Sentences with phrase «climate research knowledge»

Written by thousands of science, policy, and economics experts from around the world, the UN International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports represent a synthesis of existing climate research knowledge, focusing on the evidence of a warming climate («virtually certain»), the global impacts, and the ways we might avert its most catastrophic effects.

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The most sustainable result, however, was the launch of World Coffee Research's global coffee breeding program for rust resistance and climate resilience, and the establishment of a global network of trial sites to advance knowledge on coffee variety performance.
This virtual issue provides a unique opportunity to exchange research knowledge, ideas and innovations, and develop an understanding of how primary industries can tackle the challenge of a changing climate.
He described Pawa, and his knowledge about the oil industry and its research on climate change, as an asset.
The Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Commission's science and knowledge service, has published a pioneering study on the role of the chemical and petrochemical industry in reaching the EU climate targets.
The scientific community, with its expertise and decades of research, is contributing the necessary scientific knowledge that can be utilized by policymakers to craft solutions to climate and energy challenges.
Based on these findings, we identify knowledge gaps and fruitful areas for research that will further our understanding of the effects of climate change on ecosystems.
It listed among its aims «increasing scientific knowledge on climate change» and supporting research to «improve climate models».
«He acquired great abilities in the analysis of data and of scientific results and a deep knowledge of the state of the art in a field like the dynamics of the tropopause, which is one of today's big topics in climate research.
«It's smart business to incorporate the latest weather and climate knowledge into financial decisions,» said Thomas Bogdan, president of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research.
Other EPSRC - funded programmes and consortia include the Fusion Programme, the «Keeping the Nuclear Option Open» programme (nuclear fission), the UK Energy Research Centre, the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, the Carbon Vision Buildings Project, and Building Knowledge for a Changing Climate.
The research in Science and Nature Climate Change, although on two different topics, fits into a growing body of knowledge about the side effects of ice loss.
... It is the eighteen climate alarmists who appear to be unaware of «what is happening to our planet's climate,» as well as the vast amount of research that has produced that knowledge.
The Foundation supports polar scientific research for the advancement of knowledge, the promotion of informed action on climate change, and the development of a sustainable society.
A core project of the World Climate Research Programme, SPARC coordinates international efforts to bring knowledge of the atmosphere to bear on issues regarding climate variability and predClimate Research Programme, SPARC coordinates international efforts to bring knowledge of the atmosphere to bear on issues regarding climate variability and predclimate variability and prediction.
Responses to environmental perturbations (e.g., climate change); intersection of research - based and experience - based knowledge.
The Secretariat also seeks to build broad partnerships for activities in synergy with its main missions, namely facilitating research at or in the vicinity of the station, promoting and implementing scientific programs and ensure dissemination of knowledge linked to Antarctic research and climate change.
Alain founded The International Polar Foundation in 2002 in order to support polar scientific research for the advancement of knowledge, the promotion of informed action on climate change, and the development of a sustainable society.
Climate services cover the generation, provision, and contextualization of information and knowledge derived from climate research for decision - Climate services cover the generation, provision, and contextualization of information and knowledge derived from climate research for decision - climate research for decision - making.
Mike Wallace's talk was about the «National Research Council Report on the «Hockey Stick Controversy»... The charge to the committee, was «to summarize current information on the temperature records for the past millennium, describe the main areas of uncertainty and how significant they are, describe the principal methodologies used and any problems with these approaches, and explain how central is the debate over the paleoclimate record within the overall state of knowledge on global climate change.»
Dr. Keener coordinates an interdisciplinary team of social and physical scientists that aims to reduce Pacific Island communities vulnerability to climate change by translating academic research into actionable knowledge for a variety of stakeholders at the local, state, and regional level — especially regarding the management of fresh water resources.
New ways for understanding the link between the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau and species diversity (08/05/2014) Researchers the Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK - F), the Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung and the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), from the University of Leipzig and the Leibniz - Institute of Freshwater Ecology has summarized the current state of knowledge on the diversification of Tibetan plants and animals....
The assessment concludes with an analysis of major knowledge gaps — and thus areas for future research — related to climate change and its impacts on the three sectors covered herein (Chapter 6).
Course participants will gain a foundational knowledge of the current research in SEL and school culture and climate.
The knowledge and skills that I gained have allowed me to empower teachers as they applied the research - based strategies that are both effective and efficient to changing classroom culture and climate.
I would think that information on Government grants paid for people to do any sort of climate research would be public knowledge available through the FOI act.
The US National Research Council has been doing a lot recently to expand background knowledge of the climate system and of climate change.
* The role of the US in global efforts to address pollutants that are broadly dispersed across national borders, such as greenhouse gasses, persistent organic pollutants, ozone, etc...; * How they view a president's ability to influence national science policy in a way that will persist beyond their term (s), as would be necessary for example to address global climate change or enhancement of science education nationwide; * Their perspective on the relative roles that scientific knowledge, ethics, economics, and faith should play in resolving debates over embryonic stem cell research, evolution education, human population growth, etc... * What specific steps they would take to prevent the introduction of political or economic bias in the dissemination and use of scientific knowledge; * (and many more...)
The multi-model comparisons have been performed under the auspices of the WCRP — The World Climate Research Program, and small nimble organizations such as the Global Carbon Project (GCP) have been instrumental on synthesizing new knowledge about CO2 - emissions and the carbon cycle efficiently and with a minimum of bureaucratic overhead.
