role of carbon taxes in climate change mitigation
... is important to assess the possible case for transitioning to a tax-based system over the longer haul. Thus, it is important to understand how CO2 taxes might be designed at a domestic and international level, and their advantages and disadvantages compared with permit-based approaches. The choice a ...
... is important to assess the possible case for transitioning to a tax-based system over the longer haul. Thus, it is important to understand how CO2 taxes might be designed at a domestic and international level, and their advantages and disadvantages compared with permit-based approaches. The choice a ...
The ECO-ACTIVE guide to the Science and Impacts of Climate
... conclusion that the situation is ‘even worse than feared’ and it is becoming increasingly difficult to avoid catastrophic climate change. ‘Turning Point’ examines the science and impacts of climate change on Jersey. The first part of this publication examines natural and human influences which chang ...
... conclusion that the situation is ‘even worse than feared’ and it is becoming increasingly difficult to avoid catastrophic climate change. ‘Turning Point’ examines the science and impacts of climate change on Jersey. The first part of this publication examines natural and human influences which chang ...
Teaching Notes: Impacts of Global Climate Change on Tribes in
... This case is the second of a two-part series that was designed for each part to be completed within a fifty-minute class period. It was designed to raise awareness of the threats to coastal and Puget Sound Tribes that have land adjacent to these bodies of water, and depend on the salmon whose life c ...
... This case is the second of a two-part series that was designed for each part to be completed within a fifty-minute class period. It was designed to raise awareness of the threats to coastal and Puget Sound Tribes that have land adjacent to these bodies of water, and depend on the salmon whose life c ...
AMS_congressional
... than 300 ppm in the last 650,000 years (perhaps not in the last 35 million years) ...
... than 300 ppm in the last 650,000 years (perhaps not in the last 35 million years) ...
The Energy-Climate Challenge: Issues for the New U.S. Administration Development
... and most of the anthropogenic alteration of global climate. Moreover, the constraints imposed by these problems on the composition and expandability of energy supply are becoming the most important determinants of energy strategy and, increasingly, of energy’s monetary costs. In short, energy is the ...
... and most of the anthropogenic alteration of global climate. Moreover, the constraints imposed by these problems on the composition and expandability of energy supply are becoming the most important determinants of energy strategy and, increasingly, of energy’s monetary costs. In short, energy is the ...
- Harvard University
... In the 1980-2006 NCEP/NCAR record, we find a decline in cyclone frequency of -0.15 cyclones/y, which may have limited the efficacy of air pollution regulations. For 2050-2000 A1B climate change, we calculate a10-20% decline in cyclone frequency, lengthening pollution episodes over Midwest and Northe ...
... In the 1980-2006 NCEP/NCAR record, we find a decline in cyclone frequency of -0.15 cyclones/y, which may have limited the efficacy of air pollution regulations. For 2050-2000 A1B climate change, we calculate a10-20% decline in cyclone frequency, lengthening pollution episodes over Midwest and Northe ...
climate change in lesotho - Lesotho Meteorological Services
... accounted for 55% of total carbon dioxide emissions. These countries have a very high contribution to global warming, hence they have higher commitments under the Kyoto Protocol. ...
... accounted for 55% of total carbon dioxide emissions. These countries have a very high contribution to global warming, hence they have higher commitments under the Kyoto Protocol. ...
Climate forcing
... papers, 75% either explicitly or implicitly accepting the consensus view; 25% dealt with methods or paleoclimate, taking no position on current anthropogenic climate change. Remarkably, none of the papers disagreed with the consensus position. [Naomi Oreskes, UCSD, Science 2004.] ...
... papers, 75% either explicitly or implicitly accepting the consensus view; 25% dealt with methods or paleoclimate, taking no position on current anthropogenic climate change. Remarkably, none of the papers disagreed with the consensus position. [Naomi Oreskes, UCSD, Science 2004.] ...
Managing Climate Change Risk in Coastal Canadian Communities
... coastal communities around the world, Canada was chosen as the case study for this brief based on the recent prioritization of expanding flood insurance by the federal government’s Department of Public Safety (Public Safety Canada [PSC] 2015a). In addition, coastal communities, both urban and rural, ...
