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US Virgin Islands Climate Change Ecosystem
... restoring “green” infrastructure is much less expensive to maintain than built structures such as dykes or sea walls which can degrade the environment. The Nature Conservancy has worked on many projects around the world that provide the best science and latest knowledge to planners, managers, govern ...
... restoring “green” infrastructure is much less expensive to maintain than built structures such as dykes or sea walls which can degrade the environment. The Nature Conservancy has worked on many projects around the world that provide the best science and latest knowledge to planners, managers, govern ...
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... presumed effects as an aphrodisiac and powerful tonic [27]. It is one of the most expensive natural medical resources of the world [30–31]. In September 2012, the highest price of Chinese caterpillar fungus in China—the major trade destination—was $140,000/kg (for the best quality product), two time ...
... presumed effects as an aphrodisiac and powerful tonic [27]. It is one of the most expensive natural medical resources of the world [30–31]. In September 2012, the highest price of Chinese caterpillar fungus in China—the major trade destination—was $140,000/kg (for the best quality product), two time ...
DECC Adaptation Strategy for Climate Change Impacts on Biodiversity
... The climate is a dynamic system, encompassing a variety of natural processes and cycles that operate over many spatial and temporal scales. However, it is very likely that humans are having a direct impact on the global climate system and are magnifying natural processes, in particular through burni ...
... The climate is a dynamic system, encompassing a variety of natural processes and cycles that operate over many spatial and temporal scales. However, it is very likely that humans are having a direct impact on the global climate system and are magnifying natural processes, in particular through burni ...
Climate Change Adaptation and Development
... understood, but certainly extensive, impacts on hydrology and water resources, agriculture and food security, terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems, coastal zones and marine ecosystems, human health, human settlements, energy and industry, and insurance and other financial services (Adger et al., 20 ...
... understood, but certainly extensive, impacts on hydrology and water resources, agriculture and food security, terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems, coastal zones and marine ecosystems, human health, human settlements, energy and industry, and insurance and other financial services (Adger et al., 20 ...
Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in the Land Use Sector
... Second, complementarity is less cost effective in general. As Kane and Yohe (2000) argued, the treatment of adaptation and mitigation as different policy options increases the cost of climate change. Among the reason for this is the low integration of practices that could have minimized resource req ...
... Second, complementarity is less cost effective in general. As Kane and Yohe (2000) argued, the treatment of adaptation and mitigation as different policy options increases the cost of climate change. Among the reason for this is the low integration of practices that could have minimized resource req ...
Quantitative Assessment of Climate Carrying Capacity for Cities: A
... With urbanization of almost 90% in 2013, the climate of Shanghai City is clearly subject to the stress. Socioeconomic development aggravates climatic problems such as the occurrence of heat waves and extreme precipitation events that can result in a deterioration of living conditions. Thus, the clim ...
... With urbanization of almost 90% in 2013, the climate of Shanghai City is clearly subject to the stress. Socioeconomic development aggravates climatic problems such as the occurrence of heat waves and extreme precipitation events that can result in a deterioration of living conditions. Thus, the clim ...
an analysis of factors affecting climate change adaptation strategies
... The researcher gathered information on climate change and adaptation strategies at household level and analysed the factors affecting adaptation of copying strategies by household. The researcher further proposed recommendations to maize farmers participating in maize production, on policies, extens ...
... The researcher gathered information on climate change and adaptation strategies at household level and analysed the factors affecting adaptation of copying strategies by household. The researcher further proposed recommendations to maize farmers participating in maize production, on policies, extens ...
Climate change hits home
... reduce vulnerabilities, we must plan adaptation actions fairly close to home. The process of adaptation planning identifies a set of actions to decrease a system’s vulnerability, or increase its resilience, to the impacts of climate change. It can be planned—the essence of this paper—or ad hoc, the ...
... reduce vulnerabilities, we must plan adaptation actions fairly close to home. The process of adaptation planning identifies a set of actions to decrease a system’s vulnerability, or increase its resilience, to the impacts of climate change. It can be planned—the essence of this paper—or ad hoc, the ...
