3. Ranking Criteria and Examples
... climate change in the health sector. This paper examines evidence on the role social networks play in individuals' responses to heat wave risk in a case study in the UK. Based on interviews with independently living elderly people and their primary social contacts in London and Norwich, we suggest t ...
... climate change in the health sector. This paper examines evidence on the role social networks play in individuals' responses to heat wave risk in a case study in the UK. Based on interviews with independently living elderly people and their primary social contacts in London and Norwich, we suggest t ...
About this Sourcebook - Stockholm Environment Institute
... Part 2: Climate Change Science - What are climate variability and climate change? Part 2 of this Sourcebook provides basic background material on the science of climate change. Climate-proofing ongoing and future projects and policies requires a strong understanding of climate science. This Part re ...
... Part 2: Climate Change Science - What are climate variability and climate change? Part 2 of this Sourcebook provides basic background material on the science of climate change. Climate-proofing ongoing and future projects and policies requires a strong understanding of climate science. This Part re ...
Framework for Implementation of Climate
... Government of Pakistan is fully cognizant of the fact that for Pakistan, climate change threats are not just limited to environmental issues, but more precisely these are economic and developmental challenges. As such the Framework for Implementation of NCCP document has been designed to promote eff ...
... Government of Pakistan is fully cognizant of the fact that for Pakistan, climate change threats are not just limited to environmental issues, but more precisely these are economic and developmental challenges. As such the Framework for Implementation of NCCP document has been designed to promote eff ...
Sunnyvale Climate Action Plan
... This Climate Action Plan (CAP; Plan) is Sunnyvale’s path toward creating a more sustainable, healthy, and livable Sunnyvale. The strategies outlined in this Plan will not only reduce GHG emissions but will also provide energy, fuel, water, and monetary savings while improving the quality of life in ...
... This Climate Action Plan (CAP; Plan) is Sunnyvale’s path toward creating a more sustainable, healthy, and livable Sunnyvale. The strategies outlined in this Plan will not only reduce GHG emissions but will also provide energy, fuel, water, and monetary savings while improving the quality of life in ...
Review of Policy, Plans, Legislation and Regulations for Climate
... 3.3.3 Mangrove and Coastal Wetlands Protection - Draft Policy and Regulations 61 3.3.4 National Policy for the Conservation of Seagrasses (1996) ........................... 61 3.3.5 Towards A Beach Policy for Jamaica (A policy for the Use of the Foreshore and the Floor of the Sea) November 2000 (Dra ...
... 3.3.3 Mangrove and Coastal Wetlands Protection - Draft Policy and Regulations 61 3.3.4 National Policy for the Conservation of Seagrasses (1996) ........................... 61 3.3.5 Towards A Beach Policy for Jamaica (A policy for the Use of the Foreshore and the Floor of the Sea) November 2000 (Dra ...
Connecting on Climate
... Climate change is not a new issue, but the need for meaningful and sustainable solutions is more urgent than ever. Climate communicators and mainstream leaders are still grappling with how to help Americans find meaningful, actionable paths forward and overcome the social, political, psychological, ...
... Climate change is not a new issue, but the need for meaningful and sustainable solutions is more urgent than ever. Climate communicators and mainstream leaders are still grappling with how to help Americans find meaningful, actionable paths forward and overcome the social, political, psychological, ...
The Global Green Economy Index ™ GGEI 2016
... yet to motivate and coordinate efforts by governments, businesses, investors and civil society to achieve ambitious emission reduction targets. Behind these important commitments and targets, there is an urgent need for data and insight to help decipher how to most effectively realize this transform ...
... yet to motivate and coordinate efforts by governments, businesses, investors and civil society to achieve ambitious emission reduction targets. Behind these important commitments and targets, there is an urgent need for data and insight to help decipher how to most effectively realize this transform ...
Price Caps and Price Floors in Climate Policy
... which in turn depends on fuel availability and prices. The Earth’s climate sensitivity itself is largely uncertain, with predictions that doubling the atmospheric CO2 concentration would increase the temperature by two to five degrees Celsius and perhaps more in the very long term, depending on stil ...
... which in turn depends on fuel availability and prices. The Earth’s climate sensitivity itself is largely uncertain, with predictions that doubling the atmospheric CO2 concentration would increase the temperature by two to five degrees Celsius and perhaps more in the very long term, depending on stil ...
