Chapter 4
... caused by the rest of the world’s emissions. Solving climate change thus requires international cooperation and, at least to some extent, the application of international law. International law has its own unique processes for lawmaking. As compared to national lawmaking, with its strong legislature ...
... caused by the rest of the world’s emissions. Solving climate change thus requires international cooperation and, at least to some extent, the application of international law. International law has its own unique processes for lawmaking. As compared to national lawmaking, with its strong legislature ...
Toward Low Carbon Cities: Madrid and London
... generation. They have to become ‘low carbon’, ‘zero carbon’, ‘eco-cities’. City and related hinterland activities amount easily to two-thirds of total energy consumption, with corresponding contribution to environmental pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. It is imminently sensible to establish m ...
... generation. They have to become ‘low carbon’, ‘zero carbon’, ‘eco-cities’. City and related hinterland activities amount easily to two-thirds of total energy consumption, with corresponding contribution to environmental pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. It is imminently sensible to establish m ...
10 Years of Advancing Knowledge on the Global Carbon Cycle and
... The Global Carbon Project (GCP) was established in 2001 in recognition of the enormous scientific challenge and critical nature of the carbon cycle for the Earth’s sustainability. It was formed to establish a framework for international coordinated research on the global carbon cycle that advances f ...
... The Global Carbon Project (GCP) was established in 2001 in recognition of the enormous scientific challenge and critical nature of the carbon cycle for the Earth’s sustainability. It was formed to establish a framework for international coordinated research on the global carbon cycle that advances f ...
Kimberly Marion Suiseeya - Initiative on Climate Adaptation
... projects. As one of the first REDD-Ready1 countries in Asia, Laos is preparing to improve human security and livelihoods in the face of global climate change. The government is both seeking to implement a variety of climate adaptation projects and is hoping to reap the benefits from global climate m ...
... projects. As one of the first REDD-Ready1 countries in Asia, Laos is preparing to improve human security and livelihoods in the face of global climate change. The government is both seeking to implement a variety of climate adaptation projects and is hoping to reap the benefits from global climate m ...
The Business of AdApTing To ClimATe ChAnge
... Plans of the Cancun Adaptation Framework. With political will in place, Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC, encouraged businesses and citizens to push confidently ahead in their efforts to build a climate resilient future. Companies can answer this call to action by joining the A ...
... Plans of the Cancun Adaptation Framework. With political will in place, Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC, encouraged businesses and citizens to push confidently ahead in their efforts to build a climate resilient future. Companies can answer this call to action by joining the A ...
The Strategic Threat of Inevitable Climate Change
... interglacial periods.”16 Previous global warming in conjunction with ice ages occurred over much greater period of time, generally around 5000 years.17 In contrast, on its current trajectory global temperatures are predicted to increase between 1.1 and 6.4 ...
... interglacial periods.”16 Previous global warming in conjunction with ice ages occurred over much greater period of time, generally around 5000 years.17 In contrast, on its current trajectory global temperatures are predicted to increase between 1.1 and 6.4 ...
Comparative Climate Change Governance: Lessons from European
... change’ (Picketts, 2010: 17). Mitigation,1 by contrast, focuses on the root causes of climate change problems and aims to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases (GHGs) emitted into the atmosphere or to increase the Earth’s ability to absorb them (Crabbe and Robin, 2006). ...
... change’ (Picketts, 2010: 17). Mitigation,1 by contrast, focuses on the root causes of climate change problems and aims to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases (GHGs) emitted into the atmosphere or to increase the Earth’s ability to absorb them (Crabbe and Robin, 2006). ...
Dietz et al. 2007. Support for CC Policy
... U.S. participation raises a number of interesting questions regarding the political dynamics of efforts to protect the environment in the United States. The efforts of conservatives and some industrial sectors, such as the fossil fuel industry, to shape elite and media debate about climate change ar ...
... U.S. participation raises a number of interesting questions regarding the political dynamics of efforts to protect the environment in the United States. The efforts of conservatives and some industrial sectors, such as the fossil fuel industry, to shape elite and media debate about climate change ar ...
Planning for Climate Change in the West
... alpine tundra of the northern Rockies where glaciers are retreating as growing downstream communities rely more than ever on abundant snowpack for secure water supplies. Climate can be defined as weather averaged over a period of time, usually 30 years or longer. This averaging tends to smooth out ...
