(Attachment: 20)APPENDIX 1-OSB 10.2.09
... The debate on climate change has shifted in recent years from whether we need to act, to how much we need to do, and how quickly. There is unequivocal evidence that global warming is taking place. The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on climate change has concluded that there is more than a 90 ...
... The debate on climate change has shifted in recent years from whether we need to act, to how much we need to do, and how quickly. There is unequivocal evidence that global warming is taking place. The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on climate change has concluded that there is more than a 90 ...
Climate
... Climate will change because of the release of the volcanic gases – Year without summer in the 1816 – 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora in the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia), the largest known eruption in over 1,300 years ...
... Climate will change because of the release of the volcanic gases – Year without summer in the 1816 – 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora in the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia), the largest known eruption in over 1,300 years ...
US Army Corps of Engineers CP2a Sustainability Activities
... TG3 Conclusions The navigation sector could contribute to a reduction in GHG emissions by improving efficiency, employing alternative fuels, and emphasizing navigation as an environmentally-sound mode of transportation Climate change adaptation alternatives are less well-studied, and often depe ...
... TG3 Conclusions The navigation sector could contribute to a reduction in GHG emissions by improving efficiency, employing alternative fuels, and emphasizing navigation as an environmentally-sound mode of transportation Climate change adaptation alternatives are less well-studied, and often depe ...
Presentación de PowerPoint
... • Claire Charbit, Directorate for Public Governance and Territorial Development, OECD ...
... • Claire Charbit, Directorate for Public Governance and Territorial Development, OECD ...
Climate Service - Hans von Storch
... environmental system (through emissions etc.); and how the environmental response impacts the “society”. • The optimal policy, employing market and policy instruments, is that mixture which minimizes the total costs of adaptation and abatement (mitigation) ...
... environmental system (through emissions etc.); and how the environmental response impacts the “society”. • The optimal policy, employing market and policy instruments, is that mixture which minimizes the total costs of adaptation and abatement (mitigation) ...
Climate Change in Arizona Workshop Educates Media
... Valley Tribune; and Connie Tuttle, Tucson Weekly. The journalists were given a primer on the climate of the Southwest by Mike Crimmins, an extension specialist in Soil, Water and Environmental Science. They later delved into the science behind global warming, learning from CLIMAS program manager Gre ...
... Valley Tribune; and Connie Tuttle, Tucson Weekly. The journalists were given a primer on the climate of the Southwest by Mike Crimmins, an extension specialist in Soil, Water and Environmental Science. They later delved into the science behind global warming, learning from CLIMAS program manager Gre ...
Climate forcing and models
... • Experiment 2: Now apply anthropogenic forcing + natural • Without anthropogenic forcing it is very difficult to explain global surface temperature record over the past 100 years ...
... • Experiment 2: Now apply anthropogenic forcing + natural • Without anthropogenic forcing it is very difficult to explain global surface temperature record over the past 100 years ...
Global climate modeling
... • Diet/food, • geography influences • Political aspects • Isolation/globalization • Economic drivers • Environmental regulations • Technology and its implementation • Energy efficiency • Alternative energy sources ...
... • Diet/food, • geography influences • Political aspects • Isolation/globalization • Economic drivers • Environmental regulations • Technology and its implementation • Energy efficiency • Alternative energy sources ...
Climate Change Law Seminar - IUCN Academy of Environmental Law
... -West, Selected Environmental Law Statutes (or on-line statutory resources) -There will also be supplementary materials posted on TWEN. Overview Climate change is perhaps the most important environmental and public policy issue of our time. As greenhouse gas emissions increase, temperatures rise, an ...
... -West, Selected Environmental Law Statutes (or on-line statutory resources) -There will also be supplementary materials posted on TWEN. Overview Climate change is perhaps the most important environmental and public policy issue of our time. As greenhouse gas emissions increase, temperatures rise, an ...
Slide 1
... fuel producers to use at least 36 billion gallons of biofuel by 2022: 15 billion gallons as corn-ethanol, by 2015 16 billion gallons as cellulosic biofuel, by 2022 5 billion gallons as advanced biofuel, by 2022 • Life-cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from biofuel production will be regulated by ...
... fuel producers to use at least 36 billion gallons of biofuel by 2022: 15 billion gallons as corn-ethanol, by 2015 16 billion gallons as cellulosic biofuel, by 2022 5 billion gallons as advanced biofuel, by 2022 • Life-cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from biofuel production will be regulated by ...
Impact of climate change
... Snowfall depends strongly on temperature and precipitation. In Norway, these have increased during winter in the past few decades. The Norwegian coastal glaciers, which were expanding and gaining mass due to increased snowfall in winter up to the end of the 1990s, are also now retreating, as a resul ...
... Snowfall depends strongly on temperature and precipitation. In Norway, these have increased during winter in the past few decades. The Norwegian coastal glaciers, which were expanding and gaining mass due to increased snowfall in winter up to the end of the 1990s, are also now retreating, as a resul ...
Working with Russia on Climate Change:
... • Climate change is not among top-priorities of the Russian policy; • Climate change and sustainable energy issues are split up between 9 Ministries and Agencies -> low level of co-operation; • Weak signals from federal to regional and local authorities; • Enormous oil and gas resources slow dow ...
