CDM from LDC perspective by Pascale Junker, Lux Dev
... • General feeling that international Climate Change conferences aiming at universally binding reduction legislation is not the way forward (contrary to emerging economies’ take off). • Market based approaches are more accurate, if they guarantee real net reductions and environmental integrity • End ...
... • General feeling that international Climate Change conferences aiming at universally binding reduction legislation is not the way forward (contrary to emerging economies’ take off). • Market based approaches are more accurate, if they guarantee real net reductions and environmental integrity • End ...
Winter 2017. - Squarespace
... watch for updates and plans in the coming year. Over at Georgetown, a new wave of workshops proposed by Dagomar Degroot, Sam White, and CHN assistant director Bathsheba Demuth received significant funding from the Georgetown Environment Initiative. The workshops will connect the most innovative clim ...
... watch for updates and plans in the coming year. Over at Georgetown, a new wave of workshops proposed by Dagomar Degroot, Sam White, and CHN assistant director Bathsheba Demuth received significant funding from the Georgetown Environment Initiative. The workshops will connect the most innovative clim ...
Signs of Climate Change in Nordic Nature
... In the whole of the southern part of the Nordic countries, the spring starts considerably earlier now than in 1982 (NORUT; Høgda & al. 2001) (Fig. 1). The most significant change is in the southern part of the region, with changes of up to two weeks. At the same time, the fall is delayed by one to th ...
... In the whole of the southern part of the Nordic countries, the spring starts considerably earlier now than in 1982 (NORUT; Høgda & al. 2001) (Fig. 1). The most significant change is in the southern part of the region, with changes of up to two weeks. At the same time, the fall is delayed by one to th ...
Governing the future under climate change: contested visions of
... Deep ambiguity around the concept of climate change adaptation allows for strongly divergent interpretations. An introduction to more detailed discussion in subsequent sections, this section ...
... Deep ambiguity around the concept of climate change adaptation allows for strongly divergent interpretations. An introduction to more detailed discussion in subsequent sections, this section ...
CLIMATE CHANGE State Should Further Improve Its Reporting on Financial Support
... the agencies. Nonetheless, challenges in tracking climate change assistance remain. USAID, the largest FSF contributor, is not able to track climate change obligations and expenditures because of the lack of a dedicated State/USAID budget code for climate change assistance. While the FSF reports wer ...
... the agencies. Nonetheless, challenges in tracking climate change assistance remain. USAID, the largest FSF contributor, is not able to track climate change obligations and expenditures because of the lack of a dedicated State/USAID budget code for climate change assistance. While the FSF reports wer ...
Utilization of Science-Based Information on Climate Change in
... Agencies such as NOAA recognize the importance of bridging the gap between the producers and users of scientific information, and considerable effort has been made to encourage this. Examples include the work done by NOAA’s Regional Integrated Science and Assessment teams and, at a broader scale, NO ...
... Agencies such as NOAA recognize the importance of bridging the gap between the producers and users of scientific information, and considerable effort has been made to encourage this. Examples include the work done by NOAA’s Regional Integrated Science and Assessment teams and, at a broader scale, NO ...
climate variability - NCAR Research Applications Laboratory
... regarding the future hydrologic characteristics of western river basins. Effective design of long-term policy will require an understanding of the existing relationship of climate to water resources in the West, the nature of potential climate changes, the sources of uncertainty, and the prospects f ...
... regarding the future hydrologic characteristics of western river basins. Effective design of long-term policy will require an understanding of the existing relationship of climate to water resources in the West, the nature of potential climate changes, the sources of uncertainty, and the prospects f ...
The Arab Spring and Climate Change
... Studies investigate the vulnerability of the Middle East and North Africa region to fluctuations of food supply and prices both globally and locally, and how current and projected climatic changes interact with those phenomena. They conclude that, “The Arab Spring would likely have come one way or a ...
... Studies investigate the vulnerability of the Middle East and North Africa region to fluctuations of food supply and prices both globally and locally, and how current and projected climatic changes interact with those phenomena. They conclude that, “The Arab Spring would likely have come one way or a ...
Energy and the Protection of the Atmosphere
... fossil fuels and unsustainable uses of biomass fuels cause extensive local and regional (transboundary) air pollution often resulting in acidification that damages entire ecosystems. The extraction, conversion and combustion of fossil fuels, and to a lesser degree land-use changes and agriculture, l ...
... fossil fuels and unsustainable uses of biomass fuels cause extensive local and regional (transboundary) air pollution often resulting in acidification that damages entire ecosystems. The extraction, conversion and combustion of fossil fuels, and to a lesser degree land-use changes and agriculture, l ...
Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Changes in Egypt
... is a value-laden word implying change that is desirable. It may be considered a vector of desirable society objectives, the elements of which might include (Pearce et al. 1990): increase in real income per capita, access to resources, and a “fairer” distribution of income. Sustainable development ha ...
... is a value-laden word implying change that is desirable. It may be considered a vector of desirable society objectives, the elements of which might include (Pearce et al. 1990): increase in real income per capita, access to resources, and a “fairer” distribution of income. Sustainable development ha ...
Environmental tipping points and food system dynamics: Main Report
... functional variables may vary, but essentially, they remain within “normal” bounds. A farmer can cope with year-to-year variability in yields in terms of a few percent, or a consumer with variability in prices of a similar magnitude. Resilient systems (see glossary) are those that are stable in the ...
... functional variables may vary, but essentially, they remain within “normal” bounds. A farmer can cope with year-to-year variability in yields in terms of a few percent, or a consumer with variability in prices of a similar magnitude. Resilient systems (see glossary) are those that are stable in the ...
