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... abatement path as long as the probability of geoengineering being implemented and effective is not very close to one. If we consider a fixed climate stabilization target, the optimal abatement becomes even stronger prior to the resolution of uncertainty. The results are found to be robust to differe ...
... abatement path as long as the probability of geoengineering being implemented and effective is not very close to one. If we consider a fixed climate stabilization target, the optimal abatement becomes even stronger prior to the resolution of uncertainty. The results are found to be robust to differe ...
a survey of regional planning for climate adaptation
... Funding to support analysis and planning for climate adaptation can have a significant effect on action. A number of RPOs around the U.S. have begun to incorporate climate change elements into their regional plans, including long-range transportation plans or Comprehensive Economic Development Stra ...
... Funding to support analysis and planning for climate adaptation can have a significant effect on action. A number of RPOs around the U.S. have begun to incorporate climate change elements into their regional plans, including long-range transportation plans or Comprehensive Economic Development Stra ...
Working Paper 198 - Castells-Quintana et al (opens in new window)
... These effects might operate directly, via the role of geography (including climate) as a fundamental determinant of relative prosperity, or indirectly by modifying the environmental context in which political and economic institutions evolve. In this regard, we consider potential mechanisms from cli ...
... These effects might operate directly, via the role of geography (including climate) as a fundamental determinant of relative prosperity, or indirectly by modifying the environmental context in which political and economic institutions evolve. In this regard, we consider potential mechanisms from cli ...
Sea-level rise and climate change
... Regional sea-level rise projections have been prepared for Australia and show that the extent of rise is likely to be similar around the nation, with only small differences existing between locations for different time frames and emissions scenarios. ...
... Regional sea-level rise projections have been prepared for Australia and show that the extent of rise is likely to be similar around the nation, with only small differences existing between locations for different time frames and emissions scenarios. ...
Protecting Cultural Heritage and Adapting to Climate Change
... sustainable planning and adaptation to climate change. Using the concept of indigenous blue infrastructure, the aim is to present and raise questions concerning contemporary planning and stormwater management of the urban core, and the consequent flooding incidents in the surrounding countryside. ...
... sustainable planning and adaptation to climate change. Using the concept of indigenous blue infrastructure, the aim is to present and raise questions concerning contemporary planning and stormwater management of the urban core, and the consequent flooding incidents in the surrounding countryside. ...
ECOSYSTEM-BASED ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE: THE
... technologies and the design of climate-resilient infrastructure. However, uncertainties regarding the predicted effects of climate change, the short lifespan of infrastructure compared to the time scale of climate change, the lack of hindsight about the new technologies effects and the cost of these ...
... technologies and the design of climate-resilient infrastructure. However, uncertainties regarding the predicted effects of climate change, the short lifespan of infrastructure compared to the time scale of climate change, the lack of hindsight about the new technologies effects and the cost of these ...
Preliminary Analysis of Climate Change in the Cariboo
... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC, 2007) has presented clear evidence that the world’s climate is warming and projects future increases in global mean annual temperature of 1.1°C to 6.4°C during the 21st century, depending on levels of greenhouse g ...
... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC, 2007) has presented clear evidence that the world’s climate is warming and projects future increases in global mean annual temperature of 1.1°C to 6.4°C during the 21st century, depending on levels of greenhouse g ...
- UNDP Climate Change Adaptation
... development and implementation of an Integrated Territorial Climate Plan. The initiative is based on the critical premise that implementation of the mitigation and adaptation policies necessary to successfully address the climate change challenge will only be achieved and sustained through involveme ...
... development and implementation of an Integrated Territorial Climate Plan. The initiative is based on the critical premise that implementation of the mitigation and adaptation policies necessary to successfully address the climate change challenge will only be achieved and sustained through involveme ...
Media Attention for Climate Change around the World: Data
... Abstract Climate change is a global phenomenon, and its outcomes affect societies around the world. So far, however, studies on media representations of climate change have mostly concentrated on Western societies. This paper will go beyond this limited geographical scope by presenting ...
