with positive statements about electric vehicles
... on the road. Twelve percent report having ridden in one (up 5 percentage points), and eight percent say they have driven one. Slightly fewer report noticing commercials or other media about EVs than in ...
... on the road. Twelve percent report having ridden in one (up 5 percentage points), and eight percent say they have driven one. Slightly fewer report noticing commercials or other media about EVs than in ...
Microorganisms and climate change: terrestrial feedbacks and
... a main source of energy for soil heterotrophs, including microorganisms and animals; this carbon pool is respired back to the atmosphere through heterotrophic respiration. A smaller amount of organic carbon remains unused and is stored in the soil. Some organic carbon is also used by some microorgan ...
... a main source of energy for soil heterotrophs, including microorganisms and animals; this carbon pool is respired back to the atmosphere through heterotrophic respiration. A smaller amount of organic carbon remains unused and is stored in the soil. Some organic carbon is also used by some microorgan ...
A Research on the Low-carbon Economy and Low-carbon Tourism
... With the process of the construction of human ecological civilization, low-carbon economy are increasingly affecting and inducing human productive and consumptive patterns. Low-carbon economy was launched in the UK, and then gradually accepted by the world. In fact, low-carbon economy is to mitigate ...
... With the process of the construction of human ecological civilization, low-carbon economy are increasingly affecting and inducing human productive and consumptive patterns. Low-carbon economy was launched in the UK, and then gradually accepted by the world. In fact, low-carbon economy is to mitigate ...
Climate Change, Federalism, and the Constitution
... state initiatives that survive those hurdles will be judged under doctrines such as the Pike balancing test for undue burdens on commerce, 1' "obstacle" preemption based on federal statutes, 12 and implied foreign affairs preemption, 13 which are vague and provide little basis for confidence about o ...
... state initiatives that survive those hurdles will be judged under doctrines such as the Pike balancing test for undue burdens on commerce, 1' "obstacle" preemption based on federal statutes, 12 and implied foreign affairs preemption, 13 which are vague and provide little basis for confidence about o ...
The influence of vegetation dynamics on anthropogenic climate
... pre-industrial atmospheric CO2 concentrations and find that increased temperatures in the northern high latitudes lead to a northward expansion of boreal forests. The extended tree cover leads to further warming since the surface albedo is reduced. For the response of the Amazonian forest, simulatio ...
... pre-industrial atmospheric CO2 concentrations and find that increased temperatures in the northern high latitudes lead to a northward expansion of boreal forests. The extended tree cover leads to further warming since the surface albedo is reduced. For the response of the Amazonian forest, simulatio ...
Livestock Methane and Climate Change: Recent Advances in Methane Estimation and Amelioration Strategies
... The Training Climate change is one of the major challenges which needs to be addressed on priority due to its negative impact on the livelihood of poor people especially in developing countries. Greenhouse gases (GHGs), due to their high warming potential, are recognized as one of the major causes f ...
... The Training Climate change is one of the major challenges which needs to be addressed on priority due to its negative impact on the livelihood of poor people especially in developing countries. Greenhouse gases (GHGs), due to their high warming potential, are recognized as one of the major causes f ...
Federal Climate Change Funding from FY2008 to FY2014
... 2008 through 2013 for climate change activities. The large majority—more than 75%—funded technology development and deployment, mostly through the Department of Energy (DOE). More than one-third of the identified funding during this period was appropriated in the American Recovery and Reinvestment A ...
... 2008 through 2013 for climate change activities. The large majority—more than 75%—funded technology development and deployment, mostly through the Department of Energy (DOE). More than one-third of the identified funding during this period was appropriated in the American Recovery and Reinvestment A ...
Chinese Food Security and Climate Change: Agriculture Futures
... population burden in various parts of the world. However, some 800 million to 1 billion people still experience chronic and transitory hunger at present, partly due to the rapid rise in food price (Sanchez and Swaminathen, 2005; Borlaug, 2007). Global food prices have risen dramatically in the past ...
... population burden in various parts of the world. However, some 800 million to 1 billion people still experience chronic and transitory hunger at present, partly due to the rapid rise in food price (Sanchez and Swaminathen, 2005; Borlaug, 2007). Global food prices have risen dramatically in the past ...
analyses Why are we seeing “REDD”? seeing “REDD”?
