document - Africa-wide Civil Society Climate Change
... dialogue on climate change in the country with full participation of legislators, the industrial and insurance sectors, bankers, and other players. She highlighted the need for the country to harmonise concern on climate change, and for Africa to speak with one voice at the World Climate Change Nego ...
... dialogue on climate change in the country with full participation of legislators, the industrial and insurance sectors, bankers, and other players. She highlighted the need for the country to harmonise concern on climate change, and for Africa to speak with one voice at the World Climate Change Nego ...
Submission by the Like-Minded Developing Countries
... combat climate change “should be undertaken on the basis of equity and common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities, and the provision of finance, technology transfer and capacity-building to developing countries in order to support their mitigation and adaptation actions u ...
... combat climate change “should be undertaken on the basis of equity and common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities, and the provision of finance, technology transfer and capacity-building to developing countries in order to support their mitigation and adaptation actions u ...
of babies and bathwater: why the clean air act`s cooperative
... from the power plants included in the program had fallen 35% from 1990 levels.12 The program is generally regarded as a triumph of cost-effectiveness. One study estimates that the program will provide benefits worth $122 million annually at a cost of about $3 million annually when its reductions are ...
... from the power plants included in the program had fallen 35% from 1990 levels.12 The program is generally regarded as a triumph of cost-effectiveness. One study estimates that the program will provide benefits worth $122 million annually at a cost of about $3 million annually when its reductions are ...
Climate Change and the World Council of Churches
... 1974 to launch a study on science and technology which culminated in a major conference at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1979. One of the organizing foci for the Budapest 1974 event was to reflect on the Club of Rome’s report Limits to Growth. A key contribution of that event and re ...
... 1974 to launch a study on science and technology which culminated in a major conference at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1979. One of the organizing foci for the Budapest 1974 event was to reflect on the Club of Rome’s report Limits to Growth. A key contribution of that event and re ...
The Influence on Climate Change of Differing Scenarios for Future
... Assessment Report of the IPCC. There are four main “storylines” (denoted as A1, A2, B1, and B2) defined in the report. These storylines are further divided into 40 scenarios developed by six modeling teams. It is claimed that all 40 scenarios are equally valid, with no assigned probabilities of occu ...
... Assessment Report of the IPCC. There are four main “storylines” (denoted as A1, A2, B1, and B2) defined in the report. These storylines are further divided into 40 scenarios developed by six modeling teams. It is claimed that all 40 scenarios are equally valid, with no assigned probabilities of occu ...
All Countries Need to Take Major Steps on Climate Change: Global
... Nine out of ten say that action is necessary to address global warming. A substantial majority (65%) choose the strongest position, saying that “it is necessary to take major steps starting very soon.” The poll includes 14 of the 16 major economic powers invited by President Bush to Washington later ...
... Nine out of ten say that action is necessary to address global warming. A substantial majority (65%) choose the strongest position, saying that “it is necessary to take major steps starting very soon.” The poll includes 14 of the 16 major economic powers invited by President Bush to Washington later ...
Climate change: the ultimate `tragedy of the commons`? Jouni
... Robert Falkner, Lin Ostrom, Kerry Smith and James van Alstine for their comments on earlier versions of this paper. ...
... Robert Falkner, Lin Ostrom, Kerry Smith and James van Alstine for their comments on earlier versions of this paper. ...
Chapter 12 - Graduate Institute of International and Development
... was negotiated and later signed at UNCED. The underlying environmental problem is the preservation of the richness in species of flora and fauna. In this environmental domain, estimates of the actual stock of species is difficult since many of them have not yet been identified and described. Until t ...
... was negotiated and later signed at UNCED. The underlying environmental problem is the preservation of the richness in species of flora and fauna. In this environmental domain, estimates of the actual stock of species is difficult since many of them have not yet been identified and described. Until t ...
A Short History of Climate Change Policy in Australia
... reiterated in An Action Agenda for Climate Change issued on 30 May 2007, that the new Government would: ratify the Kyoto Protocol; set up a national emissions trading scheme (ETS); and cut Australia’s GHG emissions by 60% on 2000 levels by 2050. It also announced that it had accepte ...
... reiterated in An Action Agenda for Climate Change issued on 30 May 2007, that the new Government would: ratify the Kyoto Protocol; set up a national emissions trading scheme (ETS); and cut Australia’s GHG emissions by 60% on 2000 levels by 2050. It also announced that it had accepte ...
The Case for a Carbon Tax in Canada
... much smaller scale. Elinor Ostrom received the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economics for her work in examining the emergence of self-government institutions in similar prisoners dilemma-type environments.16 For example, she carefully documents a number of small-scale community fisheries that - lacking outsi ...
... much smaller scale. Elinor Ostrom received the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economics for her work in examining the emergence of self-government institutions in similar prisoners dilemma-type environments.16 For example, she carefully documents a number of small-scale community fisheries that - lacking outsi ...
Climate Leadership report to minister executive summary
... We also heard from those who were bullish on technology and its ability to solve Alberta’s greenhouse gas challenges. These interventions were as diverse as they were frequent, from large companies looking to deploy proven technologies more rapidly in Alberta all the way to individual entrepreneurs ...
