Is the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change an
... 1990s with the objective of bringing nations together to negotiate policies in a global effort to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous interference with the climate system. With recently increasing scientific certainty regarding the curren ...
... 1990s with the objective of bringing nations together to negotiate policies in a global effort to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous interference with the climate system. With recently increasing scientific certainty regarding the curren ...
climate change - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
... What are the instruments and mechanisms at hand to reduce greenhouse gas emissions? How does international politics deal with climate change? Modes of international action What is at stake at COP 21? Hot topics and points of contention Country examples and political interests ...
... What are the instruments and mechanisms at hand to reduce greenhouse gas emissions? How does international politics deal with climate change? Modes of international action What is at stake at COP 21? Hot topics and points of contention Country examples and political interests ...
English - Global Environment Facility
... The recognition that the GEF has a role in financing adaptation to climate change goes back to the early guidance to the financial mechanism of the UNFCCC. According to the GEF Operational Strategy, approved by the Council in 1995, “the strategic thrust of GEFfinanced climate change activities is to ...
... The recognition that the GEF has a role in financing adaptation to climate change goes back to the early guidance to the financial mechanism of the UNFCCC. According to the GEF Operational Strategy, approved by the Council in 1995, “the strategic thrust of GEFfinanced climate change activities is to ...
U.S. Senate Report
... peer reviewed studies and original source materials as gathered from public statements, various news outlets, and websites in 2007. This new "consensus busters" report is poised to redefine the debate. Many of the scientists featured in this report consistently stated that numerous colleagues shared ...
... peer reviewed studies and original source materials as gathered from public statements, various news outlets, and websites in 2007. This new "consensus busters" report is poised to redefine the debate. Many of the scientists featured in this report consistently stated that numerous colleagues shared ...
SADC Policy paper on Climate Change
... Industrialized countries have emitted the most anthropogenic CO2 (area proportional to historical CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion, 1900-1999). Source: WRI Changes in minimum temperature for Gaborone, Botswana (red line represents actual data for 1910 to 2000 and projection based on the IS9 ...
... Industrialized countries have emitted the most anthropogenic CO2 (area proportional to historical CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion, 1900-1999). Source: WRI Changes in minimum temperature for Gaborone, Botswana (red line represents actual data for 1910 to 2000 and projection based on the IS9 ...
Sociological Perspectives on Global Climate Change
... and consequences of climate change have become increasingly apparent, social scientists have found themselves called on to contribute to the scientific understanding of the role of humans in global climate change. The opportunities for social science at the international climate change table have te ...
... and consequences of climate change have become increasingly apparent, social scientists have found themselves called on to contribute to the scientific understanding of the role of humans in global climate change. The opportunities for social science at the international climate change table have te ...
About this Sourcebook - Stockholm Environment Institute
... change. Climate-proofing ongoing and future projects and policies requires a strong understanding of climate science. This Part reviews the science of climate change summarized in the most recent IPCC Fourth Assessment report (Solomon et al., 2007). It also discusses, based on available literature, ...
... change. Climate-proofing ongoing and future projects and policies requires a strong understanding of climate science. This Part reviews the science of climate change summarized in the most recent IPCC Fourth Assessment report (Solomon et al., 2007). It also discusses, based on available literature, ...
Integrating Climate Change into Northeast and Midwest State
... We begin with some considerations for managers on how to interpret the information presented in this document, including discussions about uncertainty and approaches for coping with uncertainty. Next, we provide a summary of many of the climate trends that have been observed or are projected to occu ...
... We begin with some considerations for managers on how to interpret the information presented in this document, including discussions about uncertainty and approaches for coping with uncertainty. Next, we provide a summary of many of the climate trends that have been observed or are projected to occu ...
Climate Impacts in Europe The JRC PESETA II Project
... expressed does not imply a policy position of the European Commission. Neither the European Commission nor any person acting on behalf of the Commission is responsible for the use which might be made of this publication. JRC87011 ...
