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... global and profligate enough to be at risk, but accounted for just over 3% of the U.S. GDP in 2005 and less than 2% of its jobs (Houser et al., 2008). Even the most vulnerable industries would shrink by 5% (Aldy and Pizer, 2009), and would not suffer the Armageddon that lobbying groups are predictin ...
... global and profligate enough to be at risk, but accounted for just over 3% of the U.S. GDP in 2005 and less than 2% of its jobs (Houser et al., 2008). Even the most vulnerable industries would shrink by 5% (Aldy and Pizer, 2009), and would not suffer the Armageddon that lobbying groups are predictin ...
DISCUSSION PAPER International Technology-Oriented
... development (R&D) activities and technology-specific mandates and incentives. The associated debate is therefore not so much over the importance of new technology per se in solving the climate problem, but rather over what the most effective policies and institutions are for achieving the dramatic t ...
... development (R&D) activities and technology-specific mandates and incentives. The associated debate is therefore not so much over the importance of new technology per se in solving the climate problem, but rather over what the most effective policies and institutions are for achieving the dramatic t ...
Welcome Remarks by Prof. Kyaw Htun, Deputy Director
... and REDD Phases during 2009. In line with this development, an ASEAN Regional Workshop on Forest and Climate Change was organized in Phnom Penh in May 2009 and made the policy implementation options for REDD as part of ongoing regional cooperation among the ASEAN Member States. The options basically ...
... and REDD Phases during 2009. In line with this development, an ASEAN Regional Workshop on Forest and Climate Change was organized in Phnom Penh in May 2009 and made the policy implementation options for REDD as part of ongoing regional cooperation among the ASEAN Member States. The options basically ...
Joint Parliamentary meeting on Climate change and climate change
... A. whereas the task of preserving nature and humanity is passed on from one generation to the next, B. whereas global warming is now recognised as a very serious, urgent and man-made threat and is already having, like climate change, a momentous impact, C. whereas, particularly in the current parlia ...
... A. whereas the task of preserving nature and humanity is passed on from one generation to the next, B. whereas global warming is now recognised as a very serious, urgent and man-made threat and is already having, like climate change, a momentous impact, C. whereas, particularly in the current parlia ...
fair shares: a civil society equity review of indcs report
... and relative proportion of accumulated emissions. Our ‘equity range’ uses historic responsibility start dates of 1850 and 1950, and capacity settings that are no lower than a development threshold of $7500 per person per year, in order to exclude the incomes of the poor from the calculation of natio ...
... and relative proportion of accumulated emissions. Our ‘equity range’ uses historic responsibility start dates of 1850 and 1950, and capacity settings that are no lower than a development threshold of $7500 per person per year, in order to exclude the incomes of the poor from the calculation of natio ...
Make YorkU a Climate Leader: The Case for Fossil Fuel Divestment
... divest from fossil fuels. In doing so, it would declare to other postsecondary institutions in Canada and across the world that universities must now for both moral and economic reasons lead the way into a postcarbon world. Currently, universities make up just a small percentage of the more th ...
... divest from fossil fuels. In doing so, it would declare to other postsecondary institutions in Canada and across the world that universities must now for both moral and economic reasons lead the way into a postcarbon world. Currently, universities make up just a small percentage of the more th ...
Climate change and ocean acidification in OSPAR
... are two of the most serious examples of global environmental change linked to CO2 emissions. Absorption of CO2 into the marine environment has lowered the average pH of the oceans by about 0.1 units from pre-industrial (1750) levels8. Nearly half of anthropogenic CO2 (burning fossil fuels and cement ...
... are two of the most serious examples of global environmental change linked to CO2 emissions. Absorption of CO2 into the marine environment has lowered the average pH of the oceans by about 0.1 units from pre-industrial (1750) levels8. Nearly half of anthropogenic CO2 (burning fossil fuels and cement ...
A Review of the Stern Review on the Economics
... stark: “[T]he Review estimates that if we don’t act, the overall costs and risks of climate change will be equivalent to losing at least 5% of global GDP each year, now and forever. If a wider range of risks and impacts is taken into account, the estimates of damage could rise to 20% of GDP or more ...
... stark: “[T]he Review estimates that if we don’t act, the overall costs and risks of climate change will be equivalent to losing at least 5% of global GDP each year, now and forever. If a wider range of risks and impacts is taken into account, the estimates of damage could rise to 20% of GDP or more ...
