Entire Report - Center for Climate and Energy
... benefits humans derive from ecosystems are varied, from marketable products such as pharmaceuticals, to recreational opportunities such as camping, to ecosystems services such as erosion control and water purification. For many people, nature plays a powerful spiritual and aesthetic role in their li ...
... benefits humans derive from ecosystems are varied, from marketable products such as pharmaceuticals, to recreational opportunities such as camping, to ecosystems services such as erosion control and water purification. For many people, nature plays a powerful spiritual and aesthetic role in their li ...
States (and Cities) as Actors in Global Climate Regulation: Unitary
... with the Canadian province of Manitoba calling for emissions reductions of 60 to 80% in the long term;16 the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers (NEG-ECP) has formed a regional, cross-border plan to reduce GHG emissions to 1990 levels by 2010 and to 10% below 1990 level ...
... with the Canadian province of Manitoba calling for emissions reductions of 60 to 80% in the long term;16 the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers (NEG-ECP) has formed a regional, cross-border plan to reduce GHG emissions to 1990 levels by 2010 and to 10% below 1990 level ...
Planning for Climate Change in the West
... alpine tundra of the northern Rockies where glaciers are retreating as growing downstream communities rely more than ever on abundant snowpack for secure water supplies. Climate can be defined as weather averaged over a period of time, usually 30 years or longer. This averaging tends to smooth out ...
... alpine tundra of the northern Rockies where glaciers are retreating as growing downstream communities rely more than ever on abundant snowpack for secure water supplies. Climate can be defined as weather averaged over a period of time, usually 30 years or longer. This averaging tends to smooth out ...
Living on the Edge of Two Changing Worlds: Forecasting the
... synthesis of pioneering work and explicitly separated out the likely causes of poleward and equatorward limits. He emphasized the important role of reproduction and recruitment (termed repopulation) in setting distributions, building on work by Orton (1920). Hutchins (1947) argued that isotherms of ...
... synthesis of pioneering work and explicitly separated out the likely causes of poleward and equatorward limits. He emphasized the important role of reproduction and recruitment (termed repopulation) in setting distributions, building on work by Orton (1920). Hutchins (1947) argued that isotherms of ...
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... going hungry without protecting our food systems; we will not be able to ensure we have sustainable cities and communities without protecting them from storms or floods; and we cannot ensure children are healthy without addressing the changes in vector-borne diseases due to changing temperatures. Th ...
... going hungry without protecting our food systems; we will not be able to ensure we have sustainable cities and communities without protecting them from storms or floods; and we cannot ensure children are healthy without addressing the changes in vector-borne diseases due to changing temperatures. Th ...
Climate Change, Natural Disasters and Migration
... increases vulnerability, social and economic costs which affect human capital and the development levels of these areas, which constitute transmission channels for migration. For these countries, adaptation does not appear to be urgent issue and is underestimated by these most vulnerable countries. ...
... increases vulnerability, social and economic costs which affect human capital and the development levels of these areas, which constitute transmission channels for migration. For these countries, adaptation does not appear to be urgent issue and is underestimated by these most vulnerable countries. ...
www.fni.no
... Russia and the Kyoto Protocol While it is not the aim of this article to summarise Russian politics specifically in relationship to the Kyoto Protocol, as the topic is covered well elsewhere (Korppoo & Moe 2006; ZumBrunnen 2009), some background is offered here to make the framings outlined below more ...
... Russia and the Kyoto Protocol While it is not the aim of this article to summarise Russian politics specifically in relationship to the Kyoto Protocol, as the topic is covered well elsewhere (Korppoo & Moe 2006; ZumBrunnen 2009), some background is offered here to make the framings outlined below more ...
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... climate change, policymakers and journalists often suggest that the economic community lacks a consensus view on climate change risks and appropriate policy responses. We conducted a survey of 1,103 experts on the economics of climate change – all those who have authored an article related to climat ...
... climate change, policymakers and journalists often suggest that the economic community lacks a consensus view on climate change risks and appropriate policy responses. We conducted a survey of 1,103 experts on the economics of climate change – all those who have authored an article related to climat ...
