Adaptation measures for floods, storm surges, and sea level rise
... “Adaptation refers to any activity that reduces the negative impacts of climate change and and/or positions us to take advantage of new opportunities that may be presented” (Warren & Egginton, 2008, p. 29). The goals of adaptation are to alleviate current impacts, reduce sensitivity and exposure to ...
... “Adaptation refers to any activity that reduces the negative impacts of climate change and and/or positions us to take advantage of new opportunities that may be presented” (Warren & Egginton, 2008, p. 29). The goals of adaptation are to alleviate current impacts, reduce sensitivity and exposure to ...
Nuclear Energy and the Kyoto Protocol
... provisions of the Kyoto Protocol to that Convention, might have on the future evolution of nuclear energy. The report begins (Chapter 2) by highlighting the potential risks of global warming and its consequences. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), effects could includ ...
... provisions of the Kyoto Protocol to that Convention, might have on the future evolution of nuclear energy. The report begins (Chapter 2) by highlighting the potential risks of global warming and its consequences. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), effects could includ ...
Nuclear Energy and the Kyoto Protocol
... provisions of the Kyoto Protocol to that Convention, might have on the future evolution of nuclear energy. The report begins (Chapter 2) by highlighting the potential risks of global warming and its consequences. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), effects could includ ...
... provisions of the Kyoto Protocol to that Convention, might have on the future evolution of nuclear energy. The report begins (Chapter 2) by highlighting the potential risks of global warming and its consequences. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), effects could includ ...
Policies for Developing Country Engagement
... intensity of their economies in recent decades. In general, however, most remain more energy intensive than Europe, Japan, and North America. This suggests there remains significant scope for energy efficiency (EE) programs to improve climate outcomes. The IPCC 4th Assessment Report estimated that e ...
... intensity of their economies in recent decades. In general, however, most remain more energy intensive than Europe, Japan, and North America. This suggests there remains significant scope for energy efficiency (EE) programs to improve climate outcomes. The IPCC 4th Assessment Report estimated that e ...
Germany`s International Approach to Climate Change
... average global warming to two degrees Celsius. But we need this action now - because time is running out. In Copenhagen the international community agreed in principle on additional fast start financial support for developing countries. This pledge ...
... average global warming to two degrees Celsius. But we need this action now - because time is running out. In Copenhagen the international community agreed in principle on additional fast start financial support for developing countries. This pledge ...
21st century runoff sensitivities of major global river basins
... attempts to rank or weight AR4 models based on their performance have generally found that the results are highly dependent on the evaluation criteria [Mote et al., 2011]. The superiority of the MMs is largely caused by the cancellation of offsetting errors in the individual global models [Pierce et ...
... attempts to rank or weight AR4 models based on their performance have generally found that the results are highly dependent on the evaluation criteria [Mote et al., 2011]. The superiority of the MMs is largely caused by the cancellation of offsetting errors in the individual global models [Pierce et ...
Emerging Markets for Carbon Stored by Northwest Forests
... likely to be subject to a cap. For example, personal and business automobile use is unlikely to be capped directly. Likely policies to influence emissions from auto use include requiring more efficient vehicles, adding a carbon tax to increase the purchase price of gasoline or increasing the attract ...
... likely to be subject to a cap. For example, personal and business automobile use is unlikely to be capped directly. Likely policies to influence emissions from auto use include requiring more efficient vehicles, adding a carbon tax to increase the purchase price of gasoline or increasing the attract ...
On the moral differences between mitigation and adaptation
... caninturnbedividedintodifferentsorts.Theoristswidelyacceptadistinctionbetween negativeandpositiveduties.Negativedutiessaythatcertainactionsmustnotbetaken; positive duties that taking certain positive action is required. 7 In normative analyses negative dutie ...
... caninturnbedividedintodifferentsorts.Theoristswidelyacceptadistinctionbetween negativeandpositiveduties.Negativedutiessaythatcertainactionsmustnotbetaken; positive duties that taking certain positive action is required. 7 In normative analyses negative dutie ...
