Climate Change Scenarios for the United Kingdom
... 1ºC through the twentieth century. The decade of the 1990s was the warmest in central England since records began in the 1660s. The warming over land has been accompanied by a warming of UK coastal waters. Hot summer days with daytime temperature in central England exceeding 25ºC have become more co ...
... 1ºC through the twentieth century. The decade of the 1990s was the warmest in central England since records began in the 1660s. The warming over land has been accompanied by a warming of UK coastal waters. Hot summer days with daytime temperature in central England exceeding 25ºC have become more co ...
Exploring comparable post-2012 reduction efforts for Annex I
... its greenhouse gas emissions to 30% below 1990 levels by 2020 within a global and comprehensive post-2012 climate agreement. This commitment is provided that other developed countries commit to comparable reductions. Within this context, this report first explores the pros and cons of possible conce ...
... its greenhouse gas emissions to 30% below 1990 levels by 2020 within a global and comprehensive post-2012 climate agreement. This commitment is provided that other developed countries commit to comparable reductions. Within this context, this report first explores the pros and cons of possible conce ...
Potential for Abrupt Changes in Atmospheric Methane
... additional pulse of CH4 (e.g., 1 teragram, Tg; 1 Tg = 1012g = 0.001Gt, gigaton) added to the atmosphere would be ~40% larger than the current value. Additionally, CH4 is oxidized to CO2; CO2 produced by CH4 oxidation is equivalent to ~6% of CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion. Over a 100-year ...
... additional pulse of CH4 (e.g., 1 teragram, Tg; 1 Tg = 1012g = 0.001Gt, gigaton) added to the atmosphere would be ~40% larger than the current value. Additionally, CH4 is oxidized to CO2; CO2 produced by CH4 oxidation is equivalent to ~6% of CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion. Over a 100-year ...
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... undertaken in a region by that region will not differ in the cooperative and non-cooperative case. We show that adaptation transfers will fully crowd out domestic adaptation expenditures in the equilibrium (where adaptation and mitigation are set at their optimal levels), but not necessarily when do ...
... undertaken in a region by that region will not differ in the cooperative and non-cooperative case. We show that adaptation transfers will fully crowd out domestic adaptation expenditures in the equilibrium (where adaptation and mitigation are set at their optimal levels), but not necessarily when do ...
Waste and Climate Change
... assessment (LCA) methods. LCA studies have provided extremely useful analyses of the potential climate impacts and benefits of various waste management options. However, due to data availability and resources, LCA studies are primarily focussed on scenarios appropriate for developed countries. Due t ...
... assessment (LCA) methods. LCA studies have provided extremely useful analyses of the potential climate impacts and benefits of various waste management options. However, due to data availability and resources, LCA studies are primarily focussed on scenarios appropriate for developed countries. Due t ...
East Midlands Sustainable Development Round Table The Potential
... Overall, we will have to live with some level of climate change and plan accordingly. In order to do this we will have to take climate change into account when planning our water resources, flood defences, industry, agriculture, housing and other developments and biodiversity. However, the priority ...
... Overall, we will have to live with some level of climate change and plan accordingly. In order to do this we will have to take climate change into account when planning our water resources, flood defences, industry, agriculture, housing and other developments and biodiversity. However, the priority ...
climate change - Centre for Science and Policy
... • Humans have limited tolerance for heat stress. In the current climate, safe climatic conditions for work are already exceeded frequently for short periods in hot countries, and heat waves already cause fatalities. In future, climatic conditions could exceed potentially lethal limits of heat stres ...
... • Humans have limited tolerance for heat stress. In the current climate, safe climatic conditions for work are already exceeded frequently for short periods in hot countries, and heat waves already cause fatalities. In future, climatic conditions could exceed potentially lethal limits of heat stres ...
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... environment of a nature and scale intended to counteract anthropogenic climate change and its impacts. This definition is the same as used in CBD (2012)1, and is used here without prejudice to any definition that may subsequently be agreed under the Convention. “Climate engineering” and “climate int ...
... environment of a nature and scale intended to counteract anthropogenic climate change and its impacts. This definition is the same as used in CBD (2012)1, and is used here without prejudice to any definition that may subsequently be agreed under the Convention. “Climate engineering” and “climate int ...
SUBSIDIARY BODY ON SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL AND
... environment of a nature and scale intended to counteract anthropogenic climate change and its impacts. This definition is the same as used in CBD (2012)1, and is used here without prejudice to any definition that may subsequently be agreed under the Convention. “Climate engineering” and “climate int ...
... environment of a nature and scale intended to counteract anthropogenic climate change and its impacts. This definition is the same as used in CBD (2012)1, and is used here without prejudice to any definition that may subsequently be agreed under the Convention. “Climate engineering” and “climate int ...
climate change - Centre for Science and Policy
... • Humans have limited tolerance for heat stress. In the current climate, safe climatic conditions for work are already exceeded frequently for short periods in hot countries, and heat waves already cause fatalities. In future, climatic conditions could exceed potentially lethal limits of heat stres ...
... • Humans have limited tolerance for heat stress. In the current climate, safe climatic conditions for work are already exceeded frequently for short periods in hot countries, and heat waves already cause fatalities. In future, climatic conditions could exceed potentially lethal limits of heat stres ...
The rise and fall of the kyoto protocol: climate change as a political
... Title: The Rise and Fall of the Kyoto Protocol – Climate Change as a political process Abstract: This research focuses on climate change as a political process: it describes the Kyoto Protocol, its origins and ratification process in the international climate-diplomatic arena, as well as the climate ...
