global threat and opportunity of climate change:case study
... Proposed/potential interventions for ICTs to Tackle climate change • Conclusion • References ...
... Proposed/potential interventions for ICTs to Tackle climate change • Conclusion • References ...
5 Quick Wins to cut your Carbon Footprint Workshop
... Perth to Inverness railway Dec 2006 Photo: SEPA ...
... Perth to Inverness railway Dec 2006 Photo: SEPA ...
UNDP report focuses on climate change impacts
... change are emerging as an increasingly powerful driver of wider inequalities between and within countries. It calls on rich countries to forge an international partnership on poverty reduction. The report also provides evidence of the mechanisms through which the ecological impacts of climate change ...
... change are emerging as an increasingly powerful driver of wider inequalities between and within countries. It calls on rich countries to forge an international partnership on poverty reduction. The report also provides evidence of the mechanisms through which the ecological impacts of climate change ...
Running out of tune
... per cent, while the economy grew by 45 per cent. We have recently committed to 38 million people. Here in Southeast Asia, reducing EU emissions by at least 40 per a 75cm sea level rise will submerge 40 per cent by 2030. We have policies to meet cent of the Mekong Delta, and events like ...
... per cent, while the economy grew by 45 per cent. We have recently committed to 38 million people. Here in Southeast Asia, reducing EU emissions by at least 40 per a 75cm sea level rise will submerge 40 per cent by 2030. We have policies to meet cent of the Mekong Delta, and events like ...
Lecture 4
... a) CO2 from fossil fuel use b) Other CO2 (mostly deforestation) c) Other greenhouse gases Shall only consider (a) Emissions of CO2 give an increase of the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere. This concentration gradually declines as CO2 is absorbed in the ocean and other carbon sinks A very ...
... a) CO2 from fossil fuel use b) Other CO2 (mostly deforestation) c) Other greenhouse gases Shall only consider (a) Emissions of CO2 give an increase of the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere. This concentration gradually declines as CO2 is absorbed in the ocean and other carbon sinks A very ...
Climate Change - how inconvenient can it get?
... • It is likely that we will never be able to make predictions that are detailed enough and certain enough to make a 'predict and adapt‘ approach to adaptation a viable option. ...
... • It is likely that we will never be able to make predictions that are detailed enough and certain enough to make a 'predict and adapt‘ approach to adaptation a viable option. ...
Slide 1
... & re-understand the interplay between climate, development and the environment finding integrated solutions from land to tackle climate change, poverty, food security and biodiversity Appreciating rural communities as principal stewards of landscapes, specifically in areas of agriculture, forest a ...
... & re-understand the interplay between climate, development and the environment finding integrated solutions from land to tackle climate change, poverty, food security and biodiversity Appreciating rural communities as principal stewards of landscapes, specifically in areas of agriculture, forest a ...
Presentation
... • Strategy: a national target for energy efficiency of 12% by 2015 – Mix of economic instruments and regulatory tools, as well as energy management programmes ...
... • Strategy: a national target for energy efficiency of 12% by 2015 – Mix of economic instruments and regulatory tools, as well as energy management programmes ...
8.3. The Global Politics of Climate Change
... Climate Change • The Kyoto Protocol (1997) – Provisions and politics – Protocol into force February 2005 – Lack of progress – The domestic/international politics of climate change ...
... Climate Change • The Kyoto Protocol (1997) – Provisions and politics – Protocol into force February 2005 – Lack of progress – The domestic/international politics of climate change ...
Washington Legislature Passes Tailpipe Emission Disclosure Bill
... market-based cap and trade program, reporting greenhouse gas emissions, development of ...
... market-based cap and trade program, reporting greenhouse gas emissions, development of ...
Creation care
... Climate change Who suffers with climate change? “The impacts are inequitable: poor countries will be hit hardest and earliest, when it is the rich countries who are responsible for threequarters of greenhouse gases currently in the atmosphere.” (The Stern Review, 2006) ...
... Climate change Who suffers with climate change? “The impacts are inequitable: poor countries will be hit hardest and earliest, when it is the rich countries who are responsible for threequarters of greenhouse gases currently in the atmosphere.” (The Stern Review, 2006) ...
IPCC presentation part1
... Stabilization of carbon dioxide at 450ppm and 1000ppm would result in an equilibrium temperature rise of 0.9 to 2.5oC and 2.9 to 7.5oC above 1990 levels, respectively. Increases in non-CO2 concentrations would increase these estimates ...
... Stabilization of carbon dioxide at 450ppm and 1000ppm would result in an equilibrium temperature rise of 0.9 to 2.5oC and 2.9 to 7.5oC above 1990 levels, respectively. Increases in non-CO2 concentrations would increase these estimates ...
Document
... Stabilization of carbon dioxide at 450ppm and 1000ppm would result in an equilibrium temperature rise of 0.9 to 2.5oC and 2.9 to 7.5oC above 1990 levels, respectively. Increases in non-CO2 concentrations would increase these estimates ...
... Stabilization of carbon dioxide at 450ppm and 1000ppm would result in an equilibrium temperature rise of 0.9 to 2.5oC and 2.9 to 7.5oC above 1990 levels, respectively. Increases in non-CO2 concentrations would increase these estimates ...
