1 January 6, 2016 Subject to revision The George Washington
... Key questions: What are the issues involved in choosing a discount rate when evaluating long-term benefits and costs? What are useful approaches to decision-making under uncertainty and to evaluating the risk of catastrophic change? Debate topics: (1) In evaluating possible mitigation policies, shou ...
... Key questions: What are the issues involved in choosing a discount rate when evaluating long-term benefits and costs? What are useful approaches to decision-making under uncertainty and to evaluating the risk of catastrophic change? Debate topics: (1) In evaluating possible mitigation policies, shou ...
Cop Action Guide II - Friends of the Earth
... Start by outlining the importance of Copenhagen: the world is reaching a critical stage in the fight against dangerous climate change and without agreed targets for a second commitment period under the Kyoto protocol, we won’t be able to stop the worst effects of global temperature increases. The UK ...
... Start by outlining the importance of Copenhagen: the world is reaching a critical stage in the fight against dangerous climate change and without agreed targets for a second commitment period under the Kyoto protocol, we won’t be able to stop the worst effects of global temperature increases. The UK ...
A Summary of Climate Change Risks for South East
... affected by water supply-demand deficits (based on existing population levels). Adaptation action will be needed to increase water efficiency across all sectors and decrease levels of water abstraction in the summer months. ...
... affected by water supply-demand deficits (based on existing population levels). Adaptation action will be needed to increase water efficiency across all sectors and decrease levels of water abstraction in the summer months. ...
A Summary of Climate Change Risks for South East England
... affected by water supply-demand deficits (based on existing population levels). Adaptation action will be needed to increase water efficiency across all sectors and decrease levels of water abstraction in the summer months. ...
... affected by water supply-demand deficits (based on existing population levels). Adaptation action will be needed to increase water efficiency across all sectors and decrease levels of water abstraction in the summer months. ...
climate and land degradation - The World AgroMeteorological
... Importance of the issue • Sustainable development of affected countries can only come about through concerted efforts based on a sound understanding of the different factors that contribute to land degradation around the world. • It is important that greater attention be paid to understand the role ...
... Importance of the issue • Sustainable development of affected countries can only come about through concerted efforts based on a sound understanding of the different factors that contribute to land degradation around the world. • It is important that greater attention be paid to understand the role ...
2014 Second Quarterly Workplan NCCP
... The project will enable the Government of Malawi to climate-proof the policies, strategies and plans of the sectors of the economy most directly affected by climate change, in order to create an enabling policy and regulatory environment within which vulnerable communities will be empowered to adap ...
... The project will enable the Government of Malawi to climate-proof the policies, strategies and plans of the sectors of the economy most directly affected by climate change, in order to create an enabling policy and regulatory environment within which vulnerable communities will be empowered to adap ...
Addressing climate change in Latin America and the
... If deforestation continues at this rate, approximately 70 per cent of Mexico’s forests are in danger of disappearing over the next 20 years. An IFAD-supported forestry development project in three southern states will strengthen the capacity of indigenous peoples, who represent 76 per cent of the ta ...
... If deforestation continues at this rate, approximately 70 per cent of Mexico’s forests are in danger of disappearing over the next 20 years. An IFAD-supported forestry development project in three southern states will strengthen the capacity of indigenous peoples, who represent 76 per cent of the ta ...
Global Economy and Extreme Poverty - Campus Verde
... • "The future will be catastrophic for all communities, for all countries, but particularly for those who have already been identified as particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change," Specially small island states which might disappear entirely under the rising ocean. "It is a moral obl ...
... • "The future will be catastrophic for all communities, for all countries, but particularly for those who have already been identified as particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change," Specially small island states which might disappear entirely under the rising ocean. "It is a moral obl ...
Innovative Solutions to Global Warming
... conference was a chance to make the situation known all over the world. Then the famous Kyoto Protocol to prevent global warming was adopted on December 11, 1997. It stipulates that the developed country must cut down green house gases by 5.6% from 2008 to 2012. Nowadays, WMO (World Meteorological O ...
