THE COFFEES OF THE SECRETARY
... NAOMI KLEIN is an award-winning journalist, syndicated columnist and author of the New York Times and #1 international bestseller, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. Published worldwide in 2007, The Shock Doctrine has been published in 30 languages with over one million copies in p ...
... NAOMI KLEIN is an award-winning journalist, syndicated columnist and author of the New York Times and #1 international bestseller, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. Published worldwide in 2007, The Shock Doctrine has been published in 30 languages with over one million copies in p ...
at least -48 - Monash University
... emphasised that the long history of appropriation of the atmospheric commons by industrialised nations has resulted in an infringement of their ‘sovereign right to develop’, and that developed states bear a responsibility for the climate damage they have wrought even if this was done unintentionally ...
... emphasised that the long history of appropriation of the atmospheric commons by industrialised nations has resulted in an infringement of their ‘sovereign right to develop’, and that developed states bear a responsibility for the climate damage they have wrought even if this was done unintentionally ...
The Hartwell Paper - LSE Research Online
... It explains radical and practical ways to reduce non-CO2 human forcing of climate. It argues that improved climate risk management is a valid policy goal, and is not simply congruent with carbon policy. It explains the political prerequisite of energy efficiency strategies as a first step and docume ...
... It explains radical and practical ways to reduce non-CO2 human forcing of climate. It argues that improved climate risk management is a valid policy goal, and is not simply congruent with carbon policy. It explains the political prerequisite of energy efficiency strategies as a first step and docume ...
Global Warming and Economic Externalities
... Given the scientific evidence that human emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) contribute to global warming which will have real economic consequences through climate change, and the fact that until recently there is neither a market price for GHG emissions nor alternate institutions to impose limits ...
... Given the scientific evidence that human emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) contribute to global warming which will have real economic consequences through climate change, and the fact that until recently there is neither a market price for GHG emissions nor alternate institutions to impose limits ...
Climate Change Science
... climate model are emission scenarios, which estimate future releases of greenhouse gases and aerosols to the atmosphere based on assumptions concerning, for example, future socioeconomic and technological developments. The outputs of a climate model feed into a climate projection, i.e. a simulated r ...
... climate model are emission scenarios, which estimate future releases of greenhouse gases and aerosols to the atmosphere based on assumptions concerning, for example, future socioeconomic and technological developments. The outputs of a climate model feed into a climate projection, i.e. a simulated r ...
The Geography of Climate - Mary Robinson Foundation
... since the Industrial Revolution of the nineteenth century and ...
... since the Industrial Revolution of the nineteenth century and ...
DOCX 104KB - Climate Change Authority
... 2 degrees. The conclusions of science are clear—the likely impacts of climate change on Australia, including its natural environment, people and economy, are very serious. Even at 2 degrees of global warming, adverse impacts will be felt in Australia and around the world. Keeping warming below 2 deg ...
... 2 degrees. The conclusions of science are clear—the likely impacts of climate change on Australia, including its natural environment, people and economy, are very serious. Even at 2 degrees of global warming, adverse impacts will be felt in Australia and around the world. Keeping warming below 2 deg ...
Science of Climate Change
... Impacts of climate change on human and natural systems are already being observed at scale12. For example, the European heat wave of 200, which caused more than 45,000 excess deaths, demonstrated that human systems, even in wealthy regions, are more vulnerable to extreme climate events than was pre ...
... Impacts of climate change on human and natural systems are already being observed at scale12. For example, the European heat wave of 200, which caused more than 45,000 excess deaths, demonstrated that human systems, even in wealthy regions, are more vulnerable to extreme climate events than was pre ...
ETHEKWINI MUNICIPALITY ENERGY OFFICE PROFILE
... around saving electricity and promoting energy efficiency in the city. Since then the mandate of the Energy Office has expanded significantly to include promoting renewable energy, climate change mitigation and non-motorised transport. Climate change will be one of the key challenges of our age, bot ...
... around saving electricity and promoting energy efficiency in the city. Since then the mandate of the Energy Office has expanded significantly to include promoting renewable energy, climate change mitigation and non-motorised transport. Climate change will be one of the key challenges of our age, bot ...
