State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2007
... Much of the demand driving the voluntary carbon markets comes from the developed and more environmentally aware markets in North America and Europe. Survey respondents reported that 68% of their customers are based in the United States and 3% in Canada. In addition, about half of the suppliers respo ...
... Much of the demand driving the voluntary carbon markets comes from the developed and more environmentally aware markets in North America and Europe. Survey respondents reported that 68% of their customers are based in the United States and 3% in Canada. In addition, about half of the suppliers respo ...
Survey of Climate Change Considerations in Federal Environmental
... Climate change will have a profound effect on humans and our environment. Recognizing this, federal agencies have begun to incorporate a more detailed discussion of climate change considerations into the Environmental Impact Statements (EISs) that they prepare for major federal actions, such as the ...
... Climate change will have a profound effect on humans and our environment. Recognizing this, federal agencies have begun to incorporate a more detailed discussion of climate change considerations into the Environmental Impact Statements (EISs) that they prepare for major federal actions, such as the ...
Floating Houses and Mosquito Nets: Emerging Climate
... events like heat waves, droughts, intense rains, storms and flooding cannot be predicted today, natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina in 2005 demonstrate how dramatic the consequences can be if such events occur more frequently. There is consensus that the effects of climate change have to be kep ...
... events like heat waves, droughts, intense rains, storms and flooding cannot be predicted today, natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina in 2005 demonstrate how dramatic the consequences can be if such events occur more frequently. There is consensus that the effects of climate change have to be kep ...
Prioritizing Climate Change Adaptations in Canadian Arctic
... robustness of decision-making in their case study on water resources in Georgia Basin, Canada, Taeihagh et al. (2013) combine an MCDA composed of several performance and implementation attributes used to rank each measure, with a network-centric approach examining five types of relations between eac ...
... robustness of decision-making in their case study on water resources in Georgia Basin, Canada, Taeihagh et al. (2013) combine an MCDA composed of several performance and implementation attributes used to rank each measure, with a network-centric approach examining five types of relations between eac ...
Reining in Phaëthon`s Chariot: Principles for the
... grateful to Sam Perlmutter for his research assistance and helpful comments on this paper. This article would not have been written at all, however, but for the example of Professor Burns H. Weston, whose career-long commitment to human rights and social justice is celebrated in this issue of Transn ...
... grateful to Sam Perlmutter for his research assistance and helpful comments on this paper. This article would not have been written at all, however, but for the example of Professor Burns H. Weston, whose career-long commitment to human rights and social justice is celebrated in this issue of Transn ...
Regional Climate Projections
... The annual mean warming is likely to be similar to the global mean warming in southern South America but larger than the global mean warming in the rest of the area. Annual precipitation is likely to decrease in most of Central America and in the southern Andes, although changes in atmospheric circu ...
... The annual mean warming is likely to be similar to the global mean warming in southern South America but larger than the global mean warming in the rest of the area. Annual precipitation is likely to decrease in most of Central America and in the southern Andes, although changes in atmospheric circu ...
IPCC WGII AR5 Chapter 4 SECOND
... comment is that the literature cited has a North American and European feel to it. There are many papers from other reasons that i think should be cited. For example, a couple of good papers on the basis for conservation strategies based on species responses to climate change in the past are: Mackey ...
... comment is that the literature cited has a North American and European feel to it. There are many papers from other reasons that i think should be cited. For example, a couple of good papers on the basis for conservation strategies based on species responses to climate change in the past are: Mackey ...
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... The 5th Urban Research Symposium on Cities and Climate Change—Responding to an Urgent Agenda, held in Marseille in June 2009, sought to highlight how climate change and urbanization are converging to create one of the greatest challenges of our time. Responding to this challenge effectively and sust ...
... The 5th Urban Research Symposium on Cities and Climate Change—Responding to an Urgent Agenda, held in Marseille in June 2009, sought to highlight how climate change and urbanization are converging to create one of the greatest challenges of our time. Responding to this challenge effectively and sust ...
Strategies for Reducing the Impacts of Surface Transportation on
... This study was requested by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), and conducted as part of National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Project 20-24. The NCHRP is supported by annual voluntary contributions from the state Departments of Transporta ...
... This study was requested by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), and conducted as part of National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Project 20-24. The NCHRP is supported by annual voluntary contributions from the state Departments of Transporta ...
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, building
... 3.4.6. Coordination of German Strategies for adaptation to Climate Change and Competence Centre on Climate impacts and adaptation (KomPass) 3.4.7. bilateral Standing Working Groups on the Environment and Energy Climate-protection activities of the Länder and municipalities ...
