NAACP Climate Justice Initiative Toolkit
... Carbon Trading (Cap and Trade): Carbon Trading is an environmental policy tool aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Under a cap-and-trade system, the government sets a mandatory cap on greenhouse gas emissions for businesses, utilities, government agencies, agricultural producers, etc. Once t ...
... Carbon Trading (Cap and Trade): Carbon Trading is an environmental policy tool aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Under a cap-and-trade system, the government sets a mandatory cap on greenhouse gas emissions for businesses, utilities, government agencies, agricultural producers, etc. Once t ...
Three Ways to Understand State Actors in International Negotiations
... (DoE), the Department of Treasury, and related economic agencies. While numerous studies have considered the role of the state as a unitary actor or nonstate actors in international negotiations,5 few examine the role of individual government agencies. Few, if any, consider their role over time. To ...
... (DoE), the Department of Treasury, and related economic agencies. While numerous studies have considered the role of the state as a unitary actor or nonstate actors in international negotiations,5 few examine the role of individual government agencies. Few, if any, consider their role over time. To ...
Cities and Climate Change Initiative - UN
... impacts of climate change. However, mitigation and adaptation capacity is not equally distributed worldwide and in developing and least developed countries vulnerability is substantially different compared to developed countries. Climate change impacts can undermine a country’s efforts to achieve th ...
... impacts of climate change. However, mitigation and adaptation capacity is not equally distributed worldwide and in developing and least developed countries vulnerability is substantially different compared to developed countries. Climate change impacts can undermine a country’s efforts to achieve th ...
National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) – Looking through
... system. Whereas no country is immune (World Bank, 2009) from the adverse impacts of climate change, SIDs show some additional vulnerability characteristics of climate change s their climate is influenced by large ocean-atmosphere interactions such as trade winds, El Niño and the monsoons (UNFCCC, 20 ...
... system. Whereas no country is immune (World Bank, 2009) from the adverse impacts of climate change, SIDs show some additional vulnerability characteristics of climate change s their climate is influenced by large ocean-atmosphere interactions such as trade winds, El Niño and the monsoons (UNFCCC, 20 ...
Pattern scaled climate change scenarios: are these useful for adaptation? - Working Paper 71 (699 kB) (opens in new window)
... The Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP) was established by the University of Leeds and the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2008 to advance public and private action on climate change through innovative, rigorous research. The Centre is funded by the UK Economi ...
... The Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP) was established by the University of Leeds and the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2008 to advance public and private action on climate change through innovative, rigorous research. The Centre is funded by the UK Economi ...
Consistency analysis
... • Later, changes in the water cycle are expected to become obvious. • This regional warming will have a variety of effects on terrestrial and marine ecosystems – some predictable such as the changes in the ...
... • Later, changes in the water cycle are expected to become obvious. • This regional warming will have a variety of effects on terrestrial and marine ecosystems – some predictable such as the changes in the ...
Why We Need A New Direction In Climate Change Science
... with adjusted stratospheric temperatures). The height of the rectangular bar denotes a central or best estimate of the forcing, while each vertical line is an estimate of the uncertainty range associated with the forcing guided by the spread in the published record and physical understanding, and wi ...
... with adjusted stratospheric temperatures). The height of the rectangular bar denotes a central or best estimate of the forcing, while each vertical line is an estimate of the uncertainty range associated with the forcing guided by the spread in the published record and physical understanding, and wi ...
Pattern scaling using ClimGen: monthly
... (geographical, seasonal and multi-variable structure) are commonly derived from simulations with general circulation models (GCMs) or regional climate models (RCMs). The magnitude of the change is not always obtained from the same GCM or RCM simulation, however, because the patterns may be scaled to ...
... (geographical, seasonal and multi-variable structure) are commonly derived from simulations with general circulation models (GCMs) or regional climate models (RCMs). The magnitude of the change is not always obtained from the same GCM or RCM simulation, however, because the patterns may be scaled to ...
Durham Research Online
... computers; the goal is to simulate how Earth’s climate would change if greenhouse gas emissions were to rise at particular rates in the future. But there is uncertainty about how to build these climate models in such a way that predictions of future climate change will have desired accuracy. The unc ...
... computers; the goal is to simulate how Earth’s climate would change if greenhouse gas emissions were to rise at particular rates in the future. But there is uncertainty about how to build these climate models in such a way that predictions of future climate change will have desired accuracy. The unc ...
AG-GEM model - University of Missouri
... (1) using the best crop production system for the historical climate period in the future climate period, which implies no adaptation to future climate change (first scheme); and (2) using the best crop production system for each climate scenario for the future climate period (second scheme), which ...
... (1) using the best crop production system for the historical climate period in the future climate period, which implies no adaptation to future climate change (first scheme); and (2) using the best crop production system for each climate scenario for the future climate period (second scheme), which ...
The relationship between affective connections to animals and
... Introduction One of the key strategic goals of the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity (known collectively as the Aichi Biodiversity Targets [CBD 2013]) is to mainstream awareness of biodiversity values into society and governance (Aichi Target 1). Achievement of this goal requires collective publ ...
... Introduction One of the key strategic goals of the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity (known collectively as the Aichi Biodiversity Targets [CBD 2013]) is to mainstream awareness of biodiversity values into society and governance (Aichi Target 1). Achievement of this goal requires collective publ ...
Influences of Climate on Ontario Forests
... variability of the climate appears to be increasing; therefore, more extreme events such as droughts, floods, major freezing-rain storms, heat waves, and cold snaps might be in store for the next century. All of these may do serious harm to vegetation. The use of general circulation models (GCMs) en ...
