Smartfolder: F. Climate Change and Weather

Climate Change from the BBC Weather Center — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2007-01-08 22:57

Contains information on the evidence, impacts, adaptation and policies of climate change.

Climate change and migratory species — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-10 05:06

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Report on the impacts of climate change on migratory species. As DEFRA announced on October 5th, 2005: Our climate is changing and there is already compelling evidence that animals and plants have been affected. We conducted a literature review and consulted experts through a specially organised international workshop to identify the range of climate change impacts and to consider how migrant populations could be affected by these changes. [Full report]

USAID Global Climate Change Program — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-10 05:05

Link to the USAID Global Climate Change Program home page.

Environment Science Policy Office: Climate Change Team — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-13 19:09

Addressing the causes and effects of climate change has been a key focus of USAID’s development assistance for over a decade.

Climate Change 2001: IPCC Third Assessment Report — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2007-01-08 22:53

This web-site contains the full text and graphics from the four Climate Change reports by the IPCC's Working Groups. The web site was produced for the 7th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Marrakech, Morocco, 2001.

The Economics of Climate Change: — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2007-01-08 22:50

This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) study--prepared at the request of the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Science--presents an overview of issues related to climate change, focusing primarily on its economic aspects. The study draws from numerous published sources to summarize the current state of climate science and provide a conceptual framework for addressing climate change as an economic problem.

Potential effect of population and climate changes on global distribution of dengue fever: an empirical model. — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-10 05:07

Existing theoretical models of the potential effects of climate change on vector-borne diseases do not account for social factors such as population increase, or interactions between climate variables. Our aim was to investigate the potential effects of global climate change on human health, and in particular, on the transmission of vector-borne diseases. We modelled the reported global distribution of dengue fever on the basis of vapour pressure, which is a measure of humidity. We assessed changes in the geographical limits of dengue fever transmission, and in the number of people at risk of dengue by incorporating future climate change and human population projections into our model.

Climate Change 2001: IPC — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2007-01-08 22:55

This web-site contains the full text and graphics from the four Climate Change reports by the IPCC's Working Groups. The web site was produced for the 7th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Marrakech, Morocco, 2001.

UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-10 05:04

United Nations Climate Change Conference - Nairobi, 6 - 17 November 2006. The second meeting of the Parties to Kyoto Protocol (COP/MOP 2) and twelfth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 12) concluded on Friday, 17 November 2006. The Conference was attended by six thousand participants from one hundred eighty countries including the United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan. President Mwai Kibaki of Kenya and President Moritz Leuenberger of the Swiss Confederation addressed event as did ministers and heads of delegation from some ninety-two countries.

Special Reports on Climate Change — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2007-01-08 22:53

This web-site contains the full text and graphics from five special reports by the IPCC's Working Groups. It was first released for the 6th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in The Hague, The Netherlands, 13-24 November 2000.

Climate Ark — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2007-01-08 23:00

The Climate Ark is an Internet search tool that provides access to reviewed climate change, global warming and renewable energy conservation news, information retrieval tools, and original analysis and action opportunities. The Climate Ark is a project of Ecological Internet. Climate Ark promotes public policy that addresses global climate change through reductions in carbon dioxide and other emissions, renewable energy, energy conservation and ending deforestation.

Climate change and migratory species — by Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs — last modified 2007-04-03 17:57

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Report on the impacts of climate change on migratory species. As DEFRA announced on October 5th, 2005: Our climate is changing and there is already compelling evidence that animals and plants have been affected. We conducted a literature review and consulted experts through a specially organised international workshop to identify the range of climate change impacts and to consider how migrant populations could be affected by these changes. [Full report]

Good Practice Guidance nad Uncertainty Management in National Greenhouse Gas Inventories — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2007-01-08 21:40

Published by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. At its 8th session in June 1998, the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA-8) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), encouraged the IPCC-OECD-IEA Inventories Programme to give high priority to completing its work on uncertainty, as well as to prepare a report on good practices in inventory management and to submit a report on these issues for consideration by the SBSTA, if possible by COP5. This report is the IPCC’s (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) response to the SBSTA.

The Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) — by Jon Dale — last modified 2007-01-23 22:55

The role of the IPCC 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 options for adaptation and mitigation.

The use of seasonal climate forecasting in policymaking: lessons from Northeast Brazil — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-09 23:04

2002 Lemos, MC, TJ Finan, RW Fox, DR Nelson and J. Tucker "The use of seasonal climate forecasting in policymaking: lessons from Northeast Brazil" Climatic Change 55(4): 479-507.

Stern Review on the economics of climate change — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2007-01-08 23:01

This Review has assessed a wide range of evidence on the impacts of climate change and on the economic costs, and has used a number of different techniques to assess costs and risks. From all of these perspectives, the evidence gathered by the Review leads to a simple conclusion: the benefits of strong and early action far outweigh the economic costs of not acting.

USAID Global Climate Change Program — by webadmin — last modified 2006-12-22 13:01

Link to the USAID Global Climate Change Program home page.

See also... Climate Change / Carbon Sequestration — by webadmin — last modified 2006-09-21 15:32

 

UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) — by Portal Web Editor — last modified 2007-03-08 14:35

 

CLIMAS Project Workgroup — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-09 22:57

Contains both public and private information related to the CLIMAS Climate Change project in Northern Arizona.

