Preserving the Ocean Circulation
... This more precautionary view — partially motivated by the possibility of catastrophic and/or irreversible climate events caused by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions — implies that the greenhouse gas emissions should be limited to considerably lower levels than suggested by many optimal growth a ...
... This more precautionary view — partially motivated by the possibility of catastrophic and/or irreversible climate events caused by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions — implies that the greenhouse gas emissions should be limited to considerably lower levels than suggested by many optimal growth a ...
3 Professor Christos ZEREFOS Parousiasi
... by 3,1 W/m2 (SRES B2) by 4,1 W/m2 (SRES A2) The increase is more prominent over land, especially in western and northern parts Mean Annual Downward Sort Wave Surface Radiation Change between 2071-2100 and 1961-1990 ...
... by 3,1 W/m2 (SRES B2) by 4,1 W/m2 (SRES A2) The increase is more prominent over land, especially in western and northern parts Mean Annual Downward Sort Wave Surface Radiation Change between 2071-2100 and 1961-1990 ...
... having the potential to create potential catastrophe in Barbados. The main contributing factor is the concentration of socioeconomic infrastructure along the coastline in vulnerable areas. The A2 and B2 projections have indicated that the number of catastrophes that can be classified as great is lik ...
BACKGROUND PAPER Prepared for the 2015 Global Assessment
... Efforts to reduce disaster risks and climate change risks have co-existed for a long time, and in the last two decades, they have increasingly been linked. In particular, the relationship between climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction has received significant attention (Mercer, 2010; ...
... Efforts to reduce disaster risks and climate change risks have co-existed for a long time, and in the last two decades, they have increasingly been linked. In particular, the relationship between climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction has received significant attention (Mercer, 2010; ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES PRESERVING THE OCEAN
... This more precautionary view — partially motivated by the possibility of catastrophic and/or irreversible climate events caused by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions — implies that the greenhouse gas emissions should be limited to considerably lower levels than suggested by many optimal growth a ...
... This more precautionary view — partially motivated by the possibility of catastrophic and/or irreversible climate events caused by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions — implies that the greenhouse gas emissions should be limited to considerably lower levels than suggested by many optimal growth a ...
Climate Risk Screening and Management Tool for Strategy Design
... USAID efforts can help reduce the magnitude of global climate change through climate change mitigation, i.e., reductions in greenhouse gas emissions or removal of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from the atmosphere (e.g., via tree planting). Address the following questions for each DO, IR, or sector to iden ...
... USAID efforts can help reduce the magnitude of global climate change through climate change mitigation, i.e., reductions in greenhouse gas emissions or removal of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from the atmosphere (e.g., via tree planting). Address the following questions for each DO, IR, or sector to iden ...
National Climate Change Response White Paper
... enterprises will need to review the policies, strategies, legislation, regulations and plans falling within their jurisdictions to ensure full alignment with the National Climate Change Response within two years of the publication of this policy. On the basis of the outcome of these reviews, governm ...
... enterprises will need to review the policies, strategies, legislation, regulations and plans falling within their jurisdictions to ensure full alignment with the National Climate Change Response within two years of the publication of this policy. On the basis of the outcome of these reviews, governm ...
National Climate Change Response White Paper (2011)
... enterprises will need to review the policies, strategies, legislation, regulations and plans falling within their jurisdictions to ensure full alignment with the National Climate Change Response within two years of the publication of this policy. On the basis of the outcome of these reviews, governm ...
... enterprises will need to review the policies, strategies, legislation, regulations and plans falling within their jurisdictions to ensure full alignment with the National Climate Change Response within two years of the publication of this policy. On the basis of the outcome of these reviews, governm ...
NFU`s work on climate change
... • We believe that the UK farmers can continue to supply food and fuel for a growing global population whilst helping the natural environment and society to adjust to climate change • Agriculture is also part of the solution to climate change. A 'green energy revolution' will be needed to meet the Cl ...
... • We believe that the UK farmers can continue to supply food and fuel for a growing global population whilst helping the natural environment and society to adjust to climate change • Agriculture is also part of the solution to climate change. A 'green energy revolution' will be needed to meet the Cl ...
