recent study
... indicated their support for proposals to amend the Montreal Protocol to phase down HFCs, as submitted by a coalition of island States (Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Palau, the Philippines, Samoa, and Solomon Islands), India, the E.U., the U.S., Canada, and Me ...
... indicated their support for proposals to amend the Montreal Protocol to phase down HFCs, as submitted by a coalition of island States (Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Palau, the Philippines, Samoa, and Solomon Islands), India, the E.U., the U.S., Canada, and Me ...
Low-Carbon Green Growth in Asia: Policies and practices
... Asia is at crossroads. While the region is experiencing much faster economic growth and poverty reduction than the world average, together with other world regions it is consuming more energy and natural resources than our planet’s regenerative capacity can provide. With each passing day, Asia’s car ...
... Asia is at crossroads. While the region is experiencing much faster economic growth and poverty reduction than the world average, together with other world regions it is consuming more energy and natural resources than our planet’s regenerative capacity can provide. With each passing day, Asia’s car ...
Research and Information Gathering on Climate Change Mitigation
... Planning policies and instruments. These may be in the form of building regulations and land-use planning principles to both reduce GHG emissions and improve resiliency and better prepare for climate change. Guidelines and toolkits. Tools and guidelines for climate change mitigation and adaptation a ...
... Planning policies and instruments. These may be in the form of building regulations and land-use planning principles to both reduce GHG emissions and improve resiliency and better prepare for climate change. Guidelines and toolkits. Tools and guidelines for climate change mitigation and adaptation a ...
Carbon Dioxide Removal and Reliable Sequestration
... The committee is concerned that understanding of the ethical, political, and environmental consequences of an albedo modification action is relatively less advanced than the technical capacity to execute it. In fact, one serious concern is that such an action could be unilaterally undertaken by a na ...
... The committee is concerned that understanding of the ethical, political, and environmental consequences of an albedo modification action is relatively less advanced than the technical capacity to execute it. In fact, one serious concern is that such an action could be unilaterally undertaken by a na ...
The positive impact of human CO2 emissions on the survival of life
... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This study looks at the positive environmental effects of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, ...
... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This study looks at the positive environmental effects of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, ...
Climate Intervention: Carbon Dioxide Removal and
... The committee is concerned that understanding of the ethical, political, and environmental consequences of an albedo modification action is relatively less advanced than the technical capacity to execute it. In fact, one serious concern is that such an action could be unilaterally undertaken by a na ...
... The committee is concerned that understanding of the ethical, political, and environmental consequences of an albedo modification action is relatively less advanced than the technical capacity to execute it. In fact, one serious concern is that such an action could be unilaterally undertaken by a na ...
English - Inter-Parliamentary Union
... Amend to read as follows: (12) Recalling that the international community raised this issue at the First World Climate Conference (Geneva, 1979); the Vienna Conference on depletion of the ozone layer (1985); the International Conference in on the protection of the ozone layer (Montreal, 1987); the T ...
... Amend to read as follows: (12) Recalling that the international community raised this issue at the First World Climate Conference (Geneva, 1979); the Vienna Conference on depletion of the ozone layer (1985); the International Conference in on the protection of the ozone layer (Montreal, 1987); the T ...
ADDENDUM: Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States AD
... Observations show unequivocally that there have been two periods of planetary warming in the past 160 years. The first, from roughly 1910 through 1945, likely had very little of a human component, while the second, beginning in 1977, most likely did. Both warmings were of similar magnitude statistic ...
... Observations show unequivocally that there have been two periods of planetary warming in the past 160 years. The first, from roughly 1910 through 1945, likely had very little of a human component, while the second, beginning in 1977, most likely did. Both warmings were of similar magnitude statistic ...
Target Atmospheric CO : Where Should Humanity Aim?
... GHGs [6], implies maximum CO2 ~ 450 ppm [5]. Our current analysis suggests that humanity must aim for an even lower level of GHGs. Paleoclimate data and ongoing global changes indicate that ‘slow’ climate feedback processes not included in most climate models, such as ice sheet disintegration, veget ...
