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The Case of Climate Change
... discourse, and we do not attempt to test and validate our methodology across multiple domains—we outline how this can be done towards the end of this paper. – We do not describe patterns of consumption attention, but rather patterns of coverage, or output attention. In other words we are not claimin ...
... discourse, and we do not attempt to test and validate our methodology across multiple domains—we outline how this can be done towards the end of this paper. – We do not describe patterns of consumption attention, but rather patterns of coverage, or output attention. In other words we are not claimin ...
Transitioning towards a low-carbon economy in Mexico
... This document offers an empirical application of the notion of energy transition to the Mexican economy and it takes the next step of simulating medium- and long-term impacts of proposed and future energy and fiscal policy on the environment and the Mexican economy. The starting point of the analysi ...
... This document offers an empirical application of the notion of energy transition to the Mexican economy and it takes the next step of simulating medium- and long-term impacts of proposed and future energy and fiscal policy on the environment and the Mexican economy. The starting point of the analysi ...
Climate Systems Regional Report: Southern Africa
... Southern Africa's continental climate is generally hot and rainy in summer with cold and dry winters. This largely results from the atmospheric systems that dominate the regional climate; namely an anticyclonic high pressure system over the continent during winter and an intermittent thermal trough ...
... Southern Africa's continental climate is generally hot and rainy in summer with cold and dry winters. This largely results from the atmospheric systems that dominate the regional climate; namely an anticyclonic high pressure system over the continent during winter and an intermittent thermal trough ...
STRUCTURE OF THE INDC
... protect and enhance coastal vegetation and seagrass beds. Together these actions represent effective stewardship of more than 6 million tonnes of Carbon Dioxide stored, more than 100 times the current annual national emissions inventory. On the understanding that a global agreement addresses interna ...
... protect and enhance coastal vegetation and seagrass beds. Together these actions represent effective stewardship of more than 6 million tonnes of Carbon Dioxide stored, more than 100 times the current annual national emissions inventory. On the understanding that a global agreement addresses interna ...
Large-scale redistribution of maximum fisheries catch potential in the
... States (excluding Alaska and Hawaii), Chile and China. Many highly impacted regions, particularly those in the tropics, are socioeconomically vulnerable to these changes. Thus, our results indicate the need to develop adaptation policy that could minimize climate change impacts through fisheries. Th ...
... States (excluding Alaska and Hawaii), Chile and China. Many highly impacted regions, particularly those in the tropics, are socioeconomically vulnerable to these changes. Thus, our results indicate the need to develop adaptation policy that could minimize climate change impacts through fisheries. Th ...
This paper offers a unifying conceptual framework for examining the
... intermediate level -- such as inequalities with respect to income and political power. Primary and secondary inequalities together give rise to “tertiary inequalities,” which are the inequalities at the surface level, such as inequalities with respect to education, health, housing, access to finance ...
... intermediate level -- such as inequalities with respect to income and political power. Primary and secondary inequalities together give rise to “tertiary inequalities,” which are the inequalities at the surface level, such as inequalities with respect to education, health, housing, access to finance ...
Extreme Events
... resolution of the Climate Futures for Tasmania simulations means that steep ridgelines may not be captured, so the resulting rain shadow on the downwind side of the ridge is not represented in the simulation. For studying many climate indices, most climate simulations need to be ‘bias‑adjusted’. Thi ...
... resolution of the Climate Futures for Tasmania simulations means that steep ridgelines may not be captured, so the resulting rain shadow on the downwind side of the ridge is not represented in the simulation. For studying many climate indices, most climate simulations need to be ‘bias‑adjusted’. Thi ...
Thanks Jim - International Biochar Initiative
... announces that the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) has submitted a proposal to include biochar as a mitigation and adaptation technology to be considered in the post-2012-Copenhagen agenda of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). A copy of the proposal i ...
... announces that the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) has submitted a proposal to include biochar as a mitigation and adaptation technology to be considered in the post-2012-Copenhagen agenda of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). A copy of the proposal i ...
