMT was originally introduced by Rogers in 1975, as an important theory in social cognitive of protective behav ...
... methods in Section 3. Discussion of estimation procedure and analysis of empirical results can be found in Section 4. Concluding remarks are contained in Section 5. 2. Conceptual Framework PMT was originally introduced by Rogers in 1975, as an important theory in social cognitive of protective behav ...
Report No. www.epa.ie 135 The Development of an Irish Climate Information
... Scoping Tool, and the Sectoral Adaptation Information Tool. The Climate Information Tool integrates and standardises (temporally and spatially) existing and downscaled projections of climatic changes for Ireland and allows users to examine and query the available data, thus overcoming issues such as ...
... Scoping Tool, and the Sectoral Adaptation Information Tool. The Climate Information Tool integrates and standardises (temporally and spatially) existing and downscaled projections of climatic changes for Ireland and allows users to examine and query the available data, thus overcoming issues such as ...
On the interpretation of inter-model spread in CMIP5 climate
... Fig. 1 Schematic representation of Eq. 1 showing the relationships between the forcings, the feedback parameters and the equilibrium global mean surface temperature when the tropospheric adjustments to CO2 forcing are considered (in blue) or not (in black). Here, we assume that the adjustments to CO ...
... Fig. 1 Schematic representation of Eq. 1 showing the relationships between the forcings, the feedback parameters and the equilibrium global mean surface temperature when the tropospheric adjustments to CO2 forcing are considered (in blue) or not (in black). Here, we assume that the adjustments to CO ...
Yes Impact – Water Wars
... (spoiler alert: carbon dioxide drives warming). The results, published in the April 5 issue of Nature, analyze 15,000 years of climate history. Scientists hope amassing knowledge of the causes of natural global climate change will aid understanding of human-caused climate change. “We constructed the ...
... (spoiler alert: carbon dioxide drives warming). The results, published in the April 5 issue of Nature, analyze 15,000 years of climate history. Scientists hope amassing knowledge of the causes of natural global climate change will aid understanding of human-caused climate change. “We constructed the ...
Establishing Links between Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate
... national and local levels. At the national level, the National Plan for Disaster Management 2010, the Standing Order on Disasters and the National Plan for Disaster Management are among current policies and plans to address disaster risk reduction. Meanwhile, the Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy a ...
... national and local levels. At the national level, the National Plan for Disaster Management 2010, the Standing Order on Disasters and the National Plan for Disaster Management are among current policies and plans to address disaster risk reduction. Meanwhile, the Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy a ...
Polish National Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change
... The effects of climate change, especially the rise of temperature, frequency and intensity of extreme phenomena, taking place in the last few decades, tend to deepen and therefore they have become a matter of interest to governments and the international community. The results of scientific research ...
... The effects of climate change, especially the rise of temperature, frequency and intensity of extreme phenomena, taking place in the last few decades, tend to deepen and therefore they have become a matter of interest to governments and the international community. The results of scientific research ...
5b2014 - Maa- ja metsätalousministeriö
... to exceptionally rapid changes compared to the normal rate of evolution, which is a threat to both habitats and species. The rapid change is going to weaken the capacity of ecosystems to endure various kinds of pressure, e.g. contaminants, and to recover from disturbances. The ability of ecosystems ...
... to exceptionally rapid changes compared to the normal rate of evolution, which is a threat to both habitats and species. The rapid change is going to weaken the capacity of ecosystems to endure various kinds of pressure, e.g. contaminants, and to recover from disturbances. The ability of ecosystems ...
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.