Increasing the influence of LDC climate diplomacy
... discussion among the world’s largest economies — Kerry stated: “[L]ast year, I invited many of you and your counterparts to join me for a special foreign ministers session of the Major Economies Forum, and it was the first time that a group that large came together at a ministerial level specificall ...
... discussion among the world’s largest economies — Kerry stated: “[L]ast year, I invited many of you and your counterparts to join me for a special foreign ministers session of the Major Economies Forum, and it was the first time that a group that large came together at a ministerial level specificall ...
Riedy CAGs-AUS-ED_accepted - OPUS at UTS
... perspective focuses attention on the quality of deliberation achieved throughout distributed governance systems. It opens up the possibility that institutions that do not appear deliberative in isolation may have a positive impact on deliberation at a system scale. We draw on this systemic perspecti ...
... perspective focuses attention on the quality of deliberation achieved throughout distributed governance systems. It opens up the possibility that institutions that do not appear deliberative in isolation may have a positive impact on deliberation at a system scale. We draw on this systemic perspecti ...
A Narrative Analysis of Climate Change Coverage in the New York
... become active citizens, media have a responsibility to ethically inform them if they are in danger and impose meaning upon uncertainties for their readers. In reporting on issues of scientific risk, the audience becomes dependent on the journalist for an accurate story that will keep them informed o ...
... become active citizens, media have a responsibility to ethically inform them if they are in danger and impose meaning upon uncertainties for their readers. In reporting on issues of scientific risk, the audience becomes dependent on the journalist for an accurate story that will keep them informed o ...
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... allows continued energy consumption, while potentially benefiting the environment and landowners. As a result, this sequestration alternative has attracted interest of researchers, energy industry, policy makers, and landowners alike. This paper explores the income enhancing potential of carbon sequ ...
... allows continued energy consumption, while potentially benefiting the environment and landowners. As a result, this sequestration alternative has attracted interest of researchers, energy industry, policy makers, and landowners alike. This paper explores the income enhancing potential of carbon sequ ...
nd-gain_technical_document_2015_do_not_print
... three components: economic readiness, governance readiness and social readiness. Economic Readiness: The investment climate that facilitates mobilizing capitals from private sector. Governance Readiness: The stability of the society and institutional arrangements that contribute to the investment ri ...
... three components: economic readiness, governance readiness and social readiness. Economic Readiness: The investment climate that facilitates mobilizing capitals from private sector. Governance Readiness: The stability of the society and institutional arrangements that contribute to the investment ri ...
3 Climate change and the Law of the Sea Convention
... that the United States of America is not a party to the Convention. Despite the novelty and delicacies of the topic, much has already been written and it would only foment controversy or confusion to attempt to address all its obstacles. We shall therefore limit the scope of this research to present ...
... that the United States of America is not a party to the Convention. Despite the novelty and delicacies of the topic, much has already been written and it would only foment controversy or confusion to attempt to address all its obstacles. We shall therefore limit the scope of this research to present ...
Vulnerability of national economies to the impacts of climate change
... projections are simply not yet available at the scale of our analysis (IPCC, 2007). We therefore compromised and used projected mean surface air temperature to 2050 as the underlying indicator of exposure to climate change as it is the most direct, best understood and most readily available indicato ...
... projections are simply not yet available at the scale of our analysis (IPCC, 2007). We therefore compromised and used projected mean surface air temperature to 2050 as the underlying indicator of exposure to climate change as it is the most direct, best understood and most readily available indicato ...
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... globe. This potential threat to our existence has been steadily growing as a major concern of scientists and economists. It is therefore imperative to understand the impacts on the world economies that changes in climate might cause. This threat is a result of anthropogenic emissions of certain gase ...
... globe. This potential threat to our existence has been steadily growing as a major concern of scientists and economists. It is therefore imperative to understand the impacts on the world economies that changes in climate might cause. This threat is a result of anthropogenic emissions of certain gase ...