... GHGs [6], implies maximum CO2 ~ 450 ppm [5]. Our current analysis suggests that humanity must aim for an even lower level of GHGs. Paleoclimate data and ongoing global changes indicate that ‘slow’ climate feedback processes not included in most climate models, such as ice sheet disintegration, veget ...
Environment, Politics and Development Working Paper Series
... justice and global ethics that have emerged in the past twenty years in reaction to neoliberal economic globalization…. [This] is based on the growing concern with an unfair globalized world, in which pain and suffering are visible through global media and easy travel, and where many international s ...
... justice and global ethics that have emerged in the past twenty years in reaction to neoliberal economic globalization…. [This] is based on the growing concern with an unfair globalized world, in which pain and suffering are visible through global media and easy travel, and where many international s ...
National Integrated Mitigation Planning in Agriculture: A review paper
... propose NAMAs in the agriculture sector. A number of NAMAs are also under development but have not been officially communicated to the UNFCCC. A total of 62 agricultural NAMAs from 30 countries have been identified. Those NAMAs that have quantified emission reduction targets or mitigation potentials ...
... propose NAMAs in the agriculture sector. A number of NAMAs are also under development but have not been officially communicated to the UNFCCC. A total of 62 agricultural NAMAs from 30 countries have been identified. Those NAMAs that have quantified emission reduction targets or mitigation potentials ...
Understanding the Forecast Second Edition David Archer d
... as other planets such as Venus and Mars). For the threat of humaninduced climate change to go away, we’d have to toss out greenhouse theory, and come up with some other explanation for why the Earth has been warming over the past decades. But there is no existing model or theory of climate that can ...
... as other planets such as Venus and Mars). For the threat of humaninduced climate change to go away, we’d have to toss out greenhouse theory, and come up with some other explanation for why the Earth has been warming over the past decades. But there is no existing model or theory of climate that can ...
THE ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND TRANSNATIONAL
... approximately 2.6 billion tonnes of C02 eq annually, more than all countries, except the United States and China" (C40 Cities 2012). All the while, cities only make up two percent of the world's total land mass (UN-HABIT AT 2011, vi). In essence, local governments are becoming responsible for more a ...
... approximately 2.6 billion tonnes of C02 eq annually, more than all countries, except the United States and China" (C40 Cities 2012). All the while, cities only make up two percent of the world's total land mass (UN-HABIT AT 2011, vi). In essence, local governments are becoming responsible for more a ...
Forests and Climate Change in Latin America: Linking Adaptation
... Mitigation and adaptation also share some common features; for example, sustainable development is a common target [5,10,13]. An understanding of the synergies between adaptation and mitigation could underpin discussions on mainstreaming both adaptation and mitigation into climate change policies. S ...
... Mitigation and adaptation also share some common features; for example, sustainable development is a common target [5,10,13]. An understanding of the synergies between adaptation and mitigation could underpin discussions on mainstreaming both adaptation and mitigation into climate change policies. S ...
Urban Areas and Climate Change: Review of Current Issues and
... of development, sources of innovations and policy responses to reduce the emissions of heat trapping gases and adapt to the impacts of climate change. It is this combination, within urban areas, of increased vulnerabilities along with increased opportunities that can incubate important synergies and ...
... of development, sources of innovations and policy responses to reduce the emissions of heat trapping gases and adapt to the impacts of climate change. It is this combination, within urban areas, of increased vulnerabilities along with increased opportunities that can incubate important synergies and ...
Topic paper 1: Climate change
... Decentralised energy: Energy from local renewable and low-carbon sources (i.e. on-site and near-site, but not remote off-site). District heating network: A system where a centralised heat generating plant (using any one of a range of technologies) provides heat to surrounding buildings in the area b ...
