energetics of climate models: net energy
... cartoons actually apply not only to the net global energy balance but also to the net energy balance of any climatic subdomains, with the crucial difference that the slowest internal time scale will be faster for, e.g., the atmosphere than for the ocean. [12] Given the complexity of the processes in ...
... cartoons actually apply not only to the net global energy balance but also to the net energy balance of any climatic subdomains, with the crucial difference that the slowest internal time scale will be faster for, e.g., the atmosphere than for the ocean. [12] Given the complexity of the processes in ...
Beyond Known Worlds: Climate Change Governance by Arbitral
... adopt measures to protect the cultural and religious sites of indigenous peoples? Should the promotion of green energy be prioritized vis-à-vis other environmental concerns? The above scenario is but one example of the complex interplay between climate change and foreign direct investments. Despite ...
... adopt measures to protect the cultural and religious sites of indigenous peoples? Should the promotion of green energy be prioritized vis-à-vis other environmental concerns? The above scenario is but one example of the complex interplay between climate change and foreign direct investments. Despite ...
Post-2012 Climate Change
... MEAs are subject to rules of international law that govern treaties. The rules that apply to written treaties between States are reflected in the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (VCLT), itself a treaty. In 1980, the VCLT entered into force and currently 94 States are Parties to it. Some key ...
... MEAs are subject to rules of international law that govern treaties. The rules that apply to written treaties between States are reflected in the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (VCLT), itself a treaty. In 1980, the VCLT entered into force and currently 94 States are Parties to it. Some key ...
American Teens` Knowledge of Climate Change
... answers are indicated with a (!). Unknown or uncertain answers are indicated with a (*). All results show percentages among all respondents, unless otherwise labeled. Totals may occasionally sum to more than 100 percent due to rounding. The term “order of items randomized” refers to a standard surve ...
... answers are indicated with a (!). Unknown or uncertain answers are indicated with a (*). All results show percentages among all respondents, unless otherwise labeled. Totals may occasionally sum to more than 100 percent due to rounding. The term “order of items randomized” refers to a standard surve ...
Hong Kong Climate Change Report 2015
... transformation – transitions are smoother and more durable when they are policyled and policy-enabled. There is much work to do after COP21. We will have more dialogue with stakeholders and the community so that we can galvanise ourselves for the long-term to face the challenge of climate change. We ...
... transformation – transitions are smoother and more durable when they are policyled and policy-enabled. There is much work to do after COP21. We will have more dialogue with stakeholders and the community so that we can galvanise ourselves for the long-term to face the challenge of climate change. We ...
Technical Change and the Marginal Cost of Abatement∗
... technologies that pivot the cost curve to the right tend to decrease in MPS. Yet the empirical basis for this aspect of technical change–how it effects marginal abatement costs–has been largely ignored in the construction of these models. This paper addresses the treatment of technical change in the ...
... technologies that pivot the cost curve to the right tend to decrease in MPS. Yet the empirical basis for this aspect of technical change–how it effects marginal abatement costs–has been largely ignored in the construction of these models. This paper addresses the treatment of technical change in the ...
Heinberg-CommunityAction
... • Work with the general public and nongovernmental organizations • These are not mutually exclusive! ...
... • Work with the general public and nongovernmental organizations • These are not mutually exclusive! ...
Combating Climate Change Through Boreal Forest
... 1997). This could result in increased and novel patterns of competition among animal species (Kerr and Packer 1998). Perhaps of equal importance is the potential mismatch between rates of shifts in climate zones and the rates at which plant species are able to respond (Malcolm et al. 2002, 2005). Di ...
... 1997). This could result in increased and novel patterns of competition among animal species (Kerr and Packer 1998). Perhaps of equal importance is the potential mismatch between rates of shifts in climate zones and the rates at which plant species are able to respond (Malcolm et al. 2002, 2005). Di ...
Man made Global Warming
... Jet streams do play a more fundamental role in our weather. Many years ago meteorologists thought that the rain bearing depressions that invade us from the Atlantic, formed at the sea level and "grew" up through the atmosphere. It now seems more likely that they start to form around the jet streams ...
