Get Real on Climate: Climate change lesson
... • Team 2: Effects of Climate Change • Team 3: Taking Action on Climate Change (Industry/National/International level) • Team 4: Taking Action on Climate Change (Personal/Community/Organization level) For large classes, have more than one team exploring the same topic. 2. Explain that each group has ...
... • Team 2: Effects of Climate Change • Team 3: Taking Action on Climate Change (Industry/National/International level) • Team 4: Taking Action on Climate Change (Personal/Community/Organization level) For large classes, have more than one team exploring the same topic. 2. Explain that each group has ...
Cairo Roadmap
... used more effectively to monitor the global environment/ecosystem and what new standards are required? How can ICT standards be used and adapted to more effectively disseminate information on both natural and man-made disasters (early warning) to communities (e.g. supporting GDACS under the UN fra ...
... used more effectively to monitor the global environment/ecosystem and what new standards are required? How can ICT standards be used and adapted to more effectively disseminate information on both natural and man-made disasters (early warning) to communities (e.g. supporting GDACS under the UN fra ...
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... of offsets, the more I've read about this issue . . . are fraught with opportunity for game playing, which will be fully exploited, I'm sure. We have a lot of creative people who can find ways to find offsets and to verify offsets if we open that door to occur." ...
... of offsets, the more I've read about this issue . . . are fraught with opportunity for game playing, which will be fully exploited, I'm sure. We have a lot of creative people who can find ways to find offsets and to verify offsets if we open that door to occur." ...
Mapping vulnerability to multiple stressors: climate change and
... in India that are ‘‘double exposed’’; and (4) conducting case studies in selected districts. This method may be used to assess differential vulnerability for any particular sector within a nation or region, and it can serve as a basis for targeting policy interventions. We focus on India’s agricultu ...
... in India that are ‘‘double exposed’’; and (4) conducting case studies in selected districts. This method may be used to assess differential vulnerability for any particular sector within a nation or region, and it can serve as a basis for targeting policy interventions. We focus on India’s agricultu ...
Carbon prices for the next thousand years
... particular electricity generation technologies.8 The relevance of time-declining pure discounting for climate policy evaluations has been recognized before. Nordhaus (1999) and Mastrandrea and Schneider (2001) include hyperbolic discounting in an integrated-assessment model assuming that the curren ...
... particular electricity generation technologies.8 The relevance of time-declining pure discounting for climate policy evaluations has been recognized before. Nordhaus (1999) and Mastrandrea and Schneider (2001) include hyperbolic discounting in an integrated-assessment model assuming that the curren ...
Nordic action on climate change
... This booklet presents actions taken by the Nordic countries to speed the transition to a sustainable low-carbon society. It shows how sustainable development is possible, with strong climate ...
... This booklet presents actions taken by the Nordic countries to speed the transition to a sustainable low-carbon society. It shows how sustainable development is possible, with strong climate ...
Download country chapter
... (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2014 was passed by the Senate.2 In place of the Clean Energy Act and the carbon tax, the government has passed the Carbon Farming Initiative Amendment Bill 2014, which implements the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF). The ERF is intended to contribute towards the government’s c ...
... (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2014 was passed by the Senate.2 In place of the Clean Energy Act and the carbon tax, the government has passed the Carbon Farming Initiative Amendment Bill 2014, which implements the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF). The ERF is intended to contribute towards the government’s c ...
Projecting Climate Change in Hawaii
... the USA, fully 25% of the species on the US government’s official endangered list are found only in Hawai‘i. Climate change in Hawai‘i will threaten habitats and perturb island ecosystems, not only on land, but also along the coastline and in the surrounding ocean. The latter will be further stresse ...
... the USA, fully 25% of the species on the US government’s official endangered list are found only in Hawai‘i. Climate change in Hawai‘i will threaten habitats and perturb island ecosystems, not only on land, but also along the coastline and in the surrounding ocean. The latter will be further stresse ...
Assessing Dynamic Cost-Benefit Analysis of Climate Policy: the
... 1.2. Subject and Structure of this Work The novelty of STERN’s modelling results is that they justify early and strong climate policy (i.e. mitigation of GHG emission) on economic grounds. This is contrary to the often found climate policy ramp, which suggests that little mitigation efforts now and ...
