Low-carbon resilient development in the least developed countries
... is an approach that focuses on reducing greenhouse gas emissions through the development process; this is linked with the mitigation side of the climate change debate. Resilience refers to building the capacity of society – whether individuals or communities – to recover after any climate-related sh ...
... is an approach that focuses on reducing greenhouse gas emissions through the development process; this is linked with the mitigation side of the climate change debate. Resilience refers to building the capacity of society – whether individuals or communities – to recover after any climate-related sh ...
Multi-hazard Risks and Vulnerable Populations in the Caribbean
... Hazard mitigation and disaster risk reduction require integrated analysis of risk and vulnerability at different spatiotemporal scales (Turner et al. 2003; Cutter and Finch 2008; Nicholls et al. 2008). Recent geographic analyses of hazards data at the global scale have derived relative risk estimate ...
... Hazard mitigation and disaster risk reduction require integrated analysis of risk and vulnerability at different spatiotemporal scales (Turner et al. 2003; Cutter and Finch 2008; Nicholls et al. 2008). Recent geographic analyses of hazards data at the global scale have derived relative risk estimate ...
Do the stock markets price climate change risks?
... choice. We should surely adapt to the changing situation as a basic response to mitigate negative impacts, but a more essential and sustainable solution should be to mitigate the GHGs emissions in order to slow down and finally control the climate change pace, and even reverse some negative impacts. ...
... choice. We should surely adapt to the changing situation as a basic response to mitigate negative impacts, but a more essential and sustainable solution should be to mitigate the GHGs emissions in order to slow down and finally control the climate change pace, and even reverse some negative impacts. ...
Fear Won`t Do It - Center for Science and Technology Policy Research
... reinsurance difficulties (e.g., Munich Re, 2004). These impacts are often forecast as a smooth, linear progression. However, Lenton et al. (2008) highlight that this may not be the case, illustrating the concept that the Earth’s system may pass “tipping points” in the Earth system. Both mitigation a ...
... reinsurance difficulties (e.g., Munich Re, 2004). These impacts are often forecast as a smooth, linear progression. However, Lenton et al. (2008) highlight that this may not be the case, illustrating the concept that the Earth’s system may pass “tipping points” in the Earth system. Both mitigation a ...
Executive summary
... o sets, in order to meet their pledges. Mexico’s Cancun Pledge is conditional on the provision of adequate financial and technological support from developed countries as part of a global agreement, and the fulfilme t of this condition has not been assessed. Government and independent sources have f ...
... o sets, in order to meet their pledges. Mexico’s Cancun Pledge is conditional on the provision of adequate financial and technological support from developed countries as part of a global agreement, and the fulfilme t of this condition has not been assessed. Government and independent sources have f ...
INDC Chile english version
... such as health and education, improving the quality of such services remains an issue. In this regard, reducing the high levels of inequality in the Chilean economy as well as providing security to vulnerable groups with little social protection are still pending tasks. These are important challenge ...
... such as health and education, improving the quality of such services remains an issue. In this regard, reducing the high levels of inequality in the Chilean economy as well as providing security to vulnerable groups with little social protection are still pending tasks. These are important challenge ...
Effects of global climate change on agriculture: an
... world agricultural production is reviewed. Numerical estimates presented here should be interpreted as illustrative of the possible consequences of climate change, from which more general, qualitative conclusions might be drawn. Estimates of changes in agricultural production are dependent upon: how ...
... world agricultural production is reviewed. Numerical estimates presented here should be interpreted as illustrative of the possible consequences of climate change, from which more general, qualitative conclusions might be drawn. Estimates of changes in agricultural production are dependent upon: how ...
... This discovery was an unfortunate surprise for policymakers who had been strenuously promoting biofuels [18]. In addition to the realization that biofuels might not actually reduce greenhouse gas emissions, concerns range from food scarcity due to competition of staple crops with energy crops; incre ...
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... a¤ecting the ecosystem evolution. This is close to the concept of uncertainty as introduced by Knight (1921) to represent a situation in which probabilities cannot be assigned to events because there is ignorance insu¢ cient information. Knight argued that uncertainty in this sense of unmeasurable u ...
