Hot Damned America: Evangelicalism and the Climate Change
... force to be reckoned with, making up roughly 30 percent of the American population.2 Second, and perhaps more important, the response to climate change within the evangelical community has been quite discordant, thereby offering valuable insight into the complex and oft-misunderstood group labeled “ ...
... force to be reckoned with, making up roughly 30 percent of the American population.2 Second, and perhaps more important, the response to climate change within the evangelical community has been quite discordant, thereby offering valuable insight into the complex and oft-misunderstood group labeled “ ...
Climate Action Plan - Walking Mountains Science Center
... Due to these local effects of climate change, communities across the state of Colorado and the U.S. are creating their own climate action plans and making significant commitments to reduce GHG emissions. Climate Action Plan for the Eagle County Community | Page 6 ...
... Due to these local effects of climate change, communities across the state of Colorado and the U.S. are creating their own climate action plans and making significant commitments to reduce GHG emissions. Climate Action Plan for the Eagle County Community | Page 6 ...
climate futures responses to climate change in 2030 October 2008
... possible that laws are passed and treaties signed but not enforced, due perhaps to poor governance. Eventually, if policy on reducing emissions falters, will the priority shift to adaptation measures? ...
... possible that laws are passed and treaties signed but not enforced, due perhaps to poor governance. Eventually, if policy on reducing emissions falters, will the priority shift to adaptation measures? ...
responses to climate change in 2030
... possible that laws are passed and treaties signed but not enforced, due perhaps to poor governance. Eventually, if policy on reducing emissions falters, will the priority shift to adaptation measures? ...
... possible that laws are passed and treaties signed but not enforced, due perhaps to poor governance. Eventually, if policy on reducing emissions falters, will the priority shift to adaptation measures? ...
planned relocations, disasters and climate change
... requires people to step outside their comfort zones and to think in different ways. There is also an undercurrent of resistance to considering issues of planned relocations now out of a concern that doing so would take pressure off national and international actors to implement mitigation measures w ...
... requires people to step outside their comfort zones and to think in different ways. There is also an undercurrent of resistance to considering issues of planned relocations now out of a concern that doing so would take pressure off national and international actors to implement mitigation measures w ...
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... (Alexandratos and Bruinsma, 2012). Currently, 30 percent of global land area is already being used for livestock rearing (Steinfeld et al., 2006), which means that substantial efficiency gains will be required to satisfy the rising demand within the physical constraints related to land, and, to some ...
... (Alexandratos and Bruinsma, 2012). Currently, 30 percent of global land area is already being used for livestock rearing (Steinfeld et al., 2006), which means that substantial efficiency gains will be required to satisfy the rising demand within the physical constraints related to land, and, to some ...
teaching manual - Live and Learn
... livelihoods, assets and services, which could occur in a particular community or a society over some specified future time period. ...
... livelihoods, assets and services, which could occur in a particular community or a society over some specified future time period. ...
Relationship between climate change and the full and effective
... more at risk from drought, floods, and weather-related disasters compounded by climate change. Climate change was projected to increase the risks of the top five causes of death for children under the age of five. In this context, children’s participation and education was critical. Not only did chi ...
... more at risk from drought, floods, and weather-related disasters compounded by climate change. Climate change was projected to increase the risks of the top five causes of death for children under the age of five. In this context, children’s participation and education was critical. Not only did chi ...
The Potential Impact of Climate Change on Insurance Regulation
... people’s lives and property through damage prevention.” When addressing climate change, the term “mitigation” would also include actions to bring about emissions reductions. Coordinating measures that reduce vulnerabilities and stabilize climate changes are principles that can guide public policy, p ...
... people’s lives and property through damage prevention.” When addressing climate change, the term “mitigation” would also include actions to bring about emissions reductions. Coordinating measures that reduce vulnerabilities and stabilize climate changes are principles that can guide public policy, p ...
Regional Power Shifts and Climate Knowledge Systems: South
... The change in the international system toward a multi‐polar world has been extensively dis‐ cussed for two decades. Various contributions have analyzed and projected changes in the power distributions towards regional powers, especially in regards to China and India. I ar‐ gue that thes ...
... The change in the international system toward a multi‐polar world has been extensively dis‐ cussed for two decades. Various contributions have analyzed and projected changes in the power distributions towards regional powers, especially in regards to China and India. I ar‐ gue that thes ...
NEPA, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND PUBLIC LANDS DECISION MAKING
... making decisions affecting public lands. This problem is largely the product of the high levels of uncertainty surrounding climate change and the potential consequences of climate change for the large and complex landscapes and ecosystems that public land agencies manage. In February 2010, the Counc ...
... making decisions affecting public lands. This problem is largely the product of the high levels of uncertainty surrounding climate change and the potential consequences of climate change for the large and complex landscapes and ecosystems that public land agencies manage. In February 2010, the Counc ...
Climate Change Knows No Borders
... can swell rivers, causing floods and devastation downstream whether in-country or transboundary. The Kedarnath tragedy, in which more than 5,700 people died as a result of flooding and landslides caused by a multi-day cloudburst in Uttarakhand province in Northern India, is one example. Lakes caused ...
... can swell rivers, causing floods and devastation downstream whether in-country or transboundary. The Kedarnath tragedy, in which more than 5,700 people died as a result of flooding and landslides caused by a multi-day cloudburst in Uttarakhand province in Northern India, is one example. Lakes caused ...
