Long-term climate goals Decarbonisation, carbon
... carbon neutral or climate neutral. They can contribute to the process of decarbonisation, but should not be considered as neutral because they result in a net release of greenhouse gases when used to offset emissions that occur elsewhere. Only offsets that permanently sequester CO2 can help to achie ...
... carbon neutral or climate neutral. They can contribute to the process of decarbonisation, but should not be considered as neutral because they result in a net release of greenhouse gases when used to offset emissions that occur elsewhere. Only offsets that permanently sequester CO2 can help to achie ...
Underwater: The Need for Massachusetts to Become Climate Ready
... resources, and programs; obtaining funds for surveys, outreach, and inventory assessments; and, evaluating vulnerabilities of their resources. 29 In addition, the subcommittee reported that discussions about ongoing adaptation activities-among EOEEA departments, the Massachusetts Department of Trans ...
... resources, and programs; obtaining funds for surveys, outreach, and inventory assessments; and, evaluating vulnerabilities of their resources. 29 In addition, the subcommittee reported that discussions about ongoing adaptation activities-among EOEEA departments, the Massachusetts Department of Trans ...
An Open Letter to the Republican National
... An Open Letter to the Republican National Committee: Thanks for sending us your “registered exclusively” survey and your fake census forms over the past few weeks. Instead of answering your questions, I’ve decided to respond with a few of my own. 1. Why are there no specific proposals for curing our ...
... An Open Letter to the Republican National Committee: Thanks for sending us your “registered exclusively” survey and your fake census forms over the past few weeks. Instead of answering your questions, I’ve decided to respond with a few of my own. 1. Why are there no specific proposals for curing our ...
Chapter 4 The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
... 2005; and 10 percent energy supply “improvements” (i.e. renewable energy or nuclear) by 2005. As the text noted, we have clearly not achieved the first standard, but progress is currently being made on the second two, although at least in the United States we have not achieved them. Also, note that ...
... 2005; and 10 percent energy supply “improvements” (i.e. renewable energy or nuclear) by 2005. As the text noted, we have clearly not achieved the first standard, but progress is currently being made on the second two, although at least in the United States we have not achieved them. Also, note that ...
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... new niches appear.10 Furthermore, studies suggest that increases in temperature, even if small in magnitude, may have negative impact on tropical insects, including beneficial insects, because they may already be living in an environment very close to their optimal temperature.11 Hosts and pathogens ...
... new niches appear.10 Furthermore, studies suggest that increases in temperature, even if small in magnitude, may have negative impact on tropical insects, including beneficial insects, because they may already be living in an environment very close to their optimal temperature.11 Hosts and pathogens ...
Eos
... part) that have finer horizontal grid resolution of surface features such as terrain [Castro et al., 2005]. Statistical downscaling uses transfer functions (e.g., regression relationships) representing observed relationships between larger-scale atmospheric variables and local quantities such as dai ...
... part) that have finer horizontal grid resolution of surface features such as terrain [Castro et al., 2005]. Statistical downscaling uses transfer functions (e.g., regression relationships) representing observed relationships between larger-scale atmospheric variables and local quantities such as dai ...
Conceptual framework: Definitions for key concepts
... Impacts are measurable outcomes of (or system responses to) climate dynamics and climate hazards, and are typically modulated by changes in biogeophysical and social systems. Impact categories covered by the case studies in CIRCE might include: health (e.g., mortality due to heat stress; hospital ad ...
... Impacts are measurable outcomes of (or system responses to) climate dynamics and climate hazards, and are typically modulated by changes in biogeophysical and social systems. Impact categories covered by the case studies in CIRCE might include: health (e.g., mortality due to heat stress; hospital ad ...
Climate Policy and Interest Groups - a Public
... secretariat and thus was part of the drive to give Bonn compensation for the move of the capital to Berlin. Another favourite is to label business-as-usual as a policy measure, e.g. in the case of many "voluntary agreements". Politicians of any ideological flavour ranging from the British Conservati ...
... secretariat and thus was part of the drive to give Bonn compensation for the move of the capital to Berlin. Another favourite is to label business-as-usual as a policy measure, e.g. in the case of many "voluntary agreements". Politicians of any ideological flavour ranging from the British Conservati ...
Professional Development Scholarship Program
... Session 3: Evolution of Human & Environmental Security Concepts. This seminar expands upon rethinking of security issues which has occurred since the end of the cold-war. It includes a review of competing views on security and then explores how current debates regarding human and environmental secur ...
... Session 3: Evolution of Human & Environmental Security Concepts. This seminar expands upon rethinking of security issues which has occurred since the end of the cold-war. It includes a review of competing views on security and then explores how current debates regarding human and environmental secur ...
Obama Might Actually Be the Environmental President by Jonathan
... difference between failing to do anything and failing to do enough. Even those who criticize the president’s efforts as inadequate ought to be clear-eyed about what has been accomplished. By the normal standards of progress, Obama has amassed an impressive record so far on climate change. There are ...
... difference between failing to do anything and failing to do enough. Even those who criticize the president’s efforts as inadequate ought to be clear-eyed about what has been accomplished. By the normal standards of progress, Obama has amassed an impressive record so far on climate change. There are ...
01 Trevor Ballance.indd
... This paper discusses the question of whether, in the light of what is becoming overwhelming evidence, Japanese university students are being adequately prepared for a future in which their lives may be deeply affected by the consequences of climate change. Using research conducted by survey at two J ...
