1 - MEDiterranean PROspects
... Variables and indicators for the econometric analysis: total and rural population, GDP per capita, agricultural share of GDP, HDI, agricultural area, irrigated area, cereal yield, total cereal production, agricultural production value, fertilizer consumption, food consumption, renewable water resou ...
... Variables and indicators for the econometric analysis: total and rural population, GDP per capita, agricultural share of GDP, HDI, agricultural area, irrigated area, cereal yield, total cereal production, agricultural production value, fertilizer consumption, food consumption, renewable water resou ...
Summary of UN-Habitat`s CCCI Climate Change Assessment for the
... I. Introduction Climate Change is fast becoming the preeminent development challenge of the 21st century. The future of hundreds of millions of people around the world will be determined by the pace of adaptation and mitigation that will be undertaken. In an urbanizing world, cities are both the cau ...
... I. Introduction Climate Change is fast becoming the preeminent development challenge of the 21st century. The future of hundreds of millions of people around the world will be determined by the pace of adaptation and mitigation that will be undertaken. In an urbanizing world, cities are both the cau ...
Future development in extreme one-hour precipitation over Europe
... seasonal rainfall, temperature and other atmospheric conditions that are conducted today. Such approaches have however not yet been tried out. We therefore argue that climate factors calculated straight-forward as in this study, based on 12 km, 1-hour RCM data representing the highest resolution so ...
... seasonal rainfall, temperature and other atmospheric conditions that are conducted today. Such approaches have however not yet been tried out. We therefore argue that climate factors calculated straight-forward as in this study, based on 12 km, 1-hour RCM data representing the highest resolution so ...
Bilateral Cooperation between China and the United States
... consumption per unit of GDP was reduced by 9 percent; the equivalent of approximately 350 million tons coal equivalent was saved—that is, a reduction of more than 840 MtCO2 (million tons of carbon dioxide). These measures also bring collateral benefits in reducing air pollution in urban areas, which ...
... consumption per unit of GDP was reduced by 9 percent; the equivalent of approximately 350 million tons coal equivalent was saved—that is, a reduction of more than 840 MtCO2 (million tons of carbon dioxide). These measures also bring collateral benefits in reducing air pollution in urban areas, which ...
Climate.Denial.2011
... • Nearly all of the air is made of oxygen (O2) and nitrogen (N2) in which two atoms of the same element share electrons • Infrared (heat) energy radiated up from the surface can be absorbed by these molecules, but not very well ...
... • Nearly all of the air is made of oxygen (O2) and nitrogen (N2) in which two atoms of the same element share electrons • Infrared (heat) energy radiated up from the surface can be absorbed by these molecules, but not very well ...
Annex 3: Strengths and weaknesses of climate models
... Office model, have been used to quantify physical relationships between aspects of historical model performance and simulated future changes. That is, to identify the observational tests, in terms of different mean-climate variables and trends, which are most strongly related to the projection of fu ...
... Office model, have been used to quantify physical relationships between aspects of historical model performance and simulated future changes. That is, to identify the observational tests, in terms of different mean-climate variables and trends, which are most strongly related to the projection of fu ...
Climate Change: Portfolio Analysis
... I am pleased to present BHP Billiton’s Climate Change: Portfolio Analysis. The world is facing two critical challenges. As the global population steadily grows, the continued development of emerging economies depends on access to affordable energy. At the same time, limiting climate change requires ...
... I am pleased to present BHP Billiton’s Climate Change: Portfolio Analysis. The world is facing two critical challenges. As the global population steadily grows, the continued development of emerging economies depends on access to affordable energy. At the same time, limiting climate change requires ...
Frequently Asked Questions - University of Colorado Boulder
... solved problem than forecasting weather patterns just weeks from now. To put it another way, long-term variations brought about by changes in the composition of the atmosphere are much more predictable than individual weather events. As an example, while we cannot predict the outcome of a single coi ...
... solved problem than forecasting weather patterns just weeks from now. To put it another way, long-term variations brought about by changes in the composition of the atmosphere are much more predictable than individual weather events. As an example, while we cannot predict the outcome of a single coi ...
Renewable Energy under the Kyoto Protocol: The Case
... standards, it is not clear that the extra flexibility they provide is vital to achieving program goals. 25 Targeted measures aimed at supporting renewable energy, unlike broad global trading, have played a major role in encouraging the increases in production and decreases in price that we have seen ...
... standards, it is not clear that the extra flexibility they provide is vital to achieving program goals. 25 Targeted measures aimed at supporting renewable energy, unlike broad global trading, have played a major role in encouraging the increases in production and decreases in price that we have seen ...
Global scale climate–crop yield relationships and the impacts of
... temperature sensitivities were negative for all crops (figure 2; table 1), in agreement with several previous assessments [2–5]. Mechanisms likely responsible for the observed relationships include increases in crop development rates, water stress and canopy respiration with warmer temperatures [19] ...
... temperature sensitivities were negative for all crops (figure 2; table 1), in agreement with several previous assessments [2–5]. Mechanisms likely responsible for the observed relationships include increases in crop development rates, water stress and canopy respiration with warmer temperatures [19] ...
... and that the risks of geological storage can be small” [25]. On the other hand, large-scale failure of CCS projects, in terms of leakage, will be more damaging from a climate change perspective than not attempting it at all, for the following reason. Capturing and sequestering carbon requires the us ...
