Working Paper - University of Sussex
... impact. This is because the world economy is concentrated in a few, rich countries. The world average in Figure 2 counts dollars, rather than countries, let alone people. Figure 2 also shows that, by and large, the negative impacts of climate change will fall on developing economies. Some have argu ...
... impact. This is because the world economy is concentrated in a few, rich countries. The world average in Figure 2 counts dollars, rather than countries, let alone people. Figure 2 also shows that, by and large, the negative impacts of climate change will fall on developing economies. Some have argu ...
The Quiet Tsunami: The Ecological, Economic, Social, and Political
... Marine food resources have supported human civilizations from time immemorial. However, humanity’s path to economic development over the past century has created a newly emerging threat to oceanic health. Humans have been dramatically increasing their emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other gree ...
... Marine food resources have supported human civilizations from time immemorial. However, humanity’s path to economic development over the past century has created a newly emerging threat to oceanic health. Humans have been dramatically increasing their emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other gree ...
The design of a legacy indicator tool for measuring climate change
... results between studies given the variety of methodologies employed [19]. The vast majority are also short-term projects, and even in the lengthy ones, the most an individual sample was exposed for was 8 years [18, 20]. Damage correlation ...
... results between studies given the variety of methodologies employed [19]. The vast majority are also short-term projects, and even in the lengthy ones, the most an individual sample was exposed for was 8 years [18, 20]. Damage correlation ...
GLOBAL COOLING - scienceandpublicpolicy.org
... active till about 50 years ago, but that since then only human CO2 emissions were to blame for the warming. It does not make sense that those natural causes of (sometimes quite dramatic) climate variations over billions of years, suddenly stopped being active and being displaced by one cause only, h ...
... active till about 50 years ago, but that since then only human CO2 emissions were to blame for the warming. It does not make sense that those natural causes of (sometimes quite dramatic) climate variations over billions of years, suddenly stopped being active and being displaced by one cause only, h ...
The EBRD and the Global Environment Facility
... with the private sector and development of innovative financial mechanisms, particularly in eastern Europe and central Asia. In Russia for example, the EBRD – with GEF support – developed innovative approaches to reduce the risk for private sector companies to invest in energy upgrades in urban hous ...
... with the private sector and development of innovative financial mechanisms, particularly in eastern Europe and central Asia. In Russia for example, the EBRD – with GEF support – developed innovative approaches to reduce the risk for private sector companies to invest in energy upgrades in urban hous ...
Climate Change Impacts on Tourism in the Mediterranean
... As one can see, the expansion in the service industries comes at the expense of the other two sectors, particularly Manufacturing. This is an example of a phenomenon, which is known in the literature as “the Dutch disease”6, and the meaning is that higher competitiveness in the tourism industry brin ...
... As one can see, the expansion in the service industries comes at the expense of the other two sectors, particularly Manufacturing. This is an example of a phenomenon, which is known in the literature as “the Dutch disease”6, and the meaning is that higher competitiveness in the tourism industry brin ...
Trends in Accounting for Greenhouse Gases
... and severity of droughts and floods, the shift in onset of the rains, and increasing intensity of mid-season dry spells in the last 50 years have been identified in the Initial National Communications (1996) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Third Assessment Report (2001) as a ...
... and severity of droughts and floods, the shift in onset of the rains, and increasing intensity of mid-season dry spells in the last 50 years have been identified in the Initial National Communications (1996) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Third Assessment Report (2001) as a ...
WORKING DOCUMENT: NOT FOR CITATION (please also note that this
... Committee of African Heads of State/ Government on Climate Change. The bloc set out various demands, including that the negotiations maintain a two-track approach, that common but differentiated responsibilities applied and that other countries assist those most vulnerable with financial and technic ...
... Committee of African Heads of State/ Government on Climate Change. The bloc set out various demands, including that the negotiations maintain a two-track approach, that common but differentiated responsibilities applied and that other countries assist those most vulnerable with financial and technic ...
