Policy Instruments and Achievement of Global Greenhouse Gas
... between developed and developing nations. These conflicts include different opinions on who should be responsible for reducing emissions, what types of emission reductions should be allowed, and what types of sequestration activities should be given credit. The question of who should be responsible ...
... between developed and developing nations. These conflicts include different opinions on who should be responsible for reducing emissions, what types of emission reductions should be allowed, and what types of sequestration activities should be given credit. The question of who should be responsible ...
Tropical Belt WG
... and interfacing with the applications, operations, and decision-making community. ...
... and interfacing with the applications, operations, and decision-making community. ...
7 - WWF
... species, such as the sponge orders Astrophorida and Hadromerida (Leon & Bjorndal, 2002; Meylan, 1988). Although coral reefs are known to respond to excessively high water temperatures by bleaching (HoeghGuldberg, 1999) and that macro-algae may increase in abundance in response to disturbed coral ree ...
... species, such as the sponge orders Astrophorida and Hadromerida (Leon & Bjorndal, 2002; Meylan, 1988). Although coral reefs are known to respond to excessively high water temperatures by bleaching (HoeghGuldberg, 1999) and that macro-algae may increase in abundance in response to disturbed coral ree ...
Extended Abstract
... climate variations are likely to have larger societal impacts than changes in the mean climate. These impacts will be felt on regional scales, so it is prudent to investigate the effects of climate change on sub-global scales. The signal of temperature and precipitation trends on continental scales ...
... climate variations are likely to have larger societal impacts than changes in the mean climate. These impacts will be felt on regional scales, so it is prudent to investigate the effects of climate change on sub-global scales. The signal of temperature and precipitation trends on continental scales ...
Towards a general relationship between climate change and
... global and regional studies (Sala et al. 2000; Petit et al. 2001). Furthermore, the relationships based on CEMs at species level may be more indicative for biodiversity change than models at biome level (Leemans and Eickhout 2004). The relationship can be combined quantitatively with similar relatio ...
... global and regional studies (Sala et al. 2000; Petit et al. 2001). Furthermore, the relationships based on CEMs at species level may be more indicative for biodiversity change than models at biome level (Leemans and Eickhout 2004). The relationship can be combined quantitatively with similar relatio ...
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[FIRST DRAFT ONLY] Sub-theme VI: Weather, Climate, and Health
... winters during which transmission does not take place. Areas with unstable malaria are epidemic prone depending on favorable conditions provided by unusual high rains at the threshold of the transmission season. Distribution of malaria and its endemicity is the reflection of suitable climatic condit ...
... winters during which transmission does not take place. Areas with unstable malaria are epidemic prone depending on favorable conditions provided by unusual high rains at the threshold of the transmission season. Distribution of malaria and its endemicity is the reflection of suitable climatic condit ...
Mediterranean ecosystems facing global change : resilient or close
... in a varying socio-economic context From our experiments, we concluded that plant adjustments to drought lead to functional responses that affect the plant water budget and hence the leaf moisture content on one hand, and the biomass of leaves and twigs, two major components driving biomass combusti ...
... in a varying socio-economic context From our experiments, we concluded that plant adjustments to drought lead to functional responses that affect the plant water budget and hence the leaf moisture content on one hand, and the biomass of leaves and twigs, two major components driving biomass combusti ...
`Towards a Resilient Sydney` - climate change adaptation planning
... - it provides a clear strategic framework for an area which sets out clear visions and agendas and offer support and guidance for local plans as they are developed. The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC 2007) asserts that proper plan making can increase adaptive capacities in urban systems ...
... - it provides a clear strategic framework for an area which sets out clear visions and agendas and offer support and guidance for local plans as they are developed. The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC 2007) asserts that proper plan making can increase adaptive capacities in urban systems ...
Working Paper 224 - Baranzini et al (opens in new window)
... likely to lead to insufficient, ineffective and very costly abatement activities, thus undercutting the pledge and review system, as well as jeopardizing the potential for more ambitious targets in the future. Our society is at a turning point. Imprudent policy design could have extremely far reachi ...
... likely to lead to insufficient, ineffective and very costly abatement activities, thus undercutting the pledge and review system, as well as jeopardizing the potential for more ambitious targets in the future. Our society is at a turning point. Imprudent policy design could have extremely far reachi ...
151725 Public Policy Text - A Convention For Persons Displaced By
... The effects of climate change will cause large-scale human displacement. However, neither the UNFCCC process nor the December, 2009 Copenhagen Accord contemplates or addresses the issue of displacement, notwithstanding their focus on adaptation; the UNFCCC is not designed for and cannot appropriatel ...
... The effects of climate change will cause large-scale human displacement. However, neither the UNFCCC process nor the December, 2009 Copenhagen Accord contemplates or addresses the issue of displacement, notwithstanding their focus on adaptation; the UNFCCC is not designed for and cannot appropriatel ...
The influence of climate change on Western Australian agriculture
... Future climate models indicate that south-west WA autumn and winter rainfall will be reduced by a further 40% by the end of this century with greenhouse gas emissions and stratospheric ozone depletion contributing roughly the same amount to the drying (Delworth and Zeng 2014). Global temperatures ar ...
... Future climate models indicate that south-west WA autumn and winter rainfall will be reduced by a further 40% by the end of this century with greenhouse gas emissions and stratospheric ozone depletion contributing roughly the same amount to the drying (Delworth and Zeng 2014). Global temperatures ar ...
