Geographic disparities and moral hazards in the predicted impacts
... the magnitude and direction of the impacts of climate change makes it challenging but important to develop global indices of regional vulnerability to climate change (Dyson, 2005). Niche modelling is an increasingly common approach used by ecologists to predict species responses to climate change (P ...
... the magnitude and direction of the impacts of climate change makes it challenging but important to develop global indices of regional vulnerability to climate change (Dyson, 2005). Niche modelling is an increasingly common approach used by ecologists to predict species responses to climate change (P ...
CDP_UoE Workshop Presentation_CDP
... CDP’s mission • To transform the global economic system to prevent dangerous climate change and value our natural resources by putting relevant information at the heart of business, investment and policy decisions CDP collects information on: • Climate Change • Water • Forests From: • Publicly liste ...
... CDP’s mission • To transform the global economic system to prevent dangerous climate change and value our natural resources by putting relevant information at the heart of business, investment and policy decisions CDP collects information on: • Climate Change • Water • Forests From: • Publicly liste ...
Adapting to Climate Change in Ottawa
... climate change impacts and adaptation. Dr. Pearson began by stating that Canada has already experienced climate change with significant warming in the west and northwest up to 2°C and cooling in the east due to the warming of the Arctic and subsequent flow of cold Arctic water along the eastern shor ...
... climate change impacts and adaptation. Dr. Pearson began by stating that Canada has already experienced climate change with significant warming in the west and northwest up to 2°C and cooling in the east due to the warming of the Arctic and subsequent flow of cold Arctic water along the eastern shor ...
A Stitch in Time: Lessons for Climate Change Adaptation from the
... We can adapt to climate change and limit the harm. Or we can fail to adapt and risk much more severe consequences. How we respond to this challenge will shape the future in important ways. The climate is already hazardous and always has been. Variations and extremes of climate disrupt our production ...
... We can adapt to climate change and limit the harm. Or we can fail to adapt and risk much more severe consequences. How we respond to this challenge will shape the future in important ways. The climate is already hazardous and always has been. Variations and extremes of climate disrupt our production ...
Effect of climate change on air quality
... pollution episodes. This climate penalty means that stronger emission controls will be needed to meet a given air quality standard. Higher water vapor in the future climate is expected to decrease the ozone background, so that pollution and background ozone have opposite sensitivities to climate cha ...
... pollution episodes. This climate penalty means that stronger emission controls will be needed to meet a given air quality standard. Higher water vapor in the future climate is expected to decrease the ozone background, so that pollution and background ozone have opposite sensitivities to climate cha ...
Effect of climate change on air quality
... pollution episodes. This climate penalty means that stronger emission controls will be needed to meet a given air quality standard. Higher water vapor in the future climate is expected to decrease the ozone background, so that pollution and background ozone have opposite sensitivities to climate cha ...
... pollution episodes. This climate penalty means that stronger emission controls will be needed to meet a given air quality standard. Higher water vapor in the future climate is expected to decrease the ozone background, so that pollution and background ozone have opposite sensitivities to climate cha ...
Global Warming Begins at Home
... 3. Why does there seem to be such resistance to lowering global fossil fuel emissions? There are many reasons for the resistance, and no firm answer to this question. However, leaders in the field have identified the following as some of the possible reasons: • the lack of immediacy of the issue • t ...
... 3. Why does there seem to be such resistance to lowering global fossil fuel emissions? There are many reasons for the resistance, and no firm answer to this question. However, leaders in the field have identified the following as some of the possible reasons: • the lack of immediacy of the issue • t ...
Effect of climate change on air quality
... pollution episodes. This climate penalty means that stronger emission controls will be needed to meet a given air quality standard. Higher water vapor in the future climate is expected to decrease the ozone background, so that pollution and background ozone have opposite sensitivities to climate cha ...
... pollution episodes. This climate penalty means that stronger emission controls will be needed to meet a given air quality standard. Higher water vapor in the future climate is expected to decrease the ozone background, so that pollution and background ozone have opposite sensitivities to climate cha ...