... coastal communities around the world, Canada was chosen as the case study for this brief based on the recent prioritization of expanding flood insurance by the federal government’s Department of Public Safety (Public Safety Canada [PSC] 2015a). In addition, coastal communities, both urban and rural, ...
Urban growth and climate change
... cities would change in the presence of a carbon tax and how these city rankings compare in developing countries such as China and India remain open questions. The baseline carbon production differentials between cities such as San Francisco and Houston indicate that the adoption of carbon pricing wo ...
... cities would change in the presence of a carbon tax and how these city rankings compare in developing countries such as China and India remain open questions. The baseline carbon production differentials between cities such as San Francisco and Houston indicate that the adoption of carbon pricing wo ...
PRACTICE TOWARD A DEEPER ENGAGEMENT OF THE U.S.
... public support and engagement is required for any political leader to be able to move forward with climate policies. Civic organizations and individuals must actively advocate, support, vote for, or at least quietly consent to changes. Moreover, political leaders frequently gauge public opinion to a ...
... public support and engagement is required for any political leader to be able to move forward with climate policies. Civic organizations and individuals must actively advocate, support, vote for, or at least quietly consent to changes. Moreover, political leaders frequently gauge public opinion to a ...
Comparative Climate Change Governance: Lessons from European
... Howlett, 2012: 137). The European Commission (2012: 6) states that ‘due to the regional variability and severity of climate impact, most adaptation measures will be taken at national, regional or local level. However, these measures can be supported and strengthened by an integrated and coordinated ...
... Howlett, 2012: 137). The European Commission (2012: 6) states that ‘due to the regional variability and severity of climate impact, most adaptation measures will be taken at national, regional or local level. However, these measures can be supported and strengthened by an integrated and coordinated ...
The Cultural Politics of Climate Change: Interactions in the Spaces
... predominant ‘claims makers’. Yet, in addition to climate science ‘speaking’ on behalf of the climate, carbon-based business and industry interests and ENGOs grappled for their particular discursive and material ‘locations’ from which to address climate challenges. Many of the struggles to represent ...
... predominant ‘claims makers’. Yet, in addition to climate science ‘speaking’ on behalf of the climate, carbon-based business and industry interests and ENGOs grappled for their particular discursive and material ‘locations’ from which to address climate challenges. Many of the struggles to represent ...
KNOWLEDGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND CAUSES OF CLIMATE
... METHOD OF CALCULATION: # adults (18+) who strongly agree that the world’s climate is changing (cc_knowledge1 =1) all adults (18+) # adults (18+) who somewhat agree that the world’s climate is changing (cc_knowledge1 =3) all adults (18+) # adults (18+) who somewhat disagree that the world’s climate i ...
... METHOD OF CALCULATION: # adults (18+) who strongly agree that the world’s climate is changing (cc_knowledge1 =1) all adults (18+) # adults (18+) who somewhat agree that the world’s climate is changing (cc_knowledge1 =3) all adults (18+) # adults (18+) who somewhat disagree that the world’s climate i ...
Mrs Patricia Cochrane
... in Nome, Alaska. I have the honor or serving as Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council or ICC. ICC was formed in 1977 to defend the rights and further the interests of the 155,000 Inuit who live in Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Russia. ICC has a seat on the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigeno ...
... in Nome, Alaska. I have the honor or serving as Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council or ICC. ICC was formed in 1977 to defend the rights and further the interests of the 155,000 Inuit who live in Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Russia. ICC has a seat on the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigeno ...
Wildlife - Province of British Columbia
... The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC 2007) estimates that 20-30% of animals and plants will be at risk of extinction if temperatures rise 1.5° to 2.5° C above current conditions (i.e., 1980 to 1999 baseline). While translating global estimates to the provincial scale is problematic, BC’s ...
... The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC 2007) estimates that 20-30% of animals and plants will be at risk of extinction if temperatures rise 1.5° to 2.5° C above current conditions (i.e., 1980 to 1999 baseline). While translating global estimates to the provincial scale is problematic, BC’s ...
Why should health be a central argument in
... want. The latter include studies on the costs and effectiveness of adaptation measures for example. Furthermore, the topics that interest researchers are often not in sync with the imputed size of climate-related health problems. For example, research on the effect of heat waves abound, from Götebor ...
