Financing Climate Policies through Climate Bonds
... According to the most recent IPCC report, average global temperatures have risen 0.85 degrees Celsius since 1880. IPCC (2015) suggests that the period 1983 2012 was likely the warmest 20 year period in the last 1400 years. The trajectory of future global temperatures then is highly dependent on the ...
... According to the most recent IPCC report, average global temperatures have risen 0.85 degrees Celsius since 1880. IPCC (2015) suggests that the period 1983 2012 was likely the warmest 20 year period in the last 1400 years. The trajectory of future global temperatures then is highly dependent on the ...
Accounting for Health Impacts of Climate Change
... change adaptation strategy that focuses on preventing the projected health impacts of climate change is likely to be more effective (in terms of both impacts and costs) than a strategy focused on reacting. Second, and as a corollary to the above message, the health benefits of adaptation investments ...
... change adaptation strategy that focuses on preventing the projected health impacts of climate change is likely to be more effective (in terms of both impacts and costs) than a strategy focused on reacting. Second, and as a corollary to the above message, the health benefits of adaptation investments ...
Rethinking Support for Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change
... World Vision International and Care International. It was established in 2009 with the aim of understanding how development interventions can contribute to adaptive capacity at the community and household level, and to inform the design and implementation of development planning by governments and n ...
... World Vision International and Care International. It was established in 2009 with the aim of understanding how development interventions can contribute to adaptive capacity at the community and household level, and to inform the design and implementation of development planning by governments and n ...
Extinction vulnerability of tropical montane endemism from warming
... four external forcings: estimated changes in solar luminosity, changing stratospheric aerosols from volcanic eruptions, changing greenhouse gas concentrations, and changing sulphate aerosol concentrations due to anthropogenic activities. For comparison, we also examined data from 33 segments of cont ...
... four external forcings: estimated changes in solar luminosity, changing stratospheric aerosols from volcanic eruptions, changing greenhouse gas concentrations, and changing sulphate aerosol concentrations due to anthropogenic activities. For comparison, we also examined data from 33 segments of cont ...
- TRUECORE® steel
... This bulletin also demonstrates that for each of the elements of Australia’s harsh climate, BlueScope Steel products offer a way to avoid or mitigate some of the impacts now, and in the future. Other technical bulletins in this series related to climate change and extreme weather events include: 2. ...
... This bulletin also demonstrates that for each of the elements of Australia’s harsh climate, BlueScope Steel products offer a way to avoid or mitigate some of the impacts now, and in the future. Other technical bulletins in this series related to climate change and extreme weather events include: 2. ...
Couplings Between Changes in the Climate System and
... other radiatively active constituents such as ozone and different types of aerosol particles. The composition of the atmosphere is determined by processes such as natural and anthropogenic emissions of gases and aerosols, transport at a variety of scales, chemical and microphysical transformations, ...
... other radiatively active constituents such as ozone and different types of aerosol particles. The composition of the atmosphere is determined by processes such as natural and anthropogenic emissions of gases and aerosols, transport at a variety of scales, chemical and microphysical transformations, ...
ECOsCIENCE
... year-1) and four levels of shading (0, 53, 72 and 83%). Each treatment was replicated three times, and replicates were arranged in a randomized block design. The fertilizer (ammonium nitrate, dissolved in 2 L of water per plot) was applied in rain on five occasions during the growing seasons of 1999 ...
... year-1) and four levels of shading (0, 53, 72 and 83%). Each treatment was replicated three times, and replicates were arranged in a randomized block design. The fertilizer (ammonium nitrate, dissolved in 2 L of water per plot) was applied in rain on five occasions during the growing seasons of 1999 ...
Couplings Between Changes in the Climate System
... other radiatively active constituents such as ozone and different types of aerosol particles. The composition of the atmosphere is determined by processes such as natural and anthropogenic emissions of gases and aerosols, transport at a variety of scales, chemical and microphysical transformations, ...
... other radiatively active constituents such as ozone and different types of aerosol particles. The composition of the atmosphere is determined by processes such as natural and anthropogenic emissions of gases and aerosols, transport at a variety of scales, chemical and microphysical transformations, ...
the critical decade:climate change and health
... Even if older people are healthier than in previous generations, the ageing trend means that, over time, there will be more illness in the population, placing extra demand on health services (AIHW, 2010a). The collective investment in our health, as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP), has ...
