Accelerating Innovation and Technology Diffusion
... that countries not only cooperate and pool their resources but also craft domestic policies that promote a supportive knowledge infrastructure and business environment. And most developing countries, particularly low-income countries, have small market sizes which, taken individually, are unattracti ...
... that countries not only cooperate and pool their resources but also craft domestic policies that promote a supportive knowledge infrastructure and business environment. And most developing countries, particularly low-income countries, have small market sizes which, taken individually, are unattracti ...
CO2 short - Digging in the Clay
... Global warming to less than 2°C. However when the diminution effect is taken into account, whichever assessment of likely temperature increase from additional CO2 is used, that additional 2°C could never be attained by any Man-made additions of CO2 to the atmosphere however large. In fact the increa ...
... Global warming to less than 2°C. However when the diminution effect is taken into account, whichever assessment of likely temperature increase from additional CO2 is used, that additional 2°C could never be attained by any Man-made additions of CO2 to the atmosphere however large. In fact the increa ...
Arne Bardalen
... • “Since this is the first time we're doing a bioeconomy strategy in Norway - it is particularly important that the private sector, research, government and organizations provide input on how they think such a strategy should look like”. • “We need a common ground and a common direction for the futu ...
... • “Since this is the first time we're doing a bioeconomy strategy in Norway - it is particularly important that the private sector, research, government and organizations provide input on how they think such a strategy should look like”. • “We need a common ground and a common direction for the futu ...
The Relation Between Net Carbon Emissions
... gases, notably the Kyoto Protocol. Even though the protocol sometimes recognizes that net emissions, not gross emissions, are the relevant concern, popular discussion and great chunks of academic discourse seem blindly focused on gross emissions. Little attention is paid to the substantial chunks of ...
... gases, notably the Kyoto Protocol. Even though the protocol sometimes recognizes that net emissions, not gross emissions, are the relevant concern, popular discussion and great chunks of academic discourse seem blindly focused on gross emissions. Little attention is paid to the substantial chunks of ...
Why Have the Leading Journals in Management
... It is necessary to establish an objective measure of research interest in the topic. To do this, I use bibliometric methods. I count how many times the top-30 business and management journals reference the terms “global warming” or “climate change” in their article titles, abstracts, or key words1. ...
... It is necessary to establish an objective measure of research interest in the topic. To do this, I use bibliometric methods. I count how many times the top-30 business and management journals reference the terms “global warming” or “climate change” in their article titles, abstracts, or key words1. ...
Climate Change and Forests in the Great Plains
... multispecies gap models. are arranged as patches throughout Single-plot gap models. Most cur- a landscape. This multiple-plot rent gap models are derived, directly model also indicated a northward or indirectly, from the FORET model shift in the border between horeal and (Shugart and West 1977), whi ...
... multispecies gap models. are arranged as patches throughout Single-plot gap models. Most cur- a landscape. This multiple-plot rent gap models are derived, directly model also indicated a northward or indirectly, from the FORET model shift in the border between horeal and (Shugart and West 1977), whi ...
Helsinki Metropolitan Area Climate Change Adaptation Strategy
... The Helsinki Metropolitan Area adaptation strategy concentrates on the adaptation of the built and urban environment to the changing climate. The vision of the strategy is climate proof city – the future is built now. The strategy aims to 1) assess the impacts of climate change in the area, 2) prepa ...
... The Helsinki Metropolitan Area adaptation strategy concentrates on the adaptation of the built and urban environment to the changing climate. The vision of the strategy is climate proof city – the future is built now. The strategy aims to 1) assess the impacts of climate change in the area, 2) prepa ...
Does adaptation to climate change provide food security? A micro-perspective from Ethiopia: Working Paper 19 (334 kB) (opens in new window)
... place. Moreover, key assumption of the Ricardian is that land markets are working properly. Under this circumstance land prices will reflect the present discounted value of land rents into the infinite future (Deschenes and Greenstone, 2007). Properly working land markets may not be operating in are ...
... place. Moreover, key assumption of the Ricardian is that land markets are working properly. Under this circumstance land prices will reflect the present discounted value of land rents into the infinite future (Deschenes and Greenstone, 2007). Properly working land markets may not be operating in are ...
Joint Parliamentary meeting on Climate change and climate change
... A. whereas the task of preserving nature and humanity is passed on from one generation to the next, B. whereas global warming is now recognised as a very serious, urgent and man-made threat and is already having, like climate change, a momentous impact, C. whereas, particularly in the current parlia ...
... A. whereas the task of preserving nature and humanity is passed on from one generation to the next, B. whereas global warming is now recognised as a very serious, urgent and man-made threat and is already having, like climate change, a momentous impact, C. whereas, particularly in the current parlia ...
Projected changes in mean and extreme precipitation in
... precipitation taken over sufficiently long periods (100 or 150 years in this study) meet this requirement from the central limit theorem. To fulfil this requirement in the case of extreme quantiles, the first step involved estimating the GPD parameters from maximum likelihood. After checking for mod ...
... precipitation taken over sufficiently long periods (100 or 150 years in this study) meet this requirement from the central limit theorem. To fulfil this requirement in the case of extreme quantiles, the first step involved estimating the GPD parameters from maximum likelihood. After checking for mod ...
