Future Impacts of Climate Change across Europe
... from the CECILIA and CLAVIER projects (except those cited in other research reports), as well as a number of papers from other completed projects, remained inaccessible to our research team within the timeframe available for this study. Careful scrutiny of two projects revealed that most of their re ...
... from the CECILIA and CLAVIER projects (except those cited in other research reports), as well as a number of papers from other completed projects, remained inaccessible to our research team within the timeframe available for this study. Careful scrutiny of two projects revealed that most of their re ...
Risk communication: climate change as a human
... in climate change and health. The formulation and categorization of the new question regarding the human health effects of climate change was based on the feedback from the focus group. The questionnaire was translated into the Maltese language with back translation into English in order to ensure t ...
... in climate change and health. The formulation and categorization of the new question regarding the human health effects of climate change was based on the feedback from the focus group. The questionnaire was translated into the Maltese language with back translation into English in order to ensure t ...
Overlooked Science Issues in Climate Change
... FIGURE SPM-2. Global-average radiative forcing (RF) estimates and ranges in 2005 for anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and other important agents and mechanisms, together with the typical geographical extent (spatial scale) of the forcing and the assessed level o ...
... FIGURE SPM-2. Global-average radiative forcing (RF) estimates and ranges in 2005 for anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and other important agents and mechanisms, together with the typical geographical extent (spatial scale) of the forcing and the assessed level o ...
Human Mobility in the context of Climate Change
... 29. With regard to tools for identifying and appraising adaptation options, IDMC has developed a probability model that estimates the likelihood of future displacement. The model is based on the scale of displacement related to reported disasters. This research and modelling includes a decision supp ...
... 29. With regard to tools for identifying and appraising adaptation options, IDMC has developed a probability model that estimates the likelihood of future displacement. The model is based on the scale of displacement related to reported disasters. This research and modelling includes a decision supp ...
Climate changes of the twentieth through twenty-first
... the observation. This results in satisfactory performances, such as for the implied ocean meridional heat transport and distributions of the precipitation. The model yields 2.9K for the climate sensitivity (equilibrium response of the global averaged SAT to a doubled CO2 concentration), which is ap ...
... the observation. This results in satisfactory performances, such as for the implied ocean meridional heat transport and distributions of the precipitation. The model yields 2.9K for the climate sensitivity (equilibrium response of the global averaged SAT to a doubled CO2 concentration), which is ap ...
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... (Conference of the Parties 21) may see a significant increase in media attention. ...
... (Conference of the Parties 21) may see a significant increase in media attention. ...
Climate Justice Action Kit for Secondary Schools
... throwaway culture which affects the excluded just as it quickly reduces things to rubbish.” [22] Pope Francis calls for governments to take strong, united action on climate change and other ecological issues for the global common good. He also calls for ‘enforceable international agreements’. “Red ...
... throwaway culture which affects the excluded just as it quickly reduces things to rubbish.” [22] Pope Francis calls for governments to take strong, united action on climate change and other ecological issues for the global common good. He also calls for ‘enforceable international agreements’. “Red ...
Ethical Anxieties About Geoengineering
... supporting geoengineering can be justified only if they believe they can no longer effectively advance Plan A. The dilemma deepens if it proves that supporting Plan B actually makes Plan A less likely to be implemented. But these arguments are too blunt to give a full understanding. Scientists who ...
... supporting geoengineering can be justified only if they believe they can no longer effectively advance Plan A. The dilemma deepens if it proves that supporting Plan B actually makes Plan A less likely to be implemented. But these arguments are too blunt to give a full understanding. Scientists who ...
Social and cultural issues raised by climate change in Pacific Island
... coral atolls, which leads to the groundwater becoming saltier and thus unusable for drinking or crop growing (See Online Resource 1 for more detail). These effects on reefs and on cyclones are almost certain to occur, no matter what action is taken, as they require only a relatively small increase i ...
... coral atolls, which leads to the groundwater becoming saltier and thus unusable for drinking or crop growing (See Online Resource 1 for more detail). These effects on reefs and on cyclones are almost certain to occur, no matter what action is taken, as they require only a relatively small increase i ...