Coral Reef Monitoring for Climate Change Impact Assessment and
... Management will address short-term, presentday needs (climate variability, uncoordinated coastal development, the need for sustainable coastal resource use, etc.) while providing a predictive tool with the capability to plan for and respond to medium- and long-term issues such as sea-level rise and ...
... Management will address short-term, presentday needs (climate variability, uncoordinated coastal development, the need for sustainable coastal resource use, etc.) while providing a predictive tool with the capability to plan for and respond to medium- and long-term issues such as sea-level rise and ...
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... however. As we do not want to die as a result of climate change, we cannot continue as before. Avoiding or adapting are no alternatives but must be done in addition. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is showing us the way. All of the world’s countries have to make their contribution to l ...
... however. As we do not want to die as a result of climate change, we cannot continue as before. Avoiding or adapting are no alternatives but must be done in addition. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is showing us the way. All of the world’s countries have to make their contribution to l ...
Dealing with reality - Oxford Academic
... report by October 2014. Each successive report has provided more assurance that global warming is occurring and that humans are the likely cause of the changing climate. The Fifth Report has some lost ground to make up in repairing the damage to the credibility of the scientific case caused by the h ...
... report by October 2014. Each successive report has provided more assurance that global warming is occurring and that humans are the likely cause of the changing climate. The Fifth Report has some lost ground to make up in repairing the damage to the credibility of the scientific case caused by the h ...
the politics of plenty - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
... interest permit process. This allows U.S. leaders to calibrate the inflow and outflow of these fuels across U.S. borders to advance its foreign policy objectives. The United States also owns and controls the release of over 720 million barrels of oil in its Strategic Petroleum Reserve. In addition t ...
... interest permit process. This allows U.S. leaders to calibrate the inflow and outflow of these fuels across U.S. borders to advance its foreign policy objectives. The United States also owns and controls the release of over 720 million barrels of oil in its Strategic Petroleum Reserve. In addition t ...
Incentives for Sustainability in the European Union:
... conjunction with extreme weather events in recent years, has created even more urgency for policymakers to address climate change issues. Since the EU has been successful in decreasing its GHG emissions, this study examines the EU’s institutional factors, governance structure, and energy tax policie ...
... conjunction with extreme weather events in recent years, has created even more urgency for policymakers to address climate change issues. Since the EU has been successful in decreasing its GHG emissions, this study examines the EU’s institutional factors, governance structure, and energy tax policie ...
full text - MODUL University Vienna
... and February. The principle attractions, which are promoted to potential visitors, are extraordinary mountain sceneries, as well as the promise of an adequate level of snowfall in the region. However, these conditions cannot simply be generated by tourism providers, but are highly dependent on the c ...
... and February. The principle attractions, which are promoted to potential visitors, are extraordinary mountain sceneries, as well as the promise of an adequate level of snowfall in the region. However, these conditions cannot simply be generated by tourism providers, but are highly dependent on the c ...
Setting Australia`s post-2020 target for greenhouse gas emissions
... A strong and effective global agreement, that addresses carbon leakage and delivers environmental benefit, is in Australia’s national interest. The latest climate information from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the Bureau of Meteorology indicates that Au ...
... A strong and effective global agreement, that addresses carbon leakage and delivers environmental benefit, is in Australia’s national interest. The latest climate information from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the Bureau of Meteorology indicates that Au ...
Climate Change: Federal Laws and Policies Updated January 28, 2008
... climate change policy, from ratification of the UNFCCC to the George W. Bush Administration’s 2001 rejection of the Kyoto Protocol to the present. The report focuses on major regulatory programs that monitor or reduce greenhouse gas emissions, along with their estimated effect on emissions levels. T ...
... climate change policy, from ratification of the UNFCCC to the George W. Bush Administration’s 2001 rejection of the Kyoto Protocol to the present. The report focuses on major regulatory programs that monitor or reduce greenhouse gas emissions, along with their estimated effect on emissions levels. T ...
Revisiting the urban - Durham Research Online
... Reconsidering sustainable cities and the multilevel politics of climate change Our analysis of the emergence of climate change on urban research and policy agendas during the 1990s and early 2000s started from a curious paradox. While the discourse of sustainable cities had provoked significant inte ...