Migration, displacement, and the environment
... people are displaced by ‘disasters triggered by natural hazards’ each year, a number that is expected to increase.1 While multiple analyses have linked climate change to the conflict in Syria, further study is needed to understand the complex relationships between environmental issues and migration ...
... people are displaced by ‘disasters triggered by natural hazards’ each year, a number that is expected to increase.1 While multiple analyses have linked climate change to the conflict in Syria, further study is needed to understand the complex relationships between environmental issues and migration ...
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... The estimated costs of climate impacts are highly uncertain. In addition to the irreducible randomness of natural and social phenomena, the so-called “aleatory uncertainty”, there are many other sources deriving from an incomplete knowledge of these phenomena, called “epistemic uncertainty”. These c ...
... The estimated costs of climate impacts are highly uncertain. In addition to the irreducible randomness of natural and social phenomena, the so-called “aleatory uncertainty”, there are many other sources deriving from an incomplete knowledge of these phenomena, called “epistemic uncertainty”. These c ...
6 global policy recommendations for a more sustainable
... livelihoods in developing countries has been a privilege. I had the pleasure to join meetings and discussions during the past two Resilience Academies – the first one in Bangladesh in 2013 and the se ...
... livelihoods in developing countries has been a privilege. I had the pleasure to join meetings and discussions during the past two Resilience Academies – the first one in Bangladesh in 2013 and the se ...
Climate Change Action Plan for the Florida Reef System (2010
... are formalized. To be successful, we have to manage the impacts of climate change both at the local and regional scale, while global solutions are advanced. © Larry Lipsky ...
... are formalized. To be successful, we have to manage the impacts of climate change both at the local and regional scale, while global solutions are advanced. © Larry Lipsky ...
Accounting for Health Impacts of Climate Change
... change adaptation strategy that focuses on preventing the projected health impacts of climate change is likely to be more effective (in terms of both impacts and costs) than a strategy focused on reacting. Second, and as a corollary to the above message, the health benefits of adaptation investments ...
... change adaptation strategy that focuses on preventing the projected health impacts of climate change is likely to be more effective (in terms of both impacts and costs) than a strategy focused on reacting. Second, and as a corollary to the above message, the health benefits of adaptation investments ...
3. project framework - REDD
... limit transition. Enabling farmers to make more climate-smart choices requires a better understanding of which agricultural practices would be most promising in this regard, within specific agro-ecological regions. It would also require a better understanding of the constraints to farmer adoption of ...
... limit transition. Enabling farmers to make more climate-smart choices requires a better understanding of which agricultural practices would be most promising in this regard, within specific agro-ecological regions. It would also require a better understanding of the constraints to farmer adoption of ...
Deliverable 2: “Gap Analysis”
... Taking into consideration the April 2008 Kyoto Symposium and the June 2008 London Symposium output, TSAG established the Focus Group on ICTs and Climate Change in July 2008, to identify, from the standardization viewpoint, the impact of ICTs on Climate Change, in particular the reduction of ICT’s ow ...
... Taking into consideration the April 2008 Kyoto Symposium and the June 2008 London Symposium output, TSAG established the Focus Group on ICTs and Climate Change in July 2008, to identify, from the standardization viewpoint, the impact of ICTs on Climate Change, in particular the reduction of ICT’s ow ...
Assessing pricing assumptions for weather index insurance in a changing climate
... Keywords: Climate modeling Uncertainty Bayesian Networks Adaptation India ...
... Keywords: Climate modeling Uncertainty Bayesian Networks Adaptation India ...
Impacts of Climate Change on Plant Growth, Ecosystem Services
... socio- economic activities, such as agriculture, forestry, etc., and is a major threat for biodiversity and ecosystem function (Lepetz et al., 2009). Climate change is a result from emission of greenhouse gases (e.g. CO2, CH4, & N2O, etc.) in the past century that will cause atmospheric warming (IPC ...
... socio- economic activities, such as agriculture, forestry, etc., and is a major threat for biodiversity and ecosystem function (Lepetz et al., 2009). Climate change is a result from emission of greenhouse gases (e.g. CO2, CH4, & N2O, etc.) in the past century that will cause atmospheric warming (IPC ...
Southern Africa Climate Change Framework
... National variations also exist in the levels and rates of growth of human development (measured by the Human Development Index [HDI]). The HDI aggregates different components of human development into a composite measure. The specific indicators making up the composite HDI are life expectancy at bir ...
... National variations also exist in the levels and rates of growth of human development (measured by the Human Development Index [HDI]). The HDI aggregates different components of human development into a composite measure. The specific indicators making up the composite HDI are life expectancy at bir ...
Potential Impacts Of Climate Change On Tourism
... temperature rose 0.6 C in the 20th Century. Climate model predictions for temperature increase vary significantly between countries or regions of the world. For example, one prediction is that summer temperatures in Australia will increase by 1.5C in 2020 and by 3.4C in 2050 (Viner and Agnew, 19 ...
... temperature rose 0.6 C in the 20th Century. Climate model predictions for temperature increase vary significantly between countries or regions of the world. For example, one prediction is that summer temperatures in Australia will increase by 1.5C in 2020 and by 3.4C in 2050 (Viner and Agnew, 19 ...
emissions - Alan Robock
... -3planning to lead a global effort toward a mitigation agreement in Copenhagen in December 2009. If geoengineering is seen as a potential low-cost and easy “solution” to the problem, the public backing toward a mitigation agreement, which will require some short-term dislocations, may be eroded. Th ...
... -3planning to lead a global effort toward a mitigation agreement in Copenhagen in December 2009. If geoengineering is seen as a potential low-cost and easy “solution” to the problem, the public backing toward a mitigation agreement, which will require some short-term dislocations, may be eroded. Th ...
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.