Submission by DRC for LDC Group on TEP
... LDCs, looking at the different aspects of climate change adaptation. Examples include: The national adaptation programmes of action (NAPAs) whose focus is on urgent and immediate adaptation needs. A number of LDCs have now completed implementation of their first NAPA projects, and all LDCs are als ...
... LDCs, looking at the different aspects of climate change adaptation. Examples include: The national adaptation programmes of action (NAPAs) whose focus is on urgent and immediate adaptation needs. A number of LDCs have now completed implementation of their first NAPA projects, and all LDCs are als ...
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... melts), as well as possible changes in ocean currents. Such changes will have profound implications for marine life, including seafood species, our estuaries and coastal areas and the way we use them. Ireland’s maritime communities and related socio-economic activities must be prepared to adapt to t ...
... melts), as well as possible changes in ocean currents. Such changes will have profound implications for marine life, including seafood species, our estuaries and coastal areas and the way we use them. Ireland’s maritime communities and related socio-economic activities must be prepared to adapt to t ...
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... Hamburg Tourism Model (HTM) found that climate change shifts international tourism flows towards higher altitudes and latitudes (Hamilton et al., 2005a, b). The redistribution of tourism flows could negatively affect countries and regions that depend heavily on income from tourism. On the other hand ...
... Hamburg Tourism Model (HTM) found that climate change shifts international tourism flows towards higher altitudes and latitudes (Hamilton et al., 2005a, b). The redistribution of tourism flows could negatively affect countries and regions that depend heavily on income from tourism. On the other hand ...
6 Climate change and urban transportation systems
... pose additional challenges on transportation systems – demand far exceeds supply, particularly for the growing number of urban poor. For instance, the United Nations predicts: “by 2030, the towns and cities of the developing world will make up 80 percent of urban humanity” (UNFPA, 2007) p. 1. And in ...
... pose additional challenges on transportation systems – demand far exceeds supply, particularly for the growing number of urban poor. For instance, the United Nations predicts: “by 2030, the towns and cities of the developing world will make up 80 percent of urban humanity” (UNFPA, 2007) p. 1. And in ...
Working with Nature to Tackle Climate Change
... goals - the key purpose of ENCA member institutions1 – is twofold, as more effective climate policies will reduce the direct impacts of climate change on nature, and integrated approaches to the management of ecosystems will provide new opportunities for conservation. We found that existing examples ...
... goals - the key purpose of ENCA member institutions1 – is twofold, as more effective climate policies will reduce the direct impacts of climate change on nature, and integrated approaches to the management of ecosystems will provide new opportunities for conservation. We found that existing examples ...
climate change effects on vegetation distribution, carbon, and fire in
... scenarios of climate change in California. The results of the simulations for the historical climate compared favorably to independent estimates and observations, but validation of the results was complicated by the lack of land use effects in the model. The response to increasing temperatures under ...
... scenarios of climate change in California. The results of the simulations for the historical climate compared favorably to independent estimates and observations, but validation of the results was complicated by the lack of land use effects in the model. The response to increasing temperatures under ...
Climate Variability, Climate Change and Western Water
... Variabili ty is a fundamental characteristic of the water resources of the Western U.S .. Water availability varies geographically, and streamflows fluctuate on daily, seasonal, annual, and decadal time scales. Runoff depends on climatic processes that, to some extent, follow regular seasonal patter ...
... Variabili ty is a fundamental characteristic of the water resources of the Western U.S .. Water availability varies geographically, and streamflows fluctuate on daily, seasonal, annual, and decadal time scales. Runoff depends on climatic processes that, to some extent, follow regular seasonal patter ...
- Wiley Online Library
... scholars have increasingly investigated the role of weather and climate conditions on climaterelated attitudes and behaviors, they typically assume that residents accurately perceive shifts in local climate patterns. We directly test this assumption using the largest and most comprehensive survey of ...
... scholars have increasingly investigated the role of weather and climate conditions on climaterelated attitudes and behaviors, they typically assume that residents accurately perceive shifts in local climate patterns. We directly test this assumption using the largest and most comprehensive survey of ...
ethics and climate change cost-benefit analysis: stern and after
... governments in poor countries heed the recommendation, then they may spend more on tackling climate change than their people think it is worth, as revealed by market data. That is, the poor country governments would be adopting policies which may fail an unadjusted cost-benefit test when lives are v ...
