Cities, Climate Change, and The Big Opportunity
... Melinda Gates Foundation’s department of Special Initiatives ...
... Melinda Gates Foundation’s department of Special Initiatives ...
question proforma (Word) - Committee on Climate Change
... the emissions inventory reflect improvements in scientific understanding which led to changes in the methodology for estimating emissions. Such improvements are welcome but they have made the existing annual targets, which are set on an absolute basis, more difficult to achieve. The fact that target ...
... the emissions inventory reflect improvements in scientific understanding which led to changes in the methodology for estimating emissions. Such improvements are welcome but they have made the existing annual targets, which are set on an absolute basis, more difficult to achieve. The fact that target ...
Zonal Pricing and Demand-Side Bidding in the Norwegian Electricity
... increase in the amount of power generated outside California. ...
... increase in the amount of power generated outside California. ...
Comment by: Patrick J. Michaels and Paul C. Knappenberger
... The likelihood of occurrence of these low probability, high impact, events (“tipping points”) is greatly diminished under the new ECS findings. The average 95th percentile value of the new literature survey is only 3.5°C indicating a very low probability of a warming reaching 3-5°C by 2100 as indic ...
... The likelihood of occurrence of these low probability, high impact, events (“tipping points”) is greatly diminished under the new ECS findings. The average 95th percentile value of the new literature survey is only 3.5°C indicating a very low probability of a warming reaching 3-5°C by 2100 as indic ...
The Politics of Climate Change in Germany
... Throughout the series of international negotiations leading to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol, Germany, along with the European Union (EU), have been at the forefront of efforts to address the challenges of global warming. In October 1990, fo ...
... Throughout the series of international negotiations leading to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol, Germany, along with the European Union (EU), have been at the forefront of efforts to address the challenges of global warming. In October 1990, fo ...
Using Model Hierarchies to Better Understand Past Climate Change* Masa K
... the oceanic meridional heat fluxes were unchanged. Both approaches have their weaknesses: while the former is strongly dependent on the CLIMAP reconstruction, which has been much debated since its publication and is currently being revised, the latter is based on an assumption that we know not to be ...
... the oceanic meridional heat fluxes were unchanged. Both approaches have their weaknesses: while the former is strongly dependent on the CLIMAP reconstruction, which has been much debated since its publication and is currently being revised, the latter is based on an assumption that we know not to be ...
Australia and the Future of the Kyoto Protocol
... used its commitment to the Kyoto Protocol in leveraging support from the majority of developing nations for legally binding targets covering all major emitters, including China and India. Australia has ratified the Kyoto Protocol and is an important middle power in the negotiations. If Australia wal ...
... used its commitment to the Kyoto Protocol in leveraging support from the majority of developing nations for legally binding targets covering all major emitters, including China and India. Australia has ratified the Kyoto Protocol and is an important middle power in the negotiations. If Australia wal ...
More than Meets the Eye: The Social Cost of Carbon in U.S. Climate
... heat pumps estimated that the SCC was in the range of $0 and $20 per tonne but then failed to include this estimate in its cost-benefit analysis, arguing that the proposed regulation passed a cost-benefit test regardless of the SCC.7 In 2009, the Obama Administration created an interagency working g ...
... heat pumps estimated that the SCC was in the range of $0 and $20 per tonne but then failed to include this estimate in its cost-benefit analysis, arguing that the proposed regulation passed a cost-benefit test regardless of the SCC.7 In 2009, the Obama Administration created an interagency working g ...
Expanding and reinforcing the objectives of the Kyoto Protocol –
... have an interest in these industries are hesitant and reluctant to combat global warming and to reduce green house emissions. In addition to special interest groups, there is also a collective action problem. There are countries that have the tendency to free ride on the costs of other countries and ...
... have an interest in these industries are hesitant and reluctant to combat global warming and to reduce green house emissions. In addition to special interest groups, there is also a collective action problem. There are countries that have the tendency to free ride on the costs of other countries and ...
The Myopia of Imperfect Climate Models: The Case of UKCP09
... 2. UKCP: Aims and Results The declared aim of UKCP09 is to provide decision-relevant forecasts on which industry and policy makers can base their future plans: ‘To adapt effectively, planners and decision-makers need as much good information as possible on how climate will evolve, and supplying this ...
... 2. UKCP: Aims and Results The declared aim of UKCP09 is to provide decision-relevant forecasts on which industry and policy makers can base their future plans: ‘To adapt effectively, planners and decision-makers need as much good information as possible on how climate will evolve, and supplying this ...
Pramod
... approach. Journal of Geophyical Research 114, F01023 • Lancaster, N., Helm, P., 2000. A test of a climatic index of dune mobility using measurements from the southwestern United States. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 25(2), 197–208 • Mahowald, NM; Albani, S; Kok, J; Engelstaeder, S; Scanza, R ...
... approach. Journal of Geophyical Research 114, F01023 • Lancaster, N., Helm, P., 2000. A test of a climatic index of dune mobility using measurements from the southwestern United States. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 25(2), 197–208 • Mahowald, NM; Albani, S; Kok, J; Engelstaeder, S; Scanza, R ...
- Centre for Climate Change Research (CCCR)
... The NAPCC recognizes that role of state governments and local governments in implementation of the Action Plan is crucial; need for coherence between climate change strategies at national and state level ...
... The NAPCC recognizes that role of state governments and local governments in implementation of the Action Plan is crucial; need for coherence between climate change strategies at national and state level ...
Thirty years ago, half the developing world lived in extreme poverty
... could rise by one meter this century, threatening more than 60 million people and $ 200 billion in assets in developing countries alone. Agricultural productivity would likely decline throughout the world, particularly in the tropics, even with changes in farming practices; and over 3 million additi ...
