IIASA International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
... modern energy (IIASA/GEA) • World primary energy demand expected to increase by 33% between 2011 & 2035 (IEA) • Energy production and consumption contributes over 80% of global GHG emissions (IIASA) ...
... modern energy (IIASA/GEA) • World primary energy demand expected to increase by 33% between 2011 & 2035 (IEA) • Energy production and consumption contributes over 80% of global GHG emissions (IIASA) ...
What is a Carbon Footprint?
... Timcon to provide accessible definitions of the terms ‘carbon footprint’ and ‘carbon neutral’. The report also introduces the standard processes and protocols used in calculating carbon footprints, and the final section gives an overview of the role of forests and wood products in the global carbon ...
... Timcon to provide accessible definitions of the terms ‘carbon footprint’ and ‘carbon neutral’. The report also introduces the standard processes and protocols used in calculating carbon footprints, and the final section gives an overview of the role of forests and wood products in the global carbon ...
What is a Green City? • Implements renewable energy and green
... Retrofits with higher efficiency appliances and insulation ʹ saves on average 22% of ...
... Retrofits with higher efficiency appliances and insulation ʹ saves on average 22% of ...
Clouds and Climate
... planetary albedo is unchanged from its present value of 30%. (The reflectivity of clouds is frequently higher than 30%, but here we wish to concentrate on their heating effect.) On this cloud-covered planet the surface temperature would be 27° C (49° F) higher than in the real world. It would be a h ...
... planetary albedo is unchanged from its present value of 30%. (The reflectivity of clouds is frequently higher than 30%, but here we wish to concentrate on their heating effect.) On this cloud-covered planet the surface temperature would be 27° C (49° F) higher than in the real world. It would be a h ...
Assessing the Social Costs and Benefits of Regulating Carbon
... Atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs), which include carbon dioxide and methane, have been increasing for more than a century. Rising human emissions of these gases, especially from the combustion of fossil fuels and from agriculture, appear to be the primary cause of this increase i ...
... Atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs), which include carbon dioxide and methane, have been increasing for more than a century. Rising human emissions of these gases, especially from the combustion of fossil fuels and from agriculture, appear to be the primary cause of this increase i ...
Dividing climate change: global warming in the Indian mass media
... farming or labouring, as well as its location on the Himalayan-fed South-Asian mega-deltas, make it highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change (ORG 2001; Mawdsley 2004; Toman et al. 2003). The Fourth Assessment Report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC 2007) highlights ...
... farming or labouring, as well as its location on the Himalayan-fed South-Asian mega-deltas, make it highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change (ORG 2001; Mawdsley 2004; Toman et al. 2003). The Fourth Assessment Report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC 2007) highlights ...
Dividing climate change: global warming in the Indian mass media
... farming or labouring, as well as its location on the Himalayan-fed South-Asian mega-deltas, make it highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change (ORG 2001; Mawdsley 2004; Toman et al. 2003). The Fourth Assessment Report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC 2007) highlights ...
... farming or labouring, as well as its location on the Himalayan-fed South-Asian mega-deltas, make it highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change (ORG 2001; Mawdsley 2004; Toman et al. 2003). The Fourth Assessment Report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC 2007) highlights ...
hot air - United Nations Interpreters
... A liquid-based manure management system, characterized by waste residing in water to a depth of at least six feet for a period ranging between 30 and 200 days. Bacteria produce methane in the absence of oxygen while breaking down waste. Organism that does not need oxygen to stay alive. The ancillary ...
... A liquid-based manure management system, characterized by waste residing in water to a depth of at least six feet for a period ranging between 30 and 200 days. Bacteria produce methane in the absence of oxygen while breaking down waste. Organism that does not need oxygen to stay alive. The ancillary ...
Climate change and international human rights litigation: A critical
... have to be someone who has been injured by global warming. It is hard to claim that a higher temperature causes an “injury,” as that term is conventionally understood in tort cases. But if one could show that one’s life, health, or property was damaged or destroyed by flooding, disease, or some othe ...
... have to be someone who has been injured by global warming. It is hard to claim that a higher temperature causes an “injury,” as that term is conventionally understood in tort cases. But if one could show that one’s life, health, or property was damaged or destroyed by flooding, disease, or some othe ...
Multi-hazard assessment in Europe under climate change
... uncertainty) and S values the percentage of area subject to significant changes (5 % level). The frequency analysis is complemented with the corresponding variations in Expected Annual Fraction Exposed (EAFE) shown in Fig. 2 both in terms of its magnitude and relative change with respect to the base ...
... uncertainty) and S values the percentage of area subject to significant changes (5 % level). The frequency analysis is complemented with the corresponding variations in Expected Annual Fraction Exposed (EAFE) shown in Fig. 2 both in terms of its magnitude and relative change with respect to the base ...
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... In decades to come, the global demand for livestock products will continue to increase driven by growing populations, incomes and urbanization. As a consequence the sector needs to produce more but in a context of increasing natural resource scarcity and challenges posed by climate change. In 2010, ...
... In decades to come, the global demand for livestock products will continue to increase driven by growing populations, incomes and urbanization. As a consequence the sector needs to produce more but in a context of increasing natural resource scarcity and challenges posed by climate change. In 2010, ...