... Jet streams do play a more fundamental role in our weather. Many years ago meteorologists thought that the rain bearing depressions that invade us from the Atlantic, formed at the sea level and "grew" up through the atmosphere. It now seems more likely that they start to form around the jet streams ...
IPCC SPECIAL REPORT EMISSIONS SCENARIOS
... set of SRES emissions scenarios is based on an extensive assessment of the literature, six alternative modeling approaches, and an “open process” that solicited wide participation and feedback from many groups and individuals. The SRES scenarios include the range of emissions of all relevant species ...
... set of SRES emissions scenarios is based on an extensive assessment of the literature, six alternative modeling approaches, and an “open process” that solicited wide participation and feedback from many groups and individuals. The SRES scenarios include the range of emissions of all relevant species ...
The Climate and Development Challenge for Latin America
... Activity costs for land-use (or AFOLU) pathways..................................................................90 ZNDD 2020/ZNLU 2030 + (plus) pathway................................................................................93 Agricultural emissions and the AFOLU+ pathway.................... ...
... Activity costs for land-use (or AFOLU) pathways..................................................................90 ZNDD 2020/ZNLU 2030 + (plus) pathway................................................................................93 Agricultural emissions and the AFOLU+ pathway.................... ...
The impact of climate variation and disturbances
... carbon balance to the amount of disturbance-generated tree biomass residues. By taking into account seasonal variation in the understory leaf area index, which played an important role, especially in the initial stage of recovery, the simulated net ecosystem production (NEP), gross primary productio ...
... carbon balance to the amount of disturbance-generated tree biomass residues. By taking into account seasonal variation in the understory leaf area index, which played an important role, especially in the initial stage of recovery, the simulated net ecosystem production (NEP), gross primary productio ...
CDM from LDC perspective by Pascale Junker, Lux Dev
... • General feeling that international Climate Change conferences aiming at universally binding reduction legislation is not the way forward (contrary to emerging economies’ take off). • Market based approaches are more accurate, if they guarantee real net reductions and environmental integrity • End ...
... • General feeling that international Climate Change conferences aiming at universally binding reduction legislation is not the way forward (contrary to emerging economies’ take off). • Market based approaches are more accurate, if they guarantee real net reductions and environmental integrity • End ...
CLIMATE CHANGE 2014 SYNTHESIS REPORT Longer report
... important to assess the full range of possible outcomes, from low probability 'tail outcomes to very likely outcomes. For example, it is unlikely that global mean sea level will rise by more than one metre in this century, but the consequence of a greater rise could be so severe that this possibilit ...
... important to assess the full range of possible outcomes, from low probability 'tail outcomes to very likely outcomes. For example, it is unlikely that global mean sea level will rise by more than one metre in this century, but the consequence of a greater rise could be so severe that this possibilit ...
toward a constructive dialogue on federal and state roles in u.s.
... In the United States to date, states have taken most of the significant actions to address climate change. Yet enactment of a nationwide program requiring reductions across the entire United States is both necessary and increasingly likely. This prospect raises a number of questions as to the approp ...
... In the United States to date, states have taken most of the significant actions to address climate change. Yet enactment of a nationwide program requiring reductions across the entire United States is both necessary and increasingly likely. This prospect raises a number of questions as to the approp ...
Module 1: Introduction to climate change in the context of
... The combination of these human factors is often integrated into the concept of sustainable development, which seeks a model of economic development that does not irreparably harm the natural environment on which it depends, and which is equitable and just for both future and current generations. Thi ...
... The combination of these human factors is often integrated into the concept of sustainable development, which seeks a model of economic development that does not irreparably harm the natural environment on which it depends, and which is equitable and just for both future and current generations. Thi ...
climate change under nepa: avoiding cursory consideration of
... agencies to select the most “environmentally friendly” alternative or commit to any specific mitigation measures.7 In fact, while NEPA requires agencies “to consider and give effect to the environmental goals set forth in the Act [and] not just to file detailed impact studies which will fill governm ...
... agencies to select the most “environmentally friendly” alternative or commit to any specific mitigation measures.7 In fact, while NEPA requires agencies “to consider and give effect to the environmental goals set forth in the Act [and] not just to file detailed impact studies which will fill governm ...
