Trading of Carbon Credits Policy
... The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Kyoto Protocol addresses one of the most serious threats facing humanity today, climate change. There is scientific evidence pointing towards the correlation between increased greenhouse gas emissions caused by human activity mainly b ...
... The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Kyoto Protocol addresses one of the most serious threats facing humanity today, climate change. There is scientific evidence pointing towards the correlation between increased greenhouse gas emissions caused by human activity mainly b ...
An estimate of equilibrium sensitivity of global terrestrial carbon
... equilibrium uptakes from these two factors using multicentury simulations for an idealized scenario (instantaneous doubling atmospheric CO2 with no dynamic change in vegetation). This bounding exercise in this study reveals the limited storage capacity of the terrestrial biosphere. In addition, prev ...
... equilibrium uptakes from these two factors using multicentury simulations for an idealized scenario (instantaneous doubling atmospheric CO2 with no dynamic change in vegetation). This bounding exercise in this study reveals the limited storage capacity of the terrestrial biosphere. In addition, prev ...
Impact of climate change on ozone related mortality and morbidity in
... (NOX), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), methane (CH4) and carbon monoxide (CO). Climate change can affect ozone concentrations and thus influence respiratory health [1] through a number of processes, including chemical production, dilution and deposition of ozone that are ...
... (NOX), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), methane (CH4) and carbon monoxide (CO). Climate change can affect ozone concentrations and thus influence respiratory health [1] through a number of processes, including chemical production, dilution and deposition of ozone that are ...
The Impact of Climate Change on Natural Disasters
... events for the society and the environment as well as the implications on risk management (IPCC 2012a). Expertise from climate change science and disaster risk management was combined with scientists with knowledge in adaptation, vulnerability and impact analysis. This 592-page document is a cross-d ...
... events for the society and the environment as well as the implications on risk management (IPCC 2012a). Expertise from climate change science and disaster risk management was combined with scientists with knowledge in adaptation, vulnerability and impact analysis. This 592-page document is a cross-d ...
Combined biogeophysical and biogeochemical
... Studies of the net effect of historical land cover change on global temperature have shown that biogeophysical and biogeochemical mechanisms are of the same order of magnitude (Matthews et al., 2004; Brovkin et al., 2006). Therefore, in order to quantifiy the impacts of large scale land cover change ...
... Studies of the net effect of historical land cover change on global temperature have shown that biogeophysical and biogeochemical mechanisms are of the same order of magnitude (Matthews et al., 2004; Brovkin et al., 2006). Therefore, in order to quantifiy the impacts of large scale land cover change ...
Death by Degrees - Physicians for Social Responsibility
... While projections look to the future, global warming appears to be influencing climate now. Numbers of very hot days and nights have already increased throughout the state during the past 50 years (10). More heat brings more cases of heat cramps, heat exhaustion, and heat stroke. In addition, heat c ...
... While projections look to the future, global warming appears to be influencing climate now. Numbers of very hot days and nights have already increased throughout the state during the past 50 years (10). More heat brings more cases of heat cramps, heat exhaustion, and heat stroke. In addition, heat c ...
IPCC SPECIAL REPORT EMISSIONS SCENARIOS
... models, seeking inputs from a wide community as well as making scenario results widely available for comments and review. These objectives were fulfilled by the SRES multi-model approach and the open SRES website. ...
... models, seeking inputs from a wide community as well as making scenario results widely available for comments and review. These objectives were fulfilled by the SRES multi-model approach and the open SRES website. ...
More Lessons from the Sky - Satellite Educators Association
... activity can release it very quickly. Burning of fossil fuels in cars or power plants is another way this carbon can be released into the atmospheric reservoir quickly. Changes to the Carbon Cycle The increasing human population and their activities have a tremendous impact on the carbon cycle. Burn ...
