INTRODUCTION What can demographers contribute to the study of
... Indeed, demography is highly relevant to the study of global environmental change since human beings are at the center of the environmental system, both as the driver of and as the unit being affected by climate change. On the one hand, human activities, particularly the burning of fossil fuels, are ...
... Indeed, demography is highly relevant to the study of global environmental change since human beings are at the center of the environmental system, both as the driver of and as the unit being affected by climate change. On the one hand, human activities, particularly the burning of fossil fuels, are ...
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... 1993. Accordingly, it is very active at the international level in encouraging concrete action to mitigate climate change and has made several calls for the inclusion of high-emitting countries such as China into the UNFCCC process and the establishment of a second commitment period for the Kyoto Pr ...
... 1993. Accordingly, it is very active at the international level in encouraging concrete action to mitigate climate change and has made several calls for the inclusion of high-emitting countries such as China into the UNFCCC process and the establishment of a second commitment period for the Kyoto Pr ...
Transitions in climate and energy discourse between Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy
... more likely to learn about environmental and other sciencerelated risks through the media than through any other source (Corbett and Durfee 2004; Peterson and Thompson 2009). Research indicates that news media establish the context within which future information will be interpreted (Peterson and Th ...
... more likely to learn about environmental and other sciencerelated risks through the media than through any other source (Corbett and Durfee 2004; Peterson and Thompson 2009). Research indicates that news media establish the context within which future information will be interpreted (Peterson and Th ...
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF MONTSERRAT
... 2007) provided compelling scientific evidence that human activity in the form of GHG emissions is responsible for many observed climate changes, but noted that use of this knowledge to support decision making, manage risks and engage stakeholders is inadequate. The international transport sector is ...
... 2007) provided compelling scientific evidence that human activity in the form of GHG emissions is responsible for many observed climate changes, but noted that use of this knowledge to support decision making, manage risks and engage stakeholders is inadequate. The international transport sector is ...
CESifo Working Paper 3959
... backwater effects; wetland loss; erosion; saltwater intrusion in surface and ground waters; rising water tables and impeded drainage. Measures of adaptation discussed are coastal defences/sea walls; surge barriers; upgrade of drainage systems, saltwater intrusion barriers, sediment management; beach ...
... backwater effects; wetland loss; erosion; saltwater intrusion in surface and ground waters; rising water tables and impeded drainage. Measures of adaptation discussed are coastal defences/sea walls; surge barriers; upgrade of drainage systems, saltwater intrusion barriers, sediment management; beach ...
Tradable Carbon Permit Auctions: How and Why to Auction Not Grandfather
... are reduced to the extent that permits are banked. Given the long life time of CO2 in the atmosphere, short term voluntary banking is unlikely to have significant impacts on CO2 concentrations. Allowing banking further increases liquidity in secondary markets, since all permits are the same after th ...
... are reduced to the extent that permits are banked. Given the long life time of CO2 in the atmosphere, short term voluntary banking is unlikely to have significant impacts on CO2 concentrations. Allowing banking further increases liquidity in secondary markets, since all permits are the same after th ...
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... adding additional analysis that examines global trends and other factors that are changing with the climate, including gross domestic products (GDPs), populations, and agricultural technology development and use (Thomas and Rosegrant, Chapter 5). The model identifies hotspots under climate change wh ...
... adding additional analysis that examines global trends and other factors that are changing with the climate, including gross domestic products (GDPs), populations, and agricultural technology development and use (Thomas and Rosegrant, Chapter 5). The model identifies hotspots under climate change wh ...
Quantifying non-cooperative climate engineering
... from a cooperative setting to a non-cooperative one. This is the familiar issue of free riding, which limits the incentives to reduce CO2 emissions when countries do not cooperate for the public good but rather act in their own interest. Cumulatively over the century, free riding reduces mitigation ...
... from a cooperative setting to a non-cooperative one. This is the familiar issue of free riding, which limits the incentives to reduce CO2 emissions when countries do not cooperate for the public good but rather act in their own interest. Cumulatively over the century, free riding reduces mitigation ...
