the results of the scientific congress
... challenge of climate change. The report has been produced by a writing team comprised of members of the Scientific Steering Committee for the IARU Congress and individuals invited to give the writing team academic and geographic breadth. It is based on the 16 plenary talks given at the Congress as w ...
... challenge of climate change. The report has been produced by a writing team comprised of members of the Scientific Steering Committee for the IARU Congress and individuals invited to give the writing team academic and geographic breadth. It is based on the 16 plenary talks given at the Congress as w ...
Understanding the Social Cost of Carbon
... • SCC is an estimate of the damages to society from CO2 • SCC is in use broadly in USG rulemakings (going back to 2008) – states and others using as well • For foreseeable future, CO2 (all GHGs) will be regulated under the Clean Air Act and efficiency policies • USG legally obligated to value CO2 (9 ...
... • SCC is an estimate of the damages to society from CO2 • SCC is in use broadly in USG rulemakings (going back to 2008) – states and others using as well • For foreseeable future, CO2 (all GHGs) will be regulated under the Clean Air Act and efficiency policies • USG legally obligated to value CO2 (9 ...
Final Report of the Select Committee on Climate Change
... promotion of renewable energy increasing the target for in-province electricity sales from renewable sources to 60 per cent by 2030 setting a target of 5,000 electric vehicles in New Brunswick by 2020 and 20,000 by 2030 electrifying the government vehicle fleet focusing on industrial energy efficien ...
... promotion of renewable energy increasing the target for in-province electricity sales from renewable sources to 60 per cent by 2030 setting a target of 5,000 electric vehicles in New Brunswick by 2020 and 20,000 by 2030 electrifying the government vehicle fleet focusing on industrial energy efficien ...
Reducing the Impact of Global Warming on Wildlife
... www.defenders.org Cover photos: polar bear and cub ©Martha Holmes/naturepl.com; coral reef with bleaching ©seapics.com; pika ©Company of Adventurers ...
... www.defenders.org Cover photos: polar bear and cub ©Martha Holmes/naturepl.com; coral reef with bleaching ©seapics.com; pika ©Company of Adventurers ...
Togo - unfccc
... INTRODUCTION Togo has historically emitted little in the way of greenhouse gases and so has only had a very small part to play in the current climate crisis. However, it must already contend with the harmful consequences of climate change. Although it is one of the least developed countries and has ...
... INTRODUCTION Togo has historically emitted little in the way of greenhouse gases and so has only had a very small part to play in the current climate crisis. However, it must already contend with the harmful consequences of climate change. Although it is one of the least developed countries and has ...
Sustainable Energy Background - FSU
... Dwindling reserves versus worldwide growth in demand will lead to energy prices beyond consumer’s ability to pay - leads to political tension and violence. Conventional oil and gas reserves will probably be exhausted between 2030 and 2050. Coal is the worst possible fossil fuel (most polluting of th ...
... Dwindling reserves versus worldwide growth in demand will lead to energy prices beyond consumer’s ability to pay - leads to political tension and violence. Conventional oil and gas reserves will probably be exhausted between 2030 and 2050. Coal is the worst possible fossil fuel (most polluting of th ...
Middle Schools - City of Kamloops
... level of CO2 is considered to have the greatest impact on our Earth’s climate today, as it accounts for an estimated 60% of the greenhouse effect. ...
... level of CO2 is considered to have the greatest impact on our Earth’s climate today, as it accounts for an estimated 60% of the greenhouse effect. ...
Macroeconomic Impacts of the California Global Warming Solutions
... such as coastal erosion from sea-level rise, loss of water resources from reduced rainfall, and increase in frequency and severity of wildfires from increased temperatures. There are also several co-benefits of implementing climate action plans. One is the reduction in ordinary (EPA “criteria”) air ...
... such as coastal erosion from sea-level rise, loss of water resources from reduced rainfall, and increase in frequency and severity of wildfires from increased temperatures. There are also several co-benefits of implementing climate action plans. One is the reduction in ordinary (EPA “criteria”) air ...
The Hamburg Climate Action Plan
... policy. As the Hamburg Senator with responsibility Together with you, I want to put prove that we ...
