Divestment in Fossil Fuels
... The risks outlined above suggest that it is financially imprudent to invest in fossil fuel assets that can never safely be extracted if the world is to limit warming to two degrees Celsius. By divesting, organisations send a message to financial institutions and the wider community about the enviro ...
... The risks outlined above suggest that it is financially imprudent to invest in fossil fuel assets that can never safely be extracted if the world is to limit warming to two degrees Celsius. By divesting, organisations send a message to financial institutions and the wider community about the enviro ...
cliMAtE chANGE ANd cANAdA`S FOREStS
... Climate change is already affecting Canada’s forests. Current visible effects include changes in the frequency and severity of disturbances (such as fires, drought, severe storms, and damaging insect and disease attacks): other less visible changes such as change in the timing of spring bud burst ar ...
... Climate change is already affecting Canada’s forests. Current visible effects include changes in the frequency and severity of disturbances (such as fires, drought, severe storms, and damaging insect and disease attacks): other less visible changes such as change in the timing of spring bud burst ar ...
Pre-Feasibility Analysis for the Conversion of Landfill Gas to
... policy developments could have on the transportation sector, specifically Texas. GHGs have long been suspected to contribute to the deterioration of air quality and human health as well as cause adverse changes to the earth’s climate. Globally, transportation accounts for 19 percent of global energy ...
... policy developments could have on the transportation sector, specifically Texas. GHGs have long been suspected to contribute to the deterioration of air quality and human health as well as cause adverse changes to the earth’s climate. Globally, transportation accounts for 19 percent of global energy ...
Bhattacharya et al. 2015 (opens in new window)
... Stockholm Environment Institute, Tsinghua University) and a core team lead by Program Director Helen Mountford. The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment was established in 2008 at the London School of Economics and Political Science. The Institute brings together interna ...
... Stockholm Environment Institute, Tsinghua University) and a core team lead by Program Director Helen Mountford. The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment was established in 2008 at the London School of Economics and Political Science. The Institute brings together interna ...
driving sustainable development through better infrastructure
... Stockholm Environment Institute, Tsinghua University) and a core team lead by Program Director Helen Mountford. The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment was established in 2008 at the London School of Economics and Political Science. The Institute brings together interna ...
... Stockholm Environment Institute, Tsinghua University) and a core team lead by Program Director Helen Mountford. The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment was established in 2008 at the London School of Economics and Political Science. The Institute brings together interna ...
Draft Guidelines on Climate Change and Natura 2000
... measures at the Natura 2000 network level to increase its coherence, the resilience of sites to cope with environmental change can be improved. Our view is that uncertainty about how climate change will unfold or what the response of species and habitats will be must not prevent necessary actions fr ...
... measures at the Natura 2000 network level to increase its coherence, the resilience of sites to cope with environmental change can be improved. Our view is that uncertainty about how climate change will unfold or what the response of species and habitats will be must not prevent necessary actions fr ...
Last millennium Northern Hemisphere summer temperatures from
... the grid point reconstructions to proximal predictors and avoiding assumptions about the global covariance structure ensures that distant grid points remain independent of one another. The spatial features of the field can therefore be examined and compared without concern that they arise from use of ...
... the grid point reconstructions to proximal predictors and avoiding assumptions about the global covariance structure ensures that distant grid points remain independent of one another. The spatial features of the field can therefore be examined and compared without concern that they arise from use of ...
Redrawing the energy-climate map - World Energy Outlook Special
... negotiations are engaged to that end. Yet any resulting agreement will not emerge before 2015 and new legal obligations will not begin before 2020. Meanwhile, despite many countries taking new actions, the world is drifting further and further from the track it needs to follow. The energy sector is ...
... negotiations are engaged to that end. Yet any resulting agreement will not emerge before 2015 and new legal obligations will not begin before 2020. Meanwhile, despite many countries taking new actions, the world is drifting further and further from the track it needs to follow. The energy sector is ...
Hosed vs. unhosed: interruptions of the Atlantic Meridional
... tuated by abrupt climate changes, with large impacts on air temperature, precipitation, and ocean circulation across the globe. However, the long-held idea that freshwater forcing, caused by massive iceberg discharges, was the driving force behind these changes has been questioned in recent years. T ...
