IFC Definitions and Metrics for Climate
... temperature and rainfall patterns, rising sea levels, and more frequent natural disasters bring new risks that must be professionally managed in order for their companies to stay competitive. At the same time as climate change increasingly strains scarce resources such as water, energy, food, and la ...
... temperature and rainfall patterns, rising sea levels, and more frequent natural disasters bring new risks that must be professionally managed in order for their companies to stay competitive. At the same time as climate change increasingly strains scarce resources such as water, energy, food, and la ...
Federal Decision-Making on the Uncertain Impacts of Climate Change
... energy, climate, and species protection, as well as the international negotiations process. While each decision called for information on impacts, the type and threshold of information required differed. This paper decomposes and defines the climate change impacts information needs of federal dec ...
... energy, climate, and species protection, as well as the international negotiations process. While each decision called for information on impacts, the type and threshold of information required differed. This paper decomposes and defines the climate change impacts information needs of federal dec ...
Assessing EU Leadership on Climate Change - Userpage
... The KFG Working Paper Series serves to disseminate the research results of the Kolleg-Forschergruppe by making them available to a broader public. It means to enhance academic exchange as well as to strengthen and broaden existing basic research on internal and external diffusion processes in Europe ...
... The KFG Working Paper Series serves to disseminate the research results of the Kolleg-Forschergruppe by making them available to a broader public. It means to enhance academic exchange as well as to strengthen and broaden existing basic research on internal and external diffusion processes in Europe ...
Nov 21, 2015 - Science and Environmental Policy Project
... or therapy. For example, an iatrogenic illness is an illness that is caused by a medication or physician.” In the US there is a similar saying: “The cure is worse than the disease.” Curry uses the term to discuss the upcoming Conference of Parties (COP-21) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate C ...
... or therapy. For example, an iatrogenic illness is an illness that is caused by a medication or physician.” In the US there is a similar saying: “The cure is worse than the disease.” Curry uses the term to discuss the upcoming Conference of Parties (COP-21) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate C ...
Climate change policies and the UK business sector Nov2013 (opens in new window)
... In this paper, we propose a simplification that would see the three key downstream policies – namely the CRC, CCAs and CCL – merged into a single tax instrument. At least initially, the new instrument would broadly retain the design of the CCL. However, it would be levied on all energy use without e ...
... In this paper, we propose a simplification that would see the three key downstream policies – namely the CRC, CCAs and CCL – merged into a single tax instrument. At least initially, the new instrument would broadly retain the design of the CCL. However, it would be levied on all energy use without e ...
Climate Balloons - Development and Peace
... Together, we must hold it in trust for future generations. - Rights & Responsibilities: We have a right to those things which are required for human dignity. Rights arise from the things that we need to live as God intended us to. These are innately linked to our responsibility to ensure the rights ...
... Together, we must hold it in trust for future generations. - Rights & Responsibilities: We have a right to those things which are required for human dignity. Rights arise from the things that we need to live as God intended us to. These are innately linked to our responsibility to ensure the rights ...
Asian Development Bank Institute (ABDI) Policies and Practices for Low-Carbon Green Growth in Asi a
... sia is at a crossroads. The pursuit of growth has been for several decades and remains today the single most important policy goal of emerging Asian countries. With higher economic growth rates, emerging Asia is increasingly moving towards becoming a middle income region. This fast-paced economic gr ...
... sia is at a crossroads. The pursuit of growth has been for several decades and remains today the single most important policy goal of emerging Asian countries. With higher economic growth rates, emerging Asia is increasingly moving towards becoming a middle income region. This fast-paced economic gr ...
201510 v5 USEA
... consumption is increasing, becoming more like the West • All this is building up to a level that’s going to cause us problems ...
... consumption is increasing, becoming more like the West • All this is building up to a level that’s going to cause us problems ...
(GTHBA) is the voice of the residential construction ind
... transit-oriented development creates more compact, walkable, higher density communities that are more energy-efficient and reduce automobile use, thus reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector as well. OHBA is supportive of sustainable development and the ongoing long-term shi ...
... transit-oriented development creates more compact, walkable, higher density communities that are more energy-efficient and reduce automobile use, thus reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector as well. OHBA is supportive of sustainable development and the ongoing long-term shi ...
Powerpoint version
... The temperature trend is so slight that, were the global average temperature change which has taken place during the 20th and 21st centuries were to occur in an ordinary room, most of the people in the room would be unaware of it. The CO2 % in this room will increase more during this talk than the a ...
... The temperature trend is so slight that, were the global average temperature change which has taken place during the 20th and 21st centuries were to occur in an ordinary room, most of the people in the room would be unaware of it. The CO2 % in this room will increase more during this talk than the a ...
Value of information for climate observing systems
... emissions path upon achieving sufficient confidence that a trigger variable exceeds a stipulated critical value. Using assessments of natural variability and uncertainty of measuring instruments, it is possible to compute the time at which the required confidence would be reached under the current a ...
... emissions path upon achieving sufficient confidence that a trigger variable exceeds a stipulated critical value. Using assessments of natural variability and uncertainty of measuring instruments, it is possible to compute the time at which the required confidence would be reached under the current a ...
An Engineer`s Critique of Global Warming `Science`
... The temperature trend is so slight that, were the global average temperature change which has taken place during the 20th and 21st centuries were to occur in an ordinary room, most of the people in the room would be unaware of it. The CO2 % in this room will increase more during this talk than the a ...
... The temperature trend is so slight that, were the global average temperature change which has taken place during the 20th and 21st centuries were to occur in an ordinary room, most of the people in the room would be unaware of it. The CO2 % in this room will increase more during this talk than the a ...