... alpine tundra of the northern Rockies where glaciers are retreating as growing downstream communities rely more than ever on abundant snowpack for secure water supplies. Climate can be defined as weather averaged over a period of time, usually 30 years or longer. This averaging tends to smooth out ...
Climate Change mitigation via Afforestation, Reforestation and
... as well as changes of forest fire regimes and the forest susceptibility to fire (Westerling et al. ...
... as well as changes of forest fire regimes and the forest susceptibility to fire (Westerling et al. ...
Shaping National Climate Change Legislation in Uganda, May 2015
... Agricultural Policy identifies climate change as one of the emerging threats to agricultural productivity and sustainability of farmer livelihoods. The Policy promotes climate smart agricultural practices. In addition, one of the strategies mentioned in the Policy is to develop capacity at all level ...
... Agricultural Policy identifies climate change as one of the emerging threats to agricultural productivity and sustainability of farmer livelihoods. The Policy promotes climate smart agricultural practices. In addition, one of the strategies mentioned in the Policy is to develop capacity at all level ...
What Role Do Property Rights Play In Climate Change?
... industry. The response of insurers is important for at least two reasons. First is that they are equipped to deal with huge first party damage claims. For example in the case of Hurricane Katrina, houses flattened by the storm in New Orleans were all insured. Second, insurers are equipped to deal wi ...
... industry. The response of insurers is important for at least two reasons. First is that they are equipped to deal with huge first party damage claims. For example in the case of Hurricane Katrina, houses flattened by the storm in New Orleans were all insured. Second, insurers are equipped to deal wi ...
Beyond Divestment: Taking Decisive Action on Climate Change
... The Toronto350.org initiative asking U of T to divest from direct investments in fossil-fuel producing firms has provided an opportunity both to address the important matter they have raised and to reflect on our broader contributions to meeting the challenge of climate change. In response to Toron ...
... The Toronto350.org initiative asking U of T to divest from direct investments in fossil-fuel producing firms has provided an opportunity both to address the important matter they have raised and to reflect on our broader contributions to meeting the challenge of climate change. In response to Toron ...
Climate change and global water resources: SRES emissions and
... also used in UNEP’s Global Environment Outlook-3 (UNEP, 2001), with different projections of future resource use and including the effects of climate change ...
... also used in UNEP’s Global Environment Outlook-3 (UNEP, 2001), with different projections of future resource use and including the effects of climate change ...
Landfill Methane - Global Methane Initiative
... Launched in 2004, GMI is the only international effort to specifically target the abatement, recovery and use of the greenhouse gas (GHG) methane by focusing on the five main methane emission sources: agriculture, coal mines, landfills, municipal wastewater, and oil and gas systems. The Initiative w ...
... Launched in 2004, GMI is the only international effort to specifically target the abatement, recovery and use of the greenhouse gas (GHG) methane by focusing on the five main methane emission sources: agriculture, coal mines, landfills, municipal wastewater, and oil and gas systems. The Initiative w ...
Briefing Paper: Climate Change and Health
... While industrial countries have started to protect themselves by developing adaptation interventions, middle income countries have only limited such capabilities and low income countries are hardly capable of doing this at all. The latter however will carry the main burden of the change although the ...
... While industrial countries have started to protect themselves by developing adaptation interventions, middle income countries have only limited such capabilities and low income countries are hardly capable of doing this at all. The latter however will carry the main burden of the change although the ...
Global Climate Change as a Threat to U.S. National Security
... and ‘Sustain Broad Cooperation on Key Global Challenges.’6 The four bottom circles in Figure 1 are a shorthand version of the 2010 NSS. Foreign interests is consistent with the “Sustain Broad Cooperation on Key Global challenges” strategy, Economy falls under the “Ensure a strong U.S. economy” strat ...
... and ‘Sustain Broad Cooperation on Key Global Challenges.’6 The four bottom circles in Figure 1 are a shorthand version of the 2010 NSS. Foreign interests is consistent with the “Sustain Broad Cooperation on Key Global challenges” strategy, Economy falls under the “Ensure a strong U.S. economy” strat ...
EPA Research - 2015 Call Technical Description
... To make an application under this topic area, you must use the following Call Topic Reference: Climate 2015 Call - Project 3 Description Wetlands, primarily peatlands, constitute between 14% and 20% of Ireland’s land area. The estimate varies because of the different ways in which peatland can be de ...
