National Climate Change Response White Paper (2011)
... notes that all Government departments and state-owned enterprises will need to review the policies, strategies, legislation, regulations and plans falling within their jurisdictions to ensure full alignment with the National Climate Change Response within two years of the publication of this policy. ...
... notes that all Government departments and state-owned enterprises will need to review the policies, strategies, legislation, regulations and plans falling within their jurisdictions to ensure full alignment with the National Climate Change Response within two years of the publication of this policy. ...
Climate policy convergence in Europe: an assessment based on
... Internationalization processes, such as globalization and Europeanization, are often assumed to imply processes of convergence among countries, although not by definition (Drezner 2001; Knill 2001). Nor can we speak of a general phenomenon, as countries remain different in several characteristics as ...
... Internationalization processes, such as globalization and Europeanization, are often assumed to imply processes of convergence among countries, although not by definition (Drezner 2001; Knill 2001). Nor can we speak of a general phenomenon, as countries remain different in several characteristics as ...
Word format - Australian Human Rights Commission
... Commissioner, states have a positive obligation to protect individuals against the threat posed to human rights by climate change, regardless of the causes. The most effective means of facilitating this is to adopt a ‘human rights-based approach’ to policy and legislative responses to climate change ...
... Commissioner, states have a positive obligation to protect individuals against the threat posed to human rights by climate change, regardless of the causes. The most effective means of facilitating this is to adopt a ‘human rights-based approach’ to policy and legislative responses to climate change ...
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... one-fifth of the GHGs reduction) is due to the capture of CO2 by forest trees and land. This occurs mainly in regions with vast forest, such as South America (i.e. Amazon Region), Central America, Sub Saharan Africa, United States and India (fig. 2). Including the presence of climate change impacts ...
... one-fifth of the GHGs reduction) is due to the capture of CO2 by forest trees and land. This occurs mainly in regions with vast forest, such as South America (i.e. Amazon Region), Central America, Sub Saharan Africa, United States and India (fig. 2). Including the presence of climate change impacts ...
climate change and insurance law
... transferring insurance risks to the capital markets, Sigma, 2009, n° 4, 46 pp. ; MUNICH RE, MUNICH RE newables – Our Contribution to a low carbon energy supply, 2009, 52 pp. (hereinafter quoted « MUNICH RE newables ») ; C.E.A., Tackling climate change – The vital contribution of insurers, 2009, 63 p ...
... transferring insurance risks to the capital markets, Sigma, 2009, n° 4, 46 pp. ; MUNICH RE, MUNICH RE newables – Our Contribution to a low carbon energy supply, 2009, 52 pp. (hereinafter quoted « MUNICH RE newables ») ; C.E.A., Tackling climate change – The vital contribution of insurers, 2009, 63 p ...
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... for irrigation. Climate change is projected to take water from all uses including the environment, whereas the likely sustainable diversion limit in the Plan aims (amongst other things) to return water to the environment. We examine the impact on flows and the returns to irrigation of potential redu ...
... for irrigation. Climate change is projected to take water from all uses including the environment, whereas the likely sustainable diversion limit in the Plan aims (amongst other things) to return water to the environment. We examine the impact on flows and the returns to irrigation of potential redu ...
Chapter 5. Brief history of climate: causes and mechanisms
... Since the beginning of Earth’s history, climate has varied on all timescales. Over millions of years, it has swung between very warm conditions, with annual mean temperatures above 10°C in polar regions and glacial climates in which the ice sheets covered the majority of the mid-latitude continents. ...
... Since the beginning of Earth’s history, climate has varied on all timescales. Over millions of years, it has swung between very warm conditions, with annual mean temperatures above 10°C in polar regions and glacial climates in which the ice sheets covered the majority of the mid-latitude continents. ...
The Economic Cost of Climate Change in Africa
... of the Parties 15 in Copenhagen, Denmark, in December 2009. It also provides evidence that could inform their requests for increased finance to support climate change adaptation and mitigation in Africa in the ongoing United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations. This ...
... of the Parties 15 in Copenhagen, Denmark, in December 2009. It also provides evidence that could inform their requests for increased finance to support climate change adaptation and mitigation in Africa in the ongoing United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations. This ...
