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... on the ENERGY 2020 Inputs and Assumptions was released by ICF in July 2008. Discussion The Western Climate Initiative is the most comprehensive regional effort to address greenhouse gas emissions reductions, covering all sectors and all emissionstypes. As a regional system, potentially including RGG ...
... on the ENERGY 2020 Inputs and Assumptions was released by ICF in July 2008. Discussion The Western Climate Initiative is the most comprehensive regional effort to address greenhouse gas emissions reductions, covering all sectors and all emissionstypes. As a regional system, potentially including RGG ...
A human-induced hothouse climate?
... coming centuries has warranted considerable scientific attention (e.g., IPCC, 2007, and references therein). The geologic record preserves accounts of ancient warmth beyond the range of human experience and allows investigation of humanity’s potential to revive such warmth. For instance, Hay (2011) ...
... coming centuries has warranted considerable scientific attention (e.g., IPCC, 2007, and references therein). The geologic record preserves accounts of ancient warmth beyond the range of human experience and allows investigation of humanity’s potential to revive such warmth. For instance, Hay (2011) ...
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... crops of interest (coffee, cacao) are sometimes grown in more intensively managed systems with little shade cover; the more structurally complex systems have been shown to buffer crops from large fluctuations in temperature,20 thereby keeping crops in closer-to-optimal conditions. The more shaded sy ...
... crops of interest (coffee, cacao) are sometimes grown in more intensively managed systems with little shade cover; the more structurally complex systems have been shown to buffer crops from large fluctuations in temperature,20 thereby keeping crops in closer-to-optimal conditions. The more shaded sy ...
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... Prevent forced migration resulting from environmental factors to the extent possible. Second: Provide assistance and protection to affected populations where forced migration does occur, and to seek durable solution to their situation. Third: Facilitate migration as an adaptation strategy to climate ...
... Prevent forced migration resulting from environmental factors to the extent possible. Second: Provide assistance and protection to affected populations where forced migration does occur, and to seek durable solution to their situation. Third: Facilitate migration as an adaptation strategy to climate ...
Atlantic Region Adaptation Science Activities Report
... Abstract: On the Atlantic coast of Canada, the predicted effects of climate change, such as sea-level rise and the increased occurrence and intensity of extreme weather events, are compounded in many areas by post-glacial crustal subsidence, leading to increased coastal erosion and flooding. This pl ...
... Abstract: On the Atlantic coast of Canada, the predicted effects of climate change, such as sea-level rise and the increased occurrence and intensity of extreme weather events, are compounded in many areas by post-glacial crustal subsidence, leading to increased coastal erosion and flooding. This pl ...
Terrestrial Ecosystem Adaptation
... successfully confront a perturbation such as climate change. This includes both local adaptation in place—either through plastic responses or through evolutionary changes—as well as changes in movements within or outside of the current geographic range. Some species (often invasive and disease sp ...
... successfully confront a perturbation such as climate change. This includes both local adaptation in place—either through plastic responses or through evolutionary changes—as well as changes in movements within or outside of the current geographic range. Some species (often invasive and disease sp ...
towards improved climate data records for climate system
... candidate projects. For both these cases, maturity assessments were first done as self assessments which are then followed by external assessments in a form of audit. The CORE-CLIMAX project’s proposition is based on Bates and Privette (2012), but extending the model to more general so that it can b ...
... candidate projects. For both these cases, maturity assessments were first done as self assessments which are then followed by external assessments in a form of audit. The CORE-CLIMAX project’s proposition is based on Bates and Privette (2012), but extending the model to more general so that it can b ...
9 Holocene rapid land-cover changes – evidence and theory
... Using a box climate model of sub-tropical monsoon dynamics, Brovkin et al. (1998) predicted that before 6000 years BP the atmosphere–vegetation system in North Africa revealed a stability as indicated by case III in Figure 9.4 with only one, green solution IIIg. Because of the change in insolation, ...
