Svalbard innmat
... It was an honour to host the International Conference on Climate Change in the Arctic organised on Svalbard this summer. The conference attracted eminent scientists from a variety of scientific fields as well as high level policy makers and resulted in valuable input to our common knowledge base as ...
... It was an honour to host the International Conference on Climate Change in the Arctic organised on Svalbard this summer. The conference attracted eminent scientists from a variety of scientific fields as well as high level policy makers and resulted in valuable input to our common knowledge base as ...
Survey Experiment - RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community
... approaches get at the micro-foundations of state behavior, actors are still by and large understood to be self-interested maximizers of material utility.4 These approaches all typically see logics of consequences as the primary animating logic of decision. Another theoretical approach—constructivis ...
... approaches get at the micro-foundations of state behavior, actors are still by and large understood to be self-interested maximizers of material utility.4 These approaches all typically see logics of consequences as the primary animating logic of decision. Another theoretical approach—constructivis ...
Climate Change in Perspective The current warm period is
... constitutes about 3% to 4% of total greenhouse gases by volume; therefore anthropogenic CO2 represents just over one-tenth of one percent (0.12%) of total greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere each year. Water vapor is the major greenhouse gas, about 25 times more abundant than carbon dioxide ...
... constitutes about 3% to 4% of total greenhouse gases by volume; therefore anthropogenic CO2 represents just over one-tenth of one percent (0.12%) of total greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere each year. Water vapor is the major greenhouse gas, about 25 times more abundant than carbon dioxide ...
Clemmitt, "Climate change"
... “You can’t just do one thing and make it go away,” Patz says, so the spread into additional, warming regions would be a serious health threat. “The lesson for the future is that we need to take a multipronged approach to the health effects of climate change,” he continues. “Number one, we need a str ...
... “You can’t just do one thing and make it go away,” Patz says, so the spread into additional, warming regions would be a serious health threat. “The lesson for the future is that we need to take a multipronged approach to the health effects of climate change,” he continues. “Number one, we need a str ...
WOrld ClimaTE rESEarCH PrOGrammE GlOBal SEa
... Figure 1: (a) Sea-level changes from 1000 B.C. to A.D. 2000 inferred from a range of sources (CSIRO, http://www.cmar.csiro. au/sealevel); (b) global mean sea level from 1870 to 2008, based on in situ measurements with one standard deviation error estimates, is in red (Church and White, 2006) and the ...
... Figure 1: (a) Sea-level changes from 1000 B.C. to A.D. 2000 inferred from a range of sources (CSIRO, http://www.cmar.csiro. au/sealevel); (b) global mean sea level from 1870 to 2008, based on in situ measurements with one standard deviation error estimates, is in red (Church and White, 2006) and the ...
The Case of China CDM Fund - USAID Adapt Asia
... Exchange, who supports Shanghai to be the first city/province implementing carbon trading scheme; Renewable energy development: biomass, hydropower, solar power; Energy efficiency enhancement: heating recovery, central heating system, natural gas replacing coal, energy saving products like inver ...
... Exchange, who supports Shanghai to be the first city/province implementing carbon trading scheme; Renewable energy development: biomass, hydropower, solar power; Energy efficiency enhancement: heating recovery, central heating system, natural gas replacing coal, energy saving products like inver ...
Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis Chapter 5
... Observations: Oceanic climate change and sea level • Global scale temperature and salinity change • Regional scale ocean changes • Ocean bio-geochemical change (ocean carbon cycle) • Changes in sea level • Synthesis “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations ...
... Observations: Oceanic climate change and sea level • Global scale temperature and salinity change • Regional scale ocean changes • Ocean bio-geochemical change (ocean carbon cycle) • Changes in sea level • Synthesis “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations ...
Likewise, any variation in weather or climatic conditions adversely
... onward, attributed largely to increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by uses of fossil fuels and other green house gases. Averaged over all land and ocean surfaces, temperature has increased by roughly 1.53°F (0.85ºC) from 1880 to 2012, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Cl ...
