Global potential of biospheric carbon management for climate
... there is a clear natural limit to the global fraction further available for human exploitation. Only 10% of the land surface, equivalent to 5 PgC per year (petagrams of carbon per year ¼ 1015 g ¼ a billion metric tonne)3, remains. There is a need to exploit a larger fraction of biomass production fo ...
... there is a clear natural limit to the global fraction further available for human exploitation. Only 10% of the land surface, equivalent to 5 PgC per year (petagrams of carbon per year ¼ 1015 g ¼ a billion metric tonne)3, remains. There is a need to exploit a larger fraction of biomass production fo ...
Working Paper 202 - Heal and Millner (opens in new window)
... when we decrease the spatial scale of the prediction. For example, we know much more about changes in global mean temperature than we do about changes in mean temperature at regional, country, or county scales. Socio-economic uncertainty – uncertainty about how economic and social systems will resp ...
... when we decrease the spatial scale of the prediction. For example, we know much more about changes in global mean temperature than we do about changes in mean temperature at regional, country, or county scales. Socio-economic uncertainty – uncertainty about how economic and social systems will resp ...
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 ...
Adaptability and Change - UCD Energy Research Group
... change has begun to enter the consciousness of the construction industry. • The worry is that the response will be negative – i.e. to increase the defensive capabilities of the building by throwing more energy use and systems at it. The result would be increased energy use, increased emissions and t ...
... change has begun to enter the consciousness of the construction industry. • The worry is that the response will be negative – i.e. to increase the defensive capabilities of the building by throwing more energy use and systems at it. The result would be increased energy use, increased emissions and t ...
REPUBLIC REPUBLIC OF NAURU
... funds. While dedicated climate funds are available at the international level, these can be challenging to access for a small country like Nauru. Therefore, Nauru intends to place considerable emphasis on working with its bilateral partners, regional agencies, for the financial and technical resour ...
... funds. While dedicated climate funds are available at the international level, these can be challenging to access for a small country like Nauru. Therefore, Nauru intends to place considerable emphasis on working with its bilateral partners, regional agencies, for the financial and technical resour ...
Towards Climate-Friendly Farming
... seek delays or exemptions to climate policies that reward innovation and drive the investment needed to prosper in a rapidly changing world. This is as true for agriculture as it is for any other sector. Agriculture is the country’s second largest source of emissions after electricity generation. Pr ...
... seek delays or exemptions to climate policies that reward innovation and drive the investment needed to prosper in a rapidly changing world. This is as true for agriculture as it is for any other sector. Agriculture is the country’s second largest source of emissions after electricity generation. Pr ...
Environmental Health Survey - Rowan University
... dioxide). Mainly produced at high temperatures, they form from the reaction of nitrogen and oxygen gases in the air during combustion. In cities or areas of high motor vehicle traffic, the amount of nitrogen oxides emitted into the atmosphere as air pollution can be significant. Nitrogen Oxide can a ...
... dioxide). Mainly produced at high temperatures, they form from the reaction of nitrogen and oxygen gases in the air during combustion. In cities or areas of high motor vehicle traffic, the amount of nitrogen oxides emitted into the atmosphere as air pollution can be significant. Nitrogen Oxide can a ...
Terrestrial Biodiversity Climate Change Impacts
... biodiversity and potential future changes based on the latest scientific evidence and understanding.1 The project has been overseen by a working group of senior scientists, and both the card itself and the review papers that support it have been peer-reviewed to ensure scientific rigour and that the ...
... biodiversity and potential future changes based on the latest scientific evidence and understanding.1 The project has been overseen by a working group of senior scientists, and both the card itself and the review papers that support it have been peer-reviewed to ensure scientific rigour and that the ...
The Marginal Damage Costs of Different Greenhouse Gases: An
... an economic, decision analytic perspective because it does not weigh the potential differences in welfare effects across gases.2 Another approach is that of Manne and Richels (2001), who examine the ratio of the shadow prices of non-CO2 GHGs to CO2 in GHG mitigation scenarios. This is appropriate wh ...
... an economic, decision analytic perspective because it does not weigh the potential differences in welfare effects across gases.2 Another approach is that of Manne and Richels (2001), who examine the ratio of the shadow prices of non-CO2 GHGs to CO2 in GHG mitigation scenarios. This is appropriate wh ...
Independent Review into the Future Security of the
... significant impact on the competitiveness of businesses in the state and Australia internationally. The first priority should be stabilising the market in South Australia to manage the high levels of intermittent generation within the state portion of the NEM. We believe this can be most effectively ...
