IDRISI Selva Brochure
... Degradation) planning tool that quantifies and maps the impacts of REDD policies on deforestation, carbon emissions, agricultural revenue, and carbon payments. Whereas LCM’s tools are appropriate for the development and assessment of individual projects, GeOSIRIS is oriented to the evaluation of alt ...
... Degradation) planning tool that quantifies and maps the impacts of REDD policies on deforestation, carbon emissions, agricultural revenue, and carbon payments. Whereas LCM’s tools are appropriate for the development and assessment of individual projects, GeOSIRIS is oriented to the evaluation of alt ...
Mitigation - European Capacity Building Initiative
... •Parties would inscribe their reference levels in an annex and would then be required to submit a description of the elements used in their construction, followed by a period for revision. •Proposed a review of reference levels starting in 2012 and of annual inventories, highlighting the need to ens ...
... •Parties would inscribe their reference levels in an annex and would then be required to submit a description of the elements used in their construction, followed by a period for revision. •Proposed a review of reference levels starting in 2012 and of annual inventories, highlighting the need to ens ...
Greenhouse Effect - Stephen Schneider
... Two reconstructions of Earth's surface temperature for the past century (Fig. 2) have been made at the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) and Climatic Research Unit (CRU). Although some identical instrumental records were used in each study, the methods of analysis were different. Moreover, ...
... Two reconstructions of Earth's surface temperature for the past century (Fig. 2) have been made at the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) and Climatic Research Unit (CRU). Although some identical instrumental records were used in each study, the methods of analysis were different. Moreover, ...
The National Climate Change Response Policy
... Intergovernmental Committee on Climate Change (IGCCC) has been established to coordinate implementation, and to foster the exchange of information, consultation, agreement, assistance and support among the spheres of government with respect to climate change and government’s response to climate chan ...
... Intergovernmental Committee on Climate Change (IGCCC) has been established to coordinate implementation, and to foster the exchange of information, consultation, agreement, assistance and support among the spheres of government with respect to climate change and government’s response to climate chan ...
Environmental Realpolitik - Digital Repository @ Maurer Law
... recognition is a demonstrable showing that invested funds have led to a lower stream of GHG emissions than would have been released in their absence. This measurable reduction may then be used to offset emissions from other emitting activities of the investor so that its net emissions comply with it ...
... recognition is a demonstrable showing that invested funds have led to a lower stream of GHG emissions than would have been released in their absence. This measurable reduction may then be used to offset emissions from other emitting activities of the investor so that its net emissions comply with it ...
Climate change challenges for European regions
... societies to adapt to these changes. Sectoral challenges will occur mainly in agriculture, fisheries, forestry, energy and the tourism industry, and significant investment will be required to face drought, heat waves, forest fires, coastal erosion and flooding. In particular, urban life will have to ...
... societies to adapt to these changes. Sectoral challenges will occur mainly in agriculture, fisheries, forestry, energy and the tourism industry, and significant investment will be required to face drought, heat waves, forest fires, coastal erosion and flooding. In particular, urban life will have to ...
climate change: the case for a carbon tariff/tax
... Priorities Agenda, an impressive agenda-setting and policy evaluation exercise involving nearly 50 of Canada’s recognized policy analysts and designed to identify the country’s top policy priorities. As a general principle, a carbon tax on all emissions is a decidedly preferable approach to the opti ...
... Priorities Agenda, an impressive agenda-setting and policy evaluation exercise involving nearly 50 of Canada’s recognized policy analysts and designed to identify the country’s top policy priorities. As a general principle, a carbon tax on all emissions is a decidedly preferable approach to the opti ...
Climate change and agriculture - NSW Department of Primary
... future economics of dairy production. These impacts will arise both through direct effects on the biology of forage species, through the availability of irrigation water on which the industry is critically dependent in most areas, and on the availability and price of grain which has now become an in ...
... future economics of dairy production. These impacts will arise both through direct effects on the biology of forage species, through the availability of irrigation water on which the industry is critically dependent in most areas, and on the availability and price of grain which has now become an in ...