... variability of the climate appears to be increasing; therefore, more extreme events such as droughts, floods, major freezing-rain storms, heat waves, and cold snaps might be in store for the next century. All of these may do serious harm to vegetation. The use of general circulation models (GCMs) en ...
s1|2008 protected areas and biodiversity conservation special issue
... Paul Slovic is the central figure in a group of researchers who have proposed a survey-based method for studying risk perception, the Psychometric Paradigm. In his more recent work, Slovic identified a set of mainly psychological aspects that influence risk perception: emotion, worldview, and trust ...
... Paul Slovic is the central figure in a group of researchers who have proposed a survey-based method for studying risk perception, the Psychometric Paradigm. In his more recent work, Slovic identified a set of mainly psychological aspects that influence risk perception: emotion, worldview, and trust ...
Potential Impacts of Climate Change on the
... 21st century (SRES, 2000). The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) presents multiple scenarios of greenhouse gas and aerosol precursor emissions for the 21st century. The SRES scenarios, some of which are used to drive climate model projections, cov ...
... 21st century (SRES, 2000). The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) presents multiple scenarios of greenhouse gas and aerosol precursor emissions for the 21st century. The SRES scenarios, some of which are used to drive climate model projections, cov ...
Meeting the needs of Future Generations
... first proposed by Edith Brown Weiss in 19892, was championed by Malta in the lead up to the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992 and was again proposed in the lead up to Rio+ 20 in 20123. The proposal for a High Commissioner for Future Generations was also explored in the 2013 Report of the United Nations Se ...
... first proposed by Edith Brown Weiss in 19892, was championed by Malta in the lead up to the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992 and was again proposed in the lead up to Rio+ 20 in 20123. The proposal for a High Commissioner for Future Generations was also explored in the 2013 Report of the United Nations Se ...
Velocity of climate change algorithms for guiding conservation and
... requirements inferred by velocity algorithms can be markedly different from the results of climate envelope approaches that attempt to match current and future climate regions (Corlett & Westcott, 2013; Diffenbaugh & Field, 2013; Ordonez & Williams, 2013). Climate velocity vectors can diverge in dir ...
... requirements inferred by velocity algorithms can be markedly different from the results of climate envelope approaches that attempt to match current and future climate regions (Corlett & Westcott, 2013; Diffenbaugh & Field, 2013; Ordonez & Williams, 2013). Climate velocity vectors can diverge in dir ...
20160718_request_submission_form_energy_efficiency_in_rac
... systems that contains ODS were strictly banned in the developed countries are found in the market of PNG. Thus, they sell those gases and equipment to us the developing countries and there is no proper policy and intuitional mechanisms in place to monitor the situation and it has gone from bad to wo ...
... systems that contains ODS were strictly banned in the developed countries are found in the market of PNG. Thus, they sell those gases and equipment to us the developing countries and there is no proper policy and intuitional mechanisms in place to monitor the situation and it has gone from bad to wo ...
Stern Review
... The benefits of strong, early action on climate change outweigh the costs The effects of our actions now on future changes in the climate have long lead times. What we do now can have only a limited effect on the climate over the next 40 or 50 years. On the other hand what we do in the next 10 or 20 ...
... The benefits of strong, early action on climate change outweigh the costs The effects of our actions now on future changes in the climate have long lead times. What we do now can have only a limited effect on the climate over the next 40 or 50 years. On the other hand what we do in the next 10 or 20 ...
"A Broader View of the Role of Humans in the... Assessment of Costs and Benefits of Effective Climate Policy"
... The message from such research is that the use of this data in the CCSP assessments will provide an erroneous overstatement of warming in the United States. Since the model predictions in the CCSP reports require this data for their impact assessments, the confidence that is placed on their use for ...
... The message from such research is that the use of this data in the CCSP assessments will provide an erroneous overstatement of warming in the United States. Since the model predictions in the CCSP reports require this data for their impact assessments, the confidence that is placed on their use for ...
New American Media (Opinion), January 20, 2010, by Andrew
... The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is assessing the structure of buildings and working to avoid potential environmental emergencies in Haiti where the immediate focus is on medical assistance, clear water and sanitation, emergency shelter, and food for the nearly 3 million people affect ...
... The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is assessing the structure of buildings and working to avoid potential environmental emergencies in Haiti where the immediate focus is on medical assistance, clear water and sanitation, emergency shelter, and food for the nearly 3 million people affect ...
Solution Aversion: On the Relation Between Ideology and Motivated
... problems and (b) dependent on how strongly individual Republicans hold specific ideological beliefs that are challenged by these policies (such as faith in the free market). This model also leads to the prediction that if solutions to some societal issue (e.g., crime) strongly threatened an importan ...
... problems and (b) dependent on how strongly individual Republicans hold specific ideological beliefs that are challenged by these policies (such as faith in the free market). This model also leads to the prediction that if solutions to some societal issue (e.g., crime) strongly threatened an importan ...
Climate change and disaster management
... Populations are highly variable in their endowments and the developing countries, particularly the least developed countries . . . have lesser capacity to adapt and are more vulnerable to climate change damages, just as they are more vulnerable to other stresses.This condition is most extreme among ...
... Populations are highly variable in their endowments and the developing countries, particularly the least developed countries . . . have lesser capacity to adapt and are more vulnerable to climate change damages, just as they are more vulnerable to other stresses.This condition is most extreme among ...