Impact Assessment Part 2 - European Commission
... 1990, in the context of necessary reductions by developed countries as a group1, in order to keep climate change below 2ºC. In December, 2009, countries were encouraged to submit pledges for reducing greenhouse gas emissions for the year 2020 as part of the Copenhagen Accord. Subsequently, 42 indust ...
... 1990, in the context of necessary reductions by developed countries as a group1, in order to keep climate change below 2ºC. In December, 2009, countries were encouraged to submit pledges for reducing greenhouse gas emissions for the year 2020 as part of the Copenhagen Accord. Subsequently, 42 indust ...
Including International Forest Carbon Incentives
... (tCO2) could generate reductions of 1–4 billion tCO2/year globally through avoided deforestation. The models suggest that this amount could be as much as doubled if other options such as afforestation and forest management were credited. Economic models can produce cost curves to indicate potential ...
... (tCO2) could generate reductions of 1–4 billion tCO2/year globally through avoided deforestation. The models suggest that this amount could be as much as doubled if other options such as afforestation and forest management were credited. Economic models can produce cost curves to indicate potential ...
TECHNICAL GUIDANCE ON REPORTING GREENHOUSE GAS
... assessing Canada’s overall environmental per- ...
... assessing Canada’s overall environmental per- ...
organic agriculture and climate change mitigation
... This is not to say that there is a dearth of knowledge on the role of organic agriculture in mitigating climate change. The fact that organic farmers replace synthetic fertilizers with biomass management results not only in enhanced soil fertility, but also increased soil carbon sequestration. What ...
... This is not to say that there is a dearth of knowledge on the role of organic agriculture in mitigating climate change. The fact that organic farmers replace synthetic fertilizers with biomass management results not only in enhanced soil fertility, but also increased soil carbon sequestration. What ...
The Impact of Climate Change and Population Growth
... Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funded a study in November 2008 on the effects of climate change and population growth on the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Through the study, FEMA hopes to understand the potential impact of climate change on the financial strength of the NFIP and recom ...
... Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funded a study in November 2008 on the effects of climate change and population growth on the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Through the study, FEMA hopes to understand the potential impact of climate change on the financial strength of the NFIP and recom ...
Water: The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and
... Peoples/Native Homelands workshops being national in scope rather than regional. Based on the issues identified, 16 of these groups have been supported to prepare assessment reports. The reports from these activities address the issues of most interest to those in the particular regions by focusing ...
... Peoples/Native Homelands workshops being national in scope rather than regional. Based on the issues identified, 16 of these groups have been supported to prepare assessment reports. The reports from these activities address the issues of most interest to those in the particular regions by focusing ...
Modelling the Miocene climatic optimum, Part 1: land and atmosphere
... relative to the control case is approximately equal, however, the majority of polar warming in ...
... relative to the control case is approximately equal, however, the majority of polar warming in ...
East Midlands Sustainable Development Round Table The Potential
... Overall, we will have to live with some level of climate change and plan accordingly. In order to do this we will have to take climate change into account when planning our water resources, flood defences, industry, agriculture, housing and other developments and biodiversity. However, the priority ...
... Overall, we will have to live with some level of climate change and plan accordingly. In order to do this we will have to take climate change into account when planning our water resources, flood defences, industry, agriculture, housing and other developments and biodiversity. However, the priority ...
Modelling Abrupt Glacial Climate Change
... Jacqueline Flückiger, my co-promotor at ETH Zürich, who supervised me during a twomonth visit there to setup chapter 4 of this thesis. Jacqueline, thank you for hosting me and providing a critical view on my writing and technical work. Jef, Hans, Didier and Jacqueline, thanks to you, I can now proud ...
... Jacqueline Flückiger, my co-promotor at ETH Zürich, who supervised me during a twomonth visit there to setup chapter 4 of this thesis. Jacqueline, thank you for hosting me and providing a critical view on my writing and technical work. Jef, Hans, Didier and Jacqueline, thanks to you, I can now proud ...
