Cities and Climate Change: An Urgent Agenda
... economic growth. Sustainable development can only be built upon sustainable cities. Building cities that are green, inclusive and sustainable should be the foundation of any local and national climate change agenda. This requires better management of cities, mobilization of a global array of stakeho ...
... economic growth. Sustainable development can only be built upon sustainable cities. Building cities that are green, inclusive and sustainable should be the foundation of any local and national climate change agenda. This requires better management of cities, mobilization of a global array of stakeho ...
Carbon and Climate System Coupling on Timescales from
... decline in the future, in part reflecting carbonclimate interactions and the release of additional CO2 (and perhaps CH4 ) to the atmosphere because of warming and hydrological cycle sifts (4, 19). Under some model scenarios, positive carbon-climate interactions could increase anthropogenic warming by ...
... decline in the future, in part reflecting carbonclimate interactions and the release of additional CO2 (and perhaps CH4 ) to the atmosphere because of warming and hydrological cycle sifts (4, 19). Under some model scenarios, positive carbon-climate interactions could increase anthropogenic warming by ...
CLIMATE CHANGE State Should Further Improve Its Reporting on Financial Support
... GCCI, State, USAID, and Treasury fund activities with a primary goal of addressing climate change, and State and USAID are refining their climate change performance indicators to improve monitoring of these activities’ results. USAID is also drafting an evaluation plan for its climate change assista ...
... GCCI, State, USAID, and Treasury fund activities with a primary goal of addressing climate change, and State and USAID are refining their climate change performance indicators to improve monitoring of these activities’ results. USAID is also drafting an evaluation plan for its climate change assista ...
Big Donors…Big Conflicts: How Wealthy Donors Use the Sierra
... Other billionaires, all large contributors to the Sierra Club and including Michael Bloomberg, Nathaniel Simons, and Roger Sant, jumped into the fray. Their strategy is simple. Phase I targeted coal as the threat that must be arrested, claiming anthropogenic C02 emissions are the root cause of “cli ...
... Other billionaires, all large contributors to the Sierra Club and including Michael Bloomberg, Nathaniel Simons, and Roger Sant, jumped into the fray. Their strategy is simple. Phase I targeted coal as the threat that must be arrested, claiming anthropogenic C02 emissions are the root cause of “cli ...
Climate Change: Costs and Benefits of S. 2191
... available incentives are directed in an optimal manner. The cases do suggest that S. 2191’s Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) bonus allowances would encourage deployment of CCS, accelerating development by 5-10 years. Second, a considerable amount of low-carbon generating capacity will have to be bui ...
... available incentives are directed in an optimal manner. The cases do suggest that S. 2191’s Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) bonus allowances would encourage deployment of CCS, accelerating development by 5-10 years. Second, a considerable amount of low-carbon generating capacity will have to be bui ...
climate change - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
... What is at stake at COP 21? Hot topics and points of contention Country examples and political interests ...
... What is at stake at COP 21? Hot topics and points of contention Country examples and political interests ...
Restoration of peatlands and greenhouse gas balances
... Työ: 4881 Peatsland and climate change [09.05.2008 Työ: ...
... Työ: 4881 Peatsland and climate change [09.05.2008 Työ: ...
Two hundred fifty years of aerosols and climate: the end of the age
... the net radiative forcing from aerosols is negative, resulting in a net cooling impact. This negative forcing has “masked” some of the positive forcing from greenhouse gases (Wigley, 1989; Charlson et al., 1991; Kiehl and Briegleb, 1993; Taylor and Penner, 1994). As found by historical pattern-match ...
... the net radiative forcing from aerosols is negative, resulting in a net cooling impact. This negative forcing has “masked” some of the positive forcing from greenhouse gases (Wigley, 1989; Charlson et al., 1991; Kiehl and Briegleb, 1993; Taylor and Penner, 1994). As found by historical pattern-match ...
Climate Change Mitigation and the Clean Development
... South Africa has one of the world's top 15 most energy intensive economies and is a significant emitter of greenhouse gases (GHGs) when measured by emissions intensity and emissions per capita. ...
