Climate Change and Existing Law: A Survey Robert Meltz Legislative Attorney
... spawned a host of legal issues. The Supreme Court resolved a big one in 2007: the Clean Air Act (CAA), it said, authorizes EPA to regulate GHG emissions. EPA’s subsequent efforts to carry out that authority have been sustained by the D.C. Circuit. Another issue is whether EPA’s “endangerment finding ...
... spawned a host of legal issues. The Supreme Court resolved a big one in 2007: the Clean Air Act (CAA), it said, authorizes EPA to regulate GHG emissions. EPA’s subsequent efforts to carry out that authority have been sustained by the D.C. Circuit. Another issue is whether EPA’s “endangerment finding ...
The Kyoto Protocol - Current State and Implications for EU
... However, in March 2001, the US President, George W. Bush, announced that the US would not comply with the Kyoto Protocol in its present form. The remaining Annex B countries decided to continue the Kyoto process and reached a compromise on the climate treaty at the resumed 6th Conference of the Part ...
... However, in March 2001, the US President, George W. Bush, announced that the US would not comply with the Kyoto Protocol in its present form. The remaining Annex B countries decided to continue the Kyoto process and reached a compromise on the climate treaty at the resumed 6th Conference of the Part ...
Business in a Climate- Constrained World
... the past generation, which has seen 663 million people—nearly 10 percent of the population—move from poverty to at least basic levels of comfort and dignity. With the potential for fundamental changes in our environment continuing to grow, the stakes for business could not be greater. We can no long ...
... the past generation, which has seen 663 million people—nearly 10 percent of the population—move from poverty to at least basic levels of comfort and dignity. With the potential for fundamental changes in our environment continuing to grow, the stakes for business could not be greater. We can no long ...
Middle Schools - City of Kamloops
... Water sustainability is being impacted by Climate Change. As global temperatures go up, BC’s growing season will be longer and dryer while our winter season will be wetter. This means that the water is not available when it is needed most, during the long, hot summer months. It also means that water ...
... Water sustainability is being impacted by Climate Change. As global temperatures go up, BC’s growing season will be longer and dryer while our winter season will be wetter. This means that the water is not available when it is needed most, during the long, hot summer months. It also means that water ...
Under New Management - Forum for the Future
... from accelerating climate change. The spectrum of opinion is vast, all the way from ‘Relax, we’ve got tonnes of time, and it’s not going to be that bad anyway’ to variations on the theme of ‘It’s already too late!’ – pitched at varying levels of apocalyptic despair. This makes today’s debate about ...
... from accelerating climate change. The spectrum of opinion is vast, all the way from ‘Relax, we’ve got tonnes of time, and it’s not going to be that bad anyway’ to variations on the theme of ‘It’s already too late!’ – pitched at varying levels of apocalyptic despair. This makes today’s debate about ...
dr Jacek Batóg[1], dr Barbara Batóg Department of Econometrics
... Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Mechanism. The emissions of acidifying pollutants include nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulphur dioxide (SO2) and ammonia (NH3). The emissions of greenhouse gas include all the greenhouse gases covered by the Kyoto Protocol (CO2, CH4, N2O, SF6, HFCs and PFCs). They do not include ...
... Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Mechanism. The emissions of acidifying pollutants include nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulphur dioxide (SO2) and ammonia (NH3). The emissions of greenhouse gas include all the greenhouse gases covered by the Kyoto Protocol (CO2, CH4, N2O, SF6, HFCs and PFCs). They do not include ...
Infosylva 22/2010
... carbon emitters. The reason: it has one of the world's fastest rates of deforestation, mainly for palm oil production. As trees are felled, the carbon stored in them and the soil is released into the atmosphere. Indonesia eyeing $1bn climate aid to cut down forests, says Greenpeace Vague legal defin ...
... carbon emitters. The reason: it has one of the world's fastest rates of deforestation, mainly for palm oil production. As trees are felled, the carbon stored in them and the soil is released into the atmosphere. Indonesia eyeing $1bn climate aid to cut down forests, says Greenpeace Vague legal defin ...
Ch 18 Global Climate Change
... shrinkage of Arctic sea ice (11.7% in 10 years) • Alaska, Siberia, Canada have warmed 5°F in summer, 10°F in winter • Spring comes 2 weeks earlier than 10 years ago • The polar ice cap has lost 20% of its volume in 20 years • Permafrost is melting • Unprecedented melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet ...