... Reconsidering sustainable cities and the multilevel politics of climate change Our analysis of the emergence of climate change on urban research and policy agendas during the 1990s and early 2000s started from a curious paradox. While the discourse of sustainable cities had provoked significant inte ...
question proforma (Word) - Committee on Climate Change
... Multi-year targets, such as five-year budgets under the UK-wide Climate Change Act, provide greater smoothing of these annual fluctuations, while allowing for monitoring of progress towards longer-term emission reduction targets. Targets on an absolute basis allow for assessment towards total cumula ...
... Multi-year targets, such as five-year budgets under the UK-wide Climate Change Act, provide greater smoothing of these annual fluctuations, while allowing for monitoring of progress towards longer-term emission reduction targets. Targets on an absolute basis allow for assessment towards total cumula ...
Evidence for carbon dioxide and moisture interactions from the leaf
... reported here, all strongly suggest the existence of a significant CO2–water synergy in all the involved scales. The experiments employed a very wide range of up-to-date atmospheric models that complement the physics currently introduced in most Global Circulation Models (GCMs) for global climate ch ...
... reported here, all strongly suggest the existence of a significant CO2–water synergy in all the involved scales. The experiments employed a very wide range of up-to-date atmospheric models that complement the physics currently introduced in most Global Circulation Models (GCMs) for global climate ch ...
Climate Change Policy Jason Shogren and Michael Toman •
... Life on Earth is possible partly because some gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2) and water vapor, which naturally occur in Earth’s atmosphere, trap heat—like a greenhouse. CO2 released from use of fossil fuels (coal, oil, and natural gas) is the most plentiful humancreated greenhouse gas (GHG). Othe ...
... Life on Earth is possible partly because some gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2) and water vapor, which naturally occur in Earth’s atmosphere, trap heat—like a greenhouse. CO2 released from use of fossil fuels (coal, oil, and natural gas) is the most plentiful humancreated greenhouse gas (GHG). Othe ...
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... 1. The world is transforming, but still faces huge challenges 2. Coal has a critical role in the world’s energy mix, now and in the future 3. Climate change is a huge global challenge 4. Technology is critical to meeting the global climate challenge 5. We need more action on cleaner coal technology ...
... 1. The world is transforming, but still faces huge challenges 2. Coal has a critical role in the world’s energy mix, now and in the future 3. Climate change is a huge global challenge 4. Technology is critical to meeting the global climate challenge 5. We need more action on cleaner coal technology ...
Study guide - Bullfrog Films
... off and lands in a suitable habitat, it can take hold and establish a new colony. The last way in which corals reproduce is the only form of sexual reproduction, and therefore the only way in which genetic variation from one generation to the next is possible. Sperm from male polyps and eggs from fe ...
... off and lands in a suitable habitat, it can take hold and establish a new colony. The last way in which corals reproduce is the only form of sexual reproduction, and therefore the only way in which genetic variation from one generation to the next is possible. Sperm from male polyps and eggs from fe ...
Farming in a Changing Climate
... We are grateful to many individuals and institutions whose contributions have resulted in the publication of this book. Thank you to the chapter authors, who took the time and had the patience to work through the details of preparing their work for publication. We appreciate comments and suggestions ...
... We are grateful to many individuals and institutions whose contributions have resulted in the publication of this book. Thank you to the chapter authors, who took the time and had the patience to work through the details of preparing their work for publication. We appreciate comments and suggestions ...
Sample Chapter - Brookings Institution
... in the atmosphere and have fostered temperature levels in recent centuries conducive to staggering rates of agricultural and economic productivity as well as population growth. Many of these gases are familiar to the most basic science student, largely “natural” in origin, as opposed to such convent ...
... in the atmosphere and have fostered temperature levels in recent centuries conducive to staggering rates of agricultural and economic productivity as well as population growth. Many of these gases are familiar to the most basic science student, largely “natural” in origin, as opposed to such convent ...