Petition to the World Heritage Committee
... unnecessarily limited in its potential role for actually protecting these sites. Distinct from the situation of long-lived greenhouse gases, which can remain in the atmosphere for centuries, reducing black carbon emissions has an immediate cooling effect. In other words, reducing black carbon emissi ...
... unnecessarily limited in its potential role for actually protecting these sites. Distinct from the situation of long-lived greenhouse gases, which can remain in the atmosphere for centuries, reducing black carbon emissions has an immediate cooling effect. In other words, reducing black carbon emissi ...
Climate Change Adaptation and Development
... This paper results from research aimed at exploring the international discourse on adaptation to climate change and the meaning of adaptation to climate change in the context of development. This work questions the emerging move towards policy-driven adaptation as a solution to address climate chang ...
... This paper results from research aimed at exploring the international discourse on adaptation to climate change and the meaning of adaptation to climate change in the context of development. This work questions the emerging move towards policy-driven adaptation as a solution to address climate chang ...
Preserving the Ocean Circulation: Implications for Climate Policy
... gases. One benefit of this method is that the choice of greenhouse gas stabilization level is motivated by a threshold response in the natural system. This choice is likely more efficient in the sense of an optimal growth model than an arbitrary choice of greenhouse gas stabilization level. This app ...
... gases. One benefit of this method is that the choice of greenhouse gas stabilization level is motivated by a threshold response in the natural system. This choice is likely more efficient in the sense of an optimal growth model than an arbitrary choice of greenhouse gas stabilization level. This app ...
Out of control: How we failed to adapt and suffered the consequences
... et al., 2013) and successful spawning within the basin (Chapman et al., 2013). In a political climate already increasingly characterized by laissez-faire government retrenchment, scrambling politicians and angered residents came to interpret this failure as evidence of scientific and regulatory futil ...
... et al., 2013) and successful spawning within the basin (Chapman et al., 2013). In a political climate already increasingly characterized by laissez-faire government retrenchment, scrambling politicians and angered residents came to interpret this failure as evidence of scientific and regulatory futil ...
Stand Up Against Poverty/50 days of Action temperature check
... Bretton Woods Project Both IMF and World Bank meetings will be discussing governance reform. UK NGOs working with Bretton Woods Project are expected to engage with these and also get involved in media work. If you are planning an action and want more information, please email info@brettonwoodsprojec ...
... Bretton Woods Project Both IMF and World Bank meetings will be discussing governance reform. UK NGOs working with Bretton Woods Project are expected to engage with these and also get involved in media work. If you are planning an action and want more information, please email info@brettonwoodsprojec ...
http://www.magrama.gob.es/es/cambio-climatico/publicaciones/documentacion/cle_ene_pla_urg_mea_tcm7-12478.pdf
... economy, health and social welfare. Its impacts will be felt with greater intensity by future generations. For this reason, it is necessary to act immediately and reduce emissions while looking at the same time for ways to adapt to the impacts of climate change. According to the Intergovernmental Pa ...
... economy, health and social welfare. Its impacts will be felt with greater intensity by future generations. For this reason, it is necessary to act immediately and reduce emissions while looking at the same time for ways to adapt to the impacts of climate change. According to the Intergovernmental Pa ...
Chapter 2 Current Legal Challenges in Climate Change Justice
... Human and Peoples’ Rights (and, if accepted by the state, before the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights). At the international level, the principal treaties are overseen by ‘treaty bodies’, which are open to individual petition. Individuals may bring a complaint to the UN Human Rights Commit ...
... Human and Peoples’ Rights (and, if accepted by the state, before the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights). At the international level, the principal treaties are overseen by ‘treaty bodies’, which are open to individual petition. Individuals may bring a complaint to the UN Human Rights Commit ...
Williamson, Craig E., Jennifer A. Brentrup, Jing Zhang, William H
... structure and function. Here we use this simple framework to develop and apply a suite of DOC-related climate forcing optical indices (CFOI) for assessing the sentinel responses of lakes to temperature and precipitation. We also examine the response of these indices to solar radiation, which changes ...