The Evolution of Multilateral Regimes: Implications for
... International regimes rarely emerge in a single step, fully formed. Instead, a regime—as well as the broader set of agreements and institutions addressing an issue area, often referred to as a “regime complex”3— typically evolves over time. The world trade regime, for example, looks very different n ...
... International regimes rarely emerge in a single step, fully formed. Instead, a regime—as well as the broader set of agreements and institutions addressing an issue area, often referred to as a “regime complex”3— typically evolves over time. The world trade regime, for example, looks very different n ...
Wetland Grasses and Gases: Are Tidal Wetlands Ready for the
... re tidal wetlands ready for the carbon markets? Nearly so. That is the conclusion of a national panel of experts convened this year to identify and address the scientific, policy, and economic challenges of creating greenhouse gas (GHG) offset credits through tidal wetlands restoration and managemen ...
... re tidal wetlands ready for the carbon markets? Nearly so. That is the conclusion of a national panel of experts convened this year to identify and address the scientific, policy, and economic challenges of creating greenhouse gas (GHG) offset credits through tidal wetlands restoration and managemen ...
What is the Paris Agreement, and How Will It Be Implemented?
... Agreement has been a well-covered topic in the news. Sadly, however, the American public’s general knowledge about the Agreement is still spotty at best. In short, the Paris Agreement is an international treaty with the goals of reducing global warming by lowering carbon dioxide emissions, of combat ...
... Agreement has been a well-covered topic in the news. Sadly, however, the American public’s general knowledge about the Agreement is still spotty at best. In short, the Paris Agreement is an international treaty with the goals of reducing global warming by lowering carbon dioxide emissions, of combat ...
Biomass offsets little or none of permafrost carbon release from soils
... permafrost carbon balance, these factors include nutrient dynamics, nonlinear shifts in vegetation community, human disturbance, land–water interactions, and the relationship of permafrost degradation with water balance. Because precise empirical or model-based assessments of the critical factors dr ...
... permafrost carbon balance, these factors include nutrient dynamics, nonlinear shifts in vegetation community, human disturbance, land–water interactions, and the relationship of permafrost degradation with water balance. Because precise empirical or model-based assessments of the critical factors dr ...
Engaging state officials and agencies to advocate for landmark
... those that are deferred are especially important to the resilience of biodiversity but are also applicable to decision making in other sectors. We recommend that the final SCP include the following text under the heading, “Applying and Advancing Best Practices in Decision-making in the Face of Clima ...
... those that are deferred are especially important to the resilience of biodiversity but are also applicable to decision making in other sectors. We recommend that the final SCP include the following text under the heading, “Applying and Advancing Best Practices in Decision-making in the Face of Clima ...
Report on first national visit to Cote d`Ivoire
... development and establishing the national authority. The project started in May 2002 and will end in 2005. ...
... development and establishing the national authority. The project started in May 2002 and will end in 2005. ...
twelve things we´ve learned on the road to paris
... The story of scientists discovering climate change is longer than many of us tend to imagine. We’ve had a sense that what humans do might affect the climate since Antiquity. Studies of glaciers in the mid-18tʰ century got people wondering what had changed since the Ice Age. It was back in 1824 that ...
... The story of scientists discovering climate change is longer than many of us tend to imagine. We’ve had a sense that what humans do might affect the climate since Antiquity. Studies of glaciers in the mid-18tʰ century got people wondering what had changed since the Ice Age. It was back in 1824 that ...
Background Report on ICTs and Climate Change
... There are a number of different causes of climate change, many of which are naturally generated (e.g., variations in solar radiation, volcanic activity, etc). However, it is man-made climate Figure 1: Total Greenhouse Gases (in Gt CO2eq) change that is of major concern because it appears to be leadi ...
... There are a number of different causes of climate change, many of which are naturally generated (e.g., variations in solar radiation, volcanic activity, etc). However, it is man-made climate Figure 1: Total Greenhouse Gases (in Gt CO2eq) change that is of major concern because it appears to be leadi ...
Mitigation and adaptation performance measurement frameworks
... should report on adaptation indicators (and vice versa for adaptation projects/programmes with mitigation results). For example, a project that primarily intends to improve land and forest areas contributing to emission reductions (result 9.0 in the mitigation PMF) and, by doing so, also contribute ...
