Impacts of Climate Change for the State of Indiana
... of rainfall to compensate for increased heat may lead to more drying. This is likely to be most pronounced in summer, leading to dryer soils and more drought-like conditions. To the extent the agricultural industry is unable to compensate through the development of improved genetic varieties that ex ...
... of rainfall to compensate for increased heat may lead to more drying. This is likely to be most pronounced in summer, leading to dryer soils and more drought-like conditions. To the extent the agricultural industry is unable to compensate through the development of improved genetic varieties that ex ...
carbon pricing - The Climate Group
... development, allowing the government to observe how carbon pricing would affect different parts of the country. However it is still too early to tell exactly how this will play out at the national level, as China continues to experiment with a number of different policy options for dealing with its ...
... development, allowing the government to observe how carbon pricing would affect different parts of the country. However it is still too early to tell exactly how this will play out at the national level, as China continues to experiment with a number of different policy options for dealing with its ...
ASEAN IN A CLIMATE OF CHANGE
... result ASEAN’s greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions are also increasing. Regional policymakers are also aware that South-east Asia is vulnerable to the detrimental impacts of climate change. This white paper from The Economist Corporate Network (ECN) assesses the climate challenge faced by ASEAN member ...
... result ASEAN’s greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions are also increasing. Regional policymakers are also aware that South-east Asia is vulnerable to the detrimental impacts of climate change. This white paper from The Economist Corporate Network (ECN) assesses the climate challenge faced by ASEAN member ...
A Global Carbon Market? Michael G. Pollitt
... above the expected average long-term market price. It also happens when governments fix final (i.e. administered) prices of energy regardless of the fluctuating fossil fuel price, such as in the many oil producing countries who choose to sell oil to their domestic consumers at much less than the wor ...
... above the expected average long-term market price. It also happens when governments fix final (i.e. administered) prices of energy regardless of the fluctuating fossil fuel price, such as in the many oil producing countries who choose to sell oil to their domestic consumers at much less than the wor ...
Using Markets to Conserve Natural Capital
... Often these problems arise because many aspects of the environment have public good values – that is, because no individual or company owns them, these values are not priced by the market, and are often used without regard to the costs that may be imposed on others as a consequence. It is therefore ...
... Often these problems arise because many aspects of the environment have public good values – that is, because no individual or company owns them, these values are not priced by the market, and are often used without regard to the costs that may be imposed on others as a consequence. It is therefore ...
May 9, 2014 EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
... Act authority.3 In addition to reducing emissions from new fossil-fueled sources of electricity, California has long sought to improve the state’s energy efficiency and to increase its electricity supply from renewable sources. Since 2003, state policy has called for maximizing the use of energy eff ...
... Act authority.3 In addition to reducing emissions from new fossil-fueled sources of electricity, California has long sought to improve the state’s energy efficiency and to increase its electricity supply from renewable sources. Since 2003, state policy has called for maximizing the use of energy eff ...
IFC`s Definitions and Metrics for Climate
... 3) Energy efficiency: a. Energy efficiency in industry i. Industrial energy efficiency improvements in existing facilities through the installation of more-efficient17 equipment, changes in processes, reduction of heat losses, and greater waste heat recovery18 ii. Installation in existing facilities ...
... 3) Energy efficiency: a. Energy efficiency in industry i. Industrial energy efficiency improvements in existing facilities through the installation of more-efficient17 equipment, changes in processes, reduction of heat losses, and greater waste heat recovery18 ii. Installation in existing facilities ...
Climate Trends and Projections for the South Sask. River
... an increase in precipitation in winter and spring; some show less in summer. Increased temperatures will result in an increased number of days with net positive evaporation from soil, dugouts, rivers, lakes and reservoirs. As a result there is no increase in effective precipitation (the climate mois ...
... an increase in precipitation in winter and spring; some show less in summer. Increased temperatures will result in an increased number of days with net positive evaporation from soil, dugouts, rivers, lakes and reservoirs. As a result there is no increase in effective precipitation (the climate mois ...
