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... America and Western Europe and passed their peak in 2005 in China (Lamarque et al., 2010). In some developing countries, emissions are still rising but are expected to begin to decline within the next few decades, as a consequence of increasing affluence and more environmental regulation (van Vuuren ...
... America and Western Europe and passed their peak in 2005 in China (Lamarque et al., 2010). In some developing countries, emissions are still rising but are expected to begin to decline within the next few decades, as a consequence of increasing affluence and more environmental regulation (van Vuuren ...
Student Thesis: Exporting Sustainability: Reducing the Climate Impact of the Export-Import Bank of the United States
... Reducing the Bank’s emissions therefore has the potential to mitigate global climate change. This thesis further argues that taming the Bank’s emissions is politically strategic given several facts: first, the Bank historically has shown leadership in pressing other export credit agencies to adopt a ...
... Reducing the Bank’s emissions therefore has the potential to mitigate global climate change. This thesis further argues that taming the Bank’s emissions is politically strategic given several facts: first, the Bank historically has shown leadership in pressing other export credit agencies to adopt a ...
Climate Public Expenditure and Institutional Revies
... Fiji is on the front lines of climate change. Increased droughts, floods and extreme events such as cyclones affect every sector of Fiji’s economy and impact employment levels, the availability of natural resources and resilience to disasters. As such, Fiji is proactively creating and refining polic ...
... Fiji is on the front lines of climate change. Increased droughts, floods and extreme events such as cyclones affect every sector of Fiji’s economy and impact employment levels, the availability of natural resources and resilience to disasters. As such, Fiji is proactively creating and refining polic ...
Module: Introduction
... can enable Eni to get strategic know-how on future breakthrough energy technologies. vi) In 2015 to date, major business decisions related to climate change were the following: - In April 2015 Eni launched a special internal initiative called Climate Change Programme, aimed at improving the company ...
... can enable Eni to get strategic know-how on future breakthrough energy technologies. vi) In 2015 to date, major business decisions related to climate change were the following: - In April 2015 Eni launched a special internal initiative called Climate Change Programme, aimed at improving the company ...
Climate Change in Southern South America During the Last
... distribution through changes in the strength and latitudinal position of the southern westerlies (Garreaud et al. 2008). Southern South America is unique in that it is the only large landmass that extends through the core of the modern westerly wind field at ∼50◦ S (Fig. 15.2) permitting the study o ...
... distribution through changes in the strength and latitudinal position of the southern westerlies (Garreaud et al. 2008). Southern South America is unique in that it is the only large landmass that extends through the core of the modern westerly wind field at ∼50◦ S (Fig. 15.2) permitting the study o ...
Building resilience to climate change
... natural ecosystems are in serious danger of collapsing – they simply can’t adapt quickly enough to the changing environmental conditions. Climate change has serious implications for all nations but many developing nations are especially vulnerable because they are highly dependent on natural ecosyst ...
... natural ecosystems are in serious danger of collapsing – they simply can’t adapt quickly enough to the changing environmental conditions. Climate change has serious implications for all nations but many developing nations are especially vulnerable because they are highly dependent on natural ecosyst ...
Evaporation at the Dead-Sea in the different synoptic systems and
... From these results it is clearly seen that the pan evaporation in Sdom shows highly significant increases (as we noticed in Fig. 2), while in Eilat the evaporation increases are only from the 1990s. Therefore, while comparing the 1995-2004 to the 1970-1994 there are no significant changes in the ev ...
... From these results it is clearly seen that the pan evaporation in Sdom shows highly significant increases (as we noticed in Fig. 2), while in Eilat the evaporation increases are only from the 1990s. Therefore, while comparing the 1995-2004 to the 1970-1994 there are no significant changes in the ev ...
Climate Change, Multiple Stressors, and the Decline of Ectotherms Contributed Paper
... Individuals were uniquely toe clipped so they could be identified throughout the experiment. We recorded the mass and length of all metamorphs just before they were placed in the terraria. Metamorphs are typically 2–3 cm in snout-vent length (Rohr et al. 2004). The terraria were evenly distributed a ...
... Individuals were uniquely toe clipped so they could be identified throughout the experiment. We recorded the mass and length of all metamorphs just before they were placed in the terraria. Metamorphs are typically 2–3 cm in snout-vent length (Rohr et al. 2004). The terraria were evenly distributed a ...
