What is a “covered entity?” - Texas Association of Environmental
... the complete, accurate, and reliable tracking of GHG emissions in the U.S • The Registry must also track the production, manufacture, and importation of fuels and other products the use of which result in GHG emissions • EPA must also develop rules for calculating the carbon content and GHG emission ...
... the complete, accurate, and reliable tracking of GHG emissions in the U.S • The Registry must also track the production, manufacture, and importation of fuels and other products the use of which result in GHG emissions • EPA must also develop rules for calculating the carbon content and GHG emission ...
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... new niches appear.10 Furthermore, studies suggest that increases in temperature, even if small in magnitude, may have negative impact on tropical insects, including beneficial insects, because they may already be living in an environment very close to their optimal temperature.11 Hosts and pathogens ...
... new niches appear.10 Furthermore, studies suggest that increases in temperature, even if small in magnitude, may have negative impact on tropical insects, including beneficial insects, because they may already be living in an environment very close to their optimal temperature.11 Hosts and pathogens ...
PIIAC Proposal - Johns Hopkins University
... substantially to climate change by adding carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases to the atmosphere. These greenhouse gas emissions have increased the greenhouse effect and caused Earth’s surface temperature to rise. The primary human activity that affects the amount and rate of climate change ...
... substantially to climate change by adding carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases to the atmosphere. These greenhouse gas emissions have increased the greenhouse effect and caused Earth’s surface temperature to rise. The primary human activity that affects the amount and rate of climate change ...
Australian Climate Policy Survey
... to an Australian database of selected senior executives who work for, or with, companies or organisations that have a high emissions profile, investors, carbon market experts and professional service providers. The survey was designed primarily with qualitative responses with an additional option to ...
... to an Australian database of selected senior executives who work for, or with, companies or organisations that have a high emissions profile, investors, carbon market experts and professional service providers. The survey was designed primarily with qualitative responses with an additional option to ...
Study on the Particularity of a Low-carbon Economy Under the
... Douglass. C. North thought that institutions are social game rules and will provide specific incentives framework, thus creating a variety of economic, political and social organization. Institutions are made of formal rules (laws, constitution and regulations), informal rules (habits, ethics and co ...
... Douglass. C. North thought that institutions are social game rules and will provide specific incentives framework, thus creating a variety of economic, political and social organization. Institutions are made of formal rules (laws, constitution and regulations), informal rules (habits, ethics and co ...
Understanding and predicting the combined effects of climate
... from 2006 to 2031, its population is expected to grow from 28 to 44 million people and 754 000 additional dwellings will be required (OUM 2009). Predicted population increases in the region are likely to further impact on the ecological health of its waterways. Projected changes in climate will th ...
... from 2006 to 2031, its population is expected to grow from 28 to 44 million people and 754 000 additional dwellings will be required (OUM 2009). Predicted population increases in the region are likely to further impact on the ecological health of its waterways. Projected changes in climate will th ...
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... secondary data and information. The study concludes that climate changes is one of the greatest threats to development and will remain so even in the near future. It is very difficult indeed to address the issue of climate change and its mitigation at farmers level. The farmers are merely a small co ...
... secondary data and information. The study concludes that climate changes is one of the greatest threats to development and will remain so even in the near future. It is very difficult indeed to address the issue of climate change and its mitigation at farmers level. The farmers are merely a small co ...
Increasing impacts of climate change upon ecosystems with
... increasingly severe impacts that further anthropogenic climate change would have on ecosystems and species around the world (see the 71 studies referenced in Tables 2, 3, 4 and 5). Such studies typically identify the onset of some positive, but predominantly negative, impacts upon a species or ecosy ...
... increasingly severe impacts that further anthropogenic climate change would have on ecosystems and species around the world (see the 71 studies referenced in Tables 2, 3, 4 and 5). Such studies typically identify the onset of some positive, but predominantly negative, impacts upon a species or ecosy ...
Extensive and drastically different alpine lake changes on
... al., 2013]. Here for the first time, we quantify drastically different alpine lake changes for Asia’s two largest and adjacent plateaus and their evolutions over the last four decades. We further explore the possible links between climate change and lake area change on these plateaus. Our results pro ...
... al., 2013]. Here for the first time, we quantify drastically different alpine lake changes for Asia’s two largest and adjacent plateaus and their evolutions over the last four decades. We further explore the possible links between climate change and lake area change on these plateaus. Our results pro ...
