53 | State of the Environment Report
... at a high degree of scientific probability (greater than 90%), that anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions have caused most of the observed increases in global average temperature since the mid-20th century. The financial cost of inaction on climate change (or following an adaptation-only policy app ...
... at a high degree of scientific probability (greater than 90%), that anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions have caused most of the observed increases in global average temperature since the mid-20th century. The financial cost of inaction on climate change (or following an adaptation-only policy app ...
Endogenous growth, convexity of damages and climate risk: how Nordhaus framework supports deep cuts in carbon emissions
... meeting of (22) Heads of State to discuss climate change was held in the Netherlands, and various other major international summits that year also put it on the agenda. Most OECD countries already had their first climate-change targets by 1990 (Gupta, 2010), for instance the European Community, as i ...
... meeting of (22) Heads of State to discuss climate change was held in the Netherlands, and various other major international summits that year also put it on the agenda. Most OECD countries already had their first climate-change targets by 1990 (Gupta, 2010), for instance the European Community, as i ...
powerpoint - Mitigation and Adaptation Research Institute (MARI)
... protection can lead to extreme disasters. The economically reasonable and feasible planning of mitigation requires a reliable deterministic knowledge of future changes and the probability density functions of hazards. If there are large uncertainties in the extreme end of the hazard spectrum, then t ...
... protection can lead to extreme disasters. The economically reasonable and feasible planning of mitigation requires a reliable deterministic knowledge of future changes and the probability density functions of hazards. If there are large uncertainties in the extreme end of the hazard spectrum, then t ...
for International Climate Action? - Penn Law
... conditioned upon environmental groups being included in the negotiation, monitoring, and enforcement of such agreements. In order to encourage participation, various incentives can be used, drawing on the development funding abilities of the Kyoto Protocol and other international regimes. In additio ...
... conditioned upon environmental groups being included in the negotiation, monitoring, and enforcement of such agreements. In order to encourage participation, various incentives can be used, drawing on the development funding abilities of the Kyoto Protocol and other international regimes. In additio ...
res_5_13_climate_change_0
... Recalling also the endorsement by MOP4 of AEWA Guidelines on measures needed to help waterbirds to adapt to climate change as guidance for the Contracting Parties, Noting the need, expressed in Article III of the Agreement, for Contracting Parties to identify networks of sites and habitats for migra ...
... Recalling also the endorsement by MOP4 of AEWA Guidelines on measures needed to help waterbirds to adapt to climate change as guidance for the Contracting Parties, Noting the need, expressed in Article III of the Agreement, for Contracting Parties to identify networks of sites and habitats for migra ...
Senate Inquiry into the Kyoto Protocol
... although Australia will emit around 1.5 million extra tonnes of carbon dioxide annually to produce the LNG, China will emit 7 million tonnes less than if it had used coal. The global atmosphere benefits, even though Australia’s emissions increase.”9. See also Woodside’s submission to this inquiry. ...
... although Australia will emit around 1.5 million extra tonnes of carbon dioxide annually to produce the LNG, China will emit 7 million tonnes less than if it had used coal. The global atmosphere benefits, even though Australia’s emissions increase.”9. See also Woodside’s submission to this inquiry. ...
Curitiba, the Environmental Capital of the Southern Hemisphere
... to introduce an effective environmental management system aimed at achieving the organisation’s environmental policy and set priorities, objectives, means, operational procedures, training, monitoring and communication systems. An environmental audit should assess the management system in place, in ...
... to introduce an effective environmental management system aimed at achieving the organisation’s environmental policy and set priorities, objectives, means, operational procedures, training, monitoring and communication systems. An environmental audit should assess the management system in place, in ...
Testimony
... stresses on marine ecosystems; they are additive or synergistic, so that organisms weakened by one stress will be more vulnerable to others. 3. Relative importance of natural variability and human impacts (“…whether the range of atmospheric and marine conditions and the extent and intensity of coral ...
... stresses on marine ecosystems; they are additive or synergistic, so that organisms weakened by one stress will be more vulnerable to others. 3. Relative importance of natural variability and human impacts (“…whether the range of atmospheric and marine conditions and the extent and intensity of coral ...
Mainstreaming Climate Change in Colombia
... opportunities, entitled Quality Standards for the Integration of Adaptation to Climate Change into Development Programming, following an analysis of the best practices in the field. This methodology is being piloted as part of this Project, with the intention to improve it. The methodology provides ...
... opportunities, entitled Quality Standards for the Integration of Adaptation to Climate Change into Development Programming, following an analysis of the best practices in the field. This methodology is being piloted as part of this Project, with the intention to improve it. The methodology provides ...
Mann, ME, Emanuel, KA, Atlantic Hurricane Trends linked to Climate
... Mann, M.E., Emanuel, K.A., Atlantic Hurricane Trends linked to Climate Change, Eos, 87, 24, p 233, 238, 241, 2006. ...
... Mann, M.E., Emanuel, K.A., Atlantic Hurricane Trends linked to Climate Change, Eos, 87, 24, p 233, 238, 241, 2006. ...
Elizabeth G. Ferris
... adopt policies that are seen in some communities as limiting their development and the accruement of wealth. China has been particularly insistent about allowing for the “right to develop” within the confines of any climate change agreement.13 It believes that the responsibility for climate change l ...
... adopt policies that are seen in some communities as limiting their development and the accruement of wealth. China has been particularly insistent about allowing for the “right to develop” within the confines of any climate change agreement.13 It believes that the responsibility for climate change l ...
american meteorological society
... H. Cullen, 2015: Climate Matters: A comprehensive educational resource program for broadcast meteorologists. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00235.1, in press. ...