... This paper discusses the question of whether, in the light of what is becoming overwhelming evidence, Japanese university students are being adequately prepared for a future in which their lives may be deeply affected by the consequences of climate change. Using research conducted by survey at two J ...
ab c The cold calculus of cash and carbon
... 40% of global emissions – and there actions will be central to a global deal. Since Doha, the dance between these two ‘carbon elephants’ – has become more sophisticated, with concerted action to curb emissions of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) a major non-carbon GHG (see China & the US: clearing the air, ...
... 40% of global emissions – and there actions will be central to a global deal. Since Doha, the dance between these two ‘carbon elephants’ – has become more sophisticated, with concerted action to curb emissions of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) a major non-carbon GHG (see China & the US: clearing the air, ...
Rafaela David Report - International Union Of Socialist Youth
... The IUSY APC Meeting focused on the topic “World without borders and Freedom for All”, a critical topic in the region where labor migration and human trafficking has led to various human rights abuses. Herein, there were workshops and sessions on: (1) Understanding Forced Migration/World without Bor ...
... The IUSY APC Meeting focused on the topic “World without borders and Freedom for All”, a critical topic in the region where labor migration and human trafficking has led to various human rights abuses. Herein, there were workshops and sessions on: (1) Understanding Forced Migration/World without Bor ...
Title III - Cap and Trade
... Cap and Trade defined as a system which enforces an economywide limit on greenhouse gas emissions through the implementation of renewable energy, and reduces emission limits over time http://energycommerce.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=articl e&id=1633:the-american-clean-energy-and ...
... Cap and Trade defined as a system which enforces an economywide limit on greenhouse gas emissions through the implementation of renewable energy, and reduces emission limits over time http://energycommerce.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=articl e&id=1633:the-american-clean-energy-and ...
Mediterranean ecosystems facing global change : resilient or close
... forces, particularly drought. In addition, human impacts, an intrinsic aspect of MTE functioning, can increase, accelerate, or mitigate direct climate impacts, through forest management, setting fires or extinguishing fires, a significant process in MTEs. We assessed the short and long term resilien ...
... forces, particularly drought. In addition, human impacts, an intrinsic aspect of MTE functioning, can increase, accelerate, or mitigate direct climate impacts, through forest management, setting fires or extinguishing fires, a significant process in MTEs. We assessed the short and long term resilien ...
Climatic changes (Franck Roux) - Severe Weather Information Centre
... (Clausius-Clapeyron : relative humidity increases by ~7% per °C warming) • This should increase rainfall rates in systems (such as TCs) where moisture convergence is an important component of the water budget. • For TCs, an increase in storm-wind intensity would amplify this phenomenon, through enha ...
... (Clausius-Clapeyron : relative humidity increases by ~7% per °C warming) • This should increase rainfall rates in systems (such as TCs) where moisture convergence is an important component of the water budget. • For TCs, an increase in storm-wind intensity would amplify this phenomenon, through enha ...
Smallholder Farmers` Perception of Climate Change
... same location (FAO, 2008). Air temperature, precipitation, atmospheric pressure and humidity, wind, and sunshine and cloud cover are variables that are commonly used by meteorologists to measure daily weather phenomena. Climate change refers to changes for at least 30 years in all the essential clim ...
... same location (FAO, 2008). Air temperature, precipitation, atmospheric pressure and humidity, wind, and sunshine and cloud cover are variables that are commonly used by meteorologists to measure daily weather phenomena. Climate change refers to changes for at least 30 years in all the essential clim ...
the heat marches on
... annually (Deloitte Access Economics 2013). In February, during the four consecutive days over 40°C in Perth, hospitals saw an increase in heat related illnesses (ABC 2016, The Guardian 2016). The human health impacts of extreme heat events, detailed in the ...
... annually (Deloitte Access Economics 2013). In February, during the four consecutive days over 40°C in Perth, hospitals saw an increase in heat related illnesses (ABC 2016, The Guardian 2016). The human health impacts of extreme heat events, detailed in the ...
Emissions Reduction Plan
... - Focus on addressing more complex properties that have received few improvements so far, such as private blocks of flats, the private rented sector and properties off the gas grid. Buildings - Heat Heating and hot water for buildings are responsible for 40% of energy use and 20% of greenhouse gas e ...
... - Focus on addressing more complex properties that have received few improvements so far, such as private blocks of flats, the private rented sector and properties off the gas grid. Buildings - Heat Heating and hot water for buildings are responsible for 40% of energy use and 20% of greenhouse gas e ...
Sample resolution by Student Government OR Academic Board
... FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Student Council/Academic Board urges the Vice-Chancellor and the University Council/Senate to ensure that none of its directly held or commingled assets include holdings in fossil fuel public equities and corporate bonds within 5 years as determined by the Carbon Undergro ...
... FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Student Council/Academic Board urges the Vice-Chancellor and the University Council/Senate to ensure that none of its directly held or commingled assets include holdings in fossil fuel public equities and corporate bonds within 5 years as determined by the Carbon Undergro ...
Workshop TFIAM CEE
... distances how far we can see, degrades the colours, clarity and contrast of the scenes. • Expressed in terms of visual range (human measurement) or light extinction (measurable and linked to visual range) ...
... distances how far we can see, degrades the colours, clarity and contrast of the scenes. • Expressed in terms of visual range (human measurement) or light extinction (measurable and linked to visual range) ...