Peak energy and climate change: the double bind
... consequential [25]. For most economists it is axiomatic that, in an effectively functioning market, supply will always meet demand. Accordingly the IEA has mostly extrapolated trends in energy demand, assuming that future demand will be met via the market-mechanism. The result is paradoxical. Origin ...
... consequential [25]. For most economists it is axiomatic that, in an effectively functioning market, supply will always meet demand. Accordingly the IEA has mostly extrapolated trends in energy demand, assuming that future demand will be met via the market-mechanism. The result is paradoxical. Origin ...
On summing the components of radiative forcing of climate change
... of the mean and range of those RFs quoted by Ramaswamy et al. (2001) `as uncertain by a factor of y'. It also constrains the sign of the forcing, which is not the case when a (broad) normal PDF is used. We restrict ourselves to the forcing agents identi®ed by Ramaswamy et al. (2001) and to the perio ...
... of the mean and range of those RFs quoted by Ramaswamy et al. (2001) `as uncertain by a factor of y'. It also constrains the sign of the forcing, which is not the case when a (broad) normal PDF is used. We restrict ourselves to the forcing agents identi®ed by Ramaswamy et al. (2001) and to the perio ...
Citizens Climate Lobby - 2017-18 Pre-Budget
... enabling citizens to pay the temporary increases in costs associated with the carbon fee. Most households (about 66 percent) are estimated in US-based modelling (see REMI Report http://citizensclimatelobby.org/remi-report/ ) to receive as much or more than they pay in increased costs. This protects ...
... enabling citizens to pay the temporary increases in costs associated with the carbon fee. Most households (about 66 percent) are estimated in US-based modelling (see REMI Report http://citizensclimatelobby.org/remi-report/ ) to receive as much or more than they pay in increased costs. This protects ...
Motions of the Ocean: Climate Change, Tides, and Changing Seas
... Lesson 1: Weather and Climate, What’s the Difference? Focus/Overview: Students will collect weather data daily, graph these measurements, and compare the data they collect with longer-term climate data for their community. Weather is a specific event or condition that happens over a period of hours ...
... Lesson 1: Weather and Climate, What’s the Difference? Focus/Overview: Students will collect weather data daily, graph these measurements, and compare the data they collect with longer-term climate data for their community. Weather is a specific event or condition that happens over a period of hours ...
"An Ice Core Time Machine." Earth
... Basin reveal disturbances in the ocean circulation patterns of the East Pacific region. Marine cores from the western Atlantic correlate with events in the Greenland ice core records as well. So does evidence in the form of debris from melting ice caps found in the North Pacific sediment. Abrupt cha ...
... Basin reveal disturbances in the ocean circulation patterns of the East Pacific region. Marine cores from the western Atlantic correlate with events in the Greenland ice core records as well. So does evidence in the form of debris from melting ice caps found in the North Pacific sediment. Abrupt cha ...
Regional Modelling of Vegetation Distributions
... In the biogeographic community, vegetation pattern at regional scales is well known to be determined by both climatic and edaphic factors. So these variables must be mapped at a fine enough scale to account for the range of vegetation – appropriately defined – within the region of interest. An appro ...
... In the biogeographic community, vegetation pattern at regional scales is well known to be determined by both climatic and edaphic factors. So these variables must be mapped at a fine enough scale to account for the range of vegetation – appropriately defined – within the region of interest. An appro ...
paper
... There is emerging evidence that the Earth’s climate might be changing more rapidly than expected and there are warnings that the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change target of limiting global warming to 2°C has become unrealistic. If mitigation targets can’t be met and the climate changes faste ...
... There is emerging evidence that the Earth’s climate might be changing more rapidly than expected and there are warnings that the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change target of limiting global warming to 2°C has become unrealistic. If mitigation targets can’t be met and the climate changes faste ...
TIBET`S NOMADIC PASTORALISTS
... Grasslands policy was now a simple zero-sum proposition: China must protect the grass in order to protect the watersheds, to protect the water – in quality and quantity – from degradation. And since the grasslands were not producing enough meat through traditional pastoral practices, the grazing an ...
... Grasslands policy was now a simple zero-sum proposition: China must protect the grass in order to protect the watersheds, to protect the water – in quality and quantity – from degradation. And since the grasslands were not producing enough meat through traditional pastoral practices, the grazing an ...
Building a Resilient Energy Gulf Coast: Executive Report
... storm surge damage from hurricanes drives significant losses in the Gulf Coast today. While the actual losses from extreme storms are uncertain in any given year, on average, the Gulf Coast faces annual losses of ~$14 billion today • Over the next 20 years, the Gulf Coast could face cumulative econ ...
... storm surge damage from hurricanes drives significant losses in the Gulf Coast today. While the actual losses from extreme storms are uncertain in any given year, on average, the Gulf Coast faces annual losses of ~$14 billion today • Over the next 20 years, the Gulf Coast could face cumulative econ ...
Vulnerable Coastal Regions: Indigenous People under Climate
... For many indigenous societies, the impact of climate change is not a problem of the future; it is already being felt, and the impacts will be imminent if no concrete counteractive measures are undertaken. Indigenous groups of Indonesia are especially vulnerable to the direct and indirect consequence ...
... For many indigenous societies, the impact of climate change is not a problem of the future; it is already being felt, and the impacts will be imminent if no concrete counteractive measures are undertaken. Indigenous groups of Indonesia are especially vulnerable to the direct and indirect consequence ...
draft proposal - Stockholm Environment Institute
... new policy options and new institutional processes. While, over time, the reductions in pollution which have been seen in recent decades in western countries should progressively emerge elsewhere, this will be a very long and costly process in terms of health and sustainable development. It is impor ...
