Working Paper 136 - Dietz and Matei 2013 revised October 2014 (opens in new window)
... parameterise time and risk preferences in economic models of climate mitigation? Are there combinations of whole classes of discount and utility functions, for which it is possible to say that some abatement policies are preferred to others? These classes admit different functional forms, and, for g ...
... parameterise time and risk preferences in economic models of climate mitigation? Are there combinations of whole classes of discount and utility functions, for which it is possible to say that some abatement policies are preferred to others? These classes admit different functional forms, and, for g ...
The science of climate change - Australian Academy of Science
... and drying trends in the southwest, have been linked to rising greenhouse gas concentrations. ...
... and drying trends in the southwest, have been linked to rising greenhouse gas concentrations. ...
climate change mitigation in india
... The reduced energy intensity of the Indian economy (since 2004) has been marked by over nine per cent per annum economic growth rate. This reduced energy intensity, at the relatively low level of India's per-capita GDP, has been made possible by a range of factors, including India's historically sus ...
... The reduced energy intensity of the Indian economy (since 2004) has been marked by over nine per cent per annum economic growth rate. This reduced energy intensity, at the relatively low level of India's per-capita GDP, has been made possible by a range of factors, including India's historically sus ...
Population and Environment Connections
... From a distance, worldwide demographic change appears to have had substantial implications for climate change. After all, rises in greenhouse gas emission levels have nearly mirrored global population growth during the past half-century.30 But how much of that parallel growth may be attributed to a ...
... From a distance, worldwide demographic change appears to have had substantial implications for climate change. After all, rises in greenhouse gas emission levels have nearly mirrored global population growth during the past half-century.30 But how much of that parallel growth may be attributed to a ...
... 150 years as a nation, we lived more or less under limited government. The great change came, as noted above, with the rise of the Progressive Era, the ideas of which the New Deal Court institutionalized some 40 years later. American elites, influenced by the rise of science and of the social scienc ...
pdf Do We Understand What Is Driving Climate Change?
... compensated. The Earth’s loss of energy is compensated by the energy it receives from the sun in the form of visible light, but individual human bodies also exchange energy through infrared radiation with bodies around us. This simple energy balance allows us to calculate the average temperature tha ...
... compensated. The Earth’s loss of energy is compensated by the energy it receives from the sun in the form of visible light, but individual human bodies also exchange energy through infrared radiation with bodies around us. This simple energy balance allows us to calculate the average temperature tha ...
Climate Regulation and the Limits of Cost
... Environmentalists have frequently argued that cost-benefit analysis is a political tool that government agencies use to avoid regulation.8 They have harshly criticized Executive Order 12,296, a Clinton-era executive order that requires regulatory agencies to issue cost-benefit analyses for major reg ...
... Environmentalists have frequently argued that cost-benefit analysis is a political tool that government agencies use to avoid regulation.8 They have harshly criticized Executive Order 12,296, a Clinton-era executive order that requires regulatory agencies to issue cost-benefit analyses for major reg ...
Climate Change, Convention, Protocol and CDM by Kalipada
... to quantified emissions limitation and reduction commitments (QELRCs) by at least 5.2 percent below their 1990 levels. The six green house gases included are CO2, CH4, N2O, PFCs, HFCs and SF6. (Contd...) ...
... to quantified emissions limitation and reduction commitments (QELRCs) by at least 5.2 percent below their 1990 levels. The six green house gases included are CO2, CH4, N2O, PFCs, HFCs and SF6. (Contd...) ...
- The University of Liverpool Repository
... researchers regarded as good practice were presented to a wider audience of policymakers, support agencies, and other civil society actors. Discussions using participatory methods explored the extent that the ideas presented might or might not work in the city. The final report (North and Barker 201 ...
... researchers regarded as good practice were presented to a wider audience of policymakers, support agencies, and other civil society actors. Discussions using participatory methods explored the extent that the ideas presented might or might not work in the city. The final report (North and Barker 201 ...
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... Swann, A. L., I. Y. Fung, et al. (2010). "Changes in Arctic vegetation amplify high-latitude warming through the greenhouse effect." PNAS 107(4): 1295-1300. Ban-Weiss, G. A., G. Bala, et al. (2011). "Climate forcing and response to idealized changes in surface latent and sensible heat." Environmenta ...
... Swann, A. L., I. Y. Fung, et al. (2010). "Changes in Arctic vegetation amplify high-latitude warming through the greenhouse effect." PNAS 107(4): 1295-1300. Ban-Weiss, G. A., G. Bala, et al. (2011). "Climate forcing and response to idealized changes in surface latent and sensible heat." Environmenta ...
US Composting Council
... and Global Climate Change: a Primer for Producers). While too late to completely stop, there is much to be done to reduce and delay the effects. Global climate change is caused by an increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the result of the burning of fossil fuels and other human activities. ...
... and Global Climate Change: a Primer for Producers). While too late to completely stop, there is much to be done to reduce and delay the effects. Global climate change is caused by an increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the result of the burning of fossil fuels and other human activities. ...
Comment by: Patrick J. Michaels and Paul C. Knappenberger
... latter “separately,” as recommended by OMB guidelines, the IWG only reports the global costs and makes no determination of the domestic costs. Considering that the majority (if not all) of the federal regulations incorporating the SCC into cost/benefit analysis apply to rules regulating domestic act ...
