GENERAL Climate Change, Water and Policy-making in
... regional scales (Jones and Briffa, 1992). Climate change will lead to an intensification of the global hydrological cycle and can have major impacts on water resources, affecting both ground and surface water supply for domestic and industrial uses, irrigation and in-stream ecosystems. Changes in th ...
... regional scales (Jones and Briffa, 1992). Climate change will lead to an intensification of the global hydrological cycle and can have major impacts on water resources, affecting both ground and surface water supply for domestic and industrial uses, irrigation and in-stream ecosystems. Changes in th ...
Greenhouse gas emissions from shale gas and coal for electricity
... There is increased interest, both in South Africa and globally, in the use of shale gas for electricity and energy supply. The exploitation of shale gas is, however, not without controversy, because of the reported environmental impacts associated with its extraction. The focus of this article is on ...
... There is increased interest, both in South Africa and globally, in the use of shale gas for electricity and energy supply. The exploitation of shale gas is, however, not without controversy, because of the reported environmental impacts associated with its extraction. The focus of this article is on ...
Climate change, food, water and population health in China
... century and there is evidence that this process is accelerating.1 Over the last 50 years, in eastern China, the frequency and intensity of extreme heat events have increased and it has been suggested that anthropogenic forces have led to a 60-fold increase in the likelihood of an extremely warm summ ...
... century and there is evidence that this process is accelerating.1 Over the last 50 years, in eastern China, the frequency and intensity of extreme heat events have increased and it has been suggested that anthropogenic forces have led to a 60-fold increase in the likelihood of an extremely warm summ ...
Infosylva Special COP 17
... A patch of rainforest in Rwanda that served as a refuge during the country's genocide has been all but destroyed. Saving what remains could depend on the outcome of climate talks in Durban. Climate targets 'risk' from Brazil's forest changes BBC, 07/12/11 Brazil's new Forest Code means it will strug ...
... A patch of rainforest in Rwanda that served as a refuge during the country's genocide has been all but destroyed. Saving what remains could depend on the outcome of climate talks in Durban. Climate targets 'risk' from Brazil's forest changes BBC, 07/12/11 Brazil's new Forest Code means it will strug ...
Carbon Cycle
... climate change, assigning mandatory emission limitations for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to the signatory nations. • The objective of the protocol is the "stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference ...
... climate change, assigning mandatory emission limitations for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to the signatory nations. • The objective of the protocol is the "stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference ...
Rapid climate change did not cause population collapse at
... climate is often assumed, without sufficient critical attention, to be the primary driver of societal change. Using new methods to analyse palaeoclimatic and archaeological datasets, we overturn the deterministic idea that population collapse at the end of the NW European Bronze Age was caused by ra ...
... climate is often assumed, without sufficient critical attention, to be the primary driver of societal change. Using new methods to analyse palaeoclimatic and archaeological datasets, we overturn the deterministic idea that population collapse at the end of the NW European Bronze Age was caused by ra ...
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... policies are the cornerstones for achieving food security and improving livelihoods. Effective agriculture and climate change policies can also boost green growth, protect the environment and contribute to the eradication of poverty. FAO works closely with many of the world’s most vulnerable populat ...
... policies are the cornerstones for achieving food security and improving livelihoods. Effective agriculture and climate change policies can also boost green growth, protect the environment and contribute to the eradication of poverty. FAO works closely with many of the world’s most vulnerable populat ...
The Global Ozone Layer
... responding as expected to the ODS reductions achieved under the Montreal Protocol. Global surface UV levels have not increased significantly because the global ozone loss has been limited. If there were no MP, the surface UV levels would have been large Factors other than stratospheric ozone w ...
... responding as expected to the ODS reductions achieved under the Montreal Protocol. Global surface UV levels have not increased significantly because the global ozone loss has been limited. If there were no MP, the surface UV levels would have been large Factors other than stratospheric ozone w ...
Population and Environment Connections
... neither a silver bullet nor a red herring.”31 In a recent paper O’Neill writes that by “using an energyeconomic growth model that accounts for a range of demographic dynamics, we show that slowing population growth could provide 16 to 29 percent of the emissions reductions suggested to be necessary ...