Second National Communication
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... List of Figures...............................................................................................................ix List of Tables.................................................................................................................xi ...
INTERPRETING INDCs - World Resources Institute
... This summary table focuses on transparency gaps that materially impact the level of emissions in the stated target year. Other transparency issues that are consistent with best practice, but are less critical to interpreting and estimating a Party’s emissions trajectory and target, may be discussed ...
... This summary table focuses on transparency gaps that materially impact the level of emissions in the stated target year. Other transparency issues that are consistent with best practice, but are less critical to interpreting and estimating a Party’s emissions trajectory and target, may be discussed ...
2006–2012 Climate Change Action Plan
... An exemplary contribution Québec can already be proud of leading the way in Canada with respect to per-capita greenhouse gas emissions. This achievement is founded on the excellent performance of our manufacturing sector, a more intensive utilisation of public transit, a motor vehicle fleet that con ...
... An exemplary contribution Québec can already be proud of leading the way in Canada with respect to per-capita greenhouse gas emissions. This achievement is founded on the excellent performance of our manufacturing sector, a more intensive utilisation of public transit, a motor vehicle fleet that con ...
The Impact of Climate Change on the Agricultural Sector
... Climate change refers to changes beyond the average atmospheric condition that are caused both by natural factors such as the orbit of earth’s revolution, volcanic activities and crustal movements and by artificial factors such as the increase in the concentration of greenhouse gases and aerosol. Cl ...
... Climate change refers to changes beyond the average atmospheric condition that are caused both by natural factors such as the orbit of earth’s revolution, volcanic activities and crustal movements and by artificial factors such as the increase in the concentration of greenhouse gases and aerosol. Cl ...
GCOS - WMO
... Meteorological Satellites (CGMS) for implementation; and plays a significant role for the broader observation requirements of the GFCS. GCOS will ensure data needs are met, as far as possible, by existing operational and scientific observing, data management and information distribution systems, and ...
... Meteorological Satellites (CGMS) for implementation; and plays a significant role for the broader observation requirements of the GFCS. GCOS will ensure data needs are met, as far as possible, by existing operational and scientific observing, data management and information distribution systems, and ...
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... [1] The global distribution of tropospheric ozone (O3) depends on the emission of precursors, chemistry, and transport. For small perturbations to emissions, the global radiative forcing resulting from changes in O3 can be expressed as a sum of forcings from emission changes in different regions. Tr ...
... [1] The global distribution of tropospheric ozone (O3) depends on the emission of precursors, chemistry, and transport. For small perturbations to emissions, the global radiative forcing resulting from changes in O3 can be expressed as a sum of forcings from emission changes in different regions. Tr ...
Projecting future climate change: Implications of carbon cycle
... nities to validate such models by comparison to data, therefore only arise under conditions or scales different than an assessment model’s task. [5] Approaches that have been used to provide information about the uncertainty of projections have included model sensitivity analysis, model calibration, ...
... nities to validate such models by comparison to data, therefore only arise under conditions or scales different than an assessment model’s task. [5] Approaches that have been used to provide information about the uncertainty of projections have included model sensitivity analysis, model calibration, ...
The Governance of Climate Change in China
... the environment, energy security, and its vulnerability to climate change. As these concerns have achieved greater prominence within China, Chinese policymakers have undertaken considerable domestic efforts to govern climate change. Recognizing the need to improve governance in key sectors related t ...
... the environment, energy security, and its vulnerability to climate change. As these concerns have achieved greater prominence within China, Chinese policymakers have undertaken considerable domestic efforts to govern climate change. Recognizing the need to improve governance in key sectors related t ...
CDM in Crisis – What is at Stake?
... climate change. CDM is playing a role in putting China and India on a lower carbon trajectory. Innovative new technologies have also been developed under the CDM. Cutting edge technologies have been transferred to developing countries. The CDM has led to pioneering coal mine methane capture projects ...
... climate change. CDM is playing a role in putting China and India on a lower carbon trajectory. Innovative new technologies have also been developed under the CDM. Cutting edge technologies have been transferred to developing countries. The CDM has led to pioneering coal mine methane capture projects ...
