Carbon Visuals: Home die-erde-im-schwitzkasten.676.de Sendereihe: Klimawissen für Warschau Warschau ist die nächste Station auf dem Weg zu einem verbindlichen globalen Klimavertrag (AP) Die Karawane der Klimadiplomaten zieht weiter: Nächster Stopp ist Warschau, wo am 11. Bahnbrechende Beschlüsse im Kampf gegen die Erderwärmung sind aus Warschau nicht zu erwarten. Audio anhören Die Themen Melbourne Climate Change Forum - Centre for Strategic Economic Studies - Research - Business and Law After many years of debate, climate policy has moved squarely into the implementation stage. The next six months are critical in determining what policies will be put in place and how effective they will be in containing global warming. The Melbourne Climate Policy Forum (MCPF) hosted six briefing seminars on key policy issues facing Australia, set in the context of the global decision making process. Each of the briefings provided an assessment of current knowledge and its implications for the policy issue in question, based in part on the ongoing research activities of the MCPF partners. Following the briefing, a distinguished external discussant reviewed the briefing provided, commented on the policy issue and introduced general discussion. The MCPF is a joint initiative of Victoria University, through the Centre for Strategic Economic Studies (CSES), and Carbon Market Economics Pty Ltd (CME). Recent News 1. Briefing 1:Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change (PDF, 2617KB). Back to top 2. 3. 4.
The Climate Group Climate Change, Climate Sceptics and Open Data With the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen starting on Monday, it is of vital important that there is consensus on the scientific evidence about climate change, in order to inform debates about the best course of action for the international community. Sharing the same basic picture about the climate, global warming and the impact of human sources of carbon dioxide (regardless of the details of this picture, regardless of differences in opinion about the most appropriate course of action in reponse to it) is surely a critical prerequisite to effective and fruitful negotiations. The recent illegally obtained emails from the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit (so-called ‘Climategate’) and the subsequent accusations of secrecy and malpractice from climate change sceptics have provoked debate in the media about the openness and availability of datasets related to climate change. This evening, the BBC reported: Furthermore, often access is not enough.
On the Frontlines of Climate Change | A global forum for indigenous peoples, small islands and vulnerable communities Saul Griffith: Climate Change Recalculated Good evening. How are we for signal, very good, I am Stewart Brand from the Long Now Foundation. You maybe wonder what this Twitter thing is about. This data, it turns out is helpful helpful for funders of Long Now and of these talks. A tour of climate data at CKAN The following guest post is by David Jones who is, among other things, a curator of the climate data group on CKAN (the OKF’s open source registry of open data) and co-founder of Clear Climate Code (which was previously featured on our blog here and here). Take a tour of some of the additions we’ve made to the climate data group at OKF’s CKAN. The Mauna Loa observatory, Hawaii, has the longest period of continual recording of the amount of CO2 (carbon dioxide) in the air, the airborne fraction. CO2 is a relatively well mixed gas in the atmosphere, but even so, it would be unwise to rely on a single location for measurements. What about reconstructing historical CO2 levels? By drilling down through the ice we can reach older and older ice. By measuring the CO2 content of the gas trapped in the ice core, we can reconstruct the historical levels. (Other data from the Vostok ice core are also available) Vostok is well known for being the coldest place on Earth. References and Credits
Energy Matters Forum the consensus project Climate Change Knowledge Portal 2.0 Explore and use a collection of development, vulnerability, and impact-related indicators and datasets. Climate Adaptation Country Profiles provide a quick reference source for development practitioners to better integrate climate resilience into development planning and operations. Learn from several examples of emerging economies actively seeking to move toward a low carbon growth path. Tour the portal highlights in these development and climate change storylines. WORLD BANK FINANCED ACTIVITIES Explore Navigate and learn more about World Bank Financed Activities and Projects.
Nuclear energy vs. carbon based fuels: Which is worse? Carla Garrison Japan’s recovery and crisis management since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami has been nothing short of miraculous, though the clean-up has just begun. This week the U.K. Telegraph reported discovery of radioactive water leaks by employees at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant reactor two. South Korean environmentalists rally to demand halt of expansion of nuclear power plants in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 29, 2011 (Photo: Associated Press) Regardless of the final outcomes, the public perception damage to nuclear power will carry on like the half-life of cesium-137 (about 30 years). It would be helpful to the world if experts, not spin doctors, would methodically answer the real burning question begged by the incident. According to statistics posted by the U.S. As of 2006, the U.S. led world nuclear production with 787 billion kilowatthours. Japan massive earhquake followed by the tsunami might be in the top five worse case scenarios. The U.S.
Climate Change Health Impact & Prevention | Climate CHIP How farmers can help fight climate change The other week, I spent some time interviewing several business leaders for the North Carolina Sustainability CEnter, asking them about their reactions to President Obama's climate speach. Their responses were decidedly mixed, but one discussion stayed with me. When I asked Charles Sydnor, the owner of Braeburn Farm, about the urgency of climate policy for his industry—he had this to say: "As a farmer, when we look at climate change there are two sides to the story – but we only really talk about one – namely the production of greenhouse gases. Sydnor has a powerful point. No-till farming NRCS Soil Health/CC BY 2.0 Soil has the potential to store huge amounts of carbon. Planting crops directly into the soil, surrounded by crop residues from previous plantings, allows farmers to save time, fuel, and labor—and decreases the amount of fertilizer that's needed too. Home gardeners can also try their own equivalent of no-till farming by incorporating no-dig gardening into their vegetable patch.