The age of consequences—the foreign policy and national security
... key findings from the various chapters, discussions, and presentations that have emerged over the course of the last several months. This is by no means an exhaustive list but is meant to provide a clear distillation of our key findings: • The expected climate change scenario considered in this rep ...
... key findings from the various chapters, discussions, and presentations that have emerged over the course of the last several months. This is by no means an exhaustive list but is meant to provide a clear distillation of our key findings: • The expected climate change scenario considered in this rep ...
gcos regional action plan for south and southwest asia
... have readily available to them the climate data and related information that they need to manage the impacts of climate. However, the problem is that systematic climate observation programmes in South and Southwest Asia are, at present, inadequate to permit reliable assessment, quantification and pr ...
... have readily available to them the climate data and related information that they need to manage the impacts of climate. However, the problem is that systematic climate observation programmes in South and Southwest Asia are, at present, inadequate to permit reliable assessment, quantification and pr ...
Global action on climate change in agriculture: Linkages to food security, markets and trade policies in developing countries
... change adaptation and mitigation. The report offers some answers and concrete proposals – while recognizing that much more needs to be learned, more questions formulated, and more experience gained, to build an effective strategy to support global agricultural adaptation while harnessing its signifi ...
... change adaptation and mitigation. The report offers some answers and concrete proposals – while recognizing that much more needs to be learned, more questions formulated, and more experience gained, to build an effective strategy to support global agricultural adaptation while harnessing its signifi ...
CH26-9780444635242_G
... are usually referred to as volcanic ash. Volcanic ash particles are relatively large, exceeding two microns in diameter, and therefore deposit relatively quickly, i.e. within a few weeks. They are responsible for short-term regional-to-continental perturbations of the Earth’s radiative balance and m ...
... are usually referred to as volcanic ash. Volcanic ash particles are relatively large, exceeding two microns in diameter, and therefore deposit relatively quickly, i.e. within a few weeks. They are responsible for short-term regional-to-continental perturbations of the Earth’s radiative balance and m ...
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... to climate change. Because of the global and national delay in putting into practice any effective mitigation strategies, more effort will have to be put into adaptation measures to limit the societal consequences of the changes in climate which are already occurring. I believe this first report on ...
... to climate change. Because of the global and national delay in putting into practice any effective mitigation strategies, more effort will have to be put into adaptation measures to limit the societal consequences of the changes in climate which are already occurring. I believe this first report on ...
FINAL DRAFT IPCC WGII AR5 Chapter 24 Subject to Final Copyedit
... the longer growing season, warmer winters and slight increase in winter precipitation), while others could be losers (western Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, where frequent droughts could negatively affect cotton production, increase water demand for irrigation, and exacerbate desertification). In the ...
... the longer growing season, warmer winters and slight increase in winter precipitation), while others could be losers (western Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, where frequent droughts could negatively affect cotton production, increase water demand for irrigation, and exacerbate desertification). In the ...
Asia - IPCC
... increase in winter precipitation), while others could be losers (western Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, where frequent droughts could negatively affect cotton production, increase water demand for irrigation, and exacerbate desertification). In the Indo-Gangetic Plains of South Asia there could be a d ...
... increase in winter precipitation), while others could be losers (western Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, where frequent droughts could negatively affect cotton production, increase water demand for irrigation, and exacerbate desertification). In the Indo-Gangetic Plains of South Asia there could be a d ...
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... household choice of adaptation options can provide policy insights for identifying target variables to enhance the use of adaptation measures in agriculture. Maddison (2006), using the data set also used in this study, did not distinguish the determinants underlying each individual, potential adapta ...
... household choice of adaptation options can provide policy insights for identifying target variables to enhance the use of adaptation measures in agriculture. Maddison (2006), using the data set also used in this study, did not distinguish the determinants underlying each individual, potential adapta ...