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... The uncertainty in model’s parameters and structure is traditionally assessed by applying sensitivity or uncertainty analyses. A typical approach is Monte Carlo analysis (MCA), which considers random sampling of probability distribution functions as model inputs to produce hundreds or thousands of p ...
... The uncertainty in model’s parameters and structure is traditionally assessed by applying sensitivity or uncertainty analyses. A typical approach is Monte Carlo analysis (MCA), which considers random sampling of probability distribution functions as model inputs to produce hundreds or thousands of p ...
Depletion of fossil fuels and anthropogenic climate change—A review
... have all changed over time and Girod et al. (2009) reviewed this in more detail. The 1995 IPCC review of the old emission scenarios recommended that the full range of scenarios should be used as an input rather than just a single scenario. The conclusion was that there was no objective basis on whic ...
... have all changed over time and Girod et al. (2009) reviewed this in more detail. The 1995 IPCC review of the old emission scenarios recommended that the full range of scenarios should be used as an input rather than just a single scenario. The conclusion was that there was no objective basis on whic ...
nd-gain_technical_document_2015_do_not_print
... practitioners, and global development experts. The indicators included in ND-GAIN were chosen to fit within the structure described above and to meet the following criteria: ...
... practitioners, and global development experts. The indicators included in ND-GAIN were chosen to fit within the structure described above and to meet the following criteria: ...
The implications of climate change for the water environment in
... Commission, 2012), and in some regions less than 10% of rivers met this standard. However, water managers are well aware of these pressures, and have implemented improvement measures. For example, whilst 4% of rivers and lakes in Saxony, Germany, were classified as being of good status in 2009, by 2 ...
... Commission, 2012), and in some regions less than 10% of rivers met this standard. However, water managers are well aware of these pressures, and have implemented improvement measures. For example, whilst 4% of rivers and lakes in Saxony, Germany, were classified as being of good status in 2009, by 2 ...
Why the United States did not become a party to the Kyoto Protocol
... (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) parties agreed on the Berlin Mandate in which they (1) stated their intent to agree on quantified emissions limitation targets, (2) emphasized that industrialized countries have a particular responsibility to take the first steps, and (3) confi ...
... (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) parties agreed on the Berlin Mandate in which they (1) stated their intent to agree on quantified emissions limitation targets, (2) emphasized that industrialized countries have a particular responsibility to take the first steps, and (3) confi ...
Queensland Climate Adaptation Directions Statement
... can better provide guidance to local governments on how to incorporate climate change considerations into local planning schemes. Tools already made available to local governments for use in planning schemes, such as bushfire hazard mapping, include climate change assumptions within their methodolog ...
... can better provide guidance to local governments on how to incorporate climate change considerations into local planning schemes. Tools already made available to local governments for use in planning schemes, such as bushfire hazard mapping, include climate change assumptions within their methodolog ...
Overview of linkages between gender and climate change – Africa
... 8. Vulnerability is key to understanding the gender differential in climate change. Literally, it means susceptibility to the ill effects of climate change. In scientific terms, vulnerability carries with it the concepts of exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity (see Box 4 for definitions). T ...
... 8. Vulnerability is key to understanding the gender differential in climate change. Literally, it means susceptibility to the ill effects of climate change. In scientific terms, vulnerability carries with it the concepts of exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity (see Box 4 for definitions). T ...
Climate Risk and Business
... gas emission scenarios (A2, A1B and B2) point at future increases between 0.7–1.2°C and 1.2–2.2°C from the 1961–1990 baseline to the 2020s and 2050s respectively.5 However, empirical downscaling of 14 GCMs for the A2 greenhouse gas emission scenario shows possible temperature increases of 6°C by the ...
... gas emission scenarios (A2, A1B and B2) point at future increases between 0.7–1.2°C and 1.2–2.2°C from the 1961–1990 baseline to the 2020s and 2050s respectively.5 However, empirical downscaling of 14 GCMs for the A2 greenhouse gas emission scenario shows possible temperature increases of 6°C by the ...
contributions by the world meteorological organization to the
... Meteorological Congress (Geneva, May/June 2011). This publication highlights the significant linkages between WMO weather-, climate- and water-related programmes and activities, and the achievement of the MDGs. More importantly, it aims to illustrate how, under the rising threat of climate change, t ...