Primer on Short-Lived Climate Pollutants
... slowing the rate of climate change over the next several decades and for protecting the people and regions most vulnerable to nearterm climate impacts. Although we have known about SLCPs for more than thirty-five years,3 the following scientific developments have catapulted them to the front lines i ...
... slowing the rate of climate change over the next several decades and for protecting the people and regions most vulnerable to nearterm climate impacts. Although we have known about SLCPs for more than thirty-five years,3 the following scientific developments have catapulted them to the front lines i ...
Climate Balloons - Development and Peace
... Climate-warming practices North America has about 5% of the world’s population, but is responsible for 20-25% of the world’s climate-warming emissions from transportation. • For every airplane flight you have taken in the past year, put a balloon into the enclosure. ...
... Climate-warming practices North America has about 5% of the world’s population, but is responsible for 20-25% of the world’s climate-warming emissions from transportation. • For every airplane flight you have taken in the past year, put a balloon into the enclosure. ...
Differences between carbon budget estimates
... anthropogenic CO2 emissions, typically 1000 PgC. The IPCC AR5 assessed TCRE to fall ‘likely’ (i.e. with greater than 66% probability17) between 0.8 to 2.5°C per 1000 PgC for cumulative CO2 emissions less than about 2000 PgC and until the time at which temperature peaks. The constancy of TCRE means t ...
... anthropogenic CO2 emissions, typically 1000 PgC. The IPCC AR5 assessed TCRE to fall ‘likely’ (i.e. with greater than 66% probability17) between 0.8 to 2.5°C per 1000 PgC for cumulative CO2 emissions less than about 2000 PgC and until the time at which temperature peaks. The constancy of TCRE means t ...
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... Smart investments in smallholder adaptation can also deliver important mitigation co-benefits A new study, conducted by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and IFAD ...
... Smart investments in smallholder adaptation can also deliver important mitigation co-benefits A new study, conducted by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and IFAD ...
Stewardship: Energy, Climate and You
... warming of the Earth – we are making the Earth’s natural ‘greenhouse’ too effective! This unnatural increase in the Earth’s temperature, most scientists believe will lead to, and is leading to rapidly changing climates all over the world. These changing climates can result in an increased occurrence ...
... warming of the Earth – we are making the Earth’s natural ‘greenhouse’ too effective! This unnatural increase in the Earth’s temperature, most scientists believe will lead to, and is leading to rapidly changing climates all over the world. These changing climates can result in an increased occurrence ...
Full Text - Life Science Journal
... services for mainstreaming climate changes issues for the enhancement of food security in different parts of Africa. This is predicated on the fact that majority of actors in the food security chain are in rural areas in Africa and the most prominent source of information is through agricultural ext ...
... services for mainstreaming climate changes issues for the enhancement of food security in different parts of Africa. This is predicated on the fact that majority of actors in the food security chain are in rural areas in Africa and the most prominent source of information is through agricultural ext ...
Initial National Communication V&A Assessment
... V&A assessments will be used to identify potential projects for funding Institutionalization of nation response to climate change Produce policy-relevant knowledge and information to effect policy dialogue Facilitate public education and awareness for mainstreaming CC concerns at different levels of ...
... V&A assessments will be used to identify potential projects for funding Institutionalization of nation response to climate change Produce policy-relevant knowledge and information to effect policy dialogue Facilitate public education and awareness for mainstreaming CC concerns at different levels of ...
COP22: Strengthening the world`s response to climate change
... COP22 was in many ways a technical conference aimed at establishing the processes and protocols necessary for delivering the Paris Agreement. However, some clear signals for business emerged from the meeting: —— Whatever climate policy the new US administration adopts, at least 110 other countries w ...
... COP22 was in many ways a technical conference aimed at establishing the processes and protocols necessary for delivering the Paris Agreement. However, some clear signals for business emerged from the meeting: —— Whatever climate policy the new US administration adopts, at least 110 other countries w ...
Visualizing Life Zone Boundary Sensitivities Across Climate Models
... conditions. Although originally developed for use in tropical/subtropical areas, the system is globally applicable and has even been used to analyze vegetation pattern alterations due to global warming [6]. Our specification of target areas and resulting classification based on those targets naturally ...
