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Growing Decent Jobs Prof Robert Pollin University of MassachusettsAmherst for ECOSOC 2015 Integration Segment 33115 20Year Global Climate Stabilization Program Program Invest 15 per year over BusinessasUsual Scenarios on Clean Energy for 20 years. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change rising global temperatures will very likely increase the frequency and intensity of heat waves droughts and heavy rainfall events adversely affecting agriculture forests water resources indu Abrupt Climate Change. R.B. Alley et al. (2003). Early . Warning . of . Climate Tipping Points . Timothy M. . Lenton. (2011). Eric Birney. Atmospheric Science. Dr. Richard Alley. Dr. Tim . Lenton. Professor at Penn State University. What part do Church investments play?. Human-induced climate change. The earth’s atmosphere is warming at an alarming rate.. Overwhelming scientific consensus is that the cause is human activity – primarily burning of fossil fuels. . Climate change affects us all . – . but those hit first and hardest . a. re people . living in poverty. . Already. , 150,000 people die . each . year . from . the effects of climate change, . almost . Created and presented by Brandi graham. What is global warming and why is it happening? . Global warming is the term used to describe a gradual increase in the average temperature of the Earth's atmosphere and its oceans, a change that is believed to be permanently changing the Earth's climate. resources of the western U.S.. Dennis P. Lettenmaier. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. University of Washington. University of . Texas Austin. Center for Integrated Earth System Science Seminar Series. Learning Objectives. :. To understand the evidence for and against global climate change- World and UK temperatures for the last 100 and 1000 years. To know the causes of global warming. To know the consequences of global climate change- social, economic, environmental and political consequences of global climate change and how they change the way we live. . and . Social Vulnerability. Dr. Peter Gleick. Pacific Institute, Oakland, California. California Temperature and Precipitation Anomalies (1895-2014) . (36-month periods). Source: Mann and Gleick, 2015, PNAS. NOAA/NCDC . Climatology. is . the study of Earth’s climate and the factors that affect past, present, and future climatic changes.. Climate describes annual variations of temperature, precipitation, wind, and other weather factors.. 17 January 2011. How and Why Does Climate Change?. Climate changes over a broad range of time scales. Years, decades, centuries, millennia. Many factors combine to affect climate. Variability of incoming solar radiation. Is it getting worse?. Are Humans causing it?. Is Time running out?. Is there anything that should be done?. Is the “standard model” the only option?. Climate change?. . “Whatever Nature has in store for mankind, unpleasant as it may be, men must accept, for ignorance is never better than knowledge.” Enrico Fermi 1938.. Climate Matters in the Newsroom Josh Murphy Center for Climate Change Communication (4C) George Mason University Overview Our Mission (4C) “ We develop and apply social science insights to help society make informed decisions that will stabilize the Earth’s life-sustaining climate, and prevent further harm from climate change.” long-term weather patterns. for a particular area.. On Earth we have different climates depending on where you are. . Can you think of any  different climates?. 2. What is climate change?. Climate change. Examples of the both fine-scale and larger-scale signature of climate and climate history include:. Effect of differences in climate on landforms . Relict . topography formed by now inactive . processes..