UC Carbon Neutrality Summit Resource List
... Texas--San Antonio’s Bright Energy Future (Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, 2008) http://ieer.org/resource/reports/san-antonios-bright-energy-future/ Description: A study by the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research making the case for CPS Energy and the City of San Antonio ...
... Texas--San Antonio’s Bright Energy Future (Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, 2008) http://ieer.org/resource/reports/san-antonios-bright-energy-future/ Description: A study by the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research making the case for CPS Energy and the City of San Antonio ...
Econ DA - adi2016
... below reproduces their findings for the case of a $30/ton tax on CO2 (in 2012 dollars) which is completely revenue neutral, with the funds being returned to citizens through one of four ways: (1) reductions in the corporate income tax rate and personal income tax rate on dividends, interest, and cap ...
... below reproduces their findings for the case of a $30/ton tax on CO2 (in 2012 dollars) which is completely revenue neutral, with the funds being returned to citizens through one of four ways: (1) reductions in the corporate income tax rate and personal income tax rate on dividends, interest, and cap ...
Meeting the Kyoto Protocol - Environmental Science Institute
... The Kyoto Protocol was created by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change as an amendment to the international treaty on climate change and was adopted by the United Nations in December of 1997. The objective of the protocol was to bring an international focus to limiting the emiss ...
... The Kyoto Protocol was created by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change as an amendment to the international treaty on climate change and was adopted by the United Nations in December of 1997. The objective of the protocol was to bring an international focus to limiting the emiss ...
Science aspects of the 2°C and 1.5°C global goals in the Cancun
... It is possible to “translate" a global mean temperature goal into intermediate emission targets for different timeframes such as 2020 and 2050, but to do so means deciding with what probability one wishes to achieve the temperature goal, given the uncertainties that relate to these kinds of calculat ...
... It is possible to “translate" a global mean temperature goal into intermediate emission targets for different timeframes such as 2020 and 2050, but to do so means deciding with what probability one wishes to achieve the temperature goal, given the uncertainties that relate to these kinds of calculat ...
The Greenhouse Effect o
... The State Education and Environment Roundtable and The Acorn Group served as the principal consultants throughout the development of the California Education and the Environment Initiative. Special thanks for their leadership in the development of the EEI curriculum. Valuable assistance with maps, p ...
... The State Education and Environment Roundtable and The Acorn Group served as the principal consultants throughout the development of the California Education and the Environment Initiative. Special thanks for their leadership in the development of the EEI curriculum. Valuable assistance with maps, p ...
Americans want climate action. Broad, diverse interests are
... litigation pending in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The following groups and individuals last week filed legal briefs to support the most important and ambitious plan ever to combat the pollution that is fueling climate disruption: ...
... litigation pending in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The following groups and individuals last week filed legal briefs to support the most important and ambitious plan ever to combat the pollution that is fueling climate disruption: ...
Climate Change and Sustainable Development
... from fuel combustion, electricity and heat production was the largest contributor for China, India, the EU and the USA, more ...
... from fuel combustion, electricity and heat production was the largest contributor for China, India, the EU and the USA, more ...
Planning in the face of uncertainty: weather and water
... observed 20th Century warming * Climate will continue to warm up in the 21st Century Then we use models that introduce some uncertainty into our projections, but the models are good enough, and I’ll try to show you quickly why we think they’re good enough, to allow us to rather confidently attribute ...
... observed 20th Century warming * Climate will continue to warm up in the 21st Century Then we use models that introduce some uncertainty into our projections, but the models are good enough, and I’ll try to show you quickly why we think they’re good enough, to allow us to rather confidently attribute ...
Lesson 7 - Climate Change - Hitchcock
... • The geological record shows that at different times, Earth’s climate has been both cooler and warmer than it is today. • Earth’s history contains extremely cold periods called ice ages. An ice age is a long period of cooling during which ice sheets spread beyond the ...