Recent climate change in Japan
... the global average surface air temperatures have risen by 0.74◦ C [0.56◦ C to 0.92◦ C] over the last 100 yr from 1906– 2005 (IPCC, 2007). The corresponding trend for the observation period 1901–2000 is 0.6◦ C [0.4◦ C to 0.8◦ C] underling the general strengthening of the warming trend during the last ...
... the global average surface air temperatures have risen by 0.74◦ C [0.56◦ C to 0.92◦ C] over the last 100 yr from 1906– 2005 (IPCC, 2007). The corresponding trend for the observation period 1901–2000 is 0.6◦ C [0.4◦ C to 0.8◦ C] underling the general strengthening of the warming trend during the last ...
Public Perception of Climate Change Adaptation
... well across wide segments of the American public [14]. Thus, health could be a strong motivating factor for individuals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to adopt adaptation measures to reduce health risks. However, it is not clear if the health frame would suffice to engage the pubic in adapta ...
... well across wide segments of the American public [14]. Thus, health could be a strong motivating factor for individuals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to adopt adaptation measures to reduce health risks. However, it is not clear if the health frame would suffice to engage the pubic in adapta ...
Climate change and water in the UK – past
... degree of spatial variability in seasonal flow trends from 1969 to 2008. Winter flows have increased in upland, western areas and autumn flows have increased across much of the UK. There is a weak trend towards decreasing spring flows since 1960, particularly in lowland England, and no clear pattern ...
... degree of spatial variability in seasonal flow trends from 1969 to 2008. Winter flows have increased in upland, western areas and autumn flows have increased across much of the UK. There is a weak trend towards decreasing spring flows since 1960, particularly in lowland England, and no clear pattern ...
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... The threats from climate change demand a range of responses that may be broadly classified as mitigation and adaptation strategies. Mitigation refers to the reduction of climate change impacts via broad scale behaviour change. Mitigation strategies principally rely on impacts of climate change being ...
... The threats from climate change demand a range of responses that may be broadly classified as mitigation and adaptation strategies. Mitigation refers to the reduction of climate change impacts via broad scale behaviour change. Mitigation strategies principally rely on impacts of climate change being ...
Natural Disaster, Risk and Catastrophic Scenarios: a Review.
... line in the evolution of the common appreciation of the climate problem. (...) the Stern Review is the first major, official economic report to give climate change a really prominent place among global problems”. (Sterner and Persson, 2008) The controversy around the conclusions and estimations has ...
... line in the evolution of the common appreciation of the climate problem. (...) the Stern Review is the first major, official economic report to give climate change a really prominent place among global problems”. (Sterner and Persson, 2008) The controversy around the conclusions and estimations has ...
Adapted from a Public Briefing
... storms (6 inches or more) and ice storms. • There has been a northward shift in snow storm occurrence, and this shift, combined with higher temperature, is consistent with a decrease in snow cover extent over the U.S. • In northern Canada, there has also been an observed increase in heavy snow over ...
... storms (6 inches or more) and ice storms. • There has been a northward shift in snow storm occurrence, and this shift, combined with higher temperature, is consistent with a decrease in snow cover extent over the U.S. • In northern Canada, there has also been an observed increase in heavy snow over ...
Climate change and disaster management
... The data mentioned above refer to losses stemming from natural disasters of all types; however, there is mounting concern about the impacts of disasters related to climate change. Climate change brings with it long-term shifts in mean weather conditions and the possibility of increasing frequency an ...
... The data mentioned above refer to losses stemming from natural disasters of all types; however, there is mounting concern about the impacts of disasters related to climate change. Climate change brings with it long-term shifts in mean weather conditions and the possibility of increasing frequency an ...
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... warming causes crop productivity to increase in northern Europe and decrease in southern Europe. However, there are important limitations to these crop models. First, they are focused on major grains and do not cover all crops and so not cover livestock. Second at all, they do not incorporate decisi ...
... warming causes crop productivity to increase in northern Europe and decrease in southern Europe. However, there are important limitations to these crop models. First, they are focused on major grains and do not cover all crops and so not cover livestock. Second at all, they do not incorporate decisi ...
