In Pursuit of a Sustainable World
... As we do not undertake any industrial activities, our environmental impact is largely from our facilities management and corporate travel. Heating and electricity accounts for approximately 75.8% of our CO2 emissions. Business travel contributes a further 16.5%. In total, our environmental footprint ...
... As we do not undertake any industrial activities, our environmental impact is largely from our facilities management and corporate travel. Heating and electricity accounts for approximately 75.8% of our CO2 emissions. Business travel contributes a further 16.5%. In total, our environmental footprint ...
2007 August, Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Policy and Economics
... revenue. However, because the current national discussion is focused almost exclusively on a cap-and-trade, the State could put pressure on Congress to pass a well-designed “hybrid” cap-and-trade program as a good second-best policy option. Either way, market-based regulation on the federal level is ...
... revenue. However, because the current national discussion is focused almost exclusively on a cap-and-trade, the State could put pressure on Congress to pass a well-designed “hybrid” cap-and-trade program as a good second-best policy option. Either way, market-based regulation on the federal level is ...
Hydrological controls on the tropospheric ozone greenhouse gas
... quantified in terms of the O3 longwave radiative effect (LWRE), which is defined as the net reduction of top-of-atmosphere flux due to total tropospheric O3 absorption. The O3 LWRE derived from the infrared spectral measurements by Aura’s Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) show that the spatio ...
... quantified in terms of the O3 longwave radiative effect (LWRE), which is defined as the net reduction of top-of-atmosphere flux due to total tropospheric O3 absorption. The O3 LWRE derived from the infrared spectral measurements by Aura’s Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) show that the spatio ...
Adaptation of Fisheries and Fishing Communities to the Impacts of
... climate on the harvesting sector. There are some empirical data that can be used for those assessments, but they will depend to a large extent on expert opinion. Throughout the discussion of possible impacts, it will become apparent that a full quantitative assessment of the impact of climate change ...
... climate on the harvesting sector. There are some empirical data that can be used for those assessments, but they will depend to a large extent on expert opinion. Throughout the discussion of possible impacts, it will become apparent that a full quantitative assessment of the impact of climate change ...
Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs)
... and Non-Annex I documents where information on the related context, conditions and considerations associated with these mitigation actions are included, as well as the financial support required for their preparation and implementation. NAMAs adjustment, rules, and feasibility studies are still in p ...
... and Non-Annex I documents where information on the related context, conditions and considerations associated with these mitigation actions are included, as well as the financial support required for their preparation and implementation. NAMAs adjustment, rules, and feasibility studies are still in p ...
Adaptation of Fisheries and Fishing Communities to the
... climate on the harvesting sector. There are some empirical data that can be used for those assessments, but they will depend to a large extent on expert opinion. Throughout the discussion of possible impacts, it will become apparent that a full quantitative assessment of the impact of climate change ...
... climate on the harvesting sector. There are some empirical data that can be used for those assessments, but they will depend to a large extent on expert opinion. Throughout the discussion of possible impacts, it will become apparent that a full quantitative assessment of the impact of climate change ...
Project Document - Deliverable Description
... communication and biennial update report in a continuous manner. The capacity building activities in Thailand have yet to expand to reach government offices/agencies to participate in the preparation process and enable them to prepare the documents in a more regular basis. Hence, the ultimate goal o ...
... communication and biennial update report in a continuous manner. The capacity building activities in Thailand have yet to expand to reach government offices/agencies to participate in the preparation process and enable them to prepare the documents in a more regular basis. Hence, the ultimate goal o ...
Hamilton Community Climate Change Action Plan
... Our plan focuses on adapting and preparing our community for the risks of climate change, such as more variable and extreme weather, additional social and infrastructure stresses, risks to infrastructure, and insurance costs. It also focuses on reducing our community’s co ...
... Our plan focuses on adapting and preparing our community for the risks of climate change, such as more variable and extreme weather, additional social and infrastructure stresses, risks to infrastructure, and insurance costs. It also focuses on reducing our community’s co ...
Scoping Study: Reviewing the Coverage of Economic Impacts in the
... projections or that may arise post 2100. It then considers the geographical domain of the risks, i.e. whether these effects occur directly in the UK, whether the effects occur at the international level and then subsequently impact on the UK (i.e. they are imported into the UK), and a final wider ca ...
... projections or that may arise post 2100. It then considers the geographical domain of the risks, i.e. whether these effects occur directly in the UK, whether the effects occur at the international level and then subsequently impact on the UK (i.e. they are imported into the UK), and a final wider ca ...