... 1.2. Subject and Structure of this Work The novelty of STERN’s modelling results is that they justify early and strong climate policy (i.e. mitigation of GHG emission) on economic grounds. This is contrary to the often found climate policy ramp, which suggests that little mitigation efforts now and ...
Report
... emissions released by in the U.S. is reduced by not less than 80 percent, as compared to the total quantity of greenhouse gas emissions released during calendar year 2005. ...
... emissions released by in the U.S. is reduced by not less than 80 percent, as compared to the total quantity of greenhouse gas emissions released during calendar year 2005. ...
Preparing for Climate Change in the Great Lakes Region
... Andy Buchsbaum, Director of the National Wildlife Federation’s Great Lakes Natural Resource Center, opened the plenary session. He presented the day’s agenda and reminded participants that the workshop’s focus was on adaptation, not mitigation, and that discussion should be focused on processes t ...
... Andy Buchsbaum, Director of the National Wildlife Federation’s Great Lakes Natural Resource Center, opened the plenary session. He presented the day’s agenda and reminded participants that the workshop’s focus was on adaptation, not mitigation, and that discussion should be focused on processes t ...
Public Acceptability of Climate Change Mitigation
... and projected levels with existing measures were expected to be 24% below 1990 levels by 2020 (European Environmental Agency, 2015).1 In case of the status quo policy, future emissions remain more or less at their current levels. The 40% reduction by 2030 (on top of the 20% reduction by 2020) corres ...
... and projected levels with existing measures were expected to be 24% below 1990 levels by 2020 (European Environmental Agency, 2015).1 In case of the status quo policy, future emissions remain more or less at their current levels. The 40% reduction by 2030 (on top of the 20% reduction by 2020) corres ...
Climate change impacts in Sub-Saharan Africa
... The normalized warming, indicating how unusual the warming is compared to fluctuations experienced in the past, shows a particularly strong trend in the tropics (Figure SOM 1). The monthly temperature distribution in tropical Africa shifts by more than six standard deviations under a high-emission s ...
... The normalized warming, indicating how unusual the warming is compared to fluctuations experienced in the past, shows a particularly strong trend in the tropics (Figure SOM 1). The monthly temperature distribution in tropical Africa shifts by more than six standard deviations under a high-emission s ...
"Climate Change and Agriculture: Agriculture's Role in Cap-and-Trade"
... Cap-and-Trade…and Opportunities for Agriculture Q: What is the role of Agricultural Offsets in Cap-and-Trade? A: Offsets are a cost-containment measure (keep costs of cap-&-trade system lower for society, for capped entities); and, A: Soil sinks, other ag reductions have multiple ancillary benefits ...
... Cap-and-Trade…and Opportunities for Agriculture Q: What is the role of Agricultural Offsets in Cap-and-Trade? A: Offsets are a cost-containment measure (keep costs of cap-&-trade system lower for society, for capped entities); and, A: Soil sinks, other ag reductions have multiple ancillary benefits ...
Houston, Texas, 9th February 2005
... degree centigrade rise in global temperature from pre industrial levels. Many experts now say that this is the point of no return when feedback effects will lead to runaway climate change and the prospect of significant rises in sea level in the lifetime of our grandchildren. The report argues that ...
... degree centigrade rise in global temperature from pre industrial levels. Many experts now say that this is the point of no return when feedback effects will lead to runaway climate change and the prospect of significant rises in sea level in the lifetime of our grandchildren. The report argues that ...
fulltext pdf - Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics
... farmers. These indicators with their corresponding mean values on a 4-point rating scale include: decreased rainfall amount in the continental interiors (2.93), increased rainfall in the coastal areas (2.66), high winds and heat waves (3.39), fast water evaporation from the ground (2.90), unusual he ...
... farmers. These indicators with their corresponding mean values on a 4-point rating scale include: decreased rainfall amount in the continental interiors (2.93), increased rainfall in the coastal areas (2.66), high winds and heat waves (3.39), fast water evaporation from the ground (2.90), unusual he ...
