climate impacts and adaptation unit
... Decision-makers may therefore be reluctant to allocate staff time and financial resources to analysing and adapting to the physical effects of climate change. Hence, a critical precursor to developing an adaptation strategy for your organisation is to convince the “powers that be” of the case to imp ...
... Decision-makers may therefore be reluctant to allocate staff time and financial resources to analysing and adapting to the physical effects of climate change. Hence, a critical precursor to developing an adaptation strategy for your organisation is to convince the “powers that be” of the case to imp ...
Taking Stock of Bank Activities in Energy, Environment and Climate
... The! future! promises! to! bring! more! innova1on.! The! energy,! environment! and! climate! change! department!will!con1nue!to!implement!and!fineD tune!the!aforemen1oned!instruments.!ONEC!will! also! seek! bankDwide! collabora1on! so! that! sufficient! resources!are! allocated! to! or! through! these! ...
... The! future! promises! to! bring! more! innova1on.! The! energy,! environment! and! climate! change! department!will!con1nue!to!implement!and!fineD tune!the!aforemen1oned!instruments.!ONEC!will! also! seek! bankDwide! collabora1on! so! that! sufficient! resources!are! allocated! to! or! through! these! ...
A Micro-econometric Analysis of Adaptation to Climate Change
... change, as well as a high adaptive capacity (measured by disposable financial resources) on this type of adaptation. The estimation results suggest no single significant effect of a high educational level or a high level of information on adaptation to climate change, but a positive interaction effe ...
... change, as well as a high adaptive capacity (measured by disposable financial resources) on this type of adaptation. The estimation results suggest no single significant effect of a high educational level or a high level of information on adaptation to climate change, but a positive interaction effe ...
Aglietta 2014_QoG Sustainability Inclusiveness (final)
... both asset owners and financial intermediaries has created an interlocking of fragilities that no supervisor can embrace even if it were willing. It follows that the turnaround of the momentum is intrinsically unknowable. This phenomenon points out to the theoretical distinction between risk and unc ...
... both asset owners and financial intermediaries has created an interlocking of fragilities that no supervisor can embrace even if it were willing. It follows that the turnaround of the momentum is intrinsically unknowable. This phenomenon points out to the theoretical distinction between risk and unc ...
Ethical Anxieties About Geoengineering
... sulphate aerosol injections would be able to respond to any of these, a bit like a broadspectrum antibiotic. Blackstock et al. argue that different kinds of emergencies would require different kinds of SRM intervention, with longer or shorter ramp-ups, and that some emergencies, such as the breaking ...
... sulphate aerosol injections would be able to respond to any of these, a bit like a broadspectrum antibiotic. Blackstock et al. argue that different kinds of emergencies would require different kinds of SRM intervention, with longer or shorter ramp-ups, and that some emergencies, such as the breaking ...
Fourth Carbon Budget Review – part 1
... – The United States (16% of global CO2 emissions) has a good chance of delivering its Copenhagen Accord commitment to reduce 2020 emissions by 17% on 2005 levels. Going beyond this, there is a major challenge to develop and implement approaches to drive further cuts required through the 2020s. – C ...
... – The United States (16% of global CO2 emissions) has a good chance of delivering its Copenhagen Accord commitment to reduce 2020 emissions by 17% on 2005 levels. Going beyond this, there is a major challenge to develop and implement approaches to drive further cuts required through the 2020s. – C ...
The Changing Himalayas - India Environment Portal
... 2004; Macintosh 2005; Sanlaville and Prieur 2005). China and India are today experiencing economic growth, ...
... 2004; Macintosh 2005; Sanlaville and Prieur 2005). China and India are today experiencing economic growth, ...
Why Analyze Mental Models of Local Climate Change?
... over the next 20 years (IRIN 2009). Effects will vary due to different combinations of site specific social, economic, and environmental stressors. As in South Africa, Mozambique’s national economic liberalization strategies generated additional vulnerabilities for rural Mozambican households (Eriks ...
