Climate Change and State Consent - U
... At least most countries face what looks like a prisoner’s dilemma with regard to climate change mitigation. It is important to see that not all countries face this. The United States and the European Union probably face a strategic structure that looks a bit more like an assurance game. Without the ...
... At least most countries face what looks like a prisoner’s dilemma with regard to climate change mitigation. It is important to see that not all countries face this. The United States and the European Union probably face a strategic structure that looks a bit more like an assurance game. Without the ...
HEAVY RAINFALL AND TEMPERATURE PROYECTIONS IN A
... The last report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC AR5, 2014) indicated that there is a change in frequency and intensity of extreme weather events such as heat waves, intense precipitation, flooding, etc., in various regions of the world as a result of global climate change. The ...
... The last report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC AR5, 2014) indicated that there is a change in frequency and intensity of extreme weather events such as heat waves, intense precipitation, flooding, etc., in various regions of the world as a result of global climate change. The ...
Uncertainty in the impacts of projected climate change on the
... resources for a large, complex, mountainous, subarctic environment located in an area influenced by climatic warming. The major source of uncertainty considered is that derived from several GCM scenarios where (1) parameters and algorithms in the hydrological model have been held constant, as determ ...
... resources for a large, complex, mountainous, subarctic environment located in an area influenced by climatic warming. The major source of uncertainty considered is that derived from several GCM scenarios where (1) parameters and algorithms in the hydrological model have been held constant, as determ ...
aberdeen beach case study
... In recent years Aberdeen beach has seen developments which have significantly altered the beach and will continue to affect it for the foreseeable future. This section will examine the background to these events as well as providing some contextual information on the beach and its importance to the ...
... In recent years Aberdeen beach has seen developments which have significantly altered the beach and will continue to affect it for the foreseeable future. This section will examine the background to these events as well as providing some contextual information on the beach and its importance to the ...
Human Impacts on Weather and Climate - Recent Research Results
... estimates and ranges in 2005 for anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and other important agents and mechanisms, together with the typical geographical extent (spatial scale) of the forcing and the assessed level of scientific understanding (LOSU). The net anthropog ...
... estimates and ranges in 2005 for anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and other important agents and mechanisms, together with the typical geographical extent (spatial scale) of the forcing and the assessed level of scientific understanding (LOSU). The net anthropog ...
Cognitive and affective risk judgements related to climate change
... attention in the last decades. The attention is motivated by claims that GCC will cause enormous worldwide problems in the future, and that it constitutes a challenge for humanity to mitigate or adapt to (United Nations’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [IPCC], 2007a, 2007b). Attention is ...
... attention in the last decades. The attention is motivated by claims that GCC will cause enormous worldwide problems in the future, and that it constitutes a challenge for humanity to mitigate or adapt to (United Nations’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [IPCC], 2007a, 2007b). Attention is ...
TEEB Climate Issues Update
... effectiveness but also in terms of cost-effecthis update addresses our ongoing work in four do- ...
... effectiveness but also in terms of cost-effecthis update addresses our ongoing work in four do- ...
(Un)Natural Disasters: Communicating Linkages Between Extreme
... Attributable Risk (Stone and Allen, 2005).This approach is widely used in health and population studies to quantify the contribution of a risk factor to the occurrence of a disease – for example, how much smoking increases the risk of lung cancer. Similarly, evaluating how much climate change alters ...
... Attributable Risk (Stone and Allen, 2005).This approach is widely used in health and population studies to quantify the contribution of a risk factor to the occurrence of a disease – for example, how much smoking increases the risk of lung cancer. Similarly, evaluating how much climate change alters ...
Climate Role Play
... Climate Role Play concerning a New Climate Agreement A future global climate agreement The climate negotiations take place within the UN’s Framework Convention on Climate Change, UNCCC, where the principle of common but differentiated responsibility is central. The new agreement will above all push ...
... Climate Role Play concerning a New Climate Agreement A future global climate agreement The climate negotiations take place within the UN’s Framework Convention on Climate Change, UNCCC, where the principle of common but differentiated responsibility is central. The new agreement will above all push ...
