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Climate Change and US Interests
... the United States will fare better than most other countries has led some commentators to advance the climate change winner argument, claiming that it is irrational for the United States to take unilateral steps to mitigate climate change or to participate in a globally optimal international agreeme ...
... the United States will fare better than most other countries has led some commentators to advance the climate change winner argument, claiming that it is irrational for the United States to take unilateral steps to mitigate climate change or to participate in a globally optimal international agreeme ...
Climate Investment Funds (CIFs): An Overview CRS Report for Congress Richard K. Lattanzio
... million for the CIFs (H.R. 3288, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010, signed into law December 16, 2009, as P.L. 111-117), and for FY2011, the Administration has requested an additional $635 million for the program. As the CIFs are just one set of financial mechanisms in a larger network of in ...
... million for the CIFs (H.R. 3288, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010, signed into law December 16, 2009, as P.L. 111-117), and for FY2011, the Administration has requested an additional $635 million for the program. As the CIFs are just one set of financial mechanisms in a larger network of in ...
Enhanced weathering strategies for stabilizing climate and averting
... that will limit utilization and emphasize the need for urgent efforts to phase down fossil fuel emissions15 . Since 1992, over 190 nations agreed to limit anthropogenic CO2 emissions to avoid ‘dangerous’ human-made climate change16 , yet massive expansion of fossil fuel extractions, including shale ...
... that will limit utilization and emphasize the need for urgent efforts to phase down fossil fuel emissions15 . Since 1992, over 190 nations agreed to limit anthropogenic CO2 emissions to avoid ‘dangerous’ human-made climate change16 , yet massive expansion of fossil fuel extractions, including shale ...
The Green Arms Race: Reorienting the Discussions on Climate
... security mission is driving change within the Pentagon; this has the power to create steady demand for clean energy technology, a consistent force that has never before existed. Alas, money is also a potential critical shortfall. Shrinking federal budgets and world economies limping out of recession ...
... security mission is driving change within the Pentagon; this has the power to create steady demand for clean energy technology, a consistent force that has never before existed. Alas, money is also a potential critical shortfall. Shrinking federal budgets and world economies limping out of recession ...
CLIMATE CHANGE 2013 The Physical Science Basis Summary for Policymakers climate change
... based on the single longest dataset available 4 (see Figure SPM.1). {2.4} • For the longest period when calculation of regional trends is sufficiently complete (1901 to 2012), almost the entire globe has experienced surface warming (see Figure SPM.1). {2.4} • In addition to robust multi-decadal wa ...
... based on the single longest dataset available 4 (see Figure SPM.1). {2.4} • For the longest period when calculation of regional trends is sufficiently complete (1901 to 2012), almost the entire globe has experienced surface warming (see Figure SPM.1). {2.4} • In addition to robust multi-decadal wa ...
Climate and the Carbon Cycle - CARBO
... It is now beyond scientific doubt that climate change is occurring and that it is being driven by human activity. Atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2), one of the greenhouses gases responsible for climate change, have reached levels that are higher than any time during the past million ...
... It is now beyond scientific doubt that climate change is occurring and that it is being driven by human activity. Atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2), one of the greenhouses gases responsible for climate change, have reached levels that are higher than any time during the past million ...
Adapting to Climate Change: A Business Approach
... human activities producing greenhouse gases—are already causing changes in ecosystems, water supply and availability, and patterns of extreme events, with (in many but not all cases) consequent damages to human health, buildings, livelihoods, and infrastructure. The question is no longer, “Is there ...
... human activities producing greenhouse gases—are already causing changes in ecosystems, water supply and availability, and patterns of extreme events, with (in many but not all cases) consequent damages to human health, buildings, livelihoods, and infrastructure. The question is no longer, “Is there ...
Sea-level rise and climate change
... In 2014, the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF) was commissioned by the Australian Government to produce a coastal climate risk management tool in support of coastal managers adapting to climate change and sea-level rise. This online tool, known as CoastAdapt, provides inf ...
... In 2014, the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF) was commissioned by the Australian Government to produce a coastal climate risk management tool in support of coastal managers adapting to climate change and sea-level rise. This online tool, known as CoastAdapt, provides inf ...
Downscaling climate change scenarios for apple pest and disease
... Note that assumptions inherent in many climate projections are that the range of model uncertainty is fully sampled by the available model projections, and that systematic model biases do not change with time. These assumptions were also made here (for more details, see Fischer et al., 2011). Despit ...
... Note that assumptions inherent in many climate projections are that the range of model uncertainty is fully sampled by the available model projections, and that systematic model biases do not change with time. These assumptions were also made here (for more details, see Fischer et al., 2011). Despit ...
Mexico`s Climate Change Mid-Century Strategy
... to transform our economies. To reach the Paris goal, we must plan ahead. Instead of reinventing our past, we can create our future where growth is uninhibited by fossil fuel constraints or health impacts; a future where growth does not come at the cost of future generations. Mexico assumes its respo ...
