DCNR and Climate Change – Planning for the Future
... (2071-2099) relative to the later part of the last century (1970-1999) under a scenario that assumes economic development in some areas. substantial reductions in heat trapping gases and a higher emissions scenario that assumes continued increases in global emissions. (Figure source: NOAA NCDC / CIC ...
... (2071-2099) relative to the later part of the last century (1970-1999) under a scenario that assumes economic development in some areas. substantial reductions in heat trapping gases and a higher emissions scenario that assumes continued increases in global emissions. (Figure source: NOAA NCDC / CIC ...
1 - Terranova
... planting opportunities in dryland broad-acre cropping systems which may result in lower production over the longer term. We recommend that future work consider the likely impacts of climate change to at least 2050, that it includes assessments which consider physical conditions at the local scale (e ...
... planting opportunities in dryland broad-acre cropping systems which may result in lower production over the longer term. We recommend that future work consider the likely impacts of climate change to at least 2050, that it includes assessments which consider physical conditions at the local scale (e ...
A balance of bottom-up and top-down in linking climate policies
... produce reductions more cheaply will do so and sell allowances and offsets to firms for which emissions reductions are more expensive to generate. These transactions can occur both within jurisdictions and across linked ones. In theory then, linking carbon markets should advance efforts to mitigate ...
... produce reductions more cheaply will do so and sell allowances and offsets to firms for which emissions reductions are more expensive to generate. These transactions can occur both within jurisdictions and across linked ones. In theory then, linking carbon markets should advance efforts to mitigate ...
Climate Change in Cyprus: Impacts and Adaptation Policies 1
... decades due to further climate change and sea-level rise. Anticipated impacts include damages from floods and storms, soil erosion, sea water intrusion and salination of groundwater reservoirs, and degradation of coastal ecosystems and wetlands. The impact of climate change on coasts is exacerbated ...
... decades due to further climate change and sea-level rise. Anticipated impacts include damages from floods and storms, soil erosion, sea water intrusion and salination of groundwater reservoirs, and degradation of coastal ecosystems and wetlands. The impact of climate change on coasts is exacerbated ...
Chapter Eight United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
... The UNEP is also attempting to address the role the environment can play in pre-conflict situations. The UNEP, in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), launched the Environment and Security Initiative (EN ...
... The UNEP is also attempting to address the role the environment can play in pre-conflict situations. The UNEP, in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), launched the Environment and Security Initiative (EN ...
1. Active engagement
... favour of promoting a policy for environmental protection that creates wealth and jobs. The President of the delegation, Mr Gérard Miquel, placed constant emphasis on the advantage of developing alternative energy sources, such as biomass, a particularly promising technique that already exists in nu ...
... favour of promoting a policy for environmental protection that creates wealth and jobs. The President of the delegation, Mr Gérard Miquel, placed constant emphasis on the advantage of developing alternative energy sources, such as biomass, a particularly promising technique that already exists in nu ...
Geoengineering and the Accusation of Hubris
... Because even though “prediction systems are expected to improve over coming decades, the chaotic nature of the climate system and the resulting butterfly effect will always impose unavoidable limits on predictive skill. Other sources of uncertainty exist.” (IPCC, 2013, p. 965). In particular, region ...
... Because even though “prediction systems are expected to improve over coming decades, the chaotic nature of the climate system and the resulting butterfly effect will always impose unavoidable limits on predictive skill. Other sources of uncertainty exist.” (IPCC, 2013, p. 965). In particular, region ...
Learning Objectives - McGraw Hill Higher Education
... Carbon Funds and Emissions Brokerages—funds set up to purchase carbon credits and brokerages mediate between buyers and sellers of the credits. Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)—promotes reductions in emissions of developing countries. Carbon Neutral—emissions offset by removal of an equal amount of ...
... Carbon Funds and Emissions Brokerages—funds set up to purchase carbon credits and brokerages mediate between buyers and sellers of the credits. Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)—promotes reductions in emissions of developing countries. Carbon Neutral—emissions offset by removal of an equal amount of ...
Media Release
... “The next step is to correlate past, present and likely future influences on the marine ecosystem and extend our studies into risk and mitigation options, particularly where there are social, economic and environmental interests at the coasts and in our iconic marine parks,” Dr Lenton said. The thre ...
... “The next step is to correlate past, present and likely future influences on the marine ecosystem and extend our studies into risk and mitigation options, particularly where there are social, economic and environmental interests at the coasts and in our iconic marine parks,” Dr Lenton said. The thre ...
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
... For its Fourth Assessment Report released in 2007, the IPCC considered several possible futures based on factors including population growth, economic development, and technological change. Each scenario was linked to estimates of how the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere would cha ...
... For its Fourth Assessment Report released in 2007, the IPCC considered several possible futures based on factors including population growth, economic development, and technological change. Each scenario was linked to estimates of how the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere would cha ...
Legal Working Brief - Mexico General Law of Climate Change
... At the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) held in Durban, South Africa in December 2011, three important issues were raised: 1) the renewal of the Kyoto Protocol, reaching a second period of commitment from 2013; 2) the funding and design of the program of work for the Green Climate Fund, which ...
... At the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) held in Durban, South Africa in December 2011, three important issues were raised: 1) the renewal of the Kyoto Protocol, reaching a second period of commitment from 2013; 2) the funding and design of the program of work for the Green Climate Fund, which ...