... new policy options and new institutional processes. While, over time, the reductions in pollution which have been seen in recent decades in western countries should progressively emerge elsewhere, this will be a very long and costly process in terms of health and sustainable development. It is impor ...
Annual Progress Report 2015-16
... evolution and in societal adaptation to climate evolution is necessary for socioeconomic and political stability of the global society in the 21st century. ...
... evolution and in societal adaptation to climate evolution is necessary for socioeconomic and political stability of the global society in the 21st century. ...
What’s New in the Energy Volume
... Carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and storage (CCS) involves the capture of CO2, its transport to a storage location and its long-term isolation from the atmosphere. Emissions associated with CO2 transport, injection and storage are covered under category 1C. Emissions (and reductions) associated with C ...
... Carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and storage (CCS) involves the capture of CO2, its transport to a storage location and its long-term isolation from the atmosphere. Emissions associated with CO2 transport, injection and storage are covered under category 1C. Emissions (and reductions) associated with C ...
The impacts of climate change on human rights and forced migration
... forestry) accounting for in excess of 21 percent26/27. Most other economic sectors or activities are dependent on it, either processing its products or servicing the sector28. The agricultural sector faces a number of core challenges, including limited land availability for farming, lack of and poor ...
... forestry) accounting for in excess of 21 percent26/27. Most other economic sectors or activities are dependent on it, either processing its products or servicing the sector28. The agricultural sector faces a number of core challenges, including limited land availability for farming, lack of and poor ...
The Costs of Neglect of Climate Change Consequences: The Example of the Forestry Sector
... has encountered controversy. One the earliest controversies lies over the extent to which controlling deforestation in developing countries is an ethical or appropriate request to make to countries that are undergoing industrialization. In 1990, the USbased think tank, the World Resources Institute ...
... has encountered controversy. One the earliest controversies lies over the extent to which controlling deforestation in developing countries is an ethical or appropriate request to make to countries that are undergoing industrialization. In 1990, the USbased think tank, the World Resources Institute ...
Climate Change Adaptation Guideline
... Several infrastructure related governments and private sector organizations have developed frameworks and initiatives to assess climate change risks, opportunities, adaptation measures and programs7. A small selection is described here and whilst these frameworks and measures vary from agency to age ...
... Several infrastructure related governments and private sector organizations have developed frameworks and initiatives to assess climate change risks, opportunities, adaptation measures and programs7. A small selection is described here and whilst these frameworks and measures vary from agency to age ...
the full ITEP workshop booklet
... Human activities have enhanced the natural greenhouse effect by adding greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, very likely causing the Earth’s average temperature to rise. These additional greenhouse gases come from ...
... Human activities have enhanced the natural greenhouse effect by adding greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, very likely causing the Earth’s average temperature to rise. These additional greenhouse gases come from ...
The question of carbon-dioxide emission in the meat
... fuels, however, this does not mean that the meat-industry does not contribute. When discussing greenhouse gas emissions, the most advertised one is carbon dioxide, however, it is not the only culprit in threatening human kind’s future. If 1kg of methane would be released into the atmosphere, it woul ...
... fuels, however, this does not mean that the meat-industry does not contribute. When discussing greenhouse gas emissions, the most advertised one is carbon dioxide, however, it is not the only culprit in threatening human kind’s future. If 1kg of methane would be released into the atmosphere, it woul ...
the press kit
... farmer to construct a temporary bed within an animal’s pen. The purpose of taking these cows out of their usual rural context into an urban environment is to highlight the major disconnect that now exists between the cities we live in and the production processes that give us the food we eat. Thi ...
... farmer to construct a temporary bed within an animal’s pen. The purpose of taking these cows out of their usual rural context into an urban environment is to highlight the major disconnect that now exists between the cities we live in and the production processes that give us the food we eat. Thi ...
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... adapt to changes in these resources and services. In other words, the more people are dependent on climate sensitive forms of natural capital, and the less they rely on economic or social forms of capital, the more at risk they are from climate change. Yet environmental change does not undermine hum ...
... adapt to changes in these resources and services. In other words, the more people are dependent on climate sensitive forms of natural capital, and the less they rely on economic or social forms of capital, the more at risk they are from climate change. Yet environmental change does not undermine hum ...
UNIT 14 - IUCN Academy of Environmental Law
... indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable periods of time.” (UNFCCC art. 1.2) Adverse effects of climate change, as defined in Article 1.1 of the UNFCCC, means: – “Changes in the ...
... indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable periods of time.” (UNFCCC art. 1.2) Adverse effects of climate change, as defined in Article 1.1 of the UNFCCC, means: – “Changes in the ...
Adaptation investments
... Vulnerability studies have long been used to identify those population groups most likely to be negatively affected by drought and other natural hazards. However, framing climate change impacts within a context of vulnerability is a fairly new endeavor. Most recent work on social vulnerability has t ...
... Vulnerability studies have long been used to identify those population groups most likely to be negatively affected by drought and other natural hazards. However, framing climate change impacts within a context of vulnerability is a fairly new endeavor. Most recent work on social vulnerability has t ...
The Politics of Climate Change in Germany
... practically no credence to anthropogenic influences on world climate. It was not until late 1987 that the Council finally acknowledged the possibility of climate change due to CO2 emissions and other greenhouse gases (Hatch,1995:426). In other words, government officials did not receive much early w ...
... practically no credence to anthropogenic influences on world climate. It was not until late 1987 that the Council finally acknowledged the possibility of climate change due to CO2 emissions and other greenhouse gases (Hatch,1995:426). In other words, government officials did not receive much early w ...