... South Africa has one of the world's top 15 most energy intensive economies and is a significant emitter of greenhouse gases (GHGs) when measured by emissions intensity and emissions per capita. ...
public energy - New York University Law Review
... full city ownership.10 Chicago, San Francisco, San Diego and hundreds of smaller communities are considering or have adopted climate-oriented “community choice aggregation” (CCA) programs.11 In these programs, the city acts as electricity supplier—making all purchasing decisions and perhaps owning s ...
... full city ownership.10 Chicago, San Francisco, San Diego and hundreds of smaller communities are considering or have adopted climate-oriented “community choice aggregation” (CCA) programs.11 In these programs, the city acts as electricity supplier—making all purchasing decisions and perhaps owning s ...
TABLE OF CONTENTS
... In May 2001, the GEF approved the provision of funding for countries to undertake self assessment capacity building needs, with emphasis on cross-convention synergies in capacity building activities. Jamaica has not examined its capacity needs across the three “Rio” Conventions. The National Capacit ...
... In May 2001, the GEF approved the provision of funding for countries to undertake self assessment capacity building needs, with emphasis on cross-convention synergies in capacity building activities. Jamaica has not examined its capacity needs across the three “Rio” Conventions. The National Capacit ...
Historical and idealized climate model experiments: an
... or permafrost) are often developed within the EMIC framework before they are embedded into coupled AOGCMs, because development and testing is less computationally expensive. In addition, there are some processes operating within the Earth system (e.g. carbonate dissolution from sediments or chemical ...
... or permafrost) are often developed within the EMIC framework before they are embedded into coupled AOGCMs, because development and testing is less computationally expensive. In addition, there are some processes operating within the Earth system (e.g. carbonate dissolution from sediments or chemical ...
Impacts of Climate Related Geo-engineering on Biological Diversity
... ecosystem services, with ~10% of species estimated to be at risk of extinction for every 1⁰C rise in global mean temperature. Temperature, precipitation and other climate attributes strongly influence the distribution and abundance of species, their interactions and the associated functioning of eco ...
... ecosystem services, with ~10% of species estimated to be at risk of extinction for every 1⁰C rise in global mean temperature. Temperature, precipitation and other climate attributes strongly influence the distribution and abundance of species, their interactions and the associated functioning of eco ...
Energy and Climate UZWATER - Baltic University Programme
... 1,055 joules. It is the amount of energy needed to cool or heat one pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit. The BTU is most often used as a measure of power (as BTU/h or BTUH) in the power, steam generation, heating, and air conditioning industries, and also as a measure of agricultural energy prod ...
... 1,055 joules. It is the amount of energy needed to cool or heat one pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit. The BTU is most often used as a measure of power (as BTU/h or BTUH) in the power, steam generation, heating, and air conditioning industries, and also as a measure of agricultural energy prod ...
Ethics and Geoengineering: Reviewing the Moral Issues Raised by
... good reason to object to the prospect of geoengineering, for example, will likely remain a good reason to object to its implementation. Second, the ethical concerns intensify or weaken depending on the technology under consideration. The wide range of geoengineering technologies currently being disc ...
... good reason to object to the prospect of geoengineering, for example, will likely remain a good reason to object to its implementation. Second, the ethical concerns intensify or weaken depending on the technology under consideration. The wide range of geoengineering technologies currently being disc ...
Historical and Idealized Climate Model Experiments: An EMIC
... feedbacks, or teasing apart the basic physics of complex systems. However, they usually lack the complex interactions that are an integral part of the climate system. Current “state of the art” Earth System Models are both sophisticated and complex, but the number and length of simulations that can ...
... feedbacks, or teasing apart the basic physics of complex systems. However, they usually lack the complex interactions that are an integral part of the climate system. Current “state of the art” Earth System Models are both sophisticated and complex, but the number and length of simulations that can ...
climate mitigation in the least carbon emitting countries
... Box 1.1 The four mitigation initiatives .............................................................................................................. 12 Box 2.1 Defining new and additional climate finance: the case of Finland ...................................................... 19 Box 3.1 The Nai ...
... Box 1.1 The four mitigation initiatives .............................................................................................................. 12 Box 2.1 Defining new and additional climate finance: the case of Finland ...................................................... 19 Box 3.1 The Nai ...
