Working Group on Carbon Pricing Mechanisms
... economic agents are incentivized to reduce emissions whenever the costs of doing so are less than the carbon price. Given the uncertainty in forecasting market responses, carbon pricing systems will differ in terms of the certainty of the emissions outcome and the certainty about the price signal. T ...
... economic agents are incentivized to reduce emissions whenever the costs of doing so are less than the carbon price. Given the uncertainty in forecasting market responses, carbon pricing systems will differ in terms of the certainty of the emissions outcome and the certainty about the price signal. T ...
Environmental Social Movements And Their Influence on the EU
... The above mentioned authors maintain that they would expect influential NGOs: (1) to be present at the negotiations; (2) provide written information behind particular position to relevant government representatives (in case of the EU policymaking also to EU representatives) or to negotiation session ...
... The above mentioned authors maintain that they would expect influential NGOs: (1) to be present at the negotiations; (2) provide written information behind particular position to relevant government representatives (in case of the EU policymaking also to EU representatives) or to negotiation session ...
6 Assessing Transformation Pathways
... Stabilizing greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations will require largescale transformations in human societies, from the way that we produce and consume energy to how we use the land surface. A natural question in this context is what will be the ‘transformation pathway’ towards stabilization; that is, ...
... Stabilizing greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations will require largescale transformations in human societies, from the way that we produce and consume energy to how we use the land surface. A natural question in this context is what will be the ‘transformation pathway’ towards stabilization; that is, ...
IEM_RWO_Proposal_PhaseIII_20160531
... by December 2016. As noted above, the Gen 1 DVM-DOS-TEM and Gen 2 coupling were delayed due to the need to refactor the DVM-DOS-TEM codebase. Once the technical issues of the refactoring effort are complete and the Gen 2 coupling is addressed, a scientific evaluation of the model needs to be conduct ...
... by December 2016. As noted above, the Gen 1 DVM-DOS-TEM and Gen 2 coupling were delayed due to the need to refactor the DVM-DOS-TEM codebase. Once the technical issues of the refactoring effort are complete and the Gen 2 coupling is addressed, a scientific evaluation of the model needs to be conduct ...
On Climate Change A Human Health Perspective A Report Outlining the
... Respiratory allergies and diseases may become more prevalent because of increased human exposure to pollen (due to altered growing seasons), molds (from extreme or more frequent precipitation), air pollution and aerosolized marine toxins (due to increased temperature, coastal runoff, and humidity) a ...
... Respiratory allergies and diseases may become more prevalent because of increased human exposure to pollen (due to altered growing seasons), molds (from extreme or more frequent precipitation), air pollution and aerosolized marine toxins (due to increased temperature, coastal runoff, and humidity) a ...
Read the report - Alaska Geobotany Center
... sessing,!responding!to,!and!adaptively!managing!the!cumulative!effects!of!Arctic!infrastrucZ ture! and! climate! change.! This! white! paper! is! provided! as! input! to! the! Third! International! Conference!on!Arctic!Research!Planning!(ICARP!III).!! Much!of!the!information!presented!here!is!summar ...
... sessing,!responding!to,!and!adaptively!managing!the!cumulative!effects!of!Arctic!infrastrucZ ture! and! climate! change.! This! white! paper! is! provided! as! input! to! the! Third! International! Conference!on!Arctic!Research!Planning!(ICARP!III).!! Much!of!the!information!presented!here!is!summar ...
On the climate response of the low
... trend in global precipitation over land between 1900 and 1988, of magnitude around 2.4 mm decade1. Spatially, this trend is fairly uniform in the mid- and high-latitudes, although it is negative in some low-latitude regions. Wong et al. (1999) have inferred an increase in high-latitude precipitatio ...
... trend in global precipitation over land between 1900 and 1988, of magnitude around 2.4 mm decade1. Spatially, this trend is fairly uniform in the mid- and high-latitudes, although it is negative in some low-latitude regions. Wong et al. (1999) have inferred an increase in high-latitude precipitatio ...
Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Tool for Coastal Habitats
... including Eric Brunden, Nina Garfield, Pati Glick, and Pati Delgado. The development team is also appreciative for members of the scientific community who took time to review and provide suggestions on this guidance document including Norm Christensen, Scott Neubauer, R.E. Turner, and Mike Unger. Th ...
... including Eric Brunden, Nina Garfield, Pati Glick, and Pati Delgado. The development team is also appreciative for members of the scientific community who took time to review and provide suggestions on this guidance document including Norm Christensen, Scott Neubauer, R.E. Turner, and Mike Unger. Th ...
Slow science: the value of long ocean biogeochemistry records
... oligotrophic gyres are thus expected to expand, further reducing global productivity. In subpolar regions, increased stratification may result in an earlier alleviation of light limitation, extending the phytoplankton growth season to earlier in the year [6]. Changing temperatures also directly affe ...
... oligotrophic gyres are thus expected to expand, further reducing global productivity. In subpolar regions, increased stratification may result in an earlier alleviation of light limitation, extending the phytoplankton growth season to earlier in the year [6]. Changing temperatures also directly affe ...
Global Warming and the Degradation of Canada`s Boreal Forest
... resist and recover from global warming impacts Research suggests that intact areas of the Boreal Forest—those areas that remain in their natural states—will be better able to resist and recover from global warming impacts than those areas fragmented by roads, logging, mining, or other human activity ...
... resist and recover from global warming impacts Research suggests that intact areas of the Boreal Forest—those areas that remain in their natural states—will be better able to resist and recover from global warming impacts than those areas fragmented by roads, logging, mining, or other human activity ...
