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... producing products the polluting effect of which happened abroad (US – Superfund) • Differential Treatment on the basis of PPM can be justified for the protection of global commons (Art. XX(g) GATT, subject to conditions ...
... producing products the polluting effect of which happened abroad (US – Superfund) • Differential Treatment on the basis of PPM can be justified for the protection of global commons (Art. XX(g) GATT, subject to conditions ...
CLIMATE CHANGE CLUSTER
... Climate change leads to an increased energy demand for heating and cooling. This leads to the demand for new building concepts that are energetically self-sustaining and for new heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems that are highly energy efficient. New energy resources based on biologic ...
... Climate change leads to an increased energy demand for heating and cooling. This leads to the demand for new building concepts that are energetically self-sustaining and for new heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems that are highly energy efficient. New energy resources based on biologic ...
A new feedback on climate change from the hydrological cycle
... is usually regarded as transient, unlike other processes called climate feedbacks, such as those involving water vapour, clouds and surface albedo [Soden and Held, 2006]. Ocean heat uptake retards global climate change, but if the forcing is stabilised and the system is allowed to approach a steady ...
... is usually regarded as transient, unlike other processes called climate feedbacks, such as those involving water vapour, clouds and surface albedo [Soden and Held, 2006]. Ocean heat uptake retards global climate change, but if the forcing is stabilised and the system is allowed to approach a steady ...
Policy Brief: Opportunities and Challenges for - CCAFS
... For example, by increasing the organic content of the soil through conservation tillage, its water holding capacity increases, making yields more resilient and reducing erosion. Promoting soil carbon capture also helps mitigate climate change. Another example is integrated soil fertility management ...
... For example, by increasing the organic content of the soil through conservation tillage, its water holding capacity increases, making yields more resilient and reducing erosion. Promoting soil carbon capture also helps mitigate climate change. Another example is integrated soil fertility management ...
Biodiversity and ecosystem services in a changing climate
... halt the loss of biodiversity. Climate change imposes an additional threat. Earth’s biodiversity has adjusted to past changes in climate—even to rapid changes—through a mix of species migration, extinctions, and opportunities for new species. But the rate of change that will continue over the next c ...
... halt the loss of biodiversity. Climate change imposes an additional threat. Earth’s biodiversity has adjusted to past changes in climate—even to rapid changes—through a mix of species migration, extinctions, and opportunities for new species. But the rate of change that will continue over the next c ...
Download country chapter
... Netherlands Legislative Process As a constitutional monarchy, the key institutions in the Netherland’s legislative process are the Upper House (Senate) of the Parliament, with 75 members elected by the 12 provinces, and the Lower House (House of Representatives) with 150 directly elected members. El ...
... Netherlands Legislative Process As a constitutional monarchy, the key institutions in the Netherland’s legislative process are the Upper House (Senate) of the Parliament, with 75 members elected by the 12 provinces, and the Lower House (House of Representatives) with 150 directly elected members. El ...
Sposito et al. 2012. Austr Decision
... This is not dissimilar to the situation faced in daily life by organisations that make decisions without reasonable predictions of the future to support them. Several authors have proposed that society should seek to identify strategies that are ‘robust’ against a broad range of plausible futures (e ...
... This is not dissimilar to the situation faced in daily life by organisations that make decisions without reasonable predictions of the future to support them. Several authors have proposed that society should seek to identify strategies that are ‘robust’ against a broad range of plausible futures (e ...
Links between native forest and climate in Australia
... Wilby RL. 2007. A review of climate change impacts on the built environment. Built Environment Journal 33: 31–45. ...
... Wilby RL. 2007. A review of climate change impacts on the built environment. Built Environment Journal 33: 31–45. ...
Impact of Climate Change on Transportation Funding Paper
... are expected to produce a more clear-cut reduction in GHG emissions. They are not yet commercially available because enzymes are needed to break down the woody material into fuel, and these enzymes are not yet available on a commercially viable scale. Reducing Growth in VMT There is much interest in ...
... are expected to produce a more clear-cut reduction in GHG emissions. They are not yet commercially available because enzymes are needed to break down the woody material into fuel, and these enzymes are not yet available on a commercially viable scale. Reducing Growth in VMT There is much interest in ...
CaseStudy_GLAM_TJanes
... • This is more pronounced in simulations of exceeding Topt • Confidence is highest for regions which do not exceed Topt (project large decreases in crop yield) ...
... • This is more pronounced in simulations of exceeding Topt • Confidence is highest for regions which do not exceed Topt (project large decreases in crop yield) ...
The Climate Information Portal
... which was developed at CSAG, and the monthly statistics are made freely available through CIP. Daily time scale projections are also available but are generally provided on a contract basis due to the additional data volumes, complexity, and need for interaction with the end user around appropriate ...
... which was developed at CSAG, and the monthly statistics are made freely available through CIP. Daily time scale projections are also available but are generally provided on a contract basis due to the additional data volumes, complexity, and need for interaction with the end user around appropriate ...
Tools for measuring climate change impacts on urban drainage systems
... the north) (Bernes, 2003), which inevitably will impact urban drainage systems and cities. Table 1 summarises examples of possible impacts in different parts of an urban drainage system due to high intensity rain events (as a cause-effect relation, where the risk source is the intense rainfall). How ...
