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... Each of the four case study countries offers success stories that enhance adaptation strategies. While Kenya’s policies have strongly supported agricultural research and development as well as an agricultural market environment that has offered incentives to farmers to adopt SLWM, neighboring Uganda ...
... Each of the four case study countries offers success stories that enhance adaptation strategies. While Kenya’s policies have strongly supported agricultural research and development as well as an agricultural market environment that has offered incentives to farmers to adopt SLWM, neighboring Uganda ...
Growing within Limits
... possible to achieve such a reduction by rapidly increasing energy efficiency, replacing fossil-fuel technologies by zero-carbon technologies, and by introducing carboncapture-and-storage (CCS) techniques. In addition, greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and deforestation can be reduced (Figure ...
... possible to achieve such a reduction by rapidly increasing energy efficiency, replacing fossil-fuel technologies by zero-carbon technologies, and by introducing carboncapture-and-storage (CCS) techniques. In addition, greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and deforestation can be reduced (Figure ...
Ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation and mitigation – good
... started out as urban environment improvement and nature conservation projects, which overtime realised the adaptation benefits these projects provide. Many of the case studies found were not labelled as EBA or EBM, or were only labelled as such at a later stage (their original purpose being for natu ...
... started out as urban environment improvement and nature conservation projects, which overtime realised the adaptation benefits these projects provide. Many of the case studies found were not labelled as EBA or EBM, or were only labelled as such at a later stage (their original purpose being for natu ...
The Contours of Cap and Trade: The Evolution of Emissions Trading
... the importance of venue-level dynamics in shaping the broader context for cap and trade debates throughout the policy domain. In contrast to existing studies, we view cap and trade as a “policy domain” within the broader system of global climate change governance. We contend that the cap and trade p ...
... the importance of venue-level dynamics in shaping the broader context for cap and trade debates throughout the policy domain. In contrast to existing studies, we view cap and trade as a “policy domain” within the broader system of global climate change governance. We contend that the cap and trade p ...
Southeast Florida Regional Climate Compact
... The parties to the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact [Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe and Palm Beach Counties] recognize that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from human activity are catalyzing profound changes in climate and weather, the consequences of which pose substantial risks to the ...
... The parties to the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact [Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe and Palm Beach Counties] recognize that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from human activity are catalyzing profound changes in climate and weather, the consequences of which pose substantial risks to the ...
NRDC: Hotter and Drier - The West`s Changed Climate
... aggregate greenhouse gas emissions 15 percent below 2005 levels by 2020. Current and future members of the WCI should ensure that a suite of comprehensive policies achieves these targets either on or ahead of schedule. Additionally, the WCI states should agree to the firm target of reducing emission ...
... aggregate greenhouse gas emissions 15 percent below 2005 levels by 2020. Current and future members of the WCI should ensure that a suite of comprehensive policies achieves these targets either on or ahead of schedule. Additionally, the WCI states should agree to the firm target of reducing emission ...
El Niño Southern Oscillation
... Niña events, c) more extreme rainfall (though changes in average rainfall are unclear), with more intense drought periods (exacerbated by warmer air temperatures) during El Niño events and more intense high rainfall events with increased freshwater/sediment flow to coastal environments during La Niñ ...
... Niña events, c) more extreme rainfall (though changes in average rainfall are unclear), with more intense drought periods (exacerbated by warmer air temperatures) during El Niño events and more intense high rainfall events with increased freshwater/sediment flow to coastal environments during La Niñ ...
Mainstreaming Environment and Climate Change in the
... Global climate change reinforces the need to integrate poverty reduction and environmental management strategies. Climate change is widely recognized as a growing problem whose impact could be devastating and costly (IPCC 2007; Stern 2006a). Poor countries, and poorer people everywhere, are critical ...
... Global climate change reinforces the need to integrate poverty reduction and environmental management strategies. Climate change is widely recognized as a growing problem whose impact could be devastating and costly (IPCC 2007; Stern 2006a). Poor countries, and poorer people everywhere, are critical ...
NFU`s work on climate change
... • 60% of farmers think climate change is impacting their farm now • 60% of farmers believe their growing season is lengthening ...
... • 60% of farmers think climate change is impacting their farm now • 60% of farmers believe their growing season is lengthening ...
Global Warming and the Free State
... due to ocean current cycles and solar and volcanic activity. However, atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases—gases, such as carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide, that trap the sun’s energy from radiating back into space—have dramatically increased since pre-industrial times. Carbon dio ...
... due to ocean current cycles and solar and volcanic activity. However, atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases—gases, such as carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide, that trap the sun’s energy from radiating back into space—have dramatically increased since pre-industrial times. Carbon dio ...
2012 co2 emissions overview - International Energy Agency
... Per-capita emissions, which increased by 13% globally between 1990 and 2012, showed instead contrasting trends among the top five emitting countries. For example, China tripled its per-capita emissions, while India more than doubled theirs, as did some other rapidly expanding economies. Conversely, ...
... Per-capita emissions, which increased by 13% globally between 1990 and 2012, showed instead contrasting trends among the top five emitting countries. For example, China tripled its per-capita emissions, while India more than doubled theirs, as did some other rapidly expanding economies. Conversely, ...
A Region Responds to a Changing Climate
... commonalities. It accepted the varying degrees of progress in the areas of climate change adaptation and mitigation in order to inform, to improve, and to advance regional planning efforts together. This Regional Climate Action Plan too recognizes the diversity of Southeast Florida, yet provides the ...
