Introduction The Public Trust Doctrine, Climate Change and Future Generations Table of Contents
... problem, the methods that various entities around the world are using to attempt to address this problem are of interest. While the world attempts to deal with the problem through the Copenhagen talks or through various types of suits, Congress here in the United States is also wrestling with the is ...
... problem, the methods that various entities around the world are using to attempt to address this problem are of interest. While the world attempts to deal with the problem through the Copenhagen talks or through various types of suits, Congress here in the United States is also wrestling with the is ...
“Smart Climate Change” for Professional Societies Workshop WORKSHOP REPORT
... that there is no connection among sectors for example the Environment Management Coordination Act does not connect with climate change issues. The legislation will need to address some key issues such as mitigation, adaptation, finance and technology, and institutional arrangements. The finance aspe ...
... that there is no connection among sectors for example the Environment Management Coordination Act does not connect with climate change issues. The legislation will need to address some key issues such as mitigation, adaptation, finance and technology, and institutional arrangements. The finance aspe ...
The Impacts of Climate Change on London
... and the Energy Strategy, will help to achieve this. But however successful we are in slowing down global warming, some climate change is inevitable. Recent events such as the floods in eastern Europe and the closure of five rail terminuses here in London on 7 August this year due to flooding, remind ...
... and the Energy Strategy, will help to achieve this. But however successful we are in slowing down global warming, some climate change is inevitable. Recent events such as the floods in eastern Europe and the closure of five rail terminuses here in London on 7 August this year due to flooding, remind ...
The MDGs have no relevance
... what is required for human development. They are target-oriented, clear, simple, precise and helpful.’ INGO Director, Male, India ...
... what is required for human development. They are target-oriented, clear, simple, precise and helpful.’ INGO Director, Male, India ...
The Impacts of Climate Change on London
... and the Energy Strategy, will help to achieve this. But however successful we are in slowing down global warming, some climate change is inevitable. Recent events such as the floods in eastern Europe and the closure of five rail terminuses here in London on 7 August this year due to flooding, remind ...
... and the Energy Strategy, will help to achieve this. But however successful we are in slowing down global warming, some climate change is inevitable. Recent events such as the floods in eastern Europe and the closure of five rail terminuses here in London on 7 August this year due to flooding, remind ...
Climate change impacts in urban coastal
... into river systems and estuaries. Although, on sandy beaches, soft engineering is increasingly preferred over hard engineering because it conserves public beach amenity and is viewed as ecologically more benign, it is a short-term solution, with renourishment required every 3-5 years, unless the cau ...
... into river systems and estuaries. Although, on sandy beaches, soft engineering is increasingly preferred over hard engineering because it conserves public beach amenity and is viewed as ecologically more benign, it is a short-term solution, with renourishment required every 3-5 years, unless the cau ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES John Whalley Working Paper 17498
... they are jointly undertaken. For now these are separate policy bargaining areas under the WTO (for trade) and UNFCCC (for climate) in which linkage does not formally enter.6 Implicitly there are several areas of such linkage and in the years ahead the pressures will likely be for this linkage to gro ...
... they are jointly undertaken. For now these are separate policy bargaining areas under the WTO (for trade) and UNFCCC (for climate) in which linkage does not formally enter.6 Implicitly there are several areas of such linkage and in the years ahead the pressures will likely be for this linkage to gro ...
Climate change and plant invasions: restoration opportunities ahead?
... species, and alter ecosystem function, and they are currently widespread and expanding in range. We then project range shifts due to climate change for each invasive species based on an ensemble of 10 atmosphere–ocean general circulation models (AOGCMs). Both expanded risk and restoration potential ...
... species, and alter ecosystem function, and they are currently widespread and expanding in range. We then project range shifts due to climate change for each invasive species based on an ensemble of 10 atmosphere–ocean general circulation models (AOGCMs). Both expanded risk and restoration potential ...
Lead–lag relationships between global mean temperature and the
... In this sections, we report the simulations with the Earth system model of intermediate complexity developed at the A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences (IAP RAS CM). Its description and performance IAP RAS CM are discussed in Petoukhov et al. (1998), Mokhov et ...
