Seychelles
... 5. Seychelles is about to embark on its Third National Communication to the UNFCCC, which will eventually produce updated findings with respect to climate change trends and projected impacts. For now, existing data from the Second National Communication must be used to guide planning for climate cha ...
... 5. Seychelles is about to embark on its Third National Communication to the UNFCCC, which will eventually produce updated findings with respect to climate change trends and projected impacts. For now, existing data from the Second National Communication must be used to guide planning for climate cha ...
Working Paper 136 - Dietz and Matei 2013 revised October 2014 (opens in new window)
... from, for instance, market behaviour, questionnaire surveys or laboratory experiments, but in reality it is likely that they will persist. Witness longstanding difficulties with, and ongoing differences in approach to, puzzles in the economics of risk such as the equity premium / risk-free rate. The ...
... from, for instance, market behaviour, questionnaire surveys or laboratory experiments, but in reality it is likely that they will persist. Witness longstanding difficulties with, and ongoing differences in approach to, puzzles in the economics of risk such as the equity premium / risk-free rate. The ...
Clearing the Air on Oilsands Emissions
... production are being compared. The typical full life cycle of oilsands crude includes many major steps from the production to end use. These include: extraction (e.g. mining or in situ), upgrading, pipeline or tanker transport, refining, and use (e.g., combustion in a vehicle). The major differences ...
... production are being compared. The typical full life cycle of oilsands crude includes many major steps from the production to end use. These include: extraction (e.g. mining or in situ), upgrading, pipeline or tanker transport, refining, and use (e.g., combustion in a vehicle). The major differences ...
Climate Policy
... given existing internal conflicts, I focus largely on the ‘mainstream’ of the major, most powerful, developing countries, while neglecting special groupings such as oil-producing nations or small island states.5 Climate polity In the upcoming negotiations of the post-2012 climate regime, the Europea ...
... given existing internal conflicts, I focus largely on the ‘mainstream’ of the major, most powerful, developing countries, while neglecting special groupings such as oil-producing nations or small island states.5 Climate polity In the upcoming negotiations of the post-2012 climate regime, the Europea ...
Republic of Yemen Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) With
... lower cost possible. On the other hand, mitigation policy instruments (i.e. fiscal instruments: removing of climate non-friendly subsidies; regulation: carbon taxation; economic: access to funding, and subsidy) need to be explored in this stage to encourage the implementation of the mitigation optio ...
... lower cost possible. On the other hand, mitigation policy instruments (i.e. fiscal instruments: removing of climate non-friendly subsidies; regulation: carbon taxation; economic: access to funding, and subsidy) need to be explored in this stage to encourage the implementation of the mitigation optio ...
Working Paper 165 - Dechezlepretre et al 2015 (opens in new window)
... With the implementation of the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) and a range of other policies, mostly supporting the deployment of renewable energy technologies, the EU is widely perceived as the vanguard of climate change policy globally. However, this unilateral set of policies has ...
... With the implementation of the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) and a range of other policies, mostly supporting the deployment of renewable energy technologies, the EU is widely perceived as the vanguard of climate change policy globally. However, this unilateral set of policies has ...
Rethinking Environmental Federalism in a Warming World
... Climate change policy analysis has focused almost exclusively on national policy and even on harmonizing climate policies across countries, implicitly assuming that harmonization of climate policies at the subnational level would be mandated or guaranteed. We argue that the design and implementation ...
... Climate change policy analysis has focused almost exclusively on national policy and even on harmonizing climate policies across countries, implicitly assuming that harmonization of climate policies at the subnational level would be mandated or guaranteed. We argue that the design and implementation ...
Initial NationalCommunication St. Kitts-Nevis
... The rural areas are characterized by ribbon developments, none of which can be said to have occurred as part of a planned physical development strategy, although there are a handful of locations where planned developments have been implemented. The major urban areas are Basseterre - the capital city ...
... The rural areas are characterized by ribbon developments, none of which can be said to have occurred as part of a planned physical development strategy, although there are a handful of locations where planned developments have been implemented. The major urban areas are Basseterre - the capital city ...
11 Appendix A part 2 - Kettering Borough Council
... damage. The Stern Review4 concluded that the overall costs of climate change will be at least 5% of global GDP every year (and could be as high as 20%) and that the costs of action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, can be limited to around 1% of global ...
... damage. The Stern Review4 concluded that the overall costs of climate change will be at least 5% of global GDP every year (and could be as high as 20%) and that the costs of action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, can be limited to around 1% of global ...
D1.1 Check and Reflect - Hilltop Jr/Sr High School
... or more, collecting data on the sightings of other migratory birds, looking at tree rings for evidence of a warming trend, or looking for changes in the pattern of first flowering of particular plant species in spring. Students’ research should discuss the impact of changing conditions on native pla ...
... or more, collecting data on the sightings of other migratory birds, looking at tree rings for evidence of a warming trend, or looking for changes in the pattern of first flowering of particular plant species in spring. Students’ research should discuss the impact of changing conditions on native pla ...
UNFCCC First Ten Years
... which are the most vulnerable to the impacts of the phenomenon. The Convention’s goal of returning the greenhouse gas emissions of industrialized countries to their 1990 levels by the year 2000 was achieved for those countries as a whole. However, for most individual countries, emissions of greenhou ...