... significant impact on the competitiveness of businesses in the state and Australia internationally. The first priority should be stabilising the market in South Australia to manage the high levels of intermittent generation within the state portion of the NEM. We believe this can be most effectively ...
PDF for Endnote Sources
... percent of the state’s population lives. Because so much of the shoreline is flat and low-lying, the impacts of even small rises extend far inland. Taking tidal variations into account, a one-foot rise can move the shoreline inward by more than a thousand feet.20 Most of this inundation will affect ...
... percent of the state’s population lives. Because so much of the shoreline is flat and low-lying, the impacts of even small rises extend far inland. Taking tidal variations into account, a one-foot rise can move the shoreline inward by more than a thousand feet.20 Most of this inundation will affect ...
unburnable carbon: why we need to leave fossil fuels in the ground
... provides an agreed and clearly defined policy target that would prevent even more serious impacts affecting most people and countries around the globe. This has given nations and policymakers the capacity to craft a response to climate change. However, as scientific understanding has improved, it is ...
... provides an agreed and clearly defined policy target that would prevent even more serious impacts affecting most people and countries around the globe. This has given nations and policymakers the capacity to craft a response to climate change. However, as scientific understanding has improved, it is ...
Emerging Research Area: Changing Ecosystems and Climate
... These losses in harvests and increases in labor and insurance costs will lower the profitability of these resourcebased industries, leading to lower wages and fewer jobs, which in turn, will have a ripple effect as they move through the local and state economies. These losses in economic activity wi ...
... These losses in harvests and increases in labor and insurance costs will lower the profitability of these resourcebased industries, leading to lower wages and fewer jobs, which in turn, will have a ripple effect as they move through the local and state economies. These losses in economic activity wi ...
http://en.openei.org/w/images/2/29/GhanaGreen.pdf
... within our Shared Growth and Development Agenda (GSGDA). Four areas illustrate the wide range of adaptation issues in Ghana, showing why adaptation matters for economic and social development: infrastructure; natural resources; agriculture and food security; and disaster preparedness and response. T ...
... within our Shared Growth and Development Agenda (GSGDA). Four areas illustrate the wide range of adaptation issues in Ghana, showing why adaptation matters for economic and social development: infrastructure; natural resources; agriculture and food security; and disaster preparedness and response. T ...
Lesson Summary: The students will learn of the relationship
... explain what their hypothesis has to do with their graph. It should show that they understand why the class is discussing water levels in lakes and rainfall at the same time. Extend ...
... explain what their hypothesis has to do with their graph. It should show that they understand why the class is discussing water levels in lakes and rainfall at the same time. Extend ...
Vol.12, No.1, 2012
... The rate at which aragonite surface concentration decreases in LOVECLIM and MIROC compares well with the rate of decrease recorded over the last 2 to 3 decades at several monitoring sites in the Pacific and the Atlantic. The observed decreases range between 0.09 units per decade for the Canary Islan ...
... The rate at which aragonite surface concentration decreases in LOVECLIM and MIROC compares well with the rate of decrease recorded over the last 2 to 3 decades at several monitoring sites in the Pacific and the Atlantic. The observed decreases range between 0.09 units per decade for the Canary Islan ...
i1880e13
... emissions, etc.) would enable national bodies to evaluate the role of grassland C sequestration as a component of nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs). Coupled with well-justified, cost-effective protocols for assessing C sequestration in rangelands (following the pathway described in F ...
... emissions, etc.) would enable national bodies to evaluate the role of grassland C sequestration as a component of nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs). Coupled with well-justified, cost-effective protocols for assessing C sequestration in rangelands (following the pathway described in F ...
Development of a Methodology and a Tool for the Assessment of Vulnerability of Roadways to Flood Induced Damage
... Research has clearly shown, and continues to show, that the nation is becoming increasingly vulnerable to devastating damage to the infrastructure as a result of changing global climatic patterns – for example floods associated with hurricanes of increasing frequency and rise in sea water and ground ...
... Research has clearly shown, and continues to show, that the nation is becoming increasingly vulnerable to devastating damage to the infrastructure as a result of changing global climatic patterns – for example floods associated with hurricanes of increasing frequency and rise in sea water and ground ...
The Household Production Function Approach to Valuing Climate
... According to household production function theory households combine marketed goods and nonmarket environmental goods to produce service flows of direct value to the household. This readily explains why, as an input to household production activities, households might have preferences over the clima ...
... According to household production function theory households combine marketed goods and nonmarket environmental goods to produce service flows of direct value to the household. This readily explains why, as an input to household production activities, households might have preferences over the clima ...