... 3.4.6. Coordination of German Strategies for adaptation to Climate Change and Competence Centre on Climate impacts and adaptation (KomPass) 3.4.7. bilateral Standing Working Groups on the Environment and Energy Climate-protection activities of the Länder and municipalities ...
Climate Change, Carbon, and Forestry in Northwestern North America:
... volume, a number of papers are presented that describe some of the complex relationships between climate, the global carbon cycle and forests. Research has demonstrated that these are closely connected, such that changes in one have an influence not only on the other two, but also on their linkages. ...
... volume, a number of papers are presented that describe some of the complex relationships between climate, the global carbon cycle and forests. Research has demonstrated that these are closely connected, such that changes in one have an influence not only on the other two, but also on their linkages. ...
The Precautionary Principle: Relevance in International Law
... uncertainty and ignorance, as in the case of climate change. It was originally formulated as a response to the constraints of policy and science in sufficiently addressing complex and uncertain risks and its consequences to human health and the environment (Tickner, 2003: xiii). Although the precaut ...
... uncertainty and ignorance, as in the case of climate change. It was originally formulated as a response to the constraints of policy and science in sufficiently addressing complex and uncertain risks and its consequences to human health and the environment (Tickner, 2003: xiii). Although the precaut ...
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, building
... 3.4.6. Coordination of German Strategies for adaptation to Climate Change and Competence Centre on Climate impacts and adaptation (KomPass) 3.4.7. bilateral Standing Working Groups on the Environment and Energy Climate-protection activities of the Länder and municipalities ...
... 3.4.6. Coordination of German Strategies for adaptation to Climate Change and Competence Centre on Climate impacts and adaptation (KomPass) 3.4.7. bilateral Standing Working Groups on the Environment and Energy Climate-protection activities of the Länder and municipalities ...
REPORT ON ACTIONS UNDERTAKEN IN RESPONSE AND
... As previously mentioned, the LDCF follows GEF policy and operational rules unless the LDCF/SCCF Council says otherwise in response to UNFCCC COP guidance. For this reason the fund is operated within the structure of the GEF network, which includes the GEF Secretariat, the office of the Trustee, ten ...
... As previously mentioned, the LDCF follows GEF policy and operational rules unless the LDCF/SCCF Council says otherwise in response to UNFCCC COP guidance. For this reason the fund is operated within the structure of the GEF network, which includes the GEF Secretariat, the office of the Trustee, ten ...
Abstract - Surrey Research Insight Open Access
... Svensson, 2003); however, the findings of Robson (2002) suggest that these increasing trends ...
... Svensson, 2003); however, the findings of Robson (2002) suggest that these increasing trends ...
Saltwater Intrusion and Climate Change
... In coastal areas, fresh groundwater from inland sources mixes with saline (salty) groundwater originating beneath the ocean floor. The boundary between fresh groundwater and saline groundwater does not always remain in the same place and can often shift inland or seaward, depending on the conditions ...
... In coastal areas, fresh groundwater from inland sources mixes with saline (salty) groundwater originating beneath the ocean floor. The boundary between fresh groundwater and saline groundwater does not always remain in the same place and can often shift inland or seaward, depending on the conditions ...
The positive impact of human CO2 emissions on the survival of life
... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This study looks at the positive environmental effects of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, ...
... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This study looks at the positive environmental effects of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, ...
Climate Models: An Assessment of Strengths and Limitations
... state of the science. The set of most recent climate simulations, referred to as CMIP3 models and utilized heavily in Working Group 1 and 2 reports of the Fourth IPCC Assessment, have received unprecedented scrutiny by hundreds of investigators in various areas of expertise. Although a number of sys ...
... state of the science. The set of most recent climate simulations, referred to as CMIP3 models and utilized heavily in Working Group 1 and 2 reports of the Fourth IPCC Assessment, have received unprecedented scrutiny by hundreds of investigators in various areas of expertise. Although a number of sys ...
Managing Protected Areas in Central and Eastern Europe Under
... of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center ...
... of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center ...
Global Climate Models and Their Limitations
... atmosphere, including the many processes that regulate energy transport and exchange by and within the atmospheric flow. The basic atmospheric flow is represented by fundamental equations that link the mass distribution and the wind field. These equations are represented on a spherically spatial gri ...
... atmosphere, including the many processes that regulate energy transport and exchange by and within the atmospheric flow. The basic atmospheric flow is represented by fundamental equations that link the mass distribution and the wind field. These equations are represented on a spherically spatial gri ...
