Downscaling reveals diverse effects of anthropogenic
... Atmosphere–ocean General Circulation Model) simulation data are available and can be used for projecting potential climate change impacts on biophysical processes (Solomon et al. 2007; World Climate Research Programme). These General Circulation Model (GCM) data most confidently characterize climate ...
... Atmosphere–ocean General Circulation Model) simulation data are available and can be used for projecting potential climate change impacts on biophysical processes (Solomon et al. 2007; World Climate Research Programme). These General Circulation Model (GCM) data most confidently characterize climate ...
Science Plan for LTEO - Ministry of Environment and Forests
... the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. According to the UNFCCC, climate change refers to the change in climate that is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity, beyond the natural climate variability observed over compara ...
... the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. According to the UNFCCC, climate change refers to the change in climate that is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity, beyond the natural climate variability observed over compara ...
Republic of the Marshall Islands
... With the emerging scientific evidence, substantial impacts on coastal and marine ecosystems are likely. Rising temperatures and ocean acidification may have substantial adverse impacts upon coral reefs, coastal ecosystems, and migratory fish stocks such as tuna, which represent a substantial economi ...
... With the emerging scientific evidence, substantial impacts on coastal and marine ecosystems are likely. Rising temperatures and ocean acidification may have substantial adverse impacts upon coral reefs, coastal ecosystems, and migratory fish stocks such as tuna, which represent a substantial economi ...
Climate change - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
... Greenhouse gases effectively absorb infrared radiation, emitted by the Earth’s surface, by the atmosphere itself due to the same gases, and by clouds. Atmospheric radiation is emitted to all sides, including downward to the Earth’s surface. Thus greenhouse gases trap heat within the surfacetroposphe ...
... Greenhouse gases effectively absorb infrared radiation, emitted by the Earth’s surface, by the atmosphere itself due to the same gases, and by clouds. Atmospheric radiation is emitted to all sides, including downward to the Earth’s surface. Thus greenhouse gases trap heat within the surfacetroposphe ...
Introduction Long-Term Environmental Policy: Definition, Knowledge
... climate policy. Emissions reductions by small actors, such as US states, have little effect on the rate of global warming, yet local climate policies have preceded centralized mitigation efforts in many countries, including the United States. Why can we be cautiously optimistic that decentralized re ...
... climate policy. Emissions reductions by small actors, such as US states, have little effect on the rate of global warming, yet local climate policies have preceded centralized mitigation efforts in many countries, including the United States. Why can we be cautiously optimistic that decentralized re ...
1.2 South Korea`s contribution (INDC)
... market mechanism (NMM) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to complement the existing carbon market mechanism for years beyond 2020. Its details will be negotiated and worked out at upcoming meetings. We use the term “international carbon markets” collectively to ...
... market mechanism (NMM) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to complement the existing carbon market mechanism for years beyond 2020. Its details will be negotiated and worked out at upcoming meetings. We use the term “international carbon markets” collectively to ...
Rapporteurs Report (RapporteurReport2012)
... proposed establishment of the Disaster Risk Reduction Platform helmed by the National Security Council. The next step is to set up institutional arrangements with strong national coordination, which would seamlessly connect national, state and local levels. ...
... proposed establishment of the Disaster Risk Reduction Platform helmed by the National Security Council. The next step is to set up institutional arrangements with strong national coordination, which would seamlessly connect national, state and local levels. ...
Document
... response specifically. Previous research into attitudinal response of UK farmers to climate change has found there to now be a relatively low level of scepticism over the existence of climate change, but higher levels of scepticism over the risk that it poses (Farming Futures 2011; Islam, Barnes, an ...
... response specifically. Previous research into attitudinal response of UK farmers to climate change has found there to now be a relatively low level of scepticism over the existence of climate change, but higher levels of scepticism over the risk that it poses (Farming Futures 2011; Islam, Barnes, an ...
Primar y E duc ation Sect
... Climate change (CC) is one of the most critical issues facing the world today and could potentially cause massive and irreversible damage to the global environment and human society. With changing climatic conditions, small islands are particularly at risk from increasingly unpredictable weather and ...
... Climate change (CC) is one of the most critical issues facing the world today and could potentially cause massive and irreversible damage to the global environment and human society. With changing climatic conditions, small islands are particularly at risk from increasingly unpredictable weather and ...
NIPCC SPM Published - Australian Environment Foundation
... Franks (Australia), Eigil Friis-Christensen (Denmark), Fred Goldberg (Sweden), Larry Gould (USA), William Gray (USA), Vincent Richard Gray (New Zealand), Howard Hayden (USA), Martin Hovland (Norway), Olavi Kärner (Estonia), James O’Brien (USA), Garth Paltridge (Australia), Donald Rapp (USA), Carl Ri ...
... Franks (Australia), Eigil Friis-Christensen (Denmark), Fred Goldberg (Sweden), Larry Gould (USA), William Gray (USA), Vincent Richard Gray (New Zealand), Howard Hayden (USA), Martin Hovland (Norway), Olavi Kärner (Estonia), James O’Brien (USA), Garth Paltridge (Australia), Donald Rapp (USA), Carl Ri ...
Carbon Emission Accounting – Balancing the books for the UK
... intervention and setting “framework conditions” may encourage sustainable consumption: setting prices so that a low carbon product is also low in price; establishing infrastructures, particularly in relation to transport, that encourage sustainable lifestyles; and engaging with the public about the ...
... intervention and setting “framework conditions” may encourage sustainable consumption: setting prices so that a low carbon product is also low in price; establishing infrastructures, particularly in relation to transport, that encourage sustainable lifestyles; and engaging with the public about the ...
