Growth is Failing the Poor: The Unbalanced Distribution
... differ, the two are clearly linked (figure 1). If the link between growth and rising emissions could be severed to such an extent that the change in emissions not only slowed substantially but became sufficiently negative, the clash between growth and global warming could potentially be reconciled. ...
... differ, the two are clearly linked (figure 1). If the link between growth and rising emissions could be severed to such an extent that the change in emissions not only slowed substantially but became sufficiently negative, the clash between growth and global warming could potentially be reconciled. ...
Working 9 to 5 on Climate Change: An Office Guide
... fuels (coal, natural gas, and petroleum).2 Greenhouse gases remain in the atmosphere for decades or centuries3 (depending on the type of gas), and their potential impacts may escalate over time. Even if we start reducing global emissions today, atmospheric CO2 concentrations (the most prevalent GHG) ...
... fuels (coal, natural gas, and petroleum).2 Greenhouse gases remain in the atmosphere for decades or centuries3 (depending on the type of gas), and their potential impacts may escalate over time. Even if we start reducing global emissions today, atmospheric CO2 concentrations (the most prevalent GHG) ...
Investment and growth in the time of climate change
... inevitable because of past greenhouse-gas emissions and the impossibility of stopping them immediately. Global warming is already underway, with global average temperatures estimated to have increased by 0.7°C to 0.8°C above pre-industrial levels (OECD, 2012). It follows that there is a need to adap ...
... inevitable because of past greenhouse-gas emissions and the impossibility of stopping them immediately. Global warming is already underway, with global average temperatures estimated to have increased by 0.7°C to 0.8°C above pre-industrial levels (OECD, 2012). It follows that there is a need to adap ...
Investment and growth in the time of climate change
... inevitable because of past greenhouse-gas emissions and the impossibility of stopping them immediately. Global warming is already underway, with global average temperatures estimated to have increased by 0.7°C to 0.8°C above pre-industrial levels (OECD, 2012). It follows that there is a need to adap ...
... inevitable because of past greenhouse-gas emissions and the impossibility of stopping them immediately. Global warming is already underway, with global average temperatures estimated to have increased by 0.7°C to 0.8°C above pre-industrial levels (OECD, 2012). It follows that there is a need to adap ...
MEMORANDUM To: March 11, 2010
... the Convention on Biological Diversity, and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol. The memorandum also provides a list of some additional multilateral international agreements with global, rather than regional, application that may be implicated by some geo ...
... the Convention on Biological Diversity, and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol. The memorandum also provides a list of some additional multilateral international agreements with global, rather than regional, application that may be implicated by some geo ...
Climate Change and Geohazards in South West England
... encapsulate within a set of equations the essential physics of the climate system. These equations are solved, at an appropriate resolution, in space and time. As with most types of computer simulation, early climate models were relatively primitive and had coarse resolution. Nowadays, improvements ...
... encapsulate within a set of equations the essential physics of the climate system. These equations are solved, at an appropriate resolution, in space and time. As with most types of computer simulation, early climate models were relatively primitive and had coarse resolution. Nowadays, improvements ...
Tonga Climate Change Policy
... so that our ability to adapt may express itself… The PLG calls for Oceania to receive its fair share of climate resources from all available sources of funding to address capacity building and technology transfer relating to climate change and its adverse impacts. Recognise that loss and damage is ...
... so that our ability to adapt may express itself… The PLG calls for Oceania to receive its fair share of climate resources from all available sources of funding to address capacity building and technology transfer relating to climate change and its adverse impacts. Recognise that loss and damage is ...
Positive feedback between future climate change
... Our two estimates of both terrestrial and oceanic carbon uptakes allow us to determine the compatible anthropogenic emissions with and without accounting for the climate change. In the constant climate simulation, in order to sustain a 1%/yr increase in atmospheric CO2 , the compatible emissions hav ...
... Our two estimates of both terrestrial and oceanic carbon uptakes allow us to determine the compatible anthropogenic emissions with and without accounting for the climate change. In the constant climate simulation, in order to sustain a 1%/yr increase in atmospheric CO2 , the compatible emissions hav ...
Adaptation: Needs, Financing and Institutions
... rising concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and that these greenhouse gases stem primarily from human activity. The IPCC AR included observations of the first effects of climate change. It also concluded that even the most stringent mitigation efforts would not avoid further impacts ...
