How the UN System Supports Ambitious Action on Climate Change
... programmes undertaken by the UN system, many of them through partnerships involving UN and other international organizations, civil society, the private sector and academia. Given the extraordinary breadth and depth of these activities, the text provides representative examples to illustrate how the ...
... programmes undertaken by the UN system, many of them through partnerships involving UN and other international organizations, civil society, the private sector and academia. Given the extraordinary breadth and depth of these activities, the text provides representative examples to illustrate how the ...
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... to be long-term and gradual, often occurring over generations due to lock-in mechanisms (Geels, 2011). Importantly, there is no single cause or driver of such transitions, but rather it is seen as the result of multiple processes interacting across scales. For example, niche alternatives alone are u ...
... to be long-term and gradual, often occurring over generations due to lock-in mechanisms (Geels, 2011). Importantly, there is no single cause or driver of such transitions, but rather it is seen as the result of multiple processes interacting across scales. For example, niche alternatives alone are u ...
Responding to Climate Change: The Three Spheres of
... The transformation of human behavior is considered to be an essential part of transitions and transformations to global sustainability. There is a growing literature discussing the individual and cultural dimensions of climate change, including the psychological barriers to responding (Gifford, 2011 ...
... The transformation of human behavior is considered to be an essential part of transitions and transformations to global sustainability. There is a growing literature discussing the individual and cultural dimensions of climate change, including the psychological barriers to responding (Gifford, 2011 ...
China, the United States and the European Union: Multiple
... climate change diplomacy may be emerging among three actors that are in many respects the most powerful and influential: China, the United States and the European Union. The rise of China is affecting many areas of global governance, but nowhere is it more evident than in the case of climate change, ...
... climate change diplomacy may be emerging among three actors that are in many respects the most powerful and influential: China, the United States and the European Union. The rise of China is affecting many areas of global governance, but nowhere is it more evident than in the case of climate change, ...
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... a new crop variety may take from seven up to 15 years. The International Treaty The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources (ITPGRFA) involves 126 Governments and the European Commission working together as Contracting Parties to use crop diversity for food security. The International Treaty ...
... a new crop variety may take from seven up to 15 years. The International Treaty The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources (ITPGRFA) involves 126 Governments and the European Commission working together as Contracting Parties to use crop diversity for food security. The International Treaty ...
Microfinance and Climate Change: Threats and Opportunities C
... the form of infrared radiation. This is the heat one can feel radiating up from, say, a paved road in the sun at midday. Most of the heat that is radiated up escapes into space, but a bit is trapped by heavy molecules in the atmosphere, a process called the greenhouse effect. Although it is sometime ...
... the form of infrared radiation. This is the heat one can feel radiating up from, say, a paved road in the sun at midday. Most of the heat that is radiated up escapes into space, but a bit is trapped by heavy molecules in the atmosphere, a process called the greenhouse effect. Although it is sometime ...
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... a new crop variety may take from seven up to 15 years. The International Treaty The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources (ITPGRFA) involves 126 Governments and the European Commission working together as Contracting Parties to use crop diversity for food security. The International Treaty ...
... a new crop variety may take from seven up to 15 years. The International Treaty The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources (ITPGRFA) involves 126 Governments and the European Commission working together as Contracting Parties to use crop diversity for food security. The International Treaty ...
CRS Report for Congress Climate Change: Federal Research, Technology, and Related Programs
... energy efficient technologies), targeted tax credits (to encourage purchase and deployment of more efficient technologies), and voluntary information programs (to help businesses and schools be better informed when making purchasing and operating decisions that involve energy use and emissions). The ...
... energy efficient technologies), targeted tax credits (to encourage purchase and deployment of more efficient technologies), and voluntary information programs (to help businesses and schools be better informed when making purchasing and operating decisions that involve energy use and emissions). The ...
Atmospheric circulation as a source of uncertainty in climate change
... wintertime weather conditions over Europe3. More generally there is a relationship between the amplitude of mid-‐latitude planetary waves and particular regional weather extremes, which varies with region and impl ...
... wintertime weather conditions over Europe3. More generally there is a relationship between the amplitude of mid-‐latitude planetary waves and particular regional weather extremes, which varies with region and impl ...
Global warming
... Scientific understanding of the cause of global warming has been increasing. In its fourth assessment (AR4 2007) of the relevant scientific literature, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reported that scientists were more than 90% certain that most of global warming was being cause ...
... Scientific understanding of the cause of global warming has been increasing. In its fourth assessment (AR4 2007) of the relevant scientific literature, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reported that scientists were more than 90% certain that most of global warming was being cause ...
Why countries move on with kyoto protocol w/o the US, Global
... Kyoto track. Four main explanations for this apparent puzzle are considered. The first is that remaining Annex I countries still expect the Kyoto Protocol to reduce global warming sufficiently to outweigh the economic costs of implementation. The second is that the parties, by implementing the treat ...
... Kyoto track. Four main explanations for this apparent puzzle are considered. The first is that remaining Annex I countries still expect the Kyoto Protocol to reduce global warming sufficiently to outweigh the economic costs of implementation. The second is that the parties, by implementing the treat ...
Secondary Sample Maps
... adversely affects the environment A continued rate of global warming cannot sustain human life ...
... adversely affects the environment A continued rate of global warming cannot sustain human life ...
Impact of Climate Change on Pavement Performance: Preliminary Lessons Learned through the Infrastructure and Climate Network (ICNet). Climate Effects on Pavement and Geotechnical Infrastructure.
