Management & Engineering
... carbon dioxide and mitigate greenhouse effect but also increase jobs (Jia Zhibang, 2007). According to the estimation of State Forestry Administration in China, the potential of Chinese forestry to absorb carbon dioxide equivalent is huge, including: (1) to enlarge the afforestation area would incre ...
... carbon dioxide and mitigate greenhouse effect but also increase jobs (Jia Zhibang, 2007). According to the estimation of State Forestry Administration in China, the potential of Chinese forestry to absorb carbon dioxide equivalent is huge, including: (1) to enlarge the afforestation area would incre ...
Plans for the 2010 WMO/UNEP
... Benefits to the ozone layer of many options to further reduce ODS have been evaluated Percent reductions in integrated Equivalent Effective Stratospheric Chlorine (EESC) ...
... Benefits to the ozone layer of many options to further reduce ODS have been evaluated Percent reductions in integrated Equivalent Effective Stratospheric Chlorine (EESC) ...
Marginal abatement cost curves for policy making
... technologies. For sectoral studies, e.g. the transport sector, a problem can arise when mitigation costs are implemented from the perspectives of different decision makers, which would mean that an accumulation of abatement costs across sectors is not be possible. Another disadvantage of expert base ...
... technologies. For sectoral studies, e.g. the transport sector, a problem can arise when mitigation costs are implemented from the perspectives of different decision makers, which would mean that an accumulation of abatement costs across sectors is not be possible. Another disadvantage of expert base ...
biodiversity conservation and geothermal development
... One of the key components crucial in economic and social development is energy. The current energy exploration and use has resulted in environmental changes with significant local and regional effects, a concern that caught the attention of many countries in the Earth Summit. Today, more than 1.6 bi ...
... One of the key components crucial in economic and social development is energy. The current energy exploration and use has resulted in environmental changes with significant local and regional effects, a concern that caught the attention of many countries in the Earth Summit. Today, more than 1.6 bi ...
Warming the world : economic models of global
... change. The models, called RICE-99 (for the Regional Dynamic Integrated model of Climate and the Economy) and DICE-99 (for the Dynamic Integrated model of Climate and the Economy), build upon earlier work by Nordhaus and collaborators, particularly the DICE and RICE models constructed in the early 1 ...
... change. The models, called RICE-99 (for the Regional Dynamic Integrated model of Climate and the Economy) and DICE-99 (for the Dynamic Integrated model of Climate and the Economy), build upon earlier work by Nordhaus and collaborators, particularly the DICE and RICE models constructed in the early 1 ...
State of Climate Change Science in the Great Lakes Basin
... • There are uncertainties in the relative roles of precipitation, runoff, evaporation and evapotranspiration in water level modelling. Lakes • There is a lack of clarity in the understanding of multiple factors (including hydroclimatic factors) influencing water level projections for the Great La ...
... • There are uncertainties in the relative roles of precipitation, runoff, evaporation and evapotranspiration in water level modelling. Lakes • There is a lack of clarity in the understanding of multiple factors (including hydroclimatic factors) influencing water level projections for the Great La ...
Climate risk management workshop - background notes
... While global warming is accepted as a physical reality, there is considerable uncertainty on its magnitude and impacts on the Caribbean. As a result climate scientists have a serious challenge in providing advice to policymakers on the level of adaptation required and the options that should be cons ...
... While global warming is accepted as a physical reality, there is considerable uncertainty on its magnitude and impacts on the Caribbean. As a result climate scientists have a serious challenge in providing advice to policymakers on the level of adaptation required and the options that should be cons ...
Internal and forced climate variability during the last millennium: a
... low range of coupled atmosphere–sea-ice–ocean general circulation models. More information about the model and a complete list of references is available at the address http://www.knmi.nl/onderzk/CKO/ecbiltpapers.html. 2.2. Experimental design Twenty-five simulations have been performed covering the ...
... low range of coupled atmosphere–sea-ice–ocean general circulation models. More information about the model and a complete list of references is available at the address http://www.knmi.nl/onderzk/CKO/ecbiltpapers.html. 2.2. Experimental design Twenty-five simulations have been performed covering the ...
All flavours of El Niño have similar early subsurface origins - e
... numerous lists of past El Niños23 are both an indicator of and a cause for confusion. Although the SST and surface wind signatures are crucial for determining the global impacts of ENSO, focusing on the initiation of the discharge, which takes place well before any ENSO precursors known at present, ...
... numerous lists of past El Niños23 are both an indicator of and a cause for confusion. Although the SST and surface wind signatures are crucial for determining the global impacts of ENSO, focusing on the initiation of the discharge, which takes place well before any ENSO precursors known at present, ...
R Cook Master Thesis 2010
... 3.1 Equity.................................................................................................................23 3.1.1 Equity and Judicial Discretion ..................................................................23 3.1.2 Equity and Environmental Treaties ............................ ...
... 3.1 Equity.................................................................................................................23 3.1.1 Equity and Judicial Discretion ..................................................................23 3.1.2 Equity and Environmental Treaties ............................ ...
Agricultural and Forest Land Use Potential for REDD
... covers as well as their potential to engage in other forest regrowth systems in their food production activities. However these potentials appear largely untapped. Furthermore, the enormous potentials of mitigating climate change by reducing emission of agriculture-based carbon dioxide with favorabl ...
... covers as well as their potential to engage in other forest regrowth systems in their food production activities. However these potentials appear largely untapped. Furthermore, the enormous potentials of mitigating climate change by reducing emission of agriculture-based carbon dioxide with favorabl ...
