Energy Policy - Pure
... and enhance the performance of investments in energy efficient and low carbon buildings. Based on the development of a model designed to explore and illuminate the workings of a revolving fund, the paper considers the impacts that such a fund could have on the financing of a large-scale energy effic ...
... and enhance the performance of investments in energy efficient and low carbon buildings. Based on the development of a model designed to explore and illuminate the workings of a revolving fund, the paper considers the impacts that such a fund could have on the financing of a large-scale energy effic ...
Global Environmental Policy and Global Trade Policy
... (1995) estimated that SO2 pollution peaked when a country’s income was about $5,000$6,000 per capita (in 1985 dollars). Most developing countries have not yet reached this threshold. For countries where a long enough time series of data is available, there is also some evidence that the same U-shape ...
... (1995) estimated that SO2 pollution peaked when a country’s income was about $5,000$6,000 per capita (in 1985 dollars). Most developing countries have not yet reached this threshold. For countries where a long enough time series of data is available, there is also some evidence that the same U-shape ...
A macroeconomic perspective on climate change mitigation: Meeting the financing challenge: Working Paper 122 (2 MB) (opens in new window)
... Adaptation to climate change and human development Governments, markets and climate change mitigation The Munich Re Programme - Evaluating the economics of climate risks and opportunities in the insurance sector ...
... Adaptation to climate change and human development Governments, markets and climate change mitigation The Munich Re Programme - Evaluating the economics of climate risks and opportunities in the insurance sector ...
Global Warming Index - Debate Central
... These figures amply illustrate how Western Europe and the United States are by far largely responsible for the effects of global warming we are seeing today. Contrastingly the regions least responsible are the ones that will bear the brunt of those effects (initially at any rate, until such time tha ...
... These figures amply illustrate how Western Europe and the United States are by far largely responsible for the effects of global warming we are seeing today. Contrastingly the regions least responsible are the ones that will bear the brunt of those effects (initially at any rate, until such time tha ...
Tropical cyclones and climate change
... does not attempt an updated assessment of the science beyond that given in the IPCC 5th Assessment Report27; i.e., this review does not make synthesis statements regarding our overall level of confidence in predictions of climate change science. Nevertheless, this review is motivated by recent develo ...
... does not attempt an updated assessment of the science beyond that given in the IPCC 5th Assessment Report27; i.e., this review does not make synthesis statements regarding our overall level of confidence in predictions of climate change science. Nevertheless, this review is motivated by recent develo ...
The effect of experimental warming and precipitation
... warming (Melillo et al., 2002; Bradford et al., 2008) suggest that low substrate availability or reduced enzyme production can lead to declines in enzyme activity with increasing temperature (Allison et al., 2010b). Thus, even if proteolytic enzymes were highly sensitive to short-term changes in tem ...
... warming (Melillo et al., 2002; Bradford et al., 2008) suggest that low substrate availability or reduced enzyme production can lead to declines in enzyme activity with increasing temperature (Allison et al., 2010b). Thus, even if proteolytic enzymes were highly sensitive to short-term changes in tem ...
OWA 2015 Spring Newsletter
... Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG) Eugenia Generating Station (GS) is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2015. The station is located on the Beaver River in the small community of Eugenia, near Flesherton, Ontario. The Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario (the predecessor to Ontario Hydro and ...
... Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG) Eugenia Generating Station (GS) is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2015. The station is located on the Beaver River in the small community of Eugenia, near Flesherton, Ontario. The Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario (the predecessor to Ontario Hydro and ...
Effectiveness of clean coal technologies in global carbon
... measures limiting greenhouse gas emissions. Furthermore, Rising Tide Australia (2008) asserts based on previous studies that clean coal technologies will only reduce growth rates of emissions ...
... measures limiting greenhouse gas emissions. Furthermore, Rising Tide Australia (2008) asserts based on previous studies that clean coal technologies will only reduce growth rates of emissions ...
Debating Climate Change David Weisbach
... convergence of philosophical writers on the subject: they are virtually unanimous in their conclusion that the developed countries should take the lead in bearing the costs of climate change, while the less developed countries should be allowed to increase emissions for the foreseeable future.”1 The ...
... convergence of philosophical writers on the subject: they are virtually unanimous in their conclusion that the developed countries should take the lead in bearing the costs of climate change, while the less developed countries should be allowed to increase emissions for the foreseeable future.”1 The ...
climate futures responses to climate change in 2030 October 2008
... All of these issues are played out differently in our five Climate Futures scenarios. ...
... All of these issues are played out differently in our five Climate Futures scenarios. ...
responses to climate change in 2030
... All of these issues are played out differently in our five Climate Futures scenarios. ...
... All of these issues are played out differently in our five Climate Futures scenarios. ...
air traffic controls: the hidden costs of a new london runway
... disastrous climate change, technology will often provide much of the answer. The extent of these potential benefits is disputed and the Airports Commission’s conclusions about how emissions can be limited depend on optimistic assumptions about future efficiency improvements, which are not widely acc ...