Endnotes - CSIRO Publishing
... 4. Karoly DJ and Braganza K (2005) A new approach to detection of anthropogenic temperature changes in the Australian region. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics 89: 57–67. 5. Alexander L, Hope P, Collins D, Trewin B, Lynch A et al. (2007) Trends in Australia’s climate means and extremes: a global c ...
... 4. Karoly DJ and Braganza K (2005) A new approach to detection of anthropogenic temperature changes in the Australian region. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics 89: 57–67. 5. Alexander L, Hope P, Collins D, Trewin B, Lynch A et al. (2007) Trends in Australia’s climate means and extremes: a global c ...
Development, trade and carbon reduction
... The impact of climate change will impose new costs on developing country exporters, especially if markets do not work correctly and international agreements are not well designed. If the costs of carbon emissions are priced correctly, then markets could ensure that emissions are reduced in the most ...
... The impact of climate change will impose new costs on developing country exporters, especially if markets do not work correctly and international agreements are not well designed. If the costs of carbon emissions are priced correctly, then markets could ensure that emissions are reduced in the most ...
Adaptation 101
... safeguard global security. As populations increase in some of the world’s poorest countries, a harsher climate can lead to migration; refugee crises; and conflicts over scarce natural resources, including land and water.19 Long-term economic destabilization in developing countries can also further u ...
... safeguard global security. As populations increase in some of the world’s poorest countries, a harsher climate can lead to migration; refugee crises; and conflicts over scarce natural resources, including land and water.19 Long-term economic destabilization in developing countries can also further u ...
Risks from Climate Feedbacks
... global warming. A climate feedback is a change to a component of the climate system that causes a knock-on effect which further alters the original change. An amplifying feedback (also referred to as a ‘positive feedback’) increases the rate of global warming. For example, as the climate warms it ...
... global warming. A climate feedback is a change to a component of the climate system that causes a knock-on effect which further alters the original change. An amplifying feedback (also referred to as a ‘positive feedback’) increases the rate of global warming. For example, as the climate warms it ...
Possible impacts of a shutdown of the thermohaline circulation
... The period of 1950-1990 is used for the calibration of the model which is based on the IMAGE 100-year database (Batjes & Goldewijk, 1994). The climate scenarios for the period 2010-2300 are as used by Rahmstorf & Ganopolski (1999), who follow the IPCC IS92e scenario (Houghton et al., 1995) until 210 ...
... The period of 1950-1990 is used for the calibration of the model which is based on the IMAGE 100-year database (Batjes & Goldewijk, 1994). The climate scenarios for the period 2010-2300 are as used by Rahmstorf & Ganopolski (1999), who follow the IPCC IS92e scenario (Houghton et al., 1995) until 210 ...
UNDP Climate Change Inside Eng1
... Countries all over the world have been sending greater quantities of these gases into the atmosphere. The developed countries emit more per person, largely because they have more cars or generally burn more fossil fuels, but as poorer countries develop, they too are catching up and emitting more of ...
... Countries all over the world have been sending greater quantities of these gases into the atmosphere. The developed countries emit more per person, largely because they have more cars or generally burn more fossil fuels, but as poorer countries develop, they too are catching up and emitting more of ...
activist kit - Climate Reality Project
... dangerous and costly effects right now. Average temperatures have risen in most states since 1901, with 14 of the 15 hottest years on record occurring in the twenty-first century. Climate and weather disasters in 2012 alone cost the American economy more than $100 billion. Climate change, once consi ...
... dangerous and costly effects right now. Average temperatures have risen in most states since 1901, with 14 of the 15 hottest years on record occurring in the twenty-first century. Climate and weather disasters in 2012 alone cost the American economy more than $100 billion. Climate change, once consi ...
