Executive Report
... of railway disruption, complementing traditional cost benefit analysis with other methods, and designing new metrics based on the concept of Journey Availability). The rail industry has a good understanding on what the risks are, and has already started to meet the challenges faced by climate change ...
... of railway disruption, complementing traditional cost benefit analysis with other methods, and designing new metrics based on the concept of Journey Availability). The rail industry has a good understanding on what the risks are, and has already started to meet the challenges faced by climate change ...
Fertilizers, Climate Change and Enhancing Agricultural Productivity
... Financing mechanisms need to address barriers to technology adoption. They also need to take into account the specific needs of agriculture. Efforts by the fertilizer industry to take responsibility for its greenhouse gas emissions can only be fully effective if policy makers and other partners, suc ...
... Financing mechanisms need to address barriers to technology adoption. They also need to take into account the specific needs of agriculture. Efforts by the fertilizer industry to take responsibility for its greenhouse gas emissions can only be fully effective if policy makers and other partners, suc ...
Warming the world : economic models of global
... Dealing with complex scientific and economic issues has increasingly involved developing scientific and economic models that help analysts and decision makers understand likely future outcomes as well as the implications of alternative policies. This book presents the details of a pair of integrated ...
... Dealing with complex scientific and economic issues has increasingly involved developing scientific and economic models that help analysts and decision makers understand likely future outcomes as well as the implications of alternative policies. This book presents the details of a pair of integrated ...
Effects of climate change on agriculture - Deltaproof
... The probability increases of insufficient fresh water supply, via the main water system, to the polders (reclaimed land) that are vulnerable with regard to salinity. In areas of intensive horticulture, the financial damage could turn out to be considerable. Effects of climate change on disease and p ...
... The probability increases of insufficient fresh water supply, via the main water system, to the polders (reclaimed land) that are vulnerable with regard to salinity. In areas of intensive horticulture, the financial damage could turn out to be considerable. Effects of climate change on disease and p ...
Impact of climate change on ozone-related mortality and morbidity in Europe
... and morbidity. Significant negative health effects have been demonstrated for different causes, mainly for respiratory and (to a lesser extent) cardiovascular diseases [14]. The majority of epidemiological studies concentrated on acute health consequences (due to short-term very high concentrations ...
... and morbidity. Significant negative health effects have been demonstrated for different causes, mainly for respiratory and (to a lesser extent) cardiovascular diseases [14]. The majority of epidemiological studies concentrated on acute health consequences (due to short-term very high concentrations ...
18_Lecture_Presentation_PC
... Higher sea level allows storm surges to push farther inland and be more damaging An earthquake caused the 2004 tsunami (tidal wave) that killed 100 Maldives residents and caused $470 million in damages In 2012, Hurricane Sandy caused $60 billion in damage, killed 130 people, and left thousands ...
... Higher sea level allows storm surges to push farther inland and be more damaging An earthquake caused the 2004 tsunami (tidal wave) that killed 100 Maldives residents and caused $470 million in damages In 2012, Hurricane Sandy caused $60 billion in damage, killed 130 people, and left thousands ...
Globally averaged temperatures have increased since the mid
... concentrations, which are controlled primarily by photochemical production and loss processes within the troposphere, have increased since pre-industrial times due to increases in emissions of anthropogenic ozone precursors (Oltmans et al., 1998). The rapid increase in ozone concentrations during th ...
... concentrations, which are controlled primarily by photochemical production and loss processes within the troposphere, have increased since pre-industrial times due to increases in emissions of anthropogenic ozone precursors (Oltmans et al., 1998). The rapid increase in ozone concentrations during th ...
Contending Modes of Climate Change Knowledge
... Visible solar energy easily passes through it; reaching the earth, much of this energy is converted to heat, but the resultant infrared radiation is kept within the earth’s air blanket by the heat reflection due to carbon dioxide. Thus, the higher the carbon dioxide concentration in the air, the la ...
... Visible solar energy easily passes through it; reaching the earth, much of this energy is converted to heat, but the resultant infrared radiation is kept within the earth’s air blanket by the heat reflection due to carbon dioxide. Thus, the higher the carbon dioxide concentration in the air, the la ...
