Climate Conventions and Africa/Ethiopia - EfD
... Fundamentally, there are two choices to deal with the problem of climate change: mitigation and/or adaptation. Mitigation refers to taking steps today to reduce greenhouse gas emissions so as to delay further global temperature increases and other related effects. Adaptation refers to the efforts of ...
... Fundamentally, there are two choices to deal with the problem of climate change: mitigation and/or adaptation. Mitigation refers to taking steps today to reduce greenhouse gas emissions so as to delay further global temperature increases and other related effects. Adaptation refers to the efforts of ...
overcoming barriers to the adoption of climate-friendly
... agricultural sector. This report aims to serve that purpose, using a comprehensive review of the literature that covered 114 articles and reports. Barriers in this report refer to obstacles that impede the adoption of desirable practices, and make adaptation and mitigation less efficient or effectiv ...
... agricultural sector. This report aims to serve that purpose, using a comprehensive review of the literature that covered 114 articles and reports. Barriers in this report refer to obstacles that impede the adoption of desirable practices, and make adaptation and mitigation less efficient or effectiv ...
Americans` Knowledge of Climate Change
... = F), 1 percent of the public received an A, 7 percent a B, 15 percent a C, 25 percent a D, and 52 percent an F, indicating that relatively few Americans have an in-depth understanding of climate change. This “grade”, however, should be interpreted with caution. Some questions clearly were harder to ...
... = F), 1 percent of the public received an A, 7 percent a B, 15 percent a C, 25 percent a D, and 52 percent an F, indicating that relatively few Americans have an in-depth understanding of climate change. This “grade”, however, should be interpreted with caution. Some questions clearly were harder to ...
The Climate and Development Challenge for Latin America
... Per capita emissions........................................................................................................................44 Country emissions...........................................................................................................................44 Projected emis ...
... Per capita emissions........................................................................................................................44 Country emissions...........................................................................................................................44 Projected emis ...
The Emissions Gap Report 2015
... globally and in its own activities. This report is printed on paper from sustainable forests including recycled fibre. The paper is chlorine free, and the inks vegetable-based. Our distribution policy aims to reduce ...
... globally and in its own activities. This report is printed on paper from sustainable forests including recycled fibre. The paper is chlorine free, and the inks vegetable-based. Our distribution policy aims to reduce ...
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... The most important thing in carbon equality and carbon budget is how to set the starting year. Many researches confirmed that the earlier the starting year was, the more historical responsibility is reflected. But they did not provide a quantitative analysis of the various starting years’ impacts o ...
... The most important thing in carbon equality and carbon budget is how to set the starting year. Many researches confirmed that the earlier the starting year was, the more historical responsibility is reflected. But they did not provide a quantitative analysis of the various starting years’ impacts o ...
Strategies for Reducing the Impacts of Surface Transportation on
... Conventional LDV technology/fuel improvements can reduce CO2/mile up to 50% by 2030 ........................................................................................................................................ 20 ...
... Conventional LDV technology/fuel improvements can reduce CO2/mile up to 50% by 2030 ........................................................................................................................................ 20 ...
Air pollution and associated human mortality: the role of air pollutant
... ACS cohort studies conducted in the United States are valid globally, as relative risks characterized in US based time series studies are similar to those found in various time-series studies in Europe (Levy et al., 2005) and Asia (HEI, 2010) and no cohort studies have yet been conducted in developi ...
... ACS cohort studies conducted in the United States are valid globally, as relative risks characterized in US based time series studies are similar to those found in various time-series studies in Europe (Levy et al., 2005) and Asia (HEI, 2010) and no cohort studies have yet been conducted in developi ...
Methane, the Gakkel Ridge and human survival.
... Earth it could not be called a rare occurrence. I have selected one of these events to illustrate what happens, Fig. 5. It shows in three graphs the relationship between methane, carbon dioxide and temperature. Time is measured from left to right. First there is a steep jump in CO2 without much impa ...
... Earth it could not be called a rare occurrence. I have selected one of these events to illustrate what happens, Fig. 5. It shows in three graphs the relationship between methane, carbon dioxide and temperature. Time is measured from left to right. First there is a steep jump in CO2 without much impa ...
Climate Change: Costs and Benefits of S. 2191
... Fifth, the Low Carbon Fuel Standard could significantly raise fuel prices and limit supply. The effects will depend on what fuels are included, the emissions reductions achieved by alternatives, and the ability to produce those alternatives. Finally, S. 2191’s climate-related benefit is best conside ...
