A PERIOD OF CONSEQUENCES: GLOBAL WARMING, SOCIAL
... In an article about global warming and climate change, Tom Goldtooth, Executive Director of the Indigenous Environmental Network, writes, “While environmental degradation in itself is by no means new, throw into this mixture the challenges indigenous communities face socially, culturally, economical ...
... In an article about global warming and climate change, Tom Goldtooth, Executive Director of the Indigenous Environmental Network, writes, “While environmental degradation in itself is by no means new, throw into this mixture the challenges indigenous communities face socially, culturally, economical ...
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... Administration with regard to mandatory constraints on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and their perception that litigation might help to prompt such action. The principal court cases, decided and pending, arise in eight contexts—a number that continues to grow. First and most important is the Clean ...
... Administration with regard to mandatory constraints on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and their perception that litigation might help to prompt such action. The principal court cases, decided and pending, arise in eight contexts—a number that continues to grow. First and most important is the Clean ...
The Global Warming Time Bomb?
... Aerosols also cause an indirect climate forcing by altering the properties of cloud drops. Human-made aerosols increase the number of condensation nuclei for cloud drops, thus causing the average size of the cloud drops to be smaller. The larger number of smaller drops makes the clouds slightly brig ...
... Aerosols also cause an indirect climate forcing by altering the properties of cloud drops. Human-made aerosols increase the number of condensation nuclei for cloud drops, thus causing the average size of the cloud drops to be smaller. The larger number of smaller drops makes the clouds slightly brig ...
Impacts of Climate Change on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
... are likely to be declined by 2050 (Baker et al., 2008). ...
... are likely to be declined by 2050 (Baker et al., 2008). ...
Public
... The agricultural sector plays a critical role in food security, poverty reduction and economic growth—especially in developing countries, where agriculture is fundamental to sustainable development. Agricultural systems are very sensitive to changes in climatic conditions and will have to adapt if t ...
... The agricultural sector plays a critical role in food security, poverty reduction and economic growth—especially in developing countries, where agriculture is fundamental to sustainable development. Agricultural systems are very sensitive to changes in climatic conditions and will have to adapt if t ...
A CARBON EMISSIONS TAX AS A MITIGATING STRATEGY FOR
... greenhouse gas emissions but as a large contributor of greenhouse gases in Africa and globally, South Africa has a moral obligation to reduce its emissions. Although not obliged to make commitments to reduce emissions, government has seen the importance of considering long term mitigating actions to ...
... greenhouse gas emissions but as a large contributor of greenhouse gases in Africa and globally, South Africa has a moral obligation to reduce its emissions. Although not obliged to make commitments to reduce emissions, government has seen the importance of considering long term mitigating actions to ...
Business Responses to Climate Change in Developing Countries: A
... Carbon Disclosure Project 2011, instigated by 551 institutional investors with assets of US $71 trillion, CDP sent the more than 6,100 questionnaires to the world’s largest corporations requesting information on GHG emissions. There were 3,375 corporations in some 60 countries from mostly developed ...
... Carbon Disclosure Project 2011, instigated by 551 institutional investors with assets of US $71 trillion, CDP sent the more than 6,100 questionnaires to the world’s largest corporations requesting information on GHG emissions. There were 3,375 corporations in some 60 countries from mostly developed ...
Physical and economic consequences of climate change in Europe
... Interactions (GEM-E3 Europe), which models most EU countries individually. This study has other distinctive features. We have modeled the economic effects of future climate change (projected for the 2080s) on the current economy as of 2010. Several authors have followed this approach (e.g., 23). Thi ...
... Interactions (GEM-E3 Europe), which models most EU countries individually. This study has other distinctive features. We have modeled the economic effects of future climate change (projected for the 2080s) on the current economy as of 2010. Several authors have followed this approach (e.g., 23). Thi ...
The Culture and Discourse of Climate Skepticism Andrew J
... emitter (at 16%) of global emissions (China currently emits 17%) – this phenomenon is not restricted to the U.S. We observed a wide range of nationalities represented at the most recent climate skeptics conference, with a large number of representatives from New Zealand and Australia (although a ...