Our Changing Climate - Climate Research Division
... These regional changes are consistent with global trends. During the past 100 years, average temperatures have risen more than one degree Fahrenheit worldwide. Research indicates that much of this warming is due to human activities, primarily burning fossil fuels and clearing forests, that release ...
... These regional changes are consistent with global trends. During the past 100 years, average temperatures have risen more than one degree Fahrenheit worldwide. Research indicates that much of this warming is due to human activities, primarily burning fossil fuels and clearing forests, that release ...
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... emissions make up almost half of New Zealand‟s gross emissions: at current targets, with a conservative carbon price of NZ$25, by 2020 New Zealand agricultural emissions will have an annual opportunity cost of $1 billion11. If New Zealanders could even halve emissions from agriculture we would benef ...
... emissions make up almost half of New Zealand‟s gross emissions: at current targets, with a conservative carbon price of NZ$25, by 2020 New Zealand agricultural emissions will have an annual opportunity cost of $1 billion11. If New Zealanders could even halve emissions from agriculture we would benef ...
StudentS take on climate StorieS
... When I look back at the thousands of articles I have written over the past three decades, among the few that really stand out is the dramatic call to arms by US scientist Jim Hansen in 1988 that helped raise awareness of global warming, and warn us of the dangers of climate change. This now promises ...
... When I look back at the thousands of articles I have written over the past three decades, among the few that really stand out is the dramatic call to arms by US scientist Jim Hansen in 1988 that helped raise awareness of global warming, and warn us of the dangers of climate change. This now promises ...
Air pollution, greenhouse gases and climate change: Global and
... several billion tons of pollutants each year. The major sources of this pollution include fossil fuel combustion for power generation and transportation; cooking with solid fuels; and burning of forests and savannah. The ultimate by-product of all forms of burning is the emission of the colorless ga ...
... several billion tons of pollutants each year. The major sources of this pollution include fossil fuel combustion for power generation and transportation; cooking with solid fuels; and burning of forests and savannah. The ultimate by-product of all forms of burning is the emission of the colorless ga ...
gwnord_chap1_072810 - Yale Economics
... even a grave societal issue. The underlying scientific basis of global warming is well established. The core problem is that the burning of fossil (carbon) fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas leads to emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2). Gases like CO2, which are called greenhouse gases (GHGs), a ...
... even a grave societal issue. The underlying scientific basis of global warming is well established. The core problem is that the burning of fossil (carbon) fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas leads to emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2). Gases like CO2, which are called greenhouse gases (GHGs), a ...
The Kyoto Protocol accounting rules
... emissions of the greenhouse gases listed in Annex A do not exceed [108 per cent of 1990 levels]…’ 7 Carbon dioxide (CO2) is not the only greenhouse gas. Many other gases are more effective at retaining heat than CO2, but exist at smaller concentrations in the atmosphere. Converting to ‘carbon dioxid ...
... emissions of the greenhouse gases listed in Annex A do not exceed [108 per cent of 1990 levels]…’ 7 Carbon dioxide (CO2) is not the only greenhouse gas. Many other gases are more effective at retaining heat than CO2, but exist at smaller concentrations in the atmosphere. Converting to ‘carbon dioxid ...
A safe climate scenario
... As a result of these developments it was hoped that the world would at last pick up pace on cutting emissions - with the aim of achieving a 60% to 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, in order to have a 50:50 chance of halting warming at or under +2ºC1 with the final CO2 level in the a ...
... As a result of these developments it was hoped that the world would at last pick up pace on cutting emissions - with the aim of achieving a 60% to 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, in order to have a 50:50 chance of halting warming at or under +2ºC1 with the final CO2 level in the a ...
cool policy: climate change mitigation supporting growth
... are averaged across countries (Figure 2.2). There are different external costs for different uses of fuels, so there can reasonably be some difference in taxes when expressed only in relation to carbon content. But the degree of variation observed is more than can be justified in that way; it gives ...
... are averaged across countries (Figure 2.2). There are different external costs for different uses of fuels, so there can reasonably be some difference in taxes when expressed only in relation to carbon content. But the degree of variation observed is more than can be justified in that way; it gives ...
