Petition - Center for Biological Diversity
... gases in order to protect the public health and welfare, and finalize the pollution caps no later than 90 days from the initial publication; (4) Pursuant to Clean Air Act sections 108 & 108(f) (42 U.S.C. §§ 7408 & 7408(f)): expeditiously make available information on processes, procedures, and metho ...
... gases in order to protect the public health and welfare, and finalize the pollution caps no later than 90 days from the initial publication; (4) Pursuant to Clean Air Act sections 108 & 108(f) (42 U.S.C. §§ 7408 & 7408(f)): expeditiously make available information on processes, procedures, and metho ...
Cooling the Earth with Crops
... regional climate, altering the whole bioclimatic regime in the region. This is important because the changes in water and energy fluxes in the Amazon have teleconnections worldwide which amplify the warming feedbacks.20 For instance, changes in the deep tropical atmospheric convection in the Amazon ...
... regional climate, altering the whole bioclimatic regime in the region. This is important because the changes in water and energy fluxes in the Amazon have teleconnections worldwide which amplify the warming feedbacks.20 For instance, changes in the deep tropical atmospheric convection in the Amazon ...
Low Carbon Growth Country Studies—Getting Started
... to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) are seen as an opportunity in Indonesia, providing an incentive to support sustainable forest practices and improve fiscal management in this sector. Transport Low-cost emission reduction opportunities are identified in the transport sec ...
... to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) are seen as an opportunity in Indonesia, providing an incentive to support sustainable forest practices and improve fiscal management in this sector. Transport Low-cost emission reduction opportunities are identified in the transport sec ...
A Game of Preferences:
... the U.S. has never ratified a treaty requiring it to reduce its GHG emissions, the only commitment the U.S. has made to date under this definition is the one implicit in the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan, which I discuss in chapter 1. The Interests of Domestic Actors and t ...
... the U.S. has never ratified a treaty requiring it to reduce its GHG emissions, the only commitment the U.S. has made to date under this definition is the one implicit in the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan, which I discuss in chapter 1. The Interests of Domestic Actors and t ...
in the Second Commitment Period of the Kyoto Protocol
... the life of the Protocol often reflect a sharp divide between the developed and developing world.40 The two groups have frequently disagreed on their respective roles in the future implementation of the Protocol and the commitments that should be made by each, as illustrated by the latest round of n ...
... the life of the Protocol often reflect a sharp divide between the developed and developing world.40 The two groups have frequently disagreed on their respective roles in the future implementation of the Protocol and the commitments that should be made by each, as illustrated by the latest round of n ...
The Relation Between Net Carbon Emissions
... million to 9.2 million. During that same time, milk production nearly doubled, from 89 billion to 167 billion pounds because of the fourfold increase in productivity of the cattle (U.S. Department of Agriculture 2001). In order to understand correctly how enteric fermentation has changed because of ...
... million to 9.2 million. During that same time, milk production nearly doubled, from 89 billion to 167 billion pounds because of the fourfold increase in productivity of the cattle (U.S. Department of Agriculture 2001). In order to understand correctly how enteric fermentation has changed because of ...
Key steps in adaptation assessment for LULUCF sector
... 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) ...
Adapted from a Public Briefing
... 1. The continued development and maintenance of high quality climate observing systems will improve our ability to monitor and detect future changes in climate extremes. 2. Efforts to digitize, homogenize, and analyze long-term observations in the instrumental record with multiple independent expert ...
... 1. The continued development and maintenance of high quality climate observing systems will improve our ability to monitor and detect future changes in climate extremes. 2. Efforts to digitize, homogenize, and analyze long-term observations in the instrumental record with multiple independent expert ...
Supplement
... In this paper, the authors have explored the sensitivity of stratospheric and tropospheric ozone, and tropospheric ozone budget to future climate change, reductions in ozone depleting substances, and non-methane tropospheric ozone precursor emissions using an interactive stratospheric and tropospher ...
... In this paper, the authors have explored the sensitivity of stratospheric and tropospheric ozone, and tropospheric ozone budget to future climate change, reductions in ozone depleting substances, and non-methane tropospheric ozone precursor emissions using an interactive stratospheric and tropospher ...