... Fifth, the Low Carbon Fuel Standard could significantly raise fuel prices and limit supply. The effects will depend on what fuels are included, the emissions reductions achieved by alternatives, and the ability to produce those alternatives. Finally, S. 2191’s climate-related benefit is best conside ...
The Emissions Gap Report 2015
... globally and in its own activities. This report is printed on paper from sustainable forests including recycled fibre. The paper is chlorine free, and the inks vegetable-based. Our distribution policy aims to reduce ...
... globally and in its own activities. This report is printed on paper from sustainable forests including recycled fibre. The paper is chlorine free, and the inks vegetable-based. Our distribution policy aims to reduce ...
2015 Emissions Gap Report
... globally and in its own activities. This report is printed on paper from sustainable forests including recycled fibre. The paper is chlorine free, and the inks vegetable-based. Our distribution policy aims to reduce ...
... globally and in its own activities. This report is printed on paper from sustainable forests including recycled fibre. The paper is chlorine free, and the inks vegetable-based. Our distribution policy aims to reduce ...
First National Communication to UNFCCC
... Republic of Tajikistan joined the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change on January 1998. I have the pleasure in presenting to you the First National Communication of the Republic of Tajikistan, which represents the commitment of the Government of Tajikistan and its people to address the issue of ...
... Republic of Tajikistan joined the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change on January 1998. I have the pleasure in presenting to you the First National Communication of the Republic of Tajikistan, which represents the commitment of the Government of Tajikistan and its people to address the issue of ...
Forests and climate change in Latin America : linking
... Forests play an important role in both adaptation and mitigation, as they provide local ecosystem services relevant for adaptation as well as the global ecosystem service of carbon sequestration, relevant for mitigation. Consequently, just as there are synergies and trade-offs between global and loc ...
... Forests play an important role in both adaptation and mitigation, as they provide local ecosystem services relevant for adaptation as well as the global ecosystem service of carbon sequestration, relevant for mitigation. Consequently, just as there are synergies and trade-offs between global and loc ...
Forest, mitigation and adaptation: Exploring evidence, synergies
... pilot programmes, and few structural programme. Many actions are short term, what it needed is continuous guaranteed efforts. 2. Another aspect is that many public policies might be suitable to integrated objectives between mitigation and adaptation, but are not explicitly oriented towards such inte ...
... pilot programmes, and few structural programme. Many actions are short term, what it needed is continuous guaranteed efforts. 2. Another aspect is that many public policies might be suitable to integrated objectives between mitigation and adaptation, but are not explicitly oriented towards such inte ...
announced their support - EDF Voices: People on the Planet
... “We have a choice: we can lead this fight and capitalize on the unprecedented economic potential of clean energy, or we can bury our heads in the sand and waste an opportunity to create the next generation of energy jobs. Here in the Commonwealth, we will continue to confront the impacts of climate ...
... “We have a choice: we can lead this fight and capitalize on the unprecedented economic potential of clean energy, or we can bury our heads in the sand and waste an opportunity to create the next generation of energy jobs. Here in the Commonwealth, we will continue to confront the impacts of climate ...
User Friendly Manual of the EX-Ante Carbon-balance Tool (EX-ACT)
... estimates of the impact of agriculture and forestry development projects, programmes and policies on the carbon-balance. The carbon-balance is defined as the net balance from all GHGs expressed in CO2 equivalent that were emitted or sequestered due to project implementation as compared to a business ...
... estimates of the impact of agriculture and forestry development projects, programmes and policies on the carbon-balance. The carbon-balance is defined as the net balance from all GHGs expressed in CO2 equivalent that were emitted or sequestered due to project implementation as compared to a business ...
Slide 1
... budgets, bilateral aid, the private sector, NGO resources, and loans from international financial institutions, including IDA and the Multilateral Fund. The impacts of the baseline activities (GHG emissions and global environmental benefits): to be estimated through historical projects and/or tren ...
... budgets, bilateral aid, the private sector, NGO resources, and loans from international financial institutions, including IDA and the Multilateral Fund. The impacts of the baseline activities (GHG emissions and global environmental benefits): to be estimated through historical projects and/or tren ...
A Greener Dragon? - Department of Defence
... impact the Australian economy. 6 China has been signalling the importance of the environment and climate to its economy since the release in 2001 of its 10th Five Year Plan (2001-05), in which it set targets for fuel consumption and energy conservation, and foreshadowed an expansion of forests as ‘c ...
