What is a Carbon Footprint?
... its climate change impact will usually first calculate its carbon footprint and then identify areas of its operations where emissions reductions can be made. Most of the time it will not be possible to reduce a carbon footprint to zero, and companies may choose to invest in projects that generate em ...
... its climate change impact will usually first calculate its carbon footprint and then identify areas of its operations where emissions reductions can be made. Most of the time it will not be possible to reduce a carbon footprint to zero, and companies may choose to invest in projects that generate em ...
The Role of Uncertainty in the Economics of Catastrophic Climate
... model with essentially the same reduced form (structural uncertainty about some unknown open-ended scale-multiplier parameter) can have very strong consequences for cost-bene…t analysis, because it can drive applications of expected utility theory under strict relative risk aversion. It will turn ou ...
... model with essentially the same reduced form (structural uncertainty about some unknown open-ended scale-multiplier parameter) can have very strong consequences for cost-bene…t analysis, because it can drive applications of expected utility theory under strict relative risk aversion. It will turn ou ...
3. the climate change policy framework
... but the livelihoods of its people. It is imperative that Jamaica adopt the necessary policies and actions to ensure that adaptation strategies are mainstreamed into key economic and climate sensitive sectors particularly those related to natural resource use, physical infrastructure, land use, coast ...
... but the livelihoods of its people. It is imperative that Jamaica adopt the necessary policies and actions to ensure that adaptation strategies are mainstreamed into key economic and climate sensitive sectors particularly those related to natural resource use, physical infrastructure, land use, coast ...
Mapping of Climate Change Threats and Human Development
... security impacts in the Arab region. For a region that is already vulnerable to many non-climate stresses, climate change and its potential physical and socioeconomic impacts are likely to exacerbate this vulnerability, leading to large scale instability. Climate change is likely to act as a risk mu ...
... security impacts in the Arab region. For a region that is already vulnerable to many non-climate stresses, climate change and its potential physical and socioeconomic impacts are likely to exacerbate this vulnerability, leading to large scale instability. Climate change is likely to act as a risk mu ...
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... There is further evidence that the total abundance of ozone-depleting substances (ODSs) in the atmosphere continues to decline, even though concentrations of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), the chlorine-containing replacement compounds for chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), are rising. Observed global, m ...
... There is further evidence that the total abundance of ozone-depleting substances (ODSs) in the atmosphere continues to decline, even though concentrations of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), the chlorine-containing replacement compounds for chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), are rising. Observed global, m ...
The EU Climate Change Strategy under the Lens of Multi
... The novelty of the situation in which actors that previously had little power become increasingly involved in the structures and processes of governance, through both formal and informal channels, has determined vivid scholarly interest for ‘the new clothes’ of EU governance. The emerging types of g ...
... The novelty of the situation in which actors that previously had little power become increasingly involved in the structures and processes of governance, through both formal and informal channels, has determined vivid scholarly interest for ‘the new clothes’ of EU governance. The emerging types of g ...
How does climate change alter agricultural strategies to - PIM
... and the abilities of marine and aquatic organisms to adapt and evolve to the changes (Beare, 2012). Many fishery resources are currently fully exploited or over-exploited and climate change adds an additional stress to the resources themselves and those dependent on them. In most cases, building res ...
... and the abilities of marine and aquatic organisms to adapt and evolve to the changes (Beare, 2012). Many fishery resources are currently fully exploited or over-exploited and climate change adds an additional stress to the resources themselves and those dependent on them. In most cases, building res ...
Implementation of the Framework Convention on Climate Change in
... its Aichi Targets, known as Aichi Plan was adopted. The 10 and 15 targets of this plan are linked to climate change mitigation and adaptation issues. They provide for conservation and restoration by 2020 of at least 15 per cent of degraded ecosystems, thereby contributing to the reduction of anthrop ...
... its Aichi Targets, known as Aichi Plan was adopted. The 10 and 15 targets of this plan are linked to climate change mitigation and adaptation issues. They provide for conservation and restoration by 2020 of at least 15 per cent of degraded ecosystems, thereby contributing to the reduction of anthrop ...
ethics and climate change cost-benefit analysis: stern and after
... uniform valuation. They argue that determining policy on this basis may lead to a welfare loss. Suppose again that the unadjusted value of life in poor countries is £500,000, but that economists input the adjusted valuation of £1,500,000 into a CBA; the CBA then recommends immediate costly action to ...
