Full Paper - EEE Seminar
... All in all, it seems fair to say that the COP21 Accord, which is as yet not fully tried, represents movement in a direction that may slow GHG emissions. A critically important …rst step achieved in COP21 is the near-universal acceptance of the repeated …ve-year cycle: pledge-verify-review-repledge-e ...
... All in all, it seems fair to say that the COP21 Accord, which is as yet not fully tried, represents movement in a direction that may slow GHG emissions. A critically important …rst step achieved in COP21 is the near-universal acceptance of the repeated …ve-year cycle: pledge-verify-review-repledge-e ...
Efficient Adaptation to Climate Change
... constructed that either ignored potential responses by both individuals and societies (e.g., ‘dumb farmer’ models) or introduced these responses in an ad hoc fashion (Rosenzweig and Parry, 1994). Although efficient adaptation responses can reduce the overall costs associated with climate change, ine ...
... constructed that either ignored potential responses by both individuals and societies (e.g., ‘dumb farmer’ models) or introduced these responses in an ad hoc fashion (Rosenzweig and Parry, 1994). Although efficient adaptation responses can reduce the overall costs associated with climate change, ine ...
Robust institutional arrangements for national mitigation efforts
... Will require holistic and bottom-up approaches ...
... Will require holistic and bottom-up approaches ...
Guide to Considering Climate Change in Project Development in
... Mitigation aims to avoid, reduce or at least limit climate change by reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through: energy efficiency, the use of renewable energy such as solar and wind power, reducing or capturing/storing GHG emissions, restoring, enhancing, and preserving ...
... Mitigation aims to avoid, reduce or at least limit climate change by reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through: energy efficiency, the use of renewable energy such as solar and wind power, reducing or capturing/storing GHG emissions, restoring, enhancing, and preserving ...
Participants - The Kresge Foundation
... Eddie Bautista is the Executive Director of the NYC Environmental Justice Alliance (NYC-EJA), a network of community-based organizations of color advocating for the empowerment of environmentally overburdened neighborhoods. Eddie’s accomplishments include: helping pass a NYS law protecting EJ commun ...
... Eddie Bautista is the Executive Director of the NYC Environmental Justice Alliance (NYC-EJA), a network of community-based organizations of color advocating for the empowerment of environmentally overburdened neighborhoods. Eddie’s accomplishments include: helping pass a NYS law protecting EJ commun ...
Article - Biogeosciences
... summer and hence limited photosynthesis in a subalpine forest. Also, climate anomalies, e.g. high temperature in spring, can increase photosynthesis in the following autumn, possibly due to enhanced leaf nitrogen content and canopy photosynthetic capacity as a result of increased nitrogen mineralisa ...
... summer and hence limited photosynthesis in a subalpine forest. Also, climate anomalies, e.g. high temperature in spring, can increase photosynthesis in the following autumn, possibly due to enhanced leaf nitrogen content and canopy photosynthetic capacity as a result of increased nitrogen mineralisa ...
Preparing for climate change guide for local government
... decreased frost risk, may be beneficial for some sectors of agriculture, forestry and horticulture. These benefits may be limited by negative effects such as prolonged drought, increased flood risk, or greater frequency and intensity of storms. Informed and proactive planning now can help maximise b ...
... decreased frost risk, may be beneficial for some sectors of agriculture, forestry and horticulture. These benefits may be limited by negative effects such as prolonged drought, increased flood risk, or greater frequency and intensity of storms. Informed and proactive planning now can help maximise b ...
Climate Change, Migration, and Conflict
... climate and migration challenges within an increasingly unstructured local or regional security environment. In contrast to the great power conflicts and the associated proxy wars that marked most of the 20th century, the immediate postCold War decades witnessed a diffusion of national security int ...
... climate and migration challenges within an increasingly unstructured local or regional security environment. In contrast to the great power conflicts and the associated proxy wars that marked most of the 20th century, the immediate postCold War decades witnessed a diffusion of national security int ...