... rising concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and that these greenhouse gases stem primarily from human activity. The IPCC AR included observations of the first effects of climate change. It also concluded that even the most stringent mitigation efforts would not avoid further impacts ...
Pacific Climate Change Finance Assessment Framework (PCCFAF)
... challenges faced by FICs in dealing with issues related to climate change financing. The framework, termed the Pacific Climate Change Finance Assessment Framework (PCCFAF), will guide assessment of a country’s ability to access and manage climate change resources across six interrelated dimensions, ...
... challenges faced by FICs in dealing with issues related to climate change financing. The framework, termed the Pacific Climate Change Finance Assessment Framework (PCCFAF), will guide assessment of a country’s ability to access and manage climate change resources across six interrelated dimensions, ...
Climate change impacts on water quality outcomes
... Dymond et al. (2014) analysis if the long-term aim is to achieve a meaningful sediment reduction. While scenario #3 used in this report is adequate to keep future sediment yield levels lower than pre-SLUI levels, the magnitude of reduction is much reduced under climate change. If substantial reducti ...
... Dymond et al. (2014) analysis if the long-term aim is to achieve a meaningful sediment reduction. While scenario #3 used in this report is adequate to keep future sediment yield levels lower than pre-SLUI levels, the magnitude of reduction is much reduced under climate change. If substantial reducti ...
Nitrogen Flows in Agricultural Systems: A Modeling Perspective
... Conclusions It is projected that the impact of climate change alone on selected but economically important crops in eastern WA would be generally mild in the short term (i.e., next couple of decades), but increasingly detrimental with time (potential yield losses reaching 25% for some crops by th ...
... Conclusions It is projected that the impact of climate change alone on selected but economically important crops in eastern WA would be generally mild in the short term (i.e., next couple of decades), but increasingly detrimental with time (potential yield losses reaching 25% for some crops by th ...
Planning for Change: Climate Adaptation Survey Results
... Overall, coastal planners and decision makers believe they are informed about climate change and its effects, and they are sure that their local climate is changing. However, the majority do not have as much detailed information about local impacts as they would like. Possible reasons for this defic ...
... Overall, coastal planners and decision makers believe they are informed about climate change and its effects, and they are sure that their local climate is changing. However, the majority do not have as much detailed information about local impacts as they would like. Possible reasons for this defic ...
Future changes of the atmospheric composition and the impact of
... 2015, which include changes in sea surface temperatures, greenhouse gas concentrations, emissions of CFCs, NO and other species, i.e., the 2015 simulation accounts for changes in x chemically relevant emissions and for a climate change and its impact on air chemistry. The 2015 simulation clearly sho ...
... 2015, which include changes in sea surface temperatures, greenhouse gas concentrations, emissions of CFCs, NO and other species, i.e., the 2015 simulation accounts for changes in x chemically relevant emissions and for a climate change and its impact on air chemistry. The 2015 simulation clearly sho ...
Using the UKCP09 probabilistic scenarios to model the amplified
... model is event based (driven by an hourly rainfall record) but in previous studies climate changes have been represented very simply by only increasing or decreasing the magnitude of the rainfall record. Thirdly, channel based models focus solely on how erosion and deposition within channels affects ...
... model is event based (driven by an hourly rainfall record) but in previous studies climate changes have been represented very simply by only increasing or decreasing the magnitude of the rainfall record. Thirdly, channel based models focus solely on how erosion and deposition within channels affects ...
Ms. Cassandra Carter Climate Change Intern Ministry of Natural
... In order to address Goal 2 and build resilience in the face of climate change, there are a number of well‐ known and established strategies to conserve biodiversity including: reducing non‐climate stressors, increasing connectivity and areas under protection, and addressing cumulative effects to im ...
... In order to address Goal 2 and build resilience in the face of climate change, there are a number of well‐ known and established strategies to conserve biodiversity including: reducing non‐climate stressors, increasing connectivity and areas under protection, and addressing cumulative effects to im ...
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... CO2 levels will rise for a given level of future economic prosperity. For one, global CO2 emission rates cannot be decoupled from wealth through efficiency gains. For another, like a long-term natural disaster, future greenhouse warming can be expected to act as an inflationary drag on the real grow ...