Understanding The Economics of Global Climate Change
... • The global strategic interaction – Is there a self-enforcing equilibrium with US, Europe-Japan and China-India at the core? – Are trade sanctions credible? Against the US? Against “the rest”? – Will rich countries want to use trading to subsidize Chinese industries? – Do aid givers have a continge ...
... • The global strategic interaction – Is there a self-enforcing equilibrium with US, Europe-Japan and China-India at the core? – Are trade sanctions credible? Against the US? Against “the rest”? – Will rich countries want to use trading to subsidize Chinese industries? – Do aid givers have a continge ...
Climate Change: the key issues
... strong warming during the past 40 years. Claims that this is the case have not stood up to scrutiny (the New Scientist site has a link). Direct measurements of solar output since 1978 show a steady rise and fall over the 11-year sunspot cycle, but no upwards or downward trend. Similarly, there is no ...
... strong warming during the past 40 years. Claims that this is the case have not stood up to scrutiny (the New Scientist site has a link). Direct measurements of solar output since 1978 show a steady rise and fall over the 11-year sunspot cycle, but no upwards or downward trend. Similarly, there is no ...
The People`s Republic of China
... domestically to cut down on use of unwashed coal Investment in more efficient boilers in industry ...
... domestically to cut down on use of unwashed coal Investment in more efficient boilers in industry ...
Introduction
... – Similar environmental and social focus – More regionally oriented (not as much exchange between countries). ...
... – Similar environmental and social focus – More regionally oriented (not as much exchange between countries). ...
Duka_Castillo_The effects of climate change on New York City
... As the effects of global warming are slowly but surely affecting every country on the Earth, some of these effects have a high risk factor of causing complete destruction to the landmasses where dense populations are found including New York City. The concept of global warming, although debatable of ...
... As the effects of global warming are slowly but surely affecting every country on the Earth, some of these effects have a high risk factor of causing complete destruction to the landmasses where dense populations are found including New York City. The concept of global warming, although debatable of ...
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
... 1. What is the greenhouse effect? How does this effect differ from that called the enhanced greenhouse effect? 2. Define ‘global warming potential’. 3. With reference to carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, name the main anthropogenic sources for each and give their global warming potential. 4 ...
... 1. What is the greenhouse effect? How does this effect differ from that called the enhanced greenhouse effect? 2. Define ‘global warming potential’. 3. With reference to carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, name the main anthropogenic sources for each and give their global warming potential. 4 ...
ASD Chapter 12 updated 2014_small_part1
... Source: Hansen, James, and Makiko Sato. 2012. “Paleoclimate Implications for Human-Made Climate Change.” In Climate Change: Inferences from Paleoclimate and Regional Aspects, ed. André Berger, Fedor Mesinger, and Djordjie Šijački, 21–48. Heidelberg: Springer. ...
... Source: Hansen, James, and Makiko Sato. 2012. “Paleoclimate Implications for Human-Made Climate Change.” In Climate Change: Inferences from Paleoclimate and Regional Aspects, ed. André Berger, Fedor Mesinger, and Djordjie Šijački, 21–48. Heidelberg: Springer. ...
Is Climate Change a Reality? - European Capacity Building Initiative
... Phase I (80ies): does Climate Change occur and how much ...
... Phase I (80ies): does Climate Change occur and how much ...
IEAGHG Information Paper; 2013-IP5: Lord Nicholas Stern Identifies... Climate Action
... he said. “The United States last year experienced 11 extreme weather events each costing more than $1 billion. And the current drought may turn out to be the most expensive natural disaster in U.S. history.” Stern believes that a key component of mobilizing political will, then, is a stronger risk n ...
... he said. “The United States last year experienced 11 extreme weather events each costing more than $1 billion. And the current drought may turn out to be the most expensive natural disaster in U.S. history.” Stern believes that a key component of mobilizing political will, then, is a stronger risk n ...
Letter to Sen. Maria Cantwell and Sen. Susan Collins
... Thank you for your leadership in introducing the Carbon Limits and Energy for America’s Renewal (CLEAR) Act. We welcome the opportunity this creates to have a more careful and constructive national dialogue on how to best meet the challenges presented by climate change. The CLEAR Act addresses many ...
... Thank you for your leadership in introducing the Carbon Limits and Energy for America’s Renewal (CLEAR) Act. We welcome the opportunity this creates to have a more careful and constructive national dialogue on how to best meet the challenges presented by climate change. The CLEAR Act addresses many ...
Unless we curtail carbon emissions, every attempt
... years before 1998,” said the organisation’s secretary-general, Michel Jarraud. Australia endured its hottest ever year in 2013, while China, Japan and South Korea experienced their warmest summers on record. The giant Brazilian plateau in 2013 experienced “the largest rainfall deficit since records ...
... years before 1998,” said the organisation’s secretary-general, Michel Jarraud. Australia endured its hottest ever year in 2013, while China, Japan and South Korea experienced their warmest summers on record. The giant Brazilian plateau in 2013 experienced “the largest rainfall deficit since records ...