Three Ways to Understand State Actors in International Negotiations
... • Regimes act as learning facilitators by initiating processes that give rise to social learning, such as policy diffusion. • Regimes act as agents of internal realignments by creating new constituencies or shifting the balance of power among groups within and across state borders. Together, these t ...
... • Regimes act as learning facilitators by initiating processes that give rise to social learning, such as policy diffusion. • Regimes act as agents of internal realignments by creating new constituencies or shifting the balance of power among groups within and across state borders. Together, these t ...
Articles Climate Change Vulnerability and Policy Support
... Political interest in addressing the threats associated with climate change and variability is increasing at all levels of governance. Mounting evidence that human activities are responsible for temperature increases over the past century (Oreskes 2004) and recent international conventions highlight ...
... Political interest in addressing the threats associated with climate change and variability is increasing at all levels of governance. Mounting evidence that human activities are responsible for temperature increases over the past century (Oreskes 2004) and recent international conventions highlight ...
Poverty and climate change: Natural disasters, agricultural
... impacts – that is, which countries, regions and people are hit – will determine their effects on well-being. Three-quarters of global income belongs to North America, Europe, and East Asia; the other regions are economically much smaller, and in particular sub-Saharan Africa, which only generates 2% ...
... impacts – that is, which countries, regions and people are hit – will determine their effects on well-being. Three-quarters of global income belongs to North America, Europe, and East Asia; the other regions are economically much smaller, and in particular sub-Saharan Africa, which only generates 2% ...
First International Workshop on the “Responses of Marine Hazards
... project and expressed their willingness to work together towards the objectives of the project. The workshop recognized with concerns the ever increasing impacts of climate change on the marine natural hazards and ecosystem in the Western Pacific region, and welcomed the ...
... project and expressed their willingness to work together towards the objectives of the project. The workshop recognized with concerns the ever increasing impacts of climate change on the marine natural hazards and ecosystem in the Western Pacific region, and welcomed the ...
Impact of Climate Change on Indian Agriculture: A Review
... Global warming may also threaten India food security if there is a negative effect on agriculture. Although, the effect of increasing CO2 concentrations will increase the net primary productivity of plants, but climate changes, and the changes in disturbance regimes associated with them, may lead ei ...
... Global warming may also threaten India food security if there is a negative effect on agriculture. Although, the effect of increasing CO2 concentrations will increase the net primary productivity of plants, but climate changes, and the changes in disturbance regimes associated with them, may lead ei ...
The Anthropocene epoch: scientists declare dawn
... the planet by nuclear bomb tests, although an array of other signals, including plastic pollution, soot from power stations, concrete, and even the bones left by the global proliferation of the domestic chicken were now under consideration. [2] The current epoch, the Holocene, is the 12,000 years of ...
... the planet by nuclear bomb tests, although an array of other signals, including plastic pollution, soot from power stations, concrete, and even the bones left by the global proliferation of the domestic chicken were now under consideration. [2] The current epoch, the Holocene, is the 12,000 years of ...
The Effects of Global Change upon United States Air Quality
... [2000 to 2100]; Spracklen et al., 2009 [2000 to 2050]; Kelly et al., 2012 [2000’s to 2050’s]). ...
... [2000 to 2100]; Spracklen et al., 2009 [2000 to 2050]; Kelly et al., 2012 [2000’s to 2050’s]). ...
Memorandum by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee
... development of second or third generation biofuel technology could have positive benefits – efforts are needed to ensure that biofuel production leads to positive benefits for society and the environment by undertaking full assessments of the biofuel production process. b) When considering wider env ...
... development of second or third generation biofuel technology could have positive benefits – efforts are needed to ensure that biofuel production leads to positive benefits for society and the environment by undertaking full assessments of the biofuel production process. b) When considering wider env ...
Northwestern Debate Institute 2010 1 Sophomores Politics Updates
... Things continue to look bad for the Democrats. Appearing Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs conceded there are enough congressional seats in play to deny the Democrats another turn as the majority party in the U.S. House of Representatives. The outcome, he suggested, ...
... Things continue to look bad for the Democrats. Appearing Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs conceded there are enough congressional seats in play to deny the Democrats another turn as the majority party in the U.S. House of Representatives. The outcome, he suggested, ...
