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and Northern Bobwhites The State of Our Knowledge Possible Outcomes and the Risk of Ignorance James A Martin Mississippi State University Premise No perturbation has received as much public and scientific attention. 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. Ms. . Divya. Mohan. Associate Fellow. Earth . Sceince. and Climate Change Division. The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). Agriculture and Climate Change. Agriculture contributes to climate change through GHG emissions. Osmanova. Inna,. June 24,2015, . Ormea. Agriculture in Central Asia. Tajikistan. . - . 21% of GDP and 64% of total employment . Kyrgyz Republic. -. 17% of GDP and 30,7 % of total employment . Uzbekistan. 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. The experience in TUVALU. Mr Itaia Lausaveve. (Director of Agriculture, Ministry of Natural Resources). Building Resilience to Climate Changes in the Pacific islands. 31. st. October – 2. nd. November, Le Lagon Resort, Vanuatu. 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. . CUHK Summer Institute 2017. Prof. Benoit MAYER, . bmayer@cuhk.edu.hk. . Sources of greenhouse gas emissions. Session 3:. International cooperation. Today’s class:. International cooperation. Addressing climate change. Effects on Biodiversity. Warren G. Abrahamson. Biology Department. Bucknell . University. Threat: Impacts of .  . CO. 2. CO. 2. has . increased . ≈. 25. % in . 100 yrs.. Atmospheric . CO. 2. Ice Core CO. 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 . 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..