Climate Change and China`s Agricultural Sector
... Although China and the United States are the two largest emitters of greenhouse gases, China’s emissions on a per capita basis are significantly lower than those of the U.S.: in 2005, per capita emissions in China were 5.5 metric tons—much less than the U.S. (23.5 metric tons per capita), and also l ...
... Although China and the United States are the two largest emitters of greenhouse gases, China’s emissions on a per capita basis are significantly lower than those of the U.S.: in 2005, per capita emissions in China were 5.5 metric tons—much less than the U.S. (23.5 metric tons per capita), and also l ...
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... study (Table 1) (Jindal et al., 2008; MacKerron et al. 2009; Blasch and Farsi 2012). These possible attributes and co-benefits were refined through focus group interviews for the choice experiment survey. The literature review also showed how other researchers had measured and presented the attribut ...
... study (Table 1) (Jindal et al., 2008; MacKerron et al. 2009; Blasch and Farsi 2012). These possible attributes and co-benefits were refined through focus group interviews for the choice experiment survey. The literature review also showed how other researchers had measured and presented the attribut ...
The impacts of the Climate Change Levy on business: evidence from microdata: Working Paper 6 (1 MB) (opens in new window)
... With climate change climbing ever higher on the political agendas there is now a widespread interest in the effects of different policy instruments designed to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the business sector. Depending on the perspective of the stakeholder, the emphasis is on the envi ...
... With climate change climbing ever higher on the political agendas there is now a widespread interest in the effects of different policy instruments designed to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the business sector. Depending on the perspective of the stakeholder, the emphasis is on the envi ...
Rapport (Engels)
... emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, and other greenhouse gases since the beginning of the 20th century have increased the average global temperature by about 0.8°C and altered global precipitation patterns (IPCC, 2007). There are also indications that since 1950 weather extremes are changing on a ...
... emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, and other greenhouse gases since the beginning of the 20th century have increased the average global temperature by about 0.8°C and altered global precipitation patterns (IPCC, 2007). There are also indications that since 1950 weather extremes are changing on a ...
Massachusetts v. EPA - Washington and Lee University
... "air pollutant" under section 302(g),59 petitioners contend, the Administrator can regulate them pursuant to section 202(a)(1).60 Petitioners next address Brown & Williamson; they find that the facts in that case, which merited Court denial of agency authority, are nonexistent in Massachusetts v. EP ...
... "air pollutant" under section 302(g),59 petitioners contend, the Administrator can regulate them pursuant to section 202(a)(1).60 Petitioners next address Brown & Williamson; they find that the facts in that case, which merited Court denial of agency authority, are nonexistent in Massachusetts v. EP ...
ISSN 1392-2785 Inzinerine Ekonomika
... fossil energy sources; measuring carbon emissions on daily basis (though most of enterprises interviewed are doing such measurement on annual basis thus leaving enterprises less flexible to market dynamics in short and mid terms); 3 substituting raw materials: replacing fossil fuel with renewable so ...
... fossil energy sources; measuring carbon emissions on daily basis (though most of enterprises interviewed are doing such measurement on annual basis thus leaving enterprises less flexible to market dynamics in short and mid terms); 3 substituting raw materials: replacing fossil fuel with renewable so ...
Read and the brochure here
... to the Global Climate Observation System (GCOS), a joint undertaking of UN and science organisations. GCOS has defined essential variables to address the total climate system including physical, chemical and biological properties, and atmospheric, oceanic, terrestrial, hydrologic, and cryospheric co ...
... to the Global Climate Observation System (GCOS), a joint undertaking of UN and science organisations. GCOS has defined essential variables to address the total climate system including physical, chemical and biological properties, and atmospheric, oceanic, terrestrial, hydrologic, and cryospheric co ...
Effects of a Carbon Tax on the Economy and the Environment
... that is released into the atmosphere in the form of carbon dioxide when fossil fuels are burned. Advocates of a carbon tax in the United States cite two potential benefits from such a tax: It could serve as an important source of federal revenues, and it would reduce CO2 emissions by setting a price ...
