Sentences with phrase «various types of climate»

It says that the Paris summit was «noticeably different to that of the Copenhagen summit in terms of the low amount of space given by the media to various types of climate scepticism».

Options for international policy architectures and institutional venues for global climate change — including alternatives and complements to the UNFCCC (for example, separate aviation or trade agreements — and various types of climate policy clubs)

Fires will go out in the rain, you begin to lose hearts if you're not properly equipped for the various types of climates you'll face.

Not exact matches

The «climate crusade» is one characterized by true believers, opportunists, cynics, money - hungry governments, manipulators of various types — even children's crusades — all based on contested science and dubious claims.

Geographic.org — basic information about climates, printable maps of various types, flags of the world etc..

In this post, however, I am not trying to classify individuals but, following Dean (2016), to classify types of participation (in this case participation in various forms of «climate communication» rather than in policymaking).

It's fair to guess he was alluding to efforts by various elected officials to limit further investment in climate change studies, renewable energy technologies and proposals for outside - the - box basic research — the type of high - risk but also potentially high - payoff investigations from which transformative developments most often emerge.

In addition, they also counted the numbers of various types of single - celled organisms called testate amoebae, whose population changes depending on the amount of water in the bog, giving an indication of how wet or dry the climate was during different periods.

Climate change could have different impacts on the many types of terrain that stretch across L.A. «It's hard to make local policy when you don't have a clear picture of how various neighborhoods could be hit.»

-- In order to provide a broad and representative profile for use in designing a program which can become operational and effective nationwide, the Secretary shall carry out the demonstration program under this section with respect to dwelling units located in a wide variety of geographic areas and project types assisted by the various covered multifamily assistance programs and using a variety of energy efficiency and conservation and funding techniques to reflect differences in climate, types of dwelling units and technical and scientific methodologies, and financing options.

What's Next: PNNL scientists are using a regional model at a much finer scale than conventional climate models to understand the processes that determine the time - scales of MJO and the roles of various types of clouds in its energy cycle.

The IPCC AR4 (9.6: Observational Constraints on Climate Sensitivity) lists 13 studies (Table 9.3) that constrain climate sensitivity using various types of data, including two using LGClimate Sensitivity) lists 13 studies (Table 9.3) that constrain climate sensitivity using various types of data, including two using LGclimate sensitivity using various types of data, including two using LGM data.

Excellent print and go resources and PowerPoint, which looks to explore Biomes and help students categorise different types of Biomes, various climates, animals and plants that live within them.

This crucial and fundament insight is based on the work of dedicated honest individuals toiling in field to bring us various types of raw data from which we carefully attempt to tease out a climate pattern.

Hover over the lines to see the type of relationship between the two entities, and click on the person or organisation's name to find out more (this will open up a new tab where you can find out more information about all of this entity's various relationships and stance on climate change):

As I said in the post, I think that there is a great discussion and debate to be had over the nature, size, and type of each of these various homeostatic mechanisms... but instead the AGW folks want to debate the exact value of the imaginary «climate sensitivity» figure.

It is the antithesis of the various Humid climate types found in the world.

The IPCC Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX), also discusses the relationship between human - caused climate change and various types of extreme weather Climate Change Adaptation (SREX), also discusses the relationship between human - caused climate change and various types of extreme weather climate change and various types of extreme weather events.

I've always tended to think I was a fairly progressive sort of chap who likes to discuss things like climate change and goes through life trying things out, but apparently I'm a really a defensive, emotional type who, on the one hand happily embraces various lords and right - wing thinktanks, but on the other is a sensitive flower, constantly attuned to aversive aspects of my environment.

«The Earth's climate system is highly nonlinear: inputs and outputs are not proportional, change is often episodic and abrupt, rather than slow and gradual, and multiple equilibria are the norm... there is a relatively poor understanding of the different types of nonlinearities, how they manifest under various conditions, and whether they reflect a climate system driven by astronomical forcings, by internal feedbacks, or by a combination of both... [We] suggest a robust alternative to prediction that is based on using integrated assessments within the framework of vulnerability studies... It is imperative that the Earth's climate system research community embraces this nonlinear paradigm if we are to move forward in the assessment of the human influence on climate.»

There are various types of technologies that can play significant roles in mitigating climate change, including energy efficiency improvements throughout the energy system (especially at the end use side); solar, wind, nuclear fission and fusion and geothermal, biomass and clean fossil technologies, including carbon capture and storage; energy from waste; hydrogen production from non-fossil energy sources and fuel cells (Pacala and Socolow, 2004; IEA, 2006b).

This analytical report aims to raise awareness of the various types of energy subsidies, their size and impact and the direct relationship with climate change and sustainable development.

In the end, what matters is how various climate change responses impact relevant human values; their classification according to physical type — insofar as these classifications are only contingently related to those impacts — is, at best, secondary and of only indirect importance.

Efforts of the Climate Action Reserve may also assist Ontario in considering various offset protocol types, including review, assessment, and adaptation of protocols, that could serve other purposes than Cap - and - Trade (offsetting emissions from governmental operation, etc.) but that would not be adopted into the linked compliance market under a regional additionality review.

It's very difficult to find reliable / consistent figures for any type of energy source decades out in the future, and it's equally difficult to compare the various proposed scenarios for climate change amelioration.

Just to clarify the various arguments in my own mind, I typed up a summary of what I understood the theory to be at «Climate Realists» some time ago.