Inuit vulnerability and adaptive capacity to climate change in
... Northwest Territories and the adaptive strategies employed. It is based on collaborative research involving semistructured interviews, secondary sources of information, and participant observations. In the context of subsistence hunting, changes in temperature, seasonal patterns (for example timing ...
... Northwest Territories and the adaptive strategies employed. It is based on collaborative research involving semistructured interviews, secondary sources of information, and participant observations. In the context of subsistence hunting, changes in temperature, seasonal patterns (for example timing ...
Transformational adaptation
... At its core, transformational adaptation involves questioning the effectiveness of existing systems and processes in light of changing circumstances, particularly the potentially significant impacts of climate change. It requires looking at the economic, political and/or sociocultural factors that m ...
... At its core, transformational adaptation involves questioning the effectiveness of existing systems and processes in light of changing circumstances, particularly the potentially significant impacts of climate change. It requires looking at the economic, political and/or sociocultural factors that m ...
Alpine flora dynamics Бa critical review of responses
... of which occurred prior to the 1970s (Lundqvist 1969). Subsequently, and like many other glaciers in northern Sweden, the recession slowed down and even slightly reversed during some decades (Holmlund 1998, Nyberg and Lindh 1990). Since the first decade of the 21st century, recession has been ubiqui ...
... of which occurred prior to the 1970s (Lundqvist 1969). Subsequently, and like many other glaciers in northern Sweden, the recession slowed down and even slightly reversed during some decades (Holmlund 1998, Nyberg and Lindh 1990). Since the first decade of the 21st century, recession has been ubiqui ...
china book final:china book final
... have been conducted using the global atmospheric-oceanic coupled model of China National Climate Center (noted as NCC/IAPT63) under the SRES A2 and B2 scenarios. The purpose of the simulation is to analyze the climate change over Western China, especially in the Northwestern China and the Tibetan Pl ...
... have been conducted using the global atmospheric-oceanic coupled model of China National Climate Center (noted as NCC/IAPT63) under the SRES A2 and B2 scenarios. The purpose of the simulation is to analyze the climate change over Western China, especially in the Northwestern China and the Tibetan Pl ...
The Kyoto Protocol and Beyond: The World After 2012
... Bank has financed will over the next 20 to 50 years add carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere equivalent to 1.3 times the total amount emitted by all the world’s countries in 1995.21 To achieve a higher level of policy integration then, climate objectives, and environmental goals more broadly, ...
... Bank has financed will over the next 20 to 50 years add carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere equivalent to 1.3 times the total amount emitted by all the world’s countries in 1995.21 To achieve a higher level of policy integration then, climate objectives, and environmental goals more broadly, ...
Marine Science - Climate
... Changes in temperature, nutrient supply, mixing, light availability, pH, oxygen, and salinity are expected to affect the ecological functions and, consequently, the sustainable harvests available from the ocean’s biological communities (Cochrane et al., 2009; Brander, 2010; Denman et al., 2011; Done ...
... Changes in temperature, nutrient supply, mixing, light availability, pH, oxygen, and salinity are expected to affect the ecological functions and, consequently, the sustainable harvests available from the ocean’s biological communities (Cochrane et al., 2009; Brander, 2010; Denman et al., 2011; Done ...
Climate change feedback
Climate change feedback is important in the understanding of global warming because feedback processes may amplify or diminish the effect of each climate forcing, and so play an important part in determining the climate sensitivity and future climate state. Feedback in general is the process in which changing one quantity changes a second quantity, and the change in the second quantity in turn changes the first. Positive feedback amplifies the change in the first quantity while negative feedback reduces it.The term ""forcing"" means a change which may ""push"" the climate system in the direction of warming or cooling. An example of a climate forcing is increased atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases. By definition, forcings are external to the climate system while feedbacks are internal; in essence, feedbacks represent the internal processes of the system. Some feedbacks may act in relative isolation to the rest of the climate system; others may be tightly coupled; hence it may be difficult to tell just how much a particular process contributes. Forcings, feedbacks and the dynamics of the climate system determine how much and how fast the climate changes. The main positive feedback in global warming is the tendency of warming to increase the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere, which in turn leads to further warming. The main negative feedback comes from the Stefan–Boltzmann law, the amount of heat radiated from the Earth into space changes with the fourth power of the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere.Some observed and potential effects of global warming are positive feedbacks, which contribute directly to further global warming. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report states that ""Anthropogenic warming could lead to some effects that are abrupt or irreversible, depending upon the rate and magnitude of the climate change.""