... of deforestation and degradation. When trees are cut off and burnt, the carbon they stocked is released into the atmosphere. Forest degradation, i.e. the reduction in forest biomass through non-sustainable harvest or land-use practices can also result in substantial reductions of forest carbon stock ...
... of deforestation and degradation. When trees are cut off and burnt, the carbon they stocked is released into the atmosphere. Forest degradation, i.e. the reduction in forest biomass through non-sustainable harvest or land-use practices can also result in substantial reductions of forest carbon stock ...
loss and damage
... change and associated loss and damage, historic responsibilities for these emissions must be taken into account when it comes to providing financial and technical means to those countries and communities most affected, and least responsible for global warming. This is a matter of justice and human r ...
... change and associated loss and damage, historic responsibilities for these emissions must be taken into account when it comes to providing financial and technical means to those countries and communities most affected, and least responsible for global warming. This is a matter of justice and human r ...
AIT In The Classroom
... 2. Each group should be prepared to offer and defend reasons for the differences in GHG emissions within its assigned category. For example, India has a much larger population than the United States, but its residents generally live a more agrarian lifestyle that is less dependent upon fossil fuels ...
... 2. Each group should be prepared to offer and defend reasons for the differences in GHG emissions within its assigned category. For example, India has a much larger population than the United States, but its residents generally live a more agrarian lifestyle that is less dependent upon fossil fuels ...
Children`s health and Climate Change
... our children if the world continues emitting greenhouse gases to keep us on track towards 4-5 degrees of average warming this century - it is widely recognised by scientists this would risk a largely inhospitable planet. What is at stake is national responsibility for the future of our children. To ...
... our children if the world continues emitting greenhouse gases to keep us on track towards 4-5 degrees of average warming this century - it is widely recognised by scientists this would risk a largely inhospitable planet. What is at stake is national responsibility for the future of our children. To ...
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... distribution of benefits from REDD+ activities, definitions of REDD+ terms, and the formalization and protection of forest tenure rights. In relation to the general issue of climate change mitigation, several countries have enacted forest legislation that recognizes the use of forests as greenhouse ...
... distribution of benefits from REDD+ activities, definitions of REDD+ terms, and the formalization and protection of forest tenure rights. In relation to the general issue of climate change mitigation, several countries have enacted forest legislation that recognizes the use of forests as greenhouse ...
IPCC. 2001. Tech Summary of Physical Science Basis
... B. The Observed Changes in the Climate System Is the Earth’s climate changing? The answer is unequivocally “Yes”. A suite of observations supports this conclusion and provides insight about the rapidity of those changes. These data are also the bedrock upon which to construct the answer to the more ...
... B. The Observed Changes in the Climate System Is the Earth’s climate changing? The answer is unequivocally “Yes”. A suite of observations supports this conclusion and provides insight about the rapidity of those changes. These data are also the bedrock upon which to construct the answer to the more ...
Climate Regulation of the Electricity Industry: A Comparative View
... generation fuel—coal—grew from 37 to 41% globally from 1990 to 2012,8 its portion of generaiton is expected to consistently shrink going forward: to 38% in 2020, 33% in 2030, and then 29% in 2040.9 Similarly, global use of lower GHG-emitting renewable sources increased from 1% in 1990 to 5% in 2012, ...
... generation fuel—coal—grew from 37 to 41% globally from 1990 to 2012,8 its portion of generaiton is expected to consistently shrink going forward: to 38% in 2020, 33% in 2030, and then 29% in 2040.9 Similarly, global use of lower GHG-emitting renewable sources increased from 1% in 1990 to 5% in 2012, ...
A Climate of Concern: Climate Change and Health Strategy
... Toronto’s Health in a Changing Climate The evidence is clear, and it has been for some time. Climate change is a reality and it is already having an impact on our health. Whether our focus is on the creeping effects of gradual climate change or the unexpected and often violent effects of severe wea ...
... Toronto’s Health in a Changing Climate The evidence is clear, and it has been for some time. Climate change is a reality and it is already having an impact on our health. Whether our focus is on the creeping effects of gradual climate change or the unexpected and often violent effects of severe wea ...
TEEB Climate Issues Update
... most urgent step is to include adequate measurement of carbon storage as this is an institutional prerequisite for a serious payment scheme for tropical forests. ...
... most urgent step is to include adequate measurement of carbon storage as this is an institutional prerequisite for a serious payment scheme for tropical forests. ...
