River Floods - ClimateCost
... number of E1 climate data sets, mostly focused on one climate model. Therefore, the lower damages under the stabilisation scenario are more likely to be related to the climate model choice rather than to the effect of mitigation. • The study also assessed the costs and benefits of adaptation. The a ...
... number of E1 climate data sets, mostly focused on one climate model. Therefore, the lower damages under the stabilisation scenario are more likely to be related to the climate model choice rather than to the effect of mitigation. • The study also assessed the costs and benefits of adaptation. The a ...
The Detection and Attribution Model Intercomparison Project
... N. P. Gillett et al.: The Detection and Attribution Model Intercomparison Project aerosol response into a component associated with differences in the simulated distribution of aerosols and a component associated with differences in the simulated climate response to a given aerosol distribution. Th ...
... N. P. Gillett et al.: The Detection and Attribution Model Intercomparison Project aerosol response into a component associated with differences in the simulated distribution of aerosols and a component associated with differences in the simulated climate response to a given aerosol distribution. Th ...
Assessment of impacts of agricultural and climate change scenarios
... et al., 2010; Secchi et al., 2011; Wright and Wimberly, 2013). These potential problems underscore the need to investigate the environmental impacts of more widespread adoption of advanced perennial biofuel crops such as switchgrass, which has been found to provide multiple environmental benefits in ...
... et al., 2010; Secchi et al., 2011; Wright and Wimberly, 2013). These potential problems underscore the need to investigate the environmental impacts of more widespread adoption of advanced perennial biofuel crops such as switchgrass, which has been found to provide multiple environmental benefits in ...
A comment on climate change, conflict and forced migration
... such as drought are likely to increase due to climate change. Most vulnerable are developing countries where large sections of the population live directly from agriculture and many of these from subsistence farming. Importantly, adaptation, involving for example different land-use techniques and li ...
... such as drought are likely to increase due to climate change. Most vulnerable are developing countries where large sections of the population live directly from agriculture and many of these from subsistence farming. Importantly, adaptation, involving for example different land-use techniques and li ...
SAARC_ People`s Regionalism
... and capacity-building programme in climate change-related areas Commission a SAARC Inter-governmental Marine Initiative & SAARC Coastal Zone Management Centre to strengthen the understanding of shared oceans and water bodies in the region, and facilitate critical roles to promote sustainable living, ...
... and capacity-building programme in climate change-related areas Commission a SAARC Inter-governmental Marine Initiative & SAARC Coastal Zone Management Centre to strengthen the understanding of shared oceans and water bodies in the region, and facilitate critical roles to promote sustainable living, ...
Biosphere feedbacks and climate change
... projections as described most recently in the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The models used are general circulation models (GCMs), which numerically represent the physical climate system in three dimensions, including the hydrological cycle. T ...
... projections as described most recently in the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The models used are general circulation models (GCMs), which numerically represent the physical climate system in three dimensions, including the hydrological cycle. T ...
Perceptions of Climate Change Adaptation from the Great Lakes
... IPCC Third Assessment ~McCarthy et al., 2001! Well-established, consensus-based definition from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ~IPCC!. ...
... IPCC Third Assessment ~McCarthy et al., 2001! Well-established, consensus-based definition from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ~IPCC!. ...
Migration and Climate - International Institute for Sustainable
... and is unable to or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country”.14 There are other problems with using the term “refugee”. Strictly speaking, categorization as a refugee is reliant on crossing an internationally recognized border: someone displaced within th ...
... and is unable to or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country”.14 There are other problems with using the term “refugee”. Strictly speaking, categorization as a refugee is reliant on crossing an internationally recognized border: someone displaced within th ...
State-level economic impacts of a National Climate Change policy
... increases from these anthropogenic emissions at between 2.5˚F and 10.4˚F by 2100 (Houghton et al., 2001), potentially leading to significant environmental changes and climate variability across regions of the globe. Numerous strategies to mitigate these impacts are being developed and implemented by ...
... increases from these anthropogenic emissions at between 2.5˚F and 10.4˚F by 2100 (Houghton et al., 2001), potentially leading to significant environmental changes and climate variability across regions of the globe. Numerous strategies to mitigate these impacts are being developed and implemented by ...
Climate change impacts in the Atlantic Basin and
... For the purposes of this paper, our primary focus is on planned adaptation measures where climate change is a contributing motivator. While a wide range of measures support adaptation efforts, not all come under the title of adaptation (Gerstetter et al. 2012). Adaptation oftentimes occurs within th ...
... For the purposes of this paper, our primary focus is on planned adaptation measures where climate change is a contributing motivator. While a wide range of measures support adaptation efforts, not all come under the title of adaptation (Gerstetter et al. 2012). Adaptation oftentimes occurs within th ...