... To make an application under this topic area, you must use the following Call Topic Reference: Climate 2015 Call - Project 3 Description Wetlands, primarily peatlands, constitute between 14% and 20% of Ireland’s land area. The estimate varies because of the different ways in which peatland can be de ...
The gARNAUT ReVIeW 2011 - Garnaut Climate Change Review
... of data that cover periods of time. For the 2008 Review, I asked two leading Australian econometricians who are specialists in this area, Trevor Breusch and Fashid Vahid, to analyse the data on temperature. Their conclusion was clear. There is a statistically significant warming trend, and it did no ...
... of data that cover periods of time. For the 2008 Review, I asked two leading Australian econometricians who are specialists in this area, Trevor Breusch and Fashid Vahid, to analyse the data on temperature. Their conclusion was clear. There is a statistically significant warming trend, and it did no ...
IPCC (2007) - climate crime index
... 2ºC Worst Ever Crime Against Humanity From the EU Climate Change Site 2010 The EU 2⁰C climate policy adopted in 1996… a level that scientists say will avoid the worst consequences …. But even below this level climate change will have significant impacts. Many poor developing countries are among the ...
... 2ºC Worst Ever Crime Against Humanity From the EU Climate Change Site 2010 The EU 2⁰C climate policy adopted in 1996… a level that scientists say will avoid the worst consequences …. But even below this level climate change will have significant impacts. Many poor developing countries are among the ...
Have disaster losses increased due to anthropogenic climate change?
... exposure and risks. Also, better understanding of the relationship between anthropogenic climate change and disaster losses is needed to inform decisions on global climate mitigation policy that is being negotiated and developed under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC ...
... exposure and risks. Also, better understanding of the relationship between anthropogenic climate change and disaster losses is needed to inform decisions on global climate mitigation policy that is being negotiated and developed under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC ...
A Tale of Two Provinces: Imposing Greenhouse
... Ranging from broad policy commitments to detailed regulatory frameworks, these initiatives reflect the considerable diversity of each region’s economic, geographic and resource endowment, as well as the region’s politics.3 Although designed to meet the same goal of emissions reductions, the approach ...
... Ranging from broad policy commitments to detailed regulatory frameworks, these initiatives reflect the considerable diversity of each region’s economic, geographic and resource endowment, as well as the region’s politics.3 Although designed to meet the same goal of emissions reductions, the approach ...
Climate Change in the US Northeast
... The pulse of life and economic activity across the Northeast is marked by the region’s dramatic seasonal cycle, changeable weather, and extreme events such as floods and nor’easters. This familiar climate is already changing in noticeable ways. Temperatures have been rising, particularly in winter, ...
... The pulse of life and economic activity across the Northeast is marked by the region’s dramatic seasonal cycle, changeable weather, and extreme events such as floods and nor’easters. This familiar climate is already changing in noticeable ways. Temperatures have been rising, particularly in winter, ...
Cambodia`s first national communication
... Cambodia ratified the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on 18 December 1995. The Convention entered into force for Cambodia on 17 March 1996, thus making the country eligible under the financial mechanism of the UNFCCC. In August 1998, the Government of Cambodia and the ...
... Cambodia ratified the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on 18 December 1995. The Convention entered into force for Cambodia on 17 March 1996, thus making the country eligible under the financial mechanism of the UNFCCC. In August 1998, the Government of Cambodia and the ...
Predicting and verifying the intended and unintended consequences
... atmospheric CO2 concentrations. One model for implementation is the sale of carbon offsets. Modeling studies predict that OIF has the potential to produce a material difference in the rise of atmospheric CO2 over the next several decades, but this could only be attained by alteration of the ecosyste ...
... atmospheric CO2 concentrations. One model for implementation is the sale of carbon offsets. Modeling studies predict that OIF has the potential to produce a material difference in the rise of atmospheric CO2 over the next several decades, but this could only be attained by alteration of the ecosyste ...
Economics of climate change mitigation
This article is about the economics of climate change mitigation. Mitigation of climate change involves actions that are designed to limit the amount of long-term climate change (Fisher et al.., 2007:225). Mitigation may be achieved through the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions or through the enhancement of sinks that absorb GHGs, for example forests.