PDF - BC3 Basque Centre for Climate Change
... Equilibrium model (CGE) for the Spanish economy to analyze economic cost of CO2 abatement in Spain (timing & goals of climate change policies) ...
... Equilibrium model (CGE) for the Spanish economy to analyze economic cost of CO2 abatement in Spain (timing & goals of climate change policies) ...
New York, 1 August (Martin Khor) -
... the problem suffer the most. There is need to simultaneously invest in adaptation, in development programmes as they need to be done, in water management, soil conservation, etc; and to invest in mitigation and avoid excessive emission growth. She noted that no country has yet succeeded in de-linkin ...
... the problem suffer the most. There is need to simultaneously invest in adaptation, in development programmes as they need to be done, in water management, soil conservation, etc; and to invest in mitigation and avoid excessive emission growth. She noted that no country has yet succeeded in de-linkin ...
EThekwini - Urban Energy Support
... resultant mitigation spin-offs in terms of the buildings energy efficiency project, very little internal institutional momentum and knowledge was built around the issue of climate change per se. This was the result, in part, of the fact that the CCP campaign in South Africa did not offer the partici ...
... resultant mitigation spin-offs in terms of the buildings energy efficiency project, very little internal institutional momentum and knowledge was built around the issue of climate change per se. This was the result, in part, of the fact that the CCP campaign in South Africa did not offer the partici ...
"Climate Change and Agriculture: Agriculture's Role in Cap-and-Trade"
... Cap-and-Trade…and Opportunities for Agriculture Q: What is the role of Agricultural Offsets in Cap-and-Trade? A: Offsets are a cost-containment measure (keep costs of cap-&-trade system lower for society, for capped entities); and, A: Soil sinks, other ag reductions have multiple ancillary benefits ...
... Cap-and-Trade…and Opportunities for Agriculture Q: What is the role of Agricultural Offsets in Cap-and-Trade? A: Offsets are a cost-containment measure (keep costs of cap-&-trade system lower for society, for capped entities); and, A: Soil sinks, other ag reductions have multiple ancillary benefits ...
Interpretation of Climate Change Scenarios
... determine whether or not these events are due to climate change or to other factors, although some studies lead one to believe that these events were caused by warming attributable to the greenhouse effect (IPCC 2007b). The main objective of this technical document is to define some concepts related ...
... determine whether or not these events are due to climate change or to other factors, although some studies lead one to believe that these events were caused by warming attributable to the greenhouse effect (IPCC 2007b). The main objective of this technical document is to define some concepts related ...
CLIMATE CHANGE FORUM: Favouring a green economy and sustainable urban development
... Senior Researcher, lead author of the IPCC and founder of the Clean Energy and Sustainable Development lab at the University of Science and Technology Hanoi, Vietnam ...
... Senior Researcher, lead author of the IPCC and founder of the Clean Energy and Sustainable Development lab at the University of Science and Technology Hanoi, Vietnam ...
kerala state action plan on climate change
... The concern on climate change has caught intense focus after the publication of Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the Inter Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and when the post Kyoto strategy became the agenda for discussions in the Conferences of Parties for UNFCCC. India had started its w ...
... The concern on climate change has caught intense focus after the publication of Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the Inter Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and when the post Kyoto strategy became the agenda for discussions in the Conferences of Parties for UNFCCC. India had started its w ...
O 3 Environmental Advocacy in the Obama Years
... Relevant to understanding the nature of environmental advocacy today, following their defeat, environmentalists and their funders debated how to move forward and more effectively apply their considerable financial and organizational resources to future political debates. In this regard, several anal ...
... Relevant to understanding the nature of environmental advocacy today, following their defeat, environmentalists and their funders debated how to move forward and more effectively apply their considerable financial and organizational resources to future political debates. In this regard, several anal ...
Climate Change Briefing: Questions for Directors to Ask
... mitigation may add expenses, it can also create opportunities for costsaving and innovation. The financial impact of adaptation and mitigation actions varies among companies, depending on their nature and circumstances. The impacts and severity of adaptation and mitigation also affect different indu ...