Climate Science Watch — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2007-01-08 22:58

Climate Science Watch is a nonprofit public interest education and advocacy project dedicated to holding public officials accountable for the integrity and effectiveness with which they use climate science and related research in government policymaking, toward the goal of enabling society to respond effectively to the challenges posed by global warming and climate change.

The use of seasonal climate forecasting in policymaking: lessons from Northeast Brazil — by Jon Dale — last modified 2006-10-16 14:44

2002 Lemos, MC, TJ Finan, RW Fox, DR Nelson and J. Tucker "The use of seasonal climate forecasting in policymaking: lessons from Northeast Brazil" Climatic Change 55(4): 479-507.

ClimateWire.org: the world's climate news bulletin — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2007-01-08 22:57

ClimateWire.org, updated daily, is a leading multi-sectoral, international news service specifically focussing on the issue of climate change.

A Comparative Assessment of Climate Vulnerability: Agriculture and Ranching on Both Sides of the US-Mexico Border — by Jon Dale — last modified 2006-10-16 14:44

2003 Vásquez-León, M, C. T. West, T. J. Finan. A Comparative Assessment of Climate Vulnerability: Agriculture and Ranching on Both Sides of the US-Mexico Border. Global Environmental Change. Vol. 13 (3): 159-173.)

U.S. Global Change Research Program — by Jon Dale — last modified 2007-01-23 23:08

The Global Change Research Program's web page provides access to USGRP reports and information, and an extensive set of links on global climate change.

U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Global Change Directory — by Jon Dale — last modified 2007-01-23 23:01

NASA's Global Change Directory provides links and searching for a huge quantity of data on global climate change.

U.K. Meteorological Office — by Jon Dale — last modified 2007-01-23 23:06

The UK Meteorological Office also has a substantial climate change data collection and analysis effort underway, focused in the Hadley Center for Climate Prediction and Research.

jump to Land-Use Change and Forestry (carbon sequestration) — by webadmin — last modified 2006-09-21 15:33

This is a link to climate change folder with materials on this topic.

jump to Land-Use Change and Forestry (carbon sequestration) — by webadmin — last modified 2006-09-21 15:23

This is a link to climate change folder with materials on this topic.

The UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics library — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2007-01-08 22:50

The UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics library contains more than hundred different illustrations explaining the science behind global warming and climate change, as well as current and future impacts on regional and global scales.

IPCC Special Report on Emissions Scenarios — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2007-01-08 22:49

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) decided at its September 1996 plenary session in Mexico City to develop a new set of emissions scenarios (see Appendix I for the Terms of Reference). This Special Report on Emission Scenarios (SRES) describes the new scenarios and how they were developed.

IUCN Forest Conservation Program: Livelihoods and Landscapes index — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-09 22:33

This program provides access to Forest Issues [Global Issues; Sources of Land Use Change; Forest Environmental Services; Forest Management and Governance]; Experiences and Lessons [Forest Landscape Restoration; Poverty and Conservation; Forest Fires; Protected Areas; Climate Change; Temperate and Boreal Forests; Forest Governance; International Forest Policy]; and Publications.

The Costs of Inaction — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2007-01-08 23:02

This report examines the costs of inaction – the worsening damages that will result from allowing climate change to continue unabated. Economic models have estimated damages as great as US$74 trillion, but even these numbers fail to convey the multiple harms that lie in store for the world. In brief, we find that the first 2° of warming will have many harmful and costly impacts, outweighing the modest potential benefits, for northern countries such as the United Kingdom. Most developing countries will fare even worse, experiencing greater costs and no benefits at all.

Also see... Climate Change / Carbon Sequestration — by webadmin — last modified 2006-09-21 14:58

 

See also... Climate Change / Carbon Sequestration — by webadmin — last modified 2006-09-21 14:55

 

Summary - Climate change and migratory species — by Portal Web Editor — last modified 2007-05-24 21:21

Original source: Summary and full report from {www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countryside/resprog/findings/climatechange-migratory/index.htm}

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Graphicsand maps — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2007-01-08 22:50

These graphics have been produced for the periodic Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Natural Resource Management Office — by Jon Dale — last modified 2006-12-05 15:40

USAID’s programs in natural resource management are closely linked with programs to improve health, increase agricultural productivity, mitigate or adapt to climate change, and even governance – in this case, governance of the environment.

USAID Natural Resource Management Office — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-09 19:52

USAID’s programs in natural resource management are closely linked with programs to improve health, increase agricultural productivity, mitigate or adapt to climate change, and even governance – in this case, governance of the environment.

The Vital Graphics Series — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2007-01-08 22:56

The Vital Graphics Series - VitalGraphics.net Contains all the published editions of the popular Vital Graphics Series. Each publication consists of several high quallity graphics and belonging text. The goal of the Vital Graphic Series is to vizualize complex environmental problems such as Climate Change in an easy way.

Department of Energy, Office of Science, Biological and Environmental Research Program — by Jon Dale — last modified 2007-01-25 12:33

Within the U.S. Department of Energy, the Environmental Sciences Division, Office of Biological and Environmental Research supports basic research in the areas of environmental processes, global climate change, and environmental remediation.

Eldis - Sustainable Forestry — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-09 22:34