... • The geological record shows that at different times, Earth’s climate has been both cooler and warmer than it is today. • Earth’s history contains extremely cold periods called ice ages. An ice age is a long period of cooling during which ice sheets spread beyond the ...
The gains from trade
... countries are making greater sacrifices, is that the increase in the assigned target is less than the increase in BAU. These results are statistically significant. ...
... countries are making greater sacrifices, is that the increase in the assigned target is less than the increase in BAU. These results are statistically significant. ...
Climate Change and Sustainable Development in Brazilian Law
... Scientists predict temperatures will increase between 1.8°C and 4°C by 2100. Even if though these temperatures will have increased only by 1.8°C, this will exceed any positive variation throughout the last 10,000 years. The average sea level has risen by 10-20 centimeters during the twentieth centur ...
... Scientists predict temperatures will increase between 1.8°C and 4°C by 2100. Even if though these temperatures will have increased only by 1.8°C, this will exceed any positive variation throughout the last 10,000 years. The average sea level has risen by 10-20 centimeters during the twentieth centur ...
This lecture will help you understand:
... the amount of the Sun's energy that gets to the planet. Over the past several million years these changes have caused cycles of global warming and cooling. • There are three ways that Earth's orbit changes over time. – Eccentricity: The shape of Earth's orbit around the Sun becomes slightly more and ...
... the amount of the Sun's energy that gets to the planet. Over the past several million years these changes have caused cycles of global warming and cooling. • There are three ways that Earth's orbit changes over time. – Eccentricity: The shape of Earth's orbit around the Sun becomes slightly more and ...
Adaptation to climate change: key concepts
... and environmental conditions which include a structurally low availability of water resources It is also exposed to non-climatic risks such as earthquakes and tsunamis caused by the intense tectonic activity ...
... and environmental conditions which include a structurally low availability of water resources It is also exposed to non-climatic risks such as earthquakes and tsunamis caused by the intense tectonic activity ...
Update on the Carbon Mitigation Initiative Robert Socolow
... decadal-scale influence of explosive volcanic eruptions, indicating that natural sinks are not decreasing as previous studies have found. •Million year-old ice from Antarctica is extending the ice core record of climate, and researchers are looking for even older ice. ...
... decadal-scale influence of explosive volcanic eruptions, indicating that natural sinks are not decreasing as previous studies have found. •Million year-old ice from Antarctica is extending the ice core record of climate, and researchers are looking for even older ice. ...
Update on the Carbon Mitigation Initiative Robert Socolow Princeton
... decadal-scale influence of explosive volcanic eruptions, indicating that natural sinks are not decreasing as previous studies have found. •Million year-old ice from Antarctica is extending the ice core record of climate, and researchers are looking for even older ice. ...
... decadal-scale influence of explosive volcanic eruptions, indicating that natural sinks are not decreasing as previous studies have found. •Million year-old ice from Antarctica is extending the ice core record of climate, and researchers are looking for even older ice. ...
Cap and Trade or a Carbon Tax? How to Reduce CO Emissions
... this policy, but ultimately some of the costs will need to be paid by consumers to prevent catastrophic climate change and spur an alternative energy industry. Even though economists show current action to be the more economically efficient move, I would still have trouble recommending inaction if ...
... this policy, but ultimately some of the costs will need to be paid by consumers to prevent catastrophic climate change and spur an alternative energy industry. Even though economists show current action to be the more economically efficient move, I would still have trouble recommending inaction if ...
Issues related to agriculture, as outlined in paragraph 69 and 70 of the Outcome of the work of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention
... and recommend modalities and procedures for possible additional land use, land-use change and forestry activities under the clean development mechanism. This work, whatever the final decision under KP, could be of use in the design of new mechanisms under a future agreement, taking into account the ...
... and recommend modalities and procedures for possible additional land use, land-use change and forestry activities under the clean development mechanism. This work, whatever the final decision under KP, could be of use in the design of new mechanisms under a future agreement, taking into account the ...