... onward, attributed largely to increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by uses of fossil fuels and other green house gases. Averaged over all land and ocean surfaces, temperature has increased by roughly 1.53°F (0.85ºC) from 1880 to 2012, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Cl ...
CEQA - Sierra Water Workgroup
... When a project’s greenhouse gas emissions may be significant, lead agencies must consider a range of potential mitigation measures to reduce those emissions. (See CEQA Guidelines § 15126.4(c).) Lead agencies must analyze potentially significant impacts associated with placing projects in hazardous l ...
... When a project’s greenhouse gas emissions may be significant, lead agencies must consider a range of potential mitigation measures to reduce those emissions. (See CEQA Guidelines § 15126.4(c).) Lead agencies must analyze potentially significant impacts associated with placing projects in hazardous l ...
Forest ecosystem climate change impact assessment and
... and climatic importance of these forests is considerable. They supply coniferous timber, fuel wood, minor forest produce, hydroelectric power, drinking and irrigation water, minerals, soil nutrients, and places for tourism and recreation. The mountain regions are important centers of biodiversity. T ...
... and climatic importance of these forests is considerable. They supply coniferous timber, fuel wood, minor forest produce, hydroelectric power, drinking and irrigation water, minerals, soil nutrients, and places for tourism and recreation. The mountain regions are important centers of biodiversity. T ...
Smurfit-Stone Container Enterprises, Inc
... are still largely under development, the specific impacts to Smurfit-Stone and the pulp and paper industry are difficult to predict as any single variable can vastly alter the scope of such impacts considerably. For example, a study done by National Economic Research Associates (“NERA”) suggests tha ...
... are still largely under development, the specific impacts to Smurfit-Stone and the pulp and paper industry are difficult to predict as any single variable can vastly alter the scope of such impacts considerably. For example, a study done by National Economic Research Associates (“NERA”) suggests tha ...
Forests and Climate Change: Mitigation and Adaptation through
... global markets to conversion of forest land to pasture for large scale cattle ranging or more profitable agricultural products, such as corn or palm oil. Forest land is also sacrificed to meet the needs of local communities for land to use in subsistence agriculture. A diverse set of changes such as ...
... global markets to conversion of forest land to pasture for large scale cattle ranging or more profitable agricultural products, such as corn or palm oil. Forest land is also sacrificed to meet the needs of local communities for land to use in subsistence agriculture. A diverse set of changes such as ...
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Why the
... Why the IPCC was created Human activities now occur on a scale that is starting to interfere with natural systems such as the global climate. Because climate change is such a complex and challenging issue, policymakers need an objective source of information about the causes of climate change, its p ...
... Why the IPCC was created Human activities now occur on a scale that is starting to interfere with natural systems such as the global climate. Because climate change is such a complex and challenging issue, policymakers need an objective source of information about the causes of climate change, its p ...
Adaptation strategies to increase human resilience against climate
... the face of climate-related shocks. In countries where drought can be expected to increase in duration and frequency, measures such as these can operate as de facto climate change adaptation options. These measures warrant careful consideration in adaptation policy and planning, alongside larger-sca ...
... the face of climate-related shocks. In countries where drought can be expected to increase in duration and frequency, measures such as these can operate as de facto climate change adaptation options. These measures warrant careful consideration in adaptation policy and planning, alongside larger-sca ...
Power Failure: How Climate Change Puts Our Electricity at Risk
... and droughts are becoming more frequent and severe in some regions. Sea level rise is already worsening coastal floods, and other extreme weather events are likely to become more severe as the planet continues to warm. Building power plants and electricity infrastructure in areas prone to climaterel ...
... and droughts are becoming more frequent and severe in some regions. Sea level rise is already worsening coastal floods, and other extreme weather events are likely to become more severe as the planet continues to warm. Building power plants and electricity infrastructure in areas prone to climaterel ...