... Abstract Climate change is a global phenomenon, and its outcomes affect societies around the world. So far, however, studies on media representations of climate change have mostly concentrated on Western societies. This paper will go beyond this limited geographical scope by presenting ...
Climate: Observations, projections and impacts: South Korea
... climate has changed and will continue to change in future in response to human activities. Across the world, this is already being felt as changes to the local weather that people experience every day. Our ability to provide useful information to help everyone understand how their environment has ch ...
... climate has changed and will continue to change in future in response to human activities. Across the world, this is already being felt as changes to the local weather that people experience every day. Our ability to provide useful information to help everyone understand how their environment has ch ...
'Communicating Uncertainties for those Insuring Future Climate Change' Oslo 2008
... People may respond to various climate stimuli in different way, and adaptation to changes may be influenced by other rationales rather than seeking climate adaptability and robustness. As such, it can be a challenge communicating the necessity to reduce global warming as well as to prepare society f ...
... People may respond to various climate stimuli in different way, and adaptation to changes may be influenced by other rationales rather than seeking climate adaptability and robustness. As such, it can be a challenge communicating the necessity to reduce global warming as well as to prepare society f ...
SoE 2016 Atmosphere report (PDF - 4.88 MB)
... in the Approach report (i.e. the assessment of pressures, state, effectiveness of management, resilience, risk and outlook). Both climate and air quality are influenced by the emission of pollutants to the atmosphere from anthropogenic (human) activities and natural processes. The state and trends o ...
... in the Approach report (i.e. the assessment of pressures, state, effectiveness of management, resilience, risk and outlook). Both climate and air quality are influenced by the emission of pollutants to the atmosphere from anthropogenic (human) activities and natural processes. The state and trends o ...
19 Assessing key vulnerabilities and the risk from climate change Coordinating Lead Authors:
... likely to have already increased the risk of certain extreme events such as heatwaves, and it is more likely than not that warming has contributed to the intensification of some tropical cyclones, with increasing levels of adverse impacts as temperatures increase (very high confidence). • The distri ...
... likely to have already increased the risk of certain extreme events such as heatwaves, and it is more likely than not that warming has contributed to the intensification of some tropical cyclones, with increasing levels of adverse impacts as temperatures increase (very high confidence). • The distri ...
Modeling Climate Change Impacts on Viti Levu (Fiji) and Aitutaki
... to assess vulnerability and adaptation to climate change, including variability. The project has three main objectives. First, to develop the "next generation" of integrated assessment methods and models, for application at island and sub-island scales (SimCLIM1). This objective was met through rese ...
... to assess vulnerability and adaptation to climate change, including variability. The project has three main objectives. First, to develop the "next generation" of integrated assessment methods and models, for application at island and sub-island scales (SimCLIM1). This objective was met through rese ...
climate change and education maldives
... the iPCC scientists have provided tangible evidences on climate change due to increased human activities and development. according to the united nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (unFCCC) there are two types of responses to climate change; a) mitigation of climate change by reducing gr ...
... the iPCC scientists have provided tangible evidences on climate change due to increased human activities and development. according to the united nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (unFCCC) there are two types of responses to climate change; a) mitigation of climate change by reducing gr ...
kenya national climate change policy
... manifestations of climate change constitute a serious threat to Kenya’s natural, built economic and physical systems, on which the country’s sustainable development and future prosperity depends. 1.1.3 Climate change is defined by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) as ...
... manifestations of climate change constitute a serious threat to Kenya’s natural, built economic and physical systems, on which the country’s sustainable development and future prosperity depends. 1.1.3 Climate change is defined by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) as ...
4.3 Approach to CLIMATE CHANGE Scenario Development
... Climate change scenarios are developed because predictions of climate change at the regional and local scale have a high degree of uncertainty. Regional scale can mean scales ranging from the sub-continental scale to country level to provincial level. Although it is likely that temperatures will ris ...
... Climate change scenarios are developed because predictions of climate change at the regional and local scale have a high degree of uncertainty. Regional scale can mean scales ranging from the sub-continental scale to country level to provincial level. Although it is likely that temperatures will ris ...