Topic paper 1: Climate change
... that aims to quantify and reduce the environmental burdens of buildings by rewarding those designs that take positive steps to minimise their environmental impacts. Carbon dioxide: One of the Greenhouse Gases (GHG), which cause climate change. It is the most significant due to its extreme proliferat ...
... that aims to quantify and reduce the environmental burdens of buildings by rewarding those designs that take positive steps to minimise their environmental impacts. Carbon dioxide: One of the Greenhouse Gases (GHG), which cause climate change. It is the most significant due to its extreme proliferat ...
Historical and idealized climate model experiments
... or permafrost) are often developed within the EMIC framework before they are embedded into coupled AOGCMs, because development and testing is less computationally expensive. In addition, there are some processes operating within the Earth system (e.g. carbonate dissolution from sediments or chemical ...
... or permafrost) are often developed within the EMIC framework before they are embedded into coupled AOGCMs, because development and testing is less computationally expensive. In addition, there are some processes operating within the Earth system (e.g. carbonate dissolution from sediments or chemical ...
Climate and Energy - Berkshire Regional Planning Commission
... current rate of extinction is 1,000 times historic rates, according to fossil records. As climate change moves forward, particularly if emission reductions are not achieved, this rate is expected to accellerate to ten times the current rate. A recent study anticipates we could be facing an 80% globa ...
... current rate of extinction is 1,000 times historic rates, according to fossil records. As climate change moves forward, particularly if emission reductions are not achieved, this rate is expected to accellerate to ten times the current rate. A recent study anticipates we could be facing an 80% globa ...
Open Letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations
... harmful, the IPCC's conclusions are quite inadequate as justification for implementing policies that will markedly diminish future prosperity. In particular, it is not established that it is possible to significantly alter global climate through cuts in human greenhouse gas emissions. On top of whic ...
... harmful, the IPCC's conclusions are quite inadequate as justification for implementing policies that will markedly diminish future prosperity. In particular, it is not established that it is possible to significantly alter global climate through cuts in human greenhouse gas emissions. On top of whic ...
Promoting Health While Mitigating Climate Change
... Reports of the Intergovernmental on Climate Change (IPCC) Mitigation of Climate Change (IPCC, WGIII/AR5) and (IPCC, WGIII/AR4), as presented in the Health in Green Economy series (http://www.who.int/hia/green_economy/en/). The report also draws upon WHO work on health indicators of sustainable devel ...
... Reports of the Intergovernmental on Climate Change (IPCC) Mitigation of Climate Change (IPCC, WGIII/AR5) and (IPCC, WGIII/AR4), as presented in the Health in Green Economy series (http://www.who.int/hia/green_economy/en/). The report also draws upon WHO work on health indicators of sustainable devel ...
ADDENDUM: Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States AD
... marginally higher than the global average, with a concentration of warming in the winter and in higher latitudes. Reducing U.S. emissions of carbon dioxide, even by over 80 percent, will have no measurable effect on global mean surface temperature or other climate-change-related phenomena within any ...
... marginally higher than the global average, with a concentration of warming in the winter and in higher latitudes. Reducing U.S. emissions of carbon dioxide, even by over 80 percent, will have no measurable effect on global mean surface temperature or other climate-change-related phenomena within any ...
External solid wall insulation
... in the Climate Change Strategy for Wales. This is underpinned by our commitment to sustainable development. Our approach sets the stage for Wales to be a leader, and to take advantage of all the opportunities which come with moving ahead in a changing world. However, we believe that unchecked climat ...
... in the Climate Change Strategy for Wales. This is underpinned by our commitment to sustainable development. Our approach sets the stage for Wales to be a leader, and to take advantage of all the opportunities which come with moving ahead in a changing world. However, we believe that unchecked climat ...
Climate Risk Management for Financial Institutions
... understanding on how financial institutions can manage the financial and economic implications of climate change. The key question we are seeking to address is: How can Boards of Directors of financial institutions deal with the risks posed by climate change? In particular, this paper describes how ...
... understanding on how financial institutions can manage the financial and economic implications of climate change. The key question we are seeking to address is: How can Boards of Directors of financial institutions deal with the risks posed by climate change? In particular, this paper describes how ...