The role of ecosystems in climate change adaptation and disaster
... (DRR); (ii) adapt to changing conditions, including recovery after a major damage-causing event; (iii) be more readily applied in poor countries as they are more cost-effective; (iv) be maintained with less external assistance; and (v) prevent and reverse environmental degradation. As a cost-effecti ...
... (DRR); (ii) adapt to changing conditions, including recovery after a major damage-causing event; (iii) be more readily applied in poor countries as they are more cost-effective; (iv) be maintained with less external assistance; and (v) prevent and reverse environmental degradation. As a cost-effecti ...
GLOBAL COOLING - scienceandpublicpolicy.org
... active till about 50 years ago, but that since then only human CO2 emissions were to blame for the warming. It does not make sense that those natural causes of (sometimes quite dramatic) climate variations over billions of years, suddenly stopped being active and being displaced by one cause only, h ...
... active till about 50 years ago, but that since then only human CO2 emissions were to blame for the warming. It does not make sense that those natural causes of (sometimes quite dramatic) climate variations over billions of years, suddenly stopped being active and being displaced by one cause only, h ...
Chapter 10 Liability
... to prove causation. The Third Assessment Report from IPCC in 2001 (TAR) concluded that most of the observed warming over the past 50 years is likely to have been due to the increase in greenhouse gas emissions. Subsequent IPCC reports have endorsed this. Civil courts usually require a case to be pro ...
... to prove causation. The Third Assessment Report from IPCC in 2001 (TAR) concluded that most of the observed warming over the past 50 years is likely to have been due to the increase in greenhouse gas emissions. Subsequent IPCC reports have endorsed this. Civil courts usually require a case to be pro ...
Massachusetts v. EPA, 127 S.Ct. 1438 (2007)
... Finding that "manmade pollution -- the release of carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, methane, and other trace gases into the atmosphere -- may be producing a longterm and substantial increase in the average temperature on Earth," §1102(1), 101 Stat. 1408, Congress directed EPA to propose to Congre ...
... Finding that "manmade pollution -- the release of carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, methane, and other trace gases into the atmosphere -- may be producing a longterm and substantial increase in the average temperature on Earth," §1102(1), 101 Stat. 1408, Congress directed EPA to propose to Congre ...
How limiting factors drive agricultural adaptation to
... Factors Hypothesis” that assesses how farmers’ past climate experiences influence their concern for future climatic limiting factors (water and temperature) and in turn, their likelihood to adopt adaptation behaviors. This hypothesis became evident from our previous work with California farmers, whic ...
... Factors Hypothesis” that assesses how farmers’ past climate experiences influence their concern for future climatic limiting factors (water and temperature) and in turn, their likelihood to adopt adaptation behaviors. This hypothesis became evident from our previous work with California farmers, whic ...
VSO and Climate Change
... developing sustainable energy sources will not be to replace existing, higher emitting energy sources (often called mitigation, since it involves a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions) but rather contributing energy resources towards the goal of social and economic development. Mitigation should b ...
... developing sustainable energy sources will not be to replace existing, higher emitting energy sources (often called mitigation, since it involves a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions) but rather contributing energy resources towards the goal of social and economic development. Mitigation should b ...
Carbon Sequestration via Wood Burial
... Recent climate and vegetation modeling suggest that the Amazon rainforest could exhibit considerable dieback during the coming century as a result of global climate change (Cox et al., 2000; Betts et al., 2004; Cox et al., 2004; Scholze et al., 2006), a prediction that has raised considerable intere ...
... Recent climate and vegetation modeling suggest that the Amazon rainforest could exhibit considerable dieback during the coming century as a result of global climate change (Cox et al., 2000; Betts et al., 2004; Cox et al., 2004; Scholze et al., 2006), a prediction that has raised considerable intere ...
Use of Indigenous Knowledge as a Strategy for Climate Change
... system for the prediction or forecast of the event [17]. There is a wealth of local knowledge based on predicting weather and climate. A study of weather knowledge in various parts of the sub-Saharan Africa reveals the wealth of knowledge that farmers possess. These farmers have developed intricate ...
... system for the prediction or forecast of the event [17]. There is a wealth of local knowledge based on predicting weather and climate. A study of weather knowledge in various parts of the sub-Saharan Africa reveals the wealth of knowledge that farmers possess. These farmers have developed intricate ...