... activity can release it very quickly. Burning of fossil fuels in cars or power plants is another way this carbon can be released into the atmospheric reservoir quickly. Changes to the Carbon Cycle The increasing human population and their activities have a tremendous impact on the carbon cycle. Burn ...
the state of climate change adaptation in Canada`s protected areas
... and a range of climate change impacts reportedly already occurring within Canadian protected areas, the majority of respondents (83%) indicated that their agency had not completed a comprehensive assessment of the potential impacts and implications of climate change for their respective policy, plan ...
... and a range of climate change impacts reportedly already occurring within Canadian protected areas, the majority of respondents (83%) indicated that their agency had not completed a comprehensive assessment of the potential impacts and implications of climate change for their respective policy, plan ...
This background paper focuses specifically on the relationships
... assigning them disproportionate care responsibilities. Barrett (2013) finds that uneven power relationships within villages leads to the most productive and well-connected households being the main recipients of climate adaptation funds, while women and households without strong affiliations to loca ...
... assigning them disproportionate care responsibilities. Barrett (2013) finds that uneven power relationships within villages leads to the most productive and well-connected households being the main recipients of climate adaptation funds, while women and households without strong affiliations to loca ...
FiELDiNG CLiMATE CHANGE iN CULTURAL
... views of climate change, its causes, and its impacts (Tschakert 2007b). By comparing conceptual models of farmers and “experts,” she highlights where they diverge and where they may complement each other through collective learning. She also applies ethnographic methods to identify soil fertility st ...
... views of climate change, its causes, and its impacts (Tschakert 2007b). By comparing conceptual models of farmers and “experts,” she highlights where they diverge and where they may complement each other through collective learning. She also applies ethnographic methods to identify soil fertility st ...
on the front line of climate change and displacement
... preventive efforts have been taken. The benefits of prevention may not become visible for years, and may unfavorably compete with other short-term domestic priorities. Donors face strong public pressure to respond rapidly to disasters and often mobilize funds outside their normal budgets for this, w ...
... preventive efforts have been taken. The benefits of prevention may not become visible for years, and may unfavorably compete with other short-term domestic priorities. Donors face strong public pressure to respond rapidly to disasters and often mobilize funds outside their normal budgets for this, w ...
Winter wren populations show adaptation to local climate
... focused on phenological responses to warming, and provide only weak evidence for evolutionary adaptation. This could be because phenological changes are more weakly linked to fitness than more direct mechanisms of climate change impacts, such as selective mortality during extreme weather events whic ...
... focused on phenological responses to warming, and provide only weak evidence for evolutionary adaptation. This could be because phenological changes are more weakly linked to fitness than more direct mechanisms of climate change impacts, such as selective mortality during extreme weather events whic ...
Climate Change and Collective Responsibility
... determinations of causal responsibility for climate change, which can readily be quantified from existing data on historical greenhouse gas emission patterns. Fault relies on judgments of moral responsibility rather than mere causation, and is most commonly understood in terms that defy its straight ...
... determinations of causal responsibility for climate change, which can readily be quantified from existing data on historical greenhouse gas emission patterns. Fault relies on judgments of moral responsibility rather than mere causation, and is most commonly understood in terms that defy its straight ...
Towards Climate Change Resilient of Hail Haor, Sylhet:
... Bangladesh is one of the poor countries in the South Asia where most of the people depend on fishes for their nutrition. About 60% of total demand of protein is fulfilled from fishes. Wetlands, rivers, khals, and estuaries are the major sources of fishes and its highly productive environment support ...
... Bangladesh is one of the poor countries in the South Asia where most of the people depend on fishes for their nutrition. About 60% of total demand of protein is fulfilled from fishes. Wetlands, rivers, khals, and estuaries are the major sources of fishes and its highly productive environment support ...
Urban Transit Systems and Conditions of Enhanced Climate Variability
... Key Climate Risk Impacts on Urban Transit Systems ...
... Key Climate Risk Impacts on Urban Transit Systems ...