... a¤ecting the ecosystem evolution. This is close to the concept of uncertainty as introduced by Knight (1921) to represent a situation in which probabilities cannot be assigned to events because there is ignorance insu¢ cient information. Knight argued that uncertainty in this sense of unmeasurable u ...
OPEN CLIMATE LETTER TO UN SECRETARY
... weather-related events will occur more often in the future. The U.N.’s own Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says in its Special Report on Extreme Weather (2012) that there is “an absence of an attributable climate change signal” in trends in extreme weather losses to date. The funds current ...
... weather-related events will occur more often in the future. The U.N.’s own Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says in its Special Report on Extreme Weather (2012) that there is “an absence of an attributable climate change signal” in trends in extreme weather losses to date. The funds current ...
The Partnership of Weather and Air Quality
... Climate —The slowly varying aspects of the atmosphere–hydrosphere–land surface system. It is typically characterized in terms of suitable averages of the climate system over periods of a month or more, taking into consideration the variability in time of these averaged quantities. Climatic classific ...
... Climate —The slowly varying aspects of the atmosphere–hydrosphere–land surface system. It is typically characterized in terms of suitable averages of the climate system over periods of a month or more, taking into consideration the variability in time of these averaged quantities. Climatic classific ...
Infectious disease, development, and climate change: a
... pathways for a sample of developing countries where both diseases are currently a problem. Five different assumptions of the future evolution of incidence, some based on the empirical results from section 2 and others drawn from earlier approaches, produce markedly different temporal profiles. It fo ...
... pathways for a sample of developing countries where both diseases are currently a problem. Five different assumptions of the future evolution of incidence, some based on the empirical results from section 2 and others drawn from earlier approaches, produce markedly different temporal profiles. It fo ...
Assessing EU Leadership on Climate Change - Userpage
... Which of these mechanisms are likely to come into play in diffusion—if it it exists—of ideas, policies, and institutions related to climate change from the EU to China and India? Coercion is, as discussed above, not applicable in this case. The EU-China and EU-India relationships are characterized b ...
... Which of these mechanisms are likely to come into play in diffusion—if it it exists—of ideas, policies, and institutions related to climate change from the EU to China and India? Coercion is, as discussed above, not applicable in this case. The EU-China and EU-India relationships are characterized b ...
Report on Greenpeace NZ Campaign to Raise
... because this fragile Earth deserves a voice. It needs solutions. It needs change. It needs action! The people who make up Greenpeace are a diverse and committed bunch. Their volunteers, activists and staff span the globe, cover the age spectrum, and defy simple categorisation other than a common aim ...
... because this fragile Earth deserves a voice. It needs solutions. It needs change. It needs action! The people who make up Greenpeace are a diverse and committed bunch. Their volunteers, activists and staff span the globe, cover the age spectrum, and defy simple categorisation other than a common aim ...
published in Global Environmental Change in 2011
... with climate change. Surveys indicate around one in ten within the UK definitely reject the notion of anthropogenic climate change (Upham et al., 2009, COI, 2008). For example, in 2001, a government survey (DEFRA, 2002) found 13% agreed that ‘climate change is purely a natural phenomenon’; while in ...
... with climate change. Surveys indicate around one in ten within the UK definitely reject the notion of anthropogenic climate change (Upham et al., 2009, COI, 2008). For example, in 2001, a government survey (DEFRA, 2002) found 13% agreed that ‘climate change is purely a natural phenomenon’; while in ...
A review of the consideration of climate change in the planning of
... Modern electricity services are important for human well-being and to a country’s economic development; however; worldwide there are over 1.3 billion people without access to power (IEA, 2011). Sub-Saharan Africa lags behind all other regions of the world in terms of households’ access to electricit ...
... Modern electricity services are important for human well-being and to a country’s economic development; however; worldwide there are over 1.3 billion people without access to power (IEA, 2011). Sub-Saharan Africa lags behind all other regions of the world in terms of households’ access to electricit ...
