US re-engagement? -
... This thesis has emerged in view of my profound interest in climate change and the political game around this issue. The US rejection of the Kyoto Protocol was a step-back for the international community and in my opinion made the Protocol “pale and weak”. Even though it came into force in 2005 follo ...
... This thesis has emerged in view of my profound interest in climate change and the political game around this issue. The US rejection of the Kyoto Protocol was a step-back for the international community and in my opinion made the Protocol “pale and weak”. Even though it came into force in 2005 follo ...
New York, 1 August (Martin Khor) -
... the Millennium Development Goals were met. However, measures designed to address climate change should not be at the cost of economic growth, but geared to achieve it. She said that “globally we must move towards a post-Kyoto framework based on the understanding in the UNFCC, that we share common bu ...
... the Millennium Development Goals were met. However, measures designed to address climate change should not be at the cost of economic growth, but geared to achieve it. She said that “globally we must move towards a post-Kyoto framework based on the understanding in the UNFCC, that we share common bu ...
(Box 3). Increased understanding of climate change and biodiversity
... Forest Degradation (REDD) programs of the United Nation’s Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which have seen substantial implementation in many developing regions. The REDD program is particularly gaining popularity in the Albertine Rift region due to the significant potential for miti ...
... Forest Degradation (REDD) programs of the United Nation’s Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which have seen substantial implementation in many developing regions. The REDD program is particularly gaining popularity in the Albertine Rift region due to the significant potential for miti ...
Industrialized-Country Mitigation Policy and Resource Transfers to
... Some authors advocate efficient mechanisms and are optimistic that the diplomatic and selfinterest problems will not continue to prevent such agreements (for example, Frankel (2007) and Cooper (2007)) and some are considerably more pessimistic about the possibilities of achieving efficient internati ...
... Some authors advocate efficient mechanisms and are optimistic that the diplomatic and selfinterest problems will not continue to prevent such agreements (for example, Frankel (2007) and Cooper (2007)) and some are considerably more pessimistic about the possibilities of achieving efficient internati ...
Paper - System Dynamics Society
... Scientists use a variety of models to keep track of the greenhouse gasses and their impact on the climate, as explained in the box below. Some of the models combine simulations of the atmosphere, soils, biomass and ocean response to anthropogenic emissions. The more developed models include CO2, met ...
... Scientists use a variety of models to keep track of the greenhouse gasses and their impact on the climate, as explained in the box below. Some of the models combine simulations of the atmosphere, soils, biomass and ocean response to anthropogenic emissions. The more developed models include CO2, met ...
The Disputed Science of
... Despite the recent increase there are good reasons to believe that these levels were exceeded in the last 150 years and certainly in the last 50,000 years. Firstly, a graph of mean value of atmospheric carbon dioxide measured in Europe, North America and Peru shows that in the period 1820 to 1880 le ...
... Despite the recent increase there are good reasons to believe that these levels were exceeded in the last 150 years and certainly in the last 50,000 years. Firstly, a graph of mean value of atmospheric carbon dioxide measured in Europe, North America and Peru shows that in the period 1820 to 1880 le ...
The Effects of Early Eocene Climate Change on the Composition of
... incision, lateral and vertical amalgamation of channels, and delivery of relatively compositionally and texturally immature sediment to the basin. Understanding the compositional and textural maturity of these fluvial sandstones will provide insights into the response of chemical weathering rates, p ...
... incision, lateral and vertical amalgamation of channels, and delivery of relatively compositionally and texturally immature sediment to the basin. Understanding the compositional and textural maturity of these fluvial sandstones will provide insights into the response of chemical weathering rates, p ...
View/Open
... low levels of technology and education and institutional mismanagement (Nhemachana et al., 2010). This calls for clear mitigation and adaptation strategies in order to deal with the threats posed by climate change, which is also stipulated in Kenya’s National Climate Change Response Strategy (NCCRS) ...
... low levels of technology and education and institutional mismanagement (Nhemachana et al., 2010). This calls for clear mitigation and adaptation strategies in order to deal with the threats posed by climate change, which is also stipulated in Kenya’s National Climate Change Response Strategy (NCCRS) ...
Stott et al, 2000 - International Research Institute for Climate and
... used were taken from states separated by 100 years in a 1300-year control run of HadCM3 in which external forcings have no year-to-year variations. The simulations in this ensemble incorporate changes in individual well-mixed greenhouse gases including carbon dioxide and methane (19), changes in tro ...