... Even if older people are healthier than in previous generations, the ageing trend means that, over time, there will be more illness in the population, placing extra demand on health services (AIHW, 2010a). The collective investment in our health, as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP), has ...
The scientific and international context for the fifth
... decades, and that this is mainly due to human activities rather than natural fluctuations. We then focus on impacts on human and natural systems: those already being observed, and potential future impacts which will depend significantly on the path of human activity. Finally we set out the implicati ...
... decades, and that this is mainly due to human activities rather than natural fluctuations. We then focus on impacts on human and natural systems: those already being observed, and potential future impacts which will depend significantly on the path of human activity. Finally we set out the implicati ...
The Positive Externalities of Carbon Dioxide
... production by several growth-enhancing properties of atmospheric CO2 enrichment. As literally thousands of laboratory and field studies have demonstrated, elevated levels of atmospheric CO2 have been conclusively shown to stimulate plant productivity and growth, as well as to foster certain water-co ...
... production by several growth-enhancing properties of atmospheric CO2 enrichment. As literally thousands of laboratory and field studies have demonstrated, elevated levels of atmospheric CO2 have been conclusively shown to stimulate plant productivity and growth, as well as to foster certain water-co ...
Externship Report: Rwanda
... In VNP, uncertainties remain about climatic change and ecological systems - how regional climate will change and how species and ecological systems will respond to climate change. Until today, only a small number of studies have focused on the effects of climate change on mountain gorillas and their ...
... In VNP, uncertainties remain about climatic change and ecological systems - how regional climate will change and how species and ecological systems will respond to climate change. Until today, only a small number of studies have focused on the effects of climate change on mountain gorillas and their ...
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... options available to farmers, and the fact that NZ farms are already very efficient from a climate change standpoint. However, these arguments do not necessarily stand up when examined more closely. Arguably it is in NZ’s economic interest for agricultural emissions of methane and nitrous oxide to b ...
... options available to farmers, and the fact that NZ farms are already very efficient from a climate change standpoint. However, these arguments do not necessarily stand up when examined more closely. Arguably it is in NZ’s economic interest for agricultural emissions of methane and nitrous oxide to b ...
The PAGE09 Integrated Assessment Model: A Technical Description
... It also does not allow for the abatement costs to be reduced by learning or technical progress, although Alberth and Hope, 2007 did make a first attempt to introduce these reductions. In PAGE09 marginal abatement costs for each gas in each region are represented by a continuous curve, with an opt ...
... It also does not allow for the abatement costs to be reduced by learning or technical progress, although Alberth and Hope, 2007 did make a first attempt to introduce these reductions. In PAGE09 marginal abatement costs for each gas in each region are represented by a continuous curve, with an opt ...
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... to climate change. Because of the global and national delay in putting into practice any effective mitigation strategies, more effort will have to be put into adaptation measures to limit the societal consequences of the changes in climate which are already occurring. I believe this first report on ...
... to climate change. Because of the global and national delay in putting into practice any effective mitigation strategies, more effort will have to be put into adaptation measures to limit the societal consequences of the changes in climate which are already occurring. I believe this first report on ...
Guide to Climate Change Risk Assessment for NSW
... Climate changes will increase the magnitude of risks faced by local councils, sometimes even challenging their ability to maintain infrastructure and provide essential services to their communities. While many councils have been actively pursuing strategies to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, ...
... Climate changes will increase the magnitude of risks faced by local councils, sometimes even challenging their ability to maintain infrastructure and provide essential services to their communities. While many councils have been actively pursuing strategies to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, ...
Blue Jeans, Chewing Gum, and Climate Change Litigation
... Nicola Scafetta, Climate Change and Its Causes: A Discussion About Some Key Issues, Sci. & Pub. Pol’y Institute 4–5 (Mar. 18, 2010), http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/images/stories/papers/originals/ climate_change_cause.pdf (observing that over 30,000 scientists in the United States (among them 9,0 ...
... Nicola Scafetta, Climate Change and Its Causes: A Discussion About Some Key Issues, Sci. & Pub. Pol’y Institute 4–5 (Mar. 18, 2010), http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/images/stories/papers/originals/ climate_change_cause.pdf (observing that over 30,000 scientists in the United States (among them 9,0 ...
