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... Smart investments in smallholder adaptation can also deliver important mitigation co-benefits A new study, conducted by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and IFAD ...
... Smart investments in smallholder adaptation can also deliver important mitigation co-benefits A new study, conducted by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and IFAD ...
Climate finance for the Middle East and North Africa: confronting the
... Nevertheless, there are large disparities in per capita income within countries and across the region, and not all countries are so well endowed with fossil fuel reserves. All the countries in the region are severely water stressed, and climate change is likely to further exacerbate this condition. ...
... Nevertheless, there are large disparities in per capita income within countries and across the region, and not all countries are so well endowed with fossil fuel reserves. All the countries in the region are severely water stressed, and climate change is likely to further exacerbate this condition. ...
NATIONAL TREASURY
... The clean development mechanism established in terms of the Kyoto Protocol allows for certified emission reductions (CERs) to be issued to recognise progress in reducing the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. There is, however, uncertainty with regard to the income tax treatment of CER ...
... The clean development mechanism established in terms of the Kyoto Protocol allows for certified emission reductions (CERs) to be issued to recognise progress in reducing the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. There is, however, uncertainty with regard to the income tax treatment of CER ...
et al
... Life cycle emissions (direct + indirect GHGs) of the bioenergy product system need to be 1/ ƞCO2-eq. times lower per energy service than the fossil reference product system in order to realize a net GHG reduction benefit ...
... Life cycle emissions (direct + indirect GHGs) of the bioenergy product system need to be 1/ ƞCO2-eq. times lower per energy service than the fossil reference product system in order to realize a net GHG reduction benefit ...
Australia`s future emissions reduction targets
... The Authority's recommendations in this report, as in its earlier reports, are founded on the comprehensive scientific evidence that human activities are the major contributor to global warming. Burning fossil fuels, many industrial processes, and land clearing activities (among others) produce gree ...
... The Authority's recommendations in this report, as in its earlier reports, are founded on the comprehensive scientific evidence that human activities are the major contributor to global warming. Burning fossil fuels, many industrial processes, and land clearing activities (among others) produce gree ...
Climate Change Policy Jason Shogren and Michael Toman •
... All of these damages are posited to result from changes in long-term GHG concentrations in the atmosphere. Very rapid rates of climate change could exacerbate the damage. The adverse effects of climate change most likely will take decades or longer to materialize, however. Moreover, the odds that th ...
... All of these damages are posited to result from changes in long-term GHG concentrations in the atmosphere. Very rapid rates of climate change could exacerbate the damage. The adverse effects of climate change most likely will take decades or longer to materialize, however. Moreover, the odds that th ...
how china`s food choices can help mitigate climate change
... greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are typically associated with fossil fuels used for energy, transportation or industry. Greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide trap heat in the Earth’s atmosphere, thus raising the temperature of the planet. Though each of these gases traps ...
... greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are typically associated with fossil fuels used for energy, transportation or industry. Greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide trap heat in the Earth’s atmosphere, thus raising the temperature of the planet. Though each of these gases traps ...
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... An impulse-response function model can be used as an exact substitute for its parent 3-dimensional model as long as only the linearized response to small perturbations is required. In the case of the carbon-cycle-climate system, this linear range extends to roughly twice the preindustrial CO2 concen ...
... An impulse-response function model can be used as an exact substitute for its parent 3-dimensional model as long as only the linearized response to small perturbations is required. In the case of the carbon-cycle-climate system, this linear range extends to roughly twice the preindustrial CO2 concen ...
Reconciling scientific reality with realpolitik: moving beyond carbon
... bring about behavioural change on the scale required, with many individuals choosing to disregard the connection between their own emissions and the larger challenge” [34]. Consequently, the potentially huge collective impact of individual and household decisions on energy-use is not being fully rea ...
... bring about behavioural change on the scale required, with many individuals choosing to disregard the connection between their own emissions and the larger challenge” [34]. Consequently, the potentially huge collective impact of individual and household decisions on energy-use is not being fully rea ...
Policy Instruments for Climate Change: How Can National Governments Address RESOURCES
... Convention on Climate Change. For a comprehensive review of the Convention, see: Bodansky (1993). In July, 1996, Undersecretary of State for Global Affairs, Timothy E. Wirth, stated at United Nations sponsored talks in Geneva that the Clinton Administration was committed to seeking binding internati ...
... Convention on Climate Change. For a comprehensive review of the Convention, see: Bodansky (1993). In July, 1996, Undersecretary of State for Global Affairs, Timothy E. Wirth, stated at United Nations sponsored talks in Geneva that the Clinton Administration was committed to seeking binding internati ...
amicus brief
... Author of Chapter 30 (The Oceans) in the Fifth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, due to be released in 2014. Amicus Pushker Kharecha is a climate scientist with NASA GISS and the Columbia University Earth Institute whose main focus is conducting scientific research ...
... Author of Chapter 30 (The Oceans) in the Fifth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, due to be released in 2014. Amicus Pushker Kharecha is a climate scientist with NASA GISS and the Columbia University Earth Institute whose main focus is conducting scientific research ...
TAKE ACTION - National Climate Change Secretariat
... alternative energy options such as nuclear, hydro-electric, wind, or geothermal power. Our limited land resources also make it challenging to deploy solar power on a large scale. Despite this, Singapore has made significant efforts in addressing climate change. We made early policy choices that redu ...
