Co-benefits of climate policy
... Global climate policy will reduce outdoor air pollution A stringent global climate policy will lead to considerable improvements in local air quality and consequently improves health. Measures to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases to 50% of 2005 levels, by 2050, can reduce the number of premature ...
... Global climate policy will reduce outdoor air pollution A stringent global climate policy will lead to considerable improvements in local air quality and consequently improves health. Measures to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases to 50% of 2005 levels, by 2050, can reduce the number of premature ...
The Evangelical Debate Over Climate Change
... though, contest these more apocalyptic scenarios. 21 The international community responded to climate change in 1992 with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which sought to stabilize greenhouse gas emissions. 22 The Kyoto Protocol, added to the convention in 1997, contains le ...
... though, contest these more apocalyptic scenarios. 21 The international community responded to climate change in 1992 with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which sought to stabilize greenhouse gas emissions. 22 The Kyoto Protocol, added to the convention in 1997, contains le ...
Monroe County Climate Action Plan
... The plan provides for steps to move towards resiliency and reduce emissions by exploring alternative policies and practices. It creates a platform for public outreach and public policy development to effectively communicate the steps from risk to resiliency with the general public, voters, elected o ...
... The plan provides for steps to move towards resiliency and reduce emissions by exploring alternative policies and practices. It creates a platform for public outreach and public policy development to effectively communicate the steps from risk to resiliency with the general public, voters, elected o ...
Primer on Short-Lived Climate Pollutants
... is a critical complement to adaptation strategies and to sustainable development, with the potential to provide global benefits for climate, crops, and health valued at $5.9 trillion annually, starting in 2030. In addition to supporting efforts to negotiate an agreed outcome under the UNFCCC by 2015 ...
... is a critical complement to adaptation strategies and to sustainable development, with the potential to provide global benefits for climate, crops, and health valued at $5.9 trillion annually, starting in 2030. In addition to supporting efforts to negotiate an agreed outcome under the UNFCCC by 2015 ...
6 Climate change and urban transportation systems
... in terms of modes of travel, which are categorized broadly as occurring by land, air, and water. Within that broad categorization, transportation modes may also be classified in terms of the physical infrastructure that is used and include those that use rail, road, ships, and airplanes, each of whi ...
... in terms of modes of travel, which are categorized broadly as occurring by land, air, and water. Within that broad categorization, transportation modes may also be classified in terms of the physical infrastructure that is used and include those that use rail, road, ships, and airplanes, each of whi ...
V. Objectives of the Inter-Regional Technical Support Component
... sectoral effects; (iii) limited knowledge of the most appropriate adaptation policies and measures hinders countries from preparing themselves with the necessary institutional capacities to support climate risk management; (iv) limited financing options to sustain scaled-up adaptation remains a con ...
... sectoral effects; (iii) limited knowledge of the most appropriate adaptation policies and measures hinders countries from preparing themselves with the necessary institutional capacities to support climate risk management; (iv) limited financing options to sustain scaled-up adaptation remains a con ...
anthropology and climate change - North Atlantic Biocultural
... joke, ‘This is our home. If the climate gets too hot, we’ll just stay and herd camels.’” Although it seems completely plausible that such highly adaptive cultures as the reindeer-herding Eveny of northeastern Siberia will find ways to feed themselves even if their reindeer cannot survive the project ...
... joke, ‘This is our home. If the climate gets too hot, we’ll just stay and herd camels.’” Although it seems completely plausible that such highly adaptive cultures as the reindeer-herding Eveny of northeastern Siberia will find ways to feed themselves even if their reindeer cannot survive the project ...
The Response of International Environmental Law
... 1985 Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, and the 1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer. UNEP was active as early as 1975 in efforts to sensitise governments and public opinion towards the potential dangers from ozone depletion15, by making ozone a pr ...
... 1985 Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, and the 1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer. UNEP was active as early as 1975 in efforts to sensitise governments and public opinion towards the potential dangers from ozone depletion15, by making ozone a pr ...
REPORT - BC3 Basque Centre for Climate Change
... A centre of excellence is evaluated primarily in terms of its scientific output and in this regard BC3 has started to make a name for itself. As the staff has increased, so has the volume of publications, principally in scientific journals, but also in books and monographs. In the 2009-2012 period w ...
... A centre of excellence is evaluated primarily in terms of its scientific output and in this regard BC3 has started to make a name for itself. As the staff has increased, so has the volume of publications, principally in scientific journals, but also in books and monographs. In the 2009-2012 period w ...
Preparing Low-Emission Climate-Resilient Development
... scenarios; identification and prioritization of mitigation and adaptation option; assessment of financing requirements; and development of low-emission climate-resilient roadmaps for project development, policy instruments, and financial flows. This executive summary provides a brief outline of the ...