... impact the Australian economy. 6 China has been signalling the importance of the environment and climate to its economy since the release in 2001 of its 10th Five Year Plan (2001-05), in which it set targets for fuel consumption and energy conservation, and foreshadowed an expansion of forests as ‘c ...
Reducing climate change impacts on agriculture: Global and
... included an agro-economic model to estimate actual regional production and consumption, using the BLS developed at IIASA. This model comprises a series of national and regional agricultural economic models. It provides a framework for analyzing the world food system, viewing national agricultural co ...
... included an agro-economic model to estimate actual regional production and consumption, using the BLS developed at IIASA. This model comprises a series of national and regional agricultural economic models. It provides a framework for analyzing the world food system, viewing national agricultural co ...
REPORT - BC3 Basque Centre for Climate Change
... studying the causes and consequences of climate change and the best ways of addressing it. Given the vast range of the topic, BC3 was designed to focus on the socio-economic aspects of climate change, albeit within an interdisciplinary framework that includes the natural as well as social sciences. ...
... studying the causes and consequences of climate change and the best ways of addressing it. Given the vast range of the topic, BC3 was designed to focus on the socio-economic aspects of climate change, albeit within an interdisciplinary framework that includes the natural as well as social sciences. ...
Summary for Policymakers
... preceding decade since 1850 (see Figure SPM.1). In the Northern Hemisphere, 1983–2012 was likely the warmest 30-year period of the last 1400 years (medium confidence). {2.4, 5.3} [INSERT FIGURE SPM.1 HERE] Figure SPM.1: (a) Observed global mean combined land and ocean surface temperature anomalies, ...
... preceding decade since 1850 (see Figure SPM.1). In the Northern Hemisphere, 1983–2012 was likely the warmest 30-year period of the last 1400 years (medium confidence). {2.4, 5.3} [INSERT FIGURE SPM.1 HERE] Figure SPM.1: (a) Observed global mean combined land and ocean surface temperature anomalies, ...
The International and Domestic Law of Climate Change
... Second, the agreement articulates the goal of stabilizing GHG concentrations “at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.”18 It states that “[s]uch a level should be achieved within a time-frame sufficient to allow ecosystems to adapt naturally to clim ...
... Second, the agreement articulates the goal of stabilizing GHG concentrations “at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.”18 It states that “[s]uch a level should be achieved within a time-frame sufficient to allow ecosystems to adapt naturally to clim ...
Climate change mitigation
Climate change mitigation consists of actions to limit the magnitude or rate of long-term climate change. Climate change mitigation generally involves reductions in human (anthropogenic) emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs). Mitigation may also be achieved by increasing the capacity of carbon sinks, e.g., through reforestation. Mitigation policies can substantially reduce the risks associated with human-induced global warming.""Mitigation is a public good; climate change is a case of ‘the tragedy of the commons’""Effective climate change mitigation will not be achieved if each agent (individual, institution or country) acts independently in its own selfish interest, (See International Cooperation and Emissions Trading) suggesting the need for collective action. Some adaptation actions, on the other hand, have characteristics of a private good as benefits of actions may accrue more directly to the individuals, regions, or countries that undertake them, at least in the short term. Nevertheless, financing such adaptive activities remains an issue, particularly for poor individuals and countries.""Examples of mitigation include switching to low-carbon energy sources, such as renewable and nuclear energy, and expanding forests and other ""sinks"" to remove greater amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Energy efficiency may also play a role, for example, through improving the insulation of buildings. Another approach to climate change mitigation is climate engineering.Most countries are parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The ultimate objective of the UNFCCC is to stabilize atmospheric concentrations of GHGs at a level that would prevent dangerous human interference of the climate system. Scientific analysis can provide information on the impacts of climate change, but deciding which impacts are dangerous requires value judgments.In 2010, Parties to the UNFCCC agreed that future global warming should be limited to below 2.0 °C (3.6 °F) relative to the pre-industrial level. This may be revised with a target of limiting global warming to below 1.5 °C relative to pre-industrial levels. The current trajectory of global greenhouse gas emissions does not appear to be consistent with limiting global warming to below 1.5 or 2 °C, relative to pre-industrial levels. Other mitigation policies have been proposed, some of which are more stringent or modest than the 2 °C limit.