... disastrous climate change, technology will often provide much of the answer. The extent of these potential benefits is disputed and the Airports Commission’s conclusions about how emissions can be limited depend on optimistic assumptions about future efficiency improvements, which are not widely acc ...
An imperative need for global change research in tropical forests
... in the extratropics of the northern hemisphere with large El Niño events (IPCC 2007). Global climate models have predicted that all tropical forest regions would encounter a further warming of between 3 and 6 °C (mean) by the end of this century, which will move outside the range of natural variabil ...
... in the extratropics of the northern hemisphere with large El Niño events (IPCC 2007). Global climate models have predicted that all tropical forest regions would encounter a further warming of between 3 and 6 °C (mean) by the end of this century, which will move outside the range of natural variabil ...
Vulnerability of biodiversity hotspots to global change
... loss of analogue climate within the hotspot corresponds to a loss of habitat for endemic species. Species may nonetheless be forced, and able, to move outside these limits to find suitable climate conditions in the future. In those cases (assuming such migration is unhindered), the number of endemic ...
... loss of analogue climate within the hotspot corresponds to a loss of habitat for endemic species. Species may nonetheless be forced, and able, to move outside these limits to find suitable climate conditions in the future. In those cases (assuming such migration is unhindered), the number of endemic ...
West Africa Working Group - International Ocean Institute
... countries but paid little attention to socio-economic “development” as an engine of growth from which wealth generated could be channeled to address attendant environmental threats to marine and coastal areas by targeted actions. The original mandate was in a “broad sense” adequate to (1) address en ...
... countries but paid little attention to socio-economic “development” as an engine of growth from which wealth generated could be channeled to address attendant environmental threats to marine and coastal areas by targeted actions. The original mandate was in a “broad sense” adequate to (1) address en ...
1st PDCI Conference Report - Practitioners` Dialogue on Climate
... H.E. Ngedikes Olai Uludong emphasized the importance of establishing a new binding international climate agreement as the outcome of COP 21 in Paris. As a representative from AOSIS, “Alliance of Small Island States”, Ambassador Olai Uludong stated that small island states often lack clout in interna ...
... H.E. Ngedikes Olai Uludong emphasized the importance of establishing a new binding international climate agreement as the outcome of COP 21 in Paris. As a representative from AOSIS, “Alliance of Small Island States”, Ambassador Olai Uludong stated that small island states often lack clout in interna ...
Prediction of Future Change of Water Demand Following Global
... 2.2, 1.6 and 2.4 ℃ for a growing period by the 2070s for GCM, MRI and CCSR/NIES. Duration of growth period for maize becomes shorter by 9 days for GCM and CCSR/NIES while only 3 days for MRI. Air temperature rise projected with the GCM, MRI and CCSR/NIES models was 3.5, 1.4 and 3.0 ℃ during growing ...
... 2.2, 1.6 and 2.4 ℃ for a growing period by the 2070s for GCM, MRI and CCSR/NIES. Duration of growth period for maize becomes shorter by 9 days for GCM and CCSR/NIES while only 3 days for MRI. Air temperature rise projected with the GCM, MRI and CCSR/NIES models was 3.5, 1.4 and 3.0 ℃ during growing ...
Climate Change Impacts on the Mediterranean Coastal Zones
... Nitrous oxide concentrations have increased since pre-industrial times from 275 ppbv to 312 ppbv. Many sources contribute to the generation of N2 O emissions. The most important souces are natural ones which are probably twice as large as human induced ones. The main anthropogenic sources are repre ...
... Nitrous oxide concentrations have increased since pre-industrial times from 275 ppbv to 312 ppbv. Many sources contribute to the generation of N2 O emissions. The most important souces are natural ones which are probably twice as large as human induced ones. The main anthropogenic sources are repre ...
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... We don’t have a picture of the good that we need. It is not clear what it means to be a moral person, or to lead a good life in the context of climate debt. The current human population living sustainably on the planet with relative environmental equity between and within societies is an unprecedent ...
... We don’t have a picture of the good that we need. It is not clear what it means to be a moral person, or to lead a good life in the context of climate debt. The current human population living sustainably on the planet with relative environmental equity between and within societies is an unprecedent ...
DNA Practicalities in CDM Project Approval
... • Lax additionality requirements increase availability of costefficient emission reductions. • On the other hand, carbon prices likely to rise if strict sustainability criteria were globally applied in host parties. • Absence of (internationally agreed) sustainability standards plus competition in t ...
... • Lax additionality requirements increase availability of costefficient emission reductions. • On the other hand, carbon prices likely to rise if strict sustainability criteria were globally applied in host parties. • Absence of (internationally agreed) sustainability standards plus competition in t ...
Mapping Adaptation - Precourt Institute for Energy
... There have been sufficient conceptual discussions on adaptation = we know what it means! ...
... There have been sufficient conceptual discussions on adaptation = we know what it means! ...