Temperate Grassland Responses to Climate
... NPP is the sum of the above and belowground litter inputs to the soil (plus animal intake in grazed systems) and is exactly balanced by soil respiration. In the model, a step increase in temperature always increased soil respiration more than NPP, even at high LAI. The result was a net loss of soil ...
... NPP is the sum of the above and belowground litter inputs to the soil (plus animal intake in grazed systems) and is exactly balanced by soil respiration. In the model, a step increase in temperature always increased soil respiration more than NPP, even at high LAI. The result was a net loss of soil ...
Report
... The focus of climate change mitigation policy to date has been on "preventing dangerous anthropogenic interference with Earth's climate system". There is no global agreement or scientific consensus for delineating ‘dangerous’ from ‘acceptable’ climate change but limiting global average temperature r ...
... The focus of climate change mitigation policy to date has been on "preventing dangerous anthropogenic interference with Earth's climate system". There is no global agreement or scientific consensus for delineating ‘dangerous’ from ‘acceptable’ climate change but limiting global average temperature r ...
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... greenhouse gas emissions and global climate change, and its adverse impact on the States, is now well recognized. See Massachusetts v. EPA, 127 S. Ct. 1438, 1455 (2007) (“The harms associated with climate change are serious and well recognized.”); id. at 1457-58 (CO 2 considered a “greenhouse gas” t ...
... greenhouse gas emissions and global climate change, and its adverse impact on the States, is now well recognized. See Massachusetts v. EPA, 127 S. Ct. 1438, 1455 (2007) (“The harms associated with climate change are serious and well recognized.”); id. at 1457-58 (CO 2 considered a “greenhouse gas” t ...
Major Tipping Points in the Earth`s Climate System
... The focus of climate change mitigation policy to date has been on "preventing dangerous anthropogenic interference with Earth's climate system". There is no global agreement or scientific consensus for delineating ‘dangerous’ from ‘acceptable’ climate change but limiting global average temperature r ...
... The focus of climate change mitigation policy to date has been on "preventing dangerous anthropogenic interference with Earth's climate system". There is no global agreement or scientific consensus for delineating ‘dangerous’ from ‘acceptable’ climate change but limiting global average temperature r ...
Tackling the Limits to Adaptation
... this century compared to pre-industrial levels.” This report continues to raise the alarm, and also suggests solutions. We cannot sit idly by and watch as the world moves closer to a world where we fear for our children’s futures, a 4°C world that “is incompatible with any reasonable characterizatio ...
... this century compared to pre-industrial levels.” This report continues to raise the alarm, and also suggests solutions. We cannot sit idly by and watch as the world moves closer to a world where we fear for our children’s futures, a 4°C world that “is incompatible with any reasonable characterizatio ...
Policy Tools for Local Adaptation to Sea Level Rise
... concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Sea level rise in the coming decades is anticipated to be a major effect of climate change with mostly negative impacts for many coastal regions, including Florida. North America and other parts of the world are alr ...
... concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Sea level rise in the coming decades is anticipated to be a major effect of climate change with mostly negative impacts for many coastal regions, including Florida. North America and other parts of the world are alr ...
United Nations Development Programme
... One of the three areas of cooperation for the UN in the country stated in the UNDAF 2010-2015 is environment protection. The UN’s support in this area responds to the national priority for strengthening national capacities for integrated environmental management and enhancing administrative capaciti ...
... One of the three areas of cooperation for the UN in the country stated in the UNDAF 2010-2015 is environment protection. The UN’s support in this area responds to the national priority for strengthening national capacities for integrated environmental management and enhancing administrative capaciti ...
Figure 3-1 - Trace: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange
... climate change on humans; in other words, the regional and decadal scale effects of carbon dioxide forcing. Identifying the most pronounced and long-lasting responses of climate variables to forcing is important for decadal prediction since forcing terms are a source of predictability on those time ...
... climate change on humans; in other words, the regional and decadal scale effects of carbon dioxide forcing. Identifying the most pronounced and long-lasting responses of climate variables to forcing is important for decadal prediction since forcing terms are a source of predictability on those time ...
South Asia Disaster Report 2010 UNISDR
... and environment sensitive and inclusive. Climate change is the recent concern which is expected to affect the frequency and magnitude of hazards, as well as generate new hazards. This publication will look at the added dimension that this brings into addressing the disaster scenario. Given the almos ...