... structure and function. Here we use this simple framework to develop and apply a suite of DOC-related climate forcing optical indices (CFOI) for assessing the sentinel responses of lakes to temperature and precipitation. We also examine the response of these indices to solar radiation, which changes ...
Stabilization of atmospheric carbon dioxide via zero emissions—An
... of reduction to make emissions sufficiently below the natural uptake level, then the net balance of CO2 in the atmosphere becomes negative, so the atmospheric concentration will decrease. In particular, if emissions reach zero not so far into the future, hopefully during the next century, then atmosph ...
... of reduction to make emissions sufficiently below the natural uptake level, then the net balance of CO2 in the atmosphere becomes negative, so the atmospheric concentration will decrease. In particular, if emissions reach zero not so far into the future, hopefully during the next century, then atmosph ...
NB Climate Change Hub | News Monitoring | April
... A wise man once said, "Someday we will harness the rise and fall of the tides and imprison the rays of the sun." Unfortunately, people didn't exactly rush to bring his vision to fruition. The wise man was Thomas Edison. The date was 1921.[more] ...
... A wise man once said, "Someday we will harness the rise and fall of the tides and imprison the rays of the sun." Unfortunately, people didn't exactly rush to bring his vision to fruition. The wise man was Thomas Edison. The date was 1921.[more] ...
Evaluation, characterization, and communication of uncertainty by
... members of associated technical support units in the AR5 process; they, as well as one of us (G.Yohe) were involved in developing the AR5 Guidance document, and their contributions describe their aspirations and concerns as the AR5 authors set to work. Still others, like Granger Morgan and Baruch Fi ...
... members of associated technical support units in the AR5 process; they, as well as one of us (G.Yohe) were involved in developing the AR5 Guidance document, and their contributions describe their aspirations and concerns as the AR5 authors set to work. Still others, like Granger Morgan and Baruch Fi ...
Title Projected Range Contractions of European Protected Oceanic
... change [41], [42]. Yet, most plant and vertebrate species have been projected to lose climatically suitable space within protected European conservation areas [42], suggesting that the current protected areas network will be less effective under future climate change, as species ranges may shift to ...
... change [41], [42]. Yet, most plant and vertebrate species have been projected to lose climatically suitable space within protected European conservation areas [42], suggesting that the current protected areas network will be less effective under future climate change, as species ranges may shift to ...
Climate Change Resilience Planning
... livable. Urban parks mitigate the heat island effect, enhance air quality, help to manage stormwater and provide habitat for diverse wildlife. These services, and Central Park’s resilience, become increasingly important as New York faces mounting stresses from population growth and climate change. C ...
... livable. Urban parks mitigate the heat island effect, enhance air quality, help to manage stormwater and provide habitat for diverse wildlife. These services, and Central Park’s resilience, become increasingly important as New York faces mounting stresses from population growth and climate change. C ...
Kenya National Adaptation Plan 2015-2030
... This NAP builds on the Adaptation Technical Analysis Report (ATAR) developed under the NCCAP.2 The ATAR provided a detailed analysis of sectors and vulnerabilities in the various counties, identified adaptation needs in various economic processes, and developed a long list of potential adaptation a ...
... This NAP builds on the Adaptation Technical Analysis Report (ATAR) developed under the NCCAP.2 The ATAR provided a detailed analysis of sectors and vulnerabilities in the various counties, identified adaptation needs in various economic processes, and developed a long list of potential adaptation a ...
View Case Study - Department of Natural Resources
... communities to choose culturally relevant and ecologically sustainable foods they obtain and consume from their ecological habitat (Kassam et al. 2010). Furthermore, hunting, distributing, and celebrating bowhead whales demonstrate community values, particularly the value of ‘sharing.’ Even if speci ...
... communities to choose culturally relevant and ecologically sustainable foods they obtain and consume from their ecological habitat (Kassam et al. 2010). Furthermore, hunting, distributing, and celebrating bowhead whales demonstrate community values, particularly the value of ‘sharing.’ Even if speci ...
