Where’s the Beef ? A suitability study for siting biogas... methane from cattle production for urban energy consumption
... would be looking at the point data for individual feedlots and their capacity for an analysis of the network of highly concentrated methane emission areas. This, in fact, may belie the most suitable locations for siting methane to biogas capture. In addition, a more refined vector map for natural ga ...
... would be looking at the point data for individual feedlots and their capacity for an analysis of the network of highly concentrated methane emission areas. This, in fact, may belie the most suitable locations for siting methane to biogas capture. In addition, a more refined vector map for natural ga ...
DISCUSSION PAPER Climate Policy in the United States
... Kyoto Protocol, the Japanese Cabinet has just approved the Kyoto Target Achievement Plan, requiring additional policy measures to meet the Kyoto target. Japanese experiences in making such policies as well as in improving energy efficiency are also worth sharing with U.S. stakeholders. Climate chang ...
... Kyoto Protocol, the Japanese Cabinet has just approved the Kyoto Target Achievement Plan, requiring additional policy measures to meet the Kyoto target. Japanese experiences in making such policies as well as in improving energy efficiency are also worth sharing with U.S. stakeholders. Climate chang ...
Climate Change Adaptation Plan
... Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP), worked with Regional Planner, Samuel Wahab (Community & Government Services) and Regional Engineer Wayne Thistle (Community & Government Services) on behalf of the Government of Nunavut to develop a climate change adaptation plan in partnership with Arviat. Proj ...
... Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP), worked with Regional Planner, Samuel Wahab (Community & Government Services) and Regional Engineer Wayne Thistle (Community & Government Services) on behalf of the Government of Nunavut to develop a climate change adaptation plan in partnership with Arviat. Proj ...
Climate Smart Agriculture
... Yara's knowledge, products and solutions grow farmers' and industrial customers' businesses profitably and responsibly, while nurturing and protecting the earth's resources, food and environment. Our fertilizers, crop nutrition programs and technologies increase yields, improve product quality and r ...
... Yara's knowledge, products and solutions grow farmers' and industrial customers' businesses profitably and responsibly, while nurturing and protecting the earth's resources, food and environment. Our fertilizers, crop nutrition programs and technologies increase yields, improve product quality and r ...
pnacc - Mapama
... The evidence that climate change is actually happening has raised general awareness of the need to take action long in advance to be able to anticipate adaptation to its effects. Adaptation is not an alternative to reduce the factors causing climate change, but a necessary, complementary action to t ...
... The evidence that climate change is actually happening has raised general awareness of the need to take action long in advance to be able to anticipate adaptation to its effects. Adaptation is not an alternative to reduce the factors causing climate change, but a necessary, complementary action to t ...
MHCJCDivestmentProposal
... change. Due to political, social, and economic barriers for women in much of the developing world, many women also have lower capacity to cope with climate change when extreme weather events occur. Women face greater threats because they are more likely to engage in activities such as securing water ...
... change. Due to political, social, and economic barriers for women in much of the developing world, many women also have lower capacity to cope with climate change when extreme weather events occur. Women face greater threats because they are more likely to engage in activities such as securing water ...
Future development in extreme one-hour precipitation over Europe
... event recorded as a point measurement is furthermore higher than an areal measurement (e.g. Einfalt et al., 1998; Jørgensen et al., 2006), and space-time downscaling, possibly using stochastic high-resolution rainfall time-space simulators (e.g. Willems, 2001), should therefore ideally be performed ...
... event recorded as a point measurement is furthermore higher than an areal measurement (e.g. Einfalt et al., 1998; Jørgensen et al., 2006), and space-time downscaling, possibly using stochastic high-resolution rainfall time-space simulators (e.g. Willems, 2001), should therefore ideally be performed ...
Adaptation and mitigation: trade-offs in substance and methods Richard S.J. Tol *
... One cannot study the impacts of climate change without also studying, or at least making assumptions about, adaptation. Adaptation matters, reducing impacts in many cases, and frequently turning negative impacts positive; however, adaptation may also increase impacts, and turn positives into negativ ...
... One cannot study the impacts of climate change without also studying, or at least making assumptions about, adaptation. Adaptation matters, reducing impacts in many cases, and frequently turning negative impacts positive; however, adaptation may also increase impacts, and turn positives into negativ ...
