Climate Change and Tourism - United Nations Department of
... IPCC, it is very likely that hot extremes, heat waves and heavy precipitation events will continue to become more frequent. It is likely that future tropical cyclones (typhoons and hurricanes) will become more intense, with larger peak wind speeds and more heavy precipitation ass ...
... IPCC, it is very likely that hot extremes, heat waves and heavy precipitation events will continue to become more frequent. It is likely that future tropical cyclones (typhoons and hurricanes) will become more intense, with larger peak wind speeds and more heavy precipitation ass ...
View/Open
... biomass which is deemed to be emissions neutral. This leaves open the option of blending ‘zeroemissions’ biomass to the point where the standard is met. As of 2014, two large-scale Canadian power plants have been retrofitted to run on ‘carbon neutral’ biomass, including the Nanticoke Generating Stat ...
... biomass which is deemed to be emissions neutral. This leaves open the option of blending ‘zeroemissions’ biomass to the point where the standard is met. As of 2014, two large-scale Canadian power plants have been retrofitted to run on ‘carbon neutral’ biomass, including the Nanticoke Generating Stat ...
Climate change adaptation: challenges and opportunities for a smart
... Climate change is one of the main environmental issues challenging cities in the 21th century (IPCC, 2011). The changes in climate conditions may result in a large set of hazardous phenomena: from sudden events, such as flash floods or heat waves, to slowmoving ones, as sea level raise or changes in ...
... Climate change is one of the main environmental issues challenging cities in the 21th century (IPCC, 2011). The changes in climate conditions may result in a large set of hazardous phenomena: from sudden events, such as flash floods or heat waves, to slowmoving ones, as sea level raise or changes in ...
A Climate Change Threshold for Forest Dieback in the African Sahel
... Régionale AGRHYMET collects and analyzes natural resource data and operates an early warning system to provide alerts of potential drought and of locust outbreaks. The Institut du Sahel conducts a small program of socio-economic research focused on the Sahel. Individual countries responded to the d ...
... Régionale AGRHYMET collects and analyzes natural resource data and operates an early warning system to provide alerts of potential drought and of locust outbreaks. The Institut du Sahel conducts a small program of socio-economic research focused on the Sahel. Individual countries responded to the d ...
Proceedings WARMING UP SEMINAR
... Emissions from fossil fuel combustion are growing faster than GDP – even faster than energy use, implying both inefficiency and a shift to more carbon intensive fuels. Emissions from oil are currently the largest fossil fuel contributor, but emissions from use of coal have been the fastest growing ...
... Emissions from fossil fuel combustion are growing faster than GDP – even faster than energy use, implying both inefficiency and a shift to more carbon intensive fuels. Emissions from oil are currently the largest fossil fuel contributor, but emissions from use of coal have been the fastest growing ...
How does CDP & the Climate Disclosure Standards Board drive change?
... “We are a group of companies and investors sharing a concern that financial markets do not yet take sufficient account of climate-related corporate performance, risks and opportunities relevant to future shareholder value because of a lack of comprehensive and comparable information in “mainstream” ...
... “We are a group of companies and investors sharing a concern that financial markets do not yet take sufficient account of climate-related corporate performance, risks and opportunities relevant to future shareholder value because of a lack of comprehensive and comparable information in “mainstream” ...
Meeting the Challenge of Climate Change
... temperature (since 1850).” (IPCC, 2007) The IPCC expects that warming in the 21st century will be greatest over land, and at most, in the higher northern latitudes. It further suggests that it is very likely that hot extremes, heat waves and heavy precipitation events will continue to become more fr ...
... temperature (since 1850).” (IPCC, 2007) The IPCC expects that warming in the 21st century will be greatest over land, and at most, in the higher northern latitudes. It further suggests that it is very likely that hot extremes, heat waves and heavy precipitation events will continue to become more fr ...
Climate Resilient Floodplains
... The low elevation coastal floodplains of Puget Sound are among the region’s most valuable natural assets. These lowland river valleys contain rich farmland, host the Sound’s signature salmon runs, and support wetlands and forests that filter pollutants and recharge aquifers. They also contain commer ...