... Meteorological Congress (Geneva, May/June 2011). This publication highlights the significant linkages between WMO weather-, climate- and water-related programmes and activities, and the achievement of the MDGs. More importantly, it aims to illustrate how, under the rising threat of climate change, t ...
The Economic Impact of Climate Change on Cash Crop Farms in
... The impact of climate change and the resulting variation in climate can have a serious impact on the agricultural industry. Defined as a change in the state of the climate, climate change can be continually identified by shifts in the mean or variability of temperature and precipitation (Chen 2011). ...
... The impact of climate change and the resulting variation in climate can have a serious impact on the agricultural industry. Defined as a change in the state of the climate, climate change can be continually identified by shifts in the mean or variability of temperature and precipitation (Chen 2011). ...
Planning for climate change impacts on hydropower in the Far North
... arrive in liquid form and be available earlier in the season for hydropower generation, rather than stored in the snowpack until spring melt. In the Far North, ET is a relatively small portion of the hydrologic budget and precipitation dominates (Kane et al., 1990), though ET will increase as the gr ...
... arrive in liquid form and be available earlier in the season for hydropower generation, rather than stored in the snowpack until spring melt. In the Far North, ET is a relatively small portion of the hydrologic budget and precipitation dominates (Kane et al., 1990), though ET will increase as the gr ...
report renewable energy target review
... and its economy. Together with the broader international community, Australia has agreed to a goal of limiting global warming to no more than 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. This requires concerted action by all countries—including Australi ...
... and its economy. Together with the broader international community, Australia has agreed to a goal of limiting global warming to no more than 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. This requires concerted action by all countries—including Australi ...
CESifo Working Paper 3959
... standards, which improve living conditions in areas with hot climate and may help to accommodate the costs incurred by an increase in average temperature in summer; pushing farmers to re-optimise their portfolio of inputs, the variety of their products and their production technologies more general ...
... standards, which improve living conditions in areas with hot climate and may help to accommodate the costs incurred by an increase in average temperature in summer; pushing farmers to re-optimise their portfolio of inputs, the variety of their products and their production technologies more general ...
Greening of the Earth and its drivers
... 0.051 ± 0.029 m2 m−2 yr−1 ). This suggests that, although incorporating nitrogen in ecosystem models does not significantly (t-test, p < 0.05) change the contribution of the CO2 fertilization effects to the global trend of LAI, it reduces the spread of model simulations (F-test, p < 0.05). Vegetatio ...
... 0.051 ± 0.029 m2 m−2 yr−1 ). This suggests that, although incorporating nitrogen in ecosystem models does not significantly (t-test, p < 0.05) change the contribution of the CO2 fertilization effects to the global trend of LAI, it reduces the spread of model simulations (F-test, p < 0.05). Vegetatio ...
CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS: AN
... climate-sensitive system. The lowest trajectory denotes the (unrealistic) reference case of an undisturbed climate where variations in the level of impacts over time are solely caused by changes in non-climatic factors. The illustrative trajectory shows an initial increase in climate-related impacts ...
... climate-sensitive system. The lowest trajectory denotes the (unrealistic) reference case of an undisturbed climate where variations in the level of impacts over time are solely caused by changes in non-climatic factors. The illustrative trajectory shows an initial increase in climate-related impacts ...
How inhibiting nitrification affects nitrogen cycle and reduces
... Anthropogenic activities, and in particular the use of synthetic nitrogen (N) fertilizer, have doubled global annual reactive N inputs in the past 50–100 years, causing deleterious effects on the environment through increased N leaching and nitrous oxide (N2O) and ammonia (NH3) emissions. Leaching a ...
... Anthropogenic activities, and in particular the use of synthetic nitrogen (N) fertilizer, have doubled global annual reactive N inputs in the past 50–100 years, causing deleterious effects on the environment through increased N leaching and nitrous oxide (N2O) and ammonia (NH3) emissions. Leaching a ...
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.