Chicago`s Greenhouse Gas Emissions
... lobal climate change poses a challenge of historic proportions for Chicago and the world. This summary provides a comprehensive analysis of the scope and scale of that challenge by offering a rigorous accounting of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Chicago and the metropolitan region, an in-depth in ...
... lobal climate change poses a challenge of historic proportions for Chicago and the world. This summary provides a comprehensive analysis of the scope and scale of that challenge by offering a rigorous accounting of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Chicago and the metropolitan region, an in-depth in ...
Moresby Declaration for an effective global climate agreement
... consequences will be experienced differently by everyone, based on their existing circumstances. Strategies for climate change mitigation and adaptation should take account of the gendered dimensions of climate change impacts, and assist to advance gender equality in their implementation. Furthermor ...
... consequences will be experienced differently by everyone, based on their existing circumstances. Strategies for climate change mitigation and adaptation should take account of the gendered dimensions of climate change impacts, and assist to advance gender equality in their implementation. Furthermor ...
How to Integrate Climate and Conflict Risks in Development
... groups regarding water diplomacy. Our analysis also showed that external expert units could play an important coordinating role and contribute to coherence and sustainability over time. The importance of knowledge When responding to climate-induced security risks, information about how climate chang ...
... groups regarding water diplomacy. Our analysis also showed that external expert units could play an important coordinating role and contribute to coherence and sustainability over time. The importance of knowledge When responding to climate-induced security risks, information about how climate chang ...
Aerobic rice: An adaptation strategy that also reduces methane
... Rice is the primary food crop for much of humanity, and rice production supports millions of livelihoods across Asia and Africa.1,2,3 Climate change will impact rice production through both direct and indirect effects. The rising temperatures and changes in rainfall accompanying climate change are l ...
... Rice is the primary food crop for much of humanity, and rice production supports millions of livelihoods across Asia and Africa.1,2,3 Climate change will impact rice production through both direct and indirect effects. The rising temperatures and changes in rainfall accompanying climate change are l ...
Rapporteurs Report - Jabatan Meteorologi Malaysia
... change, scarce financial resources should not be diverted from development priorities, as this would cripple the adaptive capacity of developing countries. There was also a call for a firm stand against differential entitlement to energy use. Propositions that all countries reduce emissions by 2030 ...
... change, scarce financial resources should not be diverted from development priorities, as this would cripple the adaptive capacity of developing countries. There was also a call for a firm stand against differential entitlement to energy use. Propositions that all countries reduce emissions by 2030 ...
Farmer beliefs and concerns about climate change and attitudes
... development can have substantial impacts on productivity (Hatfield et al. 2011). Climate change also threatens the long-term capacity for food production through increased soil erosion and reduced soil fertility (Lal et al. 2011). The certainty of increased need for food to feed a burgeoning global ...
... development can have substantial impacts on productivity (Hatfield et al. 2011). Climate change also threatens the long-term capacity for food production through increased soil erosion and reduced soil fertility (Lal et al. 2011). The certainty of increased need for food to feed a burgeoning global ...
20160718_request_submission_form_energy_efficiency_in_rac
... systems that contains ODS were strictly banned in the developed countries are found in the market of PNG. Thus, they sell those gases and equipment to us the developing countries and there is no proper policy and intuitional mechanisms in place to monitor the situation and it has gone from bad to wo ...
... systems that contains ODS were strictly banned in the developed countries are found in the market of PNG. Thus, they sell those gases and equipment to us the developing countries and there is no proper policy and intuitional mechanisms in place to monitor the situation and it has gone from bad to wo ...
NF3, the greenhouse gas missing from Kyoto
... greenhouse gas. (The updated 20-yr GWP is 12,200, and 500-yr GWP is 18,700.) [6] The new lifetimes for CFC-11, -12, and -113 are very close to the reference lifetimes, but those for -114 and -115 are shorter by factors of 2 and 3, respectively. The cause of such large differences is not obvious. The ...
... greenhouse gas. (The updated 20-yr GWP is 12,200, and 500-yr GWP is 18,700.) [6] The new lifetimes for CFC-11, -12, and -113 are very close to the reference lifetimes, but those for -114 and -115 are shorter by factors of 2 and 3, respectively. The cause of such large differences is not obvious. The ...