... to transform our economies. To reach the Paris goal, we must plan ahead. Instead of reinventing our past, we can create our future where growth is uninhibited by fossil fuel constraints or health impacts; a future where growth does not come at the cost of future generations. Mexico assumes its respo ...
View/Open - Dora.dmu.ac.uk
... participating in conversations with journalists, activists, NGOs and members of the public 56. This analysis based on coded conversations of participants on Twitter according to whether or not they expressed support for the IPCC, found that the densest network of conversational connections occurred ...
... participating in conversations with journalists, activists, NGOs and members of the public 56. This analysis based on coded conversations of participants on Twitter according to whether or not they expressed support for the IPCC, found that the densest network of conversational connections occurred ...
Turning points in climate change adaptation
... and consequences of this new framing. We focus on the specific situation in which a social-political threshold of concern is likely to be exceeded as a result of climate change, requiring consideration of alternative strategies. Action is imperative when such a situation is conceivable, and at this ...
... and consequences of this new framing. We focus on the specific situation in which a social-political threshold of concern is likely to be exceeded as a result of climate change, requiring consideration of alternative strategies. Action is imperative when such a situation is conceivable, and at this ...
Draft 1:Layout 1.qxd - Defenders of Wildlife
... is a major cause of global climate change, but it is also directly affects how plants grow, function, and compete for water and other resources. Generally, higher concentrations of CO2 are associated with greater plant productivity and more efficient water use. This may seem like good news, but it a ...
... is a major cause of global climate change, but it is also directly affects how plants grow, function, and compete for water and other resources. Generally, higher concentrations of CO2 are associated with greater plant productivity and more efficient water use. This may seem like good news, but it a ...
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... devoted to avoiding climate change, so the actual amount of consumption, as a fraction of the amount that would have been available in the absence of climate damage and abatement effort, is (1 − Pt ) (1 − xt ). The consumption loss due to mitigation expenditures and remaining climate-related damage, ...
... devoted to avoiding climate change, so the actual amount of consumption, as a fraction of the amount that would have been available in the absence of climate damage and abatement effort, is (1 − Pt ) (1 − xt ). The consumption loss due to mitigation expenditures and remaining climate-related damage, ...
International Workshop on Mainstreaming Adaptation to Climate
... Many development efforts and impacts are at risk if climate change is not taken into account. It is therefore necessary to integrate adaptation into different levels of development work, in addition to support to stand-alone climate change adaptation programmes. A number of actors in the fields of s ...
... Many development efforts and impacts are at risk if climate change is not taken into account. It is therefore necessary to integrate adaptation into different levels of development work, in addition to support to stand-alone climate change adaptation programmes. A number of actors in the fields of s ...
Resolving a Paradox: Can Regionalism Help to Promote A Global
... system was institutionalized in 1994 when the Marrakech Agreement established the World Trade Organization (WTO). Environmental issues requiring global cooperation, such as climate change, are primarily addressed within multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs). Over the past 20 years more than 2 ...
... system was institutionalized in 1994 when the Marrakech Agreement established the World Trade Organization (WTO). Environmental issues requiring global cooperation, such as climate change, are primarily addressed within multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs). Over the past 20 years more than 2 ...
Author`s personal copy
... responses to past climate change (Peng and Apps, 1997); interannual climate variability (Cao et al., 2003; Piao et al., 2003, 2005) and future climate change (Xiao et al., 1998; Gao et al., 2000; Ni et al., 2001). Recent estimates of forest biomass carbon in China suggested that Chinese forest ecosy ...
... responses to past climate change (Peng and Apps, 1997); interannual climate variability (Cao et al., 2003; Piao et al., 2003, 2005) and future climate change (Xiao et al., 1998; Gao et al., 2000; Ni et al., 2001). Recent estimates of forest biomass carbon in China suggested that Chinese forest ecosy ...
A note on including climate change adaptation in an international
... Over the next decades, moreover, climate change is likely to remain limited, and most of the impacts are expected in the second half of this century. What is most needed from a climate-change perspective, therefore, is to prepare economies to cope with larger climate-change impacts over the medium t ...
... Over the next decades, moreover, climate change is likely to remain limited, and most of the impacts are expected in the second half of this century. What is most needed from a climate-change perspective, therefore, is to prepare economies to cope with larger climate-change impacts over the medium t ...
DANGER The of Corporate Landfill Gas-to-Energy Schemes and How to Fix It
... A switch to a 21st century resource recovery infrastructure will create clean energy jobs to combat rising unemployment: The U.S. faces a difficult road ahead toward economic recovery. Unemployment has reached its highest rate in over 25 years and economist Paul Krugman has predicted a jobless recov ...