Climate Change and Conflict: Findings and Lessons Learned from
... border policies is potentially destabilizing. In Niger, the Tuareg feel squeezed and compromised by climate-driven landscape change and everfurther encroachment by farmers and commercial developments into the Tuareg’s (and other herding groups’) traditional grazing zones. The extremely weak institut ...
... border policies is potentially destabilizing. In Niger, the Tuareg feel squeezed and compromised by climate-driven landscape change and everfurther encroachment by farmers and commercial developments into the Tuareg’s (and other herding groups’) traditional grazing zones. The extremely weak institut ...
English
... In response to Convention guidance, the GEF has provided financial and technical support to more than 150 non-Annex I Parties to prepare their initial, second, and, in some cases, third national communications to the Convention. – During GEF-3, the GEF funded a global program to support the second n ...
... In response to Convention guidance, the GEF has provided financial and technical support to more than 150 non-Annex I Parties to prepare their initial, second, and, in some cases, third national communications to the Convention. – During GEF-3, the GEF funded a global program to support the second n ...
French
... In response to Convention guidance, the GEF has provided financial and technical support to more than 150 non-Annex I Parties to prepare their initial, second, and, in some cases, third national communications to the Convention. – During GEF-3, the GEF funded a global program to support the second n ...
... In response to Convention guidance, the GEF has provided financial and technical support to more than 150 non-Annex I Parties to prepare their initial, second, and, in some cases, third national communications to the Convention. – During GEF-3, the GEF funded a global program to support the second n ...
Climatic variation and simulated patterns in seedling establishment
... of climatic variation at multiple temporal frequencies on seedling establishment by two congeneric C, perennial grasses (Boureloua gracilis and B. eriopoda) at the ecotone between shortgrass steppe grassland and Chihuahuan desert grassland' in central New Mexico, USA. The approach was to use a daily ...
... of climatic variation at multiple temporal frequencies on seedling establishment by two congeneric C, perennial grasses (Boureloua gracilis and B. eriopoda) at the ecotone between shortgrass steppe grassland and Chihuahuan desert grassland' in central New Mexico, USA. The approach was to use a daily ...
Exceptional twentieth-century slowdown in Atlantic
... any increase in ocean heat content in the North Atlantic over the second half of the twentieth century, in contrast to what is suggested by the observations. The observational data show a clear dipole response in the Atlantic, with the North Atlantic cooling and the South Atlantic warming when compa ...
... any increase in ocean heat content in the North Atlantic over the second half of the twentieth century, in contrast to what is suggested by the observations. The observational data show a clear dipole response in the Atlantic, with the North Atlantic cooling and the South Atlantic warming when compa ...
energy storage: the missing link
... is not inconsistent with economic progress and the moral case is clear: “Putting our economies on a low-carbon pathway will create new markets, provide energy security and improve our health. … The world’s poorest and most vulnerable countries are the first to be impacted and the most impacted becau ...
... is not inconsistent with economic progress and the moral case is clear: “Putting our economies on a low-carbon pathway will create new markets, provide energy security and improve our health. … The world’s poorest and most vulnerable countries are the first to be impacted and the most impacted becau ...
Climate Change Effects on Heat Waves and Future Heat
... and morbidity [1,2]. Heat waves, defined as extended periods of extreme high temperature, are regarded as one of the primary weather-associated threats to human life [3]. For instance, the excess mortality during the extremely hot summer of 2003 in Europe was estimated to be about 50,000 [4]. The re ...
... and morbidity [1,2]. Heat waves, defined as extended periods of extreme high temperature, are regarded as one of the primary weather-associated threats to human life [3]. For instance, the excess mortality during the extremely hot summer of 2003 in Europe was estimated to be about 50,000 [4]. The re ...
Carbon Dioxide Removal and Reliable Sequestration
... sume the equivalent of over half of our emissions, a feature that might be safely and cost-effectively enhanced or augmented as explored in the first volume. In contrast, albedo modification approaches show some evidence of being effective at temporarily cooling the planet, but at a currently unknow ...
... sume the equivalent of over half of our emissions, a feature that might be safely and cost-effectively enhanced or augmented as explored in the first volume. In contrast, albedo modification approaches show some evidence of being effective at temporarily cooling the planet, but at a currently unknow ...
Climate Intervention: Carbon Dioxide Removal and
... sume the equivalent of over half of our emissions, a feature that might be safely and cost-effectively enhanced or augmented as explored in the first volume. In contrast, albedo modification approaches show some evidence of being effective at temporarily cooling the planet, but at a currently unknow ...
... sume the equivalent of over half of our emissions, a feature that might be safely and cost-effectively enhanced or augmented as explored in the first volume. In contrast, albedo modification approaches show some evidence of being effective at temporarily cooling the planet, but at a currently unknow ...
Reducing the Social and Economic Impact of Climate Change and
... The growing worldwide exposure to natural catastrophes has become very evident in recent years, as result of the major floods, heat waves and forest fires in Europe, as well as due the disastrous hurricanes in the US. Over the last two decades, the world has experienced a clear increase in the numbe ...
... The growing worldwide exposure to natural catastrophes has become very evident in recent years, as result of the major floods, heat waves and forest fires in Europe, as well as due the disastrous hurricanes in the US. Over the last two decades, the world has experienced a clear increase in the numbe ...
Projected changes in temperature and heating degree
... warming scenarios over this period. Observed temperature trends in Australia, Victoria and Melbourne Australian average temperature increased by 0.89ºC (0.09ºC per decade) from 1910 to 2005. From 1950 to 2005, an accelerated increase in temperature has been observed in Australia. Australia’s average ...
... warming scenarios over this period. Observed temperature trends in Australia, Victoria and Melbourne Australian average temperature increased by 0.89ºC (0.09ºC per decade) from 1910 to 2005. From 1950 to 2005, an accelerated increase in temperature has been observed in Australia. Australia’s average ...