Interpretation on Connotation of Low-Carbon Development
... The so-called "carbon" refers to carbon dioxide gases causing the current global climatic issues, i.e. six greenhouse gases whose emission is limited according to "Kyoto Protocol", including carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCS), perfluorocarbons (PFCS) ...
... The so-called "carbon" refers to carbon dioxide gases causing the current global climatic issues, i.e. six greenhouse gases whose emission is limited according to "Kyoto Protocol", including carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCS), perfluorocarbons (PFCS) ...
Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in the Land Use Sector
... Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPA) and may be managed by different institutions. In Bangladesh, for example, adaptation is handled under the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, while mitigation is administered through a high-profile Designated National Authority (DNA) (Ayers and Huq 2009). All ...
... Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPA) and may be managed by different institutions. In Bangladesh, for example, adaptation is handled under the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, while mitigation is administered through a high-profile Designated National Authority (DNA) (Ayers and Huq 2009). All ...
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... determinants of land value. Last, since climate is a long run variable as opposed to weather, the Ricardian model in reality estimates the impact of weather variation on crop yield or farm profit and makes inferences from the results about the potential impact of future climate change by simulating ...
... determinants of land value. Last, since climate is a long run variable as opposed to weather, the Ricardian model in reality estimates the impact of weather variation on crop yield or farm profit and makes inferences from the results about the potential impact of future climate change by simulating ...
Carbon-climate coupling in the Northern High Latitudes
... leveling off or even decreasing around 2060. This leveling-off is particularly visible in the HadCM3LC, FRCGC and BERN-CC models. The time integral of NEP is the amount of carbon the land takes up. The mean uptake of terrestrial carbon by 2100 is 38 PgC with a range of 17 to 82 PgC in the C4MIP mode ...
... leveling off or even decreasing around 2060. This leveling-off is particularly visible in the HadCM3LC, FRCGC and BERN-CC models. The time integral of NEP is the amount of carbon the land takes up. The mean uptake of terrestrial carbon by 2100 is 38 PgC with a range of 17 to 82 PgC in the C4MIP mode ...
Climate Press
... integrating it into the model would cause a considerable deviation from reality. Alternatively, there might be another unknown process which – by chance – would compensate for that deviation, which is highly unlikely. Which information is provided by climate models, and which is not? Today, climate ...
... integrating it into the model would cause a considerable deviation from reality. Alternatively, there might be another unknown process which – by chance – would compensate for that deviation, which is highly unlikely. Which information is provided by climate models, and which is not? Today, climate ...
Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and the International Climate Change Policy Agenda
... take the lead in combating climate change and the adverse effects thereof.”10 Parties to the Convention agree to develop national programmes to slow climate change, and take climate change into account in sectors such as agriculture, industry, energy, natural resources and coastal areas. Acknowledgi ...
... take the lead in combating climate change and the adverse effects thereof.”10 Parties to the Convention agree to develop national programmes to slow climate change, and take climate change into account in sectors such as agriculture, industry, energy, natural resources and coastal areas. Acknowledgi ...
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... Euromediterranean Center for Climate Change Summary The aim of the paper is to present evidence that China and India are, and will remain, two very different actors in international negotiations to control global warming. We base our conclusions on historical data and on scenarios until 2050. The Bu ...
... Euromediterranean Center for Climate Change Summary The aim of the paper is to present evidence that China and India are, and will remain, two very different actors in international negotiations to control global warming. We base our conclusions on historical data and on scenarios until 2050. The Bu ...
Entry into force of the Paris Agreement - iied iied
... one or more member states of these organisations is consideration and adoption at its first session. The also a party to the Paris Agreement, the organisation APA is mandated specifically for the following tasks, and its member states must decide on their respective according to Decision 1/CP.21: re ...
... one or more member states of these organisations is consideration and adoption at its first session. The also a party to the Paris Agreement, the organisation APA is mandated specifically for the following tasks, and its member states must decide on their respective according to Decision 1/CP.21: re ...
