Quantifying surface albedo and other direct biogeophysical climate
... Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, 3School of Environment and Natural Resources, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH, USA, 4School of Earth Sciences, Woods Institute for the Environment and Precourt Institute for E ...
... Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, 3School of Environment and Natural Resources, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH, USA, 4School of Earth Sciences, Woods Institute for the Environment and Precourt Institute for E ...
The CCPC grew out of the International Council of Local
... solution. Involving the local level is necessary since it is the level closest to the people. The success of climate change action will depend on concerted local support (ICLEI, 1995a; 1995b). Furthermore, CCPC points to the possibilities local governments have because they exercise key power over m ...
... solution. Involving the local level is necessary since it is the level closest to the people. The success of climate change action will depend on concerted local support (ICLEI, 1995a; 1995b). Furthermore, CCPC points to the possibilities local governments have because they exercise key power over m ...
Mis - Center for International Environmental Law
... could increase economic damages by approximately 0.9 percent of global output . . . approximately $150 billion. The incremental cost of an additional degree of warming beyond 3° Celsius would be even greater. Moreover, these costs are not onetime, but are rather incurred year after year because of ...
... could increase economic damages by approximately 0.9 percent of global output . . . approximately $150 billion. The incremental cost of an additional degree of warming beyond 3° Celsius would be even greater. Moreover, these costs are not onetime, but are rather incurred year after year because of ...
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... The Paris Agreement signed by at least 175 Parties .............................................................................. 3 On Earth Day, FAO Director-General stresses need to protect ecosystems ................................................... 3 After Paris – The Original Climate Solution ...
... The Paris Agreement signed by at least 175 Parties .............................................................................. 3 On Earth Day, FAO Director-General stresses need to protect ecosystems ................................................... 3 After Paris – The Original Climate Solution ...
Green Resilience: Climate Adaptation + Mitigation Synergies
... Reflections on Policy, Research, Capacity Building and Funding Needs With this background on how the process of connecting adaptation and mitigation, we can now delve into how climate A+M fits into the policy, research, and funding aspects at the community and national levels. Susan Ruffo provided a ...
... Reflections on Policy, Research, Capacity Building and Funding Needs With this background on how the process of connecting adaptation and mitigation, we can now delve into how climate A+M fits into the policy, research, and funding aspects at the community and national levels. Susan Ruffo provided a ...
preparedness scoreboard - Climate
... vulnerable sectors are undertaken to support adaptation decision making. The selection of vulnerable sectors may be based on a lighter pre-screening vulnerability assessment Climate risks/vulnerability assessments take transboundary risks into account , when relevant Key stakeholders (e.g. from scie ...
... vulnerable sectors are undertaken to support adaptation decision making. The selection of vulnerable sectors may be based on a lighter pre-screening vulnerability assessment Climate risks/vulnerability assessments take transboundary risks into account , when relevant Key stakeholders (e.g. from scie ...
Climate Leviathan - The Ohio State University
... have a sound of their own, so to speak; thus the real tone of climate change is not yet resounding in our political lives. Then there are the ongoing wars for the world’s energy supplies, with ever more fronts. Taken together, it is difficult to even contemplate the future; merely to confront the pe ...
... have a sound of their own, so to speak; thus the real tone of climate change is not yet resounding in our political lives. Then there are the ongoing wars for the world’s energy supplies, with ever more fronts. Taken together, it is difficult to even contemplate the future; merely to confront the pe ...
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... municipalities, non-profit organizations, businesses, unions and individual citizens. We will do this because we know: * Climate change affects all of us; * Solutions to it fight poverty and ensure that vulnerable people and countries aren't left behind; * These solutions also generate better jobs a ...
... municipalities, non-profit organizations, businesses, unions and individual citizens. We will do this because we know: * Climate change affects all of us; * Solutions to it fight poverty and ensure that vulnerable people and countries aren't left behind; * These solutions also generate better jobs a ...
Agriculture and Forestry Provisions in Climate Legislation in the 111 Congress
... included three design mechanisms that could provide financial incentives to encourage landbased agricultural and forestry activities: carbon offsets, set-aside allowances, and auction proceeds. S. 3036 provided for a range of agriculture and forestry offset projects, including agricultural and range ...