... shrinkage of Arctic sea ice (11.7% in 10 years) • Alaska, Siberia, Canada have warmed 5°F in summer, 10°F in winter • Spring comes 2 weeks earlier than 10 years ago • The polar ice cap has lost 20% of its volume in 20 years • Permafrost is melting • Unprecedented melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet ...
CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY CHAPTER I
... risen from around 350 ppm near 1950 to over 400 ppm in 2013. Carbon dioxide levels have been examined by groups such as CO2now. According to the report Global Climate Change Impacts in the US, some key findings within the US include1: ...
... risen from around 350 ppm near 1950 to over 400 ppm in 2013. Carbon dioxide levels have been examined by groups such as CO2now. According to the report Global Climate Change Impacts in the US, some key findings within the US include1: ...
18_Lecture_Presentation
... shrinkage of Arctic sea ice (11.7% in 10 years) • Alaska, Siberia, Canada have warmed 5°F in summer, 10°F in winter • Spring comes 2 weeks earlier than 10 years ago • The polar ice cap has lost 20% of its volume in 20 years • Permafrost is melting • Unprecedented melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet ...
... shrinkage of Arctic sea ice (11.7% in 10 years) • Alaska, Siberia, Canada have warmed 5°F in summer, 10°F in winter • Spring comes 2 weeks earlier than 10 years ago • The polar ice cap has lost 20% of its volume in 20 years • Permafrost is melting • Unprecedented melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet ...
The Economic Effects of Climate Change
... y Richard S. J. Tol is Research Professor, Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin, Ireland; and Professor of the Economics of Climate Change at the Institute for Environmental Studies and the Department of Spatial Economics, both at Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. His ...
... y Richard S. J. Tol is Research Professor, Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin, Ireland; and Professor of the Economics of Climate Change at the Institute for Environmental Studies and the Department of Spatial Economics, both at Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. His ...
DANGER The of Corporate Landfill Gas-to-Energy Schemes and How to Fix It
... worsen.”13 Many experts believe that clean energy technology and the jobs that come with it—jobs that can’t be outsourced and that offer good pay and benefits—are essential to America’s economic recovery, and to our ability to compete in the 21st century global economy. ...
... worsen.”13 Many experts believe that clean energy technology and the jobs that come with it—jobs that can’t be outsourced and that offer good pay and benefits—are essential to America’s economic recovery, and to our ability to compete in the 21st century global economy. ...
Nonstate Actors in the Global Climate Regime
... Rhetoric, of course, is not reality. But clearly a shift in worldview, beginning in the 1990s and continuing today, has occurred concerning the relationship between states and nonstate actors within the UN system and in multilateral cooperation more broadly. The terms and legal structure of the inte ...
... Rhetoric, of course, is not reality. But clearly a shift in worldview, beginning in the 1990s and continuing today, has occurred concerning the relationship between states and nonstate actors within the UN system and in multilateral cooperation more broadly. The terms and legal structure of the inte ...
GOVERNMENT POLICY ON MITIGATION ACTIVITY OF METHANE
... 3. Training program for “extension workers” and farmer groups about the mitigation technology and its effect on animal production and environmental pollution are required 4. Application of technologies for methane mitigation from livestock that specific for each region in Indonesia 5. Networking amo ...
... 3. Training program for “extension workers” and farmer groups about the mitigation technology and its effect on animal production and environmental pollution are required 4. Application of technologies for methane mitigation from livestock that specific for each region in Indonesia 5. Networking amo ...
The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
... compounds (BFCs), were responsible for depletion of stratospheric ozone (for instance, National Research Council, 1982, 1984). This evidence was not yet definitive, however, when the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) opened negotiations for what would become the Vienna Convention for the Pro ...
... compounds (BFCs), were responsible for depletion of stratospheric ozone (for instance, National Research Council, 1982, 1984). This evidence was not yet definitive, however, when the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) opened negotiations for what would become the Vienna Convention for the Pro ...
Nitrogen deposition
... • Poor skill over European stations (on average models tend to be lower) • Good skill over US stations, with a tendency to overestimate nitrogen deposition (10%) at large values ...
... • Poor skill over European stations (on average models tend to be lower) • Good skill over US stations, with a tendency to overestimate nitrogen deposition (10%) at large values ...
Streamflow hydrology in the boreal region under the influences of
... there is little solar energy input, and radiation deficit at the surface often results in extremely low temperatures. Low moisture content in the cold air yields light precipitation. However, sublimation loss is limited under stable atmospheric conditions and the snow can accumulate with little inte ...