The Impact of Climate Change on Viticulture and Wine Quality*
... Climate is a major factor in wine production. In the scientific literature, many papers address the effect of climate. Vines are grown in a wide variety of climatic situations. However, a majority of the major wine-growing regions are located between the 35th and the 50th parallels in the Northern He ...
... Climate is a major factor in wine production. In the scientific literature, many papers address the effect of climate. Vines are grown in a wide variety of climatic situations. However, a majority of the major wine-growing regions are located between the 35th and the 50th parallels in the Northern He ...
Can Dr. Evil Save The World?
... business: What if all the conventional thinking about how to deal with global warming was wrong? What if you could do an end run around carbon-trading schemes and international treaties and political gridlock and actually solve the problem? And what if the cost to get started was not trillions of do ...
... business: What if all the conventional thinking about how to deal with global warming was wrong? What if you could do an end run around carbon-trading schemes and international treaties and political gridlock and actually solve the problem? And what if the cost to get started was not trillions of do ...
The future of terrestrial mammals in the Mediterranean basin under
... projected a substantial northward increase of dry and arid lands, with the frequency of hot extremes increasing by 200–500% through the region [23], with most of the changes occurring in summer and spring [24], and with an observed trend of recent warming that is much higher than was simulated by th ...
... projected a substantial northward increase of dry and arid lands, with the frequency of hot extremes increasing by 200–500% through the region [23], with most of the changes occurring in summer and spring [24], and with an observed trend of recent warming that is much higher than was simulated by th ...
Impacts of climate change on Australian marine life
... The timing of events in an animal’s life, such as when it lays eggs, migrates, or shows peaks in abundance. As these events may be sensitive to climate, phenology studies provide evidence of climate impacts on biology. Piscivorous Fish eating. Resilience Refers to the amount of disturbance or stress ...
... The timing of events in an animal’s life, such as when it lays eggs, migrates, or shows peaks in abundance. As these events may be sensitive to climate, phenology studies provide evidence of climate impacts on biology. Piscivorous Fish eating. Resilience Refers to the amount of disturbance or stress ...
Knowledge, ignorance and the popular culture: climate change
... culture, and technology in establishing consensual guidelines for ignorance. The upshot is a sociological model of how the “knowledge society” actually militates against the acquisition of scientific knowledge. Given this backdrop, it tries to show why the ozone hole was capable of engendering some ...
... culture, and technology in establishing consensual guidelines for ignorance. The upshot is a sociological model of how the “knowledge society” actually militates against the acquisition of scientific knowledge. Given this backdrop, it tries to show why the ozone hole was capable of engendering some ...
Recognitions and Responsibilities - International Research Institute
... be linked to a place, but that place is the whole Earth.” She continues, “ideas of belonging and stewardship can develop on a planetary scale: the slogan ‘think globally, act locally’ affirms both the possibility and the promise of connecting global issues back to more personal scales of meaning. Ye ...
... be linked to a place, but that place is the whole Earth.” She continues, “ideas of belonging and stewardship can develop on a planetary scale: the slogan ‘think globally, act locally’ affirms both the possibility and the promise of connecting global issues back to more personal scales of meaning. Ye ...
LiCCo Primary Evaluation
... climate affect our lives? Full details of the scheme of work of this enquiry can be seen on pages 22-36 of the LiCCo Primary and Teaching programme http://www.licco.eu/resource-library/ The context and learning aims for this investigation were: If children and young people are to develop an informed ...
... climate affect our lives? Full details of the scheme of work of this enquiry can be seen on pages 22-36 of the LiCCo Primary and Teaching programme http://www.licco.eu/resource-library/ The context and learning aims for this investigation were: If children and young people are to develop an informed ...
CGE Training Materials for Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment
... adaptation programmes of action (NAPAs)1 and also by a number of non-Annex I Parties in their national communications. An example of a simple approach to relative vulnerability ranking is shown in Table 9 - 1 which can be used for ranking current or future vulnerability. The first column of the tabl ...