... over the next 20 years (IRIN 2009). Effects will vary due to different combinations of site specific social, economic, and environmental stressors. As in South Africa, Mozambique’s national economic liberalization strategies generated additional vulnerabilities for rural Mozambican households (Eriks ...
Livestock and climate change
... 5 Annex 1 briefly describes how climate change could alter the output potential of agriculture worldwide. 6 See Annex II for more information about the impact of climate change on livestock management in Africa. 7 Globally, livestock products contribute approximately 30 per cent of the protein in hu ...
... 5 Annex 1 briefly describes how climate change could alter the output potential of agriculture worldwide. 6 See Annex II for more information about the impact of climate change on livestock management in Africa. 7 Globally, livestock products contribute approximately 30 per cent of the protein in hu ...
co2 capture and geological storage quantification protocol
... serve as the benchmark for the emission reduction project being considered. This benchmark should be as comparable as possible to the project, in terms of its boundary definitions and technical specifications. It is expected that most CO2 capture and geologic storage projects will establish the benc ...
... serve as the benchmark for the emission reduction project being considered. This benchmark should be as comparable as possible to the project, in terms of its boundary definitions and technical specifications. It is expected that most CO2 capture and geologic storage projects will establish the benc ...
sustainable development: from community approaches to flood
... VULNERABILITY REDUCTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION IN SOUTH ASIA ...
... VULNERABILITY REDUCTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION IN SOUTH ASIA ...
The CCAM multi-scale variable-resolution modelling system
... through short-range and seasonal forecasts leads to model development and increased confidence climate ...
... through short-range and seasonal forecasts leads to model development and increased confidence climate ...
Impacts of global warming on hydrological Introduction of multi-model ensembles and
... domain. Spatial characteristics of the bias of 2mT in larger domain is similar to that in smaller domain. -Model bias of precipitation (P) was NOT significantly altered in larger domain. The bias of P in JJA was strongly influenced by the domain size. In the period, influences of synoptic-scale dist ...
... domain. Spatial characteristics of the bias of 2mT in larger domain is similar to that in smaller domain. -Model bias of precipitation (P) was NOT significantly altered in larger domain. The bias of P in JJA was strongly influenced by the domain size. In the period, influences of synoptic-scale dist ...
Terrestrial Ecosystem Adaptation
... The most direct and observable connection between climate and terrestrial ecosystems is in certain life‐cycle timing of seasonal phenology and in plant growth responses—annually in primary productivity and decadal over changes in the biogeographical range. These impacts on seasonality and primary ...
... The most direct and observable connection between climate and terrestrial ecosystems is in certain life‐cycle timing of seasonal phenology and in plant growth responses—annually in primary productivity and decadal over changes in the biogeographical range. These impacts on seasonality and primary ...
How Does Climate Change Affect Agricultural Stability in Southeast
... with the added fact that the majority of its citizens are farmers and are extremely dependent upon the land, these same citizens are also overly exposed to severe impacts of climate change. Rural Zanzibari people have preserved traditional knowledge about agriculture, raising livestock, fishing, fo ...
... with the added fact that the majority of its citizens are farmers and are extremely dependent upon the land, these same citizens are also overly exposed to severe impacts of climate change. Rural Zanzibari people have preserved traditional knowledge about agriculture, raising livestock, fishing, fo ...
Climate Change and the Agriculture, Forestry and Land Use (AFOLU) Sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa
... Ambitious global mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions is needed in order to limit the magnitude of long-term climate change and reduce the risks associated with it. In response, UNFCCC member states have decided during COP21 in Paris to limit warming to at least 2°C above preindustrial levels and ...
... Ambitious global mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions is needed in order to limit the magnitude of long-term climate change and reduce the risks associated with it. In response, UNFCCC member states have decided during COP21 in Paris to limit warming to at least 2°C above preindustrial levels and ...
Climate, biodiversity, and forests : issues and opportunities
... negotiations. At the Earth Summit, 154 governments signed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC). The stated objective of the FCCC is to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous, human-caused climate change.4 ...
