Optimal Climate Change Policies When Governments Cannot Commit
... are sufficient to support the optimal R&D investment, output and emission paths. Of course it is widely recognized that one reason why this simple argument breaks down is that there are multiple market failures, and in particular as well as the environmental externality failure there are failures in ...
... are sufficient to support the optimal R&D investment, output and emission paths. Of course it is widely recognized that one reason why this simple argument breaks down is that there are multiple market failures, and in particular as well as the environmental externality failure there are failures in ...
there once was an island te henua e nnoho
... When we first viewed the movie “There Once Was An Island,” we were struck by the plight of the Takuu – in particular by the immensity of the decisions they faced regarding their culture and traditions. These peaceful, thoughtful people exist almost in the eye of a metaphorical hurricane – with the w ...
... When we first viewed the movie “There Once Was An Island,” we were struck by the plight of the Takuu – in particular by the immensity of the decisions they faced regarding their culture and traditions. These peaceful, thoughtful people exist almost in the eye of a metaphorical hurricane – with the w ...
Carbon Capture and Storage Factfile
... Key points This is not an energy source but a way of dealing with CO2 emissions It is only practical to use CCS at power stations or large industrial sites Adds costs to the electricity generated as facilities need to be constructed, operated and 15-30% more fuel used for same output Has not ...
... Key points This is not an energy source but a way of dealing with CO2 emissions It is only practical to use CCS at power stations or large industrial sites Adds costs to the electricity generated as facilities need to be constructed, operated and 15-30% more fuel used for same output Has not ...
The economics of the CDM levy: Revenue potential, tax incidence and distortionary effects: Working Paper 1 (384 kB) (opens in new window)
... and Lin 2008; Wara 2007). But how much of a burden does the adaptation levy actually impose on the global carbon market? One may also question whether the CDM levy indeed raises additional adaptation funding from developed countries, as expected under the post 2012 climate architecture. Developing ...
... and Lin 2008; Wara 2007). But how much of a burden does the adaptation levy actually impose on the global carbon market? One may also question whether the CDM levy indeed raises additional adaptation funding from developed countries, as expected under the post 2012 climate architecture. Developing ...
THE LEGAL NATURE OF JUSTICE IN REDD+ Dr Rowena Maguire
... The rights to development seen as necessary by developing countries to ensure economic growth in their regions and the emissions associated with industrial forms of economic growth. The fact that the nature of climate change requires cooperative pragmatic action by all States; such cooperation will ...
... The rights to development seen as necessary by developing countries to ensure economic growth in their regions and the emissions associated with industrial forms of economic growth. The fact that the nature of climate change requires cooperative pragmatic action by all States; such cooperation will ...
The biophysical link between climate, water, and vegetation in
... ecosystem services that can be valued across a spectrum of spatial scales. At global scales biogeochemical processes associated with changing greenhouse gasses (GHGs) are expected to dominate future changes in climate. This is one of the motivating factors for the development of bioenergy, as replac ...
... ecosystem services that can be valued across a spectrum of spatial scales. At global scales biogeochemical processes associated with changing greenhouse gasses (GHGs) are expected to dominate future changes in climate. This is one of the motivating factors for the development of bioenergy, as replac ...
A CARBON EMISSIONS TAX AS A MITIGATING STRATEGY FOR
... South Africa has begun to play an influential role, as a developing country, in international negotiations on climate change. South Africa is not under legal obligation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions but as a large contributor of greenhouse gases in Africa and globally, South Africa has a moral ...
... South Africa has begun to play an influential role, as a developing country, in international negotiations on climate change. South Africa is not under legal obligation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions but as a large contributor of greenhouse gases in Africa and globally, South Africa has a moral ...
Climatic Change --Manuscript Draft--
... the A1B scenario (Meehl and Stocker, 2007), which projects moderate growth of greenhouse gas emissions, representing a relatively conservative estimate of future warming due to increased greenhouse gases with balanced reliance on fossil and non-fossil fuels (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ...
... the A1B scenario (Meehl and Stocker, 2007), which projects moderate growth of greenhouse gas emissions, representing a relatively conservative estimate of future warming due to increased greenhouse gases with balanced reliance on fossil and non-fossil fuels (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ...
Attributing regional trends of evapotranspiration and gross primary
... moisture, evapotranspiration (ET), and crop productivity, etc. In some regions the effects of human activities are the same magnitude as, or even exceed, the impacts of global warming on the productions of agro-ecosystems (Haddeland et al., 2014). In the last decades, global consumptive water use an ...
... moisture, evapotranspiration (ET), and crop productivity, etc. In some regions the effects of human activities are the same magnitude as, or even exceed, the impacts of global warming on the productions of agro-ecosystems (Haddeland et al., 2014). In the last decades, global consumptive water use an ...
The Economics of Climate Change in Brazil: Costs and
... the National Institute for Climate Change Science and Technology, which include the majority of EMCB’s research teams. ...
... the National Institute for Climate Change Science and Technology, which include the majority of EMCB’s research teams. ...
Chapter 9 Major commercial risks
... A thorough and detailed risk assessment is essential. Although site surveys by engineers are market practice for the individual risks of a commercial client, there is usually not enough attention to a site-specific natural perils analysis. Predominantly, a location’s natural-hazard exposure is class ...
