When Environmental Issues Collide: Climate Change
... plants produce no carbon dioxide. . .no air emissions at all.” (in McCully 2001:141). Similarly, Zhou and coauthors (2008:1078) more recently claim that (small) hydro “is a renewable energy with zero emissions.” As a result, the growing focus on mitigating climate change provides a new incentive fo ...
... plants produce no carbon dioxide. . .no air emissions at all.” (in McCully 2001:141). Similarly, Zhou and coauthors (2008:1078) more recently claim that (small) hydro “is a renewable energy with zero emissions.” As a result, the growing focus on mitigating climate change provides a new incentive fo ...
Republic of Korea’s Framework Act on Low Carbon, Considerations for replicating
... Guidelines on the composition, operation and functions of the Presidential Committee on Green Growth. Basic principles of a green economy and green industry, facilitating research, development and commercializing of green technology and the creation of green jobs. Realization of a low-carbon society ...
... Guidelines on the composition, operation and functions of the Presidential Committee on Green Growth. Basic principles of a green economy and green industry, facilitating research, development and commercializing of green technology and the creation of green jobs. Realization of a low-carbon society ...
sea-level rise and its impact on miami-dade county
... offer additional information on action being taken at the local, regional, and state level to address climate change. Climate Leadership Engagement Opportunities (CLEO) Institute:30 ...
... offer additional information on action being taken at the local, regional, and state level to address climate change. Climate Leadership Engagement Opportunities (CLEO) Institute:30 ...
The Need To Assess Spatial Variations In Climate Forcings - Suggestions For
... Radiative Forcing of Climate Change: Expanding the Concept and Addressing Uncertainties, Committee on Radiative Forcing Effects on Climate, Climate Research Committee, 224 pp. http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11175.html ...
... Radiative Forcing of Climate Change: Expanding the Concept and Addressing Uncertainties, Committee on Radiative Forcing Effects on Climate, Climate Research Committee, 224 pp. http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11175.html ...
Coupled Climate–Economy–Biosphere (CoCEB) model – Part 1
... In this paper, we study the interaction between global warming and economic growth, along the lines of the Dynamic Integrated model of Climate and the Economy (DICE) of Nordhaus (1994a), with subsequent updates in Nordhaus and Boyer (2000), Nordhaus (2007, 2008) and Nordhaus and Sztorc (2013), while ...
... In this paper, we study the interaction between global warming and economic growth, along the lines of the Dynamic Integrated model of Climate and the Economy (DICE) of Nordhaus (1994a), with subsequent updates in Nordhaus and Boyer (2000), Nordhaus (2007, 2008) and Nordhaus and Sztorc (2013), while ...
Climate Change Policymaking in Germany and the USA
... ambitiousness in climate policy has resulted in a stable policy direction. Even when a realization came about after the “wall fall” effect3[3] started to wear off, that reducing GHG emissions would be more expensive for Germany than first thought, the policy direction was upheld. As such, the precau ...
... ambitiousness in climate policy has resulted in a stable policy direction. Even when a realization came about after the “wall fall” effect3[3] started to wear off, that reducing GHG emissions would be more expensive for Germany than first thought, the policy direction was upheld. As such, the precau ...
climate change: changing oceans
... has been part of ICES work since it was established more than one hundred years ago, but during the past two decades, there has been a growing awareness of the importance of climate change among the marine science community. This brochure provides a state-of-the-art overview of ICES studies on clima ...
... has been part of ICES work since it was established more than one hundred years ago, but during the past two decades, there has been a growing awareness of the importance of climate change among the marine science community. This brochure provides a state-of-the-art overview of ICES studies on clima ...
ICLEI Milestone 2 Report Climate Changes and Impacts for the City
... the City’s climate will hardly be recognizable by the end of the century, and without adequate planning and adaptation these changes will have extensive impacts on the liveability of the City. Regional climate projections and local historic trends Within Metro Vancouver the historical rates at which ...
... the City’s climate will hardly be recognizable by the end of the century, and without adequate planning and adaptation these changes will have extensive impacts on the liveability of the City. Regional climate projections and local historic trends Within Metro Vancouver the historical rates at which ...
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... of greenhouse gas, but when we burn fossil fuels like coal, oil and natural gas, we add more. The more greenhouse gas we produce, the thicker the blanket around the earth’s atmosphere becomes. This blanket traps heat around the planet and makes it hotter. The 1980’s and 1990’s were the warmest decad ...
... of greenhouse gas, but when we burn fossil fuels like coal, oil and natural gas, we add more. The more greenhouse gas we produce, the thicker the blanket around the earth’s atmosphere becomes. This blanket traps heat around the planet and makes it hotter. The 1980’s and 1990’s were the warmest decad ...
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... 2010); process-based models are often unavailable for important crops (Müller et al., 2011); and models are normally unable to adequately capture the complex and dynamic cropping systems present on most African farms (Hijmans & Graham, 2006; Thuiller et al., 2004; Müller et al., 2010). Of particular ...
... 2010); process-based models are often unavailable for important crops (Müller et al., 2011); and models are normally unable to adequately capture the complex and dynamic cropping systems present on most African farms (Hijmans & Graham, 2006; Thuiller et al., 2004; Müller et al., 2010). Of particular ...
Part VI: International Collective Action
... agricultural production, the costs of administering and enforcing forest protection, and some transitional costs. Research commissioned by the Review, suggests that the direct yields from land converted to farming, including proceeds from the sale of timber, are equivalent to less than $1 per tonne ...
... agricultural production, the costs of administering and enforcing forest protection, and some transitional costs. Research commissioned by the Review, suggests that the direct yields from land converted to farming, including proceeds from the sale of timber, are equivalent to less than $1 per tonne ...