... neither a silver bullet nor a red herring.”31 In a recent paper O’Neill writes that by “using an energyeconomic growth model that accounts for a range of demographic dynamics, we show that slowing population growth could provide 16 to 29 percent of the emissions reductions suggested to be necessary ...
Climate change impact and adaptation in temperate grassland and
... of global agriculture has been given little attention despite its importance for global food security (IPCC, 2014). Since the last International Grassland Congress in 2013, there have only been limited additions to our knowledge of climate change impacts on grassland and livestock industries. The 5t ...
... of global agriculture has been given little attention despite its importance for global food security (IPCC, 2014). Since the last International Grassland Congress in 2013, there have only been limited additions to our knowledge of climate change impacts on grassland and livestock industries. The 5t ...
Forest Sinks and the Kyoto Protocol
... signed a legally binding international agreement to reduce emissions of GHGs. The Kyoto Protocol was in response to new scientific evidence suggesting the original emission reduction targets under the Convention would not be sufficient to achieve its objective and that tougher legally binding target ...
... signed a legally binding international agreement to reduce emissions of GHGs. The Kyoto Protocol was in response to new scientific evidence suggesting the original emission reduction targets under the Convention would not be sufficient to achieve its objective and that tougher legally binding target ...
Forests and Climate Change
... forcing. Tropical forests mitigate warming through evaporative cooling, but the low albedo of boreal forests is a positive climate forcing. The evaporative effect of temperate forests is unclear. The net climate forcing from these and other processes is not known. Forests are under tremendous pressu ...
... forcing. Tropical forests mitigate warming through evaporative cooling, but the low albedo of boreal forests is a positive climate forcing. The evaporative effect of temperate forests is unclear. The net climate forcing from these and other processes is not known. Forests are under tremendous pressu ...
IIIS Discussion Paper Rescaling climate justice: sub-national issues and
... respective capabilities. Climate justice stipulates that those most responsible for the climate crisis have to act first and do the most to reduce their own emissions. They should also provide money and technology so that those least responsible and most affected can develop sustainably and adapt to ...
... respective capabilities. Climate justice stipulates that those most responsible for the climate crisis have to act first and do the most to reduce their own emissions. They should also provide money and technology so that those least responsible and most affected can develop sustainably and adapt to ...
Act Now or Pay Later
... 8th on the list of the most exposed coastal populations by 2060, with 57.7 million people predicted to be at risk. Unlike London, Nigeria’s coastal capital, Lagos, doesn’t have an expensive Thames Barrier to regulate tides. As a result, the city is vulnerable to storm surges made worse by sea-level ...
... 8th on the list of the most exposed coastal populations by 2060, with 57.7 million people predicted to be at risk. Unlike London, Nigeria’s coastal capital, Lagos, doesn’t have an expensive Thames Barrier to regulate tides. As a result, the city is vulnerable to storm surges made worse by sea-level ...
ISSUE BRIEF 14 mANDATORy REGUlATION OF NONTRADITIONAl GREENHOUSE GASES: POlICy OPTIONS FOR INDUSTRIAl
... A broad cap-and-trade or tax policy with a single emissions price will efficiently balance these emissions trade-offs. Other non-climate externalities that might be associated with switching to lower-GWP products, however, will not be captured by a climate policy (economy-wide or otherwise); correct ...
... A broad cap-and-trade or tax policy with a single emissions price will efficiently balance these emissions trade-offs. Other non-climate externalities that might be associated with switching to lower-GWP products, however, will not be captured by a climate policy (economy-wide or otherwise); correct ...
Climate change and the human right to health
... The first direct reference to human rights in the context of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was made in 2010, when decision 1/CP.16 referred to HRC resolution 10/4, which recognizes the adverse effects of climate change on the effective enjoyment of human rights a ...
... The first direct reference to human rights in the context of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was made in 2010, when decision 1/CP.16 referred to HRC resolution 10/4, which recognizes the adverse effects of climate change on the effective enjoyment of human rights a ...