... policy. As the Hamburg Senator with responsibility Together with you, I want to put prove that we ...
1 Meeting the targets or re-imagining society? An empirical study
... as environmental NGOs, local officials in areas with CCS potential) and ‘tier 3’ (the general public). This focus on peripheral stakeholders and informed publics was because we sought to understand how overarching ethical and moral concepts informed people’s perceptions of CCS. Previous research sho ...
... as environmental NGOs, local officials in areas with CCS potential) and ‘tier 3’ (the general public). This focus on peripheral stakeholders and informed publics was because we sought to understand how overarching ethical and moral concepts informed people’s perceptions of CCS. Previous research sho ...
Annual report 2014
... around the world and the collated measurements indicate that 2014 was the warmest year in record also in the global mean. Even higher temperatures are expected over the coming years as climate change progresses. The short-term weather will continue to vary but over time, climate warming will take we ...
... around the world and the collated measurements indicate that 2014 was the warmest year in record also in the global mean. Even higher temperatures are expected over the coming years as climate change progresses. The short-term weather will continue to vary but over time, climate warming will take we ...
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... Discuss the following questions in class: What patterns do you notice in your graph? (Ask students to keep these patterns in mind as you ask them additional questions.) [Answer: An increase in CO2, followed by a decrease in CO2, creating a repeating pattern of peaks and troughs much like a wave. A ...
... Discuss the following questions in class: What patterns do you notice in your graph? (Ask students to keep these patterns in mind as you ask them additional questions.) [Answer: An increase in CO2, followed by a decrease in CO2, creating a repeating pattern of peaks and troughs much like a wave. A ...
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... activity. Global capital and labor are combined to produce a generic output each year, which is either consumed or invested in additional capital. A representative agent chooses the amount of consumption each period that maximizes her expected utility across time. Climate change enters the model thr ...
... activity. Global capital and labor are combined to produce a generic output each year, which is either consumed or invested in additional capital. A representative agent chooses the amount of consumption each period that maximizes her expected utility across time. Climate change enters the model thr ...
divest riverside! - Riverside Church
... We've met and argued and laughed and protested and prayed, and after our community's resolution to support a “Total Ban on Fracking in NY State” was passed—nearly unanimously—by the congregation in 2013, we didn't have long to wait before Governor Cuomo agreed with us and other NY State groups and b ...
... We've met and argued and laughed and protested and prayed, and after our community's resolution to support a “Total Ban on Fracking in NY State” was passed—nearly unanimously—by the congregation in 2013, we didn't have long to wait before Governor Cuomo agreed with us and other NY State groups and b ...
Chapter 9. Establishing Common Ground: Finding Better Ways to
... with it is slowing down the process of implementing solutions. Even if high-level decision makers want to put in place the policies, incentives, and ready-to-be-deployed technologies required to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, they are unable do so to the extent needed because they have to answer t ...
... with it is slowing down the process of implementing solutions. Even if high-level decision makers want to put in place the policies, incentives, and ready-to-be-deployed technologies required to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, they are unable do so to the extent needed because they have to answer t ...
ISSN 1392-2785 Inzinerine Ekonomika
... Figure 1. Trade Off between Efficiency Cost & Carbon Price ...
... Figure 1. Trade Off between Efficiency Cost & Carbon Price ...
an inconvenient burden of proof? co2 nuisance plaintiffs will face
... cause global warming.23 In 1988, the UN formed the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).24 The IPCC issued four reports from 1990 to 2007, each sounding an increased alarm and calling for policy makers world-wide to act to curb global CO2 emissions.25 A fifth report is now in preparation ...
... cause global warming.23 In 1988, the UN formed the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).24 The IPCC issued four reports from 1990 to 2007, each sounding an increased alarm and calling for policy makers world-wide to act to curb global CO2 emissions.25 A fifth report is now in preparation ...
Simulating effects of land use changes on carbon fluxes: past
... of 0.5◦ × 0.5◦ . The evolution of pasture is not specified by the IIASA data. The data are aggregated onto the BernCC model grid of 3.75◦ longitude by 2.5◦ latitude. The area fractions occupied by pasture p, cropland c and built-up area b (identified with the urban class in HYDE3.0) are specified fo ...