Long-Term Climate Change - Ontario Power Generation
... In assessing the regional study area (RSA) and the Bruce nuclear site, it should be noted that this northern portion of the North American continent has been subjected to a series of intense continental scale glaciation and deglaciation events over the past million years of Earth history. This proce ...
... In assessing the regional study area (RSA) and the Bruce nuclear site, it should be noted that this northern portion of the North American continent has been subjected to a series of intense continental scale glaciation and deglaciation events over the past million years of Earth history. This proce ...
“Human Rights and Climate Change”. At its 7th session the
... Aboriginal and Islander Research Action, focuses on assessments of climate change and climate change responses in Australia that impact upon and involve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The Environmental Defenders Office (NSW) is a not-for-profit community legal centre specialising in ...
... Aboriginal and Islander Research Action, focuses on assessments of climate change and climate change responses in Australia that impact upon and involve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The Environmental Defenders Office (NSW) is a not-for-profit community legal centre specialising in ...
FAO, forests and climate change
... policies, strategies and practices. Delay in making such changes will increase their cost and difficulty and reduce the opportunities they may create. Trees also play critical roles in land-use systems other than forests, such as agriculture and the urban environment. Integrated landscape management ...
... policies, strategies and practices. Delay in making such changes will increase their cost and difficulty and reduce the opportunities they may create. Trees also play critical roles in land-use systems other than forests, such as agriculture and the urban environment. Integrated landscape management ...
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... over the past 2000 years, obtaining that the effects of changes in population on water shortage over this time period are roughly four times as important as changes in water availability due to long-term climatic change. Kummu et al.’s study illustrates the importance of the socio-economic scenarios ...
... over the past 2000 years, obtaining that the effects of changes in population on water shortage over this time period are roughly four times as important as changes in water availability due to long-term climatic change. Kummu et al.’s study illustrates the importance of the socio-economic scenarios ...
The Framing of Fossil Fuels and Climate Change
... atmosphere, the Earth’s temperature is climbing above past levels” (EPA 1). As mentioned on the EPA’s website the burning of fossil fuels is one of the leading contributors to climate change, and energy sources like coal and oil are now looked at in a completely different light than they used to be. ...
... atmosphere, the Earth’s temperature is climbing above past levels” (EPA 1). As mentioned on the EPA’s website the burning of fossil fuels is one of the leading contributors to climate change, and energy sources like coal and oil are now looked at in a completely different light than they used to be. ...
Future habitat loss and the conservation of plant biodiversity
... and accountability, political stability, government effectiveness, regulatory quality, rule of law, and control of corruption. For each of the six indicators, a score of 2.5 (lowest quality of governance) to 2.5 (highest quality of governance) was allocated to each country. We calculated average val ...
... and accountability, political stability, government effectiveness, regulatory quality, rule of law, and control of corruption. For each of the six indicators, a score of 2.5 (lowest quality of governance) to 2.5 (highest quality of governance) was allocated to each country. We calculated average val ...
Tree growth and climate in the Pacific Northwest, North America: a
... By drawing on knowledge from previous climate–growth studies and organizing information into climate space plots, we inferred directional changes in future radial growth. Results Increased moisture stress will reduce growth throughout the distribution of Douglas-fir, but growth may increase at some ...
... By drawing on knowledge from previous climate–growth studies and organizing information into climate space plots, we inferred directional changes in future radial growth. Results Increased moisture stress will reduce growth throughout the distribution of Douglas-fir, but growth may increase at some ...
A comment on “Economy-wide estimates of the
... For their detailed analysis, Bosello et al. use a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to evaluate the effects of indirect health costs – losses of labor productivity, and health care expenditures – that are in the same direction as the direct costs (by region) but of a much smaller magnitude. ...
... For their detailed analysis, Bosello et al. use a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to evaluate the effects of indirect health costs – losses of labor productivity, and health care expenditures – that are in the same direction as the direct costs (by region) but of a much smaller magnitude. ...