Sinks that stink - World Rainforest Movement
... The above is not an idle or academic discussion. Accepting the FAO's definition implies accepting plantations as a substitute for forests and therefore accepting that, being "forests", they have a positive social and environmental role to play. This is totally false. It is well documented that large ...
... The above is not an idle or academic discussion. Accepting the FAO's definition implies accepting plantations as a substitute for forests and therefore accepting that, being "forests", they have a positive social and environmental role to play. This is totally false. It is well documented that large ...
http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/moznc1.pdf
... The Republic of Mozambique recognizes that the global nature of climate change requires the widest possible cooperation of all countries to respond to the challenge. All countries have common but differentiated responsibilities according to their socialeconomics conditions. Mozambique ratified the U ...
... The Republic of Mozambique recognizes that the global nature of climate change requires the widest possible cooperation of all countries to respond to the challenge. All countries have common but differentiated responsibilities according to their socialeconomics conditions. Mozambique ratified the U ...
Living within a Carbon Budget
... 2.3.1 The need for an inclusive inventory ...............................................................................17 Table 2.1: 2004 energy-related carbon emissions .....................................................18 2.3.2 What emissions reductions are necessary & over what time frame ? . ...
... 2.3.1 The need for an inclusive inventory ...............................................................................17 Table 2.1: 2004 energy-related carbon emissions .....................................................18 2.3.2 What emissions reductions are necessary & over what time frame ? . ...
The role of land carbon sinks in mitigating global
... Increasing recognition of the scale of the problems posed by global climate change has led scientists and policy makers alike to consider approaches to mitigate the warming trend. Recognising that increasing atmospheric CO2 concentration is likely to be the main driver of climate change4, emphasis h ...
... Increasing recognition of the scale of the problems posed by global climate change has led scientists and policy makers alike to consider approaches to mitigate the warming trend. Recognising that increasing atmospheric CO2 concentration is likely to be the main driver of climate change4, emphasis h ...
A negative feedback between anthropogenic ozone pollution and
... Remarkably, the current anthropogenic influence maximises in highly polluted coastal regions such as the East and South China seas, the southern Bay of Bengal, the Gulf of Mexico and California’s offshore waters (Fig. 3), where we calculate an increase of up to 70 % in atmospheric iodine since PI ti ...
... Remarkably, the current anthropogenic influence maximises in highly polluted coastal regions such as the East and South China seas, the southern Bay of Bengal, the Gulf of Mexico and California’s offshore waters (Fig. 3), where we calculate an increase of up to 70 % in atmospheric iodine since PI ti ...
Working Paper 9: Climate Change as a Threat Multiplier for Human
... coming centuries. Given the scale of the problem, its impacts on human life on earth, and the level of coordinated action required to solve it, this statement seems only adequate. After the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) published its first assessment report in 1990, it was accuse ...
... coming centuries. Given the scale of the problem, its impacts on human life on earth, and the level of coordinated action required to solve it, this statement seems only adequate. After the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) published its first assessment report in 1990, it was accuse ...
Turning points in climate change adaptation
... and society. This requires a new way of planning, which we call adaptive delta planning. It seeks to maximize flexibility: keeping options open and avoiding “lock-in.” In the meantime, we prepare the so-called delta decisions about the measures to take if our current water system reaches its limits. ...
... and society. This requires a new way of planning, which we call adaptive delta planning. It seeks to maximize flexibility: keeping options open and avoiding “lock-in.” In the meantime, we prepare the so-called delta decisions about the measures to take if our current water system reaches its limits. ...
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... yields of major dryland crops in Andhra Pradesh, sugarcane yields in Maharashtra by as much as 30 per cent and rice production in Orissa by 12 per cent. The brunt of such environmental changes in India is expected to be very high due to greater dependence on agriculture, limited natural resources, a ...
... yields of major dryland crops in Andhra Pradesh, sugarcane yields in Maharashtra by as much as 30 per cent and rice production in Orissa by 12 per cent. The brunt of such environmental changes in India is expected to be very high due to greater dependence on agriculture, limited natural resources, a ...
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.