... Decentralised energy: Energy from local renewable and low-carbon sources (i.e. on-site and near-site, but not remote off-site). District heating network: A system where a centralised heat generating plant (using any one of a range of technologies) provides heat to surrounding buildings in the area b ...
lcmexl978i.pdf
... Central America: coverage and rates of municiapal water service, 2008 ............................................... Central America: irrigation and agricultural indicators ........................................................................... Central America: evolution of renewable total avai ...
... Central America: coverage and rates of municiapal water service, 2008 ............................................... Central America: irrigation and agricultural indicators ........................................................................... Central America: evolution of renewable total avai ...
United Nations
... The Task Force suggests to continue its work to support pilot implementation of the set of 39 core indicators, develop further the methodologies, and develop operational and contextual indicators to accompany the recommend set of core indicators. The Task Force would also contribute to the developme ...
... The Task Force suggests to continue its work to support pilot implementation of the set of 39 core indicators, develop further the methodologies, and develop operational and contextual indicators to accompany the recommend set of core indicators. The Task Force would also contribute to the developme ...
1 - Daikin
... energy efficiency: “Effizienz ist unsere Natur/Efficiency is our nature”. However, future climate change models project that the emission of current HFC-based refrigerants will increase substantially in the coming decades, primarily from a growing demand for air conditioners and refrigeration system ...
... energy efficiency: “Effizienz ist unsere Natur/Efficiency is our nature”. However, future climate change models project that the emission of current HFC-based refrigerants will increase substantially in the coming decades, primarily from a growing demand for air conditioners and refrigeration system ...
Energy Partisanship - Scholarship Repository
... (draft decision). The “nationally determined contribution” submitted by the United States in the lead up to the Paris conference specifies that the United States intends to achieve “an economy-wide target of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 26-28 per cent below its 2005 level in 2025.” Unite ...
... (draft decision). The “nationally determined contribution” submitted by the United States in the lead up to the Paris conference specifies that the United States intends to achieve “an economy-wide target of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 26-28 per cent below its 2005 level in 2025.” Unite ...
come heat and high water: climate risk in the southeastern us and
... »»The Southeast and Texas are high-emitting and high energy-use regions, mainly due to their economic reliance on energy- and emission-intensive sectors such as manufacturing, agriculture, oil and gas production and mining. »»As temperatures rise and individual households and businesses increase the ...
... »»The Southeast and Texas are high-emitting and high energy-use regions, mainly due to their economic reliance on energy- and emission-intensive sectors such as manufacturing, agriculture, oil and gas production and mining. »»As temperatures rise and individual households and businesses increase the ...
Investment and growth in the time of climate change
... the remainder of this introduction. The next section outlines the bare economics of climate change. Section 1.3 offers a glimpse at global and EU greenhouse-gas emission pathways – both for a continuation of current trends and action aimed at preventing dangerous anthropogenic interference in the cli ...
... the remainder of this introduction. The next section outlines the bare economics of climate change. Section 1.3 offers a glimpse at global and EU greenhouse-gas emission pathways – both for a continuation of current trends and action aimed at preventing dangerous anthropogenic interference in the cli ...
Investment and growth in the time of climate change
... the remainder of this introduction. The next section outlines the bare economics of climate change. Section 1.3 offers a glimpse at global and EU greenhouse-gas emission pathways – both for a continuation of current trends and action aimed at preventing dangerous anthropogenic interference in the cli ...
... the remainder of this introduction. The next section outlines the bare economics of climate change. Section 1.3 offers a glimpse at global and EU greenhouse-gas emission pathways – both for a continuation of current trends and action aimed at preventing dangerous anthropogenic interference in the cli ...
Why Regulation of Greenhouse Gases under the Clean Air Act`s
... permit program, the mobile source emissions and fuel standards (hereinafter Mobile Source Emissions Standards), and the National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants.16 The NAAQS and the Mobile Source Emissions Standards are the programs focused on in this article. The NAAQS provide one ...
... permit program, the mobile source emissions and fuel standards (hereinafter Mobile Source Emissions Standards), and the National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants.16 The NAAQS and the Mobile Source Emissions Standards are the programs focused on in this article. The NAAQS provide one ...
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.