Our People, Our Planet, Our Power
... pollution, toxic waste sites, the urban heat island effect, and other environmental hazards.5 Climate change exacerbates these problems and their impact on human health and well-being. Beyond greater exposure to hazards, people of color and low-income communities are also less likely to have the res ...
... pollution, toxic waste sites, the urban heat island effect, and other environmental hazards.5 Climate change exacerbates these problems and their impact on human health and well-being. Beyond greater exposure to hazards, people of color and low-income communities are also less likely to have the res ...
Climate Change Youth Guide to Action
... taking their future into their own hands. In our communities, our schools, our countries and abroad we have the tools to take action and stop the climate crisis – and we are using them. Youth will be the leaders of tomorrow and we are already leading today. Read more and become a part of this incred ...
... taking their future into their own hands. In our communities, our schools, our countries and abroad we have the tools to take action and stop the climate crisis – and we are using them. Youth will be the leaders of tomorrow and we are already leading today. Read more and become a part of this incred ...
climate change and the mediterranean region
... (NAO) - would further effect the occurrence of extreme events. An indication of the scale of possible changes is given by one scenario based on the output from four climate models. This suggests that temperatures could rise by over 4°C by 2100 over many inland areas and by over half of this over the ...
... (NAO) - would further effect the occurrence of extreme events. An indication of the scale of possible changes is given by one scenario based on the output from four climate models. This suggests that temperatures could rise by over 4°C by 2100 over many inland areas and by over half of this over the ...
Using the IPCC`s Assessment Report data and climate change
... • Worst impacts for the most vulnerable • Notion of tipping points • Extinction of species – plant vulnerability • Even small mammals and molluscs can’t keep up with rates of RCP4.5 • Ocean acidification and lower oxygen levels • Coral reefs and polar ecosystems as particularly vulnerable Using the ...
... • Worst impacts for the most vulnerable • Notion of tipping points • Extinction of species – plant vulnerability • Even small mammals and molluscs can’t keep up with rates of RCP4.5 • Ocean acidification and lower oxygen levels • Coral reefs and polar ecosystems as particularly vulnerable Using the ...
Covenant of Mayors - Visit South Tyneside
... 25 The UK Government announced ‘Carbon Budgets’ for emissions alongside the financial Budget on 22nd April 2009. The targets set for these were an 80 % reduction by 2050, based on a 1990 baseline, and an interim target of 34 % reduction by 2020. 26 The percentage reduction target agreed by North Eas ...
... 25 The UK Government announced ‘Carbon Budgets’ for emissions alongside the financial Budget on 22nd April 2009. The targets set for these were an 80 % reduction by 2050, based on a 1990 baseline, and an interim target of 34 % reduction by 2020. 26 The percentage reduction target agreed by North Eas ...
Ireland Adapts to Climate Change Report Series No. 9
... Ireland is in the early stages of the adaptation process. This summary report outlines the main findings of the ...
... Ireland is in the early stages of the adaptation process. This summary report outlines the main findings of the ...
Beyond the Tipping Point: Understanding Perceptions of Abrupt
... b. A climate of fear The different ways in which the uncertain science and speculative impacts of abrupt climate changes are interpreted inevitably extends to the ways in which they and the risks they pose are communicated across societies. Such uncertainty is frequently deployed in climate change d ...
... b. A climate of fear The different ways in which the uncertain science and speculative impacts of abrupt climate changes are interpreted inevitably extends to the ways in which they and the risks they pose are communicated across societies. Such uncertainty is frequently deployed in climate change d ...
... approaches, but with shared purpose and responsibility. A driving principle of the LSC approach is to take advantage of existing programs and efforts, while lending focus to the efforts of willing partners to address issues on landscapes. The Statewide Forest Resource Assessments and Strategies, Nat ...
National Capacity Self-Assessment
... However, despite some attempts Jamaica has since it signed the Convention thirteen years ago not achieved as much as could have been reasonably expected on the given time frame. The main reason for this may be the lack of sustained focus on climate change activities perhaps due in part to the absenc ...
... However, despite some attempts Jamaica has since it signed the Convention thirteen years ago not achieved as much as could have been reasonably expected on the given time frame. The main reason for this may be the lack of sustained focus on climate change activities perhaps due in part to the absenc ...
