Gray v Minister for Planning: The Rising Tide, of Climate Change
... Hunter Community Environment Centre, of which Peter Gray is an active member, are key participants in this coalition. 28 Principal solicitor, Environment Defenders Office NSW. 29 Interview with Kirsty Ruddock, ABC Radio National, ‘Climate Change and Planning Law’, The Law Report, 31 October 2006
... Hunter Community Environment Centre, of which Peter Gray is an active member, are key participants in this coalition. 28 Principal solicitor, Environment Defenders Office NSW. 29 Interview with Kirsty Ruddock, ABC Radio National, ‘Climate Change and Planning Law’, The Law Report, 31 October 2006
DR. R. K. PACHAURI Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on
... Rapid thawing of permafrost and decrease in depths of frozen soils due largely to rising temperature has threatened many cities and human settlements, has caused more frequent landslides and degeneration of some forest ecosystems, and has resulted in increased lake-water levels in the permafrost reg ...
... Rapid thawing of permafrost and decrease in depths of frozen soils due largely to rising temperature has threatened many cities and human settlements, has caused more frequent landslides and degeneration of some forest ecosystems, and has resulted in increased lake-water levels in the permafrost reg ...
Air Pollution and Climate Change - European Commission
... ‘pollution safety margin’ which accounts for the warming impact of many air pollutants. Available evidence suggests that policies to reduce the harmful effects of air pollutants could accelerate climate change over coming decades by cutting emissions that currently contribute to cooling the climate. ...
... ‘pollution safety margin’ which accounts for the warming impact of many air pollutants. Available evidence suggests that policies to reduce the harmful effects of air pollutants could accelerate climate change over coming decades by cutting emissions that currently contribute to cooling the climate. ...
Climate Change Risk Management - American Meteorological Society
... Other experts see climate change as a much more serious risk to society (Barnosky et al. 2012; Hansen et al. 2012; Rockström et al. 2009). The reasons for this include that the changes in climate expected over the next several decades are faster than anything the world has experienced since the star ...
... Other experts see climate change as a much more serious risk to society (Barnosky et al. 2012; Hansen et al. 2012; Rockström et al. 2009). The reasons for this include that the changes in climate expected over the next several decades are faster than anything the world has experienced since the star ...
Climate Change and Cities in Africa
... moderates harm or exploits beneficial opportunities…Adaptation can occur in autonomous fashion, for example through market changes, or as a result of intentional adaptation policies and plans. Many disaster risk reduction measures can directly contribute to better adaptation.” Capacity: “The combina ...
... moderates harm or exploits beneficial opportunities…Adaptation can occur in autonomous fashion, for example through market changes, or as a result of intentional adaptation policies and plans. Many disaster risk reduction measures can directly contribute to better adaptation.” Capacity: “The combina ...
climatic adaptation of coastal communities on the southwest of taiwan
... research papers on, and assessments of, the impact of global climate change and the adaptation of communities to it. Its 2013 publication, the Fifth Assessment Report (IPCC, 2013), indicated the increasing frequency of extreme climatic events, such as floods, droughts, and heat waves, and the increa ...
... research papers on, and assessments of, the impact of global climate change and the adaptation of communities to it. Its 2013 publication, the Fifth Assessment Report (IPCC, 2013), indicated the increasing frequency of extreme climatic events, such as floods, droughts, and heat waves, and the increa ...
View Dec, 2013, issue of the Pacific Region climate change science
... Ecosystem functionality: Living things have powerful influences on the lands and waters they occupy. As existing ecosystems unravel, we are seeing the chemistry and hydrology of the physical environment change, with further feedback effects on the ecosystem. Ecosystem changes, in turn, feedback to c ...
... Ecosystem functionality: Living things have powerful influences on the lands and waters they occupy. As existing ecosystems unravel, we are seeing the chemistry and hydrology of the physical environment change, with further feedback effects on the ecosystem. Ecosystem changes, in turn, feedback to c ...
The Global Carbon Trading Market: Concepts, Regulations and Industry Brochure
... - Forecasts of the global carbon trading market up to 2020 based on likely scenarios that might emerge in the future. - Impact assessment of key carbon regulations and policies and their impact on the growth of global carbon trading market. - Analyzes market-based instruments such as certifications ...
