GCC Institutional Capacity Assessment Tool v1.0
... During the facilitated session, the facilitators should begin by asking for objective data relevant to the area at hand, encouraging the partner organization participants to consider that information before they start to interpret it and ascribe scores. The facilitators guide the process, helping t ...
... During the facilitated session, the facilitators should begin by asking for objective data relevant to the area at hand, encouraging the partner organization participants to consider that information before they start to interpret it and ascribe scores. The facilitators guide the process, helping t ...
fair shares: a civil society equity review of indcs report
... devastating impacts.3 Exceeding 1.5°C will entail unacceptable consequences for billions of people and risks crossing irreversible tipping points. We can only emit a very small amount of greenhouse gases – an amount known as the ‘global carbon budget’ – if we wish to keep overall increases below 1.5 ...
... devastating impacts.3 Exceeding 1.5°C will entail unacceptable consequences for billions of people and risks crossing irreversible tipping points. We can only emit a very small amount of greenhouse gases – an amount known as the ‘global carbon budget’ – if we wish to keep overall increases below 1.5 ...
A note on including climate change adaptation in an international
... Over the next decades, moreover, climate change is likely to remain limited, and most of the impacts are expected in the second half of this century. What is most needed from a climate-change perspective, therefore, is to prepare economies to cope with larger climate-change impacts over the medium t ...
... Over the next decades, moreover, climate change is likely to remain limited, and most of the impacts are expected in the second half of this century. What is most needed from a climate-change perspective, therefore, is to prepare economies to cope with larger climate-change impacts over the medium t ...
The Arab Spring and Climate Change
... stress. Yet almost none of those issues shows up in a traditional course on international relations, which focuses far more on the traditional geopolitics of interstate relations, particularly the distribution of military and economic power among a handful of the most important states. Insecurity in ...
... stress. Yet almost none of those issues shows up in a traditional course on international relations, which focuses far more on the traditional geopolitics of interstate relations, particularly the distribution of military and economic power among a handful of the most important states. Insecurity in ...
Developing an `integrated` approach to
... Socio-economic, agricultural and demographic changes have imposed modifications on the European landscape to such a degree, that habitats over most of the region have been altered in some way, degraded, or removed entirely. Although many of these changes have resulted in negative impacts for Europea ...
... Socio-economic, agricultural and demographic changes have imposed modifications on the European landscape to such a degree, that habitats over most of the region have been altered in some way, degraded, or removed entirely. Although many of these changes have resulted in negative impacts for Europea ...
Climate change and Australia: Trends, projections and impacts
... Key words: Australia, climate change, climate projections, rainfall, species impacts, temperature. ...
... Key words: Australia, climate change, climate projections, rainfall, species impacts, temperature. ...
What is carbon? Conceptualising carbon and capabilities in
... Much of the climate lexicon around carbon is about the chemical compound CO2. However, in attempts to minimize CO2 emissions, terms such as carbon trading, storage, sequestration, and emissions have also become a part of a contemporary climate discourse. They are used on a day-to-day basis by the in ...
... Much of the climate lexicon around carbon is about the chemical compound CO2. However, in attempts to minimize CO2 emissions, terms such as carbon trading, storage, sequestration, and emissions have also become a part of a contemporary climate discourse. They are used on a day-to-day basis by the in ...
The true cost of fossil fuels: Externality cost assessment
... Estimates of costs from CO2 are values based on the literature covering the social costs of carbon (SCC). These costs have been reviewed in some depth in the literature (DEFRA, 2007; Anthoff and Tol, 2013; US Government, 2013). The values are based on the discounted costs arising from a tonne of CO2 ...
... Estimates of costs from CO2 are values based on the literature covering the social costs of carbon (SCC). These costs have been reviewed in some depth in the literature (DEFRA, 2007; Anthoff and Tol, 2013; US Government, 2013). The values are based on the discounted costs arising from a tonne of CO2 ...
Arimura - Viessmann European Research Centre
... 3. Concluding Remarks Despite the deviation from Kyoto Protocol, the state governments are starting cap and trade programs Discussion on federal level cap and trade programs Despite the lack of an international agreements, the US markets will be indirectly linked to cap and trade programs in ...
... 3. Concluding Remarks Despite the deviation from Kyoto Protocol, the state governments are starting cap and trade programs Discussion on federal level cap and trade programs Despite the lack of an international agreements, the US markets will be indirectly linked to cap and trade programs in ...
climate change and sustainability of agrodiversity in traditional
... 0.01 to 0.04 ºC per year (Sharma et al. 2009). The dynamic Sikkim Himalayan agriculture is being impacted due to increasing uncertainty. Only about 12% of the total land area of Sikkim (7096 sq km) is cultivable between the vertical elevation gradients from tropical (300 m) to the Trans-Himalayan re ...
... 0.01 to 0.04 ºC per year (Sharma et al. 2009). The dynamic Sikkim Himalayan agriculture is being impacted due to increasing uncertainty. Only about 12% of the total land area of Sikkim (7096 sq km) is cultivable between the vertical elevation gradients from tropical (300 m) to the Trans-Himalayan re ...
Climate Change, Migration, and Conflict
... indirect links has yet to lead to substantial and sustained action to address its security implications. Still the potential for the changing climate to induce conflict or exacerbate existing instability in some of the world’s most vulnerable regions is now recognized in national security circles in ...
... indirect links has yet to lead to substantial and sustained action to address its security implications. Still the potential for the changing climate to induce conflict or exacerbate existing instability in some of the world’s most vulnerable regions is now recognized in national security circles in ...