... want. The latter include studies on the costs and effectiveness of adaptation measures for example. Furthermore, the topics that interest researchers are often not in sync with the imputed size of climate-related health problems. For example, research on the effect of heat waves abound, from Götebor ...
5. Ms. Rudra V. Kapi..
... cuts post 2012. Provides signatory parties’ with actual legally-binding obligations and targets for the reduction of their GHG emissions. The Protocol shares the Convention’s CCS aims,CONTEXT: principles and institutions, but requires developed countries (Annex 1) to reduce their emissions of GHG by ...
... cuts post 2012. Provides signatory parties’ with actual legally-binding obligations and targets for the reduction of their GHG emissions. The Protocol shares the Convention’s CCS aims,CONTEXT: principles and institutions, but requires developed countries (Annex 1) to reduce their emissions of GHG by ...
Notes G1 - 1.1-1.6 Climate change Word document
... are present in the basins of some lakes that only formed at the end of the ice age. (A varve is a pairing of organic-rich summer sediment and organic-poor winter sediment, each couplet representing one year of time.) This technique suggested that the region had been de-glaciated around 13,000 years ...
... are present in the basins of some lakes that only formed at the end of the ice age. (A varve is a pairing of organic-rich summer sediment and organic-poor winter sediment, each couplet representing one year of time.) This technique suggested that the region had been de-glaciated around 13,000 years ...
- EducaPoles
... by using accurate data recorded in the field, such as temperature, humidity, etc. Climatology, on the other hand, studies the pattern of weather conditions over the long term, using statistics based on at least 30 years of records. This enables us to define the type of climate for a particular regio ...
... by using accurate data recorded in the field, such as temperature, humidity, etc. Climatology, on the other hand, studies the pattern of weather conditions over the long term, using statistics based on at least 30 years of records. This enables us to define the type of climate for a particular regio ...
GSS_2004_Abstract_Volume - USF College of Marine Science
... have been used as a proxy for SST variations. Coral Sr/Ca variations are thought to primarily reflect changes in SST, whereas coral 18O varies in response to both changes in SST and to changes in the 18O of seawater. Paired analyses of coral 18O and Sr/Ca offer the opportunity to reconstruct both ...
... have been used as a proxy for SST variations. Coral Sr/Ca variations are thought to primarily reflect changes in SST, whereas coral 18O varies in response to both changes in SST and to changes in the 18O of seawater. Paired analyses of coral 18O and Sr/Ca offer the opportunity to reconstruct both ...
Climate trends in San Antonio - San Antonio Sustainability Plan
... These heat-‐trapping gases exist naturally in the atmosphere, where they act like a blanket, trapping the heat given off by the Earth that would otherwise escape to space. The trapped heat ...
... These heat-‐trapping gases exist naturally in the atmosphere, where they act like a blanket, trapping the heat given off by the Earth that would otherwise escape to space. The trapped heat ...
A climate change perspective
... villages. The scores were subjected to further analysis for constructing the relative vulnerability profiles of different villages by adopting a slightly modified form of the model used by Patnaik and Narayanan (2005). Szlafsztein and Sterr (2007) formulated an index combining a number of separate v ...
... villages. The scores were subjected to further analysis for constructing the relative vulnerability profiles of different villages by adopting a slightly modified form of the model used by Patnaik and Narayanan (2005). Szlafsztein and Sterr (2007) formulated an index combining a number of separate v ...
Strategies for Adapting to the Greenhouse Effect
... Although planners routinely consider these issues in addressing current problems, the nature of global warming may alter their role in the planning process. (1) While urgency usually means that a problem is imminent, in the context of the greenhouse effect the question is whether the opportunity to ...
... Although planners routinely consider these issues in addressing current problems, the nature of global warming may alter their role in the planning process. (1) While urgency usually means that a problem is imminent, in the context of the greenhouse effect the question is whether the opportunity to ...
cop21: agriculture and forestry at the heart of the solution for the
... The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was adopted during the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit in 1992. This Framework Convention is a universal convention of principle, acknowledging the existence of anthropogenic (human-induced) climate change and giving industrialized count ...
... The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was adopted during the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit in 1992. This Framework Convention is a universal convention of principle, acknowledging the existence of anthropogenic (human-induced) climate change and giving industrialized count ...