An argument for fossil fuel divestment.pdf
... Climate science has demonstrated with overwhelming consensus that if we continue business as usual, our planet is heading toward a climate catastrophe of unprecedented and virtually unimaginable proportions. To avoid the worst scenarios, we must take immediate and substantial changes.1 The Intergove ...
... Climate science has demonstrated with overwhelming consensus that if we continue business as usual, our planet is heading toward a climate catastrophe of unprecedented and virtually unimaginable proportions. To avoid the worst scenarios, we must take immediate and substantial changes.1 The Intergove ...
Impact of Climate Changes on Economic and Agricultural Value
... added share in the GDP. This may be due to small share of the Agriculture sector towards GDP. Hence, these findings guide the policy makers to work for mitigation of these climate changes by signing different environmental protection agreement with developed countries for restriction of carbon emiss ...
... added share in the GDP. This may be due to small share of the Agriculture sector towards GDP. Hence, these findings guide the policy makers to work for mitigation of these climate changes by signing different environmental protection agreement with developed countries for restriction of carbon emiss ...
Climate debt: A primer
... I deviation from baseline of 15-30%), for instance, would allow the United States to continue emitting at around 17 tCO2e per capita, and lock in countries currently emitting at below 2 tCO2e per capita (e.g. India, Kenya, Lesotho, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka and other countries with simila ...
... I deviation from baseline of 15-30%), for instance, would allow the United States to continue emitting at around 17 tCO2e per capita, and lock in countries currently emitting at below 2 tCO2e per capita (e.g. India, Kenya, Lesotho, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka and other countries with simila ...
Climate Change and the Cryosphere
... emission reduction targets and promote more sustainable forms of energy generation and consumption. But part of the solution also lies around the corner at the local shop or supermarket, just as much as in international conference halls. This message — that the power to act rests as much with consum ...
... emission reduction targets and promote more sustainable forms of energy generation and consumption. But part of the solution also lies around the corner at the local shop or supermarket, just as much as in international conference halls. This message — that the power to act rests as much with consum ...
Fossil Fuel Employment and Public Opinion about Climate Change
... large number of factors, from science comprehension via ideology to group membership, social pressure and media coverage of climate change. An early view on the link between climate science comprehension and climate risk assessment states that increased knowledge abou ...
... large number of factors, from science comprehension via ideology to group membership, social pressure and media coverage of climate change. An early view on the link between climate science comprehension and climate risk assessment states that increased knowledge abou ...
population dynamics and climate change - 12
... major factor in the process of development planning and implementation on all levels; global, regional, national and local. The increasing pace of human induced environmental change is altering the ability of the environment to provide essential goods and services, which in turn impedes progress tow ...
... major factor in the process of development planning and implementation on all levels; global, regional, national and local. The increasing pace of human induced environmental change is altering the ability of the environment to provide essential goods and services, which in turn impedes progress tow ...
CLIMATE CHANGE
... adaptation” being implemented in the region. This type of adaptation focuses on “anticipating” and reducing the impacts of future climate change. For example, the work being undertaken in the Cook Islands to “build back better” following the devastating impacts of Cyclone Pat in February 2010 is bas ...
... adaptation” being implemented in the region. This type of adaptation focuses on “anticipating” and reducing the impacts of future climate change. For example, the work being undertaken in the Cook Islands to “build back better” following the devastating impacts of Cyclone Pat in February 2010 is bas ...
Summmary - Hal-SHS
... aggregation: many top-down models, for example, account for economic activities at a two digit SIC level and can break down consumer demand into many household types, which allows for testing the income distribution effects of policies. The actual gap between both approaches comes from the way tech ...
... aggregation: many top-down models, for example, account for economic activities at a two digit SIC level and can break down consumer demand into many household types, which allows for testing the income distribution effects of policies. The actual gap between both approaches comes from the way tech ...
Climate change in Canada
In Canada mitigation of anthropogenic climate change is being addressed more seriously by the provinces than by the federal government.