... scenarios; identification and prioritization of mitigation and adaptation option; assessment of financing requirements; and development of low-emission climate-resilient roadmaps for project development, policy instruments, and financial flows. This executive summary provides a brief outline of the ...
Implications of Climate Change for the Construction Sector.
... The built environment will be affected by climate change in many ways: the purpose of this research was to identify how, and (where possible) how much. Climate change research has so far concentrated on climate models, measurements of climate variables, and research underpinning impact and adaptatio ...
... The built environment will be affected by climate change in many ways: the purpose of this research was to identify how, and (where possible) how much. Climate change research has so far concentrated on climate models, measurements of climate variables, and research underpinning impact and adaptatio ...
The Economics of Climate Change Impacts and Policy
... There is a back and forth relationship between development and climate change. That is, development, greenhouse gas mitigation and adaptation choices are intertwined and proceed in parallel with each other. Nevertheless the assessment of the economic impacts of climate change requires a stepwise ana ...
... There is a back and forth relationship between development and climate change. That is, development, greenhouse gas mitigation and adaptation choices are intertwined and proceed in parallel with each other. Nevertheless the assessment of the economic impacts of climate change requires a stepwise ana ...
263. Cass R. Sunstein, "The Availability Heuristic, Intuitive Cost
... It has become standard to say that with respect to risks, Europe and the United States can be distinguished along a single axis: Europe accepts the Precautionary Principle, and the United States does not. On this view, Europeans attempt to build a “margin of safety” into public decisions, taking car ...
... It has become standard to say that with respect to risks, Europe and the United States can be distinguished along a single axis: Europe accepts the Precautionary Principle, and the United States does not. On this view, Europeans attempt to build a “margin of safety” into public decisions, taking car ...
4. Financial transfers and adaptation in the South
... implication is that traditional development transfers to increase income are complemented by new financial flows to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (mitigation transfers) and become climate-resilient (adaptation transfers). We find that in the absence of institutional barriers to adaptation, mitigat ...
... implication is that traditional development transfers to increase income are complemented by new financial flows to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (mitigation transfers) and become climate-resilient (adaptation transfers). We find that in the absence of institutional barriers to adaptation, mitigat ...
internists (american college of physicians)
... of climate change, developing countries as well as vulnerable populations throughout the world—such as elderly persons, children, and persons with chronic illnesses—will be disproportionately affected. Climate change is happening now, and its effects are expected to worsen over the next century. Ant ...
... of climate change, developing countries as well as vulnerable populations throughout the world—such as elderly persons, children, and persons with chronic illnesses—will be disproportionately affected. Climate change is happening now, and its effects are expected to worsen over the next century. Ant ...
Last Updated 4/7/2017 Book Chapters Andresen, J., G
... for Central United States Corn Producers Based on Corn Growing Degree Days.” 2014 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA. Barlage, M., Liu, X., Chen, F., and D. Niyogi. 2017. “Development and Evaluation of a Simple Crop Model for WRF Seasonal Forecast Improvement.” 97th American ...
... for Central United States Corn Producers Based on Corn Growing Degree Days.” 2014 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA. Barlage, M., Liu, X., Chen, F., and D. Niyogi. 2017. “Development and Evaluation of a Simple Crop Model for WRF Seasonal Forecast Improvement.” 97th American ...
Climate Change and the Transport Sector: Are we
... contribution to Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions. Furthermore, the physical consequences associated with climate change can pose important risks for transport infrastructure. Nevertheless, there are also significant opportunities within the sector to reduce emissions, including a range of regula ...
... contribution to Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions. Furthermore, the physical consequences associated with climate change can pose important risks for transport infrastructure. Nevertheless, there are also significant opportunities within the sector to reduce emissions, including a range of regula ...
“Migration with Dignity”: Towards a New
... one of the five Convention grounds: race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion.23 Finally, many people displaced by climate change are also likely to still be within their home country when seeking protection.24 Therefore, while those who are displaced ...
... one of the five Convention grounds: race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion.23 Finally, many people displaced by climate change are also likely to still be within their home country when seeking protection.24 Therefore, while those who are displaced ...
I G S M
... in many nations and within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. To help provide objective and comprehensive analyses in support of this process, we have developed a model of the global climate system consisting of coupled sub-models of economic growth and associated emissions, ...
... in many nations and within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. To help provide objective and comprehensive analyses in support of this process, we have developed a model of the global climate system consisting of coupled sub-models of economic growth and associated emissions, ...
Financing climate change - Department of Environmental Affairs
... that the National Climate Change Response Policy will be developed through a participatory, multi-stakeholder, consultative and iterative process and that issues raised during the Climate Change Summit 2009 must be addressed in a transparent manner and fed into the policy development process. During ...
... that the National Climate Change Response Policy will be developed through a participatory, multi-stakeholder, consultative and iterative process and that issues raised during the Climate Change Summit 2009 must be addressed in a transparent manner and fed into the policy development process. During ...
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.