The Kyoto Protocol and Clean Development Mechanism
... of climate change due to increased greenhouse gases accumulation in atmosphere. It was the first international agreement, which legally binds, developed nation to reduce worldwide emissions of greenhouse gases from these countries. The Kyoto Protocol, which was established for emission reduction tar ...
... of climate change due to increased greenhouse gases accumulation in atmosphere. It was the first international agreement, which legally binds, developed nation to reduce worldwide emissions of greenhouse gases from these countries. The Kyoto Protocol, which was established for emission reduction tar ...
Climate Action Plan - Reporting Institutions
... College adjust land ward during strong storms. We expect the existing pockets of mangroves and tidal marsh on campus to also adjust up-slope. In addition, the New College Foundation owns 177 acres of mangrove swamp at the north end of Sarasota Bay, where additional effects of sea level rise will be ...
... College adjust land ward during strong storms. We expect the existing pockets of mangroves and tidal marsh on campus to also adjust up-slope. In addition, the New College Foundation owns 177 acres of mangrove swamp at the north end of Sarasota Bay, where additional effects of sea level rise will be ...
NAMAs seeking International Support: Selected cases from
... ultimately serves national priorities for low emission development ...
... ultimately serves national priorities for low emission development ...
`2°c capital stock` for electricity generation
... other sectors play their part, no new investment in fossil electricity infrastructure (without carbon capture) is feasible from 2017 at the latest, unless energy policy leads to early stranding of polluting assets or large scale carbon capture deployment. If other sectors remain on business as usual ...
... other sectors play their part, no new investment in fossil electricity infrastructure (without carbon capture) is feasible from 2017 at the latest, unless energy policy leads to early stranding of polluting assets or large scale carbon capture deployment. If other sectors remain on business as usual ...
Social vulnerability and climate justice
... Climate Change and water governance in Durban, Maputo and Nairobi According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), “Africa is one of the most vulnerable continents to climate change and climate variability. This vulnerability is exacerbated by existing developmental challenges such ...
... Climate Change and water governance in Durban, Maputo and Nairobi According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), “Africa is one of the most vulnerable continents to climate change and climate variability. This vulnerability is exacerbated by existing developmental challenges such ...
Questions for discussion ETS shelved What does the BtN story
... KID: What are they protesting about? There are two sides that are pretty easy to recognise. One wears red and the other wears yellow. The red shirts support this guy; Thaksin Shinawatra. He used to be the prime minister of Thailand and he spent a fair bit of money on things like health and education ...
... KID: What are they protesting about? There are two sides that are pretty easy to recognise. One wears red and the other wears yellow. The red shirts support this guy; Thaksin Shinawatra. He used to be the prime minister of Thailand and he spent a fair bit of money on things like health and education ...
Global Climate Change as a Threat to U.S. National Security
... on Climate Change (IPCC), in a study of the consequences of climate change, found that sea levels are rising around twice the rate as that recorded in the twentieth century.23 These rising sea levels can affect the integrity of roadways and other structures. For example, an evaluation of the vulnera ...
... on Climate Change (IPCC), in a study of the consequences of climate change, found that sea levels are rising around twice the rate as that recorded in the twentieth century.23 These rising sea levels can affect the integrity of roadways and other structures. For example, an evaluation of the vulnera ...
awareness of both type 1 and 2 errors in climate science and
... Assessment Report dealt with this insufficient understanding by removing the acceleration of ice sheet melt out of its quantitative projections of the future. The summary for policymakers’ table 3 of sea level rise projections includes sea level contributions from ice sheet flow held steady at the r ...
... Assessment Report dealt with this insufficient understanding by removing the acceleration of ice sheet melt out of its quantitative projections of the future. The summary for policymakers’ table 3 of sea level rise projections includes sea level contributions from ice sheet flow held steady at the r ...
Climate Finance Briefing: Small Island Developing States
... he Small Island Developing States (SIDS) together bear little responsibility for climate change, but their geographical, socioeconomic and climate profiles make them particularly vulnerable to its impacts. Spread across three regions, the 39 SIDS nations have received USD 1085 million from the dedic ...
... he Small Island Developing States (SIDS) together bear little responsibility for climate change, but their geographical, socioeconomic and climate profiles make them particularly vulnerable to its impacts. Spread across three regions, the 39 SIDS nations have received USD 1085 million from the dedic ...
The recent pause in global warming (1): What do observations of the
... Human activities – changes in land use and burning fossil fuels – have increased the levels of greenhouse gases (principally carbon dioxide and methane) substantially since preindustrial times (pre-1850s), and the levels continue to rise (Figure 2). Carbon emissions continue to grow at 3.1% per year ...
... Human activities – changes in land use and burning fossil fuels – have increased the levels of greenhouse gases (principally carbon dioxide and methane) substantially since preindustrial times (pre-1850s), and the levels continue to rise (Figure 2). Carbon emissions continue to grow at 3.1% per year ...
CCCI_Mongolia_Executive_Summary_20110411
... kilometer – remains the lowest in the world. But, by land use classification only 0.3 per cent of total area (or 4.7 thousand km2) is urban, where 1.7 million people are settled. From this, average density of urban population is approximately 360 person/km2. Mongolia’s territory includes areas of re ...
... kilometer – remains the lowest in the world. But, by land use classification only 0.3 per cent of total area (or 4.7 thousand km2) is urban, where 1.7 million people are settled. From this, average density of urban population is approximately 360 person/km2. Mongolia’s territory includes areas of re ...