... used were taken from states separated by 100 years in a 1300-year control run of HadCM3 in which external forcings have no year-to-year variations. The simulations in this ensemble incorporate changes in individual well-mixed greenhouse gases including carbon dioxide and methane (19), changes in tro ...
March 4, 2016 Dear Host/Moderator of the Democratic
... emissions and help protect the future livelihoods of Americans like those in Miami from facing the worst of impacts from climate change? 3. Reducing emissions impact on sea level rise or warming: Some of the Republican candidates (Rubio directly said this) recently stated that no matter what the Uni ...
... emissions and help protect the future livelihoods of Americans like those in Miami from facing the worst of impacts from climate change? 3. Reducing emissions impact on sea level rise or warming: Some of the Republican candidates (Rubio directly said this) recently stated that no matter what the Uni ...
A PRIMER ON CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION IN THE
... beyond that of individual weather events. Variability may be due to natural internal processes within the climate system (internal variability), or to variations in natural or anthropogenic external forcing (external variability) (IPCC,2007). In climate change terminology, tackling climate change b ...
... beyond that of individual weather events. Variability may be due to natural internal processes within the climate system (internal variability), or to variations in natural or anthropogenic external forcing (external variability) (IPCC,2007). In climate change terminology, tackling climate change b ...
Recent Developments in Australian Climate Change Litigation
... a project’s local GHG emissions have a significant impact. In Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland Proserpine/Whitsunday Branch Inc. v. Minister for Environment & Heritage, the preservation society argued that two proposed coal mine projects fell under the EPBC Act’s “controlled action” provi ...
... a project’s local GHG emissions have a significant impact. In Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland Proserpine/Whitsunday Branch Inc. v. Minister for Environment & Heritage, the preservation society argued that two proposed coal mine projects fell under the EPBC Act’s “controlled action” provi ...
Summary of the management of natural coastal carbon sinks
... Since reducing carbon emissions will be a global concern for centuries, long-term carbon sequestra on capacity must now also be accounted for in the benefits associated with coastal marine habitat restora on and protec on. Despite the rela vely small areas of these coastal marine habitats, the capac ...
... Since reducing carbon emissions will be a global concern for centuries, long-term carbon sequestra on capacity must now also be accounted for in the benefits associated with coastal marine habitat restora on and protec on. Despite the rela vely small areas of these coastal marine habitats, the capac ...
Research and systematic observation
... Arctic) project will assess current scientific information on changes in the Arctic cryosphere, including impacts of climate change on ice, snow and permafrost characteristics of the Arctic, which have potentially far reaching implications for both the Arctic and the Earth as a whole. The Internatio ...
... Arctic) project will assess current scientific information on changes in the Arctic cryosphere, including impacts of climate change on ice, snow and permafrost characteristics of the Arctic, which have potentially far reaching implications for both the Arctic and the Earth as a whole. The Internatio ...
Dire Predictions: Understanding Global Warming
... made a face as if he ate something sour and put my card on the table. Someone asked why we didn’t just have all cars run on batteries. The reply was “limited funding”. Another question was why we didn’t burn CO2 as fuel. Ms. Ekwurzel said it was too expensive to capture once in the atmosphere. She s ...
... made a face as if he ate something sour and put my card on the table. Someone asked why we didn’t just have all cars run on batteries. The reply was “limited funding”. Another question was why we didn’t burn CO2 as fuel. Ms. Ekwurzel said it was too expensive to capture once in the atmosphere. She s ...
Sustainability of the Great Plains in an Uncertain Climate
... prosper in a range of climates wider than changes predicted over the next century. Others point out that technology has insulated many economic activities from climate effects (e.g., Nordhaus 1990). Lave and Vickland (1989, 284) make the optimistic case forcefully, as follows: The central message is ...
... prosper in a range of climates wider than changes predicted over the next century. Others point out that technology has insulated many economic activities from climate effects (e.g., Nordhaus 1990). Lave and Vickland (1989, 284) make the optimistic case forcefully, as follows: The central message is ...
PPT 3.0MB
... SWAT to resolve sub-basin variability of importance to streamflow There is strong suggestion that climate change introduces changes of magnitudes larger than variation introduced by the modeling process Relationship of streamflow to precipitation might change in future scenario climates ...