Warm Words II
... responses to it. Essentially, local communications stand a better chance of reifying the problem of climate change, and the potential solutions to it – making them real, concrete and/or imaginable. The local communications that stood out took a linguistic approach quite distinct from both national c ...
... responses to it. Essentially, local communications stand a better chance of reifying the problem of climate change, and the potential solutions to it – making them real, concrete and/or imaginable. The local communications that stood out took a linguistic approach quite distinct from both national c ...
Theoretical mechanism for natural radiative forcing of El Nino
... Composite Nino3 (100 realizations of CZ model) 40 year smooth ...
... Composite Nino3 (100 realizations of CZ model) 40 year smooth ...
report 2009 final - Inter
... bilateral meetings on both high-level and technical level. A joint group on communications provided the opportunity to share campaign resources and work on joint messaging. Technical papers submitted to the UNFCCC by groupings of agencies provided in-depth information on issues of humanitarian conce ...
... bilateral meetings on both high-level and technical level. A joint group on communications provided the opportunity to share campaign resources and work on joint messaging. Technical papers submitted to the UNFCCC by groupings of agencies provided in-depth information on issues of humanitarian conce ...
Diseases in tropical and plantation crops as affected by climate
... experimental design of a multifactor climate-change experiment with elevated CO2, warming and drought at Brandbjerg, Denmark, described by the authors, confirms that it is difficult to reach the target temperature. Experimental studies of the long-term effects of increased CO2 and O3 concentrations on ...
... experimental design of a multifactor climate-change experiment with elevated CO2, warming and drought at Brandbjerg, Denmark, described by the authors, confirms that it is difficult to reach the target temperature. Experimental studies of the long-term effects of increased CO2 and O3 concentrations on ...
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... We evaluate the impact of climate change on stream flow in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (UMRB) by using a regional climate model (RCM) coupled with a hydrologic model, the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT). The SWAT model was calibrated and validated against measured stream flow data using ...
... We evaluate the impact of climate change on stream flow in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (UMRB) by using a regional climate model (RCM) coupled with a hydrologic model, the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT). The SWAT model was calibrated and validated against measured stream flow data using ...
Atmospheric Research - Global Change System for Analysis
... • Changes in P were taken from the full range of change for each quarter from the sample of nine climate models. • Changes in P for each quarter were assumed to be independent of each other • The difference between samples in any consecutive quarter could not exceed the largest difference observed i ...
... • Changes in P were taken from the full range of change for each quarter from the sample of nine climate models. • Changes in P for each quarter were assumed to be independent of each other • The difference between samples in any consecutive quarter could not exceed the largest difference observed i ...
Functional and Phylogenetic Approaches to Forecasting Species
... Predicting species responses to climate change is a challenge central to both maintaining biodiversity and assessing our understanding of constraints on species abundance and distribution. In response to past climate changes, species in a variety of taxa have shifted their phenology (Parmesan 2006), ...
... Predicting species responses to climate change is a challenge central to both maintaining biodiversity and assessing our understanding of constraints on species abundance and distribution. In response to past climate changes, species in a variety of taxa have shifted their phenology (Parmesan 2006), ...
II. Analysis of the Provisions of the Convention Preamble The
... The Chapeau of Article 3 states that in their actions to achieve the objective o~ the Convention and to implement its provisions, the parties to the Conventton would among other things, be guided by these five Principles. ...
... The Chapeau of Article 3 states that in their actions to achieve the objective o~ the Convention and to implement its provisions, the parties to the Conventton would among other things, be guided by these five Principles. ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES DESIGNING CLIMATE MITIGATION POLICY Joseph E. Aldy
... marginal abatement costs are equated across all emissions sources (including non-CO2 GHGs), across countries, and across different periods of time.3 Across the models and stabilization scenarios in Table 1, CO2 emissions prices rise steadily (beginning around 2012) at approximately 5 percent, which ...
... marginal abatement costs are equated across all emissions sources (including non-CO2 GHGs), across countries, and across different periods of time.3 Across the models and stabilization scenarios in Table 1, CO2 emissions prices rise steadily (beginning around 2012) at approximately 5 percent, which ...