Climate Change and the Transport Sector: Are we
... caused by transport can be reduced, including particular policies and regulations that encourage emissions reductions in this sector. ...
... caused by transport can be reduced, including particular policies and regulations that encourage emissions reductions in this sector. ...
How climate adaptation in cities creates a resilient place for
... their emissions by a total of 13.1 million tons CO2 equivalent since 2009, a 12% reduction. Cities are also increasing their resilience to the impacts of climate change. This year, cities reported 757 adaptation activities and 102 cities have climate adaptation plans. There is significant opportunit ...
... their emissions by a total of 13.1 million tons CO2 equivalent since 2009, a 12% reduction. Cities are also increasing their resilience to the impacts of climate change. This year, cities reported 757 adaptation activities and 102 cities have climate adaptation plans. There is significant opportunit ...
CSPR Briefing C SP R B
... Land use change, such as clearing of forest (deforestation), abandonment of land or establishment of vegetation, means changes in carbon stocks which alter the exchange of carbon between the terrestrial ecosystem and the atmosphere, causing emissions or removal of carbon. The Intergovernmental Panel ...
... Land use change, such as clearing of forest (deforestation), abandonment of land or establishment of vegetation, means changes in carbon stocks which alter the exchange of carbon between the terrestrial ecosystem and the atmosphere, causing emissions or removal of carbon. The Intergovernmental Panel ...
Petition - Center for Biological Diversity
... heat waves, extreme weather events, and other climate disruptions are leaving more than 300,000 people dead per year. Arctic sea ice loss, bleaching of coral reefs, and species extinctions are mounting. At this moment, there can be no reasonable dispute that greenhouse gases endanger public health a ...
... heat waves, extreme weather events, and other climate disruptions are leaving more than 300,000 people dead per year. Arctic sea ice loss, bleaching of coral reefs, and species extinctions are mounting. At this moment, there can be no reasonable dispute that greenhouse gases endanger public health a ...
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... price variables are the market year prices received for the major field crops (corn, soybeans, wheat, and hay) and the mean per-capita value of inventory for the major livestock animals (cattle and swine). The latter two variables performed better than beef and pork prices and the per-capita cattle ...
... price variables are the market year prices received for the major field crops (corn, soybeans, wheat, and hay) and the mean per-capita value of inventory for the major livestock animals (cattle and swine). The latter two variables performed better than beef and pork prices and the per-capita cattle ...
Adaptation to climate change in Israel
... of the climate system is unequivocal and that “most aspects of climate change will persist for many centuries even if emissions of carbon dioxide are stopped.” To address the challenges of climate change, both mitigation and adaptation are critical. The preparation of a vulnerability assessment to c ...
... of the climate system is unequivocal and that “most aspects of climate change will persist for many centuries even if emissions of carbon dioxide are stopped.” To address the challenges of climate change, both mitigation and adaptation are critical. The preparation of a vulnerability assessment to c ...
Song of the prophets: a global theology of climate
... is being caused by and contributing to the injustices and inequalities of our world. It listens to theologians who speak from the global South, from the contexts where climate change is having its greatest impact. And it offers theological reflection that brings both challenge and hope to all of us. ...
... is being caused by and contributing to the injustices and inequalities of our world. It listens to theologians who speak from the global South, from the contexts where climate change is having its greatest impact. And it offers theological reflection that brings both challenge and hope to all of us. ...
Winter Sports and Climate Change
... This offers an exciting opportunity for Canada to be the “build it” nation when it comes to solutions to global warming versus being the “buy it” nation of clean technologies if action is delayed. Furthermore, the most comprehensive economic study on climate change projects the global market for low ...
... This offers an exciting opportunity for Canada to be the “build it” nation when it comes to solutions to global warming versus being the “buy it” nation of clean technologies if action is delayed. Furthermore, the most comprehensive economic study on climate change projects the global market for low ...
Why Maintaining Tropical Forests Is Essential and Urgent for a Stable Climate
... undisturbed) can and already do remove carbon from the atmosphere naturally, which is essential for meeting long-term climate targets. Action is needed immediately, especially if we are to utilize this large and natural mitigation option. Delaying action only puts more pressure on drastic changes in ...