... could rise by one meter this century, threatening more than 60 million people and $ 200 billion in assets in developing countries alone. Agricultural productivity would likely decline throughout the world, particularly in the tropics, even with changes in farming practices; and over 3 million additi ...
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... Waiting for a single worldwide “solution” to emerge from global negotiations is also problematic. The Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC or FCCC) is an international environmental treaty created and signed at the Conference of the Parties of the UNFCC ...
... Waiting for a single worldwide “solution” to emerge from global negotiations is also problematic. The Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC or FCCC) is an international environmental treaty created and signed at the Conference of the Parties of the UNFCC ...
The Climate Change Issue: Beyond the `True` or `Not True`
... Spring in 1962, provides a good starting point in order to discern which paradoxical tropes and calls for action inform ‘green’ political engagement in general. In its incessant compulsion to cover over its own internal contradictions namely, environmentalism has mutated into climate change activism ...
... Spring in 1962, provides a good starting point in order to discern which paradoxical tropes and calls for action inform ‘green’ political engagement in general. In its incessant compulsion to cover over its own internal contradictions namely, environmentalism has mutated into climate change activism ...
White House Climate Took Kit - Superior Watershed Partnership
... This approach ensures that the recommendations reflect the diversity of needs across the country and within each community, ranging from health to natural resources management to infrastructure and building design. For example, the recommendations address how the Federal Government can limit disease ...
... This approach ensures that the recommendations reflect the diversity of needs across the country and within each community, ranging from health to natural resources management to infrastructure and building design. For example, the recommendations address how the Federal Government can limit disease ...
Draft Resolution X - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
... AFFIRMS that this Resolution builds upon Resolution X.24 on Climate change and wetlands, which requested the Ramsar Secretariat, the STRP, and the Coordinating Committee for Global Action on Peatlands (CCGAP) to work together with relevant international conventions and agencies (including the CBD, C ...
... AFFIRMS that this Resolution builds upon Resolution X.24 on Climate change and wetlands, which requested the Ramsar Secretariat, the STRP, and the Coordinating Committee for Global Action on Peatlands (CCGAP) to work together with relevant international conventions and agencies (including the CBD, C ...
Probabilistic forecasts of temperature and precipitation change
... that the forecast period will be warmer/wetter than 1971-2000. The full report gives similar box-whisker plots for the seasonal mean temperature and precipitation changes in the same three locations. Note that the three locations were chosen just as examples. Similar diagrams for other locations can ...
... that the forecast period will be warmer/wetter than 1971-2000. The full report gives similar box-whisker plots for the seasonal mean temperature and precipitation changes in the same three locations. Note that the three locations were chosen just as examples. Similar diagrams for other locations can ...
The EU and Strategies for New Climate Treaty Negotiations
... this policy analysis focuses on the future negotiations, exploring viable strategies for concluding a climate treaty. Consisting of seven sections, the policy analysis is presented in the following order. First, lessons are drawn from past cooperation and negotiations between the Western European co ...
... this policy analysis focuses on the future negotiations, exploring viable strategies for concluding a climate treaty. Consisting of seven sections, the policy analysis is presented in the following order. First, lessons are drawn from past cooperation and negotiations between the Western European co ...
Climate change: The implications for child health in Australasia
... 2. Advise patients. Consider potential climate change issues in your advice for patients: for example, encourage safe walking and cycling rather than driving, or encourage parents and children to grow food at home. 3. Reduce our personal emissions. Reduce flying and driving, and walk and cycle more. ...
... 2. Advise patients. Consider potential climate change issues in your advice for patients: for example, encourage safe walking and cycling rather than driving, or encourage parents and children to grow food at home. 3. Reduce our personal emissions. Reduce flying and driving, and walk and cycle more. ...
Rio+20 - Stakeholder Forum
... can we create a sustainable and secure world? It is clear there are serious economic, social and environmental implications of the current development paradigm, which has proven deficient in delivering equitable global living standards, a protected and healthy environment and a stable global economy ...
... can we create a sustainable and secure world? It is clear there are serious economic, social and environmental implications of the current development paradigm, which has proven deficient in delivering equitable global living standards, a protected and healthy environment and a stable global economy ...
Climate Change - Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
... vary, and are likely to be most effective when policy instruments are used together. For rapidly developing cities, options include shaping urbanisation and infrastructure towards more sustainable and low-carbon pathways. In mature or established cities, options are constrained by existing urban for ...
... vary, and are likely to be most effective when policy instruments are used together. For rapidly developing cities, options include shaping urbanisation and infrastructure towards more sustainable and low-carbon pathways. In mature or established cities, options are constrained by existing urban for ...
Adaptation and the poor: development, resilience and transition ■ synthesis article
... be coupled with efforts to improve rural and urban livelihoods, especially for the poorest and most vulnerable (UNHABITAT, 2003). Development, as theory, strategy and practice, advocates and promotes profound change to eradicate poverty. But despite its policy-oriented and problem-solving capacity ( ...
... be coupled with efforts to improve rural and urban livelihoods, especially for the poorest and most vulnerable (UNHABITAT, 2003). Development, as theory, strategy and practice, advocates and promotes profound change to eradicate poverty. But despite its policy-oriented and problem-solving capacity ( ...
Revisiting the urban - Durham Research Online
... the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) and expanded its membership to include 40 of the largest cities in the world (Ostrom 2010). Through such networks, and also on their own initiative, there is evidence that a broader range of private sector interests are becoming involved in urban climate governan ...
... the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) and expanded its membership to include 40 of the largest cities in the world (Ostrom 2010). Through such networks, and also on their own initiative, there is evidence that a broader range of private sector interests are becoming involved in urban climate governan ...