... • Climate change is not among top-priorities of the Russian policy; • Climate change and sustainable energy issues are split up between 9 Ministries and Agencies -> low level of co-operation; • Weak signals from federal to regional and local authorities; • Enormous oil and gas resources slow dow ...
UK approach to climate change: Impacts and adaptation
... broad consensus on the adaptation priorities at a sectoral level ...
... broad consensus on the adaptation priorities at a sectoral level ...
1.1 Safety in the Science Classroom
... • Being in the northern hemisphere, Canada should expect to feel the effects of global warming quite severely. Parts of Canada have had average temperature increases of 0.5 ºC to 1.5 ºC. Southern, and Western, parts of the country have been most affected. The Arctic regions are losing permafro ...
... • Being in the northern hemisphere, Canada should expect to feel the effects of global warming quite severely. Parts of Canada have had average temperature increases of 0.5 ºC to 1.5 ºC. Southern, and Western, parts of the country have been most affected. The Arctic regions are losing permafro ...
Beat the Uncertainty
... agriculture production, fisheries, and food security. Did not know that CC could bring opportunity for people through strategies such as Green Growth. Top priorities for next 5 years include “increase capacity and understanding” of climate change adaptation and mitigation Those who participated in p ...
... agriculture production, fisheries, and food security. Did not know that CC could bring opportunity for people through strategies such as Green Growth. Top priorities for next 5 years include “increase capacity and understanding” of climate change adaptation and mitigation Those who participated in p ...
http://abcnews/ - Global Warming
... mountain areas will lose their snow and winter tourists. In southern Europe, heat and drought will reduce water availability, hydropower, summer tourism, and crop production. Summer water stress will also be high in central and eastern Europe. Crop yields will fall, forests will decline, and peat fi ...
... mountain areas will lose their snow and winter tourists. In southern Europe, heat and drought will reduce water availability, hydropower, summer tourism, and crop production. Summer water stress will also be high in central and eastern Europe. Crop yields will fall, forests will decline, and peat fi ...
Economics and finance - Prairie Climate Centre
... Initiatives that promote redundant outcomes will permit the mobilization of diverse sources of income for adaptation. For example, prioritizing “low-carbon, climate-resilient” projects and initiatives—those that help cities both adapt to the now-inevitable effects of global warming and mitigate its ...
... Initiatives that promote redundant outcomes will permit the mobilization of diverse sources of income for adaptation. For example, prioritizing “low-carbon, climate-resilient” projects and initiatives—those that help cities both adapt to the now-inevitable effects of global warming and mitigate its ...
Current State of International Climate Negotiations
... going down to below 1.5°C as soon as possible. 3. Industrialized countries commit to reduce their emissions by 40% by 2020, compared to 1990 levels. 4. Developing countries agree to undertake significant action making emissions at least 30% lower than Business-As-Usual by 2020. 5. Zero net greenhous ...
... going down to below 1.5°C as soon as possible. 3. Industrialized countries commit to reduce their emissions by 40% by 2020, compared to 1990 levels. 4. Developing countries agree to undertake significant action making emissions at least 30% lower than Business-As-Usual by 2020. 5. Zero net greenhous ...
Climate Change Mitigation Strategies Findings from
... • Returning global energy-related CO2 emissions to 2005 levels by 2030 would require a large shift in the pattern of investment • Many barriers for implementing low-cost mitigation measures • An effective carbon-price signal could realise significant mitigation potential in all sectors, hence polici ...
... • Returning global energy-related CO2 emissions to 2005 levels by 2030 would require a large shift in the pattern of investment • Many barriers for implementing low-cost mitigation measures • An effective carbon-price signal could realise significant mitigation potential in all sectors, hence polici ...
CLIMATE_NRE_480_L13_International_Policy_20160310
... development of policy to address the problems that we are faced with. – Originally policy focus was mitigation, reduce emissions, keep dangerous global warming from happening. – Often when people talk policy, they mean mitigation ...
... development of policy to address the problems that we are faced with. – Originally policy focus was mitigation, reduce emissions, keep dangerous global warming from happening. – Often when people talk policy, they mean mitigation ...
DISAT contribution: Development of a methodology for probabilistic
... impacts on the following sectors: health, forestry, flood risk, property damage, agriculture. Month 48 (Aug. 2008) – D6.16: Joint WP 6.2 paper: Impacts of projected changes in climate extremes over Europe to 2100: a review of key sectors. Month 54 (Feb. ...
... impacts on the following sectors: health, forestry, flood risk, property damage, agriculture. Month 48 (Aug. 2008) – D6.16: Joint WP 6.2 paper: Impacts of projected changes in climate extremes over Europe to 2100: a review of key sectors. Month 54 (Feb. ...
Best Practices of the Coping with Drought and Climate Change Project
... a. The project were able to bring together line departments at district level under one steering committee and there by integrate the activities of the project into the departments plan and operations – created effective local project management structure b. Local level climate and meteorological in ...
... a. The project were able to bring together line departments at district level under one steering committee and there by integrate the activities of the project into the departments plan and operations – created effective local project management structure b. Local level climate and meteorological in ...
Open - The Scottish Government
... Building standards - new homes all tenures. Local councils, Local Housing Strategies ...
... Building standards - new homes all tenures. Local councils, Local Housing Strategies ...