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Climate change
The term "climate change" is sometimes used to refer to all forms of climatic inconsistency, but because the Earth's climate is never static, the term is more properly used to imply a significant change from one climatic condition to another. In some cases, climate change has been used synonymously with the term, global warming; scientists however, tend to use the term in the wider sense to also include natural changes in climate. See climate, global warming, greenhouse effect, enhanced greenhouse effect, radiative forcing. (source: EPA) Background from Wikipedia Variations in CO2, temperature and dust from the Vostok ice core over the last 400 000 years Climate change refers to the variation in the Earth's global climate or in regional climates over time. It describes changes in the variability or average state of the atmosphere—or average weather—over time scales ranging from decades to millions of years. These changes may come from processes internal to the Earth, be driven by external forces (e.g. variations in sunlight intensity) or, most recently, be caused by human activities. In recent usage, especially in the context of environmental policy, the term "climate change" often refers only to the ongoing changes in modern climate, including the rise in average surface temperature known as global warming. In some cases, the term is also used with a presumption of human causation, as in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The UNFCCC uses "climate variability" for non-human caused variations.[1] For information on temperature measurements over various periods, and the data sources available, see temperature record. For attribution of climate change over the past century, see attribution of recent climate change. Inquirer.net,LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines -- Climate change task force chairman and energy Secretary Angelo Reyes said the Presidential Task Force on Climate Change (PTFCC) Climate change is a war that we must fight - 22 Oct 2007 The Age,The immediate sustainability priorities are water, climate change and the peaking of global oil supply. But our leaders, having supposedly crossed the An Appreciation Of Al Gore - 22 Oct 2007 Forbes,When I learned this month that the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize had been awarded to Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for their Opposition moves to highlight climate change differentials - 22 Oct 2007 ABC Online,Labor has released a new campaign advertisement, with Kevin Rudd pointing to differences between his party's approach to climate change compared to the What Al Gore doesn't understand about climate change. - 22 Oct 2007 SlateSave the Earth in Six Hard QuestionsWhat Al Gore doesn't understand about climate change. By Steven E. Landsburg Barring a last-minute intervention by the Colin James: A National complication in climate change show - 22 Oct 2007 New Zealand Herald,Right at hand climate change poses National a challenging issue with its extra-parliamentary support groups. Along with most interest groups, National gave Indonesia's climate change test - 22 Oct 2007 Jakarta Post,Indonesia will host the 13th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bali this December. World Bank: More climate-change resources needed - 22 Oct 2007 MarketWatch...and take other steps to help the world's poorest nations deal with the challenges posed by climate change, the institution's key committee said Sunday. Climate change is not just threat to land - our seas are at risk too - 22 Oct 2007 Scotsman,MOST people today understand how climate change will affect the way we live in future, and realise the importance of taking steps to combat the threat from National Climate Change Meeting at Newquay - 22 Oct 2007 Cornwall 24,Key figures from the climate change debate will be arriving in Newquay this October to speak at a major public meeting on climate change. Climate Change 2007 - 22 Oct 2007 NewsReleaseWire.com (press release)In doing her research on climate change, she analyzed a series of reports from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Risk climate change cash used as slush fund for coal and nukes - 22 Oct 2007 Forest NewsWatch.com (subscription),Sydney, Australia — Greenpeace today expressed concern that the climate change fund announced by PM Howard at yesterday’s debate would become a slush fund Thailand's capital faces future submersion by rising seas, sinking ... - 22 Oct 2007 The Canadian Press..."There is no one single solution to respond to climate change," says Anond, whose team is putting forward recommendations based on several scenarios. Hardly 'junk' science: Royal Society examines climate change - 22 Oct 2007 Vancouver Sun,In the wake of the Nobel Prize awarded Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, skeptics have once again been fussing, Surinder Sud: Ready to take the heat - 22 Oct 2007 Business Standard,As more and more evidence of global warming and climate change gets in, it is becoming clear that agriculture will be affected in a significant manner from Canada: 1.5 Trillion Reasons Why Climate Change Impacts Are ... - 22 Oct 2007 Mondaq News Alerts (subcription),This group of investors appears to have a co-ordinated and aggressive strategy to force enhanced disclosure and corporate governance on these climate change Climate Change Report: Effects on US Energy Supply - 22 Oct 2007 About - News & Issues,Climate change could mean increased exposure to severe weather events, especially in storm-prone coastal areas. Reduced snowfall in the West would mean Malaysia, Britain Organise Climate Change Conference - 22 Oct 2007 Bernama,KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 22 (Bernama) -- Several international experts will present working papers at a conference on global warming and climate change organised Winds of change beginning to blow - 22 Oct 2007 iNSnet,It started with the publication in three parts of the latest assessment of the climate by the Intergovermental Panel on Climate Change, a body of the Climate change must be seen as a challenge to manage growth: UN ... - 22 Oct 2007 Press Trust of India,Washington, Oct 22 (PTI) A top UN official has warned the developing nations not to consider the climate-change as a "luxury issue invented by the West", 21 Cities Labelled 'Most Susceptible' To Danger Of Climate Change ... - 22 Oct 2007 AHNBangkok, Thailand (AHN) - Twenty-one major cities are reported to be in most danger of rising sea levels, one of the effects of climate change. Carbon Trust launches new campaign to help SMEs act on climate change - 22 Oct 2007 Retail Bulletin,...