... latter “separately,” as recommended by OMB guidelines, the IWG only reports the global costs and makes no determination of the domestic costs. Considering that the majority (if not all) of the federal regulations incorporating the SCC into cost/benefit analysis apply to rules regulating domestic act ...
UNFCCC, the Kyoto Protocol, and the WTO – Brewing Conflicts or
... The Kyoto Protocol was the first global treaty to introduce binding GHG emission reduction targets for Annex I Parties. 26 These targets are expressed in terms of assigned amounts or allowed emission, which can be divided into assigned amount units (AAUs) similar to pollution permits or allowances. ...
... The Kyoto Protocol was the first global treaty to introduce binding GHG emission reduction targets for Annex I Parties. 26 These targets are expressed in terms of assigned amounts or allowed emission, which can be divided into assigned amount units (AAUs) similar to pollution permits or allowances. ...
VER Carbon Credits.indd
... of Amazonia. The most intense competition is between animals and plants. Both plants and animals have made adaptations to defend themselves from being eaten, and to overcome these defensive systems. Plants trap sunlight and turn it into energy for themselves and the herbivores of the canopy Illegal ...
... of Amazonia. The most intense competition is between animals and plants. Both plants and animals have made adaptations to defend themselves from being eaten, and to overcome these defensive systems. Plants trap sunlight and turn it into energy for themselves and the herbivores of the canopy Illegal ...
Developing countries call for historical responsibility as basis for
... and mitigation in developing countries, as key components of an integrated “package” to be agreed under the AWG-LCA in Copenhagen. Professor Henry Shue, of Cornell University, suggested that continuing nations have continuing responsibilities. The product of emissions by earlier generations also ben ...
... and mitigation in developing countries, as key components of an integrated “package” to be agreed under the AWG-LCA in Copenhagen. Professor Henry Shue, of Cornell University, suggested that continuing nations have continuing responsibilities. The product of emissions by earlier generations also ben ...
20160718_request_submission_form_energy_efficiency_in_rac
... Past and ongoing efforts (up to half a page): {Please describe here past and on-going processes, projects and initiatives implemented in the country to tackle the difficulties and gaps explained above. Explain why CTCN technical assistance is needed to complement these efforts, and how the assistanc ...
... Past and ongoing efforts (up to half a page): {Please describe here past and on-going processes, projects and initiatives implemented in the country to tackle the difficulties and gaps explained above. Explain why CTCN technical assistance is needed to complement these efforts, and how the assistanc ...
This Time is Different (opens in new window)
... A significant pool of emissions reductions would become locally netbeneficial over the medium- to long-term through investments in low/zero-carbon innovation (which would also likely bring wider economic benefits) — but international cooperation could help to overcome the partly-global-public-good c ...
... A significant pool of emissions reductions would become locally netbeneficial over the medium- to long-term through investments in low/zero-carbon innovation (which would also likely bring wider economic benefits) — but international cooperation could help to overcome the partly-global-public-good c ...
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... climate damages, on the economic growth in various regions of the world, and on other economic and demographic variables. In this paper, all these interdependencies are taken into account. A new, hybrid, climate-energy-economy model has been developed to analyse the complex geographical and interte ...
... climate damages, on the economic growth in various regions of the world, and on other economic and demographic variables. In this paper, all these interdependencies are taken into account. A new, hybrid, climate-energy-economy model has been developed to analyse the complex geographical and interte ...
Carbon Pricing Watch - World bank documents
... At a glance – recent key carbon pricing developments Globally, 2014 was the warmest year on record1 and temperatures are now 0.8°C above pre-industrial levels.2 Even at this relatively low level of warming, the earth is showing the impact—more frequent occurrences of extreme heat and extreme precipi ...
... At a glance – recent key carbon pricing developments Globally, 2014 was the warmest year on record1 and temperatures are now 0.8°C above pre-industrial levels.2 Even at this relatively low level of warming, the earth is showing the impact—more frequent occurrences of extreme heat and extreme precipi ...
中国能源革命与应对气候变化对策 - 中国环境与发展国际合作委员会
... In “13th Five Year Plan” and after, technical energy–saving will become difficult and its cost will increase. But the energysaving from adjustment and upgrading of industrial structure will become more obvious. The elasticity of energy consumption in “13th Five Year Plan” will decrease compared with ...
... In “13th Five Year Plan” and after, technical energy–saving will become difficult and its cost will increase. But the energysaving from adjustment and upgrading of industrial structure will become more obvious. The elasticity of energy consumption in “13th Five Year Plan” will decrease compared with ...
Climate Change and Respiratory Health
... land use, are unlikely. For example, Westerling et al. (2006) examine western wildfires over the last several decades and explain: Large wildfire activity increased suddenly and markedly in the mid-1980s, with higher large-wildfire frequency, longer wildfire durations, and longer wildfire seasons. T ...
... land use, are unlikely. For example, Westerling et al. (2006) examine western wildfires over the last several decades and explain: Large wildfire activity increased suddenly and markedly in the mid-1980s, with higher large-wildfire frequency, longer wildfire durations, and longer wildfire seasons. T ...
Climate change in Canada
In Canada mitigation of anthropogenic climate change is being addressed more seriously by the provinces than by the federal government.