Global Climate Change: National Security Implications
... issue developed even later. Although the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) did commission a study to look into the security implications of climate change in the late 1970s, the issue had little resonance until the late 1990s when the Senate Armed Services Committee declared that environmental destr ...
... issue developed even later. Although the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) did commission a study to look into the security implications of climate change in the late 1970s, the issue had little resonance until the late 1990s when the Senate Armed Services Committee declared that environmental destr ...
The impact of climate change on the UK
... would require total global carbon emissions from 2011 onwards to be less than around 1,000 GtCO2.5 Keeping within this ‘2oC carbon budget’ would require a significant shift in the trajectory of carbon emissions – at current rates, the entire budget would be fully used within the next 25 years. 1.22 ...
... would require total global carbon emissions from 2011 onwards to be less than around 1,000 GtCO2.5 Keeping within this ‘2oC carbon budget’ would require a significant shift in the trajectory of carbon emissions – at current rates, the entire budget would be fully used within the next 25 years. 1.22 ...
Exxon/ ExxonMobil
... review (at reasonable cost and omitting proprietary information) and make available to shareholders Climate Change: by August, 1998 a full report about the impact of climate change on our company's present ...
... review (at reasonable cost and omitting proprietary information) and make available to shareholders Climate Change: by August, 1998 a full report about the impact of climate change on our company's present ...
The Canadian Government`s Global Push to Sell the Tar Sands.
... (10th)3. If the Province of Alberta, the home of the tar sands, were a country, it would have the highest per capita emissions in the world, at 69 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per person per year4,5. Despite being the home of one of the largest and fastest growing industrial oil projects on t ...
... (10th)3. If the Province of Alberta, the home of the tar sands, were a country, it would have the highest per capita emissions in the world, at 69 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per person per year4,5. Despite being the home of one of the largest and fastest growing industrial oil projects on t ...
U. S. Senate Report Over 400 Prominent Scientists Disputed Man
... with essentially the same text as the FOD. None of the authors of the chapter bothered to directly communicate with me (or with other expert reviewers with whom I communicate on a regular basis) on many issues that were raised in my review. This is not an acceptable scientific review process." Czech ...
... with essentially the same text as the FOD. None of the authors of the chapter bothered to directly communicate with me (or with other expert reviewers with whom I communicate on a regular basis) on many issues that were raised in my review. This is not an acceptable scientific review process." Czech ...
U.S. Senate Report
... bothered to directly communicate with me (or with other expert reviewers with whom I communicate on a regular basis) on many issues that were raised in my review. This is not an acceptable scientific review process." Czech Republic: Czech-born U.S. climatologist Dr. George Kukla, a research scientis ...
... bothered to directly communicate with me (or with other expert reviewers with whom I communicate on a regular basis) on many issues that were raised in my review. This is not an acceptable scientific review process." Czech Republic: Czech-born U.S. climatologist Dr. George Kukla, a research scientis ...
Southeast Asia and the Economics of Global Climate Stabilization
... World Business-as-Usual Population, Gross Domestic Product, and Carbon Dioxide Emissions Indonesia and Southeast Asia Business-as-Usual Population, Gross Domestic Product, and Carbon Dioxide Emissions Business-as-Usual World Prices of Fossil Fuels Per Capita Gross Domestic Product, Energy Intensity, ...
... World Business-as-Usual Population, Gross Domestic Product, and Carbon Dioxide Emissions Indonesia and Southeast Asia Business-as-Usual Population, Gross Domestic Product, and Carbon Dioxide Emissions Business-as-Usual World Prices of Fossil Fuels Per Capita Gross Domestic Product, Energy Intensity, ...
Licence 1
... about the whole thing for ages. There is no longer this sense of powerlessness which is ....................... I had for so long about it all. » The Big Ask is already supported by more than 60,000 people across Britain and has been backed by more than half of all MPs. « In common with Tom Yorke an ...
... about the whole thing for ages. There is no longer this sense of powerlessness which is ....................... I had for so long about it all. » The Big Ask is already supported by more than 60,000 people across Britain and has been backed by more than half of all MPs. « In common with Tom Yorke an ...
Impacts of Climate Related Geo-engineering on Biological
... (sequestration) of the captured carbon. In the first three techniques, these two steps are very closely linked, although the permanence of the storage may be variable and technique-specific; in the fourth and fifth, capture and storage may be separated in time and space. Ecosystem-based approaches s ...