... mitigation may add expenses, it can also create opportunities for costsaving and innovation. The financial impact of adaptation and mitigation actions varies among companies, depending on their nature and circumstances. The impacts and severity of adaptation and mitigation also affect different indu ...
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... present an opportunity for retailers to realise a new market opportunity (Hoffman, 2005). Retailers can attempt to appeal to these consumers by way of promoting the climate-friendly characteristics of their own operations and by offering consumers products that are perceived as being climate-friendl ...
... present an opportunity for retailers to realise a new market opportunity (Hoffman, 2005). Retailers can attempt to appeal to these consumers by way of promoting the climate-friendly characteristics of their own operations and by offering consumers products that are perceived as being climate-friendl ...
Briefing on Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2017
... A just transition away from fossil fuels is critical. Social Justice Ireland, St. Vincent De Paul and Trócaire took a joint platform ahead of the last general election calling for a move from current fossil fuel-based measures that tackle energy poverty (such as the fuel allowance), to a more sustai ...
... A just transition away from fossil fuels is critical. Social Justice Ireland, St. Vincent De Paul and Trócaire took a joint platform ahead of the last general election calling for a move from current fossil fuel-based measures that tackle energy poverty (such as the fuel allowance), to a more sustai ...
The dynamics of technology diffusion and the impacts of climate
... approaches, this work proposes a new modelling paradigm based exclusively on non-equilibrium dynamics to simulate the impacts of specific policy frameworks, through the economy, onto the environment. We present an analysis of the global electricity sector with high resolution simulations of technolog ...
... approaches, this work proposes a new modelling paradigm based exclusively on non-equilibrium dynamics to simulate the impacts of specific policy frameworks, through the economy, onto the environment. We present an analysis of the global electricity sector with high resolution simulations of technolog ...
Introduction to climate change
... Climate change is the biggest single issue facing us today. The scale far outweighs any environmental crisis humans have faced. Climate change scientists are in agreement that climate change is increasing, and human activity is pushing it to dangerous levels. Cuts in carbon emission of between 50-80 ...
... Climate change is the biggest single issue facing us today. The scale far outweighs any environmental crisis humans have faced. Climate change scientists are in agreement that climate change is increasing, and human activity is pushing it to dangerous levels. Cuts in carbon emission of between 50-80 ...
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... nutritional and livelihood effects. Pre-existing conditions of vulnerability make poor people more exposed to the effects of climate change, as social, economic and agro-environmental circumstances may become more severe with climate change. 4. The poor and other vulnerable groups are likely to be a ...
... nutritional and livelihood effects. Pre-existing conditions of vulnerability make poor people more exposed to the effects of climate change, as social, economic and agro-environmental circumstances may become more severe with climate change. 4. The poor and other vulnerable groups are likely to be a ...
Climate change as a threat to biodiversity
... activity in the North Atlantic since about 1970 and there are also suggestions of increased intense tropical cyclone activity in some other regions, but the data quality in these regions is not so high so the evidence is not conclusive (IPCC, 2007a). The frequency of heavy precipitation events has i ...
... activity in the North Atlantic since about 1970 and there are also suggestions of increased intense tropical cyclone activity in some other regions, but the data quality in these regions is not so high so the evidence is not conclusive (IPCC, 2007a). The frequency of heavy precipitation events has i ...
Why join a carbon club? A study of the banks participating
... considerations in a firm’s decision to participate in VEIs is still scarce (Koehler, 2007). In the next sections, we discuss some possible explanations why firms participate in VEI. 2.1. Institutional pressures and isomorphism Institutional factors can encourage the development of voluntary environmen ...
... considerations in a firm’s decision to participate in VEIs is still scarce (Koehler, 2007). In the next sections, we discuss some possible explanations why firms participate in VEI. 2.1. Institutional pressures and isomorphism Institutional factors can encourage the development of voluntary environmen ...
Climate change in Canada
In Canada mitigation of anthropogenic climate change is being addressed more seriously by the provinces than by the federal government.