POTENTIAL MARKET BARRIERS FOR VOLUNTARY CLIMATE CHANGE
... The challenge of the twenty first century is to enable economic growth and increase both the environmental quality and social inclusiveness, while mitigating and adapting to the impacts of climate change. The need for a transition to more sustainable consumption and production patterns is undeniable ...
... The challenge of the twenty first century is to enable economic growth and increase both the environmental quality and social inclusiveness, while mitigating and adapting to the impacts of climate change. The need for a transition to more sustainable consumption and production patterns is undeniable ...
Adaptive Co-Management for Climate Change Adaptation
... limited effectiveness in addressing complexity and uncertainty are persistent problems [1–3]. In short, ...
... limited effectiveness in addressing complexity and uncertainty are persistent problems [1–3]. In short, ...
Friending Planet Earth - Catholic Climate Covenant
... We all breathe the same air. Guarding the integrity of the atmosphere— without which complex life could not have evolved on this planet—seems like common sense. Yet a broad consensus of modern science is that human activity is [is altering] the earth's atmospheric characteristics in serious, perhaps ...
... We all breathe the same air. Guarding the integrity of the atmosphere— without which complex life could not have evolved on this planet—seems like common sense. Yet a broad consensus of modern science is that human activity is [is altering] the earth's atmospheric characteristics in serious, perhaps ...
Port of Manzanillo: Climate Risk Management
... an estimated annual cost of 2-4 percent of GDP for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)1. Climate change has already begun to affect the availability of resources, supply and demand of products and services, and performance of physical assets, making it urgent to strengthen public policy priorities ...
... an estimated annual cost of 2-4 percent of GDP for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)1. Climate change has already begun to affect the availability of resources, supply and demand of products and services, and performance of physical assets, making it urgent to strengthen public policy priorities ...
Perceptions of Climate Change and Vulnerability in Upper Svaneti
... and agricultural productivity. Early research contributed greatly to the theoretical understanding of potential climate change impacts but used global scale (coarse ...
... and agricultural productivity. Early research contributed greatly to the theoretical understanding of potential climate change impacts but used global scale (coarse ...
Adapting to Pollution John Copeland Nagle R
... The policy question for Coase and for the generation of economists and law-andeconomics scholars whom he has inspired is how the law should help the competing parties will resolve their dispute. My concern here is simply with Coase’s initial assertion that every instance of harm resulting from pollu ...
... The policy question for Coase and for the generation of economists and law-andeconomics scholars whom he has inspired is how the law should help the competing parties will resolve their dispute. My concern here is simply with Coase’s initial assertion that every instance of harm resulting from pollu ...
National Climate Change Adaptation Framework
... essential. While the Government can and will provide leadership, effective adaptive action must be underpinned by adequate and appropriate measures at sectoral and local levels. Much work has already been done in recent years, by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and others, to provide the e ...
... essential. While the Government can and will provide leadership, effective adaptive action must be underpinned by adequate and appropriate measures at sectoral and local levels. Much work has already been done in recent years, by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and others, to provide the e ...
Future of carbon capture and storage in the UK
... still allow the UK to meet its 2050 emissions target,12 but this remains four times lower than the carbon intensity of unabated gas. 5. The only practicable way to close this gap is CCS. As long as fossil fuels and carbonintensive industries play dominant roles in the UK, CCS will remain a critical ...
... still allow the UK to meet its 2050 emissions target,12 but this remains four times lower than the carbon intensity of unabated gas. 5. The only practicable way to close this gap is CCS. As long as fossil fuels and carbonintensive industries play dominant roles in the UK, CCS will remain a critical ...
development and climate change in egypt
... This report presents the integrated case study for Egypt carried out under an OECD project on Development and Climate Change. The report is structured around a three-tiered framework. First, recent climate trends and climate change scenarios for Egypt are assessed and key sectoral impacts are identi ...
... This report presents the integrated case study for Egypt carried out under an OECD project on Development and Climate Change. The report is structured around a three-tiered framework. First, recent climate trends and climate change scenarios for Egypt are assessed and key sectoral impacts are identi ...