... Using a box climate model of sub-tropical monsoon dynamics, Brovkin et al. (1998) predicted that before 6000 years BP the atmosphere–vegetation system in North Africa revealed a stability as indicated by case III in Figure 9.4 with only one, green solution IIIg. Because of the change in insolation, ...
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... partial equilibrium (PE) trade model. Selected GHG mitigation options are simulated in this research, and an analysis of their predicted impact on GHG emissions, trade and producer returns in the dairy sector is presented here. The paper begins with a brief overview of the role of GHG in climate cha ...
... partial equilibrium (PE) trade model. Selected GHG mitigation options are simulated in this research, and an analysis of their predicted impact on GHG emissions, trade and producer returns in the dairy sector is presented here. The paper begins with a brief overview of the role of GHG in climate cha ...
Australian climate change policy: a chronology
... creating a new one then disbanding that; refusing to ratify global treaties until the dying minute; and introducing legislation to repeal the national ETS. Climate action in Australia has been a polarising and highly political issue. The climate policies of the two major Australian political parties ...
... creating a new one then disbanding that; refusing to ratify global treaties until the dying minute; and introducing legislation to repeal the national ETS. Climate action in Australia has been a polarising and highly political issue. The climate policies of the two major Australian political parties ...
UN FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
... UN FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is an international treaty created at the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992 to tackle the growing problem of global warming and related harmful changes in the climate, such as more frequent drought ...
... UN FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is an international treaty created at the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992 to tackle the growing problem of global warming and related harmful changes in the climate, such as more frequent drought ...
city-level climate change adaptation strategies: the case of quito
... plan, building buy-in and ultimately getting it passed. The final QCCS adopted consolidates existing adaptation and mitigation practices and introduces new programmes all under one comprehensive strategy. In particular, policymakers decided not to separate adaptation and mitigation in the QCCS so as ...
... plan, building buy-in and ultimately getting it passed. The final QCCS adopted consolidates existing adaptation and mitigation practices and introduces new programmes all under one comprehensive strategy. In particular, policymakers decided not to separate adaptation and mitigation in the QCCS so as ...
Environmental Effects Assessment Panel, EEAP Environmental
... Drivers used in the models for this: ...
... Drivers used in the models for this: ...
DDI CM - Debating the Case Drill
... Arctic warms. And as the Arctic warms, the release of billions of tonnes of methane – a greenhouse gas 70 times stronger than carbon dioxide over 20 years – captured under melting permafrost is already under way. To see how far this process could go, look 55.5m years to the Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal ...
... Arctic warms. And as the Arctic warms, the release of billions of tonnes of methane – a greenhouse gas 70 times stronger than carbon dioxide over 20 years – captured under melting permafrost is already under way. To see how far this process could go, look 55.5m years to the Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal ...
Letters to the editor (7/19/10)
... Thank you for support of climate change solutions that encourage jobs and reduce dependence on foreign oil. Thank you for your willingness to work across the aisle. I am writing to request a meeting and to ask for your support of the Citizens Climate Lobby (CCL) proposed Carbon Fee and Dividend Act ...
... Thank you for support of climate change solutions that encourage jobs and reduce dependence on foreign oil. Thank you for your willingness to work across the aisle. I am writing to request a meeting and to ask for your support of the Citizens Climate Lobby (CCL) proposed Carbon Fee and Dividend Act ...
Vulnerable Coastal Regions: Indigenous People under Climate
... This habitat destabilization will likely result in millions of climate refugees, a situation that will put particular pressure on nearby countries such as Australia and New Zealand to accept these refugees. People are migrating and will migrate due to the indirect effects of climate change: because ...
... This habitat destabilization will likely result in millions of climate refugees, a situation that will put particular pressure on nearby countries such as Australia and New Zealand to accept these refugees. People are migrating and will migrate due to the indirect effects of climate change: because ...