... A thorough and detailed risk assessment is essential. Although site surveys by engineers are market practice for the individual risks of a commercial client, there is usually not enough attention to a site-specific natural perils analysis. Predominantly, a location’s natural-hazard exposure is class ...
IMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGES IN THE WIDER
... information is given on the subject. To illustrate what is thought to be known about temperature change, Figure 2 shows the temperature record for the last 1,000 years (upper panel), and for the last 100 years (lower panel). Although the records are from different sources, they show that Earth's tem ...
... information is given on the subject. To illustrate what is thought to be known about temperature change, Figure 2 shows the temperature record for the last 1,000 years (upper panel), and for the last 100 years (lower panel). Although the records are from different sources, they show that Earth's tem ...
Impacts of climate and land-use changes on floods in an urban
... Projected rapid land-use changes when coupled with climate change, could potentially lead to increased flood risk which may have a deleterious impact on infrastructure (Ewen & Parkin, 1996). The precise effects of such changes are difficult to predict. For example, the current once in 100-year flood ...
... Projected rapid land-use changes when coupled with climate change, could potentially lead to increased flood risk which may have a deleterious impact on infrastructure (Ewen & Parkin, 1996). The precise effects of such changes are difficult to predict. For example, the current once in 100-year flood ...
Winds of Change: India`s Emerging Climate Strategy
... context of India’s economic and development aspirations and the changes occurring in the larger geopolitical landscape. Climate change, due to its multi-faceted nature, cuts across a spectrum of issues and India can benefit both domestically and internationally by addressing it. India’s desire to pl ...
... context of India’s economic and development aspirations and the changes occurring in the larger geopolitical landscape. Climate change, due to its multi-faceted nature, cuts across a spectrum of issues and India can benefit both domestically and internationally by addressing it. India’s desire to pl ...
The Global Warming Time Bomb?
... as the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets and numerous mountain glaciers built up from annual snowfall. The geographical distributions of the ice sheets, vegetation cover, and coastlines during the ice age are well mapped. From these data we know that the change of climate forcing between the ice ag ...
... as the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets and numerous mountain glaciers built up from annual snowfall. The geographical distributions of the ice sheets, vegetation cover, and coastlines during the ice age are well mapped. From these data we know that the change of climate forcing between the ice ag ...
The role of HFCs in mitigating 21st century climate change
... Y. Xu et al.: The role of HFCs in mitigating 21st century climate change The future HFC projection in this study is estimated using (1) the growth rates of gross domestic product (GDP) and populations from the Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) (IPCC, 2000), and (2) the replacement patter ...
... Y. Xu et al.: The role of HFCs in mitigating 21st century climate change The future HFC projection in this study is estimated using (1) the growth rates of gross domestic product (GDP) and populations from the Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) (IPCC, 2000), and (2) the replacement patter ...
Del Protocolo de Kioto a la Cumbre de Copenhague : cobertura del
... this fact is acquiring at the international context, as we have observed from other literature, it is important to investigate the evolution and trends of «Global Change» in Spain as there are still too many questions to settle regarding this. To know the international context represent a decisive ...
... this fact is acquiring at the international context, as we have observed from other literature, it is important to investigate the evolution and trends of «Global Change» in Spain as there are still too many questions to settle regarding this. To know the international context represent a decisive ...
Synthesis Report “Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges
... human activities – the most important of these being the emission of greenhouse gases and the clearing of natural vegetation. Since 2007, reports comparing the IPCC projections of 1990 with observations show that some climate indicators are changing near the upper end of the range indicated by the p ...
... human activities – the most important of these being the emission of greenhouse gases and the clearing of natural vegetation. Since 2007, reports comparing the IPCC projections of 1990 with observations show that some climate indicators are changing near the upper end of the range indicated by the p ...
Top-down vs bottom-up - working paper version
... A range of scholars and policy advocates have proposed formulaic (or ‘top-down’) approaches for calculating countries’ fair shares of the global effort to mitigate climate change. The practical relevance of top-down proposals has become increasingly uncertain as climate change negotiations since the ...
... A range of scholars and policy advocates have proposed formulaic (or ‘top-down’) approaches for calculating countries’ fair shares of the global effort to mitigate climate change. The practical relevance of top-down proposals has become increasingly uncertain as climate change negotiations since the ...
Winter 2017. - Squarespace
... Letter from the Founders Welcome to the latest issue of our quarterly newsletter! We’ve had an exciting four months at the Climate History Network and HistoricalClimatology.com. As you’ll see in this newsletter, many of our feature articles and interviews have focused on social responses to medieva ...
... Letter from the Founders Welcome to the latest issue of our quarterly newsletter! We’ve had an exciting four months at the Climate History Network and HistoricalClimatology.com. As you’ll see in this newsletter, many of our feature articles and interviews have focused on social responses to medieva ...
Rethinking Environmental Federalism in a Warming World
... create supranational organizations with governmental powers, to interstate compacts, to regional organizations of localities, all the way down to neighborhood-level groups, which may carry out roles we traditionally associate with government at a scale much smaller than a locality. In the case of th ...
... create supranational organizations with governmental powers, to interstate compacts, to regional organizations of localities, all the way down to neighborhood-level groups, which may carry out roles we traditionally associate with government at a scale much smaller than a locality. In the case of th ...