... CO2 levels will rise for a given level of future economic prosperity. For one, global CO2 emission rates cannot be decoupled from wealth through efficiency gains. For another, like a long-term natural disaster, future greenhouse warming can be expected to act as an inflationary drag on the real grow ...
Appendix 7 Evolution of the Environment without the LDP SEA Topic
... Climate Change Programme 2006 together with Scotland’s programme Changing Our Ways: Scotland’s Climate Change Programme 2006, and the more recent Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 aim to deliver substantial emissions reductions through the application of top-down national policies. There may, there ...
... Climate Change Programme 2006 together with Scotland’s programme Changing Our Ways: Scotland’s Climate Change Programme 2006, and the more recent Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 aim to deliver substantial emissions reductions through the application of top-down national policies. There may, there ...
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... using three different climate models. For the three different models, the estimates in different countries not only vary significantly, but also the ranking changes for many countries. his provides another example of how risk sharing or transfer schemes could reduce welfare costs of uncertain clima ...
... using three different climate models. For the three different models, the estimates in different countries not only vary significantly, but also the ranking changes for many countries. his provides another example of how risk sharing or transfer schemes could reduce welfare costs of uncertain clima ...
The implications of climate change scenario selection for future
... Abstract. The impact of projected 21st century climate conditions on streamflow in the Upper Colorado River Basin was estimated using a multi-model ensemble approach wherein the downscaled outputs of 112 future climate projections from 16 global climate models (GCMs) were used to drive a macroscale ...
... Abstract. The impact of projected 21st century climate conditions on streamflow in the Upper Colorado River Basin was estimated using a multi-model ensemble approach wherein the downscaled outputs of 112 future climate projections from 16 global climate models (GCMs) were used to drive a macroscale ...
Adapting to climate change in The Netherlands: an inventory of
... in which adaptation takes place, including the factors that determine the capacity of the country or system to adapt”. By involving local stakeholders and experts in the development of a national adaptation strategy the gap between the top-down and bottom-up approaches to adaptation can be bridged, ...
... in which adaptation takes place, including the factors that determine the capacity of the country or system to adapt”. By involving local stakeholders and experts in the development of a national adaptation strategy the gap between the top-down and bottom-up approaches to adaptation can be bridged, ...
Adapting To Climate Change In Pacific Island Countries: The
... surface temperature of 0.2% per decade this century (Salinger et al 1995). The most recent study has estimated that, given emissions of greenhouse gases up to 1995, a 5-12 cm rise in sea-level is inevitable (Jones 1999). However, the study suggests that even if all countries met their Kyoto Protocol ...
... surface temperature of 0.2% per decade this century (Salinger et al 1995). The most recent study has estimated that, given emissions of greenhouse gases up to 1995, a 5-12 cm rise in sea-level is inevitable (Jones 1999). However, the study suggests that even if all countries met their Kyoto Protocol ...
Climate smartness of GIZ soil protection and rehabilitation
... While industrialized countries must dramatically reduce current levels of GHG emissions, developing countries face the challenge of finding alternative, low carbon or green growth development pathways (Wollenberg et al., 2016). Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) aims at transforming agricultural system ...
... While industrialized countries must dramatically reduce current levels of GHG emissions, developing countries face the challenge of finding alternative, low carbon or green growth development pathways (Wollenberg et al., 2016). Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) aims at transforming agricultural system ...
Working Paper 171 - Steeves and Surminski 2014 (opens in new window)
... organisation (primarily business) (Berkhout et al. 2006). It considers adaptation as the result of adjustments to organisations’ existing routines, based on perceptions and shaped by internal and external forces, rather than rational optimising behaviour. Thus the adaptive response of a firm is dete ...
... organisation (primarily business) (Berkhout et al. 2006). It considers adaptation as the result of adjustments to organisations’ existing routines, based on perceptions and shaped by internal and external forces, rather than rational optimising behaviour. Thus the adaptive response of a firm is dete ...
Exploring comparable post-2012 reduction efforts for Annex I
... EU Heads of State and Government agreed in March 2007 that the EU will reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to 30% below 1990 levels by 2020 within a global and comprehensive post-2012 climate agreement. This commitment is provided that other developed countries commit to comparable reductions. Withi ...
... EU Heads of State and Government agreed in March 2007 that the EU will reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to 30% below 1990 levels by 2020 within a global and comprehensive post-2012 climate agreement. This commitment is provided that other developed countries commit to comparable reductions. Withi ...
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.