Climate change in the Norwegian Arctic – Consequences for life in
... Global warming is one of the major challenges facing the world’s population. The climate in the Arctic is important for the global climate, and in recent years, large changes have been charted in the region. The northern regions are in focus and it is important that the best and most updated informa ...
... Global warming is one of the major challenges facing the world’s population. The climate in the Arctic is important for the global climate, and in recent years, large changes have been charted in the region. The northern regions are in focus and it is important that the best and most updated informa ...
Proceedings of Fifth International Conference on Climate Change
... hit the country, and many people were affected by this hazard between 1982 and 2007. Chagutah (2010) notes that Zimbabwe’s heavy reliance on rain–fed agriculture and natural resources for livelihood has made it more vulnerable to drought. Low agricultural yields, food insecurity, fall in economic pr ...
... hit the country, and many people were affected by this hazard between 1982 and 2007. Chagutah (2010) notes that Zimbabwe’s heavy reliance on rain–fed agriculture and natural resources for livelihood has made it more vulnerable to drought. Low agricultural yields, food insecurity, fall in economic pr ...
Using the Kyoto Protocol as a stepping stone.
... project have been submitted monthly to the UNFCCC. The total GHG reduction under JI until the end of 2012 is expected only to be about a quarter of CDM. In 2008 track 1 projects started to be submitted and now there are more track 1 projects (274) than track 2 projects (218). It has been easy to get ...
... project have been submitted monthly to the UNFCCC. The total GHG reduction under JI until the end of 2012 is expected only to be about a quarter of CDM. In 2008 track 1 projects started to be submitted and now there are more track 1 projects (274) than track 2 projects (218). It has been easy to get ...
THE EVOLVING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CLIMATE CHANGE AND SELF-HELP HOUSING Earl Kessler
... Successful housing projects carried out in Ecuador and Panama in the heyday of the sites-and-services boom in the 1980s serve as examples of public policy that demonstrated the viability of public-sector, self-help shelter strategies. However the detached, single-family self-help, housing model cont ...
... Successful housing projects carried out in Ecuador and Panama in the heyday of the sites-and-services boom in the 1980s serve as examples of public policy that demonstrated the viability of public-sector, self-help shelter strategies. However the detached, single-family self-help, housing model cont ...
Knowledge, ignorance and the popular culture: climate change
... ignorance paradox. It then outlines the roles of personal and social motivations, the public culture, and technology in establishing consensual guidelines for ignorance. The upshot is a sociological model of how the “knowledge society” actually militates against the acquisition of scientific knowled ...
... ignorance paradox. It then outlines the roles of personal and social motivations, the public culture, and technology in establishing consensual guidelines for ignorance. The upshot is a sociological model of how the “knowledge society” actually militates against the acquisition of scientific knowled ...
Rechtspraak.nl - Print uitspraak
... It is also clear that collective, global actions are required to keep climate change within acceptable limits. In this context of collective actions, the 25%-40% reduction you refer to in your letter was always the objective. The EU’s offer to pursue a 30% reduction by 2020, on the condition that ot ...
... It is also clear that collective, global actions are required to keep climate change within acceptable limits. In this context of collective actions, the 25%-40% reduction you refer to in your letter was always the objective. The EU’s offer to pursue a 30% reduction by 2020, on the condition that ot ...
Northern African climate at the end of the twenty
... the heat stoke risk increases across the Sahel. Wetter This paper is a contribution to the special issue on West African Climate, consisting of papers from the African Multidisciplinary Monsoon Analysis (AMMA) and West African Monsoon Modeling and Evaluation (WAMME) projects, and coordinated by Y. X ...
... the heat stoke risk increases across the Sahel. Wetter This paper is a contribution to the special issue on West African Climate, consisting of papers from the African Multidisciplinary Monsoon Analysis (AMMA) and West African Monsoon Modeling and Evaluation (WAMME) projects, and coordinated by Y. X ...