... emitter (at 16%) of global emissions (China currently emits 17%) – this phenomenon is not restricted to the U.S. We observed a wide range of nationalities represented at the most recent climate skeptics conference, with a large number of representatives from New Zealand and Australia (although a ...
Executive Summary - A New Climate for Peace
... Many people who depend directly on natural resources will find their livelihoods endangered by climate change. In some areas, climate change will reduce grazing land, dry up water sources, and threaten jobs connected to climate-sensitive economic sectors. These environmental changes can combine with ...
... Many people who depend directly on natural resources will find their livelihoods endangered by climate change. In some areas, climate change will reduce grazing land, dry up water sources, and threaten jobs connected to climate-sensitive economic sectors. These environmental changes can combine with ...
CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION AND TRADE
... affects Kenya and Nigeria’s trade competitiveness globally. The paper therefore assesses the legal, policy and institutional credibility of CDM, vis a vis trade competitiveness in Kenya and Nigeria using the WTO rules as the yardstick and by further assessing the interlinkages between climate change ...
... affects Kenya and Nigeria’s trade competitiveness globally. The paper therefore assesses the legal, policy and institutional credibility of CDM, vis a vis trade competitiveness in Kenya and Nigeria using the WTO rules as the yardstick and by further assessing the interlinkages between climate change ...
International Environmental Law Perspective on Climate Change
... A discussion on the alternative energy development, in view of this author, should be based on the International Court of Justice (ICJ) decision on the Gabcikovo-Nagymaros Project case. 2 The underlying reason is that, the ICJ has examined the important aspects of sustainable development, considerin ...
... A discussion on the alternative energy development, in view of this author, should be based on the International Court of Justice (ICJ) decision on the Gabcikovo-Nagymaros Project case. 2 The underlying reason is that, the ICJ has examined the important aspects of sustainable development, considerin ...
Summary of submissions on Adaptation Fund
... Developing country Parties with projected higher risks in the near future, in particular those which do not already have a specific fund of their own; Developing country Parties and regions where available information indicates that the impacts of climate change are likely to be severe; All de ...
... Developing country Parties with projected higher risks in the near future, in particular those which do not already have a specific fund of their own; Developing country Parties and regions where available information indicates that the impacts of climate change are likely to be severe; All de ...
A guide to climate change and adaptation in agriculture in South
... to assess if a good or bad year is likely so they can maximise profits in the good years and minimise losses in the bad. This challenge is exacerbated by uncertainty about how climate extremes and average conditions will change as a result of climate change. The demand for our agricultural exports h ...
... to assess if a good or bad year is likely so they can maximise profits in the good years and minimise losses in the bad. This challenge is exacerbated by uncertainty about how climate extremes and average conditions will change as a result of climate change. The demand for our agricultural exports h ...
filed a petition with the EPA - Center for International Environmental
... Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (?NOAA?), the U.S. Regional Climate Centers, and the World Meteorological Organization all agree that 1998 was the warmest year on record.4 The temperature increases recorded in 1998 represent a steady trend over the past twenty years of record breaking global ...
... Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (?NOAA?), the U.S. Regional Climate Centers, and the World Meteorological Organization all agree that 1998 was the warmest year on record.4 The temperature increases recorded in 1998 represent a steady trend over the past twenty years of record breaking global ...
CLIMATE CHANGE
... greenhouse gas emission cuts outlined in the Kyoto Protocol. On the other side of the coin, there is no arguing that developed nations, through their present and historic emissions, have set climate change in motion and must lead global efforts to cut greenhouse gas emission rates substantially. In ...
... greenhouse gas emission cuts outlined in the Kyoto Protocol. On the other side of the coin, there is no arguing that developed nations, through their present and historic emissions, have set climate change in motion and must lead global efforts to cut greenhouse gas emission rates substantially. In ...
Adaptation Planning Background Material
... Apply ecosystem-based approaches. Ecosystems provide valuable services that help to build resilience and reduce the vulnerability of people and their livelihoods to climate change impacts. Integrating the protection of biodiversity and ecosystem services into adaptation strategies will increase resi ...
