Investor Award on Climate-Related Disclosures
... The Fundamental Investment Principles (FIP) for companies and sovereigns form the basis of ACTIAM’s responsible investment practices: they outline ACTIAM's criteria for responsive engagement2 and exclusion. These principles are derived from international treaties, conventions and best practices, suc ...
... The Fundamental Investment Principles (FIP) for companies and sovereigns form the basis of ACTIAM’s responsible investment practices: they outline ACTIAM's criteria for responsive engagement2 and exclusion. These principles are derived from international treaties, conventions and best practices, suc ...
Adapting to sea level rise in Charlottetown, P.E.I
... Climate Change in 2007, while scenario III is based on semi-empirical projections from the most recent peerreviewed literature. These sea level rise scenarios were combined with statistics for storm effects (combined tide and storm surge water levels) as well as local rates of subsidence (vertical m ...
... Climate Change in 2007, while scenario III is based on semi-empirical projections from the most recent peerreviewed literature. These sea level rise scenarios were combined with statistics for storm effects (combined tide and storm surge water levels) as well as local rates of subsidence (vertical m ...
Study Session 11 Impacts of Climate Change in Ethiopia
... Climate change leading to increased surface temperatures, melting of snow and glaciers, rise in sea level and an increase in extreme weather events such as droughts and floods, can significantly affect water resources. As you learned in Study Session 10, global warming increases the evaporation of w ...
... Climate change leading to increased surface temperatures, melting of snow and glaciers, rise in sea level and an increase in extreme weather events such as droughts and floods, can significantly affect water resources. As you learned in Study Session 10, global warming increases the evaporation of w ...
10 Years of Advancing Knowledge on the Global Carbon Cycle and
... The Global Carbon Project (GCP) was established in 2001 in recognition of the enormous scientific challenge and critical nature of the carbon cycle for the Earth’s sustainability. It was formed to establish a framework for international coordinated research on the global carbon cycle that advances f ...
... The Global Carbon Project (GCP) was established in 2001 in recognition of the enormous scientific challenge and critical nature of the carbon cycle for the Earth’s sustainability. It was formed to establish a framework for international coordinated research on the global carbon cycle that advances f ...
Gender and Climate Change
... economic development in an integrated manner, with a view to avoiding adverse impacts on the latter, taking fully into account the legitimate priority needs of developing country Parties for the achievement of sustained economic growth and the eradication of poverty, and the consequences for vulnera ...
... economic development in an integrated manner, with a view to avoiding adverse impacts on the latter, taking fully into account the legitimate priority needs of developing country Parties for the achievement of sustained economic growth and the eradication of poverty, and the consequences for vulnera ...
Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural
... species and the interactions with other species and/or their habitats, as well as according to location. The effects that climate change adaptation measures in other sectors can have on species and habitats should also be considered in order to avoid further unforeseen impacts. ...
... species and the interactions with other species and/or their habitats, as well as according to location. The effects that climate change adaptation measures in other sectors can have on species and habitats should also be considered in order to avoid further unforeseen impacts. ...
The politics of true convenience or inconvenient truth: struggles over
... Shanghai, Kyoto, and Sydney. As a media production, the day gathered ``two billion sets of eyeballs'', and then effectively did ``hand the mike to Al Gore'' (Booth, 2007). As part of the festivities, David de Rothschild published The Live Earth Global Warming Survival Handbook: 77 Essential Skills t ...
... Shanghai, Kyoto, and Sydney. As a media production, the day gathered ``two billion sets of eyeballs'', and then effectively did ``hand the mike to Al Gore'' (Booth, 2007). As part of the festivities, David de Rothschild published The Live Earth Global Warming Survival Handbook: 77 Essential Skills t ...
INDC Chile english version
... such as health and education, improving the quality of such services remains an issue. In this regard, reducing the high levels of inequality in the Chilean economy as well as providing security to vulnerable groups with little social protection are still pending tasks. These are important challenge ...
... such as health and education, improving the quality of such services remains an issue. In this regard, reducing the high levels of inequality in the Chilean economy as well as providing security to vulnerable groups with little social protection are still pending tasks. These are important challenge ...
Chapter 14 Tourism, leisure and sport
... 1. Tourism is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions and aviation emissions are the fastest growing source. Leisure-related travel accounts for about half of all journeys in industrialised countries. 2. The spread of infectious diseases to new areas through human mobility. Tourists bring ...
... 1. Tourism is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions and aviation emissions are the fastest growing source. Leisure-related travel accounts for about half of all journeys in industrialised countries. 2. The spread of infectious diseases to new areas through human mobility. Tourists bring ...
Dawson et al. 2011
... These studies show a range of natural coping mechanisms among populations exposed to climate change, with diverse consequences for resilience at local to global scales. The capacity to cope depends on both intrinsic factors (species biology, genetic diversity) and extrinsic factors (rate, magnitude, ...
... These studies show a range of natural coping mechanisms among populations exposed to climate change, with diverse consequences for resilience at local to global scales. The capacity to cope depends on both intrinsic factors (species biology, genetic diversity) and extrinsic factors (rate, magnitude, ...
Climate Change - Ku-ring-gai Council
... commitments to reduce six greenhouse gases by at least five per cent below 1990 levels over the first commitment period from 2008 to 2012. While the Kyoto Protocol has its critics, it has established an aspiration to create a single global carbon price and implement equitable approaches to sharing t ...
... commitments to reduce six greenhouse gases by at least five per cent below 1990 levels over the first commitment period from 2008 to 2012. While the Kyoto Protocol has its critics, it has established an aspiration to create a single global carbon price and implement equitable approaches to sharing t ...