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... business-as-usual path. In particular, we employed Gold Standard (GS)– CERs. This independent standard, which is supported by a considerable number of NGOs such as the World Wide Fund and Greenpeace, certifies projects according to criteria of sustainable and environmentally friendly development as w ...
... business-as-usual path. In particular, we employed Gold Standard (GS)– CERs. This independent standard, which is supported by a considerable number of NGOs such as the World Wide Fund and Greenpeace, certifies projects according to criteria of sustainable and environmentally friendly development as w ...
THE ROLE OF LAND - SURFACE PROCESSES IN LOCAL, REGIONAL AND
... The drought has required careful management of supplies and cooperation among diverse water users. Moderate — record low streamflows in the Poudre Basin reduced the yield of even senior rights, — the City has several of the earliest rights in the basin so impact was somewhat mitigated, — low storage ...
... The drought has required careful management of supplies and cooperation among diverse water users. Moderate — record low streamflows in the Poudre Basin reduced the yield of even senior rights, — the City has several of the earliest rights in the basin so impact was somewhat mitigated, — low storage ...
interspecific interactions exceed climate effects
... Luoto, 2007; Suttle et al., 2007; Van Der Putten et al., 2010). For tightly linked species, such as insects and their host plants, the effect of biotic interactions can be stronger than climate effects on range extent, even at a continental scale (Araujo & Luoto, 2007). However, to date, the role of ...
... Luoto, 2007; Suttle et al., 2007; Van Der Putten et al., 2010). For tightly linked species, such as insects and their host plants, the effect of biotic interactions can be stronger than climate effects on range extent, even at a continental scale (Araujo & Luoto, 2007). However, to date, the role of ...
osu climate plan draft - Finance and Administration
... large percentage of OSU’s electrical consumption with additions of clean, renewable energy to the electrical grid. 14) “Carbon offsets” are reductions of greenhouse gases that can be used to counteract emissions from other activities, measured in metric tonnes of CO2e. While similar, carbon offsets ...
... large percentage of OSU’s electrical consumption with additions of clean, renewable energy to the electrical grid. 14) “Carbon offsets” are reductions of greenhouse gases that can be used to counteract emissions from other activities, measured in metric tonnes of CO2e. While similar, carbon offsets ...
Adaptation to Climate Change in Management of Prairie Grasslands
... Long-term response options in grazing management include grassland monitoring, revision of range management standards, changes in grazing and land use strategies, and increases in management flexibility. In biodiversity conservation, most of the adaptations that have been discussed are medium- to lo ...
... Long-term response options in grazing management include grassland monitoring, revision of range management standards, changes in grazing and land use strategies, and increases in management flexibility. In biodiversity conservation, most of the adaptations that have been discussed are medium- to lo ...
Anthony Patt ETH Zürich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
... Scolobig, Anna, Nadejda Komendantova, Anthony Patt, Charlotte Vinchon, Daniel MonfortCliment, Mendy Begoubou-Valerius, Paolo Gasparini, Angela Di Ruocco (2014). Multi-risk governance for natural hazards in Naples and Guadaloupe. Natural Hazards 73: 1523 – 1545. Pfenninger, Stefan, Paul Gauché, Johan ...
... Scolobig, Anna, Nadejda Komendantova, Anthony Patt, Charlotte Vinchon, Daniel MonfortCliment, Mendy Begoubou-Valerius, Paolo Gasparini, Angela Di Ruocco (2014). Multi-risk governance for natural hazards in Naples and Guadaloupe. Natural Hazards 73: 1523 – 1545. Pfenninger, Stefan, Paul Gauché, Johan ...
Paleoclimate Implications for Human-Made Climate Change
... mass loss rate than by a linear trend. Satellite gravity data, though too brief to be conclusive, are consistent with a doubling time of 10 years or less, implying the possibility of multimeter sea level rise this century. Observed accelerating ice sheet mass loss supports our conclusion that Earth’ ...
... mass loss rate than by a linear trend. Satellite gravity data, though too brief to be conclusive, are consistent with a doubling time of 10 years or less, implying the possibility of multimeter sea level rise this century. Observed accelerating ice sheet mass loss supports our conclusion that Earth’ ...