... conference was a chance to make the situation known all over the world. Then the famous Kyoto Protocol to prevent global warming was adopted on December 11, 1997. It stipulates that the developed country must cut down green house gases by 5.6% from 2008 to 2012. Nowadays, WMO (World Meteorological O ...
The adaptation challenge: focus on South Eastern Europe
... The political and legislative response to adaptation challenges International level: • UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol; • Hyogo Framework for Action for disaster reduction 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters; • UNFCCC Nairobi Work Programme on Impacts, Vulnerability ...
... The political and legislative response to adaptation challenges International level: • UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol; • Hyogo Framework for Action for disaster reduction 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters; • UNFCCC Nairobi Work Programme on Impacts, Vulnerability ...
BY 395: Topics in Biology
... Adélie penguins and the historic remains of Dr. Otto Nordenskjold's hut which was the overwinter haven for 22 men from the Swedish Antarctic Expedition; Half Moon; Cuverville; Penguin; Goudier; and Deception, still considered an active volcano. We also hope to sail through possibly the most famous a ...
... Adélie penguins and the historic remains of Dr. Otto Nordenskjold's hut which was the overwinter haven for 22 men from the Swedish Antarctic Expedition; Half Moon; Cuverville; Penguin; Goudier; and Deception, still considered an active volcano. We also hope to sail through possibly the most famous a ...
The Science and Politics of Climate Change Transcript
... The former head of the department that I'm in, Earth Sciences at the University of Melbourne, the former head was Ian Plimer. He has a specific view about the causes of these carbon dioxide increases and he says they’re due to underwater volcanoes. He said they’re underwater volcanoes, because, yes ...
... The former head of the department that I'm in, Earth Sciences at the University of Melbourne, the former head was Ian Plimer. He has a specific view about the causes of these carbon dioxide increases and he says they’re due to underwater volcanoes. He said they’re underwater volcanoes, because, yes ...
Rwanda-Health Review - Oxford Smith School of Enterprise and the
... our health services. If, however, climate change mostly affects diseases of only minor importance, while more important infections are refractory to climate change’s impacts, then our concerns should be tempered and our health services, especially in the developed world, may manage to take it in the ...
... our health services. If, however, climate change mostly affects diseases of only minor importance, while more important infections are refractory to climate change’s impacts, then our concerns should be tempered and our health services, especially in the developed world, may manage to take it in the ...
Climate and Land Degradation
... Importance of the issue • Sustainable development of affected countries can only come about through concerted efforts based on a sound understanding of the different factors that contribute to land degradation around the world. • It is important that greater attention be paid to understand the role ...
... Importance of the issue • Sustainable development of affected countries can only come about through concerted efforts based on a sound understanding of the different factors that contribute to land degradation around the world. • It is important that greater attention be paid to understand the role ...
Terrestrial Ecosystem Response to Climate
... Plants take in and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through photosynthesis Below ground microbes decompose organic matter and release organic carbon back into the atmosphere ...
... Plants take in and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through photosynthesis Below ground microbes decompose organic matter and release organic carbon back into the atmosphere ...
Climate and Culture Change in Archaeology
... adopted. Or rather, our reconstructions of social responses should consider how individual members and subgroups of past societies would have perceived environmental changes and how they would have adapted to them. A famous case in point is the cultural response of Norse groups in Greenland when enc ...
... adopted. Or rather, our reconstructions of social responses should consider how individual members and subgroups of past societies would have perceived environmental changes and how they would have adapted to them. A famous case in point is the cultural response of Norse groups in Greenland when enc ...
Power Point Presentation
... engage with companies to report their carbon emissions and adopt emissions reduction schemes – the Carbon Disclosure Project. Operation Noah believes that a policy of influencing fossil fuel companies through investor engagement is ...
... engage with companies to report their carbon emissions and adopt emissions reduction schemes – the Carbon Disclosure Project. Operation Noah believes that a policy of influencing fossil fuel companies through investor engagement is ...