... tuated by abrupt climate changes, with large impacts on air temperature, precipitation, and ocean circulation across the globe. However, the long-held idea that freshwater forcing, caused by massive iceberg discharges, was the driving force behind these changes has been questioned in recent years. T ...
Situation Analysis on Climate Change - 400 Bad Request
... them to share a climate, with its associated vulnerabilities, their use of common resources like water means that actions in one country can profoundly impact the other. As the impacts of climate change begin to set in, the commonalities in the former will lend greater urgency to the relationship in ...
... them to share a climate, with its associated vulnerabilities, their use of common resources like water means that actions in one country can profoundly impact the other. As the impacts of climate change begin to set in, the commonalities in the former will lend greater urgency to the relationship in ...
Environmental governance and climate change in Africa
... continent. Effectively tackling climate change requires a multi-disciplinary approach. Law, and more specifically, environmental law, plays an important role in this respect, especially insofar as legal mechanisms are able to shape the behaviour of people with respect to their interaction with the e ...
... continent. Effectively tackling climate change requires a multi-disciplinary approach. Law, and more specifically, environmental law, plays an important role in this respect, especially insofar as legal mechanisms are able to shape the behaviour of people with respect to their interaction with the e ...
The Al Gore Effect - University of Oregon
... I convert the carbon offset records into panel data that represents all of the 3,917 zip codes with at least one offset purchase on record. The dataset includes an observation for each zip code in each of the 25 months in the sample period and therefore consists of 97,925 total observations.14 The ...
... I convert the carbon offset records into panel data that represents all of the 3,917 zip codes with at least one offset purchase on record. The dataset includes an observation for each zip code in each of the 25 months in the sample period and therefore consists of 97,925 total observations.14 The ...
Redrawing the energy-climate map - World Energy Outlook Special
... negotiations are engaged to that end. Yet any resulting agreement will not emerge before 2015 and new legal obligations will not begin before 2020. Meanwhile, despite many countries taking new actions, the world is drifting further and further from the track it needs to follow. The energy sector is ...
... negotiations are engaged to that end. Yet any resulting agreement will not emerge before 2015 and new legal obligations will not begin before 2020. Meanwhile, despite many countries taking new actions, the world is drifting further and further from the track it needs to follow. The energy sector is ...
City of Long Beach Climate Resiliency Assessment Report
... health impacts from El Niño this winter), to the progressively rising sea level and deteriorating air quality as the climate warms. Combining poor air quality with extreme heat spells causes disproportionately negative impacts on the already vulnerable (including children, elderly, asthmatic or othe ...
... health impacts from El Niño this winter), to the progressively rising sea level and deteriorating air quality as the climate warms. Combining poor air quality with extreme heat spells causes disproportionately negative impacts on the already vulnerable (including children, elderly, asthmatic or othe ...
High latitude terrestrial ecosystems are considered key components in the... carbon (C) cycle and hold large reservoirs of soil organic... Abstract
... changes. As permafrost thaws and surface hydrology changes, there is concern that periglacial tundra and peatland ecosystems will switch from being sinks for atmospheric C into sources, creating a potential for positive feedbacks on global warming. The magnitude of change in C fluxes resulting from ...
... changes. As permafrost thaws and surface hydrology changes, there is concern that periglacial tundra and peatland ecosystems will switch from being sinks for atmospheric C into sources, creating a potential for positive feedbacks on global warming. The magnitude of change in C fluxes resulting from ...
Banner - Indigenous Peoples` Climate Change Portal
... totally dependent on fossil fuel use, whether in industries, transport, energy use, and industrial agriculture, among others. However, instead of moving towards a low-carbon emissions development path, most countries would still opt to maintain the highenergy, high-emissions economic development pat ...
... totally dependent on fossil fuel use, whether in industries, transport, energy use, and industrial agriculture, among others. However, instead of moving towards a low-carbon emissions development path, most countries would still opt to maintain the highenergy, high-emissions economic development pat ...