Brunei Darussalam INDC
... The Government of Brunei Darussalam also recognises the need for a more balanced economy; identifying growth areas in the country to promote the development of other sectors in addition to energy. These include the financial and service industries, which will diversify the economy to ensure future e ...
... The Government of Brunei Darussalam also recognises the need for a more balanced economy; identifying growth areas in the country to promote the development of other sectors in addition to energy. These include the financial and service industries, which will diversify the economy to ensure future e ...
The International and Domestic Law of Climate Change
... Change (“IPCC”). The IPCC, which met for the first time in November 1988, was created under the auspices of the United Nations Environment Program (“UNEP”) and the World Meteorological Organization (“WMO”) with a mandate to study the climate change issue primarily from a scientific perspective. Mode ...
... Change (“IPCC”). The IPCC, which met for the first time in November 1988, was created under the auspices of the United Nations Environment Program (“UNEP”) and the World Meteorological Organization (“WMO”) with a mandate to study the climate change issue primarily from a scientific perspective. Mode ...
EPA Research - 2015 Call Technical Description
... To make an application under this topic area, you must use the following Call Topic Reference: Climate 2015 Call - Project 3 Description Wetlands, primarily peatlands, constitute between 14% and 20% of Ireland’s land area. The estimate varies because of the different ways in which peatland can be de ...
... To make an application under this topic area, you must use the following Call Topic Reference: Climate 2015 Call - Project 3 Description Wetlands, primarily peatlands, constitute between 14% and 20% of Ireland’s land area. The estimate varies because of the different ways in which peatland can be de ...
The EU and the progressive alliance negotiating in Durban
... The realist school of thought sees international negotiations primarily in terms of selfinterest, with negotiators analysing the balance of gains and losses they are likely to experience. The constructivist and sociological schools are more focused on how values and norms underpin the different posi ...
... The realist school of thought sees international negotiations primarily in terms of selfinterest, with negotiators analysing the balance of gains and losses they are likely to experience. The constructivist and sociological schools are more focused on how values and norms underpin the different posi ...
The Story of Carbon Meet Philip Duffy Also in this Issue
... can also calculate the accumulation of carbon on land. It is calculated so as to make the budget balance, based on estimates for each of the other terms. The land sink is the only term for which there is no independent estimate. We have never measured a global terrestrial sink. We don’t know where i ...
... can also calculate the accumulation of carbon on land. It is calculated so as to make the budget balance, based on estimates for each of the other terms. The land sink is the only term for which there is no independent estimate. We have never measured a global terrestrial sink. We don’t know where i ...
Climate Change Science - Stephen Schneider
... Temperatures are, in fact, rising. The changes observed over the last several decades are likely mostly due to human activities, but we cannot rule out that some significant part of these changes is also a reflection of natural variability. Human-induced warming and associated sea level rises are ex ...
... Temperatures are, in fact, rising. The changes observed over the last several decades are likely mostly due to human activities, but we cannot rule out that some significant part of these changes is also a reflection of natural variability. Human-induced warming and associated sea level rises are ex ...
Scottish Government Consultation Response
... retain a voluntary approach. The Scottish Government has worked collaboratively with these organisations, in particular with COSLA, and together have reached a position where COSLA, whilst remaining opposed to the principle, are supporting the move to mandatory reporting operationally, for example C ...
... retain a voluntary approach. The Scottish Government has worked collaboratively with these organisations, in particular with COSLA, and together have reached a position where COSLA, whilst remaining opposed to the principle, are supporting the move to mandatory reporting operationally, for example C ...
Climate Change Science: An Analysis of Some Key Questions
... Temperatures are, in fact, rising. The changes observed over the last several decades are likely mostly due to human activities, but we cannot rule out that some significant part of these changes is also a reflection of natural variability. Human-induced warming and associated sea level rises are ex ...
... Temperatures are, in fact, rising. The changes observed over the last several decades are likely mostly due to human activities, but we cannot rule out that some significant part of these changes is also a reflection of natural variability. Human-induced warming and associated sea level rises are ex ...