The Contours of Cap and Trade: The Evolution of Emissions Trading
... Kyoto Protocol negotiations in the mid-1990s.1 At the insistence of the United States and many business interests—and over the objections of the European Union, many developing countries, and environmentalists—this “flexible mechanism” was included in the Protocol as one tool for states to achieve t ...
... Kyoto Protocol negotiations in the mid-1990s.1 At the insistence of the United States and many business interests—and over the objections of the European Union, many developing countries, and environmentalists—this “flexible mechanism” was included in the Protocol as one tool for states to achieve t ...
Policy Briefings SUMERNET Research Projects Phase 2 (2010–2013) Sustainable Mekong Research Network
... The Mekong Region has undergone a transformation in recent years, with rapid economic growth, a strong drive towards regional economic integration, and a gradual shift towards more open political systems. However, poverty and social inequality – including gender inequality – remain significant chall ...
... The Mekong Region has undergone a transformation in recent years, with rapid economic growth, a strong drive towards regional economic integration, and a gradual shift towards more open political systems. However, poverty and social inequality – including gender inequality – remain significant chall ...
OVERCOMING THE BARRIERS How to ensure future food production under
... new changes to their climate and other multiple stresses. In some cases, these changes can be considered actual or potential successes in adapting to climate change; in other cases they may be simply coping, and other strategies can be considered maladaptation, particularly where they create environ ...
... new changes to their climate and other multiple stresses. In some cases, these changes can be considered actual or potential successes in adapting to climate change; in other cases they may be simply coping, and other strategies can be considered maladaptation, particularly where they create environ ...
The Contribution of Urban Areas to Climate Change - UN
... Solid Waste Mangement in São Paulo was responsible for a large share of GHG emissions in 2003 because at that time only 20 percent of the methane generated was burned and transformed into CO2 (nowadays this percentage is much higher). It should be noted that CO2 emissions from renewable sources doe ...
... Solid Waste Mangement in São Paulo was responsible for a large share of GHG emissions in 2003 because at that time only 20 percent of the methane generated was burned and transformed into CO2 (nowadays this percentage is much higher). It should be noted that CO2 emissions from renewable sources doe ...
The Perspectives of Climate Scientists on Global Climate Change
... must be carefully weighed. Science does not advance through “consensus,” but rather by scientists repeatedly testing current hypotheses and proposing new ones. In the case of global warming, much of the science is so new that more is unknown than known. Nevertheless, scientists bring expertise to th ...
... must be carefully weighed. Science does not advance through “consensus,” but rather by scientists repeatedly testing current hypotheses and proposing new ones. In the case of global warming, much of the science is so new that more is unknown than known. Nevertheless, scientists bring expertise to th ...
PDF, 176 KB - Global Change System for Analysis, Research and
... than any measure of vulnerability, any snapshot, taken at a particular point in time.’ Handmer, Dovers and Downing (1999) also emphasize that vulnerability should be seen as a process – where globalization of markets is an important theme, one that both increases and decreases vulnerability. Reilly ...
... than any measure of vulnerability, any snapshot, taken at a particular point in time.’ Handmer, Dovers and Downing (1999) also emphasize that vulnerability should be seen as a process – where globalization of markets is an important theme, one that both increases and decreases vulnerability. Reilly ...
Planning Climate Resilient Cities: Early Lessons from Early Adapters
... and Powell 1983; Scott 1995). Diffusion in the climate arena is not limited to knowledge related to planning processes and techniques, but includes the transmission of scientific knowledge and information that can affect perceptions of risk. While diffusion can take place within and across countries ...
... and Powell 1983; Scott 1995). Diffusion in the climate arena is not limited to knowledge related to planning processes and techniques, but includes the transmission of scientific knowledge and information that can affect perceptions of risk. While diffusion can take place within and across countries ...
How to Avoid Dangerous Climate Change
... Given our aggressive assumptions about reductions by other nations and the fact that 450 ppm CO2eq represents an upper limit needed to avoid a potentially dangerous temperature increase, we argue that the United States should reduce its emissions at least 80 percent below 2000 levels by 2050. The co ...
... Given our aggressive assumptions about reductions by other nations and the fact that 450 ppm CO2eq represents an upper limit needed to avoid a potentially dangerous temperature increase, we argue that the United States should reduce its emissions at least 80 percent below 2000 levels by 2050. The co ...