UNFCCC Workshop on the preparation of national communications
... adaptation to climate change, as well as any uncertainties inherent in these methodologies ...
... adaptation to climate change, as well as any uncertainties inherent in these methodologies ...
Direct and Indirect Causes of Deforestation
... The EU target for biofuels in the transport sector is 5.7 percent by 2010 and 10 percent by 2020 To what extent is biofuels development leading to the loss of forests and associated ES, such as water and bioD? Under what circumstances can the transition from fossil fuels to biofuels be consistent wi ...
... The EU target for biofuels in the transport sector is 5.7 percent by 2010 and 10 percent by 2020 To what extent is biofuels development leading to the loss of forests and associated ES, such as water and bioD? Under what circumstances can the transition from fossil fuels to biofuels be consistent wi ...
Toward Climate Resilience - Union of Concerned Scientists
... pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels” (UNFCCC 2015). Less clear, however, is what should guide policy makers’ decisions about investment in climate change adaptation. Adaptation and mitigation measures are tightly bound, and it is critical to apprec ...
... pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels” (UNFCCC 2015). Less clear, however, is what should guide policy makers’ decisions about investment in climate change adaptation. Adaptation and mitigation measures are tightly bound, and it is critical to apprec ...
Asian Development Bank Institute (ABDI) Policies and Practices for Low-Carbon Green Growth in Asi a
... carbon intensive practices. Global climate change and the growing rate of emissions are among the most daunting aspects of the crisis precipitated by the traditional development model. Scientists warn us that climate change, if emissions are allowed to grow unchecked, could become catastrophic in na ...
... carbon intensive practices. Global climate change and the growing rate of emissions are among the most daunting aspects of the crisis precipitated by the traditional development model. Scientists warn us that climate change, if emissions are allowed to grow unchecked, could become catastrophic in na ...
On the Conflict Shoreline
... focuses on Israel’s mistreatment of the Bedouin inhabitants of the Negev, where they have lived for centuries, but his analysis gives a wider context. Thus, he writes: ‘It was in the Sahel, on the southern threshold of the Sahara Desert, that the consequences of desertification were first noticed in ...
... focuses on Israel’s mistreatment of the Bedouin inhabitants of the Negev, where they have lived for centuries, but his analysis gives a wider context. Thus, he writes: ‘It was in the Sahel, on the southern threshold of the Sahara Desert, that the consequences of desertification were first noticed in ...
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... Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) in the Livestock’s long shadow report; the sector accounts for 9% of C02, 35% to 40% of methane, 65% of nitrous oxide and 64% of Ammonia. Several mitigation options to reduce GHG emissions from the livestock sector could be adopted beyond a “business as usua ...
... Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) in the Livestock’s long shadow report; the sector accounts for 9% of C02, 35% to 40% of methane, 65% of nitrous oxide and 64% of Ammonia. Several mitigation options to reduce GHG emissions from the livestock sector could be adopted beyond a “business as usua ...
Why join a carbon club? A study of the banks participating
... Regulation can foster innovation, leading to lower costs or increased value for the company and offsetting the higher costs of compliance (Porter and van der Linde, 1995). The openness of a company to aspects that go beyond the core business enables new insights about its activities, processes and d ...
... Regulation can foster innovation, leading to lower costs or increased value for the company and offsetting the higher costs of compliance (Porter and van der Linde, 1995). The openness of a company to aspects that go beyond the core business enables new insights about its activities, processes and d ...
EEAEU activities on climate change impacts, vulnerability and
... evaluating environmental policy, and also the general public ...
... evaluating environmental policy, and also the general public ...
Full Paper - EEE Seminar
... problem that is central to climate change policy. Consider the following hypothetical science-…ction-like thought experiment. In the U.S. clean air amendments of 1990, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) essentially assigned the initial caps on sulfur dioxide (SO2 ) emissions to various ...
... problem that is central to climate change policy. Consider the following hypothetical science-…ction-like thought experiment. In the U.S. clean air amendments of 1990, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) essentially assigned the initial caps on sulfur dioxide (SO2 ) emissions to various ...