Cotton and Climate Change: Impacts and options to mitigate
... temperatures favour cotton plant development, unless day temperatures exceed 32º C. Limited increases in atmospheric CO2 also favour the cotton plant’s development. Insects are expected to adapt to climate change through their capacity to adapt their body temperature to the temperature of the enviro ...
... temperatures favour cotton plant development, unless day temperatures exceed 32º C. Limited increases in atmospheric CO2 also favour the cotton plant’s development. Insects are expected to adapt to climate change through their capacity to adapt their body temperature to the temperature of the enviro ...
NC 4 - unfccc
... Australia is the sixth largest country in the world (769 million hectares). It is estimated that its population of over 20 million people will grow by 36.8% between 1990 and 2021. Australia is the fourteenth largest world economy, with a gross domestic product in 2004 of $821 billion1 (around US$616 ...
... Australia is the sixth largest country in the world (769 million hectares). It is estimated that its population of over 20 million people will grow by 36.8% between 1990 and 2021. Australia is the fourteenth largest world economy, with a gross domestic product in 2004 of $821 billion1 (around US$616 ...
Climate Change and Food Security FAO Framework
... Mean global temperatures have been increasing since about 1850, mainly owing to the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The main causes are the burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas) to meet increasing energy demand, and the spread of intensive agriculture to meet increasing foo ...
... Mean global temperatures have been increasing since about 1850, mainly owing to the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The main causes are the burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas) to meet increasing energy demand, and the spread of intensive agriculture to meet increasing foo ...
Climate Change and Food Security
... Mean global temperatures have been increasing since about 1850, mainly owing to the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The main causes are the burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas) to meet increasing energy demand, and the spread of intensive agriculture to meet increasing foo ...
... Mean global temperatures have been increasing since about 1850, mainly owing to the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The main causes are the burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas) to meet increasing energy demand, and the spread of intensive agriculture to meet increasing foo ...
Global Climate Change: National Security Implications
... methane, this could act as a catalyst to climate change and make things happen a lot faster than expected. Some scenarios envisage sea-level rise sufficiently great to end civilization as we know it.5 While we may acknowledge that these outcomes are less likely than some others, we ignore such possi ...
... methane, this could act as a catalyst to climate change and make things happen a lot faster than expected. Some scenarios envisage sea-level rise sufficiently great to end civilization as we know it.5 While we may acknowledge that these outcomes are less likely than some others, we ignore such possi ...
Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy Nature’s Prophet:
... For knowledge journalists like McKibben, Friedman, and Revkin, several qualities enable their work to stand out among the many competing voices, narratives, and stories that are told about a wicked problem. In particular, relative to climate change, the prominence of these three writers has been esp ...
... For knowledge journalists like McKibben, Friedman, and Revkin, several qualities enable their work to stand out among the many competing voices, narratives, and stories that are told about a wicked problem. In particular, relative to climate change, the prominence of these three writers has been esp ...
Aalborg Universitet Climate for Change? Wejs, Anja
... these articles. This synthesis outlines the connections between the articles and presents my reflections on the methodological and theoretical approach and the overall contribution of this research. The first time I became familiar with climate change as a phenomenon was when I as a 15 year-old in 1 ...
... these articles. This synthesis outlines the connections between the articles and presents my reflections on the methodological and theoretical approach and the overall contribution of this research. The first time I became familiar with climate change as a phenomenon was when I as a 15 year-old in 1 ...
Cotton and Climate Change - International Trade Centre
... increases in temperatures could favour cotton plant growth and lengthen the cotton growing season. Limited increases in atmospheric CO2 could also favour cotton yields. The impacts of climate change on rainfall will likely be positive in the Yellow River area (China), in India, the south-eastern Uni ...
... increases in temperatures could favour cotton plant growth and lengthen the cotton growing season. Limited increases in atmospheric CO2 could also favour cotton yields. The impacts of climate change on rainfall will likely be positive in the Yellow River area (China), in India, the south-eastern Uni ...
Adaptation to Climate Change in the Context of Sustainable
... “allow ecosystems to adapt, ensure food production is not threatened, and enable economic development to proceed in a sustainable manner.” The extent to which ecosystems, food supplies, and sustainable development are vulnerable or “in danger” depends on their exposure to climate change effects and ...