... conditions. Although originally developed for use in tropical/subtropical areas, the system is globally applicable and has even been used to analyze vegetation pattern alterations due to global warming [6]. Our specification of target areas and resulting classification based on those targets naturally ...
chapter eight climate change, northern subsistence and land based
... Another effect of heavier snowfalls would be wetter and cooler springs and a shortening of the annual frost-free period. “Any change that promotes higher winter snowfall will have a pronounced effect on vegetation communities even if summer precipitation and temperature remain unchanged” (Scott and ...
... Another effect of heavier snowfalls would be wetter and cooler springs and a shortening of the annual frost-free period. “Any change that promotes higher winter snowfall will have a pronounced effect on vegetation communities even if summer precipitation and temperature remain unchanged” (Scott and ...
Climate Change News 10 February 10
... and various opportunities for emission reductions and adaptation. Adaptation measures in the agriculture sector are highly significant for poverty reduction, agriculture in developing countries can play a significant role in mitigating greenhouse gases and it is critical to work out incentives that ...
... and various opportunities for emission reductions and adaptation. Adaptation measures in the agriculture sector are highly significant for poverty reduction, agriculture in developing countries can play a significant role in mitigating greenhouse gases and it is critical to work out incentives that ...
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... metres” (see “So many amplifying methane feedbacks, so little time to stop them all [2] ” and figure on right). A lead researcher of that work said, “Our survey was designed to work out how much methane might be released by future ocean warming; we did not expect to discover such strong evidence tha ...
... metres” (see “So many amplifying methane feedbacks, so little time to stop them all [2] ” and figure on right). A lead researcher of that work said, “Our survey was designed to work out how much methane might be released by future ocean warming; we did not expect to discover such strong evidence tha ...
Potential Impacts of Climate Change on the
... Rainfall in the district is very high compared with much of New South Wales. The Illawarra Escarpment has a strong influence on the spatial distribution of the region’s rainfall. New South Wales has become warmer over the past 100 years, with minimum temperatures increasing more than maxima. There h ...
... Rainfall in the district is very high compared with much of New South Wales. The Illawarra Escarpment has a strong influence on the spatial distribution of the region’s rainfall. New South Wales has become warmer over the past 100 years, with minimum temperatures increasing more than maxima. There h ...
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... and Xepapadeas (2015). This difference is economically relevant for damages related to temperature differences across different latitudes in contrast to damages related to the planetary global average temperature.4 Therefore polar amplification apart from its importance for climate science, also is ...
... and Xepapadeas (2015). This difference is economically relevant for damages related to temperature differences across different latitudes in contrast to damages related to the planetary global average temperature.4 Therefore polar amplification apart from its importance for climate science, also is ...
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... institutional codes and standards related to environmental management (e.g., management of carbon emissions); and operational refers to how products are actually produced, including inputs. In this sense, looking across the value chain can help identify areas where mitigation and adaptation are requ ...
... institutional codes and standards related to environmental management (e.g., management of carbon emissions); and operational refers to how products are actually produced, including inputs. In this sense, looking across the value chain can help identify areas where mitigation and adaptation are requ ...
NATIONAL TREASURY
... Resources Royalty Act (2008) until 2010 – Industrial policy tax incentives announced last year to be implemented in 2009 ...
... Resources Royalty Act (2008) until 2010 – Industrial policy tax incentives announced last year to be implemented in 2009 ...
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... Grasslands occupy approximately half of the ice-free land area of the world, make up about 70 percent of the world’s agricultural area, and are an important agricultural resource, particularly in areas where people are among the most food insecure. Despite their significant potential for carbon (C) ...
... Grasslands occupy approximately half of the ice-free land area of the world, make up about 70 percent of the world’s agricultural area, and are an important agricultural resource, particularly in areas where people are among the most food insecure. Despite their significant potential for carbon (C) ...
Climate change in Canada
In Canada mitigation of anthropogenic climate change is being addressed more seriously by the provinces than by the federal government.