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APRIL 4, 2011

Global and regional zonal mean temperature changes relative to 2010 due to non-CO 2. Bars on the right show uncertainty ranges for 2070, including contributions from both forcing and climate sensitivity (67%; CI). Shindell et al. Click to enlarge. Shindell et al. Negative valuations indicate savings. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 15, 2016

Experts contributed from ten institutions across Africa, Europe and America, including the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the World Bank and Imperial College London in the UK. —lead author Keith Kline of ORNL’s Climate Change Science Institute.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2012

KPMG developed 3 nexuses linked by climate change to represent the challenges of sustainable growth. The 10 global sustainability megaforces that may impact business over the next two decades are: Climate Change: This may be the one global megaforce that directly impacts all others. Source: KPMG. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 15, 2011

The climate change benefit is estimated for a given year (2050) and human health and crop benefits are. °F), according to a new assessment released today in Bonn, Germany, during a meeting of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). for 2030 and beyond. Source: UNEP. Click to enlarge. °C (2.7 °F),

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MAY 5, 2014

The RCPs were chosen to represent a broad range of climate outcomes, based on a literature review. These range from coughing and throat irritation to more serious problems, including aggravation of asthma, bronchitis, and emphysema. In fact, 90% of the time, ozone levels would range from 27 to 55 ppb. The RCP 8.5

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Climate and the Ozone Layer. HFCs are, along with CO 2 , methane and other gases, controlled under the UN’s Framework Convention for Combating Climate Change and its Kyoto Protocol. These range from improved building design that reduces or avoids the need for air conditioners to fibre rather than foam insulation materials.

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OCTOBER 16, 2009

A combination of reducing deforestation on land, allied to restoring the coverage and health of these marine ecosystems could deliver up to 25% of the emissions reductions needed to avoid dangerous climate change. Marine-living organisms range from plankton and bacteria to seagrasses, saltmarsh plants and mangrove forests.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2011

The global warming potentials (GWP) of HFCs range from 140 (HFC-152a) to 11,700 (HFC-23), according to the US EPA. India and the US have agreed to establish an Indo-US Technical Task Force on hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs—super greenhouse gases.

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APRIL 2, 2012

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted its final Report to Congress on Black Carbon , in response to an October 2009 request from Congress to advance efforts to understand the role of black carbon (BC) in climate change. Earlier post.). Based on a limited number of. W m -2 , with a best estimate of +0.6

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AUGUST 20, 2018

Identical total annual emissions of sulfate and black carbon aerosol from eight major past, present, and potential future emitting regions (a) result in global-mean cooling spanning a 14x range (b, y-axis), differing substantially in the degree to which that cooling is felt in the emitting region (b, x-axis).

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JULY 20, 2010

The report stresses that choices made now about carbon dioxide emissions reductions will affect climate change impacts experienced not just over the next few decades but also in coming centuries and millennia. 5% to 10% less streamflow in some river basins, including the Arkansas and Rio Grande, per degree Celsius of warming.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2012

A complete overhaul of global environmental governance is urgently needed if the challenges of global sustainability are to be met for seven billion people, according to a wide-ranging Foresight Process conducted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Greater Risk than Necessary?

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MARCH 17, 2009

Climate change. The report “Water Scarcity and Climate Change: Growing Risks for Businesses and Investors” notes that drought conditions are currently causing water shortages in Australia, Asia, Africa, and the United States, and that drought patterns are in many cases mirroring previously predicted effects of climate change.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2012

The National Research Council of the US has released a report examining the potential for climate change to pose or to alter security risks for the United States over the next ten years. It also emphasizes climate-driven security risks that call for action within the coming decade either to anticipate or to respond to security threats.

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JUNE 26, 2012

This second wave of urbanisation is projected to see more than 3 billion additional people living in cities in a time-span of just 80 years, primarily in Africa and Asia. Up to 80% of the world population is expected to reside in cities by 2050. —Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary-General and UNEP Executive Director.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

The total end use emissions for the ten cities range between 4.2 In some cities in Asia and Africa, they still have lead in their gasoline. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Lifecycle analysis. t e CO 2 /cap. We need to start with low-hanging fruit. Charles Kolb. Christopher Kennedy et al.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2022

pushback” policies , Frontex, its sister agency the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), and national border agencies invested in large, long-range drones to monitor slices of the Mediterranean, alongside crewed aircraft. After the 2015 border crisis and in the wake of court rulings against European countries’. What the tech is up against.

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APRIL 17, 2024

And before I start, I just want to tell you that you can get the latest coverage of some of Spectrum’s most important beats, including AI, climate change, and robotics, by signing up for one of our free newsletters. That includes a handful of countries in Africa, as well as Japan and Europe. So in Africa, it’s really exciting.

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APRIL 21, 2014

Using corn crop residue to make ethanol and other biofuels reduces soil carbon and under some conditions can generate more greenhouse gases than gasoline, according to a major, multi-year study by a University of Nebraska-Lincoln team of researchers published in the journal Nature Climate Change. Pelton, Xiao X.

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APRIL 29, 2023

KoBold Metals The world needs a lot more metal Preventing the most catastrophic impacts of climate change requires achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 , which includes, among many other things, replacing all fossil-fuel-powered light cars and trucks with electric vehicles. In February 2022, KoBold raised $192.5

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JANUARY 13, 2013

Despite recent progress in improving the available knowledge base, the report notes, the emissions estimate still has large associated uncertainties, giving a range of 1,010-4,070 tonnes. For example, West Africa was thought in 2005 to have minimal ASGM activity but is now recognized as an important source region.

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JANUARY 12, 2009

We already gave the Killer Coal Family a chance to stop disrespecting us and make things right - but what did those climate-changing con artists do instead? We’re claiming self-defense since rubbing them out is the only way we can stop them from doing away with all of us. And a little bit o’ wine.

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AUGUST 20, 2022

Scientists and engineers have extended the range of EVs by cramming ever more energy into their batteries, and vehicle charging networks have expanded in many countries. Can EVs be good enough—and can manufacturers roll them out fast enough—to meet the goals set in 2021 by the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26)?

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APRIL 30, 2009

Gregg Small, executive director of environmental nonprofit Climate Solutions , said electric cars could be a big part of achieving energy independence and addressing climate change, if done in conjunction with energy conservation. "If These public charging stations are really the pill to solve the disease we call range anxiety."

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DECEMBER 20, 2009

Oceans, already expanding from warmth and melting glaciers, would rise, increasing coastal flooding; a chain reaction of climate changes is projected to lead to harsher, more widespread droughts and more powerful storms. Reductions in Emissions. C to 2 °C above pre-Industrial Revolution levels.

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