... that is released into the atmosphere in the form of carbon dioxide when fossil fuels are burned. Advocates of a carbon tax in the United States cite two potential benefits from such a tax: It could serve as an important source of federal revenues, and it would reduce CO2 emissions by setting a price ...
Climate Change and Food Systems
... contribution from fertilizer manufacture in China (Figure 1). Adding the figures across the aggregate global food chain, and assuming a growth in emissions of 3% per year, gives the total global GHG emissions for the year 2008 in the range of 9,800 to 16,900 megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (M ...
... contribution from fertilizer manufacture in China (Figure 1). Adding the figures across the aggregate global food chain, and assuming a growth in emissions of 3% per year, gives the total global GHG emissions for the year 2008 in the range of 9,800 to 16,900 megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (M ...
A Breath of Fresh Air - UK Health Alliance on Climate Change
... emissions as soon as possible, recognising that this will take longer for developing countries. ...
... emissions as soon as possible, recognising that this will take longer for developing countries. ...
Global Warming and the Free State
... not offset the loss of existing wetlands and significant negative effects on living resources dependent on these wetlands would result. Moreover, if sea level were to rise by 3 or more feet, this would mean that rapid and probably uncontrollable melting of land-based ice was underway and that sea le ...
... not offset the loss of existing wetlands and significant negative effects on living resources dependent on these wetlands would result. Moreover, if sea level were to rise by 3 or more feet, this would mean that rapid and probably uncontrollable melting of land-based ice was underway and that sea le ...
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... southern part of the country might see increasing rainfall of as much as 20% (NMA, 2007). Rising temperatures, increasingly erratic rainfall, and more frequent and severe floods and droughts are major concerns, especially for those who are highly dependent on natural resources, such as agriculture, ...
... southern part of the country might see increasing rainfall of as much as 20% (NMA, 2007). Rising temperatures, increasingly erratic rainfall, and more frequent and severe floods and droughts are major concerns, especially for those who are highly dependent on natural resources, such as agriculture, ...
Quantifying Albedo and Surface Temperature
... environmentally and economically, for mitigating the United States’ contribution to global warming. First, many pieces of current legislation propose a mandatory cap-andtrade program to control how much carbon is emitted by sources within the U.S. (Pew 2007a). This would allow facilities to satisfy ...
... environmentally and economically, for mitigating the United States’ contribution to global warming. First, many pieces of current legislation propose a mandatory cap-andtrade program to control how much carbon is emitted by sources within the U.S. (Pew 2007a). This would allow facilities to satisfy ...
Social Aspects of Climate Change in Urban Areas in Low
... served by piped water, sewers, all-weather roads, electricity and drains 24 hours a day. The institutions responsible for such services are expected to make them resilient to extreme weather. While private companies or non-profit institutions may provide some of the key services, the framework for p ...
... served by piped water, sewers, all-weather roads, electricity and drains 24 hours a day. The institutions responsible for such services are expected to make them resilient to extreme weather. While private companies or non-profit institutions may provide some of the key services, the framework for p ...
Linkages between the Montreal and Kyoto Protocols
... bromide. By 1996, it had be successful in reducing global production and consumption of these substances by nearly 80% from the level before international controls.1 In comparison to the mature ozone regime, the international co-operation for the protection of the Earth’s climate are still at an ear ...
... bromide. By 1996, it had be successful in reducing global production and consumption of these substances by nearly 80% from the level before international controls.1 In comparison to the mature ozone regime, the international co-operation for the protection of the Earth’s climate are still at an ear ...
Making the Connection: Population Dynamics and Climate
... would put the world on a path to slower population growth, leading to substantial reductions in future carbon dioxide emissions.5 Furthermore, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the leading intergovernmental body for the assessment of climate change, in their 5th assessment report ...
... would put the world on a path to slower population growth, leading to substantial reductions in future carbon dioxide emissions.5 Furthermore, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the leading intergovernmental body for the assessment of climate change, in their 5th assessment report ...
Climate change in Canada
In Canada mitigation of anthropogenic climate change is being addressed more seriously by the provinces than by the federal government.