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Segunda Comunicación Nacional Connecting the Dots on Climate Change Op-Ed from James Hansen on his new study: Climate change is here — and worse than we thought This is What Global Warming Looks Like – 2012 Edition New paper (Hansen et al) documenting the connection between current extreme weather and climate change Trends in global...
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Reducing Short-Lived Climate Pollutants Can Cut the Rate of Global Warming By Half and Arctic Warming by Two-Thirds for the Next 30 to 40 Years Summary. 17 July 2012. CO2 is responsible for 55 to 60% of radiative forcing. See Fig. 1. Fast and aggressive CO2 mitigation is essential to combat the resulting climate change....
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Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), 2011, The Impact of Black Carbon on Arctic Climate, AMAP Technical Report, No. 4 2011 Fate of Mountain Glaciers in the Anthropocene The Impact of Black Carbon on Arctic Climate.
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En el país de Mandela, en la ciudad que albergó a Gandhi, se termina de escribir el réquiem al Protocolo de Kioto. A pesar de los anuncios que pretenden esconder lo que en realidad está aconteciendo, la verdad es que hoy, los ciudadanos del mundo nos encontramos absolutamente indefensos en términos climáticos. Aquí en Durban no se...
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Rapid Growth of Country Members-from 6 to 25 in Less Than 12 Months – Underlines World-Wide Interest in Voluntary Initiative Doha (Qatar), 6 December 2012 – Six new countries today joined an international effort aimed at fast action on reducing black carbon, methane, some hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and other short-lived climate pollutants (SCLPs). The announcement by Chile,...
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MEA Bulletin – Guest Article No. 96 – Thursday, 15 July 2010 By Romina Picolotti (translated from Spanish)* Full Article If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can’t be done. Peter Ustinov echnique would be most suitable to put out the encroaching flames....
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By HENRY FOUNTAIN Strong summer storms that pump water high into the upper atmosphere pose a threat to the protective ozone layer over the United States, researchers said on Thursday, adding that the risk of damage may increase as the climate warms. In a study published online by the journal Science, Harvard University scientists reported...
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Projected radiative forcing by ODSs, HFCs, low-GWP substitutes, and CO2 ( 12). The blue hatched region indicates what would have occurred in the absence of the Montreal Protocol, with 2 to 3% annual production increases in ODSs [data taken from ( 5)]. Added to the radiative forcing from ODSs [data from ( 9)] are the...
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Zbigniew Klimont (klimont@iiasa.ac.at) GAINS (http://gains.iiasa.ac.at) Indice Antecedentes – Estudio del PNUMA sobre carbono negro y ozono troposférico Evaluación de las emisiones y del potencial de mitigación Impactos regionales y globales –Forzamiento radiativo –Daños a la salud El Control de gases de vida-larga en el efecto invernadero es poco probable que reduzca el aumento de temperatura en...
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Por: Salvador Contreras – Fuente: Televisa Del Bajío 04-09-2012 Personas de 10 países buscan darle solución al problema Guanajuato, Gto. (Salvador Contreras) Personas de 10 países en desarrollo y varios estados de la república mexicana están reunidos en Guanajuato capital para analizar y buscar soluciones a la contaminación ocasionada en el mundo por las ladrilleras artesanales. Utilizar...
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Guanajuato, Guanajuato Mexico Septiembre 4 al 6, 2012 Hotel Sede Hacienda Misión Guanajuato Camino antiguo a Marfil Km. 2.5 Col Noria Alta C.P. 36050 Guanajuato, Gto. Tel. Hotel 01 (473) 732 3980 ext: 1645 http://www.ine.gob.mx/descargas/dgcenica/2012_ladrilleras_prog_esp.pdf Organizan La Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (SEMARNAT) a través del Instituto Nacional de Ecología y la Coalición de...