What do we know about the economics of adaptation?
... agent who implements it, whereas this agent receives only a part of the benefit. Individuals will therefore lack incentives to invest in a public good. The standard solution to this problem is to make agents cooperate and/or to leave the decision to a public body, which in our case means to make ada ...
... agent who implements it, whereas this agent receives only a part of the benefit. Individuals will therefore lack incentives to invest in a public good. The standard solution to this problem is to make agents cooperate and/or to leave the decision to a public body, which in our case means to make ada ...
Assessing Dynamic Cost-Benefit Analysis of Climate Policy: the
... monetary terms. Rather, specific quantifications are offered to help expound upon each aspect’s relative importance. ...
... monetary terms. Rather, specific quantifications are offered to help expound upon each aspect’s relative importance. ...
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... present an opportunity for retailers to realise a new market opportunity (Hoffman, 2005). Retailers can attempt to appeal to these consumers by way of promoting the climate-friendly characteristics of their own operations and by offering consumers products that are perceived as being climate-friendl ...
... present an opportunity for retailers to realise a new market opportunity (Hoffman, 2005). Retailers can attempt to appeal to these consumers by way of promoting the climate-friendly characteristics of their own operations and by offering consumers products that are perceived as being climate-friendl ...
1 Carbon management and scenario planning at landscape scale
... It is now widely believed that globally averaged temperatures will rise significantly over the next 100 years as a result of increasing atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (IPCC, 2007). Increased average temperatures are likely to be associated with a variety of oth ...
... It is now widely believed that globally averaged temperatures will rise significantly over the next 100 years as a result of increasing atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (IPCC, 2007). Increased average temperatures are likely to be associated with a variety of oth ...
A Skeptic`s Submission to the Alberta Climate Change Advisory Panel
... One of the most important parameters in determining climate sensitivity to greenhouse gas emissions in climate models is the amount of heat they transfer to the oceans. Figure 15 compares the Levitus observations of ocean warming trends during 1955-1999 to 15 IPCC AR4 climate model runs. The models ...
... One of the most important parameters in determining climate sensitivity to greenhouse gas emissions in climate models is the amount of heat they transfer to the oceans. Figure 15 compares the Levitus observations of ocean warming trends during 1955-1999 to 15 IPCC AR4 climate model runs. The models ...
Climate phoenix - Grattan Institute
... reduce emissions: if they do more of the work, the cost and disruption of reducing emissions overall will be minimised. To make this happen, baselines should be reduced more aggressively than is strictly necessary to meet Australia’s target. The government would then auction permits – the right to e ...
... reduce emissions: if they do more of the work, the cost and disruption of reducing emissions overall will be minimised. To make this happen, baselines should be reduced more aggressively than is strictly necessary to meet Australia’s target. The government would then auction permits – the right to e ...
Adaptation to climate change in the countries of the Lower Mekong
... Accurate information on the climate change situation at the national level in each of the LMB countries is very limited. Available information is often drawn from global or regional level models with varying degrees of relevance to the national level. Quantitative information is lacking and most of ...
... Accurate information on the climate change situation at the national level in each of the LMB countries is very limited. Available information is often drawn from global or regional level models with varying degrees of relevance to the national level. Quantitative information is lacking and most of ...
Emergence of polycentric climate governance and
... Two important challenges remain for those working on national policies. First, scholars must find better ways to define and track policy adoptions and innovations; an under-appreciated challenge when policy-making activity is constant and no single actor is responsible for collecting comparable data ...
... Two important challenges remain for those working on national policies. First, scholars must find better ways to define and track policy adoptions and innovations; an under-appreciated challenge when policy-making activity is constant and no single actor is responsible for collecting comparable data ...
“Venues for Contestation ” within the United Nations Framework
... This paper examines the role of subsidiary bodies and working groups within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in providing arenas for norm contestation. The UNFCCC acknowledged concern about and a determination to protect the climate system. However, it did not commi ...