Working paper: Preference Attainment: Why are some Countries
... producing neither winners nor losers (Arregui and Thomson, 2009; Bailer, 2004). Others disagree and infer from their research that some countries perform better than others (Selck and Kaeding, 2004; Thorsten Selck and Kuipers, 2005). Experts agree even less about what actually determines bargaining ...
... producing neither winners nor losers (Arregui and Thomson, 2009; Bailer, 2004). Others disagree and infer from their research that some countries perform better than others (Selck and Kaeding, 2004; Thorsten Selck and Kuipers, 2005). Experts agree even less about what actually determines bargaining ...
Norway`s Fifth National Communication under the Framework
... provided the basis for the emissions trading scheme in the Kyoto Protocol commitment period (2008-2012). In the current trading period, the Norwegian system is linked to the EU ETS. The total Norwegian cap is set about 20 per cent below the 2005 emissions from the installations concerned. The offsho ...
... provided the basis for the emissions trading scheme in the Kyoto Protocol commitment period (2008-2012). In the current trading period, the Norwegian system is linked to the EU ETS. The total Norwegian cap is set about 20 per cent below the 2005 emissions from the installations concerned. The offsho ...
Chapter 1: Introduction - Committee on Climate Change
... UK Climate Change Risk Assessment 2017: Evidence Report • What is the urgency of action needed for different risks and opportunities? • What are the uncertainties, limitations and confidence in the underlying evidence and analysis for different risks and opportunities? In addressing these questions ...
... UK Climate Change Risk Assessment 2017: Evidence Report • What is the urgency of action needed for different risks and opportunities? • What are the uncertainties, limitations and confidence in the underlying evidence and analysis for different risks and opportunities? In addressing these questions ...
The Promises and Perils of Geoengineering Simon Nicholson
... tain may remain under the ocean in a benign form for many centuries. Some would-be geoengineers hope to encourage blooms of carbon-hungry phytoplankton by introducing soluble iron into areas of the oceans in which iron is in relatively short supply. Though this idea makes sense in theory, the few fi ...
... tain may remain under the ocean in a benign form for many centuries. Some would-be geoengineers hope to encourage blooms of carbon-hungry phytoplankton by introducing soluble iron into areas of the oceans in which iron is in relatively short supply. Though this idea makes sense in theory, the few fi ...
Consultation information and questions
... separately. Activity 19 was for carbon steel and specified downstream products made from cold ferrous feed. Activity 23 was for iron, steel and specified downstream steel products, all of which are derived from iron sand. Downstream products in activity 19 were manufactured from billet, and in activ ...
... separately. Activity 19 was for carbon steel and specified downstream products made from cold ferrous feed. Activity 23 was for iron, steel and specified downstream steel products, all of which are derived from iron sand. Downstream products in activity 19 were manufactured from billet, and in activ ...
The Nation Ex-Situ: On climate change, deterritorialized nationhood
... associated sea-level rise threaten the very survival of their entire territory. This consequence, particularly when juxtaposed with their meager contribution to global warming, is also compelling when viewed through an ethical, legal, or geopolitical lens. It becomes particularly consequential as it ...
... associated sea-level rise threaten the very survival of their entire territory. This consequence, particularly when juxtaposed with their meager contribution to global warming, is also compelling when viewed through an ethical, legal, or geopolitical lens. It becomes particularly consequential as it ...
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE LIMITED
... Executive Summary Climate change is a continuous process that began centuries ago. Today the pace of change has increased with greater rapidity because of global warming induced by anthropogenically generated greenhouse gases (GHG). Failure to effectively deal with the adverse outcomes can easily di ...
... Executive Summary Climate change is a continuous process that began centuries ago. Today the pace of change has increased with greater rapidity because of global warming induced by anthropogenically generated greenhouse gases (GHG). Failure to effectively deal with the adverse outcomes can easily di ...
IPCC AR5 Synthesis Report
... Stabiliza;on of atmospheric concentra;ons requires moving away from the baseline – regardless of the mi;ga;on goal. ...
... Stabiliza;on of atmospheric concentra;ons requires moving away from the baseline – regardless of the mi;ga;on goal. ...
IMPACT OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY ON COFFEE PRODUCTION
... Worldwide, climate change and variability have been raising concerns about potential changes to crop yields and production systems. The present study focuses on the effects of climate variability on coffee production among smallholder farmers in highland zone of Kigoma district western part of Tanza ...