Report
... as mega-storms, the 2012 drought in the West African Sahel affected 15 million people4 and grain prices increased globally as a result of an American Midwest drought that occurred in the same year. These events coincide with a record atmospheric carbon level of 400 ppm, which was observed in May of ...
... as mega-storms, the 2012 drought in the West African Sahel affected 15 million people4 and grain prices increased globally as a result of an American Midwest drought that occurred in the same year. These events coincide with a record atmospheric carbon level of 400 ppm, which was observed in May of ...
American Behavioral Scientist - Dana R. Fisher
... (see Sheppard, 2011, for a full review). With the National Academy of Sciences maintaining a consistent position since 2001 that human-induced climate change is occurring and “temperatures are, in fact, rising” (Cicerone & the Committee on the Science of Climate Change, 2001, p. 1), it is surprising ...
... (see Sheppard, 2011, for a full review). With the National Academy of Sciences maintaining a consistent position since 2001 that human-induced climate change is occurring and “temperatures are, in fact, rising” (Cicerone & the Committee on the Science of Climate Change, 2001, p. 1), it is surprising ...
The EU`s disappointing leadership on climate, or
... strongly attached to the emission reduction policies it implements at home (Kelemen, 2010; Schreurs and Tiberghien, 2007; Oberthür and Roche Kelly, 2008; Parker and Karlsson, 2010). If the EU is able to demonstrate the possibility of reducing emissions without damaging economic growth, others may fo ...
... strongly attached to the emission reduction policies it implements at home (Kelemen, 2010; Schreurs and Tiberghien, 2007; Oberthür and Roche Kelly, 2008; Parker and Karlsson, 2010). If the EU is able to demonstrate the possibility of reducing emissions without damaging economic growth, others may fo ...
Climate Change and the Law
... change law by demystifying it and providing a framework for a comprehensive treatment of the subject. We recognize that climate change and the law might seem both too narrow (it is after all only one inter-related problem that has not yet spawned its own field of law) and too broad (involving, for e ...
... change law by demystifying it and providing a framework for a comprehensive treatment of the subject. We recognize that climate change and the law might seem both too narrow (it is after all only one inter-related problem that has not yet spawned its own field of law) and too broad (involving, for e ...
DISCUSSION PAPER: Cross Cutting Climate Change
... This paper explores the relevance of climate change for five different post-2015 goal areas and suggests concrete targets that should be embedded in the respective goal area to ensure it is climate smart. The research shows that climate change is to a varying degree relevant to different goal areas. ...
... This paper explores the relevance of climate change for five different post-2015 goal areas and suggests concrete targets that should be embedded in the respective goal area to ensure it is climate smart. The research shows that climate change is to a varying degree relevant to different goal areas. ...
Green race is on Low carbon economy index 2010 www.pwc.co.uk
... The world needs to reduce carbon intensity by around 88% by 2050 to stabilise atmospheric carbon concentrations at 450ppm CO2e and limit climate change to two degrees of warming. Starting in 2000, the global economy would have needed to decarbonise by around 2% a year each year until 2020 to get ont ...
... The world needs to reduce carbon intensity by around 88% by 2050 to stabilise atmospheric carbon concentrations at 450ppm CO2e and limit climate change to two degrees of warming. Starting in 2000, the global economy would have needed to decarbonise by around 2% a year each year until 2020 to get ont ...
Climate 2020, rising to the challenge
... so all countries can build their own clean energy, sustainable futures. Because well-planned and supported climate action in its many forms almost always speeds up advances in sustainability and resilience, these plans have a multiplier effect for faster progress across the board. To reach its full ...
... so all countries can build their own clean energy, sustainable futures. Because well-planned and supported climate action in its many forms almost always speeds up advances in sustainability and resilience, these plans have a multiplier effect for faster progress across the board. To reach its full ...
Which of the following gases do not Melting sea ice could
... Where have some of the strongest and earliest impacts of global warming occurred? ...
... Where have some of the strongest and earliest impacts of global warming occurred? ...
Climate change in Canada
In Canada mitigation of anthropogenic climate change is being addressed more seriously by the provinces than by the federal government.