... negotiations. At the Earth Summit, 154 governments signed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC). The stated objective of the FCCC is to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous, human-caused climate change.4 ...
WMO
... 13. Coordinated scientific activities by WCRP include the Coupled Model Intercomparison Experiment Project (CMIP) that serves as the key tool to better understand past, present and future climate changes arising from either natural, unforced variability or in response to changes in radiative forcing ...
... 13. Coordinated scientific activities by WCRP include the Coupled Model Intercomparison Experiment Project (CMIP) that serves as the key tool to better understand past, present and future climate changes arising from either natural, unforced variability or in response to changes in radiative forcing ...
Working Paper Series: The Global Energy Market: Comprehensive Strategies to Meet
... Since 1992, the Chinese government has enacted legislation and adopted policies and measures to protect the environment. Notably, China’s Agenda for the 21st Century was introduced in 1994. In compliance with the principles of sustainable development and its commitments for the new century, China pa ...
... Since 1992, the Chinese government has enacted legislation and adopted policies and measures to protect the environment. Notably, China’s Agenda for the 21st Century was introduced in 1994. In compliance with the principles of sustainable development and its commitments for the new century, China pa ...
Effective education and communication strategies to
... beliefs about climate change are quite malleable, and can be influenced by something as trivial as the day’s local temperature (Zaval, Keenan, Johnson, & Weber, 2014). Another common bias relates to people’s general tendency to seek out information that confirms their already-held notions about how ...
... beliefs about climate change are quite malleable, and can be influenced by something as trivial as the day’s local temperature (Zaval, Keenan, Johnson, & Weber, 2014). Another common bias relates to people’s general tendency to seek out information that confirms their already-held notions about how ...
Vivid Economics - Department Of Energy
... that balances the cost of the externality with the benefit of producing it. Discovery of the appropriate price for an externality is complex, although though there are two important but simple pricing facts. As explored in Annex 1, there are a wide range of estimates and these estimates are often co ...
... that balances the cost of the externality with the benefit of producing it. Discovery of the appropriate price for an externality is complex, although though there are two important but simple pricing facts. As explored in Annex 1, there are a wide range of estimates and these estimates are often co ...
Chapter One - Brookings Institution
... economic perspective (“Why not build more dams to control storm runoff rather than wasting it?” “Why can’t we do more with desalination?”). Some solutions that seem obvious to water management professionals are likewise nonsensical to the public even if they are technically feasible, for example, to ...
... economic perspective (“Why not build more dams to control storm runoff rather than wasting it?” “Why can’t we do more with desalination?”). Some solutions that seem obvious to water management professionals are likewise nonsensical to the public even if they are technically feasible, for example, to ...
Slide 1
... • development of further analytical tools to better quantify global emissions from consumption of goods and services; • identification of demand-side tools and policies that can trigger a change in consumption patterns towards a low-carbon future; • exploration of other major related transformations ...
... • development of further analytical tools to better quantify global emissions from consumption of goods and services; • identification of demand-side tools and policies that can trigger a change in consumption patterns towards a low-carbon future; • exploration of other major related transformations ...
Parmesan and Yohe, 2003
... systems have been caused by climate change. This was a difficult task despite documented statistical correlations between changes in climate and biological changes2–5. With hindsight, the difficulties encountered by the IPCC can be attributed to the differences in approach between biologists and oth ...
... systems have been caused by climate change. This was a difficult task despite documented statistical correlations between changes in climate and biological changes2–5. With hindsight, the difficulties encountered by the IPCC can be attributed to the differences in approach between biologists and oth ...
A globally coherent fingerprint of climate change
... systems have been caused by climate change. This was a difficult task despite documented statistical correlations between changes in climate and biological changes2–5. With hindsight, the difficulties encountered by the IPCC can be attributed to the differences in approach between biologists and oth ...
... systems have been caused by climate change. This was a difficult task despite documented statistical correlations between changes in climate and biological changes2–5. With hindsight, the difficulties encountered by the IPCC can be attributed to the differences in approach between biologists and oth ...
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.