Alpine strategy for adaptation to climate change in the field of natural
... action plan aims to make the Alps an exemplary territory for both the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and adaptation to the impacts of climate change on water resources and biodiversity, mountain forests and farming, tourism, settlements and infrastructure. One of the most noticeable and threa ...
... action plan aims to make the Alps an exemplary territory for both the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and adaptation to the impacts of climate change on water resources and biodiversity, mountain forests and farming, tourism, settlements and infrastructure. One of the most noticeable and threa ...
Preventing El Niño Southern Oscillation Episodes from Becoming
... hazards, absorbing risks without jeopardizing development gains, and informing climate-smart development plans to reduce risk; and to encourage the global, regional, national and local partnerships necessary to support the effective and sustainable implementation of these plans. Action is envisioned ...
... hazards, absorbing risks without jeopardizing development gains, and informing climate-smart development plans to reduce risk; and to encourage the global, regional, national and local partnerships necessary to support the effective and sustainable implementation of these plans. Action is envisioned ...
Chapter 11 CUSTOMARY LAW, HUMAN RIGHTS AND CLIMATE
... The Court recognizes that the environment is under daily threat and that use of nuclear weapons could constitute a catastrophe for the environment. The Court also recognizes that the environment is not an abstraction but represents the living space, the quality of life and the very health of human b ...
... The Court recognizes that the environment is under daily threat and that use of nuclear weapons could constitute a catastrophe for the environment. The Court also recognizes that the environment is not an abstraction but represents the living space, the quality of life and the very health of human b ...
ENG - UN CC:Learn
... Adaptation helps minimize negative effects of environmental stress caused by climate change May result in other, non-climate related benefits and winwin situations (e.g. for poverty reduction) Fosters social-learning and creates more resilient societies Inaction may have significant economic and soc ...
... Adaptation helps minimize negative effects of environmental stress caused by climate change May result in other, non-climate related benefits and winwin situations (e.g. for poverty reduction) Fosters social-learning and creates more resilient societies Inaction may have significant economic and soc ...
- UNDP Climate Change Adaptation
... lost and fragilized natural habitats, infrastructure affected, community livelyhood affected as well and food supply availability Strategy of CBA: focuses on 3 geo climatic areas: Mediterranean coast, Middle Atlas ...
... lost and fragilized natural habitats, infrastructure affected, community livelyhood affected as well and food supply availability Strategy of CBA: focuses on 3 geo climatic areas: Mediterranean coast, Middle Atlas ...
Cities and the Governing of Climate Change
... countries, may therefore represent a significant proportion of global emissions. For example, London’s emissions of GHGs are estimated at 44 megatonnes or 8% of the United Kingdom’s total in 2006 (31) and are considered to be on a par with those of some European countries such as “Greece or Portugal” ...
... countries, may therefore represent a significant proportion of global emissions. For example, London’s emissions of GHGs are estimated at 44 megatonnes or 8% of the United Kingdom’s total in 2006 (31) and are considered to be on a par with those of some European countries such as “Greece or Portugal” ...
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... Those arguing to allow the economy ’flexibility’ to take advantage of future information are effectively making an option-value argument: there is a sunk cost associated with acting today, and we will know more tomorrow, so there is a value to waiting. However, there is also a potential cost to waiti ...
... Those arguing to allow the economy ’flexibility’ to take advantage of future information are effectively making an option-value argument: there is a sunk cost associated with acting today, and we will know more tomorrow, so there is a value to waiting. However, there is also a potential cost to waiti ...
The Psychological Distance of Climate Change
... many people do not behave in a sustainable fashion(18) and it has been suggested that this is partly due to climate change being perceived as a psychologically distant issue. In particular, research has indicated that people have traditionally thought that climate change risks only affect other peop ...
... many people do not behave in a sustainable fashion(18) and it has been suggested that this is partly due to climate change being perceived as a psychologically distant issue. In particular, research has indicated that people have traditionally thought that climate change risks only affect other peop ...