Characterising half a degree difference: A review of methods for
... at specific global warming levels, and especially the differences between 1.5 C and 2 C, are not well constrained, however. In particular, methodological challenges related to the assessment of such differences have received limited attention. This article reviews alternative approaches for identif ...
... at specific global warming levels, and especially the differences between 1.5 C and 2 C, are not well constrained, however. In particular, methodological challenges related to the assessment of such differences have received limited attention. This article reviews alternative approaches for identif ...
2. Low Carbon Cities – The National Context
... Environment, Minerals and Energy, Water and Forestry, Land and Agriculture, and Science and Technology. The Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism called for a world-wide climate change awareness campaign to demystify and mainstream climate change, urging the need to make the link, in the min ...
... Environment, Minerals and Energy, Water and Forestry, Land and Agriculture, and Science and Technology. The Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism called for a world-wide climate change awareness campaign to demystify and mainstream climate change, urging the need to make the link, in the min ...
an inconvenient burden of proof? co2 nuisance plaintiffs will face
... prepare soil and sow seeds in the spring without the knowledge that spring and then summer would nourish the seed and crops with rain, warmth, and sunshine, leading to a harvest in the fall. Only relatively recently did humans develop technology to study weather and climate. The graduated liquid-fil ...
... prepare soil and sow seeds in the spring without the knowledge that spring and then summer would nourish the seed and crops with rain, warmth, and sunshine, leading to a harvest in the fall. Only relatively recently did humans develop technology to study weather and climate. The graduated liquid-fil ...
Gary Yohe - Evaulating Adaptation Methods
... The various panels of Figure 1 display the characteristics of a hypothetical context within which we can productively illustrate how coping-ranges might be employed to help assess adaptive capacity. Panel A establishes a point of departure by portraying annual flows in a fictitious river over the p ...
... The various panels of Figure 1 display the characteristics of a hypothetical context within which we can productively illustrate how coping-ranges might be employed to help assess adaptive capacity. Panel A establishes a point of departure by portraying annual flows in a fictitious river over the p ...
Extending a Geographic Lens Towards Climate Justice, Part 1
... with resultant inadequate attention to humans rights (Liverman 2009) and justice concerns such as recognition. A second framing with implications for justice is that of “common but differentiated responsibility” (Liverman 2009). How responsibility for climate change is framed directly shapes the al ...
... with resultant inadequate attention to humans rights (Liverman 2009) and justice concerns such as recognition. A second framing with implications for justice is that of “common but differentiated responsibility” (Liverman 2009). How responsibility for climate change is framed directly shapes the al ...
HRM Climate SMART Community Action Guide to Climate Change
... However, while the greenhouse effect occurs naturally, carbon dioxide and other gases generated by human activity (called Greenhouse Gases or GHGs) have thickened this “blanket” of gases so that the Earth is warming up. This is Global Warming. The warming of the atmosphere is projected to drive othe ...
... However, while the greenhouse effect occurs naturally, carbon dioxide and other gases generated by human activity (called Greenhouse Gases or GHGs) have thickened this “blanket” of gases so that the Earth is warming up. This is Global Warming. The warming of the atmosphere is projected to drive othe ...
Insights from the ocean carbon cycle
... The model captures the observed frequency of ENSO with periodicities of 2–7 years (Figures 1a and 1b). The amplitude, however, is too strong, as was already shown for CCSM4 [Deser et al., 2012]. In conjunction with major volcanic eruptions (years 1258, 1452, and 1815) we find strong La Niña events a ...
... The model captures the observed frequency of ENSO with periodicities of 2–7 years (Figures 1a and 1b). The amplitude, however, is too strong, as was already shown for CCSM4 [Deser et al., 2012]. In conjunction with major volcanic eruptions (years 1258, 1452, and 1815) we find strong La Niña events a ...
IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE RUNOFF REGIME OF AN
... Recent rise in global mean air and ocean temperatures, extensive melting of snow and ice, and rising global average sea levels are indicators of climate change and global warming. In the last century, historical data analyses have illustrated an overall rise in global surface air temperature by abou ...
... Recent rise in global mean air and ocean temperatures, extensive melting of snow and ice, and rising global average sea levels are indicators of climate change and global warming. In the last century, historical data analyses have illustrated an overall rise in global surface air temperature by abou ...
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.