N°20 - AFD
... five sectors: (1) environment, (2) agriculture and rural development, (3) industry and commerce, (4) construction and transport and (5) communication. In addition to the national level, it was applied as a pilot measure in three provinces Bac Ninh, Quang Nam and An Giang. Moreover, Vietnam has been ...
... five sectors: (1) environment, (2) agriculture and rural development, (3) industry and commerce, (4) construction and transport and (5) communication. In addition to the national level, it was applied as a pilot measure in three provinces Bac Ninh, Quang Nam and An Giang. Moreover, Vietnam has been ...
GPI Atlantic National Round Table on the Environment and
... - Balance sheets, stocks = assets and liabilities - Flows = what we earn and spend, including costs of economic activity, crime, GHG emissions ...
... - Balance sheets, stocks = assets and liabilities - Flows = what we earn and spend, including costs of economic activity, crime, GHG emissions ...
Climate Change - NAS
... the formulation of hypotheses, the development of models to study key processes and make testable human activities, predictions, and the combined use of observations especially the burning and models to test scientific understanding. of fossil fuels (coal, oil, Scientific knowledge builds over time ...
... the formulation of hypotheses, the development of models to study key processes and make testable human activities, predictions, and the combined use of observations especially the burning and models to test scientific understanding. of fossil fuels (coal, oil, Scientific knowledge builds over time ...
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... smallholder farmers are grieving from the effects of global warming with prolonged droughts and unexpected shift in normal weather patterns, with the globally competitive horticultural sector remaining the most vulnerable to climate risks. It is therefore important to have a better understanding of ...
... smallholder farmers are grieving from the effects of global warming with prolonged droughts and unexpected shift in normal weather patterns, with the globally competitive horticultural sector remaining the most vulnerable to climate risks. It is therefore important to have a better understanding of ...
The Anthropocene epoch: scientists declare dawn
... [4] A survey of five hundred American preteens found that more than half felt the world was in decline and a third believed it would not exist when they grew up. In Australia a quarter of the children believe that the world will come to an end before they reach adulthood. Extinction is an emerging n ...
... [4] A survey of five hundred American preteens found that more than half felt the world was in decline and a third believed it would not exist when they grew up. In Australia a quarter of the children believe that the world will come to an end before they reach adulthood. Extinction is an emerging n ...
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... of the pollution game is a Nash equilibrium between coalition members playing their best response to non-members, which individually adopt their best reply strategy (as in Chander and Tulkens [15]). Fossil fuel prices are endogenously influenced by the global use of exhaustible resources. In additio ...
... of the pollution game is a Nash equilibrium between coalition members playing their best response to non-members, which individually adopt their best reply strategy (as in Chander and Tulkens [15]). Fossil fuel prices are endogenously influenced by the global use of exhaustible resources. In additio ...
insight - Green Climate Fund
... events, and land degradation. The impacts on humans are also severe, with threats to low-lying coastal populations, and to those vulnerable to hurricanes, floods, and drought. Beyond this, the welfare and livelihoods of millions are likely to be affected by food, water, and energy insecurity. We nee ...
... events, and land degradation. The impacts on humans are also severe, with threats to low-lying coastal populations, and to those vulnerable to hurricanes, floods, and drought. Beyond this, the welfare and livelihoods of millions are likely to be affected by food, water, and energy insecurity. We nee ...
Holocene periodicity in North Atlantic climate and deep
... ISOW ¯ow when the climate of northern Europe is warmer. However, a second mode of operation is observed in the early Holocene, when warm climate intervals are associated with slower ISOW ¯ow. At that time the melting remnant of land-based, glacial-age ice may have provided a suf®cient source of fres ...
... ISOW ¯ow when the climate of northern Europe is warmer. However, a second mode of operation is observed in the early Holocene, when warm climate intervals are associated with slower ISOW ¯ow. At that time the melting remnant of land-based, glacial-age ice may have provided a suf®cient source of fres ...
4 Climate change impacts in a context of full
... processes, disregarding the fact that, while adapting, agents may not use perfect information and for technological, economic, psychological and cultural characteristics may resist to some changes (Patt et al 2009). This last critique is particularly relevant to CGE models. They have been increasing ...
... processes, disregarding the fact that, while adapting, agents may not use perfect information and for technological, economic, psychological and cultural characteristics may resist to some changes (Patt et al 2009). This last critique is particularly relevant to CGE models. They have been increasing ...
Extended Abstract
... most significant thirty and fifty year trends. Figure 2 shows steps one and two averaged together along with a group of ensemble-mean twentieth century model runs. This average of the step one and two indices is closely related to the index based on mean temperature, which is what is used in most of ...
... most significant thirty and fifty year trends. Figure 2 shows steps one and two averaged together along with a group of ensemble-mean twentieth century model runs. This average of the step one and two indices is closely related to the index based on mean temperature, which is what is used in most of ...
2. Vulnerability and Adaptation Frameworks
... may lie in long-term impacts of climate change, and thus the impacts framework might be more appropriate. In other cases, the concern may be more near term and more on vulnerability to climate variability and change rather than climate change alone. In that case, the adaptation framework may be the ...
... may lie in long-term impacts of climate change, and thus the impacts framework might be more appropriate. In other cases, the concern may be more near term and more on vulnerability to climate variability and change rather than climate change alone. In that case, the adaptation framework may be the ...
Two Kinds of Climate Justice: Avoiding Harm and Sharing Burdens
... signed and other states credibly threatened punitive sanctions if S did not agree to and comply with the treaty. In one passage Posner and Weisbach explicitly endorse (a), writing that ‘a treaty . . . satisfies International Paretianism’ if it ‘advances the interests of all states relative to the st ...