... alternative energy options such as nuclear, hydro-electric, wind, or geothermal power. Our limited land resources also make it challenging to deploy solar power on a large scale. Despite this, Singapore has made significant efforts in addressing climate change. We made early policy choices that redu ...
Climate Change Justice
... of people now and countless number of people in the future.1 Although the effects of climate change are likely to appear as the result of natural processes and disasters – and even though it may be difficult, for the time being at least even impossible, to distinguish them from natural misfortunes – ...
... of people now and countless number of people in the future.1 Although the effects of climate change are likely to appear as the result of natural processes and disasters – and even though it may be difficult, for the time being at least even impossible, to distinguish them from natural misfortunes – ...
Australian Climate Policy Survey
... to an Australian database of selected senior executives who work for, or with, companies or organisations that have a high emissions profile, investors, carbon market experts and professional service providers. The survey was designed primarily with qualitative responses with an additional option to ...
... to an Australian database of selected senior executives who work for, or with, companies or organisations that have a high emissions profile, investors, carbon market experts and professional service providers. The survey was designed primarily with qualitative responses with an additional option to ...
Radiative Forcing: negative
... Some of these contribute to warming the climate Some of these contribute to cooling the climate It would be helpful if we could develop a tool for measuring the strength of the various warming and ...
... Some of these contribute to warming the climate Some of these contribute to cooling the climate It would be helpful if we could develop a tool for measuring the strength of the various warming and ...
Aviation and Climate Change – the continuing
... climate change. Controlling emissions of greenhouse gases across sectors is critical if the carbon budgets underpinning this commitment are not to be exceeded. Yet the sizeable and growing emissions from international aviation (and shipping) were exempt from national targets enshrined in the Kyoto P ...
... climate change. Controlling emissions of greenhouse gases across sectors is critical if the carbon budgets underpinning this commitment are not to be exceeded. Yet the sizeable and growing emissions from international aviation (and shipping) were exempt from national targets enshrined in the Kyoto P ...
Targeting deforestation rates in climate change policy: a
... fire) and the likelihood that those credits would be used by developed nations to meet their fossil fuel CO2 emissions reductions leading to, at best, a zero sum game from a long-term atmospheric point of view and, at worst, an increase in near-term net greenhouse gas emissions [911]. Though defores ...
... fire) and the likelihood that those credits would be used by developed nations to meet their fossil fuel CO2 emissions reductions leading to, at best, a zero sum game from a long-term atmospheric point of view and, at worst, an increase in near-term net greenhouse gas emissions [911]. Though defores ...
http://eureka.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/66/1/TheWrongTrousers.pdf
... We have called this essay “The Wrong Trousers” evoking the Oscar-winning animated film of that name. In that film, the hapless hero, Wallace, becomes trapped in a pair of automated ‘Techno Trousers’. Whereas he thought they would make his life easier, in fact, they take control and carry him off in ...
... We have called this essay “The Wrong Trousers” evoking the Oscar-winning animated film of that name. In that film, the hapless hero, Wallace, becomes trapped in a pair of automated ‘Techno Trousers’. Whereas he thought they would make his life easier, in fact, they take control and carry him off in ...
The Geoengineering Option
... the wrong direction, the climate system is slow to respond to attempts at reversal. As with a bathtub that has a large faucet and a small drain, the only practical way to lower the level is by dramatically cutting the inflow. Holding global warming steady at its current rate would require a worldwide ...
... the wrong direction, the climate system is slow to respond to attempts at reversal. As with a bathtub that has a large faucet and a small drain, the only practical way to lower the level is by dramatically cutting the inflow. Holding global warming steady at its current rate would require a worldwide ...
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... Agriculture was responsible for about 11% of greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions in 2012 (Annex 1). Sources can be associated with intermediate input use (e.g. N2O from fertilizers), primary factors (e.g. CH4 from rice land) and sectoral outputs (e.g., CH4 from livestock production) (US-EPA 2006, Golu ...
... Agriculture was responsible for about 11% of greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions in 2012 (Annex 1). Sources can be associated with intermediate input use (e.g. N2O from fertilizers), primary factors (e.g. CH4 from rice land) and sectoral outputs (e.g., CH4 from livestock production) (US-EPA 2006, Golu ...
green growth development based on low carbon city in jakarta
... • Develop infrastructure and facilities for flood control with the development of polder systems, recovery and development there and the reservoir, dam and levee safety development of the river and the sea. (Flood Control) • Protected areas and conserve water resources, open space fo ...
... • Develop infrastructure and facilities for flood control with the development of polder systems, recovery and development there and the reservoir, dam and levee safety development of the river and the sea. (Flood Control) • Protected areas and conserve water resources, open space fo ...
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... problems there is a large scientific literature warning of the dangers of the failure to address the issue and continuing with business-as-usual (IPCC 2013, MA 2005). For climate change, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded that continued emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) ...
... problems there is a large scientific literature warning of the dangers of the failure to address the issue and continuing with business-as-usual (IPCC 2013, MA 2005). For climate change, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded that continued emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) ...
Mitigation - European Capacity Building Initiative
... environmental integrity of the outcome in Cancun and as it is a common concern, there is a need to have synergies between the two AWGs improve understanding and increase the transparency of all mitigation commitments in the Copenhagen Accord and urged working in line with the AWG-LCA consider ca ...
... environmental integrity of the outcome in Cancun and as it is a common concern, there is a need to have synergies between the two AWGs improve understanding and increase the transparency of all mitigation commitments in the Copenhagen Accord and urged working in line with the AWG-LCA consider ca ...
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.