NAFTA and Climate Change
... Mexican policy has largely been top-down, and the focus is on technology deployment, forestry, and capacity building rather than carbon pricing or other market mechanisms. As in the United States and Canada, determining who pays for these policies is a challenge. Given the fiscal issues discussed in ...
... Mexican policy has largely been top-down, and the focus is on technology deployment, forestry, and capacity building rather than carbon pricing or other market mechanisms. As in the United States and Canada, determining who pays for these policies is a challenge. Given the fiscal issues discussed in ...
Implications for Australia of a 1.5°C future
... Some climate change mitigation strategies seek to stretch the carbon budget in the near-term, assuming that in the future we can make up for it by deploying “negative emissions” technologies and processes on a large scale. However, most of these measures are still technologically unproven and, even ...
... Some climate change mitigation strategies seek to stretch the carbon budget in the near-term, assuming that in the future we can make up for it by deploying “negative emissions” technologies and processes on a large scale. However, most of these measures are still technologically unproven and, even ...
Title
... from the Copenhagen Accord: 1. $30bn pledged by developed countries between 2010 & 2012 for mitigation and adaptation inclusive. • New and additional • Priority access for SIDS, LDCs, Africa. ...
... from the Copenhagen Accord: 1. $30bn pledged by developed countries between 2010 & 2012 for mitigation and adaptation inclusive. • New and additional • Priority access for SIDS, LDCs, Africa. ...
The atmosphere surrounding the earth consists of a complex
... the emission of greenhouse gases, and reduction in air quality. Transport is a major issue for the region and is tackled in part one of Shaping Our Future strategy which includes the priorities for investment in the region’s transport including in Bus Rapid Transit systems and critical road upgrades ...
... the emission of greenhouse gases, and reduction in air quality. Transport is a major issue for the region and is tackled in part one of Shaping Our Future strategy which includes the priorities for investment in the region’s transport including in Bus Rapid Transit systems and critical road upgrades ...
Egypt Country Report
... CH4 representing 20%, N2O representing 13%, PFCs representing 1%, SF6 representing 0.06% and HFCs representing 0.03%. The energy sector is the primary contributor to emissions of GHGs in Egypt, followed by agriculture, industrial processes and then the waste sector. GHG emissions per capita show 37% ...
... CH4 representing 20%, N2O representing 13%, PFCs representing 1%, SF6 representing 0.06% and HFCs representing 0.03%. The energy sector is the primary contributor to emissions of GHGs in Egypt, followed by agriculture, industrial processes and then the waste sector. GHG emissions per capita show 37% ...
post-2012 issues:developing country perspectives
... • The EU stressed that non-permanence reversals require compensation. • OTHER ISSUES: related to greenhouse gases, sectors and source categories, possible approaches targeting sectoral emissions, consideration of relevant methodological issues, and spillover effects ...
... • The EU stressed that non-permanence reversals require compensation. • OTHER ISSUES: related to greenhouse gases, sectors and source categories, possible approaches targeting sectoral emissions, consideration of relevant methodological issues, and spillover effects ...
The Causes of Global Climatic Changes: International and
... (Governance on climate change in South Africa: a report by the department of Environmental Affairs (2011)). Each of these spheres has been considered to have its own environmental departments or line functionaries ((Kotzé, 2006).), who then are responsible for a direct result of government decentral ...
... (Governance on climate change in South Africa: a report by the department of Environmental Affairs (2011)). Each of these spheres has been considered to have its own environmental departments or line functionaries ((Kotzé, 2006).), who then are responsible for a direct result of government decentral ...
Summing up Sendai: progress integrating climate
... † The term “attribution” has two different meanings when used in the context of the domains of climate change research and fisheries. In the former, attribution usually means detecting a long-term climate signal attributable to human activities, given the inherent variability (at different scales) i ...
... † The term “attribution” has two different meanings when used in the context of the domains of climate change research and fisheries. In the former, attribution usually means detecting a long-term climate signal attributable to human activities, given the inherent variability (at different scales) i ...
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.