Detection and Attribution of Temperature Changes in the
... observed increase in annual-mean North American surface air temperature (30° and 65°N) from 1950 to 1999. Christidis et al. (2007) reported a significant anthropogenic contribution to North American growing season length, largely because of an earlier date of spring onset. Finally, Bonfils et al. (2 ...
... observed increase in annual-mean North American surface air temperature (30° and 65°N) from 1950 to 1999. Christidis et al. (2007) reported a significant anthropogenic contribution to North American growing season length, largely because of an earlier date of spring onset. Finally, Bonfils et al. (2 ...
future climate uncertainty and spatial variability over tamilnadu state
... Verification of climate data was done using the Climate Research Unit (CRU) data of University of East Anglia, UK prepares observed monthly climatology at a resolution of 0.5° x 0.5° over the globe. The British Atmospheric Data Centre hosts the current version of CRU data (CRU_TS3.1). The same was d ...
... Verification of climate data was done using the Climate Research Unit (CRU) data of University of East Anglia, UK prepares observed monthly climatology at a resolution of 0.5° x 0.5° over the globe. The British Atmospheric Data Centre hosts the current version of CRU data (CRU_TS3.1). The same was d ...
Climate change beliefs and perceptions of weather
... Public perception research in different countries has suggested that real and perceived periods of high temperature strengthen people’s climate change beliefs. Such findings raise questions about the climate change beliefs of people in regions with moderate climates. Relatively little is known about ...
... Public perception research in different countries has suggested that real and perceived periods of high temperature strengthen people’s climate change beliefs. Such findings raise questions about the climate change beliefs of people in regions with moderate climates. Relatively little is known about ...
The State of the Cryosphere
... Although each theme stands alone there are similar themes that run throughout each section, particularly the focus on how recent cryospheric changes have been monitored using techniques such as remote sensing. The material in each section acts as a primer for the associated reading list outlined bel ...
... Although each theme stands alone there are similar themes that run throughout each section, particularly the focus on how recent cryospheric changes have been monitored using techniques such as remote sensing. The material in each section acts as a primer for the associated reading list outlined bel ...
Building responsiveness to climate change through community
... resources being affected. Coastal areas comprise some 32% of the country’s total area and more than 35 million people live in coastal areas less than 1 m above sea level. Several studies indicate that the vulnerability of the coastal zone to climatic changes could worsen in the near term due to the ...
... resources being affected. Coastal areas comprise some 32% of the country’s total area and more than 35 million people live in coastal areas less than 1 m above sea level. Several studies indicate that the vulnerability of the coastal zone to climatic changes could worsen in the near term due to the ...
Ealing Borough Climate Change Strategy 2008-2011
... will not only help the environment but also could save you money. Tackling climate change can also help combat issues such as deprivation and fuel poverty. Ealing’s LSP Executive has recognised the importance of the issue of climate change and in March 2007 agreed to pursue the development of a Clim ...
... will not only help the environment but also could save you money. Tackling climate change can also help combat issues such as deprivation and fuel poverty. Ealing’s LSP Executive has recognised the importance of the issue of climate change and in March 2007 agreed to pursue the development of a Clim ...
Non-market-based approaches United Nations
... Energy subsidies, such as fossil fuel or electricity subsidies, can, however, cause countries to pursue inefficient consumption and production paths. Fossil fuel subsidies, for example, create a dependency on fossil fuels and discourage users from shifting to cleaner sources of energy. The Internati ...
... Energy subsidies, such as fossil fuel or electricity subsidies, can, however, cause countries to pursue inefficient consumption and production paths. Fossil fuel subsidies, for example, create a dependency on fossil fuels and discourage users from shifting to cleaner sources of energy. The Internati ...
Climate Regulation and the Limits of Cost
... Environmentalists have frequently argued that cost-benefit analysis is a political tool that government agencies use to avoid regulation.8 They have harshly criticized Executive Order 12,296, a Clinton-era executive order that requires regulatory agencies to issue cost-benefit analyses for major reg ...
... Environmentalists have frequently argued that cost-benefit analysis is a political tool that government agencies use to avoid regulation.8 They have harshly criticized Executive Order 12,296, a Clinton-era executive order that requires regulatory agencies to issue cost-benefit analyses for major reg ...
National Challenges for Disaster Risk Reduction
... The one most effective disaster resilience action … ...
... The one most effective disaster resilience action … ...
TIBET`S NOMADIC PASTORALISTS
... to act on behalf of “the one third of the world’s population – two billion people – who are potential victims of desertification”. He also declared that the climate negotiations, both in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) process and within nations, should be “guided ...
... to act on behalf of “the one third of the world’s population – two billion people – who are potential victims of desertification”. He also declared that the climate negotiations, both in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) process and within nations, should be “guided ...
Vol.11, No.1, 2011
... and wetter monsoon decadal periods, but not the rise in SST and changes in the rainfall pattern. Thus, man-made emissions seem to be at the root of the long-term rainfall changes. Could the circulation changes come about because SST warming due to greenhouse gases altered the interaction among the t ...
... and wetter monsoon decadal periods, but not the rise in SST and changes in the rainfall pattern. Thus, man-made emissions seem to be at the root of the long-term rainfall changes. Could the circulation changes come about because SST warming due to greenhouse gases altered the interaction among the t ...