- Harvard University
... frequency, lengthening pollution episodes over Midwest and Northeast. Climate change is expected to degrade U.S. ozone air quality. The summer average daily max-8h ozone increases by 2-5 ppb over large areas due to 2000-2050 climate change with the IPCC A1B scenario. Largest effect is during polluti ...
... frequency, lengthening pollution episodes over Midwest and Northeast. Climate change is expected to degrade U.S. ozone air quality. The summer average daily max-8h ozone increases by 2-5 ppb over large areas due to 2000-2050 climate change with the IPCC A1B scenario. Largest effect is during polluti ...
Author
... One per cent of the atmosphere is made up of greenhouse gases. These are water vapour, carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O). So what’s the fuss about? It’s really more than a fuss. The natural balance of greenhouse gases has been ruined in the last two hundred years. Things that ...
... One per cent of the atmosphere is made up of greenhouse gases. These are water vapour, carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O). So what’s the fuss about? It’s really more than a fuss. The natural balance of greenhouse gases has been ruined in the last two hundred years. Things that ...
What is climate change? How does climate change impact the poor
... Lalu’s father was killed in the recent civil war and his mother remarried and lives with her new family, leaving Lalu to live with his grandparents. They have a small amount of land. In the past, they were able to grow enough food, but prolonged dry seasons and flooding have both affected their abil ...
... Lalu’s father was killed in the recent civil war and his mother remarried and lives with her new family, leaving Lalu to live with his grandparents. They have a small amount of land. In the past, they were able to grow enough food, but prolonged dry seasons and flooding have both affected their abil ...
Current and future climate of Tuvalu
... level. Satellite data indicate the sea level has risen near Tuvalu by about 5 mm per year since 1993 (a total of 9 cm over this period). This is larger than the global average of 2.8–3.6 mm per year. This higher rate of rise may be partly related to natural fluctuations that take place year to year ...
... level. Satellite data indicate the sea level has risen near Tuvalu by about 5 mm per year since 1993 (a total of 9 cm over this period). This is larger than the global average of 2.8–3.6 mm per year. This higher rate of rise may be partly related to natural fluctuations that take place year to year ...
The Bali Agreements and Forests
... Specialist in Natural Resources Policy Resources, Science, and Industry Division ...
... Specialist in Natural Resources Policy Resources, Science, and Industry Division ...
Evidence Review Climate Change and Social Justice
... Guidance for Adaptation Policy • Need for evidence of who is vulnerable thus linking to how they respond, who pays and who benefits from policies – disaggregated social data – to provide differentiation within communities in terms of equity and capacity • Need to clarify where national policy needs ...
... Guidance for Adaptation Policy • Need for evidence of who is vulnerable thus linking to how they respond, who pays and who benefits from policies – disaggregated social data – to provide differentiation within communities in terms of equity and capacity • Need to clarify where national policy needs ...
How Will Climate Change Affect Agriculture in Washington?
... Washington crops and livestock will be affected by climate change via warming temperatures, rising atmospheric carbon dioxide, increasing water stress, declining availability of irrigation water, and changing pressures from pests, weeds, and pathogens. Different crops and locations will experience d ...
... Washington crops and livestock will be affected by climate change via warming temperatures, rising atmospheric carbon dioxide, increasing water stress, declining availability of irrigation water, and changing pressures from pests, weeds, and pathogens. Different crops and locations will experience d ...
Executive Summary
... incurring the highest relative losses at over 3% of GDP, while between two thirds and three quarters of all carbon economy costs are borne by developing countries. When the costs of climate change and the carbon economy estimated here are combined, not one country in the world is left unharmed. In t ...
... incurring the highest relative losses at over 3% of GDP, while between two thirds and three quarters of all carbon economy costs are borne by developing countries. When the costs of climate change and the carbon economy estimated here are combined, not one country in the world is left unharmed. In t ...
Climate change in Canada
In Canada mitigation of anthropogenic climate change is being addressed more seriously by the provinces than by the federal government.