1MB - IPCC
... suggestion: add to this section conclusion "Adaptation is place and context specific…..) p. 22 SPM This isnow part of a bullet point in 3.3. WGII [Government of Netherlands] General comments on Topic 3: Apparently it needs an introduction or providing aims and structures of the Topic 3 before the se ...
... suggestion: add to this section conclusion "Adaptation is place and context specific…..) p. 22 SPM This isnow part of a bullet point in 3.3. WGII [Government of Netherlands] General comments on Topic 3: Apparently it needs an introduction or providing aims and structures of the Topic 3 before the se ...
The Conference Programme and abstracts is now available
... With climate change and Arctic issues moving to the forefront of national and international agendas, circumpolar nations face an increased urgency to expand the observational basis needed to formulate strategies and policies that will minimize the negative impacts and maximize the positive outcomes ...
... With climate change and Arctic issues moving to the forefront of national and international agendas, circumpolar nations face an increased urgency to expand the observational basis needed to formulate strategies and policies that will minimize the negative impacts and maximize the positive outcomes ...
Policy Implications of Warming Permafrost
... Carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane emissions from thawing permafrost could amplify warming due to anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. This amplification is called the permafrost carbon feedback. Permafrost contains ~1700 gigatonnes (Gt) of carbon in the form of frozen organic matter, almost twice ...
... Carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane emissions from thawing permafrost could amplify warming due to anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. This amplification is called the permafrost carbon feedback. Permafrost contains ~1700 gigatonnes (Gt) of carbon in the form of frozen organic matter, almost twice ...
Conference Programme and Abstracts Programme et
... With climate change and Arctic issues moving to the forefront of national and international agendas, circumpolar nations face an increased urgency to expand the observational basis needed to formulate strategies and policies that will minimize the negative impacts and maximize the positive outcomes ...
... With climate change and Arctic issues moving to the forefront of national and international agendas, circumpolar nations face an increased urgency to expand the observational basis needed to formulate strategies and policies that will minimize the negative impacts and maximize the positive outcomes ...
Drought in the United States: Causes and Current Understanding Peter Folger
... moderate intensity (D1-D4) has varied from as little as 6.6% (July 6, 2010) to as much as 55% (September 25, 2012). Based on weekly estimates of drought conditions since 2000, on average about 27% of the land area across the United States has been affected by at least moderateintensity drought. Whil ...
... moderate intensity (D1-D4) has varied from as little as 6.6% (July 6, 2010) to as much as 55% (September 25, 2012). Based on weekly estimates of drought conditions since 2000, on average about 27% of the land area across the United States has been affected by at least moderateintensity drought. Whil ...
Drought in the United States: Causes and Current Understanding
... moderate intensity (D1-D4) has varied from as little as 6.6% (July 6, 2010) to as much as 55% (September 25, 2012). Based on weekly estimates of drought conditions since 2000, on average about 27% of the land area across the United States has been affected by at least moderateintensity drought. Whil ...
... moderate intensity (D1-D4) has varied from as little as 6.6% (July 6, 2010) to as much as 55% (September 25, 2012). Based on weekly estimates of drought conditions since 2000, on average about 27% of the land area across the United States has been affected by at least moderateintensity drought. Whil ...
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation
... agreement that commits to climate stabilization at a maximum 2°C temperature increase, consistent with atmospheric CO2 concentrations below 450 parts per million (ppm). Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) will address a source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions larger ...
... agreement that commits to climate stabilization at a maximum 2°C temperature increase, consistent with atmospheric CO2 concentrations below 450 parts per million (ppm). Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) will address a source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions larger ...
The GLOBE Climate Legislation Study (6 MB) (opens in new window)
... This document is the product of an ongoing co-operation between GLOBE International and the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics. It was financially supported by the United Kingdom’s Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO). However the views ...
... This document is the product of an ongoing co-operation between GLOBE International and the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics. It was financially supported by the United Kingdom’s Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO). However the views ...
English - unfccc
... Climate related events, such as Cyclone Heta in 2004, have confirmed to the people of Niue the dangers associated with climate change, and have shown the importance of active participation in activities which mitigate the adverse effects of climate change. Through the preparation of the SNC, Niue ha ...
... Climate related events, such as Cyclone Heta in 2004, have confirmed to the people of Niue the dangers associated with climate change, and have shown the importance of active participation in activities which mitigate the adverse effects of climate change. Through the preparation of the SNC, Niue ha ...
Petition - Center for International Environmental Law
... Conference, requests the assistance of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in obtaining relief from human rights violations resulting from the impacts of global warming and climate change caused by acts and omissions of the United States. Ms. Watt-Cloutier submits this petition on behalf o ...
... Conference, requests the assistance of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in obtaining relief from human rights violations resulting from the impacts of global warming and climate change caused by acts and omissions of the United States. Ms. Watt-Cloutier submits this petition on behalf o ...
Petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human
... Conference, requests the assistance of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in obtaining relief from human rights violations resulting from the impacts of global warming and climate change caused by acts and omissions of the United States. Ms. Watt-Cloutier submits this petition on behalf o ...
... Conference, requests the assistance of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in obtaining relief from human rights violations resulting from the impacts of global warming and climate change caused by acts and omissions of the United States. Ms. Watt-Cloutier submits this petition on behalf o ...
COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Limber Pine Pinus
... Wildlife Species Description and Significance Limber Pine is a five-needled pine, typically 3-15 m tall, with a much-branched, rounded crown. The seed cones are egg-shaped (7-15 cm long by 4-6 cm wide) and lightbrown to greenish-brown. The cones open to release the seeds and then fall to the ground. ...