... included three design mechanisms that could provide financial incentives to encourage landbased agricultural and forestry activities: carbon offsets, set-aside allowances, and auction proceeds. S. 3036 provided for a range of agriculture and forestry offset projects, including agricultural and range ...
The RCP greenhouse gas concentrations and their extensions from
... G. J. M. Velders National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, Netherlands D. P. van Vuuren Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL), Bilthoven, Netherlands M. Meinshausen School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ...
... G. J. M. Velders National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, Netherlands D. P. van Vuuren Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL), Bilthoven, Netherlands M. Meinshausen School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ...
Assessment of Climate Change Risks to Energy Reliability in the
... strategies that deliver benefits regardless of the nature and extent of changes in climate. In other cases, large capital investments may be justified. Many of the presented management measures are “low‐regrets” actions that provide short‐term benefits because they address both current vulnerabil ...
... strategies that deliver benefits regardless of the nature and extent of changes in climate. In other cases, large capital investments may be justified. Many of the presented management measures are “low‐regrets” actions that provide short‐term benefits because they address both current vulnerabil ...
The Economics of Climate Change in Brazil: Costs and
... study makes an attempt, to the extent possible, to simulate the future behaviour of the Brazilian economy that is consistent with the same hypotheses made by IPCC in relation to the global economy. The scenarios that were generated for the Brazilian economy are called A2-BR, which was simulated with ...
... study makes an attempt, to the extent possible, to simulate the future behaviour of the Brazilian economy that is consistent with the same hypotheses made by IPCC in relation to the global economy. The scenarios that were generated for the Brazilian economy are called A2-BR, which was simulated with ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES William D. Nordhaus
... background studies. There is little new science or economics here, but it provides many new syntheses of the extensive and rapidly growing literature. While not as balanced and ponderously reviewed as the reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), it is much more current than t ...
... background studies. There is little new science or economics here, but it provides many new syntheses of the extensive and rapidly growing literature. While not as balanced and ponderously reviewed as the reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), it is much more current than t ...
Climate Regulation of the Electricity Industry: A Comparative View
... Mechanism was introduced by the Labor Party.17 This Mechanism was then repealed in July 2014 following a change in government and the election of the Liberal/National Coalition.18 This meant that Australia was the first country in the world to repeal legislated action on climate change.19 In its pla ...
... Mechanism was introduced by the Labor Party.17 This Mechanism was then repealed in July 2014 following a change in government and the election of the Liberal/National Coalition.18 This meant that Australia was the first country in the world to repeal legislated action on climate change.19 In its pla ...
ESG - Allianz Global Investors
... and populations” which can only be achieved via major institutional change, technological change and investment. So what are we looking at? In 2010, total man-made greenhouse gas emissions were the highest in human history. Emissions have grown at double the rate per year in the last decade compared ...
... and populations” which can only be achieved via major institutional change, technological change and investment. So what are we looking at? In 2010, total man-made greenhouse gas emissions were the highest in human history. Emissions have grown at double the rate per year in the last decade compared ...
(mis)calculated risk and climate change
... could increase economic damages by approximately 0.9 percent of global output . . . approximately $150 billion. The incremental cost of an additional degree of warming beyond 3° Celsius would be even greater. Moreover, these costs are not onetime, but are rather incurred year after year because of ...
... could increase economic damages by approximately 0.9 percent of global output . . . approximately $150 billion. The incremental cost of an additional degree of warming beyond 3° Celsius would be even greater. Moreover, these costs are not onetime, but are rather incurred year after year because of ...
Climate Change Policies and Trade Policies: The New Joint
... environmental groups. E.U. Enterprise Commissioner Verheugen suggested that the Commission was more favorably inclined to address the issue through sectoral agreements, including perhaps voluntary global industry agreements - a position that has been supported by at least some industry and environm ...
... environmental groups. E.U. Enterprise Commissioner Verheugen suggested that the Commission was more favorably inclined to address the issue through sectoral agreements, including perhaps voluntary global industry agreements - a position that has been supported by at least some industry and environm ...