... undisturbed) can and already do remove carbon from the atmosphere naturally, which is essential for meeting long-term climate targets. Action is needed immediately, especially if we are to utilize this large and natural mitigation option. Delaying action only puts more pressure on drastic changes in ...
Links between the Built Environment, Climate and Population Health
... surface temperatures will increase by 1.8°C to 4.0°C (3.2°F to 7.2°F) by 2100. A warming climate over the next 50 years will confront rapidly urbanising populations with a complex array of changes in biological and biophysical systems at every spatial scale, resulting in impacts on urban infrastruct ...
... surface temperatures will increase by 1.8°C to 4.0°C (3.2°F to 7.2°F) by 2100. A warming climate over the next 50 years will confront rapidly urbanising populations with a complex array of changes in biological and biophysical systems at every spatial scale, resulting in impacts on urban infrastruct ...
climate changes and adaptation policies in the baltic and the adriatic
... called the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in order to cooperatively negotiate what they might do to limit the average global temperature increases and the resulting climate change as well as to find possible solutions to whatever impacts were, by then, inevitable. By 1995, cou ...
... called the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in order to cooperatively negotiate what they might do to limit the average global temperature increases and the resulting climate change as well as to find possible solutions to whatever impacts were, by then, inevitable. By 1995, cou ...
Del Protocolo de Kioto a la Cumbre de Copenhague : cobertura del
... let us to discriminate between terms just referred to «Climate Change» from those referred to other contexts. In this way the information obtained was not accurate and we had to check new by new to find out which of them contained the term «Global Change» on the «Climate Change» context and not poli ...
... let us to discriminate between terms just referred to «Climate Change» from those referred to other contexts. In this way the information obtained was not accurate and we had to check new by new to find out which of them contained the term «Global Change» on the «Climate Change» context and not poli ...
Getting to Zero - Forum for the Future
... energy sources with low- or zero-carbon alternatives, and then the use of highquality carbon offsets, as the preferred means for an organisation to address its contribution to climate change. Offsetting will play an important role in any neutrality strategy – if only for the simple fact that it’s cu ...
... energy sources with low- or zero-carbon alternatives, and then the use of highquality carbon offsets, as the preferred means for an organisation to address its contribution to climate change. Offsetting will play an important role in any neutrality strategy – if only for the simple fact that it’s cu ...
“Migration with Dignity”: Towards a New
... examines why this protection deficit should be of particular concern to New Zealand, and it argues that there are significant incentives for New Zealand to develop a response to the issue of climate change displacement in the Pacific. The paper concludes that in order to ensure Pacific peoples are a ...
... examines why this protection deficit should be of particular concern to New Zealand, and it argues that there are significant incentives for New Zealand to develop a response to the issue of climate change displacement in the Pacific. The paper concludes that in order to ensure Pacific peoples are a ...
the potential impact of climate change on the energy sector
... climate change on conventional and renewable energy production systems; and the impacts climate change may have on renewable energy project appraisal and development. It is necessary to clarify that this paper provides a broad overview of the impacts of climate change on the energy sector at the reg ...
... climate change on conventional and renewable energy production systems; and the impacts climate change may have on renewable energy project appraisal and development. It is necessary to clarify that this paper provides a broad overview of the impacts of climate change on the energy sector at the reg ...
Attribution of Weather and Climate-Related Extreme Events
... weather and climate-related events . The development of climate science is first described that has linked with increasing confidence observed changes in global climate to human induced drivers of climate, principally increases in well mixed greenhouse gas concentrations. While the focus of previous ...
... weather and climate-related events . The development of climate science is first described that has linked with increasing confidence observed changes in global climate to human induced drivers of climate, principally increases in well mixed greenhouse gas concentrations. While the focus of previous ...
Republic of Guatemala
... Readiness support is required to strengthen the capacities of the FP to leverage a greater participation of different stakeholders at the national level, including the Private Sector (whose participation has been very limited so far) as well as to support appropriate oversight of Fund activities in ...
... Readiness support is required to strengthen the capacities of the FP to leverage a greater participation of different stakeholders at the national level, including the Private Sector (whose participation has been very limited so far) as well as to support appropriate oversight of Fund activities in ...
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.