Department
... - EAP6 rightly recognises the need to tackle the risks of climate change. The ensuing 2007 Energy and Climate Package with the "20/20/20 targets" constitutes an ambitious approach to tackle the challenge comprehensively. - However, the targets and priorities set risk tackling the challenge not in th ...
... - EAP6 rightly recognises the need to tackle the risks of climate change. The ensuing 2007 Energy and Climate Package with the "20/20/20 targets" constitutes an ambitious approach to tackle the challenge comprehensively. - However, the targets and priorities set risk tackling the challenge not in th ...
AIG`s Policy and Programs on Environment and Climate Change
... business opportunities for AIG to address the problem. We will pursue these new opportunities where we have the expertise and capacity to do so in ways that mutually benefit AIG, its shareholders, employees, customers, and the global community. AIG companies continually factor in changes in climate ...
... business opportunities for AIG to address the problem. We will pursue these new opportunities where we have the expertise and capacity to do so in ways that mutually benefit AIG, its shareholders, employees, customers, and the global community. AIG companies continually factor in changes in climate ...
burning international bridges, fuelling global discontent
... penalties on governments when they fail to comply with the target levels of emissions set for them. Many diplomats characterise this accord as the most complex international agreement ever negotiated, and ensuring compliance will be difficult at best.3 The second circumstance is even more troubling ...
... penalties on governments when they fail to comply with the target levels of emissions set for them. Many diplomats characterise this accord as the most complex international agreement ever negotiated, and ensuring compliance will be difficult at best.3 The second circumstance is even more troubling ...
The Greenhouse Effect – A New Zealand perspective on
... being used, and a scarcity of water is becoming commonplace, even in the richest countries. ...
... being used, and a scarcity of water is becoming commonplace, even in the richest countries. ...
Forests, Carbon Markets, and Avoided Deforestation: Legal
... practices can lead to an increase in the carbon stored in forestry by increasing the carbon density of forests; sustainable agriculture can increase carbon stored in soils and agricultural systems; fossil fuels are displaced by expanding the use of timber and other sustainably harvested forest produ ...
... practices can lead to an increase in the carbon stored in forestry by increasing the carbon density of forests; sustainable agriculture can increase carbon stored in soils and agricultural systems; fossil fuels are displaced by expanding the use of timber and other sustainably harvested forest produ ...
ICTs and Climate Change
... Q20 Data Collection for Energy Efficiency for ICTs over the lifecycle Q21 Environmental protection and recycling of ICT equipments/facilities ...
... Q20 Data Collection for Energy Efficiency for ICTs over the lifecycle Q21 Environmental protection and recycling of ICT equipments/facilities ...
Dr - Forest Industries Association of Tasmania
... The policy environment centres on government legislation and regulations which determine the limits to what industry can do. The policy environment must be tackled at both the Federal and State Level. Industry's public image rests on public opinion and the various factors which influence that opini ...
... The policy environment centres on government legislation and regulations which determine the limits to what industry can do. The policy environment must be tackled at both the Federal and State Level. Industry's public image rests on public opinion and the various factors which influence that opini ...
NASA Air Quality Applied Sciences Team (AQAST)
... fails to address immediate climate problems No summer Arctic sea ice in 20 years? ...
... fails to address immediate climate problems No summer Arctic sea ice in 20 years? ...
Getting our arms around “carbon budgets”
... Gas is caught between coal and renewables and its role is changing in some markets to a back-up option Comparing change in global gas demand across scenarios to 2035 ...
... Gas is caught between coal and renewables and its role is changing in some markets to a back-up option Comparing change in global gas demand across scenarios to 2035 ...
Draft Pennsylvania Climate Impact Assessment Report
... predictions shall reflect the diversity of views within the scientific community. (2) The potential impact of climate change on human health, the economy and the management of economic risk, forests, wildlife, fisheries, recreation, agriculture, tourism and any other aspect of this Commonwealth, and ...
... predictions shall reflect the diversity of views within the scientific community. (2) The potential impact of climate change on human health, the economy and the management of economic risk, forests, wildlife, fisheries, recreation, agriculture, tourism and any other aspect of this Commonwealth, and ...
Unburnable Carbon fact sheet
... produced over the next 10 to 15 years. Reserves that could be produced after that period have limited impact on company valuations. This is due to the discounting effect of future cash flows. The IEA’s 2°C scenario does not envision the stranding of any oil and gas reserves already under development ...
... produced over the next 10 to 15 years. Reserves that could be produced after that period have limited impact on company valuations. This is due to the discounting effect of future cash flows. The IEA’s 2°C scenario does not envision the stranding of any oil and gas reserves already under development ...
A Story on Climate Change, Forests and Communities
... Basically, there are two positions in the discussion on where the money for REDD should come from. The first is financing through market mechanisms. It works like this: A country or company or community engaged in REDD is preventing the emission of carbon through forest protection - like by stopping ...
... Basically, there are two positions in the discussion on where the money for REDD should come from. The first is financing through market mechanisms. It works like this: A country or company or community engaged in REDD is preventing the emission of carbon through forest protection - like by stopping ...
Office for Climate Change Global Environment Department Japan
... actions in developing countries. ...
... actions in developing countries. ...