Climate Change Detection and Attribution: Beyond Mean
... the climate system that occurs in the absence of anomalous external natural or anthropogenic forcing (Mitchell et al. 2001). Attribution of anthropogenic climate change is generally understood to require a demonstration that the detected change is consistent with simulated change driven by a combina ...
... the climate system that occurs in the absence of anomalous external natural or anthropogenic forcing (Mitchell et al. 2001). Attribution of anthropogenic climate change is generally understood to require a demonstration that the detected change is consistent with simulated change driven by a combina ...
Climate-Smart Agriculture Sourcebook MODULE 8: Climate-smart Livestock
... close engagement with climate variability. Helping decision makers understand and deal with current levels of climate variability can provide one entry point to the problems posed by increasing variability in the future and the options that may be needed to build resilience. However, there are still ...
... close engagement with climate variability. Helping decision makers understand and deal with current levels of climate variability can provide one entry point to the problems posed by increasing variability in the future and the options that may be needed to build resilience. However, there are still ...
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... climate and economic processes that translate a marginal unit of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions into an economic damage. Economists use these models to analyze climate policies and estimate the social cost of carbon (SCC) – the marginal cost of a unit of CO2 emissions – an essential number in U.S. g ...
... climate and economic processes that translate a marginal unit of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions into an economic damage. Economists use these models to analyze climate policies and estimate the social cost of carbon (SCC) – the marginal cost of a unit of CO2 emissions – an essential number in U.S. g ...
Potential effects of climate change and rising CO2 on ecosystem
... N cycling. Multi-factor manipulation experiments can provide valuable tests of certain combinations of these changes, but ecosystem models are needed to predict interactive effects across the full range of conditions likely to be experienced by native northeastern forests. The purpose of this study ...
... N cycling. Multi-factor manipulation experiments can provide valuable tests of certain combinations of these changes, but ecosystem models are needed to predict interactive effects across the full range of conditions likely to be experienced by native northeastern forests. The purpose of this study ...
Making Climate Data Relevant to Decision Making: The important
... Throughout the world, there is a major need for climate change science to inform on-the-ground adaptation planning. However, a major gap exists between the well-developed state of climate science and decision-makers preparing for a future climate. There is no shortage of scientific data that has bee ...
... Throughout the world, there is a major need for climate change science to inform on-the-ground adaptation planning. However, a major gap exists between the well-developed state of climate science and decision-makers preparing for a future climate. There is no shortage of scientific data that has bee ...
Assessing Effects of Variation in Global Climate Data Sets on Spatial
... degree of ecological specialization, allowing us to test performance and predictions of CEMs across a range of ecological contexts. We selected these species because their precarious status in the United States makes them likely candidates for vulnerability assessments (USFWS 2010), for which climat ...
... degree of ecological specialization, allowing us to test performance and predictions of CEMs across a range of ecological contexts. We selected these species because their precarious status in the United States makes them likely candidates for vulnerability assessments (USFWS 2010), for which climat ...
Climate Change in Atqasuk, Alaska
... Heather Dingman from North Slope Borough and Jake Bell and Mike Brubaker from ANTHC. Site visits were performed in Atqasuk in June 2013 and in April 2014. The onsite survey and report preparation was based on guidance from the village council, city council, and the project team. Information sources ...
... Heather Dingman from North Slope Borough and Jake Bell and Mike Brubaker from ANTHC. Site visits were performed in Atqasuk in June 2013 and in April 2014. The onsite survey and report preparation was based on guidance from the village council, city council, and the project team. Information sources ...
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... each location. As a result, their work also represents a great number of advances towards an integrated, proactive, and interdisciplinary management approach to the problems facing Mediterranean coastal areas. With this goal in mind, the participatory experiments undertaken at the local level have b ...
... each location. As a result, their work also represents a great number of advances towards an integrated, proactive, and interdisciplinary management approach to the problems facing Mediterranean coastal areas. With this goal in mind, the participatory experiments undertaken at the local level have b ...