Sustainable Development and Climate Change Strategy 2012-2017
... In the UK we are likely to experience changes to weather patterns, rising sea levels and increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, including ‘storminess’ and associated risks of flash flooding. The severe cold and snow of December 2010 in central Scotland may or may not have been ...
... In the UK we are likely to experience changes to weather patterns, rising sea levels and increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, including ‘storminess’ and associated risks of flash flooding. The severe cold and snow of December 2010 in central Scotland may or may not have been ...
Event - IUCN
... This discussion forum brings together the latest insights from researchers and decision makers who operate at multiple scales, from global to local to address the range of challenges facing a country. ...
... This discussion forum brings together the latest insights from researchers and decision makers who operate at multiple scales, from global to local to address the range of challenges facing a country. ...
Climate change and health in Earth`s future
... appear likely to lower the stability of food supplies, particularly affecting the poor population [Schmidhuber and Tubiello, 2007] such as landless agricultural laborers and subsistence farmers. Rising food prices may be of limited benefit to small farmers who often lack market power, organization, an ...
... appear likely to lower the stability of food supplies, particularly affecting the poor population [Schmidhuber and Tubiello, 2007] such as landless agricultural laborers and subsistence farmers. Rising food prices may be of limited benefit to small farmers who often lack market power, organization, an ...
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... world without climate change, given by risk trade-off curve R1, low probability events but with a high consequence or negative impact may be viewed as equivalent to high probability events with a low consequence. The risk trade-off curve R2 shows what might arise with climate change when the conseq ...
... world without climate change, given by risk trade-off curve R1, low probability events but with a high consequence or negative impact may be viewed as equivalent to high probability events with a low consequence. The risk trade-off curve R2 shows what might arise with climate change when the conseq ...
Climate finance for the Middle East and North Africa: confronting the
... abundant oil resources, however, are neighbours to poorer nations, many of which have been struck by political unrest and conflict. There are large disparities in per capita income within countries, and across the region. For all countries, however, the sustainable use of environmental resources is ...
... abundant oil resources, however, are neighbours to poorer nations, many of which have been struck by political unrest and conflict. There are large disparities in per capita income within countries, and across the region. For all countries, however, the sustainable use of environmental resources is ...
Communication and Marketing As Climate Change–Intervention
... In the public health community over the past several decades, this “information deficit” view of population behavior—although appealing in its simplicity and apparent face validity— has been largely supplanted by ecologic views of population behavior. The “people and places” framework (Figure 1) is ...
... In the public health community over the past several decades, this “information deficit” view of population behavior—although appealing in its simplicity and apparent face validity— has been largely supplanted by ecologic views of population behavior. The “people and places” framework (Figure 1) is ...
Climate change policies and the WTO: Greening the GATT
... focus of the framers of the GATT was on tariff protection, leaving to members the freedom to design all domestic policies (including environmental) to their liking. Once a social preference had been revealed, it would apply in non-discriminatory terms, that is, without distinguishing between domesti ...
... focus of the framers of the GATT was on tariff protection, leaving to members the freedom to design all domestic policies (including environmental) to their liking. Once a social preference had been revealed, it would apply in non-discriminatory terms, that is, without distinguishing between domesti ...
Final qualitative report
... increases driven (largely) by rising electricity prices, plus a focus on carbon emissions from energy production as an assumed focus of the carbon tax, top of mind associations with the carbon tax are predominantly concerns about its cost impacts, especially on electricity pricing. A point of conf ...
... increases driven (largely) by rising electricity prices, plus a focus on carbon emissions from energy production as an assumed focus of the carbon tax, top of mind associations with the carbon tax are predominantly concerns about its cost impacts, especially on electricity pricing. A point of conf ...
Technology Needs Assessments under the UNFCCC process
... increasing and to improve the transfer of and access to environmentally sound technologies (ESTs) and know-how, The framework for meaningful and effective actions to enhance the implementation of Article 4.5 of the Convention was established in COP 7 by Decision 4/CP.7. • Five key themes and areas w ...
... increasing and to improve the transfer of and access to environmentally sound technologies (ESTs) and know-how, The framework for meaningful and effective actions to enhance the implementation of Article 4.5 of the Convention was established in COP 7 by Decision 4/CP.7. • Five key themes and areas w ...
Chapter 5: Pacific Island Developing Country Water Resources and
... As one commentator has observed, “[O]ne ironic and tragic aspect of this environmental crisis of greenhouse emissions is the fact that those parts of the world least responsible for creating the global warming problem will be the first to suffer its horrifying consequences” (Panjabi 1993, Burns 2000 ...
... As one commentator has observed, “[O]ne ironic and tragic aspect of this environmental crisis of greenhouse emissions is the fact that those parts of the world least responsible for creating the global warming problem will be the first to suffer its horrifying consequences” (Panjabi 1993, Burns 2000 ...
Estimation of Climate Change Impacts (Pece Ristevski
... In the papers of Makjanic B. (Makjanic B. 1990) and Milutinovic A. (Milutinovic A. 1974) because there were no data of high regions (from the meteorological stations: Popova Sapka, Mavrovi Anovi, Lazaropole and Solunska Glava) and because of inadequate access to other data, it was not noticed that a ...
... In the papers of Makjanic B. (Makjanic B. 1990) and Milutinovic A. (Milutinovic A. 1974) because there were no data of high regions (from the meteorological stations: Popova Sapka, Mavrovi Anovi, Lazaropole and Solunska Glava) and because of inadequate access to other data, it was not noticed that a ...