... many types of extreme weather events have already been observed; projected future changes in air temperature, rainfall, sea level rise and hurricanes on pavement performance are significant; and future costs are expected to increase very significantly and non-linearly. Combining these findings, we o ...
... many types of extreme weather events have already been observed; projected future changes in air temperature, rainfall, sea level rise and hurricanes on pavement performance are significant; and future costs are expected to increase very significantly and non-linearly. Combining these findings, we o ...
IPCC - ohchr
... Distribution of Impacts - Sharp differences across regions - Low-latitude and less-developed areas generally face greater risk - Those in weakest economic position are often the most vulnerable to climate change - Greater vulnerability of specific groups such as poor and elderly - also in developed ...
... Distribution of Impacts - Sharp differences across regions - Low-latitude and less-developed areas generally face greater risk - Those in weakest economic position are often the most vulnerable to climate change - Greater vulnerability of specific groups such as poor and elderly - also in developed ...
lesson 5 materials
... 1. We need decisive local, national and international action to prevent and minimize the worst consequences of climate change. What’s most needed now is strong government action to dramatically cut the production of greenhouse gases, slow down global warming, and prevent, as much as possible, the da ...
... 1. We need decisive local, national and international action to prevent and minimize the worst consequences of climate change. What’s most needed now is strong government action to dramatically cut the production of greenhouse gases, slow down global warming, and prevent, as much as possible, the da ...
Government of Nepal Ministry of Population and Environment
... efforts are underway to promote climate change adaptation into planning and programming processes. b. Building climate resilience The Government has accorded high priority to build climate resilience by integrating it into policies, strategies and programmes. At present, projects such as building cl ...
... efforts are underway to promote climate change adaptation into planning and programming processes. b. Building climate resilience The Government has accorded high priority to build climate resilience by integrating it into policies, strategies and programmes. At present, projects such as building cl ...
Looking North – the Arctic Dimension in Finnish Regional Policy
... – NSPA interregional co-operation process; in line with the European debate on territorial capital and place-based development ...
... – NSPA interregional co-operation process; in line with the European debate on territorial capital and place-based development ...
Implications for Buildings - Cambridge Institute for Sustainability
... fifth of all GHG emissions, although energy use varies widely from region to region. Buildings’ energy use in developed countries is generally very wasteful and inefficient, although mounting evidence shows this need not be the case. Developing countries risk locking into the same pattern as their e ...
... fifth of all GHG emissions, although energy use varies widely from region to region. Buildings’ energy use in developed countries is generally very wasteful and inefficient, although mounting evidence shows this need not be the case. Developing countries risk locking into the same pattern as their e ...
ISSUE GUIDE: Changing the Social Climate
... change? All the things you do to use less fossil fuels give you more time with your kid’s hand in your hand, walking down the street, doing all the things that are important to your own joy. We must have the courage to revision the world and tell people about our vision. From a technical perspective ...
... change? All the things you do to use less fossil fuels give you more time with your kid’s hand in your hand, walking down the street, doing all the things that are important to your own joy. We must have the courage to revision the world and tell people about our vision. From a technical perspective ...
ANPR Comments- Endangerment
... contribution of specific GHGs and sectors would be much smaller than for previous rulemakings when the nature of the air pollution at issue was regional or local. On an absolute basis, a small U.S. GHG source on a global scale may have emissions at the same level as one of the largest sources in a s ...
... contribution of specific GHGs and sectors would be much smaller than for previous rulemakings when the nature of the air pollution at issue was regional or local. On an absolute basis, a small U.S. GHG source on a global scale may have emissions at the same level as one of the largest sources in a s ...
Economic Impacts of Climate Change on North Dakota
... emissions and to help us adapt to the impending impacts triggered by past emissions. The debate to date has primarily focused on the perceived costs of alternative solutions, yet there can also be significant costs of inaction. Climate change will affect our water, energy, transportation, and public ...
... emissions and to help us adapt to the impending impacts triggered by past emissions. The debate to date has primarily focused on the perceived costs of alternative solutions, yet there can also be significant costs of inaction. Climate change will affect our water, energy, transportation, and public ...
The Bali Agreements and Forests
... other land use changes were responsible for releasing approximately 1.6 GtC (gigatons or billion metric tons of carbon) per year to the atmosphere in the 1990s, and may be contributing similar amounts of carbon to the atmosphere today.8 Tropical deforestation was one of many global concerns the led ...
... other land use changes were responsible for releasing approximately 1.6 GtC (gigatons or billion metric tons of carbon) per year to the atmosphere in the 1990s, and may be contributing similar amounts of carbon to the atmosphere today.8 Tropical deforestation was one of many global concerns the led ...
Appendix B: Meteorology and Climate
... Thomson et al. 1989; Thomson 1989; Thomson and Tabata 1989, after Hamilton 1984). During winter, a quasi-permanent low-pressure system, the Aleutian Low, dominates the North Pacific weather patterns (Figure B.1 top left). The average counter-clockwise flow around the Aleutian Low and the presence of ...
... Thomson et al. 1989; Thomson 1989; Thomson and Tabata 1989, after Hamilton 1984). During winter, a quasi-permanent low-pressure system, the Aleutian Low, dominates the North Pacific weather patterns (Figure B.1 top left). The average counter-clockwise flow around the Aleutian Low and the presence of ...