... governments in poor countries heed the recommendation, then they may spend more on tackling climate change than their people think it is worth, as revealed by market data. That is, the poor country governments would be adopting policies which may fail an unadjusted cost-benefit test when lives are v ...
Philippine N ational Grassroots C onferenc e on Climate C hange
... brought about by decades of human-induced surplus production based on the capitalist greed for super profits. More importantly, addressing climate change should be based on raising the question of sustainability of our global systems and structures of governance. Questions such as “is this system un ...
... brought about by decades of human-induced surplus production based on the capitalist greed for super profits. More importantly, addressing climate change should be based on raising the question of sustainability of our global systems and structures of governance. Questions such as “is this system un ...
Use of models in detection and attribution of climate change
... also objectively evaluate the ability of climate models to simulate observed climate change, assess the role of external factors versus climate variability in observed climate change, and enable prediction of future climate change that is grounded in changes observed so far.5,6 Before discussing mod ...
... also objectively evaluate the ability of climate models to simulate observed climate change, assess the role of external factors versus climate variability in observed climate change, and enable prediction of future climate change that is grounded in changes observed so far.5,6 Before discussing mod ...
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... There is growing consensus amongst the international humanitarian community that adaptation measures are urgently needed to help vulnerable people cope with the changing environments in which they are living. This requires adapting global and local food production methods through investments, techni ...
... There is growing consensus amongst the international humanitarian community that adaptation measures are urgently needed to help vulnerable people cope with the changing environments in which they are living. This requires adapting global and local food production methods through investments, techni ...
- Parliament of Vanuatu
... Clause 4 provides that the Director of each Department is responsible for the administration and efficient work of this Act and must advise the Minister and the Director General on all matters relating to this Act. Clause 5 empowers the Director to delegate his or her functions to an officer of the ...
... Clause 4 provides that the Director of each Department is responsible for the administration and efficient work of this Act and must advise the Minister and the Director General on all matters relating to this Act. Clause 5 empowers the Director to delegate his or her functions to an officer of the ...
Climate Change and Hunger - Responding to the Challenge
... There is growing consensus amongst the international humanitarian community that adaptation measures are urgently needed to help vulnerable people cope with the changing environments in which they are living. This requires adapting global and local food production methods through investments, techni ...
... There is growing consensus amongst the international humanitarian community that adaptation measures are urgently needed to help vulnerable people cope with the changing environments in which they are living. This requires adapting global and local food production methods through investments, techni ...
Communicating climate change – Learning from business
... change appear to instil an intellectual doubt about the purpose of individual action (Patenaude 2011: 267), as timescales of climate change projections are too distant for people to perceive it as an issue of individual importance (Houghton 2009; Geoghegan & Brace 2011). The void between the impact ...
... change appear to instil an intellectual doubt about the purpose of individual action (Patenaude 2011: 267), as timescales of climate change projections are too distant for people to perceive it as an issue of individual importance (Houghton 2009; Geoghegan & Brace 2011). The void between the impact ...
Mirrors and Mazes: A guide through the climate debate – ANZEC
... Finally I would like to clarify to my readers that I do want to see the development of alternative energy technologies to diversify away from our absolute dependency on coal, oil and gas – energy sources humankind still desperately requires for its survival. Unfortunately, there is so much panic fro ...
... Finally I would like to clarify to my readers that I do want to see the development of alternative energy technologies to diversify away from our absolute dependency on coal, oil and gas – energy sources humankind still desperately requires for its survival. Unfortunately, there is so much panic fro ...
How does climate mitigation policy affect adaptation? An empirical
... climate variables and choice sets of tree species types that are suited to each plot under the scenario. To reflect the renewable characteristics of forest resources, growth in timber volume is accounted for with empirically-estimated yield curves. We also simulate multiple carbon price scenarios th ...
... climate variables and choice sets of tree species types that are suited to each plot under the scenario. To reflect the renewable characteristics of forest resources, growth in timber volume is accounted for with empirically-estimated yield curves. We also simulate multiple carbon price scenarios th ...