Smoke, Mirrors & Hot Air How ExxonMobil Uses Big Tobacco’s Tactics
... smoking and heart disease. They questioned the scientific evidence showing that nicotine was highly addictive. And they tried to raise uncertainty about the scientific evidence showing the dangers of secondhand smoke. No researcher or institution was immune from their tactics. For instance, as a 200 ...
... smoking and heart disease. They questioned the scientific evidence showing that nicotine was highly addictive. And they tried to raise uncertainty about the scientific evidence showing the dangers of secondhand smoke. No researcher or institution was immune from their tactics. For instance, as a 200 ...
URN:NBN:fi:jyu-20
... these trends have been in tune with the global climate change regime. The data for this research was collected from the Conventions that Finland has made with the other nation states between the years 1995 to 2013. The selected time period provided 39 findings which were analyzed with the help of th ...
... these trends have been in tune with the global climate change regime. The data for this research was collected from the Conventions that Finland has made with the other nation states between the years 1995 to 2013. The selected time period provided 39 findings which were analyzed with the help of th ...
Working Paper 214 - Waldinger (opens in new window)
... Growth Institute. It has nine research programmes: 1. Adaptation and development 2. Carbon trading and finance 3. Ecosystems, resources and the natural environment 4. Energy, technology and trade 5. Future generations and social justice 6. Growth and the economy 7. International environmental negoti ...
... Growth Institute. It has nine research programmes: 1. Adaptation and development 2. Carbon trading and finance 3. Ecosystems, resources and the natural environment 4. Energy, technology and trade 5. Future generations and social justice 6. Growth and the economy 7. International environmental negoti ...
The Economic Impacts of Climate Change for Canada
... As the speed and scale of climate change is uncertain, we need to consider the probability of both higher and lower costs. The NRTEE’s research sheds new light on how to assess national economic risks. Our modelling shows not just the average results listed above, but what those economic costs could ...
... As the speed and scale of climate change is uncertain, we need to consider the probability of both higher and lower costs. The NRTEE’s research sheds new light on how to assess national economic risks. Our modelling shows not just the average results listed above, but what those economic costs could ...
The Long-Run Effects of Climate Change on Conflict
... effects of climate change on conflict, and to provide evidence that the effects are non-linear with respect to the duration of change. The main barrier to estimating long run effects is the lack of long panel data. Past studies could only study long-run effects indirectly. For example, the pioneerin ...
... effects of climate change on conflict, and to provide evidence that the effects are non-linear with respect to the duration of change. The main barrier to estimating long run effects is the lack of long panel data. Past studies could only study long-run effects indirectly. For example, the pioneerin ...
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
... Greenhouse Gas Emissions There has been significant recent advancement in scientific understanding of the relationship between certain air pollutant emissions and trend-line changes in climatic conditions that have national and even global ramifications. New information about greenhouse gas (GHG) em ...
... Greenhouse Gas Emissions There has been significant recent advancement in scientific understanding of the relationship between certain air pollutant emissions and trend-line changes in climatic conditions that have national and even global ramifications. New information about greenhouse gas (GHG) em ...
Accommodating Climate Change Science
... matter of translating technical jargon into non-technical equivalents” (ibid., 335). The act of accommodation involves audience adaptation as information moves from the technical sphere of science into public circulation. In addition, accommodated science also takes into account changes in rhetorica ...
... matter of translating technical jargon into non-technical equivalents” (ibid., 335). The act of accommodation involves audience adaptation as information moves from the technical sphere of science into public circulation. In addition, accommodated science also takes into account changes in rhetorica ...
Climate Change Effects and Impacts Assessment
... frequency and intensity of existing risks and hazards, as well as introducing some long-term shifts in climate regimes across the country. Adapting to long-term climate change will contribute to our resilience to natural fluctuations in climate, such as El Niño, which often leads to dry conditions i ...
... frequency and intensity of existing risks and hazards, as well as introducing some long-term shifts in climate regimes across the country. Adapting to long-term climate change will contribute to our resilience to natural fluctuations in climate, such as El Niño, which often leads to dry conditions i ...
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... its limitations in this context. Finally, the report explores the linkage between the top-down macrofinancing for adaptation through international financial mechanisms and the bottom-up activities that can be implemented through microfinance. Insights from this analysis also have broader implication ...
... its limitations in this context. Finally, the report explores the linkage between the top-down macrofinancing for adaptation through international financial mechanisms and the bottom-up activities that can be implemented through microfinance. Insights from this analysis also have broader implication ...