... which are the most vulnerable to the impacts of the phenomenon. The Convention’s goal of returning the greenhouse gas emissions of industrialized countries to their 1990 levels by the year 2000 was achieved for those countries as a whole. However, for most individual countries, emissions of greenhou ...
Proceedings - The UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies
... than climate change, so it was appropriate that this year’s symposium focused on the relationships between land use, transportation, and green house gas emissions. In the past year, world temperatures have reached record highs, oil prices climbed to new peaks, and the market for clean energy technol ...
... than climate change, so it was appropriate that this year’s symposium focused on the relationships between land use, transportation, and green house gas emissions. In the past year, world temperatures have reached record highs, oil prices climbed to new peaks, and the market for clean energy technol ...
Reversible and irreversible impacts of greenhouse gas
... changes in climate and ocean acidification on a regional scale and in the context of variability. Important gaps in knowledge remain. A key to guide emission mitigation and adaption efforts is to quantify the reversibility of the impacts of historical and 21st century GHG emissions. Arguably more re ...
... changes in climate and ocean acidification on a regional scale and in the context of variability. Important gaps in knowledge remain. A key to guide emission mitigation and adaption efforts is to quantify the reversibility of the impacts of historical and 21st century GHG emissions. Arguably more re ...
The terrestrial biosphere as a net source of greenhouse gases to the
... activities from natural components. For instance, wetland CH4 emission is composed of a natural ...
... activities from natural components. For instance, wetland CH4 emission is composed of a natural ...
Applying the Precautionary Principle to Global Warming
... The precautionary principle has been invoked to justify a policy of aggressive greenhouse gas (GHG) emission controls that would go beyond “no regrets” actions to reduce global warming. However, this justification is based upon selectively applying the principle to the potential public health and en ...
... The precautionary principle has been invoked to justify a policy of aggressive greenhouse gas (GHG) emission controls that would go beyond “no regrets” actions to reduce global warming. However, this justification is based upon selectively applying the principle to the potential public health and en ...
Citizen Climate Lesson Plans Grades 9–12
... These lesson plans will help you provide your students with knowledge of the basic concepts of climate change policy and negotiation. It will allow your students to understand media coverage of climate policy negotiation, in both national and international arenas. It will also help your students dev ...
... These lesson plans will help you provide your students with knowledge of the basic concepts of climate change policy and negotiation. It will allow your students to understand media coverage of climate policy negotiation, in both national and international arenas. It will also help your students dev ...
Climate Change in Southeast Asia
... renewable energy, and sustainable transport. Also in place are a Forest Investment Program for Indonesia and the Lao PDR, and a Pilot Program for Climate Resilience in Cambodia. In tandem, the Southeast Asia Regional Department (SERD) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has responded rapidly and com ...
... renewable energy, and sustainable transport. Also in place are a Forest Investment Program for Indonesia and the Lao PDR, and a Pilot Program for Climate Resilience in Cambodia. In tandem, the Southeast Asia Regional Department (SERD) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has responded rapidly and com ...
Carbon Storage in Rangelands - UC Cooperative Extension
... relations. These are good ranching business practices that ...
... relations. These are good ranching business practices that ...
Comment by: Patrick J. Michaels and Paul C. Knappenberger
... “Finally, we note the IPCC judgment that the equilibrium climate sensitivity “is very likely larger than 1.5°C.” Although the calibrated Roe & Baker distribution, for which the probability of equilibrium climate sensitivity being greater than 1.5°C is almost 99 percent, is not inconsistent with the ...
... “Finally, we note the IPCC judgment that the equilibrium climate sensitivity “is very likely larger than 1.5°C.” Although the calibrated Roe & Baker distribution, for which the probability of equilibrium climate sensitivity being greater than 1.5°C is almost 99 percent, is not inconsistent with the ...
Life-Cycle Greenhouse Gas Assessment of Richard K. Lattanzio Analyst in Environmental Policy
... economic and environmental impacts of increased natural gas development. Fuel-switching strategies from other fossil fuels to natural gas have the potential to impact many segments of the general economy, including jobs, investments, infrastructure, national security, human health, safety, and the e ...
... economic and environmental impacts of increased natural gas development. Fuel-switching strategies from other fossil fuels to natural gas have the potential to impact many segments of the general economy, including jobs, investments, infrastructure, national security, human health, safety, and the e ...
Climate Protection in Figures. Facts, Trends and Incentives for
... almost 51 per cent of all European CO2 emissions. Action is needed particularly urgently in the transport sector, where petroleum still provides over 90 per cent of fuel consumed. Emissions in the commerce, trade and services sector have been reduced by more than half (56 per cent) since 1990. In ab ...
... almost 51 per cent of all European CO2 emissions. Action is needed particularly urgently in the transport sector, where petroleum still provides over 90 per cent of fuel consumed. Emissions in the commerce, trade and services sector have been reduced by more than half (56 per cent) since 1990. In ab ...
Greenhouse Gangsters vs. Climate Justice
... beings. This entails radically reducing emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Climate Justice means opposing destruction wreaked by the Greenhouse Gangsters at every step of the production and distribution process—from a moratorium on new oil exploration, to stopping the poisoning ...
... beings. This entails radically reducing emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Climate Justice means opposing destruction wreaked by the Greenhouse Gangsters at every step of the production and distribution process—from a moratorium on new oil exploration, to stopping the poisoning ...
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.