Comments of the National Mining Association to EPA on Regulating
... and supplies; and the engineering and consulting firms, financial institutions and other firms serving the mining industry. It is not hyperbole to say that the mining industry will be one of the sectors of our economy most affected by the climate change proposals discussed in the ANPR. Because the ...
... and supplies; and the engineering and consulting firms, financial institutions and other firms serving the mining industry. It is not hyperbole to say that the mining industry will be one of the sectors of our economy most affected by the climate change proposals discussed in the ANPR. Because the ...
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... Most of the summit’s audience appeared to range in age from eighteen to forty-five. Students and professionals had been flown and bussed in from around the country; there were representatives of the Christian Coalition, the Young Republican National Federation, and the thirty-one state chapters of ...
... Most of the summit’s audience appeared to range in age from eighteen to forty-five. Students and professionals had been flown and bussed in from around the country; there were representatives of the Christian Coalition, the Young Republican National Federation, and the thirty-one state chapters of ...
A Profile of the Greenhouse Industry in British Columbia and Clues
... unstable and volatile in the future (Olsen, 2009). To address these changes in global agriculture, Olsen believes that adaption and mitigation are crucial features of a new agricultural reality and that they need to be implemented “in compliance with the ...
... unstable and volatile in the future (Olsen, 2009). To address these changes in global agriculture, Olsen believes that adaption and mitigation are crucial features of a new agricultural reality and that they need to be implemented “in compliance with the ...
Common Concern and Global Public Goods: Evidence, Bits and
... socio-economic information by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) amounts to one of the most comprehensive efforts at bridging gaps between scientific research and informed policy making.1 Equally, the international agenda under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Cha ...
... socio-economic information by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) amounts to one of the most comprehensive efforts at bridging gaps between scientific research and informed policy making.1 Equally, the international agenda under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Cha ...
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... and Burtraw (1999); Schwarz and Repetto (2000); Cremer, Gahvari, and Ladoux (2001; 2010); Williams (2002); Babiker, Metcalf, and Reilley (2003); Bernard and Vielle (2003); Bento and Jacobsen (2007); West and Williams (2007); Carbone and Smith (2008); Fullerton and Kim (2008); Parry and Williams (201 ...
... and Burtraw (1999); Schwarz and Repetto (2000); Cremer, Gahvari, and Ladoux (2001; 2010); Williams (2002); Babiker, Metcalf, and Reilley (2003); Bernard and Vielle (2003); Bento and Jacobsen (2007); West and Williams (2007); Carbone and Smith (2008); Fullerton and Kim (2008); Parry and Williams (201 ...
Policy Implications of Deep Decarbonization in the United States
... The Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project (DDPP) is a collaborative global initiative to explore how individual countries can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to levels consistent with limiting the anthropogenic increase in global mean surface temperature to less than 2 degrees Celsius (°C). Li ...
... The Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project (DDPP) is a collaborative global initiative to explore how individual countries can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to levels consistent with limiting the anthropogenic increase in global mean surface temperature to less than 2 degrees Celsius (°C). Li ...
Strategic Plan for 2014-2017
... At the dawn of the agricultural era, forests covered nearly half the Earth’s landmass. Today, only 15 percent of these primary forests remain intact. The world lost an additional 50 soccer fields of forest per minute between 2000 and 2013–and pressure is likely to increase as we struggle to meet th ...
... At the dawn of the agricultural era, forests covered nearly half the Earth’s landmass. Today, only 15 percent of these primary forests remain intact. The world lost an additional 50 soccer fields of forest per minute between 2000 and 2013–and pressure is likely to increase as we struggle to meet th ...
Clean energy transition of the EU - UvA-DARE
... this thesis claims that the EU’s normative approach in international relations is a tool to pursue its self-regarding interest, thus ensuring its own security. The argument of this research is inspired by a considerable amount of articles and other publication dedicated to the study of the EU’s exte ...
... this thesis claims that the EU’s normative approach in international relations is a tool to pursue its self-regarding interest, thus ensuring its own security. The argument of this research is inspired by a considerable amount of articles and other publication dedicated to the study of the EU’s exte ...