Climate Adaptation Plan 2014
... Staff from the various agencies began meeting in the spring of 2012 to (1) identify vulnerabilities to climate change and (2) identify responses that would allow Denver to adapt to potential climate change issues. Chapter 1 of this plan provides an introduction to climate change and includes discuss ...
... Staff from the various agencies began meeting in the spring of 2012 to (1) identify vulnerabilities to climate change and (2) identify responses that would allow Denver to adapt to potential climate change issues. Chapter 1 of this plan provides an introduction to climate change and includes discuss ...
Synergy of rising nitrogen depositions and atmospheric CO2 on land
... 2001] suggest net global carbon uptake of 2.4 PgC/yr in 1990s due to the CO2 fertilization effect alone. This study assumes that productivity of land ecosystems is not limited by nitrogen availability. Nitrogen is however reported to be a primary limiting nutrient throughout terrestrial ecosystems o ...
... 2001] suggest net global carbon uptake of 2.4 PgC/yr in 1990s due to the CO2 fertilization effect alone. This study assumes that productivity of land ecosystems is not limited by nitrogen availability. Nitrogen is however reported to be a primary limiting nutrient throughout terrestrial ecosystems o ...
A Climate Modelling Primer - THIRD EDITION
... 1.2 Climate change assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2.1 The scientific perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2.2 The human perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2.3 Isotopes and climate . . . . . ...
... 1.2 Climate change assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2.1 The scientific perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2.2 The human perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2.3 Isotopes and climate . . . . . ...
multiple demands on water and needs for adaptation to climate
... to continue during the 21st century. Precipitation is expected to decrease, although some regional models claim the opposite. Considering the relationship between precipitation and runoff, correlation (R2 ≤ 0.5) was found to be weak. This might be attributed to the importance of evapotranspiration f ...
... to continue during the 21st century. Precipitation is expected to decrease, although some regional models claim the opposite. Considering the relationship between precipitation and runoff, correlation (R2 ≤ 0.5) was found to be weak. This might be attributed to the importance of evapotranspiration f ...
Interaction of Land Use and Land Cover Change
... Historical Climatology Network (GHCN) datasets and from our analysis. (2) To assess the regional impacts of land surface type on surface temperature and precipitation change integrating regional topographic characteristics, we use the Observation Minus Reanalysis (OMR) method. (3) To analyze the dri ...
... Historical Climatology Network (GHCN) datasets and from our analysis. (2) To assess the regional impacts of land surface type on surface temperature and precipitation change integrating regional topographic characteristics, we use the Observation Minus Reanalysis (OMR) method. (3) To analyze the dri ...
Capacity Building Approach (Draft Version)
... look at integration at the State level Proposal submitted to NABARD for funding under the Adaptation Fund ...
... look at integration at the State level Proposal submitted to NABARD for funding under the Adaptation Fund ...
Climate Change - Ville de Moncton
... Regional Adaptation Collaborative (RAC) program, a cost-shared federal program developed to identify and reduce the impacts posed by climate changei. Through this partnership, a technical study, prepared by AMEC Earth and Environmental, was produced to help identify climate change trends and what th ...
... Regional Adaptation Collaborative (RAC) program, a cost-shared federal program developed to identify and reduce the impacts posed by climate changei. Through this partnership, a technical study, prepared by AMEC Earth and Environmental, was produced to help identify climate change trends and what th ...
Human Adaptation to Stratospheric Ozone Depletion and Its
... The most serious consequence of global environmental change is the erosion of earth’s life support systems, yet the nature of this threat to the health and survival of the world’s living species has received little attention (McMichael, 1993: xiii). As climate is the most important environmental var ...
... The most serious consequence of global environmental change is the erosion of earth’s life support systems, yet the nature of this threat to the health and survival of the world’s living species has received little attention (McMichael, 1993: xiii). As climate is the most important environmental var ...
1-Thesis Synthesis
... The most serious consequence of global environmental change is the erosion of earth’s life support systems, yet the nature of this threat to the health and survival of the world’s living species has received little attention (McMichael, 1993: xiii). As climate is the most important environmental var ...