National Climate Change Adaptation Framework
... essential. While the Government can and will provide leadership, effective adaptive action must be underpinned by adequate and appropriate measures at sectoral and local levels. Much work has already been done in recent years, by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and others, to provide the e ...
... essential. While the Government can and will provide leadership, effective adaptive action must be underpinned by adequate and appropriate measures at sectoral and local levels. Much work has already been done in recent years, by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and others, to provide the e ...
The importance of glacier and forest change in hydrological climate
... Abstract. Changes in land cover alter the water balance components of a catchment, due to strong interactions between soils, vegetation and the atmosphere. Therefore, hydrological climate impact studies should also integrate scenarios of associated land cover change. To reflect two severe climate-in ...
... Abstract. Changes in land cover alter the water balance components of a catchment, due to strong interactions between soils, vegetation and the atmosphere. Therefore, hydrological climate impact studies should also integrate scenarios of associated land cover change. To reflect two severe climate-in ...
Development Aid and Climate Finance: Working Paper 123 (397 kB) (opens in new window)
... 1. Global response strategies 2. Green growth 3. Practical aspects of climate policy 4. Adaptation and development 5. Resource security More information about the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment can be found at: http://www.lse.ac.uk/grantham. ...
... 1. Global response strategies 2. Green growth 3. Practical aspects of climate policy 4. Adaptation and development 5. Resource security More information about the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment can be found at: http://www.lse.ac.uk/grantham. ...
Integrated climate and land use change scenarios for California
... management, and land use) interact to determine how this water is partitioned and how it will be delivered to competing consumers (Havstad et al. 2007). Water yield is difficult to measure and value, but the changing availability of water from rangeland watersheds needs to be quantified across multi ...
... management, and land use) interact to determine how this water is partitioned and how it will be delivered to competing consumers (Havstad et al. 2007). Water yield is difficult to measure and value, but the changing availability of water from rangeland watersheds needs to be quantified across multi ...
How to engage with National Adaptation Plans Guidance for National Red Cross and
... fuel, improving the insulation of buildings, and expanding forests and other sinks to remove greater amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. (UNFCCC) Climate projections. Statement about the likelihood that under certain conditions the climate will develop in particular way several decades t ...
... fuel, improving the insulation of buildings, and expanding forests and other sinks to remove greater amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. (UNFCCC) Climate projections. Statement about the likelihood that under certain conditions the climate will develop in particular way several decades t ...
climate change document
... Climate change is happening and it is caused largely by human activity. Its impacts are beginning to be felt and will worsen in the decades ahead unless we take action. The solution to climate change will involve a broad array of technologies and policies—many tried and true, and many new and innova ...
... Climate change is happening and it is caused largely by human activity. Its impacts are beginning to be felt and will worsen in the decades ahead unless we take action. The solution to climate change will involve a broad array of technologies and policies—many tried and true, and many new and innova ...
Forestry Actions to Tackle Climate Change and Its Impact on... Emission and Employment Creation in China
... Change (IPCC) presented information and evidence for climate change. AR4 also pointed out that opportunity costs would be reduced if earlier action is taken in mitigating the risks of global warming. The Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change (Stern Nicholas 2007), which issued by UK Govern ...
... Change (IPCC) presented information and evidence for climate change. AR4 also pointed out that opportunity costs would be reduced if earlier action is taken in mitigating the risks of global warming. The Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change (Stern Nicholas 2007), which issued by UK Govern ...
Climate Change and Alberta`s Forests
... concentration, to an altering of the sensitivity of trees, making them more prone to the damaging impacts of O3. Increased tropospheric O3, on the other hand, is a growing air pollutant and a threat to forests in the northern hemisphere. Current concentrations range between 20 and 45 ppb (parts per ...
... concentration, to an altering of the sensitivity of trees, making them more prone to the damaging impacts of O3. Increased tropospheric O3, on the other hand, is a growing air pollutant and a threat to forests in the northern hemisphere. Current concentrations range between 20 and 45 ppb (parts per ...
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.