... - Forecasts of the global carbon trading market up to 2020 based on likely scenarios that might emerge in the future. - Impact assessment of key carbon regulations and policies and their impact on the growth of global carbon trading market. - Analyzes market-based instruments such as certifications ...
Peatlands and flooding
... Flood risk management covers a variety of activities to prevent rivers and streams overflowing. These range from the flood defences you might see around your local rivers and streams, to less visible land management strategies that keep rainfall locked up in the landscape and out of the river system ...
... Flood risk management covers a variety of activities to prevent rivers and streams overflowing. These range from the flood defences you might see around your local rivers and streams, to less visible land management strategies that keep rainfall locked up in the landscape and out of the river system ...
Global Warming Skeptics` Arguments
... Yet scientists say the sources of energy we need to power all these modern conveniences are running dangerously low. We could run out of oil in as little as 40 years, and out of natural gas soon after that [source: The Independent]. These fossil fuels have been percolating beneath the Earth for hund ...
... Yet scientists say the sources of energy we need to power all these modern conveniences are running dangerously low. We could run out of oil in as little as 40 years, and out of natural gas soon after that [source: The Independent]. These fossil fuels have been percolating beneath the Earth for hund ...
- 1 - Transitioning to a low carbon transport system in developing
... Economic development and the rapidly increasing demand for mobility in developing countries are leading to increased demand for transport services, so as to support lifestyles and economic activities in developing countries like India. The transport sector is responsible for about 10% of total final ...
... Economic development and the rapidly increasing demand for mobility in developing countries are leading to increased demand for transport services, so as to support lifestyles and economic activities in developing countries like India. The transport sector is responsible for about 10% of total final ...
Comment by: Patrick J. Michaels and Paul C. Knappenberger
... incorporate the SCC, a clear distinction should be made between domestic costs/benefits and foreign cost/benefits—and numerical calculations of each provided in all cost/benefits analyses included in the proposal (to be included in the main body of the proposal). In this way, the public can readily ...
... incorporate the SCC, a clear distinction should be made between domestic costs/benefits and foreign cost/benefits—and numerical calculations of each provided in all cost/benefits analyses included in the proposal (to be included in the main body of the proposal). In this way, the public can readily ...
Climate change challenges for European regions
... carbon dioxide is also underway. European efforts to reduce emissions and energy consumption are being made in several areas, e.g. legislation for reducing carbon-dioxide emissions from passenger vehicles is underway, and the directive on the energy efficiency of buildings is under revision. Severa ...
... carbon dioxide is also underway. European efforts to reduce emissions and energy consumption are being made in several areas, e.g. legislation for reducing carbon-dioxide emissions from passenger vehicles is underway, and the directive on the energy efficiency of buildings is under revision. Severa ...
Systemic Crisis and Systemic Change in the United States in the
... WORKING PAPER: Framing the challenges of a next system after fossil fuels by banks, capital markets, the vast, publicly traded corporation—that together form the most powerful engine for the extraction of value the world has ever seen. “Its purpose,” as Marjorie Kelly observes, “is manufacturing fi ...
... WORKING PAPER: Framing the challenges of a next system after fossil fuels by banks, capital markets, the vast, publicly traded corporation—that together form the most powerful engine for the extraction of value the world has ever seen. “Its purpose,” as Marjorie Kelly observes, “is manufacturing fi ...
The Household Production Function Approach to Valuing Climate
... aggregated over large, climatically diverse regions. Most studies include temperature and precipitation but far fewer include other potentially important climate variables such as sunshine and relative humidity. Researchers characterise climate variables in different ways e.g. annual mean temperatur ...
... aggregated over large, climatically diverse regions. Most studies include temperature and precipitation but far fewer include other potentially important climate variables such as sunshine and relative humidity. Researchers characterise climate variables in different ways e.g. annual mean temperatur ...
IS CLIMATE CHANGE HINDERING ECONOMIC GROWTH OF ASIAN ECONOMIES? *
... growth. Energy use results in accelerating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Estimates indicate that approximately 75 per cent of all CO2 emissions have come from developed countries. These results imply that economic growth depends on energy usage that leads to environmental degradation. However, eco ...
... growth. Energy use results in accelerating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Estimates indicate that approximately 75 per cent of all CO2 emissions have come from developed countries. These results imply that economic growth depends on energy usage that leads to environmental degradation. However, eco ...