... The most serious consequence of global environmental change is the erosion of earth’s life support systems, yet the nature of this threat to the health and survival of the world’s living species has received little attention (McMichael, 1993: xiii). As climate is the most important environmental var ...
A Climate Risk Management Approach to Disaster
... 10. Adaptation Responses from the Central American Energy Sector with Unintended Consequences to Global Climate Change ................................................................................................................. 178 11. Disaster Reduction and Adaptation to Climate Change A CAR ...
... 10. Adaptation Responses from the Central American Energy Sector with Unintended Consequences to Global Climate Change ................................................................................................................. 178 11. Disaster Reduction and Adaptation to Climate Change A CAR ...
Climate Change: An Australian Guide to the Science and Potential
... scenarios, and thus help to avoid the potentially most damaging climate change possibilities. Thus, in order to establish minimum objectives for emissions reductions, attention needs to be given to the more extreme possibilities to which adaptation may not be possible. These will determine critical ...
... scenarios, and thus help to avoid the potentially most damaging climate change possibilities. Thus, in order to establish minimum objectives for emissions reductions, attention needs to be given to the more extreme possibilities to which adaptation may not be possible. These will determine critical ...
Final Consultants Report
... the same coin. A remarkable finding is that nearly 50% of the emissions causing global warming are from air pollutants other than carbon dioxide including black carbon, methane, and ground level ozone (UNEP, 2009). The sources of emissions are very similar, and include fossil fuel combustion, indust ...
... the same coin. A remarkable finding is that nearly 50% of the emissions causing global warming are from air pollutants other than carbon dioxide including black carbon, methane, and ground level ozone (UNEP, 2009). The sources of emissions are very similar, and include fossil fuel combustion, indust ...
- UNDP Climate Change Adaptation
... insecurity due to the loss of their first and second season harvests, and water and sanitation facilities were severely impacted (NEMA, 2008). In Butaleja district in the eastern region of Uganda, in March 2010, floods submerged crop fields and vital infrastructure including some roads, schools and ...
... insecurity due to the loss of their first and second season harvests, and water and sanitation facilities were severely impacted (NEMA, 2008). In Butaleja district in the eastern region of Uganda, in March 2010, floods submerged crop fields and vital infrastructure including some roads, schools and ...
Climate Change Adaptation in Coffee Production
... (often unknown or difficult to measure) is crossed. The rate of global warming is uneven due to the effect of the oceans, which absorb about 92% of the sun’s energy and then move it around through horizontal and vertical currents. There may still be many years in which average ambient temperatures d ...
... (often unknown or difficult to measure) is crossed. The rate of global warming is uneven due to the effect of the oceans, which absorb about 92% of the sun’s energy and then move it around through horizontal and vertical currents. There may still be many years in which average ambient temperatures d ...
S Moser Final Report 11 11 08
... the face of various stressors. Far from mere fin de siècle (or début de siècle, as it were) pessimism, what Diamond’s and other non-bestselling books (e.g., Costanza, Graumlich and Steffen 2007; Girardet 2007; Homer-Dixon 2006; Jensen 2006; Linden 2006; Martin 2006; Schellnhuber et al. 2006; Schwart ...
... the face of various stressors. Far from mere fin de siècle (or début de siècle, as it were) pessimism, what Diamond’s and other non-bestselling books (e.g., Costanza, Graumlich and Steffen 2007; Girardet 2007; Homer-Dixon 2006; Jensen 2006; Linden 2006; Martin 2006; Schellnhuber et al. 2006; Schwart ...
Adaptation to climate change: the attitude and behaviour of rice
... incorporates socio-economic and psychological factors to explain farmers’ adaptation intentions and behaviours to climate change. Focus group discussions and agricultural officer interviews generated insights into the research context and supplemented the questionnaire design. A structured questionn ...
... incorporates socio-economic and psychological factors to explain farmers’ adaptation intentions and behaviours to climate change. Focus group discussions and agricultural officer interviews generated insights into the research context and supplemented the questionnaire design. A structured questionn ...
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.