... uniform valuation. They argue that determining policy on this basis may lead to a welfare loss. Suppose again that the unadjusted value of life in poor countries is £500,000, but that economists input the adjusted valuation of £1,500,000 into a CBA; the CBA then recommends immediate costly action to ...
Target Atmospheric CO2: Where Should Humanity Aim?
... human-made forcing. It seems likely that large ice sheet response will occur within centuries, if human-made forcings continue to increase. Once ice sheet disintegration is underway, decadal changes of sea level may be substantial. 2.4. Warming “in the pipeline” The expanded time scale for the indus ...
... human-made forcing. It seems likely that large ice sheet response will occur within centuries, if human-made forcings continue to increase. Once ice sheet disintegration is underway, decadal changes of sea level may be substantial. 2.4. Warming “in the pipeline” The expanded time scale for the indus ...
Forest Sinks and the Kyoto Protocol
... reduce emissions of GHGs. The Kyoto Protocol was in response to new scientific evidence suggesting the original emission reduction targets under the Convention would not be sufficient to achieve its objective and that tougher legally binding targets were required. The Kyoto Protocol: sets legally ...
... reduce emissions of GHGs. The Kyoto Protocol was in response to new scientific evidence suggesting the original emission reduction targets under the Convention would not be sufficient to achieve its objective and that tougher legally binding targets were required. The Kyoto Protocol: sets legally ...
- Wiley Online Library
... Figure 2 The parameters of adaptive capacity employed in our framework (a). Realized limits represent the niche space currently occupied by a species (or population) in relation to a specific trait, for example maximum thermal tolerance or minimum rainfall. Current physiological limits are the maxim ...
... Figure 2 The parameters of adaptive capacity employed in our framework (a). Realized limits represent the niche space currently occupied by a species (or population) in relation to a specific trait, for example maximum thermal tolerance or minimum rainfall. Current physiological limits are the maxim ...
Solar forcing of Holocene climate: New insights from a speleothem
... 444, 170, 146, and 88 yr above the 95% confidence interval. The coherent peaks, within the bandwidth of the Welch window, are identical to the spectral peaks of the ∆14C record, and some of these, including the 1533 (1500) yr (Bond), 440 (400–500) yr, the 146 yr, and the 88 yr (Gleissberg) cycles, h ...
... 444, 170, 146, and 88 yr above the 95% confidence interval. The coherent peaks, within the bandwidth of the Welch window, are identical to the spectral peaks of the ∆14C record, and some of these, including the 1533 (1500) yr (Bond), 440 (400–500) yr, the 146 yr, and the 88 yr (Gleissberg) cycles, h ...
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... The pursuit of climate adaptation has expanded rapidly in recent years, due to increasing awareness of its potential value with respect to reducing societal and ecological vulnerability to current climate variability, while managing the risks posed by future climate change [1–4]. Whereas once adapta ...
... The pursuit of climate adaptation has expanded rapidly in recent years, due to increasing awareness of its potential value with respect to reducing societal and ecological vulnerability to current climate variability, while managing the risks posed by future climate change [1–4]. Whereas once adapta ...
Is it Colonial Déjà Vu? Indigenous Peoples and Climate Injustice
... colonisation during the fur trade, starting in the 1600s, and then subsequent U.S. and Canadian settlement, which fragmented and relocated our society, we are now 7 distinct Tribal nations on the supposed U.S. side; and there are several Potawatomi communities living within First Nations on the supp ...
... colonisation during the fur trade, starting in the 1600s, and then subsequent U.S. and Canadian settlement, which fragmented and relocated our society, we are now 7 distinct Tribal nations on the supposed U.S. side; and there are several Potawatomi communities living within First Nations on the supp ...
Extreme Events
... All climate model simulations contain biases. Biases are errors that typically occur consistently and predictably. Often these biases are caused by the model’s resolution. For example, the 10 km resolution of the Climate Futures for Tasmania simulations means that steep ridgelines may not be capture ...
... All climate model simulations contain biases. Biases are errors that typically occur consistently and predictably. Often these biases are caused by the model’s resolution. For example, the 10 km resolution of the Climate Futures for Tasmania simulations means that steep ridgelines may not be capture ...