Total aerosol effect: radiative forcing or radiative flux perturbation?
... modification of the RFP method, in which land-surface temperature is fixed in addition to sea-surface temperature, was used by Shine et al. (2003) in an intermediate complexity GCM. “Intermediate” refers here to parameterizations that would have been state of the art in the 1980s. Because they are s ...
... modification of the RFP method, in which land-surface temperature is fixed in addition to sea-surface temperature, was used by Shine et al. (2003) in an intermediate complexity GCM. “Intermediate” refers here to parameterizations that would have been state of the art in the 1980s. Because they are s ...
User Friendly Manual of the EX-Ante Carbon-balance Tool (EX-ACT)
... estimates of the impact of agriculture and forestry development projects, programmes and policies on the carbon-balance. The carbon-balance is defined as the net balance from all GHGs expressed in CO2 equivalent that were emitted or sequestered due to project implementation as compared to a business ...
... estimates of the impact of agriculture and forestry development projects, programmes and policies on the carbon-balance. The carbon-balance is defined as the net balance from all GHGs expressed in CO2 equivalent that were emitted or sequestered due to project implementation as compared to a business ...
Full English report
... costs of living and food, and the reduction of land productivity in coastal areas, climate change is still low in the priority list of national decision-makers. The analysis in this book has focused on Egypt’s Nile water resources and coastal zones, which were identified as two of the most vulnerabl ...
... costs of living and food, and the reduction of land productivity in coastal areas, climate change is still low in the priority list of national decision-makers. The analysis in this book has focused on Egypt’s Nile water resources and coastal zones, which were identified as two of the most vulnerabl ...
Climate change vulnerability in South East Queensland: a spatial
... adjustments will need to be made in order to improve planning practices. This includes more flexibility in the planning process through adaptive management in order to deal with uncertainties and evolving climate science, better cross-scalar and cross sectoral integration in the policy delivery proc ...
... adjustments will need to be made in order to improve planning practices. This includes more flexibility in the planning process through adaptive management in order to deal with uncertainties and evolving climate science, better cross-scalar and cross sectoral integration in the policy delivery proc ...
The National Climate Change Programme (NCCP), a unit within the
... activities, at least in its initial stage, towards a dialogue and consultation process aimed at achieving a supportive coalition for the national participation in the CDM. This process is meant to serve several purposes: (i) a channel for information dissemination; (ii) assess the policy and legal f ...
... activities, at least in its initial stage, towards a dialogue and consultation process aimed at achieving a supportive coalition for the national participation in the CDM. This process is meant to serve several purposes: (i) a channel for information dissemination; (ii) assess the policy and legal f ...
The Response of Precipitation Minus Evapotranspiration
... ocean (e.g., Byrne and O’Gorman 2013b), and we show here that the response of P 2 E is affected by these differences. A sensitivity of tropical precipitation to changes in relative humidity over land has already been proposed (Chadwick et al. 2013), but here we find it is gradients in fractional cha ...
... ocean (e.g., Byrne and O’Gorman 2013b), and we show here that the response of P 2 E is affected by these differences. A sensitivity of tropical precipitation to changes in relative humidity over land has already been proposed (Chadwick et al. 2013), but here we find it is gradients in fractional cha ...
Strategic Plan for 2014-2017
... WRI was founded in 1982 with the purpose of bringing cutting edge analysis to global environment and development challenges. For the past three decades, we have worked with government, business, and civil society to drive ambitious action based on high-quality data and objective analysis. With our p ...
... WRI was founded in 1982 with the purpose of bringing cutting edge analysis to global environment and development challenges. For the past three decades, we have worked with government, business, and civil society to drive ambitious action based on high-quality data and objective analysis. With our p ...
Climate Change 2014 Synthesis Report The Core Writing Team Rajendra K. Pachauri
... and objective scientific and technical assessments in this field. Beginning in 1990, this series of IPCC Assessment Reports, Special Reports, Technical Papers, Methodology Reports and other products have become standard works of reference. The SYR was made possible thanks to the voluntary work, dedi ...
... and objective scientific and technical assessments in this field. Beginning in 1990, this series of IPCC Assessment Reports, Special Reports, Technical Papers, Methodology Reports and other products have become standard works of reference. The SYR was made possible thanks to the voluntary work, dedi ...