Science-Based Targets Key to Private-Sector
... Companies Busting the Status Quo Rather than waiting for some global agreement that may never come regarding how the 1,000 gigatons of carbon dioxide budget should be allocated across nations and sectors, companies have begun to assess what their share of the budget, and associated emission reductio ...
... Companies Busting the Status Quo Rather than waiting for some global agreement that may never come regarding how the 1,000 gigatons of carbon dioxide budget should be allocated across nations and sectors, companies have begun to assess what their share of the budget, and associated emission reductio ...
the ultimate tipping point: destruction of the present biosphere
... analysis by taking a hard look at what it would take to lower global emissions as drastically and as rapidly as climate science demands. They concluded that this can be done only by radically reordering our economic and political systems in ways antithetical to their “free market” belief system.”6 ...
... analysis by taking a hard look at what it would take to lower global emissions as drastically and as rapidly as climate science demands. They concluded that this can be done only by radically reordering our economic and political systems in ways antithetical to their “free market” belief system.”6 ...
Enabling an Efficient Carbon Market
... • Binding 5-year carbon budgets set 12 years ahead — First three budgets (2008–22) set in 2009 — Fourth budget (2023-27) to be determined later in 2011 ...
... • Binding 5-year carbon budgets set 12 years ahead — First three budgets (2008–22) set in 2009 — Fourth budget (2023-27) to be determined later in 2011 ...
Understanding Our Environment
... The United Kingdom has rolled back its CO2 emissions to 1990 levels and is aiming for a 60% reduction by 2050. New Zealand has pledged to be the first Carbon Neutral country-reducing green house gas emissions to zero. Germany has reduced CO2 by 10%. ...
... The United Kingdom has rolled back its CO2 emissions to 1990 levels and is aiming for a 60% reduction by 2050. New Zealand has pledged to be the first Carbon Neutral country-reducing green house gas emissions to zero. Germany has reduced CO2 by 10%. ...
Collaborative CGIAR-ESSP Project Outline (1)
... • Linking annual to decadal time scales Outcome • Chances and risks of climate mitigation on food security • Livelihood impacts at household level • Options for improving governance / institutions (e.g. land tenure, compensation payments) • Accounting of carbon, water use, emissions • Investment nee ...
... • Linking annual to decadal time scales Outcome • Chances and risks of climate mitigation on food security • Livelihood impacts at household level • Options for improving governance / institutions (e.g. land tenure, compensation payments) • Accounting of carbon, water use, emissions • Investment nee ...
11 April 2014 - Uniting Church Queensland Synod
... generation divide - scepticism about the science of climate change is concentrated in the over-55s, with young voters overwhelmingly endorsing the view as prosecuted by the IPCC that there is no doubt the Earth is warming and humans are responsible. It seems concern about climate change is directly ...
... generation divide - scepticism about the science of climate change is concentrated in the over-55s, with young voters overwhelmingly endorsing the view as prosecuted by the IPCC that there is no doubt the Earth is warming and humans are responsible. It seems concern about climate change is directly ...
Dia 1
... CCI-HYDR - Climate change impact on hydrological extremes along rivers and urban drainage systems ...
... CCI-HYDR - Climate change impact on hydrological extremes along rivers and urban drainage systems ...
Fact Sheet: Environment
... Climate change is the long-lasting and significant change in local and global weather patterns. Some of it is caused naturally by processes occurring in our oceans, variations in solar radiation and events like volcanic eruptions. Almost all climate scientists agree that climate change is accelerati ...
... Climate change is the long-lasting and significant change in local and global weather patterns. Some of it is caused naturally by processes occurring in our oceans, variations in solar radiation and events like volcanic eruptions. Almost all climate scientists agree that climate change is accelerati ...
A report from the front lines: The Michael Mann v. National Review
... Attacks on climate scientists get personal: 2009 University of East Anglia e-mail theft provide fodder Virginia Attorney General attempts to subpoena Prof. Mann’s e-mails and records pursuant to the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act (court rejects) to determine “whether or not fraud has been comm ...
... Attacks on climate scientists get personal: 2009 University of East Anglia e-mail theft provide fodder Virginia Attorney General attempts to subpoena Prof. Mann’s e-mails and records pursuant to the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act (court rejects) to determine “whether or not fraud has been comm ...
Document
... Make use of the policy tool that is wasted in the pork-barrel politics of grandfathering versus auctioning of the initial issue of emissions permits Give the permits away* [up to the level of the ‘cap’] on condition that ...
... Make use of the policy tool that is wasted in the pork-barrel politics of grandfathering versus auctioning of the initial issue of emissions permits Give the permits away* [up to the level of the ‘cap’] on condition that ...
Climate Change and Climate Change Strategies: Policy Recommendations for our Future
... Date: March 22nd, 1:30-3:00pm 223 Wallace Building The Honourable Stéphane Dion will be giving an in-depth analysis of climate change policies, and strategies to fight this important international issue. ...
... Date: March 22nd, 1:30-3:00pm 223 Wallace Building The Honourable Stéphane Dion will be giving an in-depth analysis of climate change policies, and strategies to fight this important international issue. ...