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... an approach in which variable bias adjustment was applied to the PRECIS data depending upon the ranking of the PRECIS simulated data amongst all rain-day events in a particular month ...
... an approach in which variable bias adjustment was applied to the PRECIS data depending upon the ranking of the PRECIS simulated data amongst all rain-day events in a particular month ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES THE CLIMATE POLICY DILEMMA Robert S. Pindyck
... The IRRA, denoted by η, can also strongly affect the economic case for a climate policy. To see this, note that η affects expected future welfare in two ways. First, the larger is η, the faster the marginal utility of consumption will decline as consumption grows. Since (other things equal) consumpt ...
... The IRRA, denoted by η, can also strongly affect the economic case for a climate policy. To see this, note that η affects expected future welfare in two ways. First, the larger is η, the faster the marginal utility of consumption will decline as consumption grows. Since (other things equal) consumpt ...
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... What’s New in Climate Change? Sept 14 – Alaska creates Climate Change Sub-Cabinet Sept 12 – Virginia announces state-wide energy plan Sept 12 - Vermont’s GHG vehicle emission standards upheld in court Aug 28 - Illinois law enacts renewable energy and ...
... What’s New in Climate Change? Sept 14 – Alaska creates Climate Change Sub-Cabinet Sept 12 – Virginia announces state-wide energy plan Sept 12 - Vermont’s GHG vehicle emission standards upheld in court Aug 28 - Illinois law enacts renewable energy and ...
City of North Vancouver Climate Change Adaptation Plan
... Mitigation and adaptation measures are often similar and can offer benefits to the other course of action. When mitigation is done successfully it also reduces the need for adaptation, reducing costs and allowing a greater range of impacts to be addressed. Even with aggressive worldwide mitigation t ...
... Mitigation and adaptation measures are often similar and can offer benefits to the other course of action. When mitigation is done successfully it also reduces the need for adaptation, reducing costs and allowing a greater range of impacts to be addressed. Even with aggressive worldwide mitigation t ...
Implications of Climate Changes in the Wider Caribbean Region
... climate change that is now understood to be taking place: human activity is strongly involved. The effects of such anthropogenic activity on the Wider Caribbean Region are difficult to isolate from other natural moods in Earth's climate. Nevertheless, the arguments are accepted that regional climati ...
... climate change that is now understood to be taking place: human activity is strongly involved. The effects of such anthropogenic activity on the Wider Caribbean Region are difficult to isolate from other natural moods in Earth's climate. Nevertheless, the arguments are accepted that regional climati ...
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... contribution to international funds on health and education. It manages our partnerships with the funds and uses our involvement to influence the work of the funds. Climate and Environment Department (CED) is part of Policy Division. The department delivers results at scale through the £3.87 billion ...
... contribution to international funds on health and education. It manages our partnerships with the funds and uses our involvement to influence the work of the funds. Climate and Environment Department (CED) is part of Policy Division. The department delivers results at scale through the £3.87 billion ...
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... Overall conclusions • First summary of the work undertaken so to date • Not a full assessment of the uncertainty range, but an evaluation of the influence of different policy-related and scientific choices • The influence of scientific choices is notable. Therefore research is ongoing (see paper #2) ...
... Overall conclusions • First summary of the work undertaken so to date • Not a full assessment of the uncertainty range, but an evaluation of the influence of different policy-related and scientific choices • The influence of scientific choices is notable. Therefore research is ongoing (see paper #2) ...
The 2015 Global Climate Legislation Study
... 30% GHG emission reduction by 2025 in comparison with business as usual. If Iran has international technical/financial assistance, a further 34% reduction in emissions will be possible. The Fifth Five-Year National Development Plan (FYDP) covering 2010 to 2015 aims to identify a development model th ...
... 30% GHG emission reduction by 2025 in comparison with business as usual. If Iran has international technical/financial assistance, a further 34% reduction in emissions will be possible. The Fifth Five-Year National Development Plan (FYDP) covering 2010 to 2015 aims to identify a development model th ...