... In this sections, we report the simulations with the Earth system model of intermediate complexity developed at the A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences (IAP RAS CM). Its description and performance IAP RAS CM are discussed in Petoukhov et al. (1998), Mokhov et ...
Water Climate Change Impacts
... statements of change. This confidence level, assigned by scientific experts, reflects both the degree of agreement of scientific studies and the amount of information available. For example, we would have low confidence in any conclusion drawn from a few studies or where findings were inconsistent, ...
... statements of change. This confidence level, assigned by scientific experts, reflects both the degree of agreement of scientific studies and the amount of information available. For example, we would have low confidence in any conclusion drawn from a few studies or where findings were inconsistent, ...
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... Ugandan Constitution, the supreme law, was adopted in 1995. The legislative system is based on a democratic parliamentary model and vests legislative power solely in the unicameral Parliament. The Parliament has 327 seats, broken down as follows: 215 are Constitutional Representatives directly elect ...
... Ugandan Constitution, the supreme law, was adopted in 1995. The legislative system is based on a democratic parliamentary model and vests legislative power solely in the unicameral Parliament. The Parliament has 327 seats, broken down as follows: 215 are Constitutional Representatives directly elect ...
Changes in Arctic vegetation amplify high
... budget unresolved. McGuire et al. (ref. 13) assume that changes in atmospheric water vapor due to imports from lower latitudes to be important for the climate of the Arctic but do not directly consider changes in atmospheric moisture related to changes in vegetation. In fact, they explicitly state t ...
... budget unresolved. McGuire et al. (ref. 13) assume that changes in atmospheric water vapor due to imports from lower latitudes to be important for the climate of the Arctic but do not directly consider changes in atmospheric moisture related to changes in vegetation. In fact, they explicitly state t ...
Climate Change and the Historic Environment
... OUR CHANGING CLIMATE Although the Earth’s climate changes continually, and often dramatically, as a result of natural processes, there is now a strong scientific consensus that greenhouse gas emissions resulting from human actions are causing significant additional and very rapid changes to the clim ...
... OUR CHANGING CLIMATE Although the Earth’s climate changes continually, and often dramatically, as a result of natural processes, there is now a strong scientific consensus that greenhouse gas emissions resulting from human actions are causing significant additional and very rapid changes to the clim ...
0915 Reporting through CDP - Verduzco (Chevron)
... – Chapter 4- Requirements for Disclosure Content-. Requirements are very similar to the CDP questionnaire, including information about governance, greenhouse gas emissions, risks and opportunities, management actions, and future outlook. – Organizational boundaries for GHG reporting: The CCRF prescr ...
... – Chapter 4- Requirements for Disclosure Content-. Requirements are very similar to the CDP questionnaire, including information about governance, greenhouse gas emissions, risks and opportunities, management actions, and future outlook. – Organizational boundaries for GHG reporting: The CCRF prescr ...
teacher`s guide - Earth Day Network
... What would make them change over shorter periods of time? How do the seasons change the amount of CO2 in the air? A sharp increase in atmospheric CO2 would lead to a dramatic increase in temperature. As we overwhelm the capacity of the carbon cycle to use CO2, we increase the possibility that positi ...
... What would make them change over shorter periods of time? How do the seasons change the amount of CO2 in the air? A sharp increase in atmospheric CO2 would lead to a dramatic increase in temperature. As we overwhelm the capacity of the carbon cycle to use CO2, we increase the possibility that positi ...
How to motivate people about climate change
... 3 Behavioral change among the general public Audubon members are overwhelmingly willing to take pro-climate action, with the median donation among Audubon members falling at the highest possible amount. Further, because the median donation amount across all experimental conditions in the Audubon stu ...
... 3 Behavioral change among the general public Audubon members are overwhelmingly willing to take pro-climate action, with the median donation among Audubon members falling at the highest possible amount. Further, because the median donation amount across all experimental conditions in the Audubon stu ...