... and environment sensitive and inclusive. Climate change is the recent concern which is expected to affect the frequency and magnitude of hazards, as well as generate new hazards. This publication will look at the added dimension that this brings into addressing the disaster scenario. Given the almos ...
Climate change and Ontario`s provincial parks
... fire severity, and the loss of polar bear [Ursus maritimus] habitat from Polar Bear Provincial Park), significant knowledge gaps remain in many areas. As such, the results presented in this study should be taken as indicative, not predictive, of the magnitude of impact climate change may have on Ont ...
... fire severity, and the loss of polar bear [Ursus maritimus] habitat from Polar Bear Provincial Park), significant knowledge gaps remain in many areas. As such, the results presented in this study should be taken as indicative, not predictive, of the magnitude of impact climate change may have on Ont ...
Energy Partisanship - Scholarship Repository
... climate change are charged with engaging in a “War on Coal.” Those opposed are labeled “members of the Flat Earth Society.” Set against these dysfunctional climate and energy politics, how can progress be made? For people who accept the science of climate change, this has become a critical question. ...
... climate change are charged with engaging in a “War on Coal.” Those opposed are labeled “members of the Flat Earth Society.” Set against these dysfunctional climate and energy politics, how can progress be made? For people who accept the science of climate change, this has become a critical question. ...
Development finance and climate finance - IIED
... aid in 2013) should not be counted as official development assistance (ODA) as it is now. This will limit any crowding out or diversion of ODA money from core SDG provision, and provide a more accurate picture of development-related finance. Other attempts to resolve this debate over ‘new and additi ...
... aid in 2013) should not be counted as official development assistance (ODA) as it is now. This will limit any crowding out or diversion of ODA money from core SDG provision, and provide a more accurate picture of development-related finance. Other attempts to resolve this debate over ‘new and additi ...
Identifying and Prioritising Adaptation Actions
... involve technological and infrastructure measures, planning, research and education or a combination of actions. Adaptation usually involves treating risks through strategic planning and the allocation of resources, rather than short term, reactive adjustments. The purpose of this task is to compile ...
... involve technological and infrastructure measures, planning, research and education or a combination of actions. Adaptation usually involves treating risks through strategic planning and the allocation of resources, rather than short term, reactive adjustments. The purpose of this task is to compile ...
Earth Day – Special Virtual Issue from Berghahn Journals
... environments’, this is manifest in the classic ‘boom and bust’ cycles of the natural resource economies, which bring not only short-term socio-economic vulnerabilities but often long-term environmental and politico-economic problems, or what is sometimes referred to as the ‘resource curse’. This pat ...
... environments’, this is manifest in the classic ‘boom and bust’ cycles of the natural resource economies, which bring not only short-term socio-economic vulnerabilities but often long-term environmental and politico-economic problems, or what is sometimes referred to as the ‘resource curse’. This pat ...
disaster related human mobility within relevant pacific regional laws
... continue to remain in their own countries, where ...
... continue to remain in their own countries, where ...
Attribution of recent climate change
Attribution of recent climate change is the effort to scientifically ascertain mechanisms responsible for recent changes observed in the Earth's climate, commonly known as 'global warming'. The effort has focused on changes observed during the period of instrumental temperature record, when records are most reliable; particularly in the last 50 years, when human activity has grown fastest and observations of the troposphere have become available. The dominant mechanisms (to which recent climate change has been attributed) are anthropogenic, i.e., the result of human activity. They are: increasing atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases global changes to land surface, such as deforestation increasing atmospheric concentrations of aerosols.There are also natural mechanisms for variation including climate oscillations, changes in solar activity, and volcanic activity.According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), it is ""extremely likely"" that human influence was the dominant cause of global warming between 1951 and 2010. The IPCC defines ""extremely likely"" as indicating a probability of 95 to 100%, based on an expert assessment of all the available evidence.Multiple lines of evidence support attribution of recent climate change to human activities: A basic physical understanding of the climate system: greenhouse gas concentrations have increased and their warming properties are well-established. Historical estimates of past climate changes suggest that the recent changes in global surface temperature are unusual. Computer-based climate models are unable to replicate the observed warming unless human greenhouse gas emissions are included. Natural forces alone (such as solar and volcanic activity) cannot explain the observed warming.The IPCC's attribution of recent global warming to human activities is a view shared by most scientists, and is also supported by 196 other scientific organizations worldwide (see also: scientific opinion on climate change).