... there is little solar energy input, and radiation deficit at the surface often results in extremely low temperatures. Low moisture content in the cold air yields light precipitation. However, sublimation loss is limited under stable atmospheric conditions and the snow can accumulate with little inte ...
Tropical Forest, Deforestation and Climate Change - Heinrich
... Reducing deforestation in Amazonia could make a substantial contribution to climate change mitigation (Table 1), and the Brazil is potentially prepared to do that. Currently, there are a number of effective mechanisms with high potential to control deforestation. The annual deforestation monitoring ...
... Reducing deforestation in Amazonia could make a substantial contribution to climate change mitigation (Table 1), and the Brazil is potentially prepared to do that. Currently, there are a number of effective mechanisms with high potential to control deforestation. The annual deforestation monitoring ...
Land consolidation and its effect on climate
... be on combining different points of view in land consolidation, in which case views related to the environment etc. can be more extensively taken into consideration. The strategy states that land consolidation should broadly support social goals, such as rural viability and environmental protection ...
... be on combining different points of view in land consolidation, in which case views related to the environment etc. can be more extensively taken into consideration. The strategy states that land consolidation should broadly support social goals, such as rural viability and environmental protection ...
Overcoming Behavioral and Institutional Inertia
... The media, in search of punchy stories, tend to shy away from the scientific community’s careful wording to express uncertainty. Readers then face messages lacking scientific caution and containing strong appeals that might then be refuted by other similarly strongly worded statements, hampering the ...
... The media, in search of punchy stories, tend to shy away from the scientific community’s careful wording to express uncertainty. Readers then face messages lacking scientific caution and containing strong appeals that might then be refuted by other similarly strongly worded statements, hampering the ...
Assessing the Social Costs and Benefits of Regulating Carbon
... they propose. In the context of regulations pertaining to carbon emissions, the various agencies had been using differing (often implicit) estimates of the net social cost of carbon. In response, an Interagency Working Group was created in order to establish a consistent and objective “social cost o ...
... they propose. In the context of regulations pertaining to carbon emissions, the various agencies had been using differing (often implicit) estimates of the net social cost of carbon. In response, an Interagency Working Group was created in order to establish a consistent and objective “social cost o ...
Think Globally, Act Locally
... Meath’s climate is changing due to the release of these gases into the atmosphere and it will continue to do so resulting in higher annual global temperatures, higher sea levels and changes to weather patterns leading to more extreme events with a risk of extended periods of drought and flooding. CO ...
... Meath’s climate is changing due to the release of these gases into the atmosphere and it will continue to do so resulting in higher annual global temperatures, higher sea levels and changes to weather patterns leading to more extreme events with a risk of extended periods of drought and flooding. CO ...
Provide an initial estimate of the uncertainty in UK predicted climate
... emphasised here), in that as finer scales are considered, additional phenomena and processes must be modelled, thus increasing the scope for disagreement amongst models. This source of uncertainty is therefore also relevant within a ‘consistent’ modelling framework, such as an RCM/GCM combination wi ...
... emphasised here), in that as finer scales are considered, additional phenomena and processes must be modelled, thus increasing the scope for disagreement amongst models. This source of uncertainty is therefore also relevant within a ‘consistent’ modelling framework, such as an RCM/GCM combination wi ...
- Ontario Climate Change Data Portal
... temporal trends and changes in the spatial patterns of both temperature and precipitation based on the high-resolution climate projections. 2. Data and methods A coupled dynamical–statistical downscaling approach, as shown in Figure 1, was developed in this study to generate high-resolution climate ...
... temporal trends and changes in the spatial patterns of both temperature and precipitation based on the high-resolution climate projections. 2. Data and methods A coupled dynamical–statistical downscaling approach, as shown in Figure 1, was developed in this study to generate high-resolution climate ...
West Lothian Council Climate Change Strategy 2015-2020
... West Lothian Council along with our Community Planning Partners is committed to improving the quality of life for people in West Lothian, and making this the best possible place to live, work and do business. One of the biggest challenges we have to address in order to deliver this commitment is the ...
... West Lothian Council along with our Community Planning Partners is committed to improving the quality of life for people in West Lothian, and making this the best possible place to live, work and do business. One of the biggest challenges we have to address in order to deliver this commitment is the ...
Climate change in Canada
In Canada mitigation of anthropogenic climate change is being addressed more seriously by the provinces than by the federal government.