... The low elevation coastal floodplains of Puget Sound are among the region’s most valuable natural assets. These lowland river valleys contain rich farmland, host the Sound’s signature salmon runs, and support wetlands and forests that filter pollutants and recharge aquifers. They also contain commer ...
Greening of Refrigeration Industry in China—Refrigerator
... • about 40 million refrigerators made with HC technologies and energy efficiency • Others made with HFCs and other ...
... • about 40 million refrigerators made with HC technologies and energy efficiency • Others made with HFCs and other ...
climate justice - Buffalo Law Review
... benefits. First, poor and of-color communities would gain entry into the cap-and-trade market that would otherwise exclude them, allowing such communities to create offsetting projects consistent with the emerging policy consensus. Second, the United States as a nation could begin to rectify its ove ...
... benefits. First, poor and of-color communities would gain entry into the cap-and-trade market that would otherwise exclude them, allowing such communities to create offsetting projects consistent with the emerging policy consensus. Second, the United States as a nation could begin to rectify its ove ...
Helsinki Metropolitan Area Climate Change Adaptation Strategy
... (HSY) and other organisations in the region. The strategy is a compilation of policy guidelines and policies by which the Helsinki metropolitan area can adapt to the impacts of climate change. The strategy’s vision is “a ‘climate-proof’ city – the future is being built now”. The aim has been to asse ...
... (HSY) and other organisations in the region. The strategy is a compilation of policy guidelines and policies by which the Helsinki metropolitan area can adapt to the impacts of climate change. The strategy’s vision is “a ‘climate-proof’ city – the future is being built now”. The aim has been to asse ...
Seminar paper
... named Prisoner’s Dilemma) are quite crude and do not correspond to the observed behaviour of countries facing global externalities. Indeed, international cooperation often does exist, albeit at different degrees, on a wide range of issues of common interest. In particular, over the last decades, the ...
... named Prisoner’s Dilemma) are quite crude and do not correspond to the observed behaviour of countries facing global externalities. Indeed, international cooperation often does exist, albeit at different degrees, on a wide range of issues of common interest. In particular, over the last decades, the ...
a carbon price
... range of potential effects on the environment, economies and societies. These effects will differ by location and timing but it is very likely that most will be adverse, the more so the larger the global temperature increase. The risks of catastrophic outcomes rise with the temperature change. Those ...
... range of potential effects on the environment, economies and societies. These effects will differ by location and timing but it is very likely that most will be adverse, the more so the larger the global temperature increase. The risks of catastrophic outcomes rise with the temperature change. Those ...
Production and release of a V0
... knowledge on and need for agricultural adaptation to climate change, in the context of the already large challenges to food security from population and income growth in a world where many natural systems are already stressed (Chapter 3). Third, it should report on agriculture’s current contribution ...
... knowledge on and need for agricultural adaptation to climate change, in the context of the already large challenges to food security from population and income growth in a world where many natural systems are already stressed (Chapter 3). Third, it should report on agriculture’s current contribution ...
From Kyoto to Copenhagen - Law, Environment and Development
... could therefore mean leaving many developed countries out, as most of them might be unwilling to support a regime that is not cost saving or flexible. Similarly, because of the nature of GHG emissions, reduction achieved by a developed country through investments in a developing country is as good a ...
... could therefore mean leaving many developed countries out, as most of them might be unwilling to support a regime that is not cost saving or flexible. Similarly, because of the nature of GHG emissions, reduction achieved by a developed country through investments in a developing country is as good a ...
PDD W P
... The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was adopted as United Nations General Assembly resolution A/RES/70/1 in 2015 and its Goal 13 recognizes that taking urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts is one of the key measures to transform our world and achieve sustainable development ...
... The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was adopted as United Nations General Assembly resolution A/RES/70/1 in 2015 and its Goal 13 recognizes that taking urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts is one of the key measures to transform our world and achieve sustainable development ...
Key Steps: Mitigation
... Preliminary mitigation/adaptation measures Selection of measures should be based on National & sectoral country priorities Prior work on mitigation/adaptation Feasibility of implementation Benefits of measures (environmental, economic, & social) ...