Climate in the 21st century - four scenarios for
... an active carbon cycle. Besides, there are fundamental limits to the predictability of complex systems, such as the climate system. Uncertainty further increases when we go from a global scale to a regional scale, such as Western Europe or the Netherlands. At this scale, air circulation plays an imp ...
... an active carbon cycle. Besides, there are fundamental limits to the predictability of complex systems, such as the climate system. Uncertainty further increases when we go from a global scale to a regional scale, such as Western Europe or the Netherlands. At this scale, air circulation plays an imp ...
Applying Risk Informed Decision-Making Framework for Climate
... changes in operations and decision environments to enhance resilience or reduce vulnerability of USACE projects, systems and programs to observed or expected changes in climate. The RCC program funded 9 pilot studies to evaluate and assess how a risk-informed decision making (RIDM) framework may be ...
... changes in operations and decision environments to enhance resilience or reduce vulnerability of USACE projects, systems and programs to observed or expected changes in climate. The RCC program funded 9 pilot studies to evaluate and assess how a risk-informed decision making (RIDM) framework may be ...
Potential near future runoff changes in Croatia
... Regional or local climate is a result of interplay between parts of the Earth climate system on the time-scale of few decades. One way to describe, simulate and predict climate on regional spatial scales is by using regional climate models (RCMs). RCMs are being used in the last two decades and have ...
... Regional or local climate is a result of interplay between parts of the Earth climate system on the time-scale of few decades. One way to describe, simulate and predict climate on regional spatial scales is by using regional climate models (RCMs). RCMs are being used in the last two decades and have ...
Challenges of a Sustained Climate Observing System
... those changes and their causes, sort out the human contribution, and make projections and predictions on various time horizons into the future (Trenberth 2008). Mitigation of the human influences, such as reducing greenhouse gas and aerosol emissions, is a major challenge yet to be adequately addres ...
... those changes and their causes, sort out the human contribution, and make projections and predictions on various time horizons into the future (Trenberth 2008). Mitigation of the human influences, such as reducing greenhouse gas and aerosol emissions, is a major challenge yet to be adequately addres ...
Forest Processes and Global Environmental Change: Predicting the
... alteration of several key environmental parameters that control the dynamics of forests. We cannot predict with certainty, through direct experimentation, what the responses of forests to global change will be, because we cannot carry out the multisite, multifactorial experiments required for doing ...
... alteration of several key environmental parameters that control the dynamics of forests. We cannot predict with certainty, through direct experimentation, what the responses of forests to global change will be, because we cannot carry out the multisite, multifactorial experiments required for doing ...
NEWSLETTER
... in binding CO2 emission targets. Nevertheless, a process towards binding targets was started, but the rates of reduction are lower than those already recommended by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This means that communities in the North Sea region are facing higher temperature ...
... in binding CO2 emission targets. Nevertheless, a process towards binding targets was started, but the rates of reduction are lower than those already recommended by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This means that communities in the North Sea region are facing higher temperature ...
Recognitions and Responsibilities - International Research Institute
... planetary scale of climate change (Latour 2004). Greenhouse gas emissions diffuse through the atmosphere and alter the balance between the solar energy reaching the earth and the energy radiating back out into space, so that efforts to address climate change must include the coordinated efforts of m ...
... planetary scale of climate change (Latour 2004). Greenhouse gas emissions diffuse through the atmosphere and alter the balance between the solar energy reaching the earth and the energy radiating back out into space, so that efforts to address climate change must include the coordinated efforts of m ...
Silent but Deadly - Global Justice Now
... present themselves as part of the solution to climate change when they are in fact a serious part of the problem. As this paper has shown, the declared emissions of multinational beef, animal feed and fertiliser companies are likely to be significant underestimates of the wider impact of these compa ...
... present themselves as part of the solution to climate change when they are in fact a serious part of the problem. As this paper has shown, the declared emissions of multinational beef, animal feed and fertiliser companies are likely to be significant underestimates of the wider impact of these compa ...
Modifying the 2°C Target - Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik
... and declarative function. For this reason, a pragmatically motivated reduction in the level of political ambition carries risks. This is particularly critical for the EU, which has gained worldwide recognition as a leader in climate policy, not least because of its role in bringing the 2°C target in ...
... and declarative function. For this reason, a pragmatically motivated reduction in the level of political ambition carries risks. This is particularly critical for the EU, which has gained worldwide recognition as a leader in climate policy, not least because of its role in bringing the 2°C target in ...