February 2010 Minutes - Rubbertown Community Advisory Council
... How can we go back in time and study climate in the past? We looked at ice masses around the world. We drilled and studied differences in the bandings of the ice to learn about the climate. Each year, so much precipitation falls on these glaciers. The snowflakes capture information about what is in ...
... How can we go back in time and study climate in the past? We looked at ice masses around the world. We drilled and studied differences in the bandings of the ice to learn about the climate. Each year, so much precipitation falls on these glaciers. The snowflakes capture information about what is in ...
Miocene tectonics and climate forcing of biodiversity, western United
... years, multiple climate oscillations, habitats, and faunas are likely. This model implies, however, that layer-specific faunal assemblages should be correlated with warm versus cold or wet versus dry climates, and that diversity reflects an area’s carrying capacity, not rates of origination, extinct ...
... years, multiple climate oscillations, habitats, and faunas are likely. This model implies, however, that layer-specific faunal assemblages should be correlated with warm versus cold or wet versus dry climates, and that diversity reflects an area’s carrying capacity, not rates of origination, extinct ...
Sierra Leone INDC
... support that will come in the form of finance, investment, technology development and transfer, and capacity building. This would require substantial donor support estimated to about $ 900 million. Long term global contribution: Sierra Leone intends to also present an intensity based reduction targe ...
... support that will come in the form of finance, investment, technology development and transfer, and capacity building. This would require substantial donor support estimated to about $ 900 million. Long term global contribution: Sierra Leone intends to also present an intensity based reduction targe ...
Linking global and local scales: designing dynamic
... communities, a state's coastline, or an entire continent's vulnerable seaboard. Similarly, the emissions of greenhouse gases and their in#uence have been viewed at the scale of individual power plants, industrial sectors, and impacted regions, nations, or subnational entities (Wilbanks and Kates, 19 ...
... communities, a state's coastline, or an entire continent's vulnerable seaboard. Similarly, the emissions of greenhouse gases and their in#uence have been viewed at the scale of individual power plants, industrial sectors, and impacted regions, nations, or subnational entities (Wilbanks and Kates, 19 ...
The CC-Bio Project: Studying the Effects of Climate Change
... of continuous presence bordered by an abrupt transition to species absence. These presence/absence range maps exclude information about variations in abundance. If species show a long tail of low abundance as their range limit is approached, delimitation of range limits may be arbitrary and, counter ...
... of continuous presence bordered by an abrupt transition to species absence. These presence/absence range maps exclude information about variations in abundance. If species show a long tail of low abundance as their range limit is approached, delimitation of range limits may be arbitrary and, counter ...
Impact of Sea Level Rise to Coastal Ecology: A Case Study on The
... impact of sea lavel rise-induced tidal flood can be observed in this city. Marfai et al. (2012) affirmed that shoreline change occurring since the last 5 years on its coastal area leads to extending tidal inundation. Nowadays, an increase on economic losses and crop failure, as the result of coastal ...
... impact of sea lavel rise-induced tidal flood can be observed in this city. Marfai et al. (2012) affirmed that shoreline change occurring since the last 5 years on its coastal area leads to extending tidal inundation. Nowadays, an increase on economic losses and crop failure, as the result of coastal ...
6 Climate change and urban transportation systems
... Cities are key hubs of the transportation sector. According to the C40 Cities Climate Leadership group (www.C40Cities. org), cities contribute 75 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. Based on the IPCC assessments, “petroleum... supplies 95% of the total energy used by world transport. In 2004, trans ...
... Cities are key hubs of the transportation sector. According to the C40 Cities Climate Leadership group (www.C40Cities. org), cities contribute 75 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. Based on the IPCC assessments, “petroleum... supplies 95% of the total energy used by world transport. In 2004, trans ...
Impact of weather on commuter cyclist behaviour and implications
... weather on the transport sector (Koetse and Rietveld, 2009) but less has focussed on the effects on bicyclists. In an effort to improve the sustainability of the transport system, State, Federal and Local Governments have been promoting cycling (Austroads, 2005). Apart from investing in infrastruct ...