Chapter 4: Traditional Ricardian Method and
... An alternative source of climate data is satellites. Satellites have the advantage that they can scan over the entire landscape. However, satellite measures are limited to what they can measure. For example, satellites can measure surface temperature but they cannot directly measure precipitation. S ...
... An alternative source of climate data is satellites. Satellites have the advantage that they can scan over the entire landscape. However, satellite measures are limited to what they can measure. For example, satellites can measure surface temperature but they cannot directly measure precipitation. S ...
Climate Change Adaptation for Smallholder Farmers in Southeast Asia
... 1.1 What is climate change? Climate change, defined as any change in the average daily weather pattern over an extended period of time (typically decades or longer) whether due to natural variability or as a result of human activity (Easterling et al. 2007, IPCC 2007a), is happening now, and is alre ...
... 1.1 What is climate change? Climate change, defined as any change in the average daily weather pattern over an extended period of time (typically decades or longer) whether due to natural variability or as a result of human activity (Easterling et al. 2007, IPCC 2007a), is happening now, and is alre ...
Forests and climate change after Lima: Perspectives from the Asia-Pacific region
... happening, and it’s already affecting our lives. Many of the changes are unprecedented, and range from warming of the atmosphere and oceans, diminishing snow and ice in the polar regions and high mountains, and rising sea levels. The rural communities of the Asia-Pacific region, with a very high dep ...
... happening, and it’s already affecting our lives. Many of the changes are unprecedented, and range from warming of the atmosphere and oceans, diminishing snow and ice in the polar regions and high mountains, and rising sea levels. The rural communities of the Asia-Pacific region, with a very high dep ...
Effect of climate and landcover change
... of consequences in the altered surface hydrology and associated ecosystems and water resources [1,2]. To reduce these uncertainties and minimize negative impacts of climate and landcover changes, we need to understand the effects of climate and landcover on stream discharge of watersheds. Landcover ...
... of consequences in the altered surface hydrology and associated ecosystems and water resources [1,2]. To reduce these uncertainties and minimize negative impacts of climate and landcover changes, we need to understand the effects of climate and landcover on stream discharge of watersheds. Landcover ...
Entire Report - Center for Climate and Energy
... If, for example, the total GHG emissions reduction required to meet a target were on the order of 10 or 15 percent, as would be the case if total GHG emissions in the United States were held at year 2000 levels through 2010, nearly all of the cost-effective reductions would come from the non-CO2 gr ...
... If, for example, the total GHG emissions reduction required to meet a target were on the order of 10 or 15 percent, as would be the case if total GHG emissions in the United States were held at year 2000 levels through 2010, nearly all of the cost-effective reductions would come from the non-CO2 gr ...
NPS Central AK report - Scenarios Network for Alaska + Arctic
... parklands to administer, Alaska park managers need to better understand possible climate change trends in order to better manage Arctic, subarctic, and coastal ecosystems and human uses of these areas. National Park Service (NPS) managers have been exploring scenario planning as an alternative appro ...
... parklands to administer, Alaska park managers need to better understand possible climate change trends in order to better manage Arctic, subarctic, and coastal ecosystems and human uses of these areas. National Park Service (NPS) managers have been exploring scenario planning as an alternative appro ...
Planning for climate change impacts on hydropower in the Far North
... arrive in liquid form and be available earlier in the season for hydropower generation, rather than stored in the snowpack until spring melt. In the Far North, ET is a relatively small portion of the hydrologic budget and precipitation dominates (Kane et al., 1990), though ET will increase as the gr ...
... arrive in liquid form and be available earlier in the season for hydropower generation, rather than stored in the snowpack until spring melt. In the Far North, ET is a relatively small portion of the hydrologic budget and precipitation dominates (Kane et al., 1990), though ET will increase as the gr ...
Man-‐Made Global Warming is a Scam
... most well funded, massive propaganda campaigns in history – and with a compliant media on their side. However, in informed countries, there is a ground swell of global warming refute and surging numb ...
... most well funded, massive propaganda campaigns in history – and with a compliant media on their side. However, in informed countries, there is a ground swell of global warming refute and surging numb ...
Consequences of Considering Carbon–Nitrogen
... strong surface warming, however, terrestrial ecosystems become a carbon source whether or not carbon– nitrogen interactions are considered. Overall, for small or moderate increases in surface temperatures, consideration of carbon–nitrogen interactions result in a larger increase in atmospheric CO2 c ...
... strong surface warming, however, terrestrial ecosystems become a carbon source whether or not carbon– nitrogen interactions are considered. Overall, for small or moderate increases in surface temperatures, consideration of carbon–nitrogen interactions result in a larger increase in atmospheric CO2 c ...
Consumer behaviour and demand response of tourists to climate
... study of divers in Mauritius, Gössling, Lindén, Helmersson, Liljenberg, and Quarm (2007) found that the state of coral reefs was largely irrelevant to divers and snorkelers, as long as a certain threshold level, defined by visibility, abundance and variety of species, and the occurrence of algae o ...
... study of divers in Mauritius, Gössling, Lindén, Helmersson, Liljenberg, and Quarm (2007) found that the state of coral reefs was largely irrelevant to divers and snorkelers, as long as a certain threshold level, defined by visibility, abundance and variety of species, and the occurrence of algae o ...
Climate politics in the lower Mekong basin
... These official concerns are not always reflected in strong political support for climate policies and climate action. Economic growth, food and energy security dominate the daily business of development in most developing (and developed) countries, including the Mekong countries. The imperatives of ...
... These official concerns are not always reflected in strong political support for climate policies and climate action. Economic growth, food and energy security dominate the daily business of development in most developing (and developed) countries, including the Mekong countries. The imperatives of ...