Explaining Extreme Events of 2013 from a Climate
... and one that is currently undergoing considerable evolution. In this paper, 20 different research groups explored the causes of 16 different events that occurred in 2013. The findings indicate that human-caused climate change greatly increased the risk for the extreme heat waves assessed in this rep ...
... and one that is currently undergoing considerable evolution. In this paper, 20 different research groups explored the causes of 16 different events that occurred in 2013. The findings indicate that human-caused climate change greatly increased the risk for the extreme heat waves assessed in this rep ...
Indicators of the impact of Climate Change on Migratory Species
... years and this has been associated with changes in weather patterns, precipitation, snow cover, seatemperatures and sea-level. The IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (2007) gives a range of warming of between 1.1 and 6.4 degrees above 1990 levels by the end of the Century, depending on climate model and ...
... years and this has been associated with changes in weather patterns, precipitation, snow cover, seatemperatures and sea-level. The IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (2007) gives a range of warming of between 1.1 and 6.4 degrees above 1990 levels by the end of the Century, depending on climate model and ...
biodiversity focal area strategy for gef-5
... efforts to address the marine ecosystem coverage gap within national level systems through the creation and effective management of coastal and near shore protected area networks, including no-take zones, to conserve and sustainably use marine biodiversity. GEF will also support the creation and eff ...
... efforts to address the marine ecosystem coverage gap within national level systems through the creation and effective management of coastal and near shore protected area networks, including no-take zones, to conserve and sustainably use marine biodiversity. GEF will also support the creation and eff ...
Topic paper 1: Climate change
... that aims to quantify and reduce the environmental burdens of buildings by rewarding those designs that take positive steps to minimise their environmental impacts. Carbon dioxide: One of the Greenhouse Gases (GHG), which cause climate change. It is the most significant due to its extreme proliferat ...
... that aims to quantify and reduce the environmental burdens of buildings by rewarding those designs that take positive steps to minimise their environmental impacts. Carbon dioxide: One of the Greenhouse Gases (GHG), which cause climate change. It is the most significant due to its extreme proliferat ...
explaining extreme events of 2013
... The findings indicate that human-caused climate change greatly increased the risk for the extreme heat waves assessed in this report. How human influence affected other types of events such as droughts, heavy rain events, and storms was less clear, indicating that natural variability likely played a ...
... The findings indicate that human-caused climate change greatly increased the risk for the extreme heat waves assessed in this report. How human influence affected other types of events such as droughts, heavy rain events, and storms was less clear, indicating that natural variability likely played a ...
Climate engineering
Climate engineering, also referred to as geoengineering or climate intervention, is the deliberate and large-scale intervention in the Earth’s climatic system with the aim of limiting adverse climate change. Climate engineering is an umbrella term for two types of measures: carbon dioxide removal and solar radiation management. Carbon dioxide removal addresses the cause of climate change by removing one of the greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide) from the atmosphere. Solar radiation management attempts to offset effects of greenhouse gases by causing the Earth to absorb less solar radiation.Climate engineering approaches are sometimes viewed as additional potential options for limiting climate change, alongside mitigation and adaptation. There is substantial agreement among scientists that climate engineering cannot substitute climate change mitigation. Some approaches might be used as accompanying measures to sharp cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. Given that all types of measures addressing climate change have economic, political or physical limitations a some climate engineering approaches might eventually be used as part of an ensemble of measures. Research on costs, benefits, and various types of risks of most climate engineering approaches is at an early stage and their understanding needs to improve to judge their adequacy and feasibility.No known large-scale climate engineering projects have taken place to date. Almost all research into solar geoengineering has consisted of computer modelling or laboratory tests, and attempts to move to real-world experimentation have proved controversial for many types of climate engineering. Some practices, such as planting of trees and whitening of surfaces as well as bio-energy with carbon capture and storage projects are underway, their scalability to effectively affect global climate is however debated. Ocean iron fertilization has been given small-scale research trials, sparking substantial controversy.Most experts and major reports advise against relying on geoengineering techniques as a simple solution to climate change, in part due to the large uncertainties over effectiveness and side effects. However, most experts also argue that the risks of such interventions must be seen in the context of risks of dangerous climate change. Interventions at large scale may run a greater risk disrupting natural systems resulting in a dilemma that those approaches that could prove highly (cost-) effective in addressing extreme climate risk, might themselves cause substantial risk. Some have suggested that the concept of geoengineering the climate presents a moral hazard because it could reduce political and public pressure for emissions reduction, which could exacerbate overall climate risks.Groups such as ETC Group and some climate researchers (such as Raymond Pierrehumbert) are in favour of a moratorium on out-of-doors testing and deployment of SRM.