Seychelles
... medium and longer term on infrastructure, agriculture, fisheries, tourism, energy and water security, biodiversity, waste management and on human health and well-being. Although the exact impacts are not known, and more research is needed to better understand the implications of a change global clim ...
... medium and longer term on infrastructure, agriculture, fisheries, tourism, energy and water security, biodiversity, waste management and on human health and well-being. Although the exact impacts are not known, and more research is needed to better understand the implications of a change global clim ...
Climate Change Policies in New York State
... Other climate change policy initiatives in place or being considered by the European Union include [33]: ¾ Renewable Energy: In March 2007, the EU set new binding energy targets, requiring the use of 20% energy from renewable sources by 2020. This will require a massive growth in all three renewable ...
... Other climate change policy initiatives in place or being considered by the European Union include [33]: ¾ Renewable Energy: In March 2007, the EU set new binding energy targets, requiring the use of 20% energy from renewable sources by 2020. This will require a massive growth in all three renewable ...
Climate Change, Energy and South Africa`s Foreign Policy
... particularly carbon intensive, depending on coal-fired power stations for over 90% of its electricity. As Winkler points out: About 70% of total primary energy supply in South Africa derives from coal. Coal-fired power-stations provide 93% of electricity production. Given its coal-based energy econo ...
... particularly carbon intensive, depending on coal-fired power stations for over 90% of its electricity. As Winkler points out: About 70% of total primary energy supply in South Africa derives from coal. Coal-fired power-stations provide 93% of electricity production. Given its coal-based energy econo ...
Do the stock markets price climate change risks?
... choice. We should surely adapt to the changing situation as a basic response to mitigate negative impacts, but a more essential and sustainable solution should be to mitigate the GHGs emissions in order to slow down and finally control the climate change pace, and even reverse some negative impacts. ...
... choice. We should surely adapt to the changing situation as a basic response to mitigate negative impacts, but a more essential and sustainable solution should be to mitigate the GHGs emissions in order to slow down and finally control the climate change pace, and even reverse some negative impacts. ...
Climate change vulnerability assessment for aquatic ecosystems in
... Climate change is significantly affecting aquatic ecosystems around the world. In wetlands, these effects are evident through the melting of permafrost peatlands (Parish et al. 2008). In the Great Lakes region, projected declines in water levels are expected to change the water budgets of wetlands a ...
... Climate change is significantly affecting aquatic ecosystems around the world. In wetlands, these effects are evident through the melting of permafrost peatlands (Parish et al. 2008). In the Great Lakes region, projected declines in water levels are expected to change the water budgets of wetlands a ...
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE GLOBAL FOREST
... varying by regions across the globe (Brown et al., 1996, using Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) data). Consumption of industrial roundwood totaled 1.5 billion cubic meters in 1997 with an approximate value of $150 billion (FAO, 1999). Forest product values are several times larger as lumber, ...
... varying by regions across the globe (Brown et al., 1996, using Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) data). Consumption of industrial roundwood totaled 1.5 billion cubic meters in 1997 with an approximate value of $150 billion (FAO, 1999). Forest product values are several times larger as lumber, ...
15A.3 THE IMPACT OF FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE ON
... Simulation results with 6-km grid spacing indicate that the most likely increase in central pressure deficit is in the 8-12 hPa range, or 1216%, relative to the control simulation. Future TC intensity increases were found to be sensitive to emissions scenario with average increases in central pressu ...
... Simulation results with 6-km grid spacing indicate that the most likely increase in central pressure deficit is in the 8-12 hPa range, or 1216%, relative to the control simulation. Future TC intensity increases were found to be sensitive to emissions scenario with average increases in central pressu ...
Divestment and Stranded Assets in the Low
... ESTIMATING STRANDED ASSETS ....................................................................................................7 ...
... ESTIMATING STRANDED ASSETS ....................................................................................................7 ...
Move forward today
... with a job in a sector that has everyday impact on the lives of Americans and in the efficiency of our economy. The transportation industry provides an opportunity for you to help build sustainable communities and tackle issues such as climate change and energy use. Today more than ever before, ther ...
... with a job in a sector that has everyday impact on the lives of Americans and in the efficiency of our economy. The transportation industry provides an opportunity for you to help build sustainable communities and tackle issues such as climate change and energy use. Today more than ever before, ther ...
Governing climate change: the politics of risk society?