... Worldwide, climate change and variability have been raising concerns about potential changes to crop yields and production systems. The present study focuses on the effects of climate variability on coffee production among smallholder farmers in highland zone of Kigoma district western part of Tanza ...
Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment
... Global climate change is relevant to the development of road transport infrastructure through concerns both with mitigation and adaptation. As road transport is a major source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions globally1, mitigation – “human intervention to reduce the sources or enhance the sinks of ...
... Global climate change is relevant to the development of road transport infrastructure through concerns both with mitigation and adaptation. As road transport is a major source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions globally1, mitigation – “human intervention to reduce the sources or enhance the sinks of ...
Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on the Built Environment
... nificant uncertainty.6 Efforts are also being made to provide downscaled climate data and models that can be easily applied to regional and local impact analysis.7 In 2010, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) published an international survey that found there is “ample s ...
... nificant uncertainty.6 Efforts are also being made to provide downscaled climate data and models that can be easily applied to regional and local impact analysis.7 In 2010, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) published an international survey that found there is “ample s ...
Briefing report
... gained from a changing climate, we expect the bulk of the changes associated with a warming world to be negative for our society, economic sectors and the natural environment. And because of the time lag in the climate system, even with the most ambitious mitigation efforts, we are locked in to a fu ...
... gained from a changing climate, we expect the bulk of the changes associated with a warming world to be negative for our society, economic sectors and the natural environment. And because of the time lag in the climate system, even with the most ambitious mitigation efforts, we are locked in to a fu ...
Climate change and Health Across Africa: Issues
... ways and to varying degrees across Africa with consequences for human health. With the strong connection between a population’s health and economic and environmental health, the impact of climate change on each is one of the major ways in which climate change may impede the development of the Afr ...
... ways and to varying degrees across Africa with consequences for human health. With the strong connection between a population’s health and economic and environmental health, the impact of climate change on each is one of the major ways in which climate change may impede the development of the Afr ...
An Introduction to Simple Climate Models
... the direct global mean radiative forcing can be computed using simple formulae which provide a close fit to the results of detailed radiative transfer calculations. In the case of tropospheric ozone, the picture is complicated by the fact that this gas is produced from emissions of precursor gases t ...
... the direct global mean radiative forcing can be computed using simple formulae which provide a close fit to the results of detailed radiative transfer calculations. In the case of tropospheric ozone, the picture is complicated by the fact that this gas is produced from emissions of precursor gases t ...
How Climate Change Uniquely Impacts the Physical, Social and
... 2.0 Physical Effects Of Climate Change On First Nations ..................................................4 2.1 Effect of Climate Change on Access to Northern Communities and Transportation.....4 2.2 Effect of Climate Change on Water Quality and Quantity ............................................. ...
... 2.0 Physical Effects Of Climate Change On First Nations ..................................................4 2.1 Effect of Climate Change on Access to Northern Communities and Transportation.....4 2.2 Effect of Climate Change on Water Quality and Quantity ............................................. ...
Preventing El Niño Southern Oscillation Episodes from Becoming
... recurring and predictable ENSO phenomenon, and proposed an integrated approach which focused on prevention and bridged the humanitarian-development nexus. Despite the progress made and an abundance of good practice examples, there is no question that a much greater sense of focus and urgency is requ ...
... recurring and predictable ENSO phenomenon, and proposed an integrated approach which focused on prevention and bridged the humanitarian-development nexus. Despite the progress made and an abundance of good practice examples, there is no question that a much greater sense of focus and urgency is requ ...
Climate Change, Natural Disasters and Migration
... estimated on average at 5% of their GDP between 1997 and 2001 (IMF, 2003). In India and South East Asia the reduction in GDP due to climate change is estimated at between 9 and 13% by 2100 compared with a situation without climate change. The cost of adaptation for these countries will be at least b ...
... estimated on average at 5% of their GDP between 1997 and 2001 (IMF, 2003). In India and South East Asia the reduction in GDP due to climate change is estimated at between 9 and 13% by 2100 compared with a situation without climate change. The cost of adaptation for these countries will be at least b ...
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
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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.