... Wildlife Species Description and Significance Limber Pine is a five-needled pine, typically 3-15 m tall, with a much-branched, rounded crown. The seed cones are egg-shaped (7-15 cm long by 4-6 cm wide) and lightbrown to greenish-brown. The cones open to release the seeds and then fall to the ground. ...
Compendium of Yukon Climate Change Science
... temperature have resulted in many of the most extreme warm years throughout the entire Canadian North being recorded in the last decade, with the greatest temperature increases observed over the western Arctic. All global climate models project continued increases in temperature and precipitation ov ...
... temperature have resulted in many of the most extreme warm years throughout the entire Canadian North being recorded in the last decade, with the greatest temperature increases observed over the western Arctic. All global climate models project continued increases in temperature and precipitation ov ...
Public Awareness and Acceptance of CO2 capture and storage
... This report details the findings of a survey about awareness and acceptance of carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and storage (CCS) conducted in 12 European Union countries. The countries included in the survey are Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Poland, Finland, France, Greece, th ...
... This report details the findings of a survey about awareness and acceptance of carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and storage (CCS) conducted in 12 European Union countries. The countries included in the survey are Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Poland, Finland, France, Greece, th ...
Free version - Derek Lemoine
... Our study integrates all three types of previously modeled tipping points into a single integrated assessment model that combines smooth and reversible changes with irreversible regime shifts. Each tipping point is stochastically triggered at an unknown threshold. We solve for the optimal policy und ...
... Our study integrates all three types of previously modeled tipping points into a single integrated assessment model that combines smooth and reversible changes with irreversible regime shifts. Each tipping point is stochastically triggered at an unknown threshold. We solve for the optimal policy und ...
No REDD! A Reader
... pretend to be. It aims to highlight critical perspectives that are frequently drowned out by large NGOs, corporative lobbies, governments, carbon traders, international financial institutions and the United Nations. This collection of articles reveals how REDD is being used to establish a new set of ...
... pretend to be. It aims to highlight critical perspectives that are frequently drowned out by large NGOs, corporative lobbies, governments, carbon traders, international financial institutions and the United Nations. This collection of articles reveals how REDD is being used to establish a new set of ...
Averchenkova and Bassi 2016.pdf (opens in new window)
... pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above preindustrial levels”. Recognising that the INDCs collectively were not consistent with the warming limit, countries have agreed to increase the ambition of their emissions pledges over time. But the ambiti ...
... pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above preindustrial levels”. Recognising that the INDCs collectively were not consistent with the warming limit, countries have agreed to increase the ambition of their emissions pledges over time. But the ambiti ...
3rd GLOBE review of climate change legislation
... scope of national legislation on climate change in the major economies. At the time, this was a welcome contrast to the lack of progress in the international negotiations and it injected a real senseofmomentum.Second,bydemonstratingthe extentandbreadthofth ...
... scope of national legislation on climate change in the major economies. At the time, this was a welcome contrast to the lack of progress in the international negotiations and it injected a real senseofmomentum.Second,bydemonstratingthe extentandbreadthofth ...
10 Years of Experience in Carbon Finance
... Annex 2 – Key Elements of an Emission Reductions Purchase Agreement (ERPA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Annex 3 – World Bank Social and Environmental Safeguard Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Annex 4 – Example ...
... Annex 2 – Key Elements of an Emission Reductions Purchase Agreement (ERPA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Annex 3 – World Bank Social and Environmental Safeguard Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Annex 4 – Example ...
Climate Change and Tourism - Sustainable Development of Tourism
... commitment for action to respond to the climate change challenge. It underscored the need for the tourism sector to rapidly respond to climate change if it is to develop in a sustainable manner, which will require actions to: mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from the tourism sector, derived especia ...
... commitment for action to respond to the climate change challenge. It underscored the need for the tourism sector to rapidly respond to climate change if it is to develop in a sustainable manner, which will require actions to: mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from the tourism sector, derived especia ...
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... increase the slope of the tolerable temperature profile or its plateau. They can also reduce the adverse impacts of climate change when temperature exceeds the tolerable threshold. Adaptation is ...
... increase the slope of the tolerable temperature profile or its plateau. They can also reduce the adverse impacts of climate change when temperature exceeds the tolerable threshold. Adaptation is ...
Effects of a changing climate on peatlands in permafrost
... Climate change will affect all MNR programs and the natural resources for which it has responsibility. This strategy confirms MNR’s commitment to the Ontario government’s climate change initiatives such as the Go Green Action Plan on Climate Change and outlines research and management program priori ...
... Climate change will affect all MNR programs and the natural resources for which it has responsibility. This strategy confirms MNR’s commitment to the Ontario government’s climate change initiatives such as the Go Green Action Plan on Climate Change and outlines research and management program priori ...
climate change and the south african commercial forestry sector
... warming over this period emerge, viz. over the Western Cape and around the Midlands of KwaZuluNatal, along with the KwaZulu-Natal coast. The clusters show up in the analyses of annual means of both minimum and maximum temperatures, of cold spells, as well as of heat units. Another distinct conclusio ...
... warming over this period emerge, viz. over the Western Cape and around the Midlands of KwaZuluNatal, along with the KwaZulu-Natal coast. The clusters show up in the analyses of annual means of both minimum and maximum temperatures, of cold spells, as well as of heat units. Another distinct conclusio ...
Carbon Implications of Fuels Reduction and Ecological Restoration
... the rate of decay of (and carbon release from) trees killed in the wildfire; it can also depend on the rate of forest regrowth (and associated carbon sequestration) following the fire. In some cases, more severely-burned forests take substantially longer to recover their pre-fire carbon stocks; in o ...
... the rate of decay of (and carbon release from) trees killed in the wildfire; it can also depend on the rate of forest regrowth (and associated carbon sequestration) following the fire. In some cases, more severely-burned forests take substantially longer to recover their pre-fire carbon stocks; in 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.