... Title: The Rise and Fall of the Kyoto Protocol – Climate Change as a political process Abstract: This research focuses on climate change as a political process: it describes the Kyoto Protocol, its origins and ratification process in the international climate-diplomatic arena, as well as the climate ...
Global Climate Change: National Security Implications
... framework, and institutions; fostering economic wellbeing; and bolstering international order supporting the vital interests of the United States and its allies.” But opinion is divided as to whether this goes too far or not far enough. When it comes to climate change, for example, it seems as if th ...
... framework, and institutions; fostering economic wellbeing; and bolstering international order supporting the vital interests of the United States and its allies.” But opinion is divided as to whether this goes too far or not far enough. When it comes to climate change, for example, it seems as if th ...
National Climate Response Strategy
... Kenya takes no action to reduce or minimise expected impacts of current and future climate change, the costs of potential damage to the economy could be enormous. A recent study has estimated that the direct costs of climate change damage in Kenya will potentially amount to between one and two billi ...
... Kenya takes no action to reduce or minimise expected impacts of current and future climate change, the costs of potential damage to the economy could be enormous. A recent study has estimated that the direct costs of climate change damage in Kenya will potentially amount to between one and two billi ...
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... not prevent much climate change before mid-century and requires substantial effort to achieve lower atmospheric stabilization levels (IPCC, 2007c). Also in some countries, like the US, policy action to reduce emissions seems unlikely in the near term while emissions growth continues worldwide. Thus ...
... not prevent much climate change before mid-century and requires substantial effort to achieve lower atmospheric stabilization levels (IPCC, 2007c). Also in some countries, like the US, policy action to reduce emissions seems unlikely in the near term while emissions growth continues worldwide. Thus ...
Working Paper 170 - Doda 2014 (opens in new window)
... values when uncertainty over intermittent technology deployment, climate sensitivity, abatement costs and climate change damages are introduced. ...
... values when uncertainty over intermittent technology deployment, climate sensitivity, abatement costs and climate change damages are introduced. ...
Why is geoengineering so tempting?
... values when uncertainty over intermittent technology deployment, climate sensitivity, abatement costs and climate change damages are introduced. ...
... values when uncertainty over intermittent technology deployment, climate sensitivity, abatement costs and climate change damages are introduced. ...
Monitoring and Evaluating The 100 Billion Green Climate Fund: A
... Climate change is a global concern. Parties within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) have been discussing for decades ways to address the financial challenges of reducing GHG emissions (mitigation) and adapting to climate change impacts. One of the most remarkable ag ...
... Climate change is a global concern. Parties within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) have been discussing for decades ways to address the financial challenges of reducing GHG emissions (mitigation) and adapting to climate change impacts. One of the most remarkable ag ...
THE GARNAUT CLIMATE CHANGE REvIEW
... submissions. Interested stakeholders were encouraged to respond to a series of five issues papers, the discussion paper on the emissions trading scheme and the interim report, all of which stimulated considerable public discussion and debate on climate change mitigation and adaptation in Australia. ...
... submissions. Interested stakeholders were encouraged to respond to a series of five issues papers, the discussion paper on the emissions trading scheme and the interim report, all of which stimulated considerable public discussion and debate on climate change mitigation and adaptation in Australia. ...
Climate change reduces warming potential of nitrous oxide by an
... state and one simulation “1PCT” with 1% yearly increase in atmospheric CO2. Both simulations start from a spin-up simulation where equilibrium was reached; i.e., the CTRL simulation is a continuation of this spin-up run. We use ECHAM6 in T63L47 resolution (T63: spectral truncation at wave number 63, ...
... state and one simulation “1PCT” with 1% yearly increase in atmospheric CO2. Both simulations start from a spin-up simulation where equilibrium was reached; i.e., the CTRL simulation is a continuation of this spin-up run. We use ECHAM6 in T63L47 resolution (T63: spectral truncation at wave number 63, ...
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... A range of options exists suitable for significantly reducing this century current CO2 emissions. Atmospheric concentrations of this greenhouse gas (GHG) well above pre-industrial levels constitute the main cause for the predicted rise in average surface temperature on Earth and the corresponding ch ...
... A range of options exists suitable for significantly reducing this century current CO2 emissions. Atmospheric concentrations of this greenhouse gas (GHG) well above pre-industrial levels constitute the main cause for the predicted rise in average surface temperature on Earth and the corresponding ch ...
ORGANIZATIONAL INVOLVEMENT IN CARBON MITIGATION: THE NEW ZEALAND PUBLIC SECTOR Stephen Jeffrey Birchall
... dedicated support and continued encouragement (and preparation of many meals!) that I have been able to complete this journey in one piece! Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Thank you all, ...
... dedicated support and continued encouragement (and preparation of many meals!) that I have been able to complete this journey in one piece! Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Thank you all, ...
Environment, Climate Change and International Relations
... and REDD+ schemes against deforestation, carbon trading and the privatisation of water supply across the globe. However, it should be noted that such schemes have been widely criticised as a new arena of commodification of resources (Castree, 2003; Swyngdeouw, 2012; Fairhead et al., 2012; Branco and ...
... and REDD+ schemes against deforestation, carbon trading and the privatisation of water supply across the globe. However, it should be noted that such schemes have been widely criticised as a new arena of commodification of resources (Castree, 2003; Swyngdeouw, 2012; Fairhead et al., 2012; Branco and ...
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.