... signed and other states credibly threatened punitive sanctions if S did not agree to and comply with the treaty. In one passage Posner and Weisbach explicitly endorse (a), writing that ‘a treaty . . . satisfies International Paretianism’ if it ‘advances the interests of all states relative to the st ...
3.2 Trends in water resources - IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
... were not uniformly distributed, with some villages reporting to be more severely affected than others. Ntungwa and Lundo villages, for instance, were found to have a serious problem of decreasing water flow, as expressed by 34.5% of respondents. This was locally associated with climate change and ca ...
... were not uniformly distributed, with some villages reporting to be more severely affected than others. Ntungwa and Lundo villages, for instance, were found to have a serious problem of decreasing water flow, as expressed by 34.5% of respondents. This was locally associated with climate change and ca ...
Climate change and human health: Impacts, vulnerability and public
... e.g. those of malaria and dengue, and the incidence ...
... e.g. those of malaria and dengue, and the incidence ...
The Point of No Return - Exploring Law on Cross
... Finally, it is important not to overlook those who are not displaced. While some remain because of resilient capacity, others may in fact be forced to stay. They do not have the resources to move (Black R. et al., 2008). Displacement will result in particular needs, but it is important to stress tha ...
... Finally, it is important not to overlook those who are not displaced. While some remain because of resilient capacity, others may in fact be forced to stay. They do not have the resources to move (Black R. et al., 2008). Displacement will result in particular needs, but it is important to stress tha ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES UNCERTAINTY AND DECISION IN CLIMATE CHANGE ECONOMICS
... alternative decision frameworks that are arguably more applicable and investigate how they can be applied to the issue of climate policy. Alternatives to expected utility maximization have been developed extensively in the last two decades, and there are several examples of their application to the ...
... alternative decision frameworks that are arguably more applicable and investigate how they can be applied to the issue of climate policy. Alternatives to expected utility maximization have been developed extensively in the last two decades, and there are several examples of their application to the ...
Relative importance between biogeochemical and
... cover retreat and greener vegetation in growing season has a large potential to amplify regional warming [Chapin et al., 2005; Euskirchen et al., 2007]. Biogeochemical and biogeophysical feedback of terrestrial ecosystems are linked processes, in which biogeophysical impacts are connected with bioge ...
... cover retreat and greener vegetation in growing season has a large potential to amplify regional warming [Chapin et al., 2005; Euskirchen et al., 2007]. Biogeochemical and biogeophysical feedback of terrestrial ecosystems are linked processes, in which biogeophysical impacts are connected with bioge ...
2013 GHG Inventory
... laboratory, increase our emphasis on responsible planning for sustainable operation and continue efforts to reduce the College's 'environmental footprint'." One of our primary goals in this process is to establish snapshots of Skidmore’s GHG emissions to inform our carbon reduction goals and strateg ...
... laboratory, increase our emphasis on responsible planning for sustainable operation and continue efforts to reduce the College's 'environmental footprint'." One of our primary goals in this process is to establish snapshots of Skidmore’s GHG emissions to inform our carbon reduction goals and strateg ...
7 - WWF
... The adaptation strategies in this document should be compiled, edited and completed by the WWF MacArthur ACT initiative members and the strategies later reviewed by a different panel of experts. The reviewing audience should rank and rate the adaptation strategies and suggest which of the strategies ...
... The adaptation strategies in this document should be compiled, edited and completed by the WWF MacArthur ACT initiative members and the strategies later reviewed by a different panel of experts. The reviewing audience should rank and rate the adaptation strategies and suggest which of the strategies ...
Impacts of climate change on plant food allergens: a previously
... Contact allergens Only a single study has contemplated the impacts of climate change on allergic disease other than asthma and allergic rhinitis. Recent research by Mohan et al. (2006) examined the responses of poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) to elevated [CO2]. They found poison ivy grown at ele ...
... Contact allergens Only a single study has contemplated the impacts of climate change on allergic disease other than asthma and allergic rhinitis. Recent research by Mohan et al. (2006) examined the responses of poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) to elevated [CO2]. They found poison ivy grown at ele ...
CO2, the greenhouse effect and global warming: from the
... geologist who was interested in the geochemical carbon cycle of the Earth and in particular how atmospheric carbon dioxide is buffered by the ocean, vegetation on land, and the formation of carbonates and silicates by weathering (breakdown of rocks and minerals via contact with the environment).18 ‘ ...
... geologist who was interested in the geochemical carbon cycle of the Earth and in particular how atmospheric carbon dioxide is buffered by the ocean, vegetation on land, and the formation of carbonates and silicates by weathering (breakdown of rocks and minerals via contact with the environment).18 ‘ ...
Loss and damage in a changing climate, Games for learning and
... With temperatures rising on a global scale, fundamental thermodynamics implies an increase in global precipitation, which might lead to an increase in extreme events in general but depend on the feedbacks of the climate system (see e.g., Liu and Allan, 2013). However, the chaotic nature of the syste ...
... With temperatures rising on a global scale, fundamental thermodynamics implies an increase in global precipitation, which might lead to an increase in extreme events in general but depend on the feedbacks of the climate system (see e.g., Liu and Allan, 2013). However, the chaotic nature of the syste ...
impacts by degree - Division on Earth and Life Studies
... The impacts of human activities—particularly emissions of carbon dioxide, but also including other greenhouse gas emissions, land use, and population growth—are so vast that they will largely control the future of the Earth’s climate system. This future could bring a relatively mild change in clima ...
... The impacts of human activities—particularly emissions of carbon dioxide, but also including other greenhouse gas emissions, land use, and population growth—are so vast that they will largely control the future of the Earth’s climate system. This future could bring a relatively mild change in clima ...