Sentences with phrase «by pik»

By PIK: 07/15/2013 — Greenhouse gases emitted today will cause sea level to rise for centuries to come.

PIK plays an active role in activities such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), also known as the world's climate council, whose working group on the mitigation of climate change is coordinated by PIK researchers.

After opening remarks by PIK director John Schellnhuber, the IPCC chairman Rajendra Pachauri presented an overview over the main findings of the latest IPCC report.

Not exact matches

This is shown in a study now published in Nature Climate Change by scientists from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK).

«Until recently, only West Antarctica was considered unstable, but now we know that its ten times bigger counterpart in the East might also be at risk,» says Levermann, who is head of PIK's research area Global Adaptation Strategies and a lead - author of the sea - level change chapter of the most recent scientific assessment report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC.

Organized by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), the GOTHAM Summer School (18th - 22nd September 2017) will train young scientists on a unique combination of interdisciplinary scientific topics and tools relevant for understanding teleconnections and their role in causing extreme weather events.

They will be supported by experts from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK).

Hi I have two kids both under age 3 I am just on here looking for financial help honestly I can talk to u still nd piks make u feel wanted n cared by sumone as long as u help me... thankx!!!

With names like Covenant - Lite and PIK toggle, these debt instruments are designed to help companies by suspending cash payments when times get tough and are being sold to hedge funds which book profits now.

I was wondering for some time now, how much the findings of the work of scientists, be it the IPCC, be it the PIK in Potsdam or what have you, can be taken for granted in order for policy makers to make valuable decisions (e.g. cutting carbon emissions by half by 2050) and if the uncertainties in the models might outweigh certain decisions to reduce carbon emissions so that in the end it might happen that these uncertainties make these decisions obsolete, because they do not suffice to avoid «dangerous climate change»?

In case of Die Welt, one of my PIK colleagues had explicitly pointed out to the author, in response to a query by him, that the 5 % human share of CO2 is misleading and that humans have caused a 45 % increase.

Recent independent analyses of current mitigation proposals on the table in Copenhagen by Nicholas Stern, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Ecofys, Climate Analytics, the Sustainability Institute (C - ROADS), the European Climate Foundation and ClimateWorks (Project Catalyst), all point to the same conclusion: the negotiations must deliver the high end of current proposals and stretch beyond them, if the world is to have a reasonable chance of containing warming to below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels, or the 1.5 °C goal of many developing nations.

Recognizing the need, Mark Lawrence, Dieter Gerten and Stefan Schäfer organized a 2013 workshop in Potsdam, Germany focused on the «Religious and Spiritual Perspectives of Climate Engineering,» sponsored by IASS and PIK - Potsdam.

«There was a concern that it is a lot harder than suggested by energy scenario models to achieve climate targets, because of the energy required to produce wind turbines and solar panels and associated emissions,» explains project leader Dr Gunnar Luderer, who is an energy system analyst at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impacts Research (PIK).

Dr Dieter Gerten, research expert on water scarcity, and lead author of one of the three studies contained in the PIK paper, said mean global warming of 2ºC − the target set by the international community − is projected to expose an additional 8 % of humankind to new or increased water scarcity.

Up to 14 percent of emissions from agriculture in 2050 could be avoided by managing food use and distribution better, according to a new study from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK).

Greenhouse gas emissions per capita in 2015 come from combining emissions data, including LULUCF, compiled by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and population data from the World Bank.

According to data compiled by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Brazil's emissions had only fallen to 1.4 bn tonnes CO2 equivalent (CO2e) by 2012, a 32 % drop on 2005 levels.)

«In all of these places, the amount of rain pouring down in one day broke local records — and while each of these individual events has been caused by a number of different factors, we find a clear overall upward trend for these unprecedented hazards», said the PIK study's lead author, Jascha Lehmann.

This is the result of a new comprehensive analysis by a team of scientists from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK).

Organized by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), the GOTHAM Summer School (18th - 22nd September 2017) will train young scientists on a unique combination of interdisciplinary scientific topics and tools relevant for understanding teleconnections and their role in causing extreme weather events.

PIK alarm story fails the test of science: Jet Stream will also meander as usual in the future By Dr. Sebastian Lüning and Prof. Fritz Vahrenholt (German text translated by P Gosselin) Almost one year ago the Potsdam PIK Institute put out a press release, which warned of stalling Jet Stream waveBy Dr. Sebastian Lüning and Prof. Fritz Vahrenholt (German text translated by P Gosselin) Almost one year ago the Potsdam PIK Institute put out a press release, which warned of stalling Jet Stream waveby P Gosselin) Almost one year ago the Potsdam PIK Institute put out a press release, which warned of stalling Jet Stream waves.

«In all of these places, the amount of rain pouring down in one day broke local records — and while each of these individual events has been caused by a number of different factors, we find a clear overall upward trend for these unprecedented hazards,» says the lead author, Jascha Lehmann, a PIK researcher into climate impacts and vulnerabilities.

Here's PIK's Climate Action Tracker: «Role model: These countries... are leading the way by showing that it is possible to pledge very ambitious reductions.»

By Joshua S Hill Led by scientists from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), the new study was -LSB-..By Joshua S Hill Led by scientists from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), the new study was -LSB-..by scientists from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), the new study was -LSB-...]

The remaining 4 % is owned by existing payment - in - kind (PIK) note holders.