... (sequestration) of the captured carbon. In the first three techniques, these two steps are very closely linked, although the permanence of the storage may be variable and technique-specific; in the fourth and fifth, capture and storage may be separated in time and space. Ecosystem-based approaches s ...
Centennial and Millennial climate- carbon cycle feedback analysis
... Now, under increased anthropogenic emission of CO2, land and ocean can probably sink more CO2 through changes in soil, photosynthesis process in vegetation and dissolution in the surface ocean. However, both land and ocean systems may gradually saturate as this sinking process cannot be continued f ...
... Now, under increased anthropogenic emission of CO2, land and ocean can probably sink more CO2 through changes in soil, photosynthesis process in vegetation and dissolution in the surface ocean. However, both land and ocean systems may gradually saturate as this sinking process cannot be continued f ...
6 Assessing Transformation Pathways
... sectors contributing to mitigation, the nature of international coordination, and mitigation policies? Second, what are the key characteristics of different transformation pathways, including the rates of emissions reductions and deployment of low-carbon energy, the magnitude and timing of aggregate ...
... sectors contributing to mitigation, the nature of international coordination, and mitigation policies? Second, what are the key characteristics of different transformation pathways, including the rates of emissions reductions and deployment of low-carbon energy, the magnitude and timing of aggregate ...
United Nations
... The Task Force on a set of key climate change-related statistics using the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) was created by the CES Bureau in 2014, based on a proposal for follow-up work identified in the Conference of European Statisticians’ (CES) Recommendations on Climate Change- ...
... The Task Force on a set of key climate change-related statistics using the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) was created by the CES Bureau in 2014, based on a proposal for follow-up work identified in the Conference of European Statisticians’ (CES) Recommendations on Climate Change- ...
FOREWORD Mongolia`s harsh climatic conditions create one of the
... barriers to its economic development, and the anticipated climate change will limit it even further. Therefore, Mongolia has consistently demonstrated its strong support of international initiatives in protection of global climate. Mongolia was one of over 150 countries to sign the United Nations Fr ...
... barriers to its economic development, and the anticipated climate change will limit it even further. Therefore, Mongolia has consistently demonstrated its strong support of international initiatives in protection of global climate. Mongolia was one of over 150 countries to sign the United Nations Fr ...
Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy Nature’s Prophet:
... JOURNALISTS AS PUBLIC INTELLECTUALS For knowledge journalists like McKibben, Friedman, and Revkin, several qualities enable their work to stand out among the many competing voices, narratives, and stories that are told about a wicked problem. In particular, relative to climate change, the prominenc ...
... JOURNALISTS AS PUBLIC INTELLECTUALS For knowledge journalists like McKibben, Friedman, and Revkin, several qualities enable their work to stand out among the many competing voices, narratives, and stories that are told about a wicked problem. In particular, relative to climate change, the prominenc ...
Rethinking Development in a Carbon
... University, Sweden. He has worked extensively on tourism and development processes in the Western Indian Ocean, as well as tourism and global environmental change. His edited books include Tourism and Development in Tropical Islands (Edward Elgar, 2003), Tourism and Global Environmental Change (with ...
... University, Sweden. He has worked extensively on tourism and development processes in the Western Indian Ocean, as well as tourism and global environmental change. His edited books include Tourism and Development in Tropical Islands (Edward Elgar, 2003), Tourism and Global Environmental Change (with ...
Draft Discussion Paper Ilaria Carrozza ESCAP/FfD/04/2015
... requires identifying alternative and innovative sources of funds from both the public and private sectors, but also developing appropriate institutional arrangements and policy landscapes to redirect existing financial flows towards climate mitigation and adaptation activities that also deliver on s ...
... requires identifying alternative and innovative sources of funds from both the public and private sectors, but also developing appropriate institutional arrangements and policy landscapes to redirect existing financial flows towards climate mitigation and adaptation activities that also deliver on s ...
a free PDF - E-International Relations
... understanding of how and why the international community must seek to reappraise its understanding of climate change and tactics of mitigation and adaptation. Paris is not the answer – it must only be the start. This first case above may appear anecdotal – and it most likely is. Thousands of events ...
