CRS Report for Congress Global Climate Change: The Role for Energy Efficiency
... emissions of CO2 and other “greenhouse gases”that may cause global climate change. However, there is a debate over projected estimates of the future potential for energy efficiency to curb the growth of CO2 emissions through 2010. This paper discusses this debate, which is centered on differences be ...
... emissions of CO2 and other “greenhouse gases”that may cause global climate change. However, there is a debate over projected estimates of the future potential for energy efficiency to curb the growth of CO2 emissions through 2010. This paper discusses this debate, which is centered on differences be ...
Dutch Disease and Carbon Pricing in Resource
... Intuitively, this result simply states that the optimal allocation of a country’s fossil energy extraction wealth over time can be decentralized by appropriately structured ad-valorem taxes on fossil fuels. The general idea that export taxes can be used to mitigate Dutch disease is also discussed b ...
... Intuitively, this result simply states that the optimal allocation of a country’s fossil energy extraction wealth over time can be decentralized by appropriately structured ad-valorem taxes on fossil fuels. The general idea that export taxes can be used to mitigate Dutch disease is also discussed b ...
ahead of the storm
... - landscaping that reduces water demand and is adaptive to drought - increasing the tree canopy - rain barrels and permeable surfaces that reduce runoff from severe rainfalls, and - reflective roofs that reduce urban heat • In the fall of 2007, City staff began to lay the foundation for the developm ...
... - landscaping that reduces water demand and is adaptive to drought - increasing the tree canopy - rain barrels and permeable surfaces that reduce runoff from severe rainfalls, and - reflective roofs that reduce urban heat • In the fall of 2007, City staff began to lay the foundation for the developm ...
Understanding the Links between Climate Change and Development
... temperatures that hit agriculture from the Aegean Sea to the Indus River. This change in climate brought down Egypt’s pyramidbuilding Old Kingdom and Sargon the Great’s empire in Mesopotamia.1 After only a few decades of lower rainfall, cities lining the northern reaches of the Euphrates, the bread ...
... temperatures that hit agriculture from the Aegean Sea to the Indus River. This change in climate brought down Egypt’s pyramidbuilding Old Kingdom and Sargon the Great’s empire in Mesopotamia.1 After only a few decades of lower rainfall, cities lining the northern reaches of the Euphrates, the bread ...
Impact and Implications of Climate Change on Sugarcane Crop in
... food production, availability and use of water, and health risks. For example, a change in the usual timing of rains or temperatures can affect when plants blossom and set fruit, when insects hatch or when streams are their fullest. This can affect historically synchronized pollination of crops, foo ...
... food production, availability and use of water, and health risks. For example, a change in the usual timing of rains or temperatures can affect when plants blossom and set fruit, when insects hatch or when streams are their fullest. This can affect historically synchronized pollination of crops, foo ...
... exercise. This event brings together scientists, national security strategists, political leaders, and members of the business communities from Asia, Europe, South Asia, and the United States to look at plausible future scenarios and consider the national security and foreign policy implications of ...
Chapter 1 - Open Knowledge Repository
... temperatures that hit agriculture from the Aegean Sea to the Indus River. This change in climate brought down Egypt’s pyramidbuilding Old Kingdom and Sargon the Great’s empire in Mesopotamia.1 After only a few decades of lower rainfall, cities lining the northern reaches of the Euphrates, the breadb ...
... temperatures that hit agriculture from the Aegean Sea to the Indus River. This change in climate brought down Egypt’s pyramidbuilding Old Kingdom and Sargon the Great’s empire in Mesopotamia.1 After only a few decades of lower rainfall, cities lining the northern reaches of the Euphrates, the breadb ...
Report
... pest infestations, invasion of exotic species, storms, and coral bleaching events. Human populations and the global economy may be directly affected through extreme weather, drought, disease, and migration of species. The international community has largely agreed that climate change is real and tha ...
... pest infestations, invasion of exotic species, storms, and coral bleaching events. Human populations and the global economy may be directly affected through extreme weather, drought, disease, and migration of species. The international community has largely agreed that climate change is real and tha ...