A brief description of models used in this staff working document
... taxes, environmental taxes, direct taxes, value added taxes, production subsidies, social security contributions, import duties, and foreign transfers. The model evaluates the emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), other GHG (e.g. CH4), and there is a possible extension for a number of other air polluta ...
... taxes, environmental taxes, direct taxes, value added taxes, production subsidies, social security contributions, import duties, and foreign transfers. The model evaluates the emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), other GHG (e.g. CH4), and there is a possible extension for a number of other air polluta ...
environmental, economic and social impacts of
... solutions to climate change was finally recognised as urgent and vitally important. New facts and events have awoken people world-wide and made decision – makers seriously discuss the problems of climate change. First, the extreme meteorological phenomena and unprecedented natural calamities – such ...
... solutions to climate change was finally recognised as urgent and vitally important. New facts and events have awoken people world-wide and made decision – makers seriously discuss the problems of climate change. First, the extreme meteorological phenomena and unprecedented natural calamities – such ...
Climate Change for Forest Policy-Makers
... Climate change and change in climate variability pose serious risks to the environment and to life itself. All people and all sectors are likely to be affected. Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – almost all countries in the world - have recognized the need to take ...
... Climate change and change in climate variability pose serious risks to the environment and to life itself. All people and all sectors are likely to be affected. Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – almost all countries in the world - have recognized the need to take ...
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... Climate change and change in climate variability pose serious risks to the environment and to life itself. All people and all sectors are likely to be affected. Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – almost all countries in the world - have recognized the need to take ...
... Climate change and change in climate variability pose serious risks to the environment and to life itself. All people and all sectors are likely to be affected. Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – almost all countries in the world - have recognized the need to take ...
Paleoclimate Implications for Human-Made
... 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 multi-meter sea level rise this century. Observed accelerating ice sheet mass loss supports our conclusion that Earth's temperature ...
... 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 multi-meter sea level rise this century. Observed accelerating ice sheet mass loss supports our conclusion that Earth's temperature ...
Attribution of extreme weather and climate
... the current studies have focused on the meteorological nature of events, which we focus on here, rather than their impacts. Methodologies section reviews the event attribution and Evaluation section considers the evaluation of attribution results in order to ensure they are reliable. The following s ...
... the current studies have focused on the meteorological nature of events, which we focus on here, rather than their impacts. Methodologies section reviews the event attribution and Evaluation section considers the evaluation of attribution results in order to ensure they are reliable. The following s ...
The Gap of Climate Adaptation Development of the Spatial Planning
... plans is developed on the article of Simin Davoudi (2013) and Moser & Ekstrom (2010). The empirical analysis including the interaction of planning actors and the policy documents are based on project involvement, interviewing governmental officials and focus group discussion from 2011 onwards. By th ...
... plans is developed on the article of Simin Davoudi (2013) and Moser & Ekstrom (2010). The empirical analysis including the interaction of planning actors and the policy documents are based on project involvement, interviewing governmental officials and focus group discussion from 2011 onwards. By th ...
Silva2013-ERL-APMortality.pdf
... modeled concentrations from an ensemble of chemistry–climate models to estimate the global burden of anthropogenic outdoor air pollution on present-day premature human mortality, and the component of that burden attributable to past climate change. Using simulated concentrations for 2000 and 1850 an ...
... modeled concentrations from an ensemble of chemistry–climate models to estimate the global burden of anthropogenic outdoor air pollution on present-day premature human mortality, and the component of that burden attributable to past climate change. Using simulated concentrations for 2000 and 1850 an ...
BSR Creating an Action Agenda for Private
... society face unprecedented risks as a consequence of climate-related impacts, including increases in temperature and sea level, increases in the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events, threats to biodiversity and ecosystem services, and changes in water distribution. We must pursue strate ...
... society face unprecedented risks as a consequence of climate-related impacts, including increases in temperature and sea level, increases in the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events, threats to biodiversity and ecosystem services, and changes in water distribution. We must pursue strate ...