Cooperation Studies of Catastrophe Avoidance: Implications for
... comes from an earlier experiment by Milinski et al. (2006). The experiment employed a public good game analogous to the collective-risk game, except that groups did not have to reach a threshold by the end of the game to avoid catastrophe. Investments in the climate account were instead used to fina ...
... comes from an earlier experiment by Milinski et al. (2006). The experiment employed a public good game analogous to the collective-risk game, except that groups did not have to reach a threshold by the end of the game to avoid catastrophe. Investments in the climate account were instead used to fina ...
Greenhouse Effect - Florida Atlantic University
... greenhouse effect? (4) What are greenhouse gases? (5) What natural processes increase greenhouse gases? What processes decrease greenhouse gases? (6) How is human activity affecting the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere? (7) Draw and explain the carbon cycle and its connection to global c ...
... greenhouse effect? (4) What are greenhouse gases? (5) What natural processes increase greenhouse gases? What processes decrease greenhouse gases? (6) How is human activity affecting the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere? (7) Draw and explain the carbon cycle and its connection to global c ...
The idea of anthropogenic global climate change in the 20th century
... would absorb most of the gas that we added to the atmosphere. This dismissal of any human influence was part of a larger conviction that all of biology was irrelevant to the global atmosphere. The air and its weather were governed by physical forces apparently far mightier than the meter or so of or ...
... would absorb most of the gas that we added to the atmosphere. This dismissal of any human influence was part of a larger conviction that all of biology was irrelevant to the global atmosphere. The air and its weather were governed by physical forces apparently far mightier than the meter or so of or ...
Low Emission Technology and Innovation: the role of IPRs
... Significant increase in patenting of clean technologies in recent years (since late 1990s). In particular, windpower, solar photovoltaic and CO2 capture have been exhibiting a rapid growth in recent years The patenting activity across all clean energy technology appears to be dominated by Japan, US, ...
... Significant increase in patenting of clean technologies in recent years (since late 1990s). In particular, windpower, solar photovoltaic and CO2 capture have been exhibiting a rapid growth in recent years The patenting activity across all clean energy technology appears to be dominated by Japan, US, ...
Metamorphosis of Religious and Visual Signs in the Context of
... quantity of precipitation increases, which enlarges the number and scope of natural disasters. The summer of 2003 was the warmest in the Alps during the last 2.5 thousand years, which may be a sign of considerable change in the future. As the fatal effects of climate change determine human world out ...
... quantity of precipitation increases, which enlarges the number and scope of natural disasters. The summer of 2003 was the warmest in the Alps during the last 2.5 thousand years, which may be a sign of considerable change in the future. As the fatal effects of climate change determine human world out ...
A New Climate for Peace
... Deal for Engagement in Fragile States — have recognized climate-conflict risks in their National Adaptation Programmes of Action. Unfortunately, there is little guidance on how to develop adaptation plans in fragile contexts or how to address the transboundary dimensions of climate change impacts. I ...
... Deal for Engagement in Fragile States — have recognized climate-conflict risks in their National Adaptation Programmes of Action. Unfortunately, there is little guidance on how to develop adaptation plans in fragile contexts or how to address the transboundary dimensions of climate change impacts. I ...
Lessons learned from the 2000s Western drought: Evolving linkages between
... Current uses of information for reservoir management • NOAA/CPC forecasts incorporated in reservoir inflow forecasts and also considered independently by managers • Efforts to improve use of climate forecasts in river forecasts • But -- often little skill in the Upper Basin where most supply origin ...
... Current uses of information for reservoir management • NOAA/CPC forecasts incorporated in reservoir inflow forecasts and also considered independently by managers • Efforts to improve use of climate forecasts in river forecasts • But -- often little skill in the Upper Basin where most supply origin ...
Climate change and extreme weather events: can developing
... UNFCCC recognises the need for adaptation to climate change, and specifies that financial assistance will be made available to “. . . the developing country parties that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change in meeting the costs of adaptation to these adverse effects” ...
... UNFCCC recognises the need for adaptation to climate change, and specifies that financial assistance will be made available to “. . . the developing country parties that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change in meeting the costs of adaptation to these adverse effects” ...