Global Cryosphere Watch - Byrd Polar Research Center
... understanding changes in the Arctic System; • SAON provides unique opportunity to collaborate to sustain and integrate Arctic observing systems and networks over the long term; • Congress - IPY should be considered as a “pilot project” for the establishment of integrated observing systems over the g ...
... understanding changes in the Arctic System; • SAON provides unique opportunity to collaborate to sustain and integrate Arctic observing systems and networks over the long term; • Congress - IPY should be considered as a “pilot project” for the establishment of integrated observing systems over the g ...
The Response of Precipitation Minus
... Simulations with climate models show a land–ocean contrast in the response of P 2 E (precipitation minus evaporation or evapotranspiration) to global warming, with larger changes over ocean than over land. The changes over ocean broadly follow a simple thermodynamic scaling of the atmospheric moistu ...
... Simulations with climate models show a land–ocean contrast in the response of P 2 E (precipitation minus evaporation or evapotranspiration) to global warming, with larger changes over ocean than over land. The changes over ocean broadly follow a simple thermodynamic scaling of the atmospheric moistu ...
How Will I Be Remembered? Conserving the
... Columbia University; 3Center for Decision Sciences, Columbia University; 4Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, Princeton University; and 5Department of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts Amherst ...
... Columbia University; 3Center for Decision Sciences, Columbia University; 4Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, Princeton University; and 5Department of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts Amherst ...
- UNDP Climate Change Adaptation
... in a programmatic manner; (iii) Attract and drive direct private and public investment towards lower carbon technologies and sustainable land use practices; (iv) Integrate climate change into UN and UNDP development assistance at the global, regional and national levels. This proposal falls under th ...
... in a programmatic manner; (iii) Attract and drive direct private and public investment towards lower carbon technologies and sustainable land use practices; (iv) Integrate climate change into UN and UNDP development assistance at the global, regional and national levels. This proposal falls under th ...
Professor Mark Maslin, Head of Geography and
... more extreme storms, floods, drought, heat waves - may leading to food and water insecurity, - may leading to migration and conflict ...
... more extreme storms, floods, drought, heat waves - may leading to food and water insecurity, - may leading to migration and conflict ...
The Carbon Cycle: Implications for Climate Change and Congress June 25, 2007
... atmosphere, warming the planet. In response, Congress is considering legislative strategies that would reduce U.S. emissions of CO2, or increase the uptake of CO2 from the atmosphere, or both. Less than half of the total amount of CO2 released from burning fossil fuels during the past 250 years has ...
... atmosphere, warming the planet. In response, Congress is considering legislative strategies that would reduce U.S. emissions of CO2, or increase the uptake of CO2 from the atmosphere, or both. Less than half of the total amount of CO2 released from burning fossil fuels during the past 250 years has ...
2. coral reefs and climate change: susceptibility and consequences
... The cascading effects on ocean chemistry of rising atmospheric CO2 levels are referred to as ‘ocean acidification’. This does not generally invoke the same sense of urgency as coral bleaching, probably because: zx it is a creeping environmental problem; zx ocean acidification has only recently b ...
... The cascading effects on ocean chemistry of rising atmospheric CO2 levels are referred to as ‘ocean acidification’. This does not generally invoke the same sense of urgency as coral bleaching, probably because: zx it is a creeping environmental problem; zx ocean acidification has only recently b ...
Paper - Wharton Marketing
... Columbia University; 3Center for Decision Sciences, Columbia University; 4Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, Princeton University; and 5Department of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts Amherst ...
... Columbia University; 3Center for Decision Sciences, Columbia University; 4Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, Princeton University; and 5Department of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts Amherst ...
Solar radiation management
Solar radiation management (SRM) projects (proposed and theoretical) are a type of climate engineering which seek to reflect sunlight and thus reduce global warming. Proposed examples include the creation of stratospheric sulfate aerosols. They would not reduce greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, and thus do not address problems such as ocean acidification caused by excess carbon dioxide (CO2). Their principal advantages as an approach to climate engineering is the speed with which they can be deployed and become fully active, as well as their potential low financial cost. By comparison, other climate engineering techniques based on greenhouse gas remediation, such as ocean iron fertilization, need to sequester the anthropogenic carbon excess before any reversal of global warming would occur. Solar radiation management projects can therefore be used as a climate engineering ""quick fix"" while levels of greenhouse gases can be brought under control by greenhouse gas remediation techniques.