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... The rise in energy consumption by the growing human population and the increasing mobility are associated with emissions of air pollutants in particular by road and air traffic as well as international shipping. These emissions are expected to increase in future, affecting air quality and climate (K ...
... The rise in energy consumption by the growing human population and the increasing mobility are associated with emissions of air pollutants in particular by road and air traffic as well as international shipping. These emissions are expected to increase in future, affecting air quality and climate (K ...
IPCC Robert M. Margolis 1992 MIT-CEEPR 92-011WP
... emissions scenarios as a set of scenarios which cover a range of possible futures, including uncertainty yet independent of policies, says nothing about our ability to use policy responses to avoid climatic disruptions. The first interpretation only indicates that the future is highly uncertain. Whi ...
... emissions scenarios as a set of scenarios which cover a range of possible futures, including uncertainty yet independent of policies, says nothing about our ability to use policy responses to avoid climatic disruptions. The first interpretation only indicates that the future is highly uncertain. Whi ...
A NEPA Climate Paradox: Taking Greenhouse Gases into Account
... subsequently vacated the decision to allow the agency the option of redoing its environmental assessment (EA) or preparing an EIS, the modified ruling retained this language and reiterated in unequivocal terms that the “intent of NEPA is to require agencies to consider and give effect to the environ ...
... subsequently vacated the decision to allow the agency the option of redoing its environmental assessment (EA) or preparing an EIS, the modified ruling retained this language and reiterated in unequivocal terms that the “intent of NEPA is to require agencies to consider and give effect to the environ ...
The Demographic Implications of Climate Change for Aotearoa New
... The international literature reveals little about changes in fertility as a result of climate change. While global fertility clearly has large implications for future population growth and therefore flow-on effects on carbon emissions and climate change, there is to date no evidence of effects of cl ...
... The international literature reveals little about changes in fertility as a result of climate change. While global fertility clearly has large implications for future population growth and therefore flow-on effects on carbon emissions and climate change, there is to date no evidence of effects of cl ...
Grade 9: Climate Change
... The Region of Peel The following introduction provides background information regarding the geographic Region of Peel and is intended to help you prepare for teaching of the lessons. Situated in the heart of southern Ontario's major urban centres, the Region of Peel is the second largest municipali ...
... The Region of Peel The following introduction provides background information regarding the geographic Region of Peel and is intended to help you prepare for teaching of the lessons. Situated in the heart of southern Ontario's major urban centres, the Region of Peel is the second largest municipali ...
BACKGROUND PAPER Prepared for the 2015 Global Assessment
... climate-related disaster risks may evolve and how DRR (and adaptation) will have to evolve to address them – both important themes in the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report (IPCC, 2013b; 2014e). The IPCC is highly confident that the overall risk of climate change can be reduced by limiting the rate and ...
... climate-related disaster risks may evolve and how DRR (and adaptation) will have to evolve to address them – both important themes in the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report (IPCC, 2013b; 2014e). The IPCC is highly confident that the overall risk of climate change can be reduced by limiting the rate and ...
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... technological and managerial options available. The authors argue that even under extreme climate change scenarios, e.g., analog of the Dust Bowl, simulations have indicated that production can be maintained due to the benefits of CO2 fertilization, new technologies, and assuming water is available. ...
... technological and managerial options available. The authors argue that even under extreme climate change scenarios, e.g., analog of the Dust Bowl, simulations have indicated that production can be maintained due to the benefits of CO2 fertilization, new technologies, and assuming water is available. ...
Taxing Carbon as an Instrument of Green Industrial Policy in
... Stern calls the “greatest and widest-ranging market failure ever seen” (Stern, 2006, p. i). By changing relative prices, they create incentives to restrict the production and use of harmful goods and encourage sustainable substitutes. The reaction of producers and consumers to changing prices depend ...
... Stern calls the “greatest and widest-ranging market failure ever seen” (Stern, 2006, p. i). By changing relative prices, they create incentives to restrict the production and use of harmful goods and encourage sustainable substitutes. The reaction of producers and consumers to changing prices depend ...
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.