Differences between carbon budget estimates
... The ultimate objective of the international climate negotiations is to prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system1. Since 2010, this objective has been interpreted as limiting global-mean temperature increase to below 2°C relative to preindustrial levels2, although discussi ...
... The ultimate objective of the international climate negotiations is to prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system1. Since 2010, this objective has been interpreted as limiting global-mean temperature increase to below 2°C relative to preindustrial levels2, although discussi ...
Bureaucratic Land Rush - Global Public Policy Institute
... creating a political momentum with the potential to significantly alter China’s economic and social system. How effective these laudable efforts will ultimately be remains to be seen. The astonishing rise of the climate issue to the very top of Beijing’s political agenda is in any case unequivocal. ...
... creating a political momentum with the potential to significantly alter China’s economic and social system. How effective these laudable efforts will ultimately be remains to be seen. The astonishing rise of the climate issue to the very top of Beijing’s political agenda is in any case unequivocal. ...
Chapter 11. Adaptation and adaptive capacity in the public health
... Adaptive capacity encompasses coping ability (i.e. what could be implemented now to deal with current climate and climate variability) and strategies, policies and measures that can expand future coping ability. Adaptive capacity is a theoretical construct because it is not possible to know with cer ...
... Adaptive capacity encompasses coping ability (i.e. what could be implemented now to deal with current climate and climate variability) and strategies, policies and measures that can expand future coping ability. Adaptive capacity is a theoretical construct because it is not possible to know with cer ...
Discussion Paper - LEDS Global Partnership
... The Africa Adaptation Programme (AAP) is pleased to present the second edition of its Discussion Paper Series. Each paper in this series will focus on one issue related to climate change adaptation and sustainable development. These papers are intended to stimulate intellectual discussion, as well a ...
... The Africa Adaptation Programme (AAP) is pleased to present the second edition of its Discussion Paper Series. Each paper in this series will focus on one issue related to climate change adaptation and sustainable development. These papers are intended to stimulate intellectual discussion, as well a ...
The Vulnerability of the Carbon Cycle in the 21st Century
... In this chapter, we adopt an approach that is similar to a risk analysis and attempt to identify the magnitude and likelihood of key feedbacks in the carbon-climatehuman system. We focus on the major carbon pools and quantify the maximum fraction of these pools that are potentially at risk over the ...
... In this chapter, we adopt an approach that is similar to a risk analysis and attempt to identify the magnitude and likelihood of key feedbacks in the carbon-climatehuman system. We focus on the major carbon pools and quantify the maximum fraction of these pools that are potentially at risk over the ...
IPCC WGII email part 2
... which was published earlier this week: http://theconversation.com/ipcc-report-shows-stern-inflated-climatechange-costs-25160 You will see that Professor Tol describes 'The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Review' as "grey literature" and declares that it "has no place in the IPCC’s work". I no ...
... which was published earlier this week: http://theconversation.com/ipcc-report-shows-stern-inflated-climatechange-costs-25160 You will see that Professor Tol describes 'The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Review' as "grey literature" and declares that it "has no place in the IPCC’s work". I no ...
Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Appendix A
... of Global Warming New Jersey 2007. http://www.environmentnewjersey.org/uploads/z/wV/-zwV3Jt9hnScxAwZbMymqQ/An-Unfamiliar-State---Local-Impacts-of-GlobalWarming-in-New-Jersey.pdf. ...
... of Global Warming New Jersey 2007. http://www.environmentnewjersey.org/uploads/z/wV/-zwV3Jt9hnScxAwZbMymqQ/An-Unfamiliar-State---Local-Impacts-of-GlobalWarming-in-New-Jersey.pdf. ...
The Role of US Households in Global Carbon
... message to people. It shows that people have the power to directly and indirectly affect a large component of the nations’ carbon emissions through behavior and lifestyle changes that would affect their consumption patterns and preferences. People also have the power to affect the remaining 29% of e ...
... message to people. It shows that people have the power to directly and indirectly affect a large component of the nations’ carbon emissions through behavior and lifestyle changes that would affect their consumption patterns and preferences. People also have the power to affect the remaining 29% of e ...
NAF Public Consultation
... Maintaining competitiveness will be a key consideration in developing the NAF, with policies set out in the NAF ideally being a support to sustainable economic growth. This should instil confidence in industry to invest in new technologies to bring about the necessary scale of change required, with ...
... Maintaining competitiveness will be a key consideration in developing the NAF, with policies set out in the NAF ideally being a support to sustainable economic growth. This should instil confidence in industry to invest in new technologies to bring about the necessary scale of change required, with ...
Israel Country report 2013
... The ENPI CLIMA-South is implemented in a dynamic region, with rapidly changing social and political environments. At the same time, climate change is at a critical stage of the international negotiations in which new developments may be expected. Flexibility is therefore of the utmost importance and ...
... The ENPI CLIMA-South is implemented in a dynamic region, with rapidly changing social and political environments. At the same time, climate change is at a critical stage of the international negotiations in which new developments may be expected. Flexibility is therefore of the utmost importance and ...
International Workshop on Mainstreaming Adaptation to Climate
... Many development efforts and impacts are at risk if climate change is not taken into account. It is therefore necessary to integrate adaptation into different levels of development work, in addition to support to stand-alone climate change adaptation programmes. A number of actors in the fields of s ...
... Many development efforts and impacts are at risk if climate change is not taken into account. It is therefore necessary to integrate adaptation into different levels of development work, in addition to support to stand-alone climate change adaptation programmes. A number of actors in the fields of s ...