Framing Global Catastrophic Risk – Recent and Future Research 1
... reduce the emissions of carbon dioxide. The Paris Agreement, which was established on November 4, 2016, is an international effort to reduce emissions by humans that cause climate change (United Nations, n.d.). Additionally, Tsur and Withagen (2011) write that it would be benefiting for growing econ ...
... reduce the emissions of carbon dioxide. The Paris Agreement, which was established on November 4, 2016, is an international effort to reduce emissions by humans that cause climate change (United Nations, n.d.). Additionally, Tsur and Withagen (2011) write that it would be benefiting for growing econ ...
Triple Harvest - California Climate and Agriculture Network (CalCAN)
... farmland conservation. For example, large-scale solar energy projects intended to help the state meet its renewable energy goals and address climate change threaten to take some of California’s most significant agricultural lands out of production. High-speed rail and the development that will resul ...
... farmland conservation. For example, large-scale solar energy projects intended to help the state meet its renewable energy goals and address climate change threaten to take some of California’s most significant agricultural lands out of production. High-speed rail and the development that will resul ...
Special Interests and the Media
... An empirical section argues that evidence from climate change and other issues is consistent with an important role for special interests and the media in determining public opinion and public policy. Differences in the public response to ozone depletion and global warming line up with differences i ...
... An empirical section argues that evidence from climate change and other issues is consistent with an important role for special interests and the media in determining public opinion and public policy. Differences in the public response to ozone depletion and global warming line up with differences i ...
Special Interests and the Media: Theory and an Application to Climate Change Seminar is joint with Political Economy.
... An empirical section argues that evidence from climate change and other issues is consistent with an important role for special interests and the media in determining public opinion and public policy. Differences in the public response to ozone depletion and global warming line up with differences i ...
... An empirical section argues that evidence from climate change and other issues is consistent with an important role for special interests and the media in determining public opinion and public policy. Differences in the public response to ozone depletion and global warming line up with differences i ...
Climate Protection as a World Citizen Movement
... – DIE, Bonn); Jennifer Morgan (World Resources Institute, Director Climate & Energy Program, Washington, DC); Hermann Ott (Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy); Pieter Pauw (German ...
... – DIE, Bonn); Jennifer Morgan (World Resources Institute, Director Climate & Energy Program, Washington, DC); Hermann Ott (Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy); Pieter Pauw (German ...
Clathrate gun hypothesis - Wikipedia, the free
... apparently through perforations in the seabed permafrost,[20] with concentrations in some regions reaching up to 100 times normal levels.[22][23] The excess methane has been detected in localized hotspots in the outfall of the Lena River and the border between the Laptev Sea and the East Siberian Se ...
... apparently through perforations in the seabed permafrost,[20] with concentrations in some regions reaching up to 100 times normal levels.[22][23] The excess methane has been detected in localized hotspots in the outfall of the Lena River and the border between the Laptev Sea and the East Siberian Se ...
Slide 1
... to 2030? What’s new? • Recent environmental assessments raised awareness of the environmental challenges and the urgency to act. • OECD Environmental Outlook focuses on how to act, by providing policy solutions. Focus on the policy solutions. • Built on OECD’s economic and environmental modelling ca ...
... to 2030? What’s new? • Recent environmental assessments raised awareness of the environmental challenges and the urgency to act. • OECD Environmental Outlook focuses on how to act, by providing policy solutions. Focus on the policy solutions. • Built on OECD’s economic and environmental modelling ca ...
Statistical methods for the analysis of simulated and observed
... planning, nature conservation, water management, energy supply and tourism for example. Climate change impacts can already be observed at many places and they will inevitably be felt more in the future (see for example: DAS, 2008, Chmielewski et al. 2009, Henson, 2011, Jendritzky, 2007, Zebisch et a ...
... planning, nature conservation, water management, energy supply and tourism for example. Climate change impacts can already be observed at many places and they will inevitably be felt more in the future (see for example: DAS, 2008, Chmielewski et al. 2009, Henson, 2011, Jendritzky, 2007, Zebisch et a ...
Treeline dynamics with climate change at the central Nepal Himalaya
... climate change with differential pattern in regeneration condition, much wider differences are anticipated in their population status as climate continues to change throughout the century. ...
... climate change with differential pattern in regeneration condition, much wider differences are anticipated in their population status as climate continues to change throughout the century. ...
Does extreme precipitation intensity depend on the emissions
... heat flux, a fundamental constraint governing its change [e.g., Pendergrass and Hartmann, 2014b]. The change in atmospheric radiative cooling, and thus global-mean precipitation, per degree warming for any component of the forcing in isolation (GHG or aerosols) is similar across emissions scenarios. ...
... heat flux, a fundamental constraint governing its change [e.g., Pendergrass and Hartmann, 2014b]. The change in atmospheric radiative cooling, and thus global-mean precipitation, per degree warming for any component of the forcing in isolation (GHG or aerosols) is similar across emissions scenarios. ...
https://www.environment.gov.za/sites/default/files/reports/sa1stbiennialupdatereport.pdf
... As a result, South Africa has taken steps to formulate measures to mitigate and adapt to a changing climate. The transition to a low carbon economy is guided by the country’s vision for 2030, as detailed in the 2011 National Development Plan and the National Climate Change Response White Paper. To a ...
... As a result, South Africa has taken steps to formulate measures to mitigate and adapt to a changing climate. The transition to a low carbon economy is guided by the country’s vision for 2030, as detailed in the 2011 National Development Plan and the National Climate Change Response White Paper. To a ...