... SWAT to resolve sub-basin variability of importance to streamflow There is strong suggestion that climate change introduces changes of magnitudes larger than variation introduced by the modeling process Relationship of streamflow to precipitation might change in future scenario climates ...
Climate change and global health - Canadian Federation of Medical
... There is considerable evidence to indicate that climate change poses both direct and indirect risks to the health of individuals and Canadian society at large [11-‐13]. Direct effects of climate change on ...
... There is considerable evidence to indicate that climate change poses both direct and indirect risks to the health of individuals and Canadian society at large [11-‐13]. Direct effects of climate change on ...
Executive Summary
... temperature increase below 2° C. If the emissions gap is not closed, or significantly narrowed, by 2020, the door to many options limiting the temperature increase to 1.5° C at the end of this century will be closed. Article 2 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (‘Climate Co ...
... temperature increase below 2° C. If the emissions gap is not closed, or significantly narrowed, by 2020, the door to many options limiting the temperature increase to 1.5° C at the end of this century will be closed. Article 2 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (‘Climate Co ...
Taking Climate Change by Storm: Theorizing Global and Local Policy-Making in
... coordination problems, the science of climate change has a much higher degree of uncertainty. These trends are even more accentuated with respect to the scientific understanding of extreme climate events and the likelihood of political coordination at various scales. The main contribution of this Ar ...
... coordination problems, the science of climate change has a much higher degree of uncertainty. These trends are even more accentuated with respect to the scientific understanding of extreme climate events and the likelihood of political coordination at various scales. The main contribution of this Ar ...
A Structural Land-Use Analysis of Agricultural Adaptation to Climate
... methods. However, such markets might suffer from market failures, which might be due to the free-riding phenomenon associated with the public-good nature of knowledge in general, and more specifically to the uncertainties associated with long-term climate predictions. Moreover, governments intervene ...
... methods. However, such markets might suffer from market failures, which might be due to the free-riding phenomenon associated with the public-good nature of knowledge in general, and more specifically to the uncertainties associated with long-term climate predictions. Moreover, governments intervene ...
Multi-hazard Risks and Vulnerable Populations in the Caribbean
... jurisdiction). The time line of actions (August 23 to September 2, 2005), taken by governmental actors, documents the remarkable series of delays and omissions that characterized the preparedness and response actions for Hurricane Katrina. Finch et al. (2010) examine how the pre-existing social vuln ...
... jurisdiction). The time line of actions (August 23 to September 2, 2005), taken by governmental actors, documents the remarkable series of delays and omissions that characterized the preparedness and response actions for Hurricane Katrina. Finch et al. (2010) examine how the pre-existing social vuln ...
Climate Change Class at Osher Lifelong Learning
... No one can yet say for certain what increase in global-average surface temperature above the 1750 value is “too much,” in the sense that the consequences become truly unmanageable. In our judgment and that of a growing number of other analysts and groups, however, increases beyond 2°C to 2.5°C above ...
... No one can yet say for certain what increase in global-average surface temperature above the 1750 value is “too much,” in the sense that the consequences become truly unmanageable. In our judgment and that of a growing number of other analysts and groups, however, increases beyond 2°C to 2.5°C above ...
The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change: How Do We Know
... is an unusual scientific organization: it was created not to foster new research but to compile and assess existing knowledge on a politically charged issue. Perhaps its conclusions have been skewed by these political concerns, but the IPCC is by no means alone it its conclusions, and its results hav ...
... is an unusual scientific organization: it was created not to foster new research but to compile and assess existing knowledge on a politically charged issue. Perhaps its conclusions have been skewed by these political concerns, but the IPCC is by no means alone it its conclusions, and its results hav ...
Why countries move on with kyoto protocol w/o the US, Global
... implication costs are likely to be moderate (see section 3.1). However, these claims could also be seen simply as an attempt to rationalize the decision to move on with Kyoto, while the true motives for this decision lie elsewhere (see hypotheses 3 and 4 below). Hypothesis 2: Influencing the Climate ...
... implication costs are likely to be moderate (see section 3.1). However, these claims could also be seen simply as an attempt to rationalize the decision to move on with Kyoto, while the true motives for this decision lie elsewhere (see hypotheses 3 and 4 below). Hypothesis 2: Influencing the Climate ...
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.