“This new research highlights the increasing awareness among SMEs of both the need to take action on climate change and the bottom line opportunities Sanders: climate change bill falls short - 22 Oct 2007 Vermont Public Radio,...(Niiler) The climate change bill would create a market. But the goods on the market would be permits to pollute. First, the federal government would set a Tax Breaks, Fast-Track Regulation and Climate Change Could Open ... - 22 Oct 2007 Market Wire (press release)LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - October 22, 2007) - Nuclear power has all but died in the United States, but according to Paul Joskow, director of the Center Seeing the carbon for the trees - 22 Oct 2007 BBC News,Protecting the world's remaining tropical forests will play a vital role in preventing dangerous climate change in the future, says Peter Seligmann. You are living with climate change today - 22 Oct 2007 Pocono Record,These are all signs of gradual climate change. At 7 pm Thursday, National Wildlife Federation speaker Ed Perry will present a program on global warming and Climate change fair to hit Brisbane - 22 Oct 2007 Brisbane Times,Brisbane City Council is taking on climate change one home at a time by holding free neighbourhood fairs all over the city. This weekend the fun starts at Bangladesh faces devastating impacts of climate change - 22 Oct 2007 The New Nation,Climate change is not a possibility rather it is now a harsh reality for many of us. This is demonstrated through various recent extreme climatic events Byron Mayor urges State Govt leadership on climate change - 22 Oct 2007 ABC Regional Online,Cr Barham says local government should be planning for the worst-case scenarios in relation to climate change and development applications, but there needs Howard's climate fund comes under attack - 22 Oct 2007 The Age,The coalition's multi-billion dollar climate change fund has come under fire for being too far off and failing to encourage householders to save energy. Climate change helps spider specimen move to Magallanes region - 22 Oct 2007 MercoPress,Climate change consequences in the entomologic field have reached Magallanes Region in the far south of Chile and local authorities are cautioning about the Today’s forecast: yet another blast of hot air - 22 Oct 2007 Times Online,Instead of facts, the advocates of man-made climate change trade in future scenarios based on complex and often unreliable computer models. Lomborg takes on 'feel good' environmentalism - 22 Oct 2007 The Copenhagen Post,While Al Gore was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize last week for his efforts to help ‘build up and disseminate knowledge about man-made climate change’, Nations flock together to save birds of prey - 22 Oct 2007 Times Online,Climate change is perceived as a further threat because of the damage it is expected to wreak on habitats and the changes it could cause in the distribution Chewing the fat - 22 Oct 2007 New Statesman,But even this unhappy prospect pales into insignificance when compared with the dangers of climate change. Flooding and extreme weather have the capacity to Our forests, our future - 22 Oct 2007 Jakarta Post,This December, thousands of representatives from countries, companies and civil groups will gather in Bali to discuss climate change. Climate Change Blamed for Fading Foliage - Oct 20, 2007 The Associated PressOther "leaf peepers" are noticing, too, and some believe climate change could be the reason. Forested hillsides usually riotous with reds, Energy minister to show support for Student Action on Climate Change - Oct 20, 2007 Belfast Telegraph,The Minister for Energy and Natural Resources Eamon Ryan is to attend the launch of a new climate change movement in Dublin later today. Technology alone won't tame climate-change juggernaut - Oct 21, 2007 San Francisco Chronicle,California is on the cutting edge of America's efforts to reverse climate change, right? And the Bay Area is on the cutting edge of California, right? Prince Charles to launch campaign against climate change - Oct 21, 2007 Times of India,LONDON: It seems that Prince Charles is all set to ascend to the green throne and wage a war against climate change later this week. Rally for climate change leaders - Oct 21, 2007 Adrian Daily Telegram,The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a network of 2500 scientists from 120 countries, has become increasingly alarmed. Who's injecting politics into climate change debate? CLOSED-MINDED ... - Oct 20, 2007 Chicago Sun-Times,And in just one of many climate-change theories, fjord-bed core tests have found a fascinating correlation of climate change with sunspot cycles. Minister meets Mayor of London over climate change - Oct 19, 2007 ic Wales,WALES has been swapping ideas about tackling climate change with Mayor of London Ken Livingstone. Environment Minister Jane Davidson has met Mr Livingstone Climate Change Drives Endangered Seabird Into UK Waters - Oct 20, 2007 Science Daily (press release)Dr Wynn added: \'Climate change is often perceived to be a future threat, but the reality for our marine fauna is that it is happening now. HSBC launches climate change Fund - Oct 19, 2007 Scotsman,The HSBC Climate Change fund, which will form part of its Luxembourg-based Global Investment Funds Sicav range, will be managed by Francois Dossou. North Carolina Opinion Poll on Climate Change - Oct 21, 2007 Emediawire (press release),On October 12-15, NCclimate.org conducted an independent survey of North Carolinians' views on global climate change and the state government response. Airlines losing image war with climate change activists, say ... - Oct 19, 2007 International Herald Tribune,A study by the UN Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change says that CO2 emissions per passenger kilometer have decreased, but have been more than offset Sanders takes brave stand on climate change bill - Oct 21, 2007 Rutland Herald,Long after the Nobel-winning reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, long after Hurricane Katrina, long after "An Inconvenient Truth," China calls for efforts to help developing countries deal with ... - Oct 20, 2007 CCTV,Li Yong said China will continue to actively participate in international cooperation in the field of climate change and commit itself to cooperation with Feedback letters: Climate change, important news, etc. - Oct 21, 2007 Sacramento Bee,Bast calls the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change "a small cabal of ideologically driven government scientists. 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