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... Figure 1: Percentage declines of wheat yields under a climate change scenario of warmer, drier conditions towards 2030. Source: Kokic et al. (2005) Howden and Jones (2004) report how the value of Australia’s wheat production could be affected by a projected climate regime towards 2070. Response surf ...
... Figure 1: Percentage declines of wheat yields under a climate change scenario of warmer, drier conditions towards 2030. Source: Kokic et al. (2005) Howden and Jones (2004) report how the value of Australia’s wheat production could be affected by a projected climate regime towards 2070. Response surf ...
Climate Change and Agrarian Societies in Drylands
... • Transformation of rangelands and other silvipastoral systems to cultivated croplands is leading to significant, persistent decrease in overall dryland plant productivity; • Desertification causes adverse impacts on dryland and non-dryland ecosystems However, the MA also found that traditional and ...
... • Transformation of rangelands and other silvipastoral systems to cultivated croplands is leading to significant, persistent decrease in overall dryland plant productivity; • Desertification causes adverse impacts on dryland and non-dryland ecosystems However, the MA also found that traditional and ...
Behaviour Change - Appendix B
... In structural terms, the next development should be integration of various existing research programmes and other initiatives. In terms of substance, there is great readiness for and expectation of transport-based mitigation programmes. Public sector must lead by example if they are to bring about b ...
... In structural terms, the next development should be integration of various existing research programmes and other initiatives. In terms of substance, there is great readiness for and expectation of transport-based mitigation programmes. Public sector must lead by example if they are to bring about b ...
Cities and Climate Change: An Urgent Agenda
... of energy demand, and large deployment of lowCO2 emitting electricity sources could produce half of the necessary reductions. Another key component of cutting emissions is rethinking energy pricing. Variation in pricing explains why European emissions per capita (10 tons of CO2e) are less than half ...
... of energy demand, and large deployment of lowCO2 emitting electricity sources could produce half of the necessary reductions. Another key component of cutting emissions is rethinking energy pricing. Variation in pricing explains why European emissions per capita (10 tons of CO2e) are less than half ...
"Evolving Comparative Advantage and the Impact of Climate Change in Agricultural Markets: Evidence from a 9 Million-Field Partition of the Earth"
... equilibrium model in which comparative advantage determines the pattern of specialization, both within and across countries, we are then able to study, quantify and compare the gains from adaptation to climate change through changes in production and trade patterns. Finally, our analysis is also rel ...
... equilibrium model in which comparative advantage determines the pattern of specialization, both within and across countries, we are then able to study, quantify and compare the gains from adaptation to climate change through changes in production and trade patterns. Finally, our analysis is also rel ...
The global status of CCS 2015: summary report
... Commissioner for Energy and Climate Action In December, world leaders will gather in Paris to conclude a new global climate deal. The European Union (EU) is committed to ensuring the adoption of a legally binding, ambitious and fair international agreement applicable to all and capable of keeping th ...
... Commissioner for Energy and Climate Action In December, world leaders will gather in Paris to conclude a new global climate deal. The European Union (EU) is committed to ensuring the adoption of a legally binding, ambitious and fair international agreement applicable to all and capable of keeping th ...
Chapter 10
... Scientists debate the contribution of human economic activity to these trends, but most believe it to be a major source. Economists debate the costs and benefits of alternative ways of slowing CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions, but most favor some action. Economists agree that lowering greenhou ...
... Scientists debate the contribution of human economic activity to these trends, but most believe it to be a major source. Economists debate the costs and benefits of alternative ways of slowing CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions, but most favor some action. Economists agree that lowering greenhou ...
Fossil Free NUIG: - NUI Galway Students` Union
... divestment campaigns can be found in apartheid South Africa, and in the tobacco stock divestment campaigns. Divestment campaigns, such as the tobacco stock divestment campaign, have forced companies to dedicate significant time and resources in attempting to defeat the movement. The tobacco campaign ...
... divestment campaigns can be found in apartheid South Africa, and in the tobacco stock divestment campaigns. Divestment campaigns, such as the tobacco stock divestment campaign, have forced companies to dedicate significant time and resources in attempting to defeat the movement. The tobacco campaign ...