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... rates reach a staggering 40% of the entire population (Fischer, Shah, and van Velthuizen 2002, 1). The majority of the poor live in rural areas where agriculture is the predominant form of economic activity, and, therefore, their fate is inextricably inter-woven with that of farming. Agricultural ( ...
... rates reach a staggering 40% of the entire population (Fischer, Shah, and van Velthuizen 2002, 1). The majority of the poor live in rural areas where agriculture is the predominant form of economic activity, and, therefore, their fate is inextricably inter-woven with that of farming. Agricultural ( ...
Climate Change and Paleoecology: New Contexts for Restoration
... variations, seasonal cycles, and annual differences that irregularly include extremes of drought, wet, heat, and cold. All forms of life are influenced by this variability in how and where they live, and mitigate adverse weather effects through conditioned responses and evolved adaptations. Cycles o ...
... variations, seasonal cycles, and annual differences that irregularly include extremes of drought, wet, heat, and cold. All forms of life are influenced by this variability in how and where they live, and mitigate adverse weather effects through conditioned responses and evolved adaptations. Cycles o ...
Quest - Academy of Science of South Africa
... outcome. International agreements have an impact on how economies transition towards low-carbon and resilient development. ‘The new treaty to be signed this year is expected to be better than the Kyoto Protocol in terms of its coverage being more than mitigation, as well as that it will be applicabl ...
... outcome. International agreements have an impact on how economies transition towards low-carbon and resilient development. ‘The new treaty to be signed this year is expected to be better than the Kyoto Protocol in terms of its coverage being more than mitigation, as well as that it will be applicabl ...
- Wiley Online Library
... Vegetation has been extensively observed to have a considerable response to this warming trend (Tape et al. 2006; Soja et al. 2007), and this response could be potentially stronger in the next hundred years (Gerber et al. 2004; Lucht et al. 2006; Walker et al. 2006). For instance, several studies ha ...
... Vegetation has been extensively observed to have a considerable response to this warming trend (Tape et al. 2006; Soja et al. 2007), and this response could be potentially stronger in the next hundred years (Gerber et al. 2004; Lucht et al. 2006; Walker et al. 2006). For instance, several studies ha ...
Top-down vs bottom-up - working paper version
... A range of scholars and policy advocates have proposed formulaic (or ‘top-down’) approaches for calculating countries’ fair shares of the global effort to mitigate climate change. The practical relevance of top-down proposals has become increasingly uncertain as climate change negotiations since the ...
... A range of scholars and policy advocates have proposed formulaic (or ‘top-down’) approaches for calculating countries’ fair shares of the global effort to mitigate climate change. The practical relevance of top-down proposals has become increasingly uncertain as climate change negotiations since the ...
Are there pre-Quaternary geological analogues for a future
... We begin our analysis of potential pre-Quaternary analogues by examining some of the most extreme and long-term warm events in the last 100 million years, specifically the so-called ‘greenhouse intervals’ of the Cretaceous and Early Eocene (100–50 Ma). Reconstructing atmospheric CO2 this far back in ...
... We begin our analysis of potential pre-Quaternary analogues by examining some of the most extreme and long-term warm events in the last 100 million years, specifically the so-called ‘greenhouse intervals’ of the Cretaceous and Early Eocene (100–50 Ma). Reconstructing atmospheric CO2 this far back in ...
spline models of contemporary, 2030, 2060 and 2090 climates for
... numerous available GCMs. Descriptions of the models can be found at http://www.ipcc-data.org/, and an overview of the variability among models is well illustrated by Christensen et al. (2007). Emission scenario A2 assumes high continuous emissions from a human population that keeps growing along the ...
... numerous available GCMs. Descriptions of the models can be found at http://www.ipcc-data.org/, and an overview of the variability among models is well illustrated by Christensen et al. (2007). Emission scenario A2 assumes high continuous emissions from a human population that keeps growing along the ...
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
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.