... adaptation programmes of action (NAPAs)1 and also by a number of non-Annex I Parties in their national communications. An example of a simple approach to relative vulnerability ranking is shown in Table 9 - 1 which can be used for ranking current or future vulnerability. The first column of the tabl ...
and closing the carbon cycles (c³)
... CO2 emissions. This seems to be the solution for most if not all energy-related use of carbon. However, there are essential chemical applications of carbon where carbon is indispensable if society does not want to significantly reduce its standard of living. A world without using carbon at all is no ...
... CO2 emissions. This seems to be the solution for most if not all energy-related use of carbon. However, there are essential chemical applications of carbon where carbon is indispensable if society does not want to significantly reduce its standard of living. A world without using carbon at all is no ...
A Methodology for Constructing Marginal Abatement Cost Curves for
... is more constructive to climate action planning than at the country-scale because of the capabilities for innovation, accountability of decision-makers and accessibility to policy instruments; and is more conducive than at the neighbourhood-scale due to the availability of financial resources to imp ...
... is more constructive to climate action planning than at the country-scale because of the capabilities for innovation, accountability of decision-makers and accessibility to policy instruments; and is more conducive than at the neighbourhood-scale due to the availability of financial resources to imp ...
Climate regulates alpine lake ice cover phenology and aquatic
... 1. Introduction The rate of climate warming is amplified at high elevations and alpine lakes are expected to be highly sensitive to projected change [Thompson et al., 2005; Pepin et al., 2015]. Because the low temperatures of alpine environments make snow and ice a prominent factor in controlling eco ...
... 1. Introduction The rate of climate warming is amplified at high elevations and alpine lakes are expected to be highly sensitive to projected change [Thompson et al., 2005; Pepin et al., 2015]. Because the low temperatures of alpine environments make snow and ice a prominent factor in controlling eco ...
Coasts & Extremes – abstracts of the eighth CAWCR Melbourne, Australia
... population lives within 50 km of the coastline but coastal proximity increases the exposure to adverse impacts from extreme weather and natural hazards such as tropical cyclones, storm surges and extreme waves. The impacts of these events can be further compounded by riverine flooding and developmen ...
... population lives within 50 km of the coastline but coastal proximity increases the exposure to adverse impacts from extreme weather and natural hazards such as tropical cyclones, storm surges and extreme waves. The impacts of these events can be further compounded by riverine flooding and developmen ...
abstracts of the eighth CAWCR Workshop 10 November
... population lives within 50 km of the coastline but coastal proximity increases the exposure to adverse impacts from extreme weather and natural hazards such as tropical cyclones, storm surges and extreme waves. The impacts of these events can be further compounded by riverine flooding and developmen ...
... population lives within 50 km of the coastline but coastal proximity increases the exposure to adverse impacts from extreme weather and natural hazards such as tropical cyclones, storm surges and extreme waves. The impacts of these events can be further compounded by riverine flooding and developmen ...
i. executive summary
... which will become significantly more important as climate change takes place, because they reduce the loss and damage from climate change and/or reduce greenhouse gas emissions. CCBA then aims to ensure that these investments are properly designed to respond to climate change and receive appropriate ...
... which will become significantly more important as climate change takes place, because they reduce the loss and damage from climate change and/or reduce greenhouse gas emissions. CCBA then aims to ensure that these investments are properly designed to respond to climate change and receive appropriate ...
Science Communication - Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program
... between 1993 and 2003 disagreed with conclusion of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that human activities have increased the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The year after the Boykoff and Boykoff study (2004) was published, the journalism trade publication Nieman Re ...
... between 1993 and 2003 disagreed with conclusion of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that human activities have increased the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The year after the Boykoff and Boykoff study (2004) was published, the journalism trade publication Nieman Re ...
Assessing knowledge of social representations of climate change
... offered by tourist destinations and thus, any change in atmospheric conditions could have a considerable impact [4–9]. Similarly, it should not be forgotten that tourism has been, and is, one of the factors responsible for climate change: at present, tourism reflects the general energy consumption m ...
... offered by tourist destinations and thus, any change in atmospheric conditions could have a considerable impact [4–9]. Similarly, it should not be forgotten that tourism has been, and is, one of the factors responsible for climate change: at present, tourism reflects the general energy consumption m ...