... This paper examines the role of subsidiary bodies and working groups within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in providing arenas for norm contestation. The UNFCCC acknowledged concern about and a determination to protect the climate system. However, it did not commi ...
Arranging deck chairs on the Titanic
... in Part 2. In Part 3, I will review current regulation regimes in international shipping and how these might be applied to GHG emission controls. I will then address additional IMO proposals for GHG emissions control in Part 4. Part 5 contains my conclusions. ...
... in Part 2. In Part 3, I will review current regulation regimes in international shipping and how these might be applied to GHG emission controls. I will then address additional IMO proposals for GHG emissions control in Part 4. Part 5 contains my conclusions. ...
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... 1995).1 A strong initiati1.e of the developed countries is indispensable to move the negotiation forward, but this upcoming negotiations are regarded to be difficult tasks because of certain characteristics of this issue, i.e. scientific uncertainty of the problem, complex linkages among causes and ...
... 1995).1 A strong initiati1.e of the developed countries is indispensable to move the negotiation forward, but this upcoming negotiations are regarded to be difficult tasks because of certain characteristics of this issue, i.e. scientific uncertainty of the problem, complex linkages among causes and ...
Executive Summary - Overseas Development Institute
... countries to reduce emissions, decarbonise their economies, and adapt to the impacts of climate change. Governments across the world’s poorest countries see financial commitments as key to a global deal in 2015 that can deliver meaningful climate action. There is a great deal at stake. Developing co ...
... countries to reduce emissions, decarbonise their economies, and adapt to the impacts of climate change. Governments across the world’s poorest countries see financial commitments as key to a global deal in 2015 that can deliver meaningful climate action. There is a great deal at stake. Developing co ...
VER Carbon Credits.indd
... 91 percent of companies rated avoided deforestation as the most desirable forestry projects for carbon offsets, reports a survey by EcoSecurities, Conservation International, The Climate, Community & Biodiversity Alliance and ClimateBiz. Industry RE provides a specialist platform to help reduce carb ...
... 91 percent of companies rated avoided deforestation as the most desirable forestry projects for carbon offsets, reports a survey by EcoSecurities, Conservation International, The Climate, Community & Biodiversity Alliance and ClimateBiz. Industry RE provides a specialist platform to help reduce carb ...
Fighting Global Warming at the Farmer`s Market
... different boxes, but also it was a seasonal study that illustrated the changing foodsourcing patterns. Mapquest was used to calculate North American distances. In cases where the location was too small to be listed on Mapquest, the nearest major town was used as point of origin. For imports sourced ...
... different boxes, but also it was a seasonal study that illustrated the changing foodsourcing patterns. Mapquest was used to calculate North American distances. In cases where the location was too small to be listed on Mapquest, the nearest major town was used as point of origin. For imports sourced ...
Assessing the Risk of Climate Change on the Water Resources of
... expand uncertainty or alter its prior distribution. The most likely changes to mean annual Burrendong Dam storage, Macquarie Marsh inflows and irrigation allocations are 0% to –15% in 2030 and –0% to –35% in 2070. Flow increases have only a 5% probability of occurring in 2030 and 2070 under most ass ...
... expand uncertainty or alter its prior distribution. The most likely changes to mean annual Burrendong Dam storage, Macquarie Marsh inflows and irrigation allocations are 0% to –15% in 2030 and –0% to –35% in 2070. Flow increases have only a 5% probability of occurring in 2030 and 2070 under most ass ...
Analysis and Use of Information and Communication Tools in the
... The socio-economic area includes tools for estimating damages associated with climate change, costs and benefits of mitigation and adaptation measures (and their cost-effectiveness) and to analyze related contingent effects, like distributional impacts and equity issues (IPCC, 2007). In this context ...
... The socio-economic area includes tools for estimating damages associated with climate change, costs and benefits of mitigation and adaptation measures (and their cost-effectiveness) and to analyze related contingent effects, like distributional impacts and equity issues (IPCC, 2007). In this context ...
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.