The New General Law on Climate Change in Mexico
... At the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) held in Durban, South Africa in December 2011, three important issues were raised: 1) the renewal of the Kyoto Protocol, reaching a second period of commitment from 2013; 2) the funding and design of the program of work for the Green Climate Fund, which ...
... At the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) held in Durban, South Africa in December 2011, three important issues were raised: 1) the renewal of the Kyoto Protocol, reaching a second period of commitment from 2013; 2) the funding and design of the program of work for the Green Climate Fund, which ...
Adaptive Response Framework for Drinking Water
... The Adaptive Response Framework describes approaches for water utilities seeking to become more “climate ready.” This Framework supports and guides utilities as they learn about and pursue management techniques and adaptive actions that can be implemented to build climate readiness. The Framework is ...
... The Adaptive Response Framework describes approaches for water utilities seeking to become more “climate ready.” This Framework supports and guides utilities as they learn about and pursue management techniques and adaptive actions that can be implemented to build climate readiness. The Framework is ...
COMPUTER BROCHURE - Tufts Office of Sustainability
... CLIMATE CHANGE FACTS Climate change, or global warming, is caused mainly by burning fossil fuels (coal, oil, gasoline, and natural gas). This creates carbon dioxide (CO2), a gas that traps heat. CO2 and other gases that store heat are called “greenhouse gases.” Natural greenhouse gases are necessar ...
... CLIMATE CHANGE FACTS Climate change, or global warming, is caused mainly by burning fossil fuels (coal, oil, gasoline, and natural gas). This creates carbon dioxide (CO2), a gas that traps heat. CO2 and other gases that store heat are called “greenhouse gases.” Natural greenhouse gases are necessar ...
Neil Adger - Tyndall°Centre for Climate Change Research
... resonates with sustainable development • Adaptation will be painful for many ...
... resonates with sustainable development • Adaptation will be painful for many ...
Global temperature change
... cover longer periods. Nevertheless, it is apparent that the first transient climate simulations (12) proved to be quite accurate, certainly not ‘‘wrong by 300%’’ (14). The assertion of 300% error may have been based on an earlier arbitrary comparison of 1988– 1997 observed temperature change with on ...
... cover longer periods. Nevertheless, it is apparent that the first transient climate simulations (12) proved to be quite accurate, certainly not ‘‘wrong by 300%’’ (14). The assertion of 300% error may have been based on an earlier arbitrary comparison of 1988– 1997 observed temperature change with on ...
IMOGEN: an intermediate complexity model to evaluate terrestrial
... The land surface is an integral component of the Earth System, including land-atmosphere exchanges of carbon dioxide, CO2 . Such exchanges have a major influence on emission reductions needed to avoid dangerous climate change. The state of the land surface, which itself is affected by climate change ...
... The land surface is an integral component of the Earth System, including land-atmosphere exchanges of carbon dioxide, CO2 . Such exchanges have a major influence on emission reductions needed to avoid dangerous climate change. The state of the land surface, which itself is affected by climate change ...
What Should the Government Do To Encourage Technical
... transform military technology. In this situation, the major uncertainty facing the government manager is whether a technology project will meet set performance, schedule, and cost objectives. Of course, the cultural hurdle of convincing existing institutions to accept change is present, but the unce ...
... transform military technology. In this situation, the major uncertainty facing the government manager is whether a technology project will meet set performance, schedule, and cost objectives. Of course, the cultural hurdle of convincing existing institutions to accept change is present, but the unce ...
Climate Change and Energy: Issues and Prospect for
... While it can be said that there are existing institutions to address climate change . The Federal Ministry of Housing and Environment is a policy making body which makes it inadequate to also be the implementing body to address issues concerning climate change in the country, even though there ia ...
... While it can be said that there are existing institutions to address climate change . The Federal Ministry of Housing and Environment is a policy making body which makes it inadequate to also be the implementing body to address issues concerning climate change in the country, even though there ia ...
Where Is the North Pole? An Election
... broadly aim for either adaptation or mitigation. Adaptation accepts that climate is changing and seeks stopgap measures such as building sea walls or planting alternative crops that might postpone adverse effects, as well as strategic responses for continuing change. Mitigation aims to slow the pace ...
... broadly aim for either adaptation or mitigation. Adaptation accepts that climate is changing and seeks stopgap measures such as building sea walls or planting alternative crops that might postpone adverse effects, as well as strategic responses for continuing change. Mitigation aims to slow the pace ...
... the sensitivity of the climate system, (ii) irreversible changes in various components of the climate system, as well as (iii) the physical science basis of recently proposed geoengineering strategies involving carbon dioxide removal techniques and solar radiation management techniques. The WGI cont ...
THE CHALLENGES OF INCORPORATING CLEAN DEVELOPMENT
... It is believed that by establishing national REDD baseline rates, the additionality of efforts to reduce deforestation can be judged quickly and accurately while underpinned by clear reduction targets. Using these baselines, we can determine, at a national level, whether REDD has in fact been reduce ...
... It is believed that by establishing national REDD baseline rates, the additionality of efforts to reduce deforestation can be judged quickly and accurately while underpinned by clear reduction targets. Using these baselines, we can determine, at a national level, whether REDD has in fact been reduce ...
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.