... commonalities. It accepted the varying degrees of progress in the areas of climate change adaptation and mitigation in order to inform, to improve, and to advance regional planning efforts together. This Regional Climate Action Plan too recognizes the diversity of Southeast Florida, yet provides the ...
Tanzania Environment and Climate Change Policy Brief
... the last decade, with a Gini coefficient of 0.35.4 Corruption is widespread and continues to be a prominent feature of the Tanzanian public sector.5 Tanzania has about 42 million inhabitants, of which about a third falls below the basic needs poverty line6. The population growth is high, around 2.9 ...
... the last decade, with a Gini coefficient of 0.35.4 Corruption is widespread and continues to be a prominent feature of the Tanzanian public sector.5 Tanzania has about 42 million inhabitants, of which about a third falls below the basic needs poverty line6. The population growth is high, around 2.9 ...
Impacts of future deforestation and climate change on the hydrology
... source for rainfall downwind. When analysing changes to this ecosystem, it is important to take an integrated approach because each of these services may be affected by, or may affect, the others. Currently, two major changes are taking place simultaneously in Amazonia: deforestation and climate cha ...
... source for rainfall downwind. When analysing changes to this ecosystem, it is important to take an integrated approach because each of these services may be affected by, or may affect, the others. Currently, two major changes are taking place simultaneously in Amazonia: deforestation and climate cha ...
Background Document - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
... temperatures will give rise to increased demand for energy, air-conditioners and designs for shade. These will be create changing programmatic demands for outside sites especially archaeological remains and outdoor museums. Changes in rainfall relate to more intensive periods of precipitation with a ...
... temperatures will give rise to increased demand for energy, air-conditioners and designs for shade. These will be create changing programmatic demands for outside sites especially archaeological remains and outdoor museums. Changes in rainfall relate to more intensive periods of precipitation with a ...
The Carbon Dioxide Greenhouse Effect
... Weart DGW 1/17 CO2 greenhouse - 3 in the atmosphere—the CO2 released from the burning of coal in the year 1896 would raise the level by scarcely a thousandth part. But the additions might matter if they continued long enough.1 (By recent calculations, the total amount of carbon laid up in coal and ...
... Weart DGW 1/17 CO2 greenhouse - 3 in the atmosphere—the CO2 released from the burning of coal in the year 1896 would raise the level by scarcely a thousandth part. But the additions might matter if they continued long enough.1 (By recent calculations, the total amount of carbon laid up in coal and ...
Working paper: Preference Attainment: Why are some Countries
... disagree and infer from their research that some countries perform better than others (Selck and Kaeding, 2004; Thorsten Selck and Kuipers, 2005). Experts agree even less about what actually determines bargaining success, and hardly any work has so far been conducted for international bargaining sit ...
... disagree and infer from their research that some countries perform better than others (Selck and Kaeding, 2004; Thorsten Selck and Kuipers, 2005). Experts agree even less about what actually determines bargaining success, and hardly any work has so far been conducted for international bargaining sit ...
adaptation planning developing resilience to climate change in the
... and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. In the long term, there will be recurring National Adaptation Frameworks and sectoral plans as provided by the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015. In order to advance this adaptation work, the Department of Transport, Tou ...
... and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. In the long term, there will be recurring National Adaptation Frameworks and sectoral plans as provided by the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015. In order to advance this adaptation work, the Department of Transport, Tou ...
Enhancing the resilience of inland fisheries and
... in these dryland contexts; to review how these production systems and their associated livelihoods are affected by, and adapted to, climate variability; and to propose how their resilience might be maintained and enhanced in the face of projected climate change. The paper proceeds by defining key co ...
... in these dryland contexts; to review how these production systems and their associated livelihoods are affected by, and adapted to, climate variability; and to propose how their resilience might be maintained and enhanced in the face of projected climate change. The paper proceeds by defining key co ...
Including International Forest Carbon Incentives
... Economic models suggest that over the next 20 years, carbon prices of US$10–$302 per metric ton3 of CO2 (tCO2) could generate reductions of 1–4 billion tCO2/year globally through avoided deforestation. The models suggest that this amount could be as much as doubled if other options such as afforesta ...
... Economic models suggest that over the next 20 years, carbon prices of US$10–$302 per metric ton3 of CO2 (tCO2) could generate reductions of 1–4 billion tCO2/year globally through avoided deforestation. The models suggest that this amount could be as much as doubled if other options such as afforesta ...
The greenhouse effect and climate change : a
... Annex I and non-Annex I Parties, regional groupings, and selected countries to illustrate the range of values New Zealand’s CO2 emissions by source, 1990 and 1999. New Zealand’s methane emissions by source 1999, and percent change by ...
... Annex I and non-Annex I Parties, regional groupings, and selected countries to illustrate the range of values New Zealand’s CO2 emissions by source, 1990 and 1999. New Zealand’s methane emissions by source 1999, and percent change by ...
Future changes of the atmospheric composition and the impact of
... 2.1.1. Climate model ECHAM3. The atmosphere general circulation model ECHAM3 (Roeckner et al., 1992) generates its own climate, which only depends on the prescribed concentration of greenhouse gases (GHG) and sea surface temperatures (SST) (see Subsection 2.3 for details). Chemical species are trans ...
... 2.1.1. Climate model ECHAM3. The atmosphere general circulation model ECHAM3 (Roeckner et al., 1992) generates its own climate, which only depends on the prescribed concentration of greenhouse gases (GHG) and sea surface temperatures (SST) (see Subsection 2.3 for details). Chemical species are trans ...