... of 0.5◦ × 0.5◦ . The evolution of pasture is not specified by the IIASA data. The data are aggregated onto the BernCC model grid of 3.75◦ longitude by 2.5◦ latitude. The area fractions occupied by pasture p, cropland c and built-up area b (identified with the urban class in HYDE3.0) are specified fo ...
Are there pre-Quaternary geological analogues for a future
... all available Cretaceous and Early Eocene CO2 proxy data, along with massbalance calculations, indicates a picture of higher ambient CO2 concentrations, albeit with significant variability during this interval. This variability is probably present within a single geological stage, such as the Maastri ...
... all available Cretaceous and Early Eocene CO2 proxy data, along with massbalance calculations, indicates a picture of higher ambient CO2 concentrations, albeit with significant variability during this interval. This variability is probably present within a single geological stage, such as the Maastri ...
Asian Development Bank Institute (ABDI) Policies and Practices for Low-Carbon Green Growth in Asi a
... and remains today the single most important policy goal of emerging Asian countries. With higher economic growth rates, emerging Asia is increasingly moving towards becoming a middle income region. This fast-paced economic growth has been accompanied by high rates of material and energy consumption. ...
... and remains today the single most important policy goal of emerging Asian countries. With higher economic growth rates, emerging Asia is increasingly moving towards becoming a middle income region. This fast-paced economic growth has been accompanied by high rates of material and energy consumption. ...
Warm Words II
... communications in a way that would avoid this problem, some of which have been implemented by organisations working in the field. But, as we said, a year is a long time. Major events have occurred since the publication of Warm Words, including the Government’s Stern Review on the Economics of Climat ...
... communications in a way that would avoid this problem, some of which have been implemented by organisations working in the field. But, as we said, a year is a long time. Major events have occurred since the publication of Warm Words, including the Government’s Stern Review on the Economics of Climat ...
national climate change policy
... highlighted and appropriate adaptation measures spelled out. These cover policy measures to address issues in various sectors such as water, agriculture, forestry, coastal areas, biodiversity and other vulnerable ecosystems. Notwithstanding the fact that Pakistan’s contribution to global greenhouse ...
... highlighted and appropriate adaptation measures spelled out. These cover policy measures to address issues in various sectors such as water, agriculture, forestry, coastal areas, biodiversity and other vulnerable ecosystems. Notwithstanding the fact that Pakistan’s contribution to global greenhouse ...
Second National Communication
... It is worth noting that the total greenhouse gases emissions increased by 6.2% from 51.52 million tonnes of Carbon Dioxide equivalent in 1994 to 54.72 million tonnes of Carbon Dioxide equivalent in 2000. The bulk of this increase in our emissions was from our land use sector. In this regard, Governm ...
... It is worth noting that the total greenhouse gases emissions increased by 6.2% from 51.52 million tonnes of Carbon Dioxide equivalent in 1994 to 54.72 million tonnes of Carbon Dioxide equivalent in 2000. The bulk of this increase in our emissions was from our land use sector. In this regard, Governm ...
Carbon stock changes of forest land in Finland under different
... target of increasing it from the current annual level of 7 Mm3 up to 13.5 Mm3 by 2020 (Ministry of Employment and the Economy 2010). Climate models project that temperature and precipitation will increase in Scandinavia (Jylhä et al. 2009), and such climate change (CC) will increase forest growth (K ...
... target of increasing it from the current annual level of 7 Mm3 up to 13.5 Mm3 by 2020 (Ministry of Employment and the Economy 2010). Climate models project that temperature and precipitation will increase in Scandinavia (Jylhä et al. 2009), and such climate change (CC) will increase forest growth (K ...
CPUC Workshop on Societal Cost Test
... Long run electricity decarbonization costs provides an alternative approach to the SCC in California • Reflective of established GHG reduction policies • Potentially higher level of certainty about underlying costs • Consistent with driving investment in known opportunities for climate mitigation In ...
... Long run electricity decarbonization costs provides an alternative approach to the SCC in California • Reflective of established GHG reduction policies • Potentially higher level of certainty about underlying costs • Consistent with driving investment in known opportunities for climate mitigation In ...