... H. Cullen, 2015: Climate Matters: A comprehensive educational resource program for broadcast meteorologists. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00235.1, in press. ...
ACTSA Briefing paper_Climate change in southern
... global temperatures are bringing about rapid changes in weather patterns, rising sea levels and increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather. The impact of this global warming is increasingly apparent; especially in the developing world, where livelihoods are being destabilised due to more f ...
... global temperatures are bringing about rapid changes in weather patterns, rising sea levels and increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather. The impact of this global warming is increasingly apparent; especially in the developing world, where livelihoods are being destabilised due to more f ...
Global Warming (AGW): Separating Fact From Fiction
... “The full range of risks to human health from climate change is mostly foreseeable from our existing knowledge about how natural variations in climate and weather, and the level of human-induced climate change already experienced, have affected rates of illness, disease and death. Climate change aff ...
... “The full range of risks to human health from climate change is mostly foreseeable from our existing knowledge about how natural variations in climate and weather, and the level of human-induced climate change already experienced, have affected rates of illness, disease and death. Climate change aff ...
What satellites tell us about the global carbon budget
... Carbon-Climate System If the natural sinks on land and ocean are beginning to decline: 1.more of the carbon emitted stays in the atmosphere, 2.the rate of climatic disruption increases, 3.it is more difficult to manage the carbon cycle, 4.the carbon cycle is not behaving as the projections assumed. ...
... Carbon-Climate System If the natural sinks on land and ocean are beginning to decline: 1.more of the carbon emitted stays in the atmosphere, 2.the rate of climatic disruption increases, 3.it is more difficult to manage the carbon cycle, 4.the carbon cycle is not behaving as the projections assumed. ...
DETR - Climate Change
... planning and stimulating innovative responses. The policies that can deliver this reduction are part of the Government’s wider drive for a better quality of life, as well as economic and environmental modernisation. 10 The climate change programme builds on the solid foundation of action that has be ...
... planning and stimulating innovative responses. The policies that can deliver this reduction are part of the Government’s wider drive for a better quality of life, as well as economic and environmental modernisation. 10 The climate change programme builds on the solid foundation of action that has be ...
Climate Change, Intergenerational Equity, and International Law
... The Villach Article refers to international environmental agreements in other areas. In the past twenty years, there have been significant developments in agreements to control pollution and protect ecosystems in regional seas, in the marine environment, in the atmosphere, and in fresh water. Indeed ...
... The Villach Article refers to international environmental agreements in other areas. In the past twenty years, there have been significant developments in agreements to control pollution and protect ecosystems in regional seas, in the marine environment, in the atmosphere, and in fresh water. Indeed ...
Sample Chapter 19 (PDF, 28 Pages
... a compromise that accepted continued industrial development provided that it did not impair the ability of future generations to enjoy an equal level of prosperity. The report popularized the term “sustainable development.” It is a well-accepted concept, but definitions still vary: to environmentali ...
... a compromise that accepted continued industrial development provided that it did not impair the ability of future generations to enjoy an equal level of prosperity. The report popularized the term “sustainable development.” It is a well-accepted concept, but definitions still vary: to environmentali ...
MS Climate 1AC Jiao-Taori Tournament
... glaciers on all continents, and shrinking of the area covered by permafrost and the increasing depth of its active layer. All of which are consistent with a warming global climate. 6. We continually track global weather and have seen significant shifts in weather patterns and an increase in extreme ...
... glaciers on all continents, and shrinking of the area covered by permafrost and the increasing depth of its active layer. All of which are consistent with a warming global climate. 6. We continually track global weather and have seen significant shifts in weather patterns and an increase in extreme ...
18_3eTIF
... particularly the emission of greenhouse gases, is the primary reason for this change. Scientists express conclusions as probabilities, so reports are often written in language that the lay public may interpret as uncertain. Particular climate trends include changes in surface temperature, snow and i ...
... particularly the emission of greenhouse gases, is the primary reason for this change. Scientists express conclusions as probabilities, so reports are often written in language that the lay public may interpret as uncertain. Particular climate trends include changes in surface temperature, snow and i ...
Global Environmental Challenges, Law, Spring 2006
... of 2-3ºC suggests that we already have reached the “tipping point.” Nevertheless, there is a great deal for lawyers to do. Without stringent “mitigation” (control) measures the face of the planet will be far different from what we already see happening today. The goal of the course is to expose stud ...
... of 2-3ºC suggests that we already have reached the “tipping point.” Nevertheless, there is a great deal for lawyers to do. Without stringent “mitigation” (control) measures the face of the planet will be far different from what we already see happening today. The goal of the course is to expose stud ...
Himalayan-Tibetan Glaciers and Snowpack System
... freezing, addition of energy goes to warm the surface. Once it reaches freezing temperatures, addition of energy goes to melt the glaciers. The mass balance is governed by evaporation (or sublimation), precipitation and dynamics of glaciers and sub-surface water transport. For the central and the ea ...
... freezing, addition of energy goes to warm the surface. Once it reaches freezing temperatures, addition of energy goes to melt the glaciers. The mass balance is governed by evaporation (or sublimation), precipitation and dynamics of glaciers and sub-surface water transport. For the central and the ea ...
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM AGRICULTURE: JOINED THE EU
... in the same period was 6.4%. It was manifested an oscillatory evolution by a country to another, for the majority of them, except Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, there was a significant drop of agricultural GHG in 2004 and 2010 compared with the initial level. This evolution has reduced the emissions ...
... in the same period was 6.4%. It was manifested an oscillatory evolution by a country to another, for the majority of them, except Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, there was a significant drop of agricultural GHG in 2004 and 2010 compared with the initial level. This evolution has reduced the emissions ...
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.