Scaled-up Market Mechanisms – What is Needed to
... developed and developing countries in emission reductions in order to stabilise the climate. The international carbon market is one of several instruments that could support mitigation in developing countries. By the end of 2012, the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) will have trigg ...
... developed and developing countries in emission reductions in order to stabilise the climate. The international carbon market is one of several instruments that could support mitigation in developing countries. By the end of 2012, the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) will have trigg ...
Climate-Smart Agriculture Sourcebook MODULE 8: Climate-smart Livestock
... improving the environmental sustainability of the sector. A large volume of food is wasted even before it reaches the consumer. A recent FAO (2011) study suggests that about one-third of food produced is wasted. Reduction of waste along the animal food chain can substantially contribute to reducing ...
... improving the environmental sustainability of the sector. A large volume of food is wasted even before it reaches the consumer. A recent FAO (2011) study suggests that about one-third of food produced is wasted. Reduction of waste along the animal food chain can substantially contribute to reducing ...
Protein efficiency per unit energy and per unit greenhouse gas
... feeds. However, the variation in the data can provide a realistic average of the impacts of food consumption on global trade. The functional unit used was 1 kg of food product delivered to the entry port of Gothenburg. For meats the functional unit was bone-free carcass, i.e., large pieces of meat w ...
... feeds. However, the variation in the data can provide a realistic average of the impacts of food consumption on global trade. The functional unit used was 1 kg of food product delivered to the entry port of Gothenburg. For meats the functional unit was bone-free carcass, i.e., large pieces of meat w ...
Ethics and Global Climate Change* Stephen M
... that “the greenhouse effect” as such is a problem; in fact, the reverse is true: without some greenhouse effect, the Earth would be much less hospitable for life as we know it. The real problem is the enhanced, human-induced, greenhouse effect. Second, it is not the greenhouse effect in isolation wh ...
... that “the greenhouse effect” as such is a problem; in fact, the reverse is true: without some greenhouse effect, the Earth would be much less hospitable for life as we know it. The real problem is the enhanced, human-induced, greenhouse effect. Second, it is not the greenhouse effect in isolation wh ...
Telling the Weather Story - IBC Public Assets
... The rate of global climate warming for the next 25 years is projected to be approximately 0.2°C per decade under all scenarios. This rate of change is approximately the same as the observed global warming rate for the past 25 years of 0.18°C per decade, and is due to the slow response of the climat ...
... The rate of global climate warming for the next 25 years is projected to be approximately 0.2°C per decade under all scenarios. This rate of change is approximately the same as the observed global warming rate for the past 25 years of 0.18°C per decade, and is due to the slow response of the climat ...
Telling the Weather Story - Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction
... The rate of global climate warming for the next 25 years is projected to be approximately 0.2°C per decade under all scenarios. This rate of change is approximately the same as the observed global warming rate for the past 25 years of 0.18°C per decade, and is due to the slow response of the climat ...
... The rate of global climate warming for the next 25 years is projected to be approximately 0.2°C per decade under all scenarios. This rate of change is approximately the same as the observed global warming rate for the past 25 years of 0.18°C per decade, and is due to the slow response of the climat ...
... The analysis of the energy sector has shown that the economic impact of climate change during 2011-2050 is similar under the A2 (US$142.88 million) and B2 (US$134.83 million) scenarios with A2 scenario having a slightly higher cost (0.737% of 2009 GDP) than the B2 scenario (0.695% of 2009 GDP) for t ...
High impact, low probability? An empirical analysis of risk in the economics of climate change: Working Paper 9 (505 kB) (opens in new window)
... implications of climate change across the world, in terms of both physical impacts and regulatory responses. The programme draws on both science and economics, particularly in interpreting and applying climate and impact information in decision-making for both the short and long term. The programme ...
... implications of climate change across the world, in terms of both physical impacts and regulatory responses. The programme draws on both science and economics, particularly in interpreting and applying climate and impact information in decision-making for both the short and long term. The programme ...
climate change risks
... concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere in 2011 was 390 parts per million – higher than at any time for the past 800,000 years. The combustion of fossil fuels since the industrial revolution is the main cause for these high concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Australian average temperatures ...
... concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere in 2011 was 390 parts per million – higher than at any time for the past 800,000 years. The combustion of fossil fuels since the industrial revolution is the main cause for these high concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Australian average temperatures ...
Climate Change on the Millennial Timescale
... respectively). This surely reflects the human lifetime – we have trouble contemplating the state of the world long after we will cease to live in it – as well as the short-term nature of the political process. At best we might consider the world we are leaving for our grandchildren, but a thousand y ...
... respectively). This surely reflects the human lifetime – we have trouble contemplating the state of the world long after we will cease to live in it – as well as the short-term nature of the political process. At best we might consider the world we are leaving for our grandchildren, but a thousand y ...
Update on CCS in the Global Climate Picture Tim Dixon 23 January 2015
... than in the industry, buildings, and transport sectors • The share of low‐carbon electricity supply (incl CCS) increases from 30% to more than 80 % by 2050, • Fossil fuel power generation without CCS is phased out by 2100. GHG emissions reduced significantly by: • Replacing average efficiency coal f ...
... than in the industry, buildings, and transport sectors • The share of low‐carbon electricity supply (incl CCS) increases from 30% to more than 80 % by 2050, • Fossil fuel power generation without CCS is phased out by 2100. GHG emissions reduced significantly by: • Replacing average efficiency coal f ...
Living in an Uncertain World
... strongly argues for mitigation rather than adaptation (reinforcing and adding to other arguments, i.e. ethical ones). 2. To limit global warming to 2C – in fact, to keep global warming below 5C – we must cut emissions markedly and eventually cease emissions. - We have to do this anyway as we do not ...
... strongly argues for mitigation rather than adaptation (reinforcing and adding to other arguments, i.e. ethical ones). 2. To limit global warming to 2C – in fact, to keep global warming below 5C – we must cut emissions markedly and eventually cease emissions. - We have to do this anyway as we do not ...
... The outcomes from investigating the agriculture sector indicate that for the sugar-cane subsector the harvests under both the A2 and B2 scenarios decrease at first and then increase as the mid-century mark is approached. With respect to the yam subsector the results indicate that the yield of yam wi ...
Climate change: The investment perspective
... Even so, the sheer scale of the issue makes it a challenging one for many institutions. ...
... Even so, the sheer scale of the issue makes it a challenging one for many institutions. ...
The Strategy of Chinese Insurance Industry to Address Global Climate Change
... 2009 is the warmest since instrumental records 10 years. Warming in the Northern Hemisphere, especially the high latitudes. Global warming and human activities, especially fossil fuel greenhouse gas emissions are closely related. According to NOAA "2009 Climate Status" report, in 2009, rising atmosp ...
... 2009 is the warmest since instrumental records 10 years. Warming in the Northern Hemisphere, especially the high latitudes. Global warming and human activities, especially fossil fuel greenhouse gas emissions are closely related. According to NOAA "2009 Climate Status" report, in 2009, rising atmosp ...
world development report 2010: Development and Climate Change
... (figure 4), mainly because of the burning of fossil fuels and, to a lesser extent, agriculture and changing land use. A decade after the Kyoto Protocol set limits on international carbon emissions, as developed countries enter the first period of rigorous accounting of their emissions, greenhouse ga ...
... (figure 4), mainly because of the burning of fossil fuels and, to a lesser extent, agriculture and changing land use. A decade after the Kyoto Protocol set limits on international carbon emissions, as developed countries enter the first period of rigorous accounting of their emissions, greenhouse ga ...
Chapter 4 The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
... 1. A more comprehensive approach to the global atmosphere might allow for greater policy coherence between different international regimes aimed at curbing global pollution. Most notably, as discussed further in Chapter 10, there are significant policy and scientific connections between the issue o ...
... 1. A more comprehensive approach to the global atmosphere might allow for greater policy coherence between different international regimes aimed at curbing global pollution. Most notably, as discussed further in Chapter 10, there are significant policy and scientific connections between the issue o ...
Climate change in Canada
In Canada mitigation of anthropogenic climate change is being addressed more seriously by the provinces than by the federal government.