The End of the Kyoto Protocol - Digital Commons @ Georgia Law
... The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement, adopted in Kyoto, Japan, on December 11, 1997, that has attempted to deal with the issue of greenhouse gas emissions.47 The agreement entered into force on February 16, 2005,48 and currently includes 194 countries and the European Union as parties to ...
... The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement, adopted in Kyoto, Japan, on December 11, 1997, that has attempted to deal with the issue of greenhouse gas emissions.47 The agreement entered into force on February 16, 2005,48 and currently includes 194 countries and the European Union as parties to ...
G8 Impact on International Climate Change Negotiations – Good or
... coordinated approach to economic and monetary policy now includes responsibility for all global issues. The range of issues under discussion now covers the whole spectrum of global politics. Foreign and security policy and development issues are discussed in addition to economic matters. The G8 is n ...
... coordinated approach to economic and monetary policy now includes responsibility for all global issues. The range of issues under discussion now covers the whole spectrum of global politics. Foreign and security policy and development issues are discussed in addition to economic matters. The G8 is n ...
Report
... atmosphere, particularly CO2, has increased exponentially due to anthropogenic activities such as fossil fuel burning and land use changes. This accumulation adversely impacts climate by increasing global temperatures. Deforestation and forest degradation contribute approximately 17% of total global ...
... atmosphere, particularly CO2, has increased exponentially due to anthropogenic activities such as fossil fuel burning and land use changes. This accumulation adversely impacts climate by increasing global temperatures. Deforestation and forest degradation contribute approximately 17% of total global ...
Draft Note to the meeting of the Programme Committee on 28
... Climate change is widely seen as one of the most serious challenges in the 21st century, and it is clearly linked to security, poverty reduction, access to natural resources, human rights and sustainable development. The international efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate changes therefore requir ...
... Climate change is widely seen as one of the most serious challenges in the 21st century, and it is clearly linked to security, poverty reduction, access to natural resources, human rights and sustainable development. The international efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate changes therefore requir ...
Corporate Disclosure of Climate Change-Related Information
... whilst meeting sustainable development goals and achieving economic growth. In its New Climate Economy Report, the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate concludes that tackling the risks of climate change whilst achieving economic growth is dependent on structural and technological changes, f ...
... whilst meeting sustainable development goals and achieving economic growth. In its New Climate Economy Report, the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate concludes that tackling the risks of climate change whilst achieving economic growth is dependent on structural and technological changes, f ...
Livestock and climate change - CGSpace
... A systems focus is key, not only to differentiate between systems with very different characteristics, but also to appropriately evaluate and implement appropriate mitigation and adaptation options at the household level. ILRI is working with partners on life-cycle analyses of household GHG emission ...
... A systems focus is key, not only to differentiate between systems with very different characteristics, but also to appropriately evaluate and implement appropriate mitigation and adaptation options at the household level. ILRI is working with partners on life-cycle analyses of household GHG emission ...
A Call to Truth, Prudence, and Protection of the Poor 2014: The
... That sets up an unpleasant dilemma for EPA: We are breaking the law by not doing our job. Or we are liars. Or we are imposing lots of pain for no gain. Maybe it’s all three. In addition, implementing the rule would harm most Americans, especially the poor. A study by scholars at the Massachusetts In ...
... That sets up an unpleasant dilemma for EPA: We are breaking the law by not doing our job. Or we are liars. Or we are imposing lots of pain for no gain. Maybe it’s all three. In addition, implementing the rule would harm most Americans, especially the poor. A study by scholars at the Massachusetts In ...
Climate Change and Australia`s Tree Clearing Crisis
... gas emissions 26–28% below 2005 levels by 2030 (with regular reviews to allow for more ambitious target setting) and signed up to global goals to limit warming to no more than 1.5 degrees and reach net zero global emissions by the second half of this century. Analysis by CO2 Australia demonstrates t ...
... gas emissions 26–28% below 2005 levels by 2030 (with regular reviews to allow for more ambitious target setting) and signed up to global goals to limit warming to no more than 1.5 degrees and reach net zero global emissions by the second half of this century. Analysis by CO2 Australia demonstrates t ...
AmandahaworthWiklund - Global Compact Nordic Network
... exploring supplier capabilities and splitting emissions • Members choose which suppliers are involved (up to 2000) • Members provide CDP with supplier contact data • CDP sends request for disclosure to suppliers • Suppliers register and enter on line • 3 levels of disclosure – public, members, custo ...
... exploring supplier capabilities and splitting emissions • Members choose which suppliers are involved (up to 2000) • Members provide CDP with supplier contact data • CDP sends request for disclosure to suppliers • Suppliers register and enter on line • 3 levels of disclosure – public, members, custo ...
intended nationally determined contribution of mongolia
... has multiplied since the rapid development of agriculture sector in 1980s; however, the crop yield per hectare fluctuated around 50 percent depending on weather conditions. Current year’s poor harvest shows that such situation is actual in nowadays as well. Moreover, climate change might have advers ...
... has multiplied since the rapid development of agriculture sector in 1980s; however, the crop yield per hectare fluctuated around 50 percent depending on weather conditions. Current year’s poor harvest shows that such situation is actual in nowadays as well. Moreover, climate change might have advers ...
Accelerating Innovation and Technology Diffusion
... require breakthrough technologies. Models show that four future key technology areas could be at the core of a solution: energy efficiency; carbon capture and storage; next-generation renewables, including biomass, wind and solar power; and nuclear power (see chapter 4).3 All four need more researc ...
... require breakthrough technologies. Models show that four future key technology areas could be at the core of a solution: energy efficiency; carbon capture and storage; next-generation renewables, including biomass, wind and solar power; and nuclear power (see chapter 4).3 All four need more researc ...
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.