Climate Change, Emissions Trading and Indigenous Peoples
... Under the Kyoto Protocol, greenhouse gas emissions reductions from forest ‘sinks’, which are essentially forests established on cleared land (reforestation), can be used to show compliance with binding emissions targets.8 As discussed in more detail below, Indigenous peoples have argued that the inc ...
... Under the Kyoto Protocol, greenhouse gas emissions reductions from forest ‘sinks’, which are essentially forests established on cleared land (reforestation), can be used to show compliance with binding emissions targets.8 As discussed in more detail below, Indigenous peoples have argued that the inc ...
Climate Change, its Consequences on Employment and Trade
... To integrate the environmental and social dimensions of sustainable development with rights-based approach. Fundamental rights of workers such as freedom of association and collective bargaining must be respected if workers and their unions are to be able to engage in strategies for sustainable deve ...
... To integrate the environmental and social dimensions of sustainable development with rights-based approach. Fundamental rights of workers such as freedom of association and collective bargaining must be respected if workers and their unions are to be able to engage in strategies for sustainable deve ...
A Tale of Two Provinces: Imposing Greenhouse
... Ranging from broad policy commitments to detailed regulatory frameworks, these initiatives reflect the considerable diversity of each region’s economic, geographic and resource endowment, as well as the region’s politics.3 Although designed to meet the same goal of emissions reductions, the approach ...
... Ranging from broad policy commitments to detailed regulatory frameworks, these initiatives reflect the considerable diversity of each region’s economic, geographic and resource endowment, as well as the region’s politics.3 Although designed to meet the same goal of emissions reductions, the approach ...
Petition to the World Heritage Committee
... unnecessarily limited in its potential role for actually protecting these sites. Distinct from the situation of long-lived greenhouse gases, which can remain in the atmosphere for centuries, reducing black carbon emissions has an immediate cooling effect. In other words, reducing black carbon emissi ...
... unnecessarily limited in its potential role for actually protecting these sites. Distinct from the situation of long-lived greenhouse gases, which can remain in the atmosphere for centuries, reducing black carbon emissions has an immediate cooling effect. In other words, reducing black carbon emissi ...
Background Document - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
... beach areas and historic settlement patterns that are sea-based. The Israel Antiquities Authority have prepared a first report and analysis, the questionnaire of which is added to this paper. Further studies will be conducted on the implications on underwater archaeology. These studies will also hav ...
... beach areas and historic settlement patterns that are sea-based. The Israel Antiquities Authority have prepared a first report and analysis, the questionnaire of which is added to this paper. Further studies will be conducted on the implications on underwater archaeology. These studies will also hav ...
element 8 | energy and climate change
... effect. Collectively, these gases intensify the natural greenhouse effect, causing global average surface temperature to rise, which in turn affects global climate patterns. In response to the threat of climate change, communities worldwide are voluntarily reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The Kyot ...
... effect. Collectively, these gases intensify the natural greenhouse effect, causing global average surface temperature to rise, which in turn affects global climate patterns. In response to the threat of climate change, communities worldwide are voluntarily reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The Kyot ...
The Climate Deception Dossiers - Union of Concerned Scientists
... The extraction, refining, and distribution of fossil fuels is an enormous industry worldwide. The global oil and gas sector alone has annual revenues of roughly $4 trillion (IBISWorld 2015). Five of the top six companies in the Fortune Global 500 are in the petroleum refining industry—including BP, ...
... The extraction, refining, and distribution of fossil fuels is an enormous industry worldwide. The global oil and gas sector alone has annual revenues of roughly $4 trillion (IBISWorld 2015). Five of the top six companies in the Fortune Global 500 are in the petroleum refining industry—including BP, ...
Growing within Limits
... In May of this year, the Dutch Environment Minister invited the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) to analyse current trends in global environmental problems, in the context of the findings of the so-called ‘Limits to Growth’ publications by the Club of Rome, which have been published ...
... In May of this year, the Dutch Environment Minister invited the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) to analyse current trends in global environmental problems, in the context of the findings of the so-called ‘Limits to Growth’ publications by the Club of Rome, which have been published ...
Aalborg Universitet Uncertainty in Impact Assessment – EIA in Denmark
... parts of the assessment process; the prediction of impacts and the assessment of significance. Thus categories 1-‐3 all encompass uncertainty that would influence what has been termed the identification and ...
... parts of the assessment process; the prediction of impacts and the assessment of significance. Thus categories 1-‐3 all encompass uncertainty that would influence what has been termed the identification and ...
Lawyers Write Treaties, Engineers Build Dikes, Gods of Weather
... Other international waters such as international large marine ecosystems and international groundwater resources are also potentially impacted by climate change events. 6 Climate change and adaptation need to be at the forefront of water policy. Technical solutions, such as dams, are important eleme ...
... Other international waters such as international large marine ecosystems and international groundwater resources are also potentially impacted by climate change events. 6 Climate change and adaptation need to be at the forefront of water policy. Technical solutions, such as dams, are important eleme ...
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.