WMO GREENHOUSE GAS BULLETIN 2008 MAIN GREENHOUSE
... 23 November 2009 (WMO) Levels of most greenhouse gases continue to increase. In 2008, global concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, which are the main longlived greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, have reached the highest levels recorded since preindustrial t ...
... 23 November 2009 (WMO) Levels of most greenhouse gases continue to increase. In 2008, global concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, which are the main longlived greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, have reached the highest levels recorded since preindustrial t ...
Achieving Sustainable Food Security in the Face of Climate Change
... 2080, we will be producing more food than we do currently, but it will be more expensive in real terms (Lybbert & Summer 2010). The higher prices of food traditionally acts as a boon to farmers because demand for food and other agricultural outputs tend to be inelastic, which means that demand for f ...
... 2080, we will be producing more food than we do currently, but it will be more expensive in real terms (Lybbert & Summer 2010). The higher prices of food traditionally acts as a boon to farmers because demand for food and other agricultural outputs tend to be inelastic, which means that demand for f ...
Palaeoclimatic insights into future climate challenges
... warm and cold climates. Starting with the cold climates, the Hoffert & Covey (1992) ice-age estimate was based on early palaeoclimatic data that rather clearly underestimated changes (specifically, the CLIMAP sea-surface temperatures (SSTs)). As updated by Cuffey & Brook (2000), improved data yield a s ...
... warm and cold climates. Starting with the cold climates, the Hoffert & Covey (1992) ice-age estimate was based on early palaeoclimatic data that rather clearly underestimated changes (specifically, the CLIMAP sea-surface temperatures (SSTs)). As updated by Cuffey & Brook (2000), improved data yield a s ...
analysis - Climate Change Commission Wales
... Changing the current financial models which focus primarily on a narrow definition of cost ...
... Changing the current financial models which focus primarily on a narrow definition of cost ...
The Hartwell Paper - Eureka
... One year ago, few would have guessed that by the spring of 2010 climate policy would be in such public disarray. Two watersheds were crossed during the last months of 2009, one political and one scientific. The narratives and assumptions upon which major Organization for Economic Cooperation and ...
... One year ago, few would have guessed that by the spring of 2010 climate policy would be in such public disarray. Two watersheds were crossed during the last months of 2009, one political and one scientific. The narratives and assumptions upon which major Organization for Economic Cooperation and ...
Climate change impacts on global agricultural land availability
... The regional variability of GCM simulations and the diversity of emission scenarios are considered as the two major sources of uncertainty in climate change projections at the regional scale. Two widely used ensemble approaches are employed to deal with GCM regional variability, the simple average m ...
... The regional variability of GCM simulations and the diversity of emission scenarios are considered as the two major sources of uncertainty in climate change projections at the regional scale. Two widely used ensemble approaches are employed to deal with GCM regional variability, the simple average m ...
Climate Change and Natural Disasters: Scientific
... As the devastating impact of recent natural disasters such as hurricane Katrina indicates, mankind is vulnerable to extreme weather events even in wealthy nations. Clearly such extreme events have always been part of life; however, with the likelihood of anthropogenic global climate change1 being a ...
... As the devastating impact of recent natural disasters such as hurricane Katrina indicates, mankind is vulnerable to extreme weather events even in wealthy nations. Clearly such extreme events have always been part of life; however, with the likelihood of anthropogenic global climate change1 being a ...
Assessment of technological innovation for climate - unu
... alternatives would be avoided. Available infrastructure may not support the innovations, but deployment of existing technologies in emerging markets would need utilizing suitable financial resources and dealing with other general barriers to adoption of technology. In order to be able to transfer in ...
... alternatives would be avoided. Available infrastructure may not support the innovations, but deployment of existing technologies in emerging markets would need utilizing suitable financial resources and dealing with other general barriers to adoption of technology. In order to be able to transfer in ...
Climate Change and Children`s Health—A Call for Research
... Keywords: climate change; child health; mechanism; mitigation; adaptation ...
... Keywords: climate change; child health; mechanism; mitigation; adaptation ...
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.