Climate debt: A primer
... countries; and/or 5) extends developed countries’ excessive historical emission levels, and therefore part inequities, into a new agreement. Despite these concerns, the approach, as proposed by developed countries, now form the basis of the “shared vision” set out in the Chair’s text. The text: 1) ...
... countries; and/or 5) extends developed countries’ excessive historical emission levels, and therefore part inequities, into a new agreement. Despite these concerns, the approach, as proposed by developed countries, now form the basis of the “shared vision” set out in the Chair’s text. The text: 1) ...
who left carbon footprints in my greenhouse?
... f. There are some clear spikes in the historic levels of CO2, long before man was burning fossil fuels. To what might you attribute such spikes? g. What would happen to Earth if greenhouse gases were eliminated from the atmosphere? ...
... f. There are some clear spikes in the historic levels of CO2, long before man was burning fossil fuels. To what might you attribute such spikes? g. What would happen to Earth if greenhouse gases were eliminated from the atmosphere? ...
CESifo Working Paper no. 2758
... Kuznets (1955) on economic growth and income inequality. Kuznets (1955) found that global economic growth will enter a phase of declining inequality after passing through a period of rising income inequality. Therefore economic growth appeared to be the solution of increasing income inequalities and ...
... Kuznets (1955) on economic growth and income inequality. Kuznets (1955) found that global economic growth will enter a phase of declining inequality after passing through a period of rising income inequality. Therefore economic growth appeared to be the solution of increasing income inequalities and ...
how big business is funding climate change denial in the 113th
... and prepare for a future when the internal combustion engine itself would be phased out—were simply in keeping with his lifelong concern for the natural world. “I have been an environmentalist all my life,” Bill Ford frequently told reporters.8 In the company’s “Sustainability Report” for 2008-2009, ...
... and prepare for a future when the internal combustion engine itself would be phased out—were simply in keeping with his lifelong concern for the natural world. “I have been an environmentalist all my life,” Bill Ford frequently told reporters.8 In the company’s “Sustainability Report” for 2008-2009, ...
Global Climate Change
... • Forcing: How well do we understand past history of emissions and forcing? Future? Aerosol effects on precip? Role of soot? Land use? Stabilization of GHG (if governments so decide) is linked to understanding of forcing/feedback relationships (esp. carbon). • Beyond global warming: The AR5 will lik ...
... • Forcing: How well do we understand past history of emissions and forcing? Future? Aerosol effects on precip? Role of soot? Land use? Stabilization of GHG (if governments so decide) is linked to understanding of forcing/feedback relationships (esp. carbon). • Beyond global warming: The AR5 will lik ...
An Analysis of Sweden`s Carbon Footprint
... will need to increase their emissions to allow more people to meet their basic needs, and so industrialised countries must therefore lead the way out of crisis by drastically reducing global emissions. This is recognised as economically the most efficient solution to deal with climate change. Leadin ...
... will need to increase their emissions to allow more people to meet their basic needs, and so industrialised countries must therefore lead the way out of crisis by drastically reducing global emissions. This is recognised as economically the most efficient solution to deal with climate change. Leadin ...
Saint Kitts and Nevis
... St. Kitts and Nevis proposes to reduce its GHG emissions by focusing on electricity generation and the transport sector. Under its proposed mitigation actions it is intended that the policies and measures would increase the use of renewable energy sources by 50%, taking into consideration that this ...
... St. Kitts and Nevis proposes to reduce its GHG emissions by focusing on electricity generation and the transport sector. Under its proposed mitigation actions it is intended that the policies and measures would increase the use of renewable energy sources by 50%, taking into consideration that this ...
federal actions for a clean growth economy
... In the past decade, that amount tripled to $1.2 billion a year. By 2050, the costs of climate change could rise to $21 billion to $43 billion per year, according to estimates by the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy in 2011. Beyond a doubt, climate change is a challenge that mu ...
... In the past decade, that amount tripled to $1.2 billion a year. By 2050, the costs of climate change could rise to $21 billion to $43 billion per year, according to estimates by the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy in 2011. Beyond a doubt, climate change is a challenge that mu ...
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.