... within modernity, but their distanciated, unpredictable and imperceptible nature means that the institutions of modernity can not ‘comprehend or legitimize’ them (Beck 1994, 10; 1996a, 32). The politics of risk society shifts from concern with the distribution of ‘goods’ to issues surrounding the di ...
... within modernity, but their distanciated, unpredictable and imperceptible nature means that the institutions of modernity can not ‘comprehend or legitimize’ them (Beck 1994, 10; 1996a, 32). The politics of risk society shifts from concern with the distribution of ‘goods’ to issues surrounding the di ...
climate change for beginners
... An increase in greenhouse gasses in our atmosphere has resulted in the warming of our planet. These gases get their name because they work like a traditional glass greenhouse for plants. The most common greenhouse gases are carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide. They trap heat in the atmosphere ...
... An increase in greenhouse gasses in our atmosphere has resulted in the warming of our planet. These gases get their name because they work like a traditional glass greenhouse for plants. The most common greenhouse gases are carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide. They trap heat in the atmosphere ...
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... example, show that over the next 20 years , the average price of cereals is likely to increase by about 30% due to climate change over this near term projection. On the other hand, it is anticipated that there are some potential near term benefits to agricultural productivity due to warming in the h ...
... example, show that over the next 20 years , the average price of cereals is likely to increase by about 30% due to climate change over this near term projection. On the other hand, it is anticipated that there are some potential near term benefits to agricultural productivity due to warming in the h ...
A question of survival
... All major developed countries, along with many developing countries, have now submitted their INDCs. While all developed countries will need to substantially increase their reduction targets over time to bring them into line with a global carbon budget that ensures a high probability of keeping the ...
... All major developed countries, along with many developing countries, have now submitted their INDCs. While all developed countries will need to substantially increase their reduction targets over time to bring them into line with a global carbon budget that ensures a high probability of keeping the ...
2 The scientification of climate politics
... Concern for Tomorrow, NMP and Note on Climate Change In the wake of the Brundtland report, the 1988 RIVM report Concern for Tomorrow (Zorgen voor Morgen) had a shock effect in the Netherlands – this first environmental investigation had a fairly alarming tone. Thanks to this scientific input, a Nati ...
... Concern for Tomorrow, NMP and Note on Climate Change In the wake of the Brundtland report, the 1988 RIVM report Concern for Tomorrow (Zorgen voor Morgen) had a shock effect in the Netherlands – this first environmental investigation had a fairly alarming tone. Thanks to this scientific input, a Nati ...
Climate Action Plan
... Broward County in particular that means our drinking water supply. The importance of water cannot be diluted. Rising sea levels threaten our fresh water supply by forcing saltwater into our underground freshwater aquifer. The CCAP actions safeguard the water supply through conservation and adaptatio ...
... Broward County in particular that means our drinking water supply. The importance of water cannot be diluted. Rising sea levels threaten our fresh water supply by forcing saltwater into our underground freshwater aquifer. The CCAP actions safeguard the water supply through conservation and adaptatio ...
Strategies for Climate Change and Impression
... performance indicators and to disclose information on climate performance in order to legitimize their industrial activities (e.g., Cowan and Deegan 2011; Dawkins and Fraas 2010; Hrasky 2012; Prado-Lorenzo and Garcia-Sanchez 2010; Prado-Lorenzo et al. 2009). Disclosing information on climate issues ...
... performance indicators and to disclose information on climate performance in order to legitimize their industrial activities (e.g., Cowan and Deegan 2011; Dawkins and Fraas 2010; Hrasky 2012; Prado-Lorenzo and Garcia-Sanchez 2010; Prado-Lorenzo et al. 2009). Disclosing information on climate issues ...
appeal to authority
... returns to the Earth and is absorbed permanently, or escapes into space. The statistics of this process are such that no matter what the concentration of CO2, about a third of the thermal energy in this band will eventually escape into space. At very low concentrations CO2 has an immediate and full ...
... returns to the Earth and is absorbed permanently, or escapes into space. The statistics of this process are such that no matter what the concentration of CO2, about a third of the thermal energy in this band will eventually escape into space. At very low concentrations CO2 has an immediate and full ...
Climate change in Canada
In Canada mitigation of anthropogenic climate change is being addressed more seriously by the provinces than by the federal government.