... Apply ecosystem-based approaches. Ecosystems provide valuable services that help to build resilience and reduce the vulnerability of people and their livelihoods to climate change impacts. Integrating the protection of biodiversity and ecosystem services into adaptation strategies will increase resi ...
Workshop summary
... These strategies which include programs such as REDD and sustainable land and water management, advocate a range of good practices that are often also the most effective strategy to improve the resilience of food system assets to climate change. Mechanisms for regional cooperation Having identified ...
... These strategies which include programs such as REDD and sustainable land and water management, advocate a range of good practices that are often also the most effective strategy to improve the resilience of food system assets to climate change. Mechanisms for regional cooperation Having identified ...
Chapter 12 - Graduate Institute of International and Development
... of the enhanced greenhouse effect. Many of these changes normally occur on very long time scales ranging from centuries to millennia and are difficult to cope with by humans working on much shorter time intervals ranging from a few years to a few decades. Besides such natural changes, environmental ...
... of the enhanced greenhouse effect. Many of these changes normally occur on very long time scales ranging from centuries to millennia and are difficult to cope with by humans working on much shorter time intervals ranging from a few years to a few decades. Besides such natural changes, environmental ...
Reducing Global Warming and Adapting to Climate Change
... 5. Due to reduced concentrate feed use in ruminant animal husbandry, organic animal agriculture causes less direct land use change (deforestation to gain cropland for concentrate feed production) and thus also less CO2 emission from soil carbon losses due to this change. Since organic grassland and ...
... 5. Due to reduced concentrate feed use in ruminant animal husbandry, organic animal agriculture causes less direct land use change (deforestation to gain cropland for concentrate feed production) and thus also less CO2 emission from soil carbon losses due to this change. Since organic grassland and ...
Abrupt Non-Linear Climate Change, Irreversibility and
... Strictly speaking, a surprise is an unanticipated outcome; by definition it is an unexpected event. Potential climate change, and more broadly, global environmental change, is replete with this kind of truly unexpected surprise because of the enormous complexities of the processes and interrelations ...
... Strictly speaking, a surprise is an unanticipated outcome; by definition it is an unexpected event. Potential climate change, and more broadly, global environmental change, is replete with this kind of truly unexpected surprise because of the enormous complexities of the processes and interrelations ...
Endnotes - CSIRO Publishing
... 2. Francey RJ, Steele P, Spencer D, Langenfelds RL, Law RM et al. (2003) The CSIRO (Australia) measurement of greenhouse gases in the global atmosphere. In Toru S and Kazuto S (eds) Report of the 11th WMO/IAEA meeting of experts on carbon dioxide concentration and related tracer measurement techniqu ...
... 2. Francey RJ, Steele P, Spencer D, Langenfelds RL, Law RM et al. (2003) The CSIRO (Australia) measurement of greenhouse gases in the global atmosphere. In Toru S and Kazuto S (eds) Report of the 11th WMO/IAEA meeting of experts on carbon dioxide concentration and related tracer measurement techniqu ...
the heat is on
... figure 2 below for a summary; section 4 provides detail). Given the significant disconnect between current actions and those required, we have deliberately focused on ambitious measures, rather than more incremental improvements in performance, which, whilst helpful, are unlikely to provide the brea ...
... figure 2 below for a summary; section 4 provides detail). Given the significant disconnect between current actions and those required, we have deliberately focused on ambitious measures, rather than more incremental improvements in performance, which, whilst helpful, are unlikely to provide the brea ...
The economic potential of bioenergy for climate change mitigation
... of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but also to meet rural development goals [1]. Today, almost all of the commercially available biofuels are produced from either starch- or sugarrich crops (for bioethanol), or oilseeds (for biodiesel). Recent research has found that these bioenergy sources have the ...
... of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but also to meet rural development goals [1]. Today, almost all of the commercially available biofuels are produced from either starch- or sugarrich crops (for bioethanol), or oilseeds (for biodiesel). Recent research has found that these bioenergy sources have the ...
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.