Global Governance: Growth and Innovation 2020
5A. Climate Warming, Environment priorities, Water management and international Choices
“Reconstructions of past climates will not only help validate models used for predicting the 21st and 22nd centuries’ climate, but will also provide the best analogue and description of what might happen in the next future,” says André Berger of the Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics at Belgium’s UCL university. “Just because we may be entering another glacial period is not a reason to continue pumping CO2 into the atmosphere. But we need modelling and high-quality reconstructions of the past to determine the consequences.”
David Griggs, director of UK’s meteorological office, the Hadley Centre, affirms that the complexity of CC models has increased greatly in the last 30 years but they must be improved to handle yet more resolution, complexity and uncertainty. “We need to incorporate atmospheric chemistry into them, as well as land surface and ocean carbon cycles,” he said. “But to do so we need a six-fold increase in today’s computing power.”
Participants
Hirokazu, Kubo (Tutor, Value Oriented Area Studies), SFC Keio University, Tokyo (*)
Tateno Kodai (Value Oriented Studies), SFC Keio University, Tokyo (*)
Kato Yuri (Value Oriented Area Studies), SFC Keio University, Tokyo (*)
Watanabe Akira (Value Oriented Area Studies), SFC Keio University, Tokyo (*)
Kibona Deogratias, Mzumbe University
Kidulile Gloria, Mzumbe University
Rwabukambara Fredrick M. , Mzumbe University
Sanasi Roberta, Rome Tor Vergata University
Valeria Andreoni , Bologna University, Department of Economics
Duriavig Marco, Udine University; Department EST
Singai Chetan.B. (Qores), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (*)
Singh Adita (Qores), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (*)
Srivastava Shilpi (Qores), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (*)
Sumathi Sivam (Qores), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (*)
Tilli Undi, Rome Tor Vergata University
Casagrande Elisabetta, State University Milan
Bisogni Stefano, Rome Tor Vergata University
Campanelli Otello, Luiss University Rome
Cozzo Brunella, Politecnico of Turin
Buson Gabriele, Politecnico of Turin
(*) Proposed research
Reading list
- VIDEOCAST - Sustainable Developmnet
- VIDEOCAST - Sustainable Water Management
- G8 KOBE Environment Ministers Meeting 2008
- water_pricing
- Aral Sea_WB
- Climate_IPCC_EU
- HDR_20072008_en_complete
- UNEP_YearBook2008_Full_EN
- ASEM [D-02] Climate Change Presentation
- Cilmate Powerpoint WHO
- Climate change EU ministers clear some hurdles on 2020 plan - EUbusiness.com - business, legal and economic news and information from the European Union
- EAERE European Environmental and Resource Economists
- Environment - Climate Change
- Environmental Performance Index Contents
- Environmental Performance world map
- EU 2020 climate target
- G8 KOBE Environment Ministers Meeting 2008
- hdr_2007_en
- Next Big Future Responding to Al Gore's Challenge
- The Ethics of Climate Change Pay Now or Pay More Later Scientific American
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