September
... plantings in areas such as the Riverland for example," Senator Wong said. "But what we will do is continue to purchase permanent allocations from willing sellers that give these communities, these irrigators, time to adjust." Senator Wong has rejected another rescue option canvassed by the departmen ...
... plantings in areas such as the Riverland for example," Senator Wong said. "But what we will do is continue to purchase permanent allocations from willing sellers that give these communities, these irrigators, time to adjust." Senator Wong has rejected another rescue option canvassed by the departmen ...
Climate Change News 13 July 10
... The report underscores the importance of nature restoration activities, including rehabilitating water flows to rivers and lakes, improving soil stability and fertility for agriculture, and combating climate change by sequestering and storing carbon from the atmosphere. The report cites evidence tha ...
... The report underscores the importance of nature restoration activities, including rehabilitating water flows to rivers and lakes, improving soil stability and fertility for agriculture, and combating climate change by sequestering and storing carbon from the atmosphere. The report cites evidence tha ...
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... states, and cities. Geographic patterns in beliefs are often consistent with what one might expect from political patterns, with traditionally “blue states” such as California and New York, for example, showing relatively high concern about climate change, and “red states” such as Wyoming and Oklaho ...
... states, and cities. Geographic patterns in beliefs are often consistent with what one might expect from political patterns, with traditionally “blue states” such as California and New York, for example, showing relatively high concern about climate change, and “red states” such as Wyoming and Oklaho ...
Energy and the Environment: a cold climate for climate change
... patterns. 6 For developed economies like Germany, Japan, the UK and the United States, consumption emissions are greater than production emissions – that is, these countries are net consumers of carbon emissions. By contrast, developing countries such as China and India have production emissions gre ...
... patterns. 6 For developed economies like Germany, Japan, the UK and the United States, consumption emissions are greater than production emissions – that is, these countries are net consumers of carbon emissions. By contrast, developing countries such as China and India have production emissions gre ...
Influences of Ozone Layer Depletion ande Climate Change on UV
... Drivers used in the models for this: - doubling of CO2 - 50% increase in emissions of plant compounds (isoprene) - doubling of emissions of soil-derived NOx (from human activity, and from the ocean) ...
... Drivers used in the models for this: - doubling of CO2 - 50% increase in emissions of plant compounds (isoprene) - doubling of emissions of soil-derived NOx (from human activity, and from the ocean) ...
June 2012 - International Association for Urban Climate
... School of Planning singled out one important step policymakers could take to improve health outcomes for lower income city residents. “There is a major need to retrofit older housing, particularly for those with lower incomes, to a) save them fuel bills and b) cut down on energy use and greenhouse g ...
... School of Planning singled out one important step policymakers could take to improve health outcomes for lower income city residents. “There is a major need to retrofit older housing, particularly for those with lower incomes, to a) save them fuel bills and b) cut down on energy use and greenhouse g ...
Governance of Bladen Nature Reserve in Belize
... As temperatures rise in the area and rainfall decreases, this will have a negative impact on existing agriculture in the buffer communities of Bladen Nature Reserve and all of Belize (Richardson, 2009). There will also be increased demands for energy due to climate change, as people will need more e ...
... As temperatures rise in the area and rainfall decreases, this will have a negative impact on existing agriculture in the buffer communities of Bladen Nature Reserve and all of Belize (Richardson, 2009). There will also be increased demands for energy due to climate change, as people will need more e ...
Global Green Policy Insights
... Obama delivered a landmark speech in which he set out the nation’s Climate Action Plan. The following week, the European Union (EU) Parliament narrowly approved the ‘backloading’ proposal which may limit some of the oversupply of carbon permits in the EU emissions trading scheme (ETS). Some suggest ...
... Obama delivered a landmark speech in which he set out the nation’s Climate Action Plan. The following week, the European Union (EU) Parliament narrowly approved the ‘backloading’ proposal which may limit some of the oversupply of carbon permits in the EU emissions trading scheme (ETS). Some suggest ...
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.