Climate knowledge is growing rapidly now and while there still remain some interesting challenges to the status quo on certain points (for example, exactly how it is that CO ₂ and CH ₄ started rising some 5000 years ago, if not by human impacts, or how it is that humans overwhelmed expected gradual declines and added enough to achieve those rises that far back) that need further research... the very conservative consensus, which must be conservative by its nature since it takes time for consensus to develop as further research helps to close gaps and remove or improve assumptions, is always playing catch - up it seems.
If not, the only way you can suppose that climate has always changed (which wasn't common knowledge until the last one hundred years) is by agreeing with the research and opinion of many climate scientists and others, who have built up a picture of a constantly changing climate over the history of this planet.
In December, I noted what appeared to be a hint of civility and the prospect that longtime antagonists (one of O'Donnell's co-authors was Stephen McIntyre, a freelance critic and auditor of climate research) might be able to push knowledge forward — even if in the same ugly way that a rugby scrum moves while fighting over the ball.
An extraordinary investment has been made in climate change research producing a growing body of scientific and technological knowledge.
Their assessments of the state of knowledge on the subject are the «gold standard of climate change information,» said Gerald Meehl, a senior scientist at the US government - funded National Centre for Atmospheric Research and chair of the National Academy of Science.
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Dr Rebecca Nadin, Director of the British Council's Climate and Sustainability project who contributed research to the study, said: «Journalists and other key communicators often lack the knowledge base, skills and online and offline resources to cut thought the confusion and accurately report on the complex science of climate change and this can be especially true in developing couClimate and Sustainability project who contributed research to the study, said: «Journalists and other key communicators often lack the knowledge base, skills and online and offline resources to cut thought the confusion and accurately report on the complex science of climate change and this can be especially true in developing couclimate change and this can be especially true in developing countries.
This first Bren School Environmental Research Initiative — SERI Fire — will facilitate collaboration among natural and social scientists, with the intention of filling this knowledge gap and developing new management strategies to prepare for and respond to wildfires in a changing climate.
Climate services cover the generation, provision, and contextualization of information and knowledge derived from climate research for decision - Climate services cover the generation, provision, and contextualization of information and knowledge derived from climate research for decision - climate research for decision - making.
«This research contributes to our knowledge of climate change and can inform models used for predictions of future climate change.»
For example, Democrats with higher science knowledge are especially inclined to say the best scientific evidence regularly influences climate research findings.
And, when it comes to perceptions of other influences on climate research, Republicans with high or medium levels of science knowledge are more likely than those with low science knowledge to say that climate scientists» political leanings influence their research findings.
His scholarship, research, and communication about climate science and economics — especially the impact of government policies that needlessly raise energy costs, condemning the elderly and poor to pain and suffering and even risks of death — have made valuable contributions to public knowledge.
Africa Climate Conference 2013: Convened by the World Climate Research Programme and the African Climate Policy Center, the Africa Climate Conference 2013 will bring together stakeholders to identify the state of knowledge on the African climate Climate Conference 2013: Convened by the World Climate Research Programme and the African Climate Policy Center, the Africa Climate Conference 2013 will bring together stakeholders to identify the state of knowledge on the African climate Climate Research Programme and the African Climate Policy Center, the Africa Climate Conference 2013 will bring together stakeholders to identify the state of knowledge on the African climate Climate Policy Center, the Africa Climate Conference 2013 will bring together stakeholders to identify the state of knowledge on the African climate Climate Conference 2013 will bring together stakeholders to identify the state of knowledge on the African climate climate system.
The CRC was formed in 1981 to foster atmospheric, oceanic, and related research aimed at advancing knowledge and understanding of the physical climate system and forced climate change.
Initiated in 2012 by the National Park Service National Capitol Region Urban Ecology Research Learning Alliance (UERLA) and George Mason University's Center for Climate Change Communication (4C), the internship program is designed to create opportunities for students of diverse academic and personal backgrounds to gain skills and experience in the synthesis, interpretation, and development of science communication products while increasing knowledge about climate change and its effects onClimate Change Communication (4C), the internship program is designed to create opportunities for students of diverse academic and personal backgrounds to gain skills and experience in the synthesis, interpretation, and development of science communication products while increasing knowledge about climate change and its effects onclimate change and its effects on parks.
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His research has examined traditional knowledge of marine mammals and sea ice, the impacts of climate change on Arctic communities, the regulation of subsistence hunting, and other topics.
Selected research papers, reports, and other resources which show the current state - of - knowledge on the variability of climate and hydrology in the Colorado River Basin.
On Climate Action: The APS urges physicists to collaborate with colleagues across disciplines to contribute to climate research and to keep any public dialogue on a professional and scientific and does not exaggerate the current level of knoClimate Action: The APS urges physicists to collaborate with colleagues across disciplines to contribute to climate research and to keep any public dialogue on a professional and scientific and does not exaggerate the current level of knoclimate research and to keep any public dialogue on a professional and scientific and does not exaggerate the current level of knowledge.
Though previous research has demonstrated the existence of climate teleconnections originating from forest disturbance [15,24,25], only limited work has shown the ecological impacts of these climate teleconnections [12,14] and none, to our knowledge, has explicitly considered the competing ecological impacts of disparate forest biomes.
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