... understanding of how and why the international community must seek to reappraise its understanding of climate change and tactics of mitigation and adaptation. Paris is not the answer – it must only be the start. This first case above may appear anecdotal – and it most likely is. Thousands of events ...
Environment, Climate Change and International Relations
... understanding of how and why the international community must seek to reappraise its understanding of climate change and tactics of mitigation and adaptation. Paris is not the answer – it must only be the start. This first case above may appear anecdotal – and it most likely is. Thousands of events ...
... understanding of how and why the international community must seek to reappraise its understanding of climate change and tactics of mitigation and adaptation. Paris is not the answer – it must only be the start. This first case above may appear anecdotal – and it most likely is. Thousands of events ...
FIFTH NATIONAL COMMUNICATION of the Austrian Federal
... Parties are obliged to prepare National Communications, in order to communicate their activities undertaken with a view to meeting commitments under the Convention. They shall report inter alia on the following: greenhouse gas inventory information; measures to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions; mea ...
... Parties are obliged to prepare National Communications, in order to communicate their activities undertaken with a view to meeting commitments under the Convention. They shall report inter alia on the following: greenhouse gas inventory information; measures to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions; mea ...
Refrigerants for commercial refrigeration applications
... of future refrigerants. Some refrigerants have a higher direct GWP than others; however, direct global warming alone can be misleading in understanding the effect of various refrigerant alternatives. TEWI helps to assess the climate-change impact fairly, as it takes into account the direct (refriger ...
... of future refrigerants. Some refrigerants have a higher direct GWP than others; however, direct global warming alone can be misleading in understanding the effect of various refrigerant alternatives. TEWI helps to assess the climate-change impact fairly, as it takes into account the direct (refriger ...
A Warm Response, Our Climate Change Challenge
... with key stakeholders and recognises that local authorities (LAs) are critical to its success. In addition to taking direct action to reduce emissions, LAs can influence the way others respond by raising awareness of the need for action and providing practical advice on what people can do to make a ...
... with key stakeholders and recognises that local authorities (LAs) are critical to its success. In addition to taking direct action to reduce emissions, LAs can influence the way others respond by raising awareness of the need for action and providing practical advice on what people can do to make a ...
Investment and growth in the time of climate change
... on a rich literature to identify the key economic issues behind the differing positions on the speed and scale of the policy response: how much to mitigate and by when.3 It leaves aside the question of how to deliver most effectively any given emissions-reduction target. This problem of instrument de ...
... on a rich literature to identify the key economic issues behind the differing positions on the speed and scale of the policy response: how much to mitigate and by when.3 It leaves aside the question of how to deliver most effectively any given emissions-reduction target. This problem of instrument de ...
Investment and growth in the time of climate change
... on a rich literature to identify the key economic issues behind the differing positions on the speed and scale of the policy response: how much to mitigate and by when.3 It leaves aside the question of how to deliver most effectively any given emissions-reduction target. This problem of instrument de ...
... on a rich literature to identify the key economic issues behind the differing positions on the speed and scale of the policy response: how much to mitigate and by when.3 It leaves aside the question of how to deliver most effectively any given emissions-reduction target. This problem of instrument de ...
Desert dust and anthropogenic aerosol interactions
... Anthropogenic and natural aerosols represent an additional process that has not yet been fully incorporated into coupled carbon-climate models. Aerosols are solids or liquids suspended in the atmosphere. They interfere with incoming and outgoing radiation, and potentially impact cloud formation (e.g ...
... Anthropogenic and natural aerosols represent an additional process that has not yet been fully incorporated into coupled carbon-climate models. Aerosols are solids or liquids suspended in the atmosphere. They interfere with incoming and outgoing radiation, and potentially impact cloud formation (e.g ...
Climate Change as Metaphor & Catalyst
... frame from discovery to solution. Despite sustained, well–funded ‘denier' campaigns, nearly three–quarters of Americans still see scientists – and science related organizations – as the most trusted sources of information about global warming. Yet, in the midst of the greatest economic downturn sinc ...
... frame from discovery to solution. Despite sustained, well–funded ‘denier' campaigns, nearly three–quarters of Americans still see scientists – and science related organizations – as the most trusted sources of information about global warming. Yet, in the midst of the greatest economic downturn sinc ...