Circulation patterns related to debris-flow triggering
... caused permafrost thawing, reduced snow cover, and the earlier occurrence of effective rainstorms that in turn have led to an observed extension of the debris-flow season. In several catchments of the Zermatt valley, debris flows now occur between May and October, whereas their occurrence was limited ...
... caused permafrost thawing, reduced snow cover, and the earlier occurrence of effective rainstorms that in turn have led to an observed extension of the debris-flow season. In several catchments of the Zermatt valley, debris flows now occur between May and October, whereas their occurrence was limited ...
Costs of Adaptation Related to Industrial and Municipal Water
... 2008; Easterling et al. 2007; Kabat et al. 2003); industry, transport, and energy supply (Wilbanks et al. 2007); ecosystem services (Fischlin et al. 2007); fisheries (Easterling et al. 2007; FAO 2009); and forestry (Easterling et al. 2007). The impacts of climate change on these sectors are investig ...
... 2008; Easterling et al. 2007; Kabat et al. 2003); industry, transport, and energy supply (Wilbanks et al. 2007); ecosystem services (Fischlin et al. 2007); fisheries (Easterling et al. 2007; FAO 2009); and forestry (Easterling et al. 2007). The impacts of climate change on these sectors are investig ...
The Emissions Gap Report 2016
... term ‘baseline scenarios’ refers to scenarios that are based on the assumption that no mitigation policies or measures will be implemented beyond those that are already in force and/or are legislated or planned to be adopted. Baseline scenarios are not intended to be predictions of the future, but r ...
... term ‘baseline scenarios’ refers to scenarios that are based on the assumption that no mitigation policies or measures will be implemented beyond those that are already in force and/or are legislated or planned to be adopted. Baseline scenarios are not intended to be predictions of the future, but r ...
Negotiation Indices - European Capacity Building Initiative
... Power Pools. The proposed sectoral based methodologies are welcome to Africa, but implementation should not be at country level but regional/continental levels in view of few number of some industries per sector in each individual country. ...
... Power Pools. The proposed sectoral based methodologies are welcome to Africa, but implementation should not be at country level but regional/continental levels in view of few number of some industries per sector in each individual country. ...
Land Conflict and Climate Patterns in Nigeria
... Nigeria is a country rife with conflict, and disputes over land issues constitute a significant number of conflict events and the violent deaths that result from them. Land issues vary from region to ...
... Nigeria is a country rife with conflict, and disputes over land issues constitute a significant number of conflict events and the violent deaths that result from them. Land issues vary from region to ...
The implications of climate change for biodiversity conservation and
... be significant. Many impacts have already been observed (Hughes 2000; McCarty 2001; Parmesan and Yohe 2003; Root et al. 2003; Walther et al. 2002), and many studies have modelled various potential impacts on biodiversity over the remainder of this century and concluded that widespread impacts can be ...
... be significant. Many impacts have already been observed (Hughes 2000; McCarty 2001; Parmesan and Yohe 2003; Root et al. 2003; Walther et al. 2002), and many studies have modelled various potential impacts on biodiversity over the remainder of this century and concluded that widespread impacts can be ...
The Emissions Gap Report 2015
... A digital copy of this report along with supporting appendices are available at http://www.unep.org/emissionsgapreport2015/ This project is part of the International Climate Initiative. The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safely supports this initiative on the b ...
... A digital copy of this report along with supporting appendices are available at http://www.unep.org/emissionsgapreport2015/ This project is part of the International Climate Initiative. The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safely supports this initiative on the b ...
Climate Change: Comparison of S. 2191 as Amendment
... Public Works (EPW) on May 20, 2008. The bill would establish a mandatory capand-trade system to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from most sectors of the economy.2 As reported, S. 2191’s emissions cap is estimated by its sponsors to require a 71% reduction from 2005 levels by 2050 from covered entiti ...
... Public Works (EPW) on May 20, 2008. The bill would establish a mandatory capand-trade system to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from most sectors of the economy.2 As reported, S. 2191’s emissions cap is estimated by its sponsors to require a 71% reduction from 2005 levels by 2050 from covered entiti ...