... weather on the transport sector (Koetse and Rietveld, 2009) but less has focussed on the effects on bicyclists. In an effort to improve the sustainability of the transport system, State, Federal and Local Governments have been promoting cycling (Austroads, 2005). Apart from investing in infrastruct ...
The trade-off between intra- and intergenerational equity in climate
... intragenerational and intergenerational. The first is mainly about how we should distribute the burdens within a generation, either within the generation living today or in the future, see Kverndokk and Rose (2008). Examples of this can be; who would suffer from climate change (inaction) and how sho ...
... intragenerational and intergenerational. The first is mainly about how we should distribute the burdens within a generation, either within the generation living today or in the future, see Kverndokk and Rose (2008). Examples of this can be; who would suffer from climate change (inaction) and how sho ...
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... growth of CO2 emissions needs to be halted and eventually reversed during the 21st century in order to avoid potentially catastrophic effects from global climate change. The recent much-publicized Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change notes that climate stabilization at an atmospheric conc ...
... growth of CO2 emissions needs to be halted and eventually reversed during the 21st century in order to avoid potentially catastrophic effects from global climate change. The recent much-publicized Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change notes that climate stabilization at an atmospheric conc ...
Assessing Current Climate Risks
... By adapting the knowledge of climate–society relationships held within a community, as well as within public and private institutions, the project team may be able to develop a relationship linking climate to criteria that represent a given level of vulnerability. For example, a narrative history of ...
... By adapting the knowledge of climate–society relationships held within a community, as well as within public and private institutions, the project team may be able to develop a relationship linking climate to criteria that represent a given level of vulnerability. For example, a narrative history of ...
Issues relating to GHG, Sectors and Source Categories in IPCC
... many types of paper are likely to have a use life in uses less than 5 years which may include recycling of paper sawnwood or panels used in buildings may be held for decades to over 100 years discarded HWP can be deposited in solid waste ...
... many types of paper are likely to have a use life in uses less than 5 years which may include recycling of paper sawnwood or panels used in buildings may be held for decades to over 100 years discarded HWP can be deposited in solid waste ...
Global Climate Change - Vanderbilt University
... the trendline, due to random variations called system "noise." All natural processes have a random element, which is why scientists must always state the uncertainty in their measurements and predictions. Some years just turn out to be hotter than expected, and some cooler. This variation is roughly ...
... the trendline, due to random variations called system "noise." All natural processes have a random element, which is why scientists must always state the uncertainty in their measurements and predictions. Some years just turn out to be hotter than expected, and some cooler. This variation is roughly ...
Directory of finance sources for climate change mitigation in
... verify that their proposal complies with the GEF criteria. ...
... verify that their proposal complies with the GEF criteria. ...
TSRA Climate Change Strategy-2014-2018
... observed warming since the mid 20th centuryi. The extent of the predicted effects of climate change in the Torres Strait region, along with the geographic, ecological, social and cultural characteristics make Torres Strait communities amongst the most vulnerable in Australia. The effects of climate ...
... observed warming since the mid 20th centuryi. The extent of the predicted effects of climate change in the Torres Strait region, along with the geographic, ecological, social and cultural characteristics make Torres Strait communities amongst the most vulnerable in Australia. The effects of climate ...
Central Bedfordshire Climate Change Adaptation Evidence Base
... Bedfordshire and sets out strategic goals and targets for reducing carbon emissions and for increasing preparedness which will need to be carried through into the Climate Change Adaptation Plan. A management board should be given responsibility for delivering the Adaptation Plan. It should have resp ...
... Bedfordshire and sets out strategic goals and targets for reducing carbon emissions and for increasing preparedness which will need to be carried through into the Climate Change Adaptation Plan. A management board should be given responsibility for delivering the Adaptation Plan. It should have resp ...
Author`s personal copy - University of Alberta
... that can be benchmarked against early, pre-disturbance, time intervals (Smol 2008). In this paper, we review how palaeolimnological records of remote lakes have contributed to the global change science agenda, and comment on their current and future role in global change monitoring and processual un ...
... that can be benchmarked against early, pre-disturbance, time intervals (Smol 2008). In this paper, we review how palaeolimnological records of remote lakes have contributed to the global change science agenda, and comment on their current and future role in global change monitoring and processual un ...