On Thin Ice : How Cutting Pollution Can Slow Warming and Save Lives
Climate change is happening faster and in a dramatically more visible way in the Earth's cryosphere than anywhere else on earth. Cryosphere is defined as elements of the Earth system containing water in its frozen state. The average temperature has risen here at over twice the global mean in th...
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Climate change is happening faster and in a dramatically more visible way in the Earth's cryosphere than anywhere else on earth. Cryosphere is defined as elements of the Earth system containing water in its frozen state. The average temperature has risen here at over twice the global mean in the Arctic, Antarctic Peninsula, and much of the Himalayas and other mountain regions. This report summarizes the changes already being observed in the following five major cryosphere regions: the Andes, Antarctica, Arctic, East African Highlands, and the Himalayas. It then provides a science-based assessment of the impact of addressing methane and black carbon to reduce the risk to the global environment and human societies, especially for the most vulnerable populations. Chapter 2 provides a comprehensive assessment of the changes occurring in these five regions, based on the most recent literature, including the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2013). Chapter 3 describes the pollution and climate nexus and the evolving knowledge of how methane and black carbon impact climate specifically in cryosphere regions. Chapter 4 presents the background and methods used for new modeling work conducted as part of this study, building extensively the United Nations Environment Programme/World Meteorological Organization Integrated Assessment of Black Carbon and Ozone (2010). Chapter 5 presents the results of the new modeling in these five major cryosphere regions as well as globally for health, crop impacts, and climate. Finally, Chapter 6 discusses the implications and new directions for the cryosphere regions emerging from these modeling results. El cambio climático está teniendo un impacto desproporcionado en áreas de nieve y hielo conocidas como la criosfera, con graves implicaciones para el desarrollo humano y el medio ambiente en todo el mundo. Este informe ofrece una visión de conjunto de los motivos por los que resulta crucial ralentizar la velocidad del cambio en la criosfera. ... |
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On Thin Ice : How Cutting Pollution Can Slow Warming and Save Lives |
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On Thin Ice : How Cutting Pollution Can Slow Warming and Save Lives |
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On Thin Ice : How Cutting Pollution Can Slow Warming and Save Lives |
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On Thin Ice : How Cutting Pollution Can Slow Warming and Save Lives |
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On Thin Ice : How Cutting Pollution Can Slow Warming and Save Lives |
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on thin ice : how cutting pollution can slow warming and save lives |
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ftworldbank:oai:openknowledge.worldbank.org:10986/16628 2023-11-05T03:31:25+01:00 On Thin Ice : How Cutting Pollution Can Slow Warming and Save Lives Sobre una delgada capa de hielo : cómo la reducción de la contaminación puede ralentizar el calentamiento y salvar vidas - resumen ejectivo Glaces éphémères : L’élimination des polluants peut ralentir le réchauffement climatique et sauver des vies Glaces éphémères : l élimination des polluants peut ralentir le réchauffement climatique et sauver des vies Sobre una delgada capa de hielo : como la reducción de la contaminación puede ralentizar el calentamiento y salvar vidas Glaces éphémères : l'élimination des polluants peut ralentir le réchauffement climatique et sauver des vies Sobre una delgada capa de hielo : como la reducción de la contaminación puede ralentizar el calentamiento y salvar vidas World Bank International Cryosphere Climate Initiative 2013-10 application/pdf text/plain http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16628 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/10/18496924/thin-ice-cutting-pollution-can-slow-warming-save-lives-vol-1-2-main-report English en_US eng World Bank, Washington, DC http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/10/18496924/thin-ice-cutting-pollution-can-slow-warming-save-lives-vol-1-2-main-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16628 CC BY 3.0 IGO World Bank http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo ACIDIFICATION AERATION AEROSOL ABSORPTION AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH AEROSOLS AIR AIR POLLUTANTS AIR POLLUTION AIR QUALITY AIR TEMPERATURES ALBEDO ALTITUDE ANAEROBIC DIGESTION ANTARCTICA ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGE ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS ARCTIC CLIMATE ARCTIC CLIMATE CHANGE ARCTIC CLIMATE IMPACT ASSESSMENT ARCTIC GLACIERS ARCTIC OCEAN ARCTIC TEMPERATURES ASSESSMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERIC BROWN CLOUD ATMOSPHERIC CARBON ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION BARRIERS BASIN BENEFITS BIOGAS BIOMASS BIOMASS BURNING BIOSPHERE BLACK CARBON BLACK CARBON EMISSIONS BOILERS CALCIUM CALCULATION CALIBRATION CAPACITY CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON DIOXIDE GAS CARBON FLUX CARBON FLUXES CARBON REDUCTIONS CARBON SOURCES CARBON STORES CELLULOSE 2013 ftworldbank 2023-10-10T13:05:08Z Climate change is happening faster and in a dramatically more visible way in the Earth's cryosphere than anywhere else on earth. Cryosphere is defined as elements of the Earth system containing water in its frozen state. The average temperature has risen here at over twice the global mean in the Arctic, Antarctic Peninsula, and much of the Himalayas and other mountain regions. This report summarizes the changes already being observed in the following five major cryosphere regions: the Andes, Antarctica, Arctic, East African Highlands, and the Himalayas. It then provides a science-based assessment of the impact of addressing methane and black carbon to reduce the risk to the global environment and human societies, especially for the most vulnerable populations. Chapter 2 provides a comprehensive assessment of the changes occurring in these five regions, based on the most recent literature, including the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2013). Chapter 3 describes the pollution and climate nexus and the evolving knowledge of how methane and black carbon impact climate specifically in cryosphere regions. Chapter 4 presents the background and methods used for new modeling work conducted as part of this study, building extensively the United Nations Environment Programme/World Meteorological Organization Integrated Assessment of Black Carbon and Ozone (2010). Chapter 5 presents the results of the new modeling in these five major cryosphere regions as well as globally for health, crop impacts, and climate. Finally, Chapter 6 discusses the implications and new directions for the cryosphere regions emerging from these modeling results. El cambio climático está teniendo un impacto desproporcionado en áreas de nieve y hielo conocidas como la criosfera, con graves implicaciones para el desarrollo humano y el medio ambiente en todo el mundo. Este informe ofrece una visión de conjunto de los motivos por los que resulta crucial ralentizar la velocidad del cambio en la criosfera. ... Other/Unknown Material albedo Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica Arctic Climate Impact Assessment Arctic Arctic Ocean black carbon Climate change The World Bank: Open Knowledge Repository (OKR) |