... Preliminary mitigation/adaptation measures Selection of measures should be based on National & sectoral country priorities Prior work on mitigation/adaptation Feasibility of implementation Benefits of measures (environmental, economic, & social) ...
institutional capacity and climate actions case studies
... paper to this document, Institutional Capacity and Climate Actions by Willems & Baumert (2003), attempts to provide a general assessment of the institutional challenges to climate mitigation (and, to a lesser extent, adaptation). However, institutional capacity assessments are essentially country-sp ...
... paper to this document, Institutional Capacity and Climate Actions by Willems & Baumert (2003), attempts to provide a general assessment of the institutional challenges to climate mitigation (and, to a lesser extent, adaptation). However, institutional capacity assessments are essentially country-sp ...
Strategies for the use of biochar for climate change mitigation
... Many of the assumptions made by Roberts et al in their analysis conflicted with other estimates found in the literature: ◦ Cost of biomass collection and transportation ◦ Capital costs for pyrolysis plants ...
... Many of the assumptions made by Roberts et al in their analysis conflicted with other estimates found in the literature: ◦ Cost of biomass collection and transportation ◦ Capital costs for pyrolysis plants ...
Global Climate Change - Railway Tie Association
... It is well known that human activities like burning fossil fuels that pump carbon into the atmosphere are likely contributing to global warming. While we must seek ways to reduce carbon pollution there is another approach that, in effect, enables us to buy time – that is to capitalize on the remarka ...
... It is well known that human activities like burning fossil fuels that pump carbon into the atmosphere are likely contributing to global warming. While we must seek ways to reduce carbon pollution there is another approach that, in effect, enables us to buy time – that is to capitalize on the remarka ...
`Future` climate and impacts - Climatic Research Unit
... mean air temperature exhibits a tendency towards warmer years, with significantly warmer summer maximum temperatures of about 1.8 °C since the late 19th century. The number of hot days/nights shows a ‘virtually certain’ increasing trend, especially in the last decade. A slight increasing trend in to ...
... mean air temperature exhibits a tendency towards warmer years, with significantly warmer summer maximum temperatures of about 1.8 °C since the late 19th century. The number of hot days/nights shows a ‘virtually certain’ increasing trend, especially in the last decade. A slight increasing trend in to ...
Overcoming Obstacles to U.S.-China Cooperation on Climate Change
... The United States and China play central roles in global warming. During the past century, the United States emitted more greenhouse gases than any other country—a fact often noted, since carbon dioxide, the leading greenhouse gas, remains in the atmosphere for roughly 100 years. However, in 2007, C ...
... The United States and China play central roles in global warming. During the past century, the United States emitted more greenhouse gases than any other country—a fact often noted, since carbon dioxide, the leading greenhouse gas, remains in the atmosphere for roughly 100 years. However, in 2007, C ...
FOUNDATION PAPER |ONE CLIMATE CHANGE Victoria: the
... The warming around Australia is consistent with the global pattern and cannot be explained by natural variability alone. CSIRO and The Australian Bureau of Meteorology, State of the Climate 20121 ...
... The warming around Australia is consistent with the global pattern and cannot be explained by natural variability alone. CSIRO and The Australian Bureau of Meteorology, State of the Climate 20121 ...
Working Paper - University of Sussex
... We will reap these benefits no matter what we do to our emissions. The uncertainty is rather large, however. The error bars in Figure 1, derived from the few standard errors report in Table 1, depict the 95% confidence interval. This is probably an underestimate of the true uncertainty, as experts t ...
... We will reap these benefits no matter what we do to our emissions. The uncertainty is rather large, however. The error bars in Figure 1, derived from the few standard errors report in Table 1, depict the 95% confidence interval. This is probably an underestimate of the true uncertainty, as experts t ...
A Review of The Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change
... feel for the basic issues of global climate change could profitably browse through this report, which covers well its multiple facets in a reader-friendly format. The Review contains much of value and interest aside from its cost–benefit analysis of mitigation policies, although that is naturally th ...
... feel for the basic issues of global climate change could profitably browse through this report, which covers well its multiple facets in a reader-friendly format. The Review contains much of value and interest aside from its cost–benefit analysis of mitigation policies, although that is naturally th ...
Climate change in Canada
In Canada mitigation of anthropogenic climate change is being addressed more seriously by the provinces than by the federal government.