Low Carbon Capital - Wellington City Council
... Climate change is the greatest challenge of our time. “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, and since the 1950s, many of the observed changes are unprecedented over decades to millennia. The atmosphere and ocean have warmed, the amounts of snow and ice have diminished, and sea level has ris ...
... Climate change is the greatest challenge of our time. “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, and since the 1950s, many of the observed changes are unprecedented over decades to millennia. The atmosphere and ocean have warmed, the amounts of snow and ice have diminished, and sea level has ris ...
Inuit women and environmental change: examining experiences
... focus community of my research. As the territorial capital of Nunavut, Iqaluit is an anomalous community in terms of its size and diversity. With roughly 7,000 inhabitants and an ethnic make up of 65% Inuit and 35% Non Inuit, the community is much larger and ethnically diverse than communities found ...
... focus community of my research. As the territorial capital of Nunavut, Iqaluit is an anomalous community in terms of its size and diversity. With roughly 7,000 inhabitants and an ethnic make up of 65% Inuit and 35% Non Inuit, the community is much larger and ethnically diverse than communities found ...
Non-market-based approaches United Nations
... (OECD) report on taxing energy use,14 the highest overall effective tax rates can be found in European countries, where energy tax policy is significantly shaped by the 2003 European Union (EU) energy taxation directive, which sets minimum tax rates for a variety of energy commodities. Many of the c ...
... (OECD) report on taxing energy use,14 the highest overall effective tax rates can be found in European countries, where energy tax policy is significantly shaped by the 2003 European Union (EU) energy taxation directive, which sets minimum tax rates for a variety of energy commodities. Many of the c ...
08-06
... and oceanic GCMs. These models integrate multiple equations, typically including surface pressure; horizontal layered components of fluid velocity and temperature; solar short wave radiation and terrestrial infra-red and long wave radiation; convection; land surface processes; albedo; hydrology; clo ...
... and oceanic GCMs. These models integrate multiple equations, typically including surface pressure; horizontal layered components of fluid velocity and temperature; solar short wave radiation and terrestrial infra-red and long wave radiation; convection; land surface processes; albedo; hydrology; clo ...
IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS)
... local and national TV stations, and hundreds of FM radio stations – some broadcasting to the entire country, others to a single district. Although the local FM radio stations reach by far the largest number of people (many Ugandans are not able to read well, and do not have consistent access to elec ...
... local and national TV stations, and hundreds of FM radio stations – some broadcasting to the entire country, others to a single district. Although the local FM radio stations reach by far the largest number of people (many Ugandans are not able to read well, and do not have consistent access to elec ...
Climate change: impacts on electricity markets in Western Europe
... conditions and water availability for cooling of power plants. First, demand for electricity is affected by temperature changes. Typically, warmer summers lead to increased demand for electricity-based cooling, whereas higher temperatures in the winter decrease demand for electric heating. While the ...
... conditions and water availability for cooling of power plants. First, demand for electricity is affected by temperature changes. Typically, warmer summers lead to increased demand for electricity-based cooling, whereas higher temperatures in the winter decrease demand for electric heating. While the ...
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Introduction - San Jose State University
... What does this plot mean? Increases in greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4, N2O and Halocarbons) between 1750 through today (2000) have caused a 2.4 Watts per meter squared increase in the earth’s radiation budget. This by itself would warm the earth’s surface. Radiative forcing = 2.4 0.2 or between 2.2 an ...
... What does this plot mean? Increases in greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4, N2O and Halocarbons) between 1750 through today (2000) have caused a 2.4 Watts per meter squared increase in the earth’s radiation budget. This by itself would warm the earth’s surface. Radiative forcing = 2.4 0.2 or between 2.2 an ...
Summary of the Proceedings of the International Workshop on
... different regimes such as for biodiversity, logging and timber production, forests and climate change, and indigenous peoples. However, there is no hierarchy between these regimes and their respective actors tend to be relatively uninformed or disconnected with issues discussed in other regimes. Yet ...
... different regimes such as for biodiversity, logging and timber production, forests and climate change, and indigenous peoples. However, there is no hierarchy between these regimes and their respective actors tend to be relatively uninformed or disconnected with issues discussed in other regimes. Yet ...
Mediterranean ecosystems facing global change : resilient or close
... covered in our experiment, but see Cornwell et al. 2009), fire risk would be driven either toward higher levels in the case of shrub encroachment, or to lower levels in the case of open shrublands, depending on drought intensity. Fire is actually the main disturbance affecting MTEs, and may abruptly ...
... covered in our experiment, but see Cornwell et al. 2009), fire risk would be driven either toward higher levels in the case of shrub encroachment, or to lower levels in the case of open shrublands, depending on drought intensity. Fire is actually the main disturbance affecting MTEs, and may abruptly ...
NASA faked the moon landing—therefore
... who espouse science denial is not entirely surprising because if an overwhelming scientific consensus cannot be accepted as the result of researchers independently converging on the same evidence-based view, then the very existence of the consensus calls for an alternative explanation. The ideation ...
... who espouse science denial is not entirely surprising because if an overwhelming scientific consensus cannot be accepted as the result of researchers independently converging on the same evidence-based view, then the very existence of the consensus calls for an alternative explanation. The ideation ...
Cultural Responses to Climate Change During the Late Holocene
... reconstructed using a spatial network of tree ring chronologies across the United States (A). This network, based on the Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI), provides a detailed history of calibrated drought severity over a region roughly including Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, and w ...
... reconstructed using a spatial network of tree ring chronologies across the United States (A). This network, based on the Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI), provides a detailed history of calibrated drought severity over a region roughly including Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, and w ...