DETR - Climate Change
... planning and stimulating innovative responses. The policies that can deliver this reduction are part of the Government’s wider drive for a better quality of life, as well as economic and environmental modernisation. 10 The climate change programme builds on the solid foundation of action that has be ...
... planning and stimulating innovative responses. The policies that can deliver this reduction are part of the Government’s wider drive for a better quality of life, as well as economic and environmental modernisation. 10 The climate change programme builds on the solid foundation of action that has be ...
LCCARL267_en.pdf
... options to rebuild the economy and the society based on other, different options that have shaped the region for several hundred years. The main question that could be raised by models related to the best climate policy and longterm welfare changes concerns the impacts and how to adapt best to futur ...
... options to rebuild the economy and the society based on other, different options that have shaped the region for several hundred years. The main question that could be raised by models related to the best climate policy and longterm welfare changes concerns the impacts and how to adapt best to futur ...
slides - Medical and Public Health Law Site
... EPA to propose to Congress a "coordinated national policy on global climate change...Congress emphasized that "ongoing pollution and deforestation may be contributing now to an irreversible process" and that "[n]ecessary actions must be identified and implemented in time to protect the climate." ...
... EPA to propose to Congress a "coordinated national policy on global climate change...Congress emphasized that "ongoing pollution and deforestation may be contributing now to an irreversible process" and that "[n]ecessary actions must be identified and implemented in time to protect the climate." ...
Climate Change and the HFC-Based Clean Extinguishing Agents
... as the HFCs, hence, HFCs are not subject to the provisions of the Montreal Protocol. The Kyoto Protocol and F-Gas Regulations are related to the reduction of GHG emissions, but are solely concerned with emissions reductions and do not limit or prohibit the use of HFCs in fire suppression application ...
... as the HFCs, hence, HFCs are not subject to the provisions of the Montreal Protocol. The Kyoto Protocol and F-Gas Regulations are related to the reduction of GHG emissions, but are solely concerned with emissions reductions and do not limit or prohibit the use of HFCs in fire suppression application ...
2004 community excellence awards
... Community Energy Plan, a Carbon Neutral Plan, and Integrated Sustainability Plan. We have also taken several concrete actions to reduce emissions in our community, including installing solar hot water and solar PV system on several community buildings, upgrading the efficiency of corporate buildings ...
... Community Energy Plan, a Carbon Neutral Plan, and Integrated Sustainability Plan. We have also taken several concrete actions to reduce emissions in our community, including installing solar hot water and solar PV system on several community buildings, upgrading the efficiency of corporate buildings ...
Articles
... LTER site in Kansas,used a principal components analysis of tIoral and faunal speciesranges to pioneer a method of relating these ranges to air mass boundaries. He showed quantitatively how the tIora and fauna of the Koma Prairie serve asa sensitive indicator for environmental change. In a similar w ...
... LTER site in Kansas,used a principal components analysis of tIoral and faunal speciesranges to pioneer a method of relating these ranges to air mass boundaries. He showed quantitatively how the tIora and fauna of the Koma Prairie serve asa sensitive indicator for environmental change. In a similar w ...
Evolution in response to climate change
... Some of these emphasize methodological (or technical) issues, whereas others represent real biological phenomena. The distinction between the two classes of explanations is somewhat arbitrary, as methodological concerns may overshadow, and even hide, interesting biological phenomena. There are also ...
... Some of these emphasize methodological (or technical) issues, whereas others represent real biological phenomena. The distinction between the two classes of explanations is somewhat arbitrary, as methodological concerns may overshadow, and even hide, interesting biological phenomena. There are also ...
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Mitigation in the United States of America
... The United States is one the world’s primary greenhouse gas emitters, having produced over 6.5 gigatonnes of CO2e in 2012. Cumulatively, the U.S. has released the largest amount of greenhouse gases of any country into the atmosphere; the nation is responsible for nearly 30% of the world’s present ca ...
... The United States is one the world’s primary greenhouse gas emitters, having produced over 6.5 gigatonnes of CO2e in 2012. Cumulatively, the U.S. has released the largest amount of greenhouse gases of any country into the atmosphere; the nation is responsible for nearly 30% of the world’s present ca ...