INDUSTRY NEWS New website


for Jenz Technical data and other information for the range of mobile chippers, bio- mass processors and ancillary equip- ment for handling timber manufac- tured by Jenz GmbH can be found on the company’s new Internet page. The website has a fresh, modern layout and has been arranged more clearly. It is also customer-friendly and target group-oriented. The design adapts itself to different screen and display sizes whether users are accessing the website via a tablet or a smartphone. The new Internet page is divided up into sections for products, used machines, technology & innovation, service & spare parts, and contact in its main navigation set-up. The complete range of Jenz equipment can be found in the products section. An additional facility on the website is the new prod- uct comparison function, which makes it possible to compare the technical data of different machines. Visitors to the website also have the facility for downloading machine datasheets in the form of PDF files, for reading and downloading experience reports and for viewing machine videos.


In the new sector for technol- ogy & innovation, users can find interesting information about newly developed Jenz technology. The new contact page guides the user to the right contact with just a few clicks. This menu item is divided into Jenz headquarters in Peter- shagen, Germany, and sales partners worldwide. The required country can be selected under sales partners. German customers can also enter their postcode in order to find their local contact.


The new home page is provided with a download area. Here, impor- tant catalogues and brochures can be downloaded and saved. Sections such as company, information, customer statements, trade fairs and partner login can, of course, also be found. It is possible to change to another language at any time on all pages. The page cur- rently being displayed is retained. More information from www.jenz.de


The


impacts of climate change


A


new assessment by the


Intergovernmental Panel on Climate


Change (IPCC) concludes that human influence on the climate system is clear. This is evident in most regions of the globe. It is extremely likely that human influence has been the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century. The evidence for this has grown thanks to more and better observations, an improved understanding of the climate system response and improved climate models. Warming in the climate system is unequivocal and since 1950 many changes have been observed throughout the climate system that are unprecedented over decades to millennia. Each of the last three decades has been successively warmer at the Earth’s surface than any preceding decade since 1850, reports the Summary for Policymakers of the IPCC Working Group I assessment report, Climate Change 2013: the Physical Science Basis, approved by member governments of the IPCC in Stockholm, Sweden. “Observations of changes in the climate system are based on multiple lines of independent evidence. Our assessment of the science finds that the atmosphere and ocean have warmed, the amount of snow and ice has diminished, the global mean sea level has risen and the concentrations of greenhouse gases have


increased,”


stated Qin Dahe, Co-Chair of IPCC Working Group I. Thomas


Stocker, the


other Co-Chair of Working Group I, said: “Continued emissions of greenhouse gases will cause further warming and changes in all components of the climate system. Limiting climate change will require substantial and sustained reductions of greenhouse gas emissions.


“Global surface temperature change for the end of the 21st century is projected to be likely to exceed 1.5°C relative to 1850-1900 in all but the lowest scenario considered and likely to exceed 2°C for the two high scenarios,” he added. “Heat waves are very likely to occur more frequently and last longer. As the Earth warms, we expect to see currently wet regions receiving more rainfall and dry regions receiving less, although there will be exceptions.” Projections of climate change are based on a new set of four scenarios of future greenhouse gas concentrations and aerosols, spanning a wide range of possible futures. The Working Group I report assessed global and regional- scale climate change for the early, middle and later 21st century. “As the ocean warms and glaciers and ice sheets reduce, global mean sea level will continue to rise, but at a faster rate than we have


experienced over the past 40 years,” said Co-Chair Qin Dahe.


The report finds with high confidence that ocean warming dominates the increase in energy stored in the climate system, accounting for more than 90% of the energy accumulated between 1971 and 2010.


Co-Chair Thomas Stocker concluded: “As a result of our past, present and expected future emissions of CO2, we are committed to climate change and effects will persist for many centuries even if emissions of CO2 stop”.


Rajendra Pachauri, Chair of the IPCC, said: “This Working Group I Summary for Policymakers provides important insights into the scientific basis of climate change. It provides a firm foundation for considerations of the impacts of climate change on human and natural systems and ways to meet the challenge of climate change”. These are among the aspects assessed in the contributions of Working Group II and Working Group III to be released in March and April, 2014. The IPCC Fifth Assessment Report cycle will conclude with the publication of its Synthesis Report in October, 2014.


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IPCC REPORT


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