... the north) (Bernes, 2003), which inevitably will impact urban drainage systems and cities. Table 1 summarises examples of possible impacts in different parts of an urban drainage system due to high intensity rain events (as a cause-effect relation, where the risk source is the intense rainfall). How ...
15 May 2009 SUBMISSION CLIMATE CHANGE AND
... extreme events such as storms and flooding will increase considerably. Extensive loss of fresh water and arable land due to contamination and seepage is expected. As well, destruction of the economic base is additionally expected due to erosion, as well as damage to corals and fishing grounds due to ...
... extreme events such as storms and flooding will increase considerably. Extensive loss of fresh water and arable land due to contamination and seepage is expected. As well, destruction of the economic base is additionally expected due to erosion, as well as damage to corals and fishing grounds due to ...
ACTSA Briefing paper_Climate change in southern
... further aggravated by climate variability and climate change. With a temperature rise of four degrees, some projections show that an increase in droughts across Africa may cause a fall in harvests of roughly 15 - 35 percent, in stark contrast to an average global decline of 10 percent, according to ...
... further aggravated by climate variability and climate change. With a temperature rise of four degrees, some projections show that an increase in droughts across Africa may cause a fall in harvests of roughly 15 - 35 percent, in stark contrast to an average global decline of 10 percent, according to ...
EURO-CORDEX-LUC: A new initiative on - (ICRC)
... changes on climate at regional to local scales in Europe? • consistent LUC implementation in the models is important base land use distribution in the RCMs on a common reference and impose consistent LUC • large spatial fragmentation of land use in Europe and LUC impacts are dominant on local to ...
... changes on climate at regional to local scales in Europe? • consistent LUC implementation in the models is important base land use distribution in the RCMs on a common reference and impose consistent LUC • large spatial fragmentation of land use in Europe and LUC impacts are dominant on local to ...
Global Warming: Pollution: Greenhouse Gases
... Feb 2010..
Pentland, William. "World’s Top Emitters of Greenhouse Gases ." (2009):
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... Feb 2010.
View/Download - National Gender and Equality Commission
... constrain women and girls ability to cope with climate change. Disproportionately burden of domestic care, exposure to Gender based violence, barriers to labour market are exacerbated by climate change hazards. Women and girls are powerful agents of change to scale up climate action. For example i ...
... constrain women and girls ability to cope with climate change. Disproportionately burden of domestic care, exposure to Gender based violence, barriers to labour market are exacerbated by climate change hazards. Women and girls are powerful agents of change to scale up climate action. For example i ...
Annex 5: Changes to the Atlantic Ocean circulation (Gulf Stream)
... (by around 20% in both summer and winter, averaged over Western Europe as a whole), but that in winter over high ground more precipitation could fall as snow. The MOC also affects regional sea level by redistributing water within the global ocean (without any change in the global average sea level); ...
... (by around 20% in both summer and winter, averaged over Western Europe as a whole), but that in winter over high ground more precipitation could fall as snow. The MOC also affects regional sea level by redistributing water within the global ocean (without any change in the global average sea level); ...
colorado - Center for Integrative Environmental Research
... by the mountain pine beetle, which benefits from longer summers and warmer winters that no longer are cold enough to kill it. The beetle killed 1.2 million acres of alpine trees in 2004 and has destroyed 1.5 million acres of lodgepole pine since 1996.26,27 The cost of forest thinning and management ...
... by the mountain pine beetle, which benefits from longer summers and warmer winters that no longer are cold enough to kill it. The beetle killed 1.2 million acres of alpine trees in 2004 and has destroyed 1.5 million acres of lodgepole pine since 1996.26,27 The cost of forest thinning and management ...
The A to C of Transition
... Deeply rooted in Permaculture principles and ethics Cultivates positive visioning as a core practice Provides training in the practical skills needed for a postoil society Recognizes Inner Transition, the psychological side of the process of change Encourages inclusiveness, openness to peer-to-peer ...
... Deeply rooted in Permaculture principles and ethics Cultivates positive visioning as a core practice Provides training in the practical skills needed for a postoil society Recognizes Inner Transition, the psychological side of the process of change Encourages inclusiveness, openness to peer-to-peer ...
A Climate Change Act – Comments from a Finnish legal
... needs to have knowledge on which existing pieces of legislation have a direct or indirect effect on climate policies. It makes little sense to try and devise the optimal climate change act unless there is a clear understanding of how already adopted, as well as future, legislative policies and measu ...
... needs to have knowledge on which existing pieces of legislation have a direct or indirect effect on climate policies. It makes little sense to try and devise the optimal climate change act unless there is a clear understanding of how already adopted, as well as future, legislative policies and measu ...
Carteret Atoll - Barringtons.net
... which span seven years that, salt water intrusion is becoming a growing problem and appears to be a result of climate change induced sea-level rise mixed with the natural variation in elevation of atolls. This natural movement or variation in islands intensifies the vulnerability of Carteret atoll t ...
... which span seven years that, salt water intrusion is becoming a growing problem and appears to be a result of climate change induced sea-level rise mixed with the natural variation in elevation of atolls. This natural movement or variation in islands intensifies the vulnerability of Carteret atoll t ...