False Solutions - Rising Tide North America
... writings of the Energy Justice Network (www.energyjustice.net), Corporate Watch (www.corporatewatch.org.uk), and the World Development Movement (www.wdm.org.uk). Additional contributors include: ETC Group, the Indigenous Environmental Network, Movement Generation, The Global Alliance for Incinerator ...
... writings of the Energy Justice Network (www.energyjustice.net), Corporate Watch (www.corporatewatch.org.uk), and the World Development Movement (www.wdm.org.uk). Additional contributors include: ETC Group, the Indigenous Environmental Network, Movement Generation, The Global Alliance for Incinerator ...
Improving Public Engagement With Climate Change: Five “Best
... Despite being one of the most important societal challenges of the 21st century, public engagement with climate change currently remains low in the United States. Mounting evidence from across the behavioral sciences has found that most people regard climate change as a nonurgent and psychologically ...
... Despite being one of the most important societal challenges of the 21st century, public engagement with climate change currently remains low in the United States. Mounting evidence from across the behavioral sciences has found that most people regard climate change as a nonurgent and psychologically ...
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... the steady state of the system. These paths will determine the long-run equilibrium values of the ecological and economic variables as well as the approach dynamics to the steady state.2 In principle, two types of solution can be characterized: (i) a socially optimal solution where all known constra ...
... the steady state of the system. These paths will determine the long-run equilibrium values of the ecological and economic variables as well as the approach dynamics to the steady state.2 In principle, two types of solution can be characterized: (i) a socially optimal solution where all known constra ...
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... costly than products from the latter countries. So in the short term, this will cut their exports and lead to more products imported from countries without similar commitments. As a study for Noway suggests, this could be particularly a problem for a small country (Bruvoll and Fæhn, 2006). Over the ...
... costly than products from the latter countries. So in the short term, this will cut their exports and lead to more products imported from countries without similar commitments. As a study for Noway suggests, this could be particularly a problem for a small country (Bruvoll and Fæhn, 2006). Over the ...
This business of climate change - The University of the West Indies
... Two challenges to sustainable development of the regional tourism industry: Maintaining tourism industry within the region’s ecological and socio-cultural carrying capacity; Anticipate and adapt to climate change impacts. (reduced emissions and energy consumption within the tourism industry) Implica ...
... Two challenges to sustainable development of the regional tourism industry: Maintaining tourism industry within the region’s ecological and socio-cultural carrying capacity; Anticipate and adapt to climate change impacts. (reduced emissions and energy consumption within the tourism industry) Implica ...
A modified impulse-response representation of the global response
... To identify a suitable state-dependence, we focus on parameterising variations in the 100-year integrated impulse response function, iIRF100 . Focussing on the integrated impulse response, or average airborne fraction over a period of time, as opposed to the airborne fraction at a particular point i ...
... To identify a suitable state-dependence, we focus on parameterising variations in the 100-year integrated impulse response function, iIRF100 . Focussing on the integrated impulse response, or average airborne fraction over a period of time, as opposed to the airborne fraction at a particular point i ...
Did the Stern Review underestimate climate damages
... The PAGE2002 defaults, adopted by the Stern Review, assume that substantial, nearly costless adaptation will occur; the reported damage estimates are for damages remaining after that adaptation takes place. Specifically, PAGE assumes that in developing countries, 50 percent of economic damages are e ...
... The PAGE2002 defaults, adopted by the Stern Review, assume that substantial, nearly costless adaptation will occur; the reported damage estimates are for damages remaining after that adaptation takes place. Specifically, PAGE assumes that in developing countries, 50 percent of economic damages are e ...
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... one needs to consider the completeness of that estimate. Damage cost estimates are incomplete. There are reasons to assume that some of the omitted impacts are substantial and negative, but other omitted impacts may be positive. This paper does not argue “we don’t know and therefore …”. Rather, it ...
... one needs to consider the completeness of that estimate. Damage cost estimates are incomplete. There are reasons to assume that some of the omitted impacts are substantial and negative, but other omitted impacts may be positive. This paper does not argue “we don’t know and therefore …”. Rather, it ...
US Climate Change Policy Under President Clinton
... scientists, and take action in a way that makes sound economic and environmental sense. What was the result of this approach? The Clinton administration created numerous programs designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It embarked upon innovative voluntary programs with industry, including elec ...