DICE 2013R - Yale Economics
... projects necessarily must encompass more than a century. The result is that many of the projections and assumptions are based on very thin evidence. We begin with the standard neoclassical decisions about capital accumulation and then consider the geophysical constraints. The DICE/RICE models are si ...
... projects necessarily must encompass more than a century. The result is that many of the projections and assumptions are based on very thin evidence. We begin with the standard neoclassical decisions about capital accumulation and then consider the geophysical constraints. The DICE/RICE models are si ...
European atmosphere in 2050, a regional
... We intend to quantify the penalty/benefit brought about by the externalities constituted by climate change and global pollution burden bearing upon ozone and particulate pollution over Europe. Four models are involved: a coupled ocean–atmosphere global circulation model (AOGCM), a global chemistry t ...
... We intend to quantify the penalty/benefit brought about by the externalities constituted by climate change and global pollution burden bearing upon ozone and particulate pollution over Europe. Four models are involved: a coupled ocean–atmosphere global circulation model (AOGCM), a global chemistry t ...
Independent Climate
... Ayres, M. P., & Lombardero, M. J. (2000). Assessing the consequences of global change for disturbance from herbivores and pathogens. Science of the Total Environment, 262, 263-286. doi: 10.1016/S00489697(00)00528-3 Barrow, P., Maxwell, B., & Gachon, P. (2004). Climate variability and change in Canad ...
... Ayres, M. P., & Lombardero, M. J. (2000). Assessing the consequences of global change for disturbance from herbivores and pathogens. Science of the Total Environment, 262, 263-286. doi: 10.1016/S00489697(00)00528-3 Barrow, P., Maxwell, B., & Gachon, P. (2004). Climate variability and change in Canad ...
Climate Engineering under the Paris Agreement
... which carry with them human rights concerns and trade-offs against other sustainability goals. SRM technologies involve greater scientific uncertainty and also involve significant risks. For example, changes to global average temperatures would not be uniform and could have consequential impacts on ...
... which carry with them human rights concerns and trade-offs against other sustainability goals. SRM technologies involve greater scientific uncertainty and also involve significant risks. For example, changes to global average temperatures would not be uniform and could have consequential impacts on ...
City of North Vancouver Climate Change Adaptation Plan
... Canada and around the world by developing and implementing a Climate Change Adaptation Plan. To achieve this goal the City is participating in ICLEI1 Canada’s Building Adaptive and Resilient Communities (BARC) program (Figure 1). The program’s five milestone framework leads cities through the proces ...
... Canada and around the world by developing and implementing a Climate Change Adaptation Plan. To achieve this goal the City is participating in ICLEI1 Canada’s Building Adaptive and Resilient Communities (BARC) program (Figure 1). The program’s five milestone framework leads cities through the proces ...
What are the main money instruments used by the CDM?
... “leakage occurs because emissions reductions under a CDM project may affect market equilibrium in regional and/or global energy and product markets, and thereby increase emissions elsewhere”(Rosendahl & Strand 2011,p.27). Due to the emissions not being cut, but just produced in a different location ...
... “leakage occurs because emissions reductions under a CDM project may affect market equilibrium in regional and/or global energy and product markets, and thereby increase emissions elsewhere”(Rosendahl & Strand 2011,p.27). Due to the emissions not being cut, but just produced in a different location ...
Public open house summary
... sustainability in community development plans should include strict building codes, higher density, and substantial investment in transit infrastructure. Monetary tools also included subsidies and/or targets for renewable investments and research. . Regulatory tools such as portfolio standards, emis ...
... sustainability in community development plans should include strict building codes, higher density, and substantial investment in transit infrastructure. Monetary tools also included subsidies and/or targets for renewable investments and research. . Regulatory tools such as portfolio standards, emis ...
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... is therefore potentially biased in favour of issues that may be of only subsidiary interest to those Australian residents who will be affected. An approach is outlined below that aims to identify the priorities and preferences of all Australian residents. To enable a better assessment of their rela ...
... is therefore potentially biased in favour of issues that may be of only subsidiary interest to those Australian residents who will be affected. An approach is outlined below that aims to identify the priorities and preferences of all Australian residents. To enable a better assessment of their rela ...
Climate change in Canada
In Canada mitigation of anthropogenic climate change is being addressed more seriously by the provinces than by the federal government.