The Case Against a Carbon Tax CATO WORKING PAPER
... has called such computer simulations “close to useless” for guiding policy. ...
... has called such computer simulations “close to useless” for guiding policy. ...
Coral Reef Habitat Response to Climate Change Scenarios
... functional groups, but they develop across a wide array of ocean environments [4]. The mean environmental conditions in which reefs are found differ across the three tropical ocean basins (Caribbean/Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian), and there is further variation within each basin [4]. While individua ...
... functional groups, but they develop across a wide array of ocean environments [4]. The mean environmental conditions in which reefs are found differ across the three tropical ocean basins (Caribbean/Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian), and there is further variation within each basin [4]. While individua ...
Reconciling International Investment Law and Climate Change
... http://www.ictsd.org/bridges-news/bridges/news/eu-temporarily-suspendsinvestment-part-of-us-trade-talks. 26. TTP Investment Chapter, supra note 3, at §B. ...
... http://www.ictsd.org/bridges-news/bridges/news/eu-temporarily-suspendsinvestment-part-of-us-trade-talks. 26. TTP Investment Chapter, supra note 3, at §B. ...
Asia-Pacific Human Development Report
... Human beings can no longer continue to think of themselves as distinct from the environment. They have been transforming nature for too long — notably by releasing huge quantities of fossil carbon. The consequences are a warmer earth, with melting glaciers, higher sea levels and altered cycles of pr ...
... Human beings can no longer continue to think of themselves as distinct from the environment. They have been transforming nature for too long — notably by releasing huge quantities of fossil carbon. The consequences are a warmer earth, with melting glaciers, higher sea levels and altered cycles of pr ...
Migration and Climate Change: Toward an Integrated Assessment of
... prices, forcing people to spend more money on their basic needs rather than on long-distance migration. They also show, however, that short-distance migration to larger agglomerations increased during drought years, as women and children left in search of work to contribute to household incomes. Sim ...
... prices, forcing people to spend more money on their basic needs rather than on long-distance migration. They also show, however, that short-distance migration to larger agglomerations increased during drought years, as women and children left in search of work to contribute to household incomes. Sim ...
A Study of Environmental Pollution, Its Sources and Effects
... Global Warming: Global Warming is the increase of Earth's average surface temperature due to effect of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels or from deforestation, which trap heat that would otherwise escape from Earth. This is a type of greenhouse effect. The ...
... Global Warming: Global Warming is the increase of Earth's average surface temperature due to effect of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels or from deforestation, which trap heat that would otherwise escape from Earth. This is a type of greenhouse effect. The ...
The energy transformation challenge
... competition for water and a doubling of the number of premature deaths. The projections and reviews of scenarios undertaken by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (2012b) also suggest that current policies and underlying trends fall short of what is required to prevent risky increases in ...
... competition for water and a doubling of the number of premature deaths. The projections and reviews of scenarios undertaken by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (2012b) also suggest that current policies and underlying trends fall short of what is required to prevent risky increases in ...
Implementing the carbon tax - Policy Advice Division
... to a cap on their national greenhouse gas emissions. Each country starts with an allocation of emissions units equal to its target – in New Zealand’s case, this is 1990 emissions levels. If a country reduces emissions below its target level, it will have surplus emissions units that it is able to se ...
... to a cap on their national greenhouse gas emissions. Each country starts with an allocation of emissions units equal to its target – in New Zealand’s case, this is 1990 emissions levels. If a country reduces emissions below its target level, it will have surplus emissions units that it is able to se ...
Sensitivity of Northern Peatland Carbon
... data (0.5° ´ 0.5° grids) for land north of 45°N (1960–1990 [Rawlins and Willmott, 1999]). Northern peatlands typically occur where mean annual temperatures are between -12° and 5°C and mean annual precipitation is between 200 and 1000 mm. This distribution spans most of the climate domain of the bor ...
... data (0.5° ´ 0.5° grids) for land north of 45°N (1960–1990 [Rawlins and Willmott, 1999]). Northern peatlands typically occur where mean annual temperatures are between -12° and 5°C and mean annual precipitation is between 200 and 1000 mm. This distribution spans most of the climate domain of the bor ...
- Surrey Research Insight Open Access
... Effects of Destination Climate Variability on Seasonal Tourism Demand By using statistical models, Agnew and Palutikof (2006) analyzed the effect of climate variability, including both intra- and interannual scales, on the UK tourism demand. The results showed that the United Kingdom’s outbound tour ...
... Effects of Destination Climate Variability on Seasonal Tourism Demand By using statistical models, Agnew and Palutikof (2006) analyzed the effect of climate variability, including both intra- and interannual scales, on the UK tourism demand. The results showed that the United Kingdom’s outbound tour ...
Peer-reviewed Article PDF
... The important consequences of present climate warming are sea level fluctuation causing the melting of Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets, glaciers and the thermal expansion of regional climatic fluctuations [1]. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report mentioned that, the Predict ...
... The important consequences of present climate warming are sea level fluctuation causing the melting of Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets, glaciers and the thermal expansion of regional climatic fluctuations [1]. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report mentioned that, the Predict ...