Interpreting bargaining strategies of developing countries in climate
... Ngwadla, 2014). In particular, great emphasis has been given to the different interpretation of the CBDR principle and its consequences, both in terms of deadlock in negotiations and burden sharing implications (Winkler and Rajamani, 2014; Zhang and Shi, 2014). According to Article 3.1 of the Conven ...
... Ngwadla, 2014). In particular, great emphasis has been given to the different interpretation of the CBDR principle and its consequences, both in terms of deadlock in negotiations and burden sharing implications (Winkler and Rajamani, 2014; Zhang and Shi, 2014). According to Article 3.1 of the Conven ...
Federal Decision-Making on the Uncertain Impacts of Climate Change
... associated with the information currently available for decisions that can have either minor or significant climate implications. The paper draws a clear distinction between policies with incremental climate effects and those with larger impacts that are designed to manage climate change. The pap ...
... associated with the information currently available for decisions that can have either minor or significant climate implications. The paper draws a clear distinction between policies with incremental climate effects and those with larger impacts that are designed to manage climate change. The pap ...
Dynamic responses of terrestrial ecosystems structure and function
... al., 2005; Morales et al., 2007; Doherty et al., 2010], both to address uncertainties and to inform policies to mitigate anthropogenic CO2 emissions. With increasing scientific and political interest in the global carbon cycle at regional levels, there is strong impetus to better understand the carb ...
... al., 2005; Morales et al., 2007; Doherty et al., 2010], both to address uncertainties and to inform policies to mitigate anthropogenic CO2 emissions. With increasing scientific and political interest in the global carbon cycle at regional levels, there is strong impetus to better understand the carb ...
EPA Research - 2016 Call EPA Research –Climate Research Call 2016
... It will seek to advance analysis of historical emissions/removals of GHGs including the uptake and release of carbon dioxide from biomass and soils, and non-CO2 emissions across all sectors. Expected outputs include a project report of key findings, recommendations and an outline of research activit ...
... It will seek to advance analysis of historical emissions/removals of GHGs including the uptake and release of carbon dioxide from biomass and soils, and non-CO2 emissions across all sectors. Expected outputs include a project report of key findings, recommendations and an outline of research activit ...
Our Climate Options Have Shrunk
... in conversation with political climate policy senior people • Political scientist (at request left un-named): “Too much has been invested in +2C for us to say it’s not possible – it would undermine all that’s been achieved. It’ll give a sense of hopelessness, that we may as well just give in” – (30 ...
... in conversation with political climate policy senior people • Political scientist (at request left un-named): “Too much has been invested in +2C for us to say it’s not possible – it would undermine all that’s been achieved. It’ll give a sense of hopelessness, that we may as well just give in” – (30 ...
The Corporation of Delta COUNCIL REPORT Regular
... Corporate Climate Change Initiatives (Attachment A) as well as the corresponding progress reports for each year (Attachment B). Within each version of the Initiative are the nine action plans that describe project timelines, budget and lead department. The corresponding progress reports describe pro ...
... Corporate Climate Change Initiatives (Attachment A) as well as the corresponding progress reports for each year (Attachment B). Within each version of the Initiative are the nine action plans that describe project timelines, budget and lead department. The corresponding progress reports describe pro ...
How climate adaptation in cities creates a resilient place for
... their emissions by a total of 13.1 million tons CO2 equivalent since 2009, a 12% reduction. Cities are also increasing their resilience to the impacts of climate change. This year, cities reported 757 adaptation activities and 102 cities have climate adaptation plans. There is significant opportunit ...
... their emissions by a total of 13.1 million tons CO2 equivalent since 2009, a 12% reduction. Cities are also increasing their resilience to the impacts of climate change. This year, cities reported 757 adaptation activities and 102 cities have climate adaptation plans. There is significant opportunit ...
An HSI Report: The Impact of Animal Agriculture on Global Warming
... farmers and herders are living out an ancient struggle over land and water resources. One startling example is in Sudan’s Darfur region. There, the effects of climate change and population growth, including dwindling water supplies and diminishing arable land, have reportedly created an untenable an ...
... farmers and herders are living out an ancient struggle over land and water resources. One startling example is in Sudan’s Darfur region. There, the effects of climate change and population growth, including dwindling water supplies and diminishing arable land, have reportedly created an untenable an ...