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... not just to woody plants but to all plants. It would have brought about the extinction of most, if not all terrestrial species, as animals, insects, and other invertebrates starved for lack of food. And that would have been that. The human species would never have existed. This was only the first ti ...
... not just to woody plants but to all plants. It would have brought about the extinction of most, if not all terrestrial species, as animals, insects, and other invertebrates starved for lack of food. And that would have been that. The human species would never have existed. This was only the first ti ...
Growing trees to sequester carbon in the UK
... Second, there are increasing amounts of organic carbon in agricultural soils owing to the non-cultivation of set-aside land (660 000 ha in 1995) and the incorporation of about 1 MtC of straw per annum in England and Wales since 1992 (Armstrong Brown et al., 1996). Also, the average standing biomass ...
... Second, there are increasing amounts of organic carbon in agricultural soils owing to the non-cultivation of set-aside land (660 000 ha in 1995) and the incorporation of about 1 MtC of straw per annum in England and Wales since 1992 (Armstrong Brown et al., 1996). Also, the average standing biomass ...
alpine tundra - University of Colorado Boulder
... 1. Introduction [2] A number of studies have been published in the past decade that indicate that the world’s mountain regions comprise an area where the effects of global warming is likely to be amplified. In particular, many of these studies have documented an amplification of temperature trends w ...
... 1. Introduction [2] A number of studies have been published in the past decade that indicate that the world’s mountain regions comprise an area where the effects of global warming is likely to be amplified. In particular, many of these studies have documented an amplification of temperature trends w ...
Publication - World Vision International
... Located within the belt of tropical monsoons of Asia and adjoining the Eastern Sea, Hai Phong is under monsoon influence, attracting 31% of the storms and typhoons in Vietnam annually. Hai Phong is susceptible to many disasters such as typhoons, storms, storm surges, high tidal waves, floods, saltwa ...
... Located within the belt of tropical monsoons of Asia and adjoining the Eastern Sea, Hai Phong is under monsoon influence, attracting 31% of the storms and typhoons in Vietnam annually. Hai Phong is susceptible to many disasters such as typhoons, storms, storm surges, high tidal waves, floods, saltwa ...
Internalizing Climate Change—Scientific Resource Management and the Climate Change Challenges
... Because of the interconnectedness of the systems, CALFED also pursues efforts and restoration in the downstream San Francisco Bay and on its large upstream watershed (Figure 1). The Delta, in which populations for several key pelagic organisms are declining, is the nexus of California’s state-scale ...
... Because of the interconnectedness of the systems, CALFED also pursues efforts and restoration in the downstream San Francisco Bay and on its large upstream watershed (Figure 1). The Delta, in which populations for several key pelagic organisms are declining, is the nexus of California’s state-scale ...
Seeing the climate? The problematic status of visual evidence in
... uncertainties over the science of climate change, alongside the predictive nature of its magnitude/effects, had a limiting effect on the successful communication of climate change beyond the scientific community. However, this is certainly not the only reason climate change has taken so long to esta ...
... uncertainties over the science of climate change, alongside the predictive nature of its magnitude/effects, had a limiting effect on the successful communication of climate change beyond the scientific community. However, this is certainly not the only reason climate change has taken so long to esta ...
A Conceptual Tool for Climate Change Risk Assessment
... and human dependence) and 2) synthesizing the contributing factors to determine the potential societal consequence of climate change. 2.1. Step 1: Estimating the potential behavior of the three contributing factors Each factor could have a range of potential characteristics or behaviors. In principl ...
... and human dependence) and 2) synthesizing the contributing factors to determine the potential societal consequence of climate change. 2.1. Step 1: Estimating the potential behavior of the three contributing factors Each factor could have a range of potential characteristics or behaviors. In principl ...
Moresby Declaration for an effective global climate agreement
... Time for a ‘Moresby Declaration for an effective global climate agreement’ The invitation from Pacific Islands Forum Leaders, and from the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, to contribute regional initiatives which convey to Leaders ‘the issues that should be focussed on at the regional level’ is mo ...
... Time for a ‘Moresby Declaration for an effective global climate agreement’ The invitation from Pacific Islands Forum Leaders, and from the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, to contribute regional initiatives which convey to Leaders ‘the issues that should be focussed on at the regional level’ is mo ...
The GEF and Climate Change - Global Environment Facility
... CEO and Chairperson Global Environment Facility ...
... CEO and Chairperson Global Environment Facility ...
STANDARDIZATION, ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE
... CLOSING REMARKS At the UNFCCC agenda, REDD+ has inter-linkages with other issues ...
... CLOSING REMARKS At the UNFCCC agenda, REDD+ has inter-linkages with other issues ...
Sensor Workbook Ver2.0 - Triple Helix
... probably see an average global temperature increase of 3 to 7°F by 2100, and greater warming after that. Even if we were to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, returning them to year 2000 levels, the Earth would still warm about 1°F over the next 100 years. This is due to the long lifetime ...
... probably see an average global temperature increase of 3 to 7°F by 2100, and greater warming after that. Even if we were to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, returning them to year 2000 levels, the Earth would still warm about 1°F over the next 100 years. This is due to the long lifetime ...
UK Climate Projections science report: Marine and coastal projections
... For the wave projections only three simulations were made. Assuming all three are credible (and many aspects of the present-day climate of the driving climate models do look credible) this will give a minimum estimate of the uncertainty range. ...
... For the wave projections only three simulations were made. Assuming all three are credible (and many aspects of the present-day climate of the driving climate models do look credible) this will give a minimum estimate of the uncertainty range. ...