FOOD, FOSSIL FUELS AND FILTHY FINANCE 191 OXFAM BRIEFING PAPER 17 OCTOBER 2014
... fossil fuel interests stands in the way of the transition needed. The lack of necessary government ambition to shift away from fossil fuels results in continued investment by the global financial sector based on an assumption that fossil fuels are here to stay – buoyed by the rhetoric of the fossil ...
... fossil fuel interests stands in the way of the transition needed. The lack of necessary government ambition to shift away from fossil fuels results in continued investment by the global financial sector based on an assumption that fossil fuels are here to stay – buoyed by the rhetoric of the fossil ...
Poverty - International Policy Centre for inclusive Growth
... For one thing, the continuing decline of the quantity and quality of natural resources and of ecosystem functions is likely to exacerbate the likelihood of conflict over resources, particularly water. According to UNDP’s Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery, 35 countries had entered what could ...
... For one thing, the continuing decline of the quantity and quality of natural resources and of ecosystem functions is likely to exacerbate the likelihood of conflict over resources, particularly water. According to UNDP’s Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery, 35 countries had entered what could ...
To develop low
... Development of sustainable towns is based on the idea of ensuring economic growth, ecological preservation and social justice, and policies related to this target to acquire multiple benefits. The target of developing low-carbon towns is to reduce carbon emissions according to the sustainable develo ...
... Development of sustainable towns is based on the idea of ensuring economic growth, ecological preservation and social justice, and policies related to this target to acquire multiple benefits. The target of developing low-carbon towns is to reduce carbon emissions according to the sustainable develo ...
1. COUNTRY PROFILE: CLIMATE CHANGE AND VARIABILITY
... resources. Senior officials of technical departments in ministries, local authority and civil society organization officials, opinion leaders may be called to action in case of disaster, and yet most of them have never been trained in crisis prevention, management and recovery. To address climate ch ...
... resources. Senior officials of technical departments in ministries, local authority and civil society organization officials, opinion leaders may be called to action in case of disaster, and yet most of them have never been trained in crisis prevention, management and recovery. To address climate ch ...
Sample pages 1 PDF
... approach dominant until then (Theys, 2005). The environment constitutes a new autonomous social value that must be protected in itself and not, as in the past, through reference to human health. The new environmental policies are based on the responsibility concept operationalised by the ‘polluter-p ...
... approach dominant until then (Theys, 2005). The environment constitutes a new autonomous social value that must be protected in itself and not, as in the past, through reference to human health. The new environmental policies are based on the responsibility concept operationalised by the ‘polluter-p ...
The influence of climate change on flood risks in France
... on uncertainties. They find that the uncertainty arising from the global climate model is more important than downscaling uncertainty, which in turn is more important than the uncertainty from hydrological modeling. Quintana Seguı́ et al. (2011) study the change in flood extremes and assess the unce ...
... on uncertainties. They find that the uncertainty arising from the global climate model is more important than downscaling uncertainty, which in turn is more important than the uncertainty from hydrological modeling. Quintana Seguı́ et al. (2011) study the change in flood extremes and assess the unce ...
climate change and insurance law
... (2007), pp. 1559-1620 ; C. ROSS, E. MILLS and S.B. HECHT, Limiting Liability in the Greenhouse : Insurance Risk Management Strategies in the Context of Global Climate Change, Stanford Environm. Law Journ. and Stanford Journ. of Int. Law, Symposium on Climate Change Risk, vol. 26A/43A, 2007, pp. 251- ...
... (2007), pp. 1559-1620 ; C. ROSS, E. MILLS and S.B. HECHT, Limiting Liability in the Greenhouse : Insurance Risk Management Strategies in the Context of Global Climate Change, Stanford Environm. Law Journ. and Stanford Journ. of Int. Law, Symposium on Climate Change Risk, vol. 26A/43A, 2007, pp. 251- ...
the hidden part of the climate cycle
... Carbon stocks in European soils Changes in land use are threatening the soil’s ability to act as a carbon sink. Small but widespread variations in the levels of organic carbon in soils can have dramatic impacts on the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. ...
... Carbon stocks in European soils Changes in land use are threatening the soil’s ability to act as a carbon sink. Small but widespread variations in the levels of organic carbon in soils can have dramatic impacts on the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. ...
Projections of precipitation, air temperature and potential
... hardships in many countries of the region. There is evidence that future climate change may lead to a change in the frequency or severity of such extreme weather events, potentially worsening these impacts. In addition, future climate change will lead to increases in average mean temperature, and ch ...
... hardships in many countries of the region. There is evidence that future climate change may lead to a change in the frequency or severity of such extreme weather events, potentially worsening these impacts. In addition, future climate change will lead to increases in average mean temperature, and ch ...
adapt to climate change
... and animals depend for survival. Waterbirds are the most widely used tool to identify, designate and justify the protection of important wetlands. Their sensitivity to environmental change, the relative ease with which they can be counted and their tendency to congregate at key locations make them e ...
... and animals depend for survival. Waterbirds are the most widely used tool to identify, designate and justify the protection of important wetlands. Their sensitivity to environmental change, the relative ease with which they can be counted and their tendency to congregate at key locations make them e ...