China’s growth, China’s cities, and the new global low-carbon industrial revolution: October 2010 (239 kB) (opens in new window)
... low-carbon growth in the world economy will constitute a new industrial revolution: by 2050 most of the major sectors of the economy must be close to zero carbon if we are to have a reasonable chance of holding temperature increases to 2oC. We have seen five industrial revolutions, or waves of techn ...
... low-carbon growth in the world economy will constitute a new industrial revolution: by 2050 most of the major sectors of the economy must be close to zero carbon if we are to have a reasonable chance of holding temperature increases to 2oC. We have seen five industrial revolutions, or waves of techn ...
Strengthening the Climate Change Agenda and Indonesia`s
... As a note, while these preconditions have been met, the main objective of the climate change agenda is not possible without a consistent law enforcement by all levels of government in accordance with the principles of the rule of law and human rights. 4. Forestry Policy has already contributed to th ...
... As a note, while these preconditions have been met, the main objective of the climate change agenda is not possible without a consistent law enforcement by all levels of government in accordance with the principles of the rule of law and human rights. 4. Forestry Policy has already contributed to th ...
Natural or Unnatural Disasters: the Relative Vulnerabilities of Southeast Asian megacities to Climate Change
... change. Climate change and climatic variability have and will continue to impact all sectors, from national and economic security to human health, food production, infrastructure, water availability and ecosystems. The evidence of climate change in Asia is widespread: overall temperatures have risen ...
... change. Climate change and climatic variability have and will continue to impact all sectors, from national and economic security to human health, food production, infrastructure, water availability and ecosystems. The evidence of climate change in Asia is widespread: overall temperatures have risen ...
Climate Compared: Public Opinion on Climate Change in the United
... However, Canadians are more likely than their American counterparts to attribute a role to the sub-national government in the absence of federal leadership (see Table 10). While 2 out of 3 Canadians believe that their province has already felt the effects of global warming under half of all American ...
... However, Canadians are more likely than their American counterparts to attribute a role to the sub-national government in the absence of federal leadership (see Table 10). While 2 out of 3 Canadians believe that their province has already felt the effects of global warming under half of all American ...
PowerPoint file - Tufts University
... accessible at: http://www.projectcatalyst.info/Publications/Working%20Group%20papers/Towards%20the%20inclusion%20of%20forestbased%20mitigation%20in%20a%20global%20climate%20agreement%2014%20May%2009..pdf ...
... accessible at: http://www.projectcatalyst.info/Publications/Working%20Group%20papers/Towards%20the%20inclusion%20of%20forestbased%20mitigation%20in%20a%20global%20climate%20agreement%2014%20May%2009..pdf ...
Current and future climate of Vanuatu
... year. This higher rate of rise may be partly related to natural fluctuations that take place year to year or decade to decade caused by phenomena such as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation. This variation in sea level can be seen in Figure 7 which includes the tide gauge record and the satellite data ...
... year. This higher rate of rise may be partly related to natural fluctuations that take place year to year or decade to decade caused by phenomena such as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation. This variation in sea level can be seen in Figure 7 which includes the tide gauge record and the satellite data ...
Current and future climate of the Marshall Islands
... Islands National Weather Service Office and the Pacific Climate Change Science Program – a component of the Australian Government’s International Climate Change Adaptation Initiative. This information and research conducted by the Pacific Climate Change Science Program builds on the findings of the ...
... Islands National Weather Service Office and the Pacific Climate Change Science Program – a component of the Australian Government’s International Climate Change Adaptation Initiative. This information and research conducted by the Pacific Climate Change Science Program builds on the findings of the ...
PPT - Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling Group
... Ozone exceedance days in Northeast dropped from 30 in 1980 to 10 in 2006, but would have dropped to ≈ zero in the absence of cold-front trend. ...
... Ozone exceedance days in Northeast dropped from 30 in 1980 to 10 in 2006, but would have dropped to ≈ zero in the absence of cold-front trend. ...
If Not Now When - Labor Network for Sustainability
... technology along the way. Reduction can be based on renewable energy technologies, reducing the carbon content of production, and conservation. It will not require nuclear energy, large-scale modifications of earth systems through geo-engineering, or carbon capture and storage, each of which is like ...
... technology along the way. Reduction can be based on renewable energy technologies, reducing the carbon content of production, and conservation. It will not require nuclear energy, large-scale modifications of earth systems through geo-engineering, or carbon capture and storage, each of which is like ...
Beat the Uncertainty
... agriculture production, fisheries, and food security. Did not know that CC could bring opportunity for people through strategies such as Green Growth. Top priorities for next 5 years include “increase capacity and understanding” of climate change adaptation and mitigation Those who participated in p ...
... agriculture production, fisheries, and food security. Did not know that CC could bring opportunity for people through strategies such as Green Growth. Top priorities for next 5 years include “increase capacity and understanding” of climate change adaptation and mitigation Those who participated in p ...
Social Implications of Climate Change in Latin America
... The overall effects of climate change will be negative in the LAC region. There will, however, be exceptions, particularly with respect to increasing temperatures. In the southernmost part of South America and in the Andes, rising temperatures will expand the range of some crops, and the higher conc ...
... The overall effects of climate change will be negative in the LAC region. There will, however, be exceptions, particularly with respect to increasing temperatures. In the southernmost part of South America and in the Andes, rising temperatures will expand the range of some crops, and the higher conc ...
Climate change in Canada
In Canada mitigation of anthropogenic climate change is being addressed more seriously by the provinces than by the federal government.