... We also heard from those who were bullish on technology and its ability to solve Alberta’s greenhouse gas challenges. These interventions were as diverse as they were frequent, from large companies looking to deploy proven technologies more rapidly in Alberta all the way to individual entrepreneurs ...
City of Urbana CAP phase IFinal
... greater than a 1990 baseline. Therefore, it is prudent to set a longer-‐term reduction goal of greater than 60%. In order to substantially achieve the needed reductions indicated by IPCC research, the ...
... greater than a 1990 baseline. Therefore, it is prudent to set a longer-‐term reduction goal of greater than 60%. In order to substantially achieve the needed reductions indicated by IPCC research, the ...
COP22: Strengthening the world`s response to climate change
... —— limit global warming to ‘well below’ 2˚C above pre-industrial levels (the level at which many scientists predict potentially catastrophic impacts) and to pursue efforts to limit it to only 1.5˚C —— peak global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as soon as possible and to achieve global carbon neutral ...
... —— limit global warming to ‘well below’ 2˚C above pre-industrial levels (the level at which many scientists predict potentially catastrophic impacts) and to pursue efforts to limit it to only 1.5˚C —— peak global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as soon as possible and to achieve global carbon neutral ...
Tropical Forest, Deforestation and Climate Change - Heinrich
... others fundamental elements necessary to control deforestation are available. For example, regional development plans to avoid novice impacts of new economic corridors – roads – into the Amazon before a regional plan has been established and agreed upon by local society (ex, along the Cuiaba-Santare ...
... others fundamental elements necessary to control deforestation are available. For example, regional development plans to avoid novice impacts of new economic corridors – roads – into the Amazon before a regional plan has been established and agreed upon by local society (ex, along the Cuiaba-Santare ...
Junk Mail`s Impact on Global Warming
... our planet is warming at an unsustainable rate. Taking on climate change is going to require some hard choices. But there’s one choice we can make that won’t be hard at all: getting rid of junk mail that we never wanted in the first place. This report reveals one of the most appalling and little-kno ...
... our planet is warming at an unsustainable rate. Taking on climate change is going to require some hard choices. But there’s one choice we can make that won’t be hard at all: getting rid of junk mail that we never wanted in the first place. This report reveals one of the most appalling and little-kno ...
Broader perspectives for comparing different greenhouse gases
... of present-day levels, and CO2 stabilized at levels about 10 per cent higher than its present-day levels.1 Continual revision of the GWP value in the policy framework arising from such adjustments would lead to progressive increases in the carbon price for methane emissions, and so potentially towar ...
... of present-day levels, and CO2 stabilized at levels about 10 per cent higher than its present-day levels.1 Continual revision of the GWP value in the policy framework arising from such adjustments would lead to progressive increases in the carbon price for methane emissions, and so potentially towar ...
Development, trade and carbon reduction
... markets do not work correctly and international agreements are not well designed. If the costs of carbon emissions are priced correctly, then markets could ensure that emissions are reduced in the most efficient ways. Internationally agreed and administered rules are needed for both trade and climat ...
... markets do not work correctly and international agreements are not well designed. If the costs of carbon emissions are priced correctly, then markets could ensure that emissions are reduced in the most efficient ways. Internationally agreed and administered rules are needed for both trade and climat ...
Chapter 6 Non-CO climate effects of aviation
... there is some uncertainty over this and research is required to provide definitive answers as to whether these are greater, lesser or equivalent. There are options that could possibly mitigate aviation non-CO2 effects: • Engine design to further reduce NOx emissions (notwithstanding the ...
... there is some uncertainty over this and research is required to provide definitive answers as to whether these are greater, lesser or equivalent. There are options that could possibly mitigate aviation non-CO2 effects: • Engine design to further reduce NOx emissions (notwithstanding the ...
Population, Wealth, and Climate Change
... population. We show that faster growth in percentage terms of the former compared with the latter has had a larger effect on the growth in fossil fuel related emissions over the period for which accurate data is available (1971-2005). However we note that although over this period taken as a whole t ...
... population. We show that faster growth in percentage terms of the former compared with the latter has had a larger effect on the growth in fossil fuel related emissions over the period for which accurate data is available (1971-2005). However we note that although over this period taken as a whole t ...
China, the United States and the European Union: Multiple
... and moral challenges of our time. Much has changed since the adoption of the 1992 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which featured climate mitigation targets for developed (Annex I) countries only.4 At present, the world can no longer be easily divided i ...
... and moral challenges of our time. Much has changed since the adoption of the 1992 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which featured climate mitigation targets for developed (Annex I) countries only.4 At present, the world can no longer be easily divided i ...
Properly designed emissions trading schemes do work!: Working
... pollutant that can be emitted within a pre-determined period. To ensure that this target is complied with, a certain number of credits are allocated to appropriate installations, and a penalty is applied as a charge per unit of pollutant emitted outside the limits. Firms may reduce their own polluti ...
... pollutant that can be emitted within a pre-determined period. To ensure that this target is complied with, a certain number of credits are allocated to appropriate installations, and a penalty is applied as a charge per unit of pollutant emitted outside the limits. Firms may reduce their own polluti ...