COUNTRY REPORT: TURKEY Turkey`s Climate Change Dilemma
... Since the first Regulation came into force, the EIA process has been heavily criticized by the public due to its apparent ineffectiveness. According to Ministry of Environment and Urbanization data, only 32 EIA reports were rejected between 1993 and 2012. Just as concerning is the fact that 39,649 p ...
... Since the first Regulation came into force, the EIA process has been heavily criticized by the public due to its apparent ineffectiveness. According to Ministry of Environment and Urbanization data, only 32 EIA reports were rejected between 1993 and 2012. Just as concerning is the fact that 39,649 p ...
A new climate for business - Cambridge Institute for Sustainability
... to your business Companies now have a strategic choice between being part of a well-planned and managed global transition or being subject to a more disruptive transition – both at the company and broad economy level. In order to achieve a smooth transition, companies will need frameworks to transla ...
... to your business Companies now have a strategic choice between being part of a well-planned and managed global transition or being subject to a more disruptive transition – both at the company and broad economy level. In order to achieve a smooth transition, companies will need frameworks to transla ...
Notes and Instructions
... society. A “sustainable society” is a society with a balance within economic, ecological and social development sectors. Very few countries showed to have embraced such direction. At the same time, the world ecosystem is changed faster during the last 50 years than any other previous period in the H ...
... society. A “sustainable society” is a society with a balance within economic, ecological and social development sectors. Very few countries showed to have embraced such direction. At the same time, the world ecosystem is changed faster during the last 50 years than any other previous period in the H ...
Slide 1 - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
... See Meinshausen et al., Climatic Change, 2011, doi: DOI 10.1007/s10584-011-0156-z and Rogelj et al., Nature Climate Change, 2011, doi: DOI: 10.1038/NCLIMATE1258 ...
... See Meinshausen et al., Climatic Change, 2011, doi: DOI 10.1007/s10584-011-0156-z and Rogelj et al., Nature Climate Change, 2011, doi: DOI: 10.1038/NCLIMATE1258 ...
UK Treasury Secretar..
... has grown much faster than in previous decades and faster than the rest of Europe. Yet in Britain in this period of high growth, greenhouse gas emissions have not risen. So without being complacent about what more we have to do, which we are not, it is correct that the carbon intensity of the Britis ...
... has grown much faster than in previous decades and faster than the rest of Europe. Yet in Britain in this period of high growth, greenhouse gas emissions have not risen. So without being complacent about what more we have to do, which we are not, it is correct that the carbon intensity of the Britis ...
Respect Climate
... fight climate change – as close to the projects as to the clients. South Pole enables the implementation and operation of about 250 high-quality projects that efficiently reduce greenhouse gases and at the same time benefit local communities and the environment. The company focuses on premium projec ...
... fight climate change – as close to the projects as to the clients. South Pole enables the implementation and operation of about 250 high-quality projects that efficiently reduce greenhouse gases and at the same time benefit local communities and the environment. The company focuses on premium projec ...
Global-Warming Deniers: A Well-Funded Machine
... naysayers: that global temperature data are flat-out wrong. For one thing, they argued, the data reflect urbanization (many temperature stations are in or near cities), not true global warming. Shaping public opinion was only one goal of the industry groups, for soon after Hansen's sweatdrenched te ...
... naysayers: that global temperature data are flat-out wrong. For one thing, they argued, the data reflect urbanization (many temperature stations are in or near cities), not true global warming. Shaping public opinion was only one goal of the industry groups, for soon after Hansen's sweatdrenched te ...
Climate Change and Legislation
... needs while maintaining the quality of the natural environment for current and future generations. “Towards this end, the State adopts the principle of protecting the climate system for the benefit of humankind, on the basis of climate justice or common but differentiated responsibilities and the Pr ...
... needs while maintaining the quality of the natural environment for current and future generations. “Towards this end, the State adopts the principle of protecting the climate system for the benefit of humankind, on the basis of climate justice or common but differentiated responsibilities and the Pr ...
Mitigating Air Pollution and Climate Change
... and Clean Air Coalition with over 30 member nations to target mitigation of SLCPs (http://www.unep.org/ccac/). Technologies exist to drastically cut the emissions of these SLCPs. For example, California reduced emissions of black carbon from diesel combustion by 50% since the 1980s using combination ...
... and Clean Air Coalition with over 30 member nations to target mitigation of SLCPs (http://www.unep.org/ccac/). Technologies exist to drastically cut the emissions of these SLCPs. For example, California reduced emissions of black carbon from diesel combustion by 50% since the 1980s using combination ...
Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Carbon Tax Design)
... concern that climate change could slow or possibly even reverse progress on poverty reduction. This concern is rooted in the fact than most developing countries are more dependent on agriculture and other climate-sensitive natural resources for income and wellbeing, and that they also lack sufficien ...
... concern that climate change could slow or possibly even reverse progress on poverty reduction. This concern is rooted in the fact than most developing countries are more dependent on agriculture and other climate-sensitive natural resources for income and wellbeing, and that they also lack sufficien ...
Climate change action post Paris: What now for New Zealand
... Adapting to climate change: RMA’s key role To date, at both the international and domestic levels, the focus and attention of climate change policy and regulation has primarily been on mitigation, with adaptation issues playing second fiddle. By including fundamental adaptation goals alongside mitig ...