... should report on adaptation indicators (and vice versa for adaptation projects/programmes with mitigation results). For example, a project that primarily intends to improve land and forest areas contributing to emission reductions (result 9.0 in the mitigation PMF) and, by doing so, also contribute ...
wrm bulletin # 37 - World Rainforest Movement
... While climate change experts are trying to find "economically -viable" (meaning cheap) ways out of the climate mess created by Western-style economic development, indigenous peoples and local communities in many countries are in fact implementing a truly Clean Development Mechanism: they are banning ...
... While climate change experts are trying to find "economically -viable" (meaning cheap) ways out of the climate mess created by Western-style economic development, indigenous peoples and local communities in many countries are in fact implementing a truly Clean Development Mechanism: they are banning ...
Primary Impacts of Climate Change in the Chicago Region
... consistent daytime maximum temperatures is not only evident in Chicago data, but in other locations in the Midwest as well. While it remains uncertain the specific reason for the warming trend in overnight lows, studies have found that it could be a result of increased humidity, increased cloudiness ...
... consistent daytime maximum temperatures is not only evident in Chicago data, but in other locations in the Midwest as well. While it remains uncertain the specific reason for the warming trend in overnight lows, studies have found that it could be a result of increased humidity, increased cloudiness ...
FOOD, FOSSIL FUELS AND FILTHY FINANCE 191 OXFAM BRIEFING PAPER 17 OCTOBER 2014
... homes with 30 year mortgages in Virginia, North Carolina, New Jersey, Alabama, Florida and Louisiana could be under water before the mortgage is paid off. The report also predicts that, as extreme heat spreads across the middle of the US by the end of the century, some states in the southeast, the l ...
... homes with 30 year mortgages in Virginia, North Carolina, New Jersey, Alabama, Florida and Louisiana could be under water before the mortgage is paid off. The report also predicts that, as extreme heat spreads across the middle of the US by the end of the century, some states in the southeast, the l ...
On non-marginal cost-benefit analysis: Abstract of Working Paper 18 (1 MB) (opens in new window)
... proposition 1 below). In defining non-marginal projects this way, we are interested not in the effects of small projects on relative prices, which have been much more comprehensively explored, but on the effects of large projects on aggregate consumption. Section 2 reviews the relevant public econom ...
... proposition 1 below). In defining non-marginal projects this way, we are interested not in the effects of small projects on relative prices, which have been much more comprehensively explored, but on the effects of large projects on aggregate consumption. Section 2 reviews the relevant public econom ...
Relative importance between biogeochemical and
... implies that previous studies without considering NME-induced effect might have underestimated the intensity of total terrestrial feedback to the climate system. ...
... implies that previous studies without considering NME-induced effect might have underestimated the intensity of total terrestrial feedback to the climate system. ...
Tackling climate change and promoting sustainable
... reduce carbon emissions and reach zero emissions by around mid-century. In fact, ensuring a fair chance of remaining below 1.5°C also remains technically and economically feasible, though this will require stronger and deeper action. Wealthier countries such as Australia, which have contributed more ...
... reduce carbon emissions and reach zero emissions by around mid-century. In fact, ensuring a fair chance of remaining below 1.5°C also remains technically and economically feasible, though this will require stronger and deeper action. Wealthier countries such as Australia, which have contributed more ...
CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY CHAPTER I
... which could be attributable to a combination of factors, including education and outreach efforts to reduce energy consumption. According to the Pew Center for Climate Research, the average U.S. citizen has an annual average GHG emission of over 20 MTCO2e, over twice the world average. However, the ...
... which could be attributable to a combination of factors, including education and outreach efforts to reduce energy consumption. According to the Pew Center for Climate Research, the average U.S. citizen has an annual average GHG emission of over 20 MTCO2e, over twice the world average. However, the ...
Climate change integrated assessment methodology for cross
... – PPE of HadSM3 simulations (= simplified HadCM3) (PPE = Physically ...
... – PPE of HadSM3 simulations (= simplified HadCM3) (PPE = Physically ...
Climate change in Canada
In Canada mitigation of anthropogenic climate change is being addressed more seriously by the provinces than by the federal government.