Environmental federalism - Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service
... to localities in using this mechanism and that some involvement by the encompassing layer of government may generate more gains than the states can achieve through bargaining. Greenhouse gases (GHGs) are perhaps an ideal example of the global pollutant— our third case. Local actions to prevent clima ...
... to localities in using this mechanism and that some involvement by the encompassing layer of government may generate more gains than the states can achieve through bargaining. Greenhouse gases (GHGs) are perhaps an ideal example of the global pollutant— our third case. Local actions to prevent clima ...
Summary for Policymakers
... confidence is expressed using five qualifiers: very low, low, medium, high, and very high, and typeset in italics, e.g., medium confidence. For a given evidence and agreement statement, different confidence levels can be assigned, but increasing levels of evidence and degrees of agreement are correl ...
... confidence is expressed using five qualifiers: very low, low, medium, high, and very high, and typeset in italics, e.g., medium confidence. For a given evidence and agreement statement, different confidence levels can be assigned, but increasing levels of evidence and degrees of agreement are correl ...
Citizen Climate Lesson Plans Grades 9–12
... These lesson plans recognize that many opinions exist about approaches society should take in response to climate change. This curriculum avoids “advocating” certain positions. Instead, it strives to provide accurate information from well-respected sources. It presents differing opinions on issues a ...
... These lesson plans recognize that many opinions exist about approaches society should take in response to climate change. This curriculum avoids “advocating” certain positions. Instead, it strives to provide accurate information from well-respected sources. It presents differing opinions on issues a ...
Discussion Paper - LEDS Global Partnership
... by climate and non-climate factors, which will then help countries develop robust climate resilient strategies and policies as well as national and sectoral development plans. We hope that this document will stimulate discussion on this very topical and important issue. The Africa Adaptation Program ...
... by climate and non-climate factors, which will then help countries develop robust climate resilient strategies and policies as well as national and sectoral development plans. We hope that this document will stimulate discussion on this very topical and important issue. The Africa Adaptation Program ...
Technology Executive Committee
... Key element 2: Policy recommendations Actions undertaken by the organization relevant to the TEC in performing its functions: a) Based on the preparatory work done by the GEF for its climate change strategy and based on its experience, the GEF may, upon request by the secretariat of the UNFCCC, prov ...
... Key element 2: Policy recommendations Actions undertaken by the organization relevant to the TEC in performing its functions: a) Based on the preparatory work done by the GEF for its climate change strategy and based on its experience, the GEF may, upon request by the secretariat of the UNFCCC, prov ...
Better Predictions, Better Allocations: Scientific Advances and
... particular quality will arrive that updates the information held about the probability of the severe state arising. The signal will either be ’good’ or ’bad’ in the sense of lowering or raising the probability of the severe state compared to previously held beliefs. With the signal in hand, the agen ...
... particular quality will arrive that updates the information held about the probability of the severe state arising. The signal will either be ’good’ or ’bad’ in the sense of lowering or raising the probability of the severe state compared to previously held beliefs. With the signal in hand, the agen ...
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... Ramsey optimal growth economic engine, with a breakdown of the energy sector into different uses and technologies. The economic system is fully integrated with a simple climate module that translates carbon emissions produced from the use of fossil fuels to radiative forcing and temperature increase ...
... Ramsey optimal growth economic engine, with a breakdown of the energy sector into different uses and technologies. The economic system is fully integrated with a simple climate module that translates carbon emissions produced from the use of fossil fuels to radiative forcing and temperature increase ...
Municipal Climate Change Action Plan Guidebook
... ICSP that fall into the category of climate change mitigation. The starting point for most of these actions involves an energyuse and greenhouse gas emissions inventory. The inventory allows municipalities to determine where they consume energy and the amount of GHG they emit. This baseline informat ...
... ICSP that fall into the category of climate change mitigation. The starting point for most of these actions involves an energyuse and greenhouse gas emissions inventory. The inventory allows municipalities to determine where they consume energy and the amount of GHG they emit. This baseline informat ...
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... Creutzig et al. (2012) contrast the technical potential, which they suggest ranges from 50EJ to 500EJ, with the likely outcome under medium ambitions for climate mitigation, which is quite a bit smaller, but still quite large at 80 – 150 EJ. They argue that technological progress in the bioenergy in ...
... Creutzig et al. (2012) contrast the technical potential, which they suggest ranges from 50EJ to 500EJ, with the likely outcome under medium ambitions for climate mitigation, which is quite a bit smaller, but still quite large at 80 – 150 EJ. They argue that technological progress in the bioenergy in ...
Farming in a Changing Climate in Manitoba
... • Energy Efficiency for Farm Buildings ........................................................................................................................................... 19 ...
... • Energy Efficiency for Farm Buildings ........................................................................................................................................... 19 ...
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... Investment in long-lived climate-dependent agricultural assets such as irrigation infrastructure, vineyards and agroforestry will become more problematic. Investing in ecological assets in rural regions, especially where these assets may become stranded by climate change, also will be increasingly p ...
... Investment in long-lived climate-dependent agricultural assets such as irrigation infrastructure, vineyards and agroforestry will become more problematic. Investing in ecological assets in rural regions, especially where these assets may become stranded by climate change, also will be increasingly p ...
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.