... Adapting to climate change: RMA’s key role To date, at both the international and domestic levels, the focus and attention of climate change policy and regulation has primarily been on mitigation, with adaptation issues playing second fiddle. By including fundamental adaptation goals alongside mitig ...
annex i - Covenant of Mayors
... they depend – it allows the identification of areas of critical concern and therefore provides information for decision-making. The assessment could address risks related to floods, extreme temperatures and heat waves, droughts and water scarcity, storms and other extreme weather events, increased f ...
... they depend – it allows the identification of areas of critical concern and therefore provides information for decision-making. The assessment could address risks related to floods, extreme temperatures and heat waves, droughts and water scarcity, storms and other extreme weather events, increased f ...
Climate change DRAFT
... closest to the coast, where there can be flash flooding and wind damage affecting industry, infrastructure and roads. This may increase the cost of insurance to business and the community. Inland areas are likely to face increased bushfire risk. The rapid population growth of South East Queensland c ...
... closest to the coast, where there can be flash flooding and wind damage affecting industry, infrastructure and roads. This may increase the cost of insurance to business and the community. Inland areas are likely to face increased bushfire risk. The rapid population growth of South East Queensland c ...
SB 14-66 Climate Change: The Latest United
... four largest sources of emissions in 2010 as i) electricity and heat production, ii) agriculture, forestry and land use, iii) industry and iv) transport. Between 2000 and 2010 emissions of greenhouse gas emissions have increased by an average of 2.2% per year. The report cites economic growth and po ...
... four largest sources of emissions in 2010 as i) electricity and heat production, ii) agriculture, forestry and land use, iii) industry and iv) transport. Between 2000 and 2010 emissions of greenhouse gas emissions have increased by an average of 2.2% per year. The report cites economic growth and po ...
Summary of climate change relevant legislation and climate change
... nature of „right to emit GHG’s”, with lack of control for emission allowances and with overallocation. Climate aspects were not integrated into spatial planning and development plans. In these plans there are air protection and sustainable development objectives at most, but not any climate relevant ...
... nature of „right to emit GHG’s”, with lack of control for emission allowances and with overallocation. Climate aspects were not integrated into spatial planning and development plans. In these plans there are air protection and sustainable development objectives at most, but not any climate relevant ...
... future, and will have only a small impact on the economies of most countries. If that’s all true, it would imply that the SCC is small, perhaps only around $10 per ton of CO2, which would justify a very small (almost negligible) tax on carbon emissions, e.g., something like 10 cents per gallon of ga ...
QUESTIONS FOR THE RECORD The Honorable Lamar Smith (R-TX)
... atmospheric circulation and weather patterns on all scales, including synoptic storm tracks, in ways that are just beginning to be explored. In the aggregate, these changes can affect air quality, ecosystems, and water resources. The cumulative impacts of inadvertent weather modification may thus re ...
... atmospheric circulation and weather patterns on all scales, including synoptic storm tracks, in ways that are just beginning to be explored. In the aggregate, these changes can affect air quality, ecosystems, and water resources. The cumulative impacts of inadvertent weather modification may thus re ...
Policy on climate change for the Swedish Forest
... for forest fire. Warmer and wetter winters will likely mean more expensive and technically more difficult transporting of forest biomass from forest to road, as well as needs for improved maintenance of existing forest roads and generally improved quality of new roads. Along with the strengthening o ...
... for forest fire. Warmer and wetter winters will likely mean more expensive and technically more difficult transporting of forest biomass from forest to road, as well as needs for improved maintenance of existing forest roads and generally improved quality of new roads. Along with the strengthening o ...
... The politics of climate change are complex due to numerous factors that arise from the global economy's complex interdependence on carbon dioxide emitting hydrocarbon energy sources and because carbon dioxide is directly implicated in global warming making global warming a non-traditional environmen ...
Global Warming and Agriculture
... more than offset. But technological change is a false panacea for several reasons. First, the green revolution has already slowed. Calculations based on UN Food and Agricultural Organization data show that grain yields, which rose at an annual rate of 2.7 percent in the 1960s and 1970s, have risen ...
... more than offset. But technological change is a false panacea for several reasons. First, the green revolution has already slowed. Calculations based on UN Food and Agricultural Organization data show that grain yields, which rose at an annual rate of 2.7 percent in the 1960s and 1970s, have risen ...
GEMI Benchmark Survey Water Use, Issues & Management
... – Most have not informed shareholders of financial risks – Companies that take steps to address climate change can mitigate losses and even gain competitive advantage Climate Change Benchmarking – March 2003 ...
... – Most have not informed shareholders of financial risks – Companies that take steps to address climate change can mitigate losses and even gain competitive advantage Climate Change Benchmarking – March 2003 ...
Presentation during Rio+20
... Impact on agricultural stakeholders by several sides (consumers, producers, policy makers etc. ) ...
... Impact on agricultural stakeholders by several sides (consumers, producers, policy makers etc. ) ...
Supreme Court Stays the Clean Power Plan
... for each interim period a state can choose to follow EPA’s interim steps or customize their own ...
... for each interim period a state can choose to follow EPA’s interim steps or customize their own ...
Climate change, community wellbeing and social justice
... expected to disappear by 2040 at the latest – will remove the main source of water for approximately 1.3 billion people in the region. 6 . The human impact: Australia and Victoria Grant provided us with a range number of CSIRO statistics about the likely impact of climate change on Australia. (Even ...
... expected to disappear by 2040 at the latest – will remove the main source of water for approximately 1.3 billion people in the region. 6 . The human impact: Australia and Victoria Grant provided us with a range number of CSIRO statistics about the likely impact of climate change on Australia. (Even ...
Climate change in Canada
In Canada mitigation of anthropogenic climate change is being addressed more seriously by the provinces than by the federal government.