Document
... chemicals that damage the ozone layer. Although not the goal at the time, looking back, this treaty has had a major impact on greenhouse gas emissions, exceeding even the impacts of the later Kyoto Protocol. 1990 – IPCC produces First Assessment Report. Conclusions: temperatures have risen by 0.30.6 ...
... chemicals that damage the ozone layer. Although not the goal at the time, looking back, this treaty has had a major impact on greenhouse gas emissions, exceeding even the impacts of the later Kyoto Protocol. 1990 – IPCC produces First Assessment Report. Conclusions: temperatures have risen by 0.30.6 ...
Madrid LSE lectures 20 Session I (opens in new window)
... already having serious economic consequences, especially in more exposed areas of the world • Without stronger action in the next 10-15 years, which leads global emissions to peak and then fall, it is near certain that global average warming will exceed 2°C, the level the international community has ...
... already having serious economic consequences, especially in more exposed areas of the world • Without stronger action in the next 10-15 years, which leads global emissions to peak and then fall, it is near certain that global average warming will exceed 2°C, the level the international community has ...
Climate Modeling
... predict short-time future weather •GCM develops and performs continuously improving since then with helps from updating computational resources and better understanding of atmospheric dynamics •A list of GCM and climate modeling programs http://stommel.tamu.edu/~baum/climate_modelin ...
... predict short-time future weather •GCM develops and performs continuously improving since then with helps from updating computational resources and better understanding of atmospheric dynamics •A list of GCM and climate modeling programs http://stommel.tamu.edu/~baum/climate_modelin ...
Climate Modeling
... predict short-time future weather •GCM develops and performs continuously improving since then with helps from updating computational resources and better understanding of atmospheric dynamics •A list of GCM and climate modeling programs http://stommel.tamu.edu/~baum/climate_modelin ...
... predict short-time future weather •GCM develops and performs continuously improving since then with helps from updating computational resources and better understanding of atmospheric dynamics •A list of GCM and climate modeling programs http://stommel.tamu.edu/~baum/climate_modelin ...
Impacts PowerPoint
... We breed many cows for milk and meat, but when cows are ‘windy’… they release methane (another greenhouse gas) into the atmosphere. Lots of cows = lots of extra methane! ...
... We breed many cows for milk and meat, but when cows are ‘windy’… they release methane (another greenhouse gas) into the atmosphere. Lots of cows = lots of extra methane! ...
Climate Modeling
... predict short-time future weather •GCM develops and performs continuously improving since then with helps from updating computational resources and better understanding of atmospheric dynamics •A list of GCM and climate modeling programs http://stommel.tamu.edu/~baum/climate_modelin ...
... predict short-time future weather •GCM develops and performs continuously improving since then with helps from updating computational resources and better understanding of atmospheric dynamics •A list of GCM and climate modeling programs http://stommel.tamu.edu/~baum/climate_modelin ...
Research Experiences, Teaching and Learning
... core curriculum of climate change-focused courses that promotes systems thinking, and integrate climate change more widely throughout the liberal arts curriculum. Anticipated outcomes are increased competency of science, social science, and humanities faculties for interdisciplinary teaching about c ...
... core curriculum of climate change-focused courses that promotes systems thinking, and integrate climate change more widely throughout the liberal arts curriculum. Anticipated outcomes are increased competency of science, social science, and humanities faculties for interdisciplinary teaching about c ...
Climate Change - WordPress.com
... • Cost of climate change risks could be equal to 5% of Global GDP every year and could even go upto 20% (Stern review) • Hurricane losses could increase property insurance losses by 30 to 40 percent over the next 20 years • Katrina like storm could result into losses of around $60 billion in future ...
... • Cost of climate change risks could be equal to 5% of Global GDP every year and could even go upto 20% (Stern review) • Hurricane losses could increase property insurance losses by 30 to 40 percent over the next 20 years • Katrina like storm could result into losses of around $60 billion in future ...
Energy use in buildings
... Agri-environment-climate measure, forest-environment and climate services ...
... Agri-environment-climate measure, forest-environment and climate services ...
31st Session of the Human Rights Council PANEL DISCUSSION ON
... Climate change disproportionately impacts the health of poor women and children and other vulnerable people who have contributed the least to the problem. It is estimated that 88% of the burden of disease attributed to climate change affects children under 5 years old. Health losses due to climate c ...
... Climate change disproportionately impacts the health of poor women and children and other vulnerable people who have contributed the least to the problem. It is estimated that 88% of the burden of disease attributed to climate change affects children under 5 years old. Health losses due to climate c ...
At the Edge of Disaster 1112 - Global Warming
... beginning to melt and rot, releasing vast amounts of greenhouse gases into the air. The report estimates the greenhouse gases leaking from the thawing Arctic will eventually add more to emissions than last year's combined carbon output of the US and Europe – a statistic which means present global pl ...
... beginning to melt and rot, releasing vast amounts of greenhouse gases into the air. The report estimates the greenhouse gases leaking from the thawing Arctic will eventually add more to emissions than last year's combined carbon output of the US and Europe – a statistic which means present global pl ...
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.