2015 Conference Final Program - Climate Change: Impacts and
... occurring in different parts of the world. These include floods, drought, forest fires, hurricanes, and other sporadic events that could devastate endemic species and threaten microhabitats. Some ecosystems could be highly vulnerable and will not be able to respond even to short term impacts such as ...
... occurring in different parts of the world. These include floods, drought, forest fires, hurricanes, and other sporadic events that could devastate endemic species and threaten microhabitats. Some ecosystems could be highly vulnerable and will not be able to respond even to short term impacts such as ...
Introducing the Transnational Climate Impacts Index
... Climate Change 2011; PwC 2013; London Assembly 2015). A Foresight report by the UK Government Office for Science states that “the consequences for the UK of climate change occurring in other parts of the world could be as important as climate change directly affecting these shores” (Foresight Intern ...
... Climate Change 2011; PwC 2013; London Assembly 2015). A Foresight report by the UK Government Office for Science states that “the consequences for the UK of climate change occurring in other parts of the world could be as important as climate change directly affecting these shores” (Foresight Intern ...
Investing in a Time of Climate Change
... Ambitious and stringent climate change policy and mitigation action put the world on a path to limiting global warming to 2°C above pre-industrial temperatures by the end of this century. Climate perspective ...
... Ambitious and stringent climate change policy and mitigation action put the world on a path to limiting global warming to 2°C above pre-industrial temperatures by the end of this century. Climate perspective ...
Overview of linkages between gender and climate change – Africa
... 1. Climate change is threatening the social, economic and ecological systems of our planet. The 4th Assessment of the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) documents evidence of wide-ranging impacts on freshwater resources, food, forest products, coastal systems, low-lying areas, indust ...
... 1. Climate change is threatening the social, economic and ecological systems of our planet. The 4th Assessment of the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) documents evidence of wide-ranging impacts on freshwater resources, food, forest products, coastal systems, low-lying areas, indust ...
Review of relevant assessment processes and their theoretical
... board at the inception of the assessment, thereby not ensuring a binding commitment by governments to consider the outcomes and subsequently enabling them to characterize the GBA as nothing more than another of a series of voluntary external inputs to the Convention process. This was a lesson the f ...
... board at the inception of the assessment, thereby not ensuring a binding commitment by governments to consider the outcomes and subsequently enabling them to characterize the GBA as nothing more than another of a series of voluntary external inputs to the Convention process. This was a lesson the f ...
Facilitator Guide - Climate Finance and Markets
... Facilitators may choose not to show this slide, but instead it as background for the discussion of climate debt, or with audiences particularly interested in discussion climate debt. Slide 16 – Development debt Facilitators may choose not to show this slide, but instead it as background for the disc ...
... Facilitators may choose not to show this slide, but instead it as background for the discussion of climate debt, or with audiences particularly interested in discussion climate debt. Slide 16 – Development debt Facilitators may choose not to show this slide, but instead it as background for the disc ...
6 global policy recommendations for a more sustainable
... livelihoods in developing countries has been a privilege. I had the pleasure to join meetings and discussions during the past two Resilience Academies – the first one in Bangladesh in 2013 and the se ...
... livelihoods in developing countries has been a privilege. I had the pleasure to join meetings and discussions during the past two Resilience Academies – the first one in Bangladesh in 2013 and the se ...
New results on climate change mitigation 2007
... • non-motorised transport (cycling, walking) • land-use and transport planning Prof. Dr. Olav Hohmeyer ...
... • non-motorised transport (cycling, walking) • land-use and transport planning Prof. Dr. Olav Hohmeyer ...
Timeline of Environmental awareness
... agreements. The Green Cross International was founded to build upon the work of the Summit. Back to Critics, however, point out that many of the agreements made in Rio have not been realized regarding Timeline such fundamental issues as fighting poverty and cleaning up the environment. http://en.wik ...
... agreements. The Green Cross International was founded to build upon the work of the Summit. Back to Critics, however, point out that many of the agreements made in Rio have not been realized regarding Timeline such fundamental issues as fighting poverty and cleaning up the environment. http://en.wik ...
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.