... scientists, and take action in a way that makes sound economic and environmental sense. What was the result of this approach? The Clinton administration created numerous programs designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It embarked upon innovative voluntary programs with industry, including elec ...
Climate change - ACT Government
... In the later adolescence band of development, students have opportunities to understand and learn about: key concepts used in contemporary information and debates about environmental sustainability (e.g. biodiversity, carrying capacity, ecological footprint, preservation, conservation, wilderness, ...
... In the later adolescence band of development, students have opportunities to understand and learn about: key concepts used in contemporary information and debates about environmental sustainability (e.g. biodiversity, carrying capacity, ecological footprint, preservation, conservation, wilderness, ...
Livestock and greenhouse gas emissions: The importance of getting
... According to Herrero et al. (2011), our World Watch article did not quantify the lost opportunity for carbon sequestration that results from other forms of land use, such as urban development. In fact, our World Watch article used a minimal figure for foregone carbon absorption in land set aside fo ...
... According to Herrero et al. (2011), our World Watch article did not quantify the lost opportunity for carbon sequestration that results from other forms of land use, such as urban development. In fact, our World Watch article used a minimal figure for foregone carbon absorption in land set aside fo ...
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... the steady state of the system. These paths will determine the long-run equilibrium values of the ecological and economic variables as well as the approach dynamics to the steady state.2 In principle, two types of solution can be characterized: (i) a socially optimal solution where all known constra ...
... the steady state of the system. These paths will determine the long-run equilibrium values of the ecological and economic variables as well as the approach dynamics to the steady state.2 In principle, two types of solution can be characterized: (i) a socially optimal solution where all known constra ...
responding to changes in nature
... In July 2008 the Government published Adapting to Climate Change in England: a Framework for Action (Defra, 2008), which summarized the Government’s Adapting to Climate Change Programme. The Programme is a cross-Government programme and a key part of its ambition is to be a global leader in addressi ...
... In July 2008 the Government published Adapting to Climate Change in England: a Framework for Action (Defra, 2008), which summarized the Government’s Adapting to Climate Change Programme. The Programme is a cross-Government programme and a key part of its ambition is to be a global leader in addressi ...
UNFCCC First Ten Years
... source was fuel combustion; for nitrous oxide it was agriculture; while for methane the main sources were emissions associated with extraction and transport of fossil fuels, agriculture and waste management. During the 1990s emissions appear to have fallen in most sectors, particularly in energy and ...
... source was fuel combustion; for nitrous oxide it was agriculture; while for methane the main sources were emissions associated with extraction and transport of fossil fuels, agriculture and waste management. During the 1990s emissions appear to have fallen in most sectors, particularly in energy and ...
Statement of witness James E. Hansen
... in response to climate change. The feedbacks can either amplify or diminish the initial climate change. The most powerful feedback is provided by water vapor. The atmosphere holds more water vapor as air becomes warmer, as is readily noticed by comparing summer and winter. Thus water vapor causes a ...
... in response to climate change. The feedbacks can either amplify or diminish the initial climate change. The most powerful feedback is provided by water vapor. The atmosphere holds more water vapor as air becomes warmer, as is readily noticed by comparing summer and winter. Thus water vapor causes a ...
PREFACE
... However, some authors retained the use of the terminology ‘climate change’. It was acquiesced as long as there was a significant contribution in their chapter to a broad-based assessment of risk to the key resource they were discussing. Another misused term is ‘global change’, when really what is alm ...
... However, some authors retained the use of the terminology ‘climate change’. It was acquiesced as long as there was a significant contribution in their chapter to a broad-based assessment of risk to the key resource they were discussing. Another misused term is ‘global change’, when really what is alm ...
Scientific uncertainty and climate change: Part I. Uncertainty
... to avoid that harm (e.g., Gardiner 2006). Unlike CBA, the precautionary principle is asymmetrical because it focuses on the bottom-right cell in Fig. 1, thereby effectively reversing the “burden of proof”: Unless an activity (or product) can be shown to have no harmful consequences, it should cease. ...
... to avoid that harm (e.g., Gardiner 2006). Unlike CBA, the precautionary principle is asymmetrical because it focuses on the bottom-right cell in Fig. 1, thereby effectively reversing the “burden of proof”: Unless an activity (or product) can be shown to have no harmful consequences, it should cease. ...
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.