Canada`s Marine Coasts in a Changing Climate – Chapter 5
... The environment and socio-economic characteristics of the northern coast are unique. Inhabited primarily by Indigenous populations living in small remote communities, Canada’s northern coastline is vast, representing more than 70% of all Canadian coasts. The presence of sea ice is a defining feature ...
... The environment and socio-economic characteristics of the northern coast are unique. Inhabited primarily by Indigenous populations living in small remote communities, Canada’s northern coastline is vast, representing more than 70% of all Canadian coasts. The presence of sea ice is a defining feature ...
the thermal sensitivity and plasticity of diving
... Crocodiles were exposed to one of three long-term thermal treatments, designed to emulate water temperatures under differing climate change scenarios (i.e. current summer, 28°C; ‘moderate’ climate warming, 31.5°C; ‘high’ climate warming, 35°C). Dive trials were conducted in a temperature-controlled ...
... Crocodiles were exposed to one of three long-term thermal treatments, designed to emulate water temperatures under differing climate change scenarios (i.e. current summer, 28°C; ‘moderate’ climate warming, 31.5°C; ‘high’ climate warming, 35°C). Dive trials were conducted in a temperature-controlled ...
Integrating Climate Change into Northeast and Midwest State
... o Warming may be occurring more rapidly at higher elevations. o Greater intensification of heavy rainfall events may be occurring. In the short term (i.e., over the next 5-20 years), the direction and magnitude of ...
... o Warming may be occurring more rapidly at higher elevations. o Greater intensification of heavy rainfall events may be occurring. In the short term (i.e., over the next 5-20 years), the direction and magnitude of ...
CHAPTER 13 CLIMATE VARIABILITY, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND WESTERN WILDFIRE WITH IMPLICATIONS
... mean) fluctuations in PNW climate over the 20th century have influenced wildfire activity based on our analysis. Similar trends have been reported for other regions of the western U.S. Thus, forest fire activity has been sensitive to past climate variability, even in the face of altered dynamics due ...
... mean) fluctuations in PNW climate over the 20th century have influenced wildfire activity based on our analysis. Similar trends have been reported for other regions of the western U.S. Thus, forest fire activity has been sensitive to past climate variability, even in the face of altered dynamics due ...
Management strategies for tree improvement programs under
... Foresters and tree breeders manage genetic adaptation to climate in commercial forestry by using seed zones and tree breeding regions. Rather than developing breeding strategies that include traits for adaptation, a more logical way to guarantee adaptation for traits such as tolerance to climatic st ...
... Foresters and tree breeders manage genetic adaptation to climate in commercial forestry by using seed zones and tree breeding regions. Rather than developing breeding strategies that include traits for adaptation, a more logical way to guarantee adaptation for traits such as tolerance to climatic st ...
Integrating Ecological, Carbon and Water Footprint into a
... agricultural (PC-TAS) and industrial products (WTO). • Local data on various parameters such as climate, cropping patterns, soil, irrigation, leaching, water quality, pesticides and fertilizers rates, etc. ...
... agricultural (PC-TAS) and industrial products (WTO). • Local data on various parameters such as climate, cropping patterns, soil, irrigation, leaching, water quality, pesticides and fertilizers rates, etc. ...
Institutional and technological innovation: Understanding
... History shows that farmers and their supporting institutions have been successful in introducing technological innovations to respond and adapt to environmental and socioeconomic challenges. Innovation itself is a mechanism by which society adapt to changing resource endowments, and which is in turn ...
... History shows that farmers and their supporting institutions have been successful in introducing technological innovations to respond and adapt to environmental and socioeconomic challenges. Innovation itself is a mechanism by which society adapt to changing resource endowments, and which is in turn ...
Voluntary Guidance for States to Incorporate Climate Change into
... The document provides an overview of the information currently available on climate change, tools that can be used to plan for and implement climate change adaptation, voluntary guidance and case studies. Climate change is a large and growing threat to all wildlife and natural systems and will also ...
... The document provides an overview of the information currently available on climate change, tools that can be used to plan for and implement climate change adaptation, voluntary guidance and case studies. Climate change is a large and growing threat to all wildlife and natural systems and will also ...
Consistent increase in Indian monsoon rainfall and its variability
... that the Indian summer monsoon intensifies in the future, mainly in response to the increased moisture content under various CO2 forcings. Studies based on CMIP-5 models under RCP-4.5 scenario project an increase in global mean precipitation of around 3.2 % K−1 (Hsu et al., 2013) and a larger increa ...
... that the Indian summer monsoon intensifies in the future, mainly in response to the increased moisture content under various CO2 forcings. Studies based on CMIP-5 models under RCP-4.5 scenario project an increase in global mean precipitation of around 3.2 % K−1 (Hsu et al., 2013) and a larger increa ...
Chapter 7 Physical Environment
... Evidence of temperature increases • Temperature record (Figure 7.9) – Problems with record • Although the number of recording station may be large, their geographic distribution is not truly global. • Some stations may have experienced substantial warming due to changes in land use and population d ...
... Evidence of temperature increases • Temperature record (Figure 7.9) – Problems with record • Although the number of recording station may be large, their geographic distribution is not truly global. • Some stations may have experienced substantial warming due to changes in land use and population d ...