... A switch to a 21st century resource recovery infrastructure will create clean energy jobs to combat rising unemployment: The U.S. faces a difficult road ahead toward economic recovery. Unemployment has reached its highest rate in over 25 years and economist Paul Krugman has predicted a jobless recov ...
the scientific article as a Word document here
... particularly in developed nations; 5) Adaptation action is more frequently reported in developed nations, with middle income countries underrepresented and low-income regions dominated by reports from a small number of countries; 6). There is limited reporting on adaptations being developed to take ...
... particularly in developed nations; 5) Adaptation action is more frequently reported in developed nations, with middle income countries underrepresented and low-income regions dominated by reports from a small number of countries; 6). There is limited reporting on adaptations being developed to take ...
Attributing regional trends of evapotranspiration and gross primary
... have explored the relative contributions of climate change and vegetation dynamics to changes in global land surface evapotranspiration and river runoff (Betts et al., 2007; Piao et al., 2007; Alkama et al., 2010; Liu et al., 2012; Chen et al., 2014, 2015; Banger et al., 2015), but the conclusions a ...
... have explored the relative contributions of climate change and vegetation dynamics to changes in global land surface evapotranspiration and river runoff (Betts et al., 2007; Piao et al., 2007; Alkama et al., 2010; Liu et al., 2012; Chen et al., 2014, 2015; Banger et al., 2015), but the conclusions a ...
Pre-Feasibility Analysis for the Conversion of Landfill Gas to
... accounts for 19 percent of global energy use and 23 percent of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (1). In the U.S., on-road mobile sources are a major contributor of GHG, contributing nearly 30 percent of total U.S. GHG emissions. Transportation also has an impact on issues such as land use, changes in ...
... accounts for 19 percent of global energy use and 23 percent of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (1). In the U.S., on-road mobile sources are a major contributor of GHG, contributing nearly 30 percent of total U.S. GHG emissions. Transportation also has an impact on issues such as land use, changes in ...
Future climate in world regions - the IPCC Data Distribution Centre
... given changes in greenhouse gas and aerosol concentrations; an increase of greenhouse gases tends to warm the Earth, while most aerosols have a cooling effect. The ability of the models to simulate climate is best at large horizontal scales and is severely restricted as the scale is decreased. There ...
... given changes in greenhouse gas and aerosol concentrations; an increase of greenhouse gases tends to warm the Earth, while most aerosols have a cooling effect. The ability of the models to simulate climate is best at large horizontal scales and is severely restricted as the scale is decreased. There ...
Vulnerability and Resilience in the Face of Climate Change: Current
... response, particularly societal capacity to adapt to climate change impacts, determines both the severity of impacts and the costs of adaptation. The definition and focus of such studies come from other research communities, including research in impacts of climate change (emphasizing physical impac ...
... response, particularly societal capacity to adapt to climate change impacts, determines both the severity of impacts and the costs of adaptation. The definition and focus of such studies come from other research communities, including research in impacts of climate change (emphasizing physical impac ...
21st century climate change in the European Alps—A review
... 2012). Regional climate service initiatives including the Swiss CH2011 scenarios in the Western Alps (CH2011, 2011) or the Styrian STMK12 scenarios in the Eastern Alps (Gobiet et al., 2012) try to provide the corresponding climate scenario products in an end-user friendly and readily accessible mann ...
... 2012). Regional climate service initiatives including the Swiss CH2011 scenarios in the Western Alps (CH2011, 2011) or the Styrian STMK12 scenarios in the Eastern Alps (Gobiet et al., 2012) try to provide the corresponding climate scenario products in an end-user friendly and readily accessible mann ...
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
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The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (or CPRS) was a proposed cap-and-trade system of emissions trading for anthropogenic greenhouse gases, due to be introduced in Australia in 2010 by the Rudd government, as part of its climate change policy. It marked a major change in the energy policy of Australia. The policy began when the Australian Labor Party was in opposition and the six Labor-controlled states commissioned an independent review on energy policy, the Garnaut Climate Change Review, which published a number of reports. Labor, after winning the federal election and forming a government, published a Green paper for discussion and comment. The Federal Treasury then modelled some of the financial and economic impacts of the proposed scheme.The Rudd Government published a final white paper on 15 December 2008. The Government announced that the legislation was intended to take effect in July 2010; but the legislation for the CPRS (aka ETS) failed to gain adequate support and was twice rejected creating a double dissolution election trigger. After a bitter political debate which saw former opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull lose his leadership of the opposition to the anti-CPRS Tony Abbott. The Rudd government did not call an election and the CPRS lost public support. In April 2010, Labor then deferred the CPRS. A successor to the CPRS, the Carbon Pricing Mechanism (CPM) was passed into law as part of the Clean Energy Futures Package (CEF) in 2011, but was repealed in July 2014 following a change in government.