CLIMATE CHANGE CONSERVATION OF NATURE
... Climate change has brought increased awareness to our environment, resulting in public and political calls for action to address this significant challenge. Despite numerous conferences, lectures, educational material and scientific papers on the topic, little attention has been paid to the conserva ...
... Climate change has brought increased awareness to our environment, resulting in public and political calls for action to address this significant challenge. Despite numerous conferences, lectures, educational material and scientific papers on the topic, little attention has been paid to the conserva ...
Assessing Cross-Sectoral Adaptation and Mitigation
... Project co-funded by the European Commission within the Seventh Framework Programme Dissemination Level Public PU Restricted to other programme participants (including the Commission Services) PP Restricted to a group specified by the consortium (including the Commission RE Services) Confidential, o ...
... Project co-funded by the European Commission within the Seventh Framework Programme Dissemination Level Public PU Restricted to other programme participants (including the Commission Services) PP Restricted to a group specified by the consortium (including the Commission RE Services) Confidential, o ...
“There is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming
... Whilst there is some uncertainty surrounding climate change and the associated risks, this is being reduced as better information becomes available. The risk of not acting in good time is ever present. Failing to plan for the future could potentially increase risk and incur higher costs and more dis ...
... Whilst there is some uncertainty surrounding climate change and the associated risks, this is being reduced as better information becomes available. The risk of not acting in good time is ever present. Failing to plan for the future could potentially increase risk and incur higher costs and more dis ...
(mis)calculated risk and climate change
... where decentralized energy networks are rapidly spreading based on super-efficient end-use appliances and low-cost photovoltaics.”25 Investment in energy efficiency global markets in 2012 was estimated at between $310–$360 billion USD—larger than supply-side investment in coal, oil, and gas electric ...
... where decentralized energy networks are rapidly spreading based on super-efficient end-use appliances and low-cost photovoltaics.”25 Investment in energy efficiency global markets in 2012 was estimated at between $310–$360 billion USD—larger than supply-side investment in coal, oil, and gas electric ...
Global Climate Change and Wetlands: Issues and Awareness by
... The debate revolves around questions concerning the extent to which global climate changes presently occurring are part of a natural trend that has been taking place over the millennia, or to what extent these changes are the result of anthropogenic activities . It is important to assess to the best ...
... The debate revolves around questions concerning the extent to which global climate changes presently occurring are part of a natural trend that has been taking place over the millennia, or to what extent these changes are the result of anthropogenic activities . It is important to assess to the best ...
CLIMATE CHANGE and AGRARIAN SOCIETIES IN
... • Transformation of rangelands and other silvipastoral systems to cultivated croplands is leading to significant, persistent decrease in overall dryland plant productivity; • Desertification causes adverse impacts on dryland and non-dryland ecosystems However, the MA also found that traditional and ...
... • Transformation of rangelands and other silvipastoral systems to cultivated croplands is leading to significant, persistent decrease in overall dryland plant productivity; • Desertification causes adverse impacts on dryland and non-dryland ecosystems However, the MA also found that traditional and ...
The Economic Impact of Climate Change on Cash Crop Farms in
... crop insurance programs, and crop diversification, can be adopted to not only cushion damages, but also increase opportunities. But difficulties rise when producers try to obtain sufficient and reliable information regarding weather and market conditions, to predict how crops will respond to these ...
... crop insurance programs, and crop diversification, can be adopted to not only cushion damages, but also increase opportunities. But difficulties rise when producers try to obtain sufficient and reliable information regarding weather and market conditions, to predict how crops will respond to these ...
Building Climate Resilience in the Blue Nile/Abay Highlands: A Role
... divergent representation of thresholds and feedbacks between GCMs that are equally credible at the global scale, and of the computational difficulty of running large ensembles of GCMs at a spatial resolution capable of resolving local atmospheric processes. Additionally, as GCMs increase in sophisti ...
... divergent representation of thresholds and feedbacks between GCMs that are equally credible at the global scale, and of the computational difficulty of running large ensembles of GCMs at a spatial resolution capable of resolving local atmospheric processes. Additionally, as GCMs increase in sophisti ...
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.