Carbon Tax: International Experiences and Inspirations
... security tax to make the overall tax revenue relatively unchanged. I recommend it is necessary to learn from that, we need to eliminate other distorted tax and give relevant allowance, to achieve it; we not only need to focus on efficiency, consider the redistributive effect, but also offset regress ...
... security tax to make the overall tax revenue relatively unchanged. I recommend it is necessary to learn from that, we need to eliminate other distorted tax and give relevant allowance, to achieve it; we not only need to focus on efficiency, consider the redistributive effect, but also offset regress ...
The politics of true convenience or inconvenient truth: struggles over
... in his mind, denying this fact continues to be such an inconvenient truth that the American government, as well as many of its citizens, still ignore it. Or so, at least, does the scenario for his movie pitch begin. Gore's own exile in the wilderness outside of Washington's 24/7 news cycle, therefor ...
... in his mind, denying this fact continues to be such an inconvenient truth that the American government, as well as many of its citizens, still ignore it. Or so, at least, does the scenario for his movie pitch begin. Gore's own exile in the wilderness outside of Washington's 24/7 news cycle, therefor ...
Low Carbon Lake District Conference Summary (Word document)
... growth through use of renewable and low carbon technologies. The Agency is already driving the growth of our low carbon technology businesses through developing an international trade strategy for our environmental technology sector. In the coming year, we will be seeking to assist with the market d ...
... growth through use of renewable and low carbon technologies. The Agency is already driving the growth of our low carbon technology businesses through developing an international trade strategy for our environmental technology sector. In the coming year, we will be seeking to assist with the market d ...
ENABLING SMALL-SCALE FARMERS
... conservation farming), finance for adaptation (facilitating access to credit) and innovations that increase yield. Conservation farming methods, in particular, promoted through Wula Nafaa have increased farmers’ yields and sustainable land use, thereby reducing vulnerability to climate change impact ...
... conservation farming), finance for adaptation (facilitating access to credit) and innovations that increase yield. Conservation farming methods, in particular, promoted through Wula Nafaa have increased farmers’ yields and sustainable land use, thereby reducing vulnerability to climate change impact ...
Observed Climate Change and the Negligible Global Effect of
... China adds an additional Alaska’s worth of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each and every month (over and above its baseline emissions). This leads to the inescapable conclusion that even a complete cessation of all carbon dioxide emissions originating from Alaska would be subsumed by global gree ...
... China adds an additional Alaska’s worth of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each and every month (over and above its baseline emissions). This leads to the inescapable conclusion that even a complete cessation of all carbon dioxide emissions originating from Alaska would be subsumed by global gree ...
Climate change and the human right to health
... The first direct reference to human rights in the context of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was made in 2010, when decision 1/CP.16 referred to HRC resolution 10/4, which recognizes the adverse effects of climate change on the effective enjoyment of human rights a ...
... The first direct reference to human rights in the context of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was made in 2010, when decision 1/CP.16 referred to HRC resolution 10/4, which recognizes the adverse effects of climate change on the effective enjoyment of human rights a ...
Recent EIONET activities
... • Proposed list for an updated set of priority data flows according to the developed criteria; • Proposal for revised evaluation criteria for monitoring reporting of data flows; • Proposals for longer term development of the priority data flow report to potentially cover a broader range of data flow ...
... • Proposed list for an updated set of priority data flows according to the developed criteria; • Proposal for revised evaluation criteria for monitoring reporting of data flows; • Proposals for longer term development of the priority data flow report to potentially cover a broader range of data flow ...
III. harmonization of carbon footprint related standards
... The following comments could be made on the schemes surveyed by the OECD: only about half of the schemes had published methodologies; the quality of the documentation varied greatly; most schemes reflected a full life cycle analysis, but with different starting or ending points; most did not appear ...
... The following comments could be made on the schemes surveyed by the OECD: only about half of the schemes had published methodologies; the quality of the documentation varied greatly; most schemes reflected a full life cycle analysis, but with different starting or ending points; most did not appear ...
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.