... “allow ecosystems to adapt, ensure food production is not threatened, and enable economic development to proceed in a sustainable manner.” The extent to which ecosystems, food supplies, and sustainable development are vulnerable or “in danger” depends on their exposure to climate change effects and ...
The Economics of Climate Change in the Pacific
... to the predicted effects of climate change, including higher sea levels, intense storm surges and cyclones, erratic rainfall patterns, and major temperature fluctuations. This study identifies the effects and quantifies the costs of these adverse outcomes to the Pacific island economies, with detail ...
... to the predicted effects of climate change, including higher sea levels, intense storm surges and cyclones, erratic rainfall patterns, and major temperature fluctuations. This study identifies the effects and quantifies the costs of these adverse outcomes to the Pacific island economies, with detail ...
Full Report - A New Climate for Peace
... risks to the stability of states and societies will increase. The sharpest risks emerge when the impacts of climate change overburden weak states. Climate change is the ultimate ‘threat multiplier’: it will aggravate already fragile situations and may contribute to social upheaval and even violent c ...
... risks to the stability of states and societies will increase. The sharpest risks emerge when the impacts of climate change overburden weak states. Climate change is the ultimate ‘threat multiplier’: it will aggravate already fragile situations and may contribute to social upheaval and even violent c ...
German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change - BMUB
... consequences if we do not succeed in at least keeping global climate change within limits. The long-term objective of Germany and the European Union is therefore to limit the rise in mean global temperature to 2°C above the pre-industrial level, which requires a substantial reduction in greenhouse g ...
... consequences if we do not succeed in at least keeping global climate change within limits. The long-term objective of Germany and the European Union is therefore to limit the rise in mean global temperature to 2°C above the pre-industrial level, which requires a substantial reduction in greenhouse g ...
Project Management
... stakeholders to become educated about climate change and the potential importance of climate change related issues in their sector. As such, there is a much better understanding among most stakeholders about what the informational needs are which would assist in developing climate change related pr ...
... stakeholders to become educated about climate change and the potential importance of climate change related issues in their sector. As such, there is a much better understanding among most stakeholders about what the informational needs are which would assist in developing climate change related pr ...
the User Guide
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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is an international environmental treaty (currently the only international climate policy venue with broad legitimacy, due in part to its virtually universal membership) negotiated at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), informally known as the Earth Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro from 3 to 14 June 1992. The objective of the treaty is to ""stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system"".The treaty itself set no binding limits on greenhouse gas emissions for individual countries and contains no enforcement mechanisms. In that sense, the treaty is considered legally non-binding. Instead, the treaty provides a framework for negotiating specific international treaties (called ""protocols"") that may set binding limits on greenhouse gases.The UNFCCC was adopted on 9 May 1992, and opened for signature on 4 June 1992, after an Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee produced the text of the Framework Convention as a report following its meeting in New York from 30 April to 9 May 1992. It entered into force on 21 March 1994. As of March 2014, UNFCCC has 196 parties.The parties to the convention have met annually from 1995 in Conferences of the Parties (COP) to assess progress in dealing with climate change. In 1997, the Kyoto Protocol was concluded and established legally binding obligations for developed countries to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. The 2010 Cancún agreements state that future global warming should be limited to below 2.0 °C (3.6 °F) relative to the pre-industrial level. The 20th COP took place in Peru in 2014.One of the first tasks set by the UNFCCC was for signatory nations to establish national greenhouse gas inventories of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and removals, which were used to create the 1990 benchmark levels for accession of Annex I countries to the Kyoto Protocol and for the commitment of those countries to GHG reductions. Updated inventories must be regularly submitted by Annex I countries.The UNFCCC is also the name of the United Nations Secretariat charged with supporting the operation of the Convention, with offices in Haus Carstanjen, and UN Campus [known as: Langer Eugen] Bonn, Germany. From 2006 to 2010 the head of the secretariat was Yvo de Boer. On 17 May 2010, Christiana Figueres from Costa Rica succeeded de Boer. The Secretariat, augmented through the parallel efforts of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), aims to gain consensus through meetings and the discussion of various strategies.