... expressed does not imply a policy position of the European Commission. Neither the European Commission nor any person acting on behalf of the Commission is responsible for the use which might be made of this publication. JRC87011 ...
Climate Change in Latin America
... during which the firm commitment was made to jointly tackle this challenge. The aim of the EUrocLima Programme, identified in the Lima Declaration, is to promote knowledge sharing, fostering structured and regular dialogue at all levels and ensuring synergies and coordination of current and future a ...
... during which the firm commitment was made to jointly tackle this challenge. The aim of the EUrocLima Programme, identified in the Lima Declaration, is to promote knowledge sharing, fostering structured and regular dialogue at all levels and ensuring synergies and coordination of current and future a ...
A Region Responds to a Changing Climate
... publications are the product of existing staff and resources from the various cooperating agencies. No additional public dollars were dedicated to this effort. The Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact was forged during the most difficult national economy since the Great Depression. We c ...
... publications are the product of existing staff and resources from the various cooperating agencies. No additional public dollars were dedicated to this effort. The Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact was forged during the most difficult national economy since the Great Depression. We c ...
a proposal for a convention on climate change refugees
... the population flows resulting from climate change will require a new holistic and interdisciplinary approach because the problem does not fit solely within a human rights or an international environmental law framework. A. The Emerging Problem of Climate Change Migration Acknowledgment of the emerg ...
... the population flows resulting from climate change will require a new holistic and interdisciplinary approach because the problem does not fit solely within a human rights or an international environmental law framework. A. The Emerging Problem of Climate Change Migration Acknowledgment of the emerg ...
Climate change: impacts and adaptation for agriculture in Western
... working to reduce the vulnerability of the agricultural sector to climate variability and change and to increase the sector’s adaptive capacity. In 2010, DAFWA developed a ‘Climate change response strategy’ to provide strategic direction for climate change activities and to identify and prioritise a ...
... working to reduce the vulnerability of the agricultural sector to climate variability and change and to increase the sector’s adaptive capacity. In 2010, DAFWA developed a ‘Climate change response strategy’ to provide strategic direction for climate change activities and to identify and prioritise a ...
Governing Climate Change: Towards a New Paradigm for Risk
... The communication tools vary, ranging from commands to incentives to ethicsbased encouragements. Control options, in turn, run the gamut from decisions to ‘wait and see’, requests for further data production and/or advanced assessment, to information disclosure requirements, monitoring provisions, s ...
... The communication tools vary, ranging from commands to incentives to ethicsbased encouragements. Control options, in turn, run the gamut from decisions to ‘wait and see’, requests for further data production and/or advanced assessment, to information disclosure requirements, monitoring provisions, s ...
Durban Climate Change Strategy
... the IPCC‟s Fourth Assessment Report published in 2007, to extremely likely (95%) in the recently released Fifth Assessment Report (IPCC, 2013). According to the latest IPCC Assessment Report, “it is extremely likely that more than half of the observed increase in global average surface temperature f ...
... the IPCC‟s Fourth Assessment Report published in 2007, to extremely likely (95%) in the recently released Fifth Assessment Report (IPCC, 2013). According to the latest IPCC Assessment Report, “it is extremely likely that more than half of the observed increase in global average surface temperature f ...
Adapting to Climate Change: Challenges for
... the atmosphere some of the infrared radiation produced by solar rays that reach the earth’s surface. This helps warm the planet. ...
... the atmosphere some of the infrared radiation produced by solar rays that reach the earth’s surface. This helps warm the planet. ...
About observed and future climate changes in Flanders and Belgium
... ‘To what extent is climate change already noticeable in Flanders and Belgium?’ and ‘What are the expectations for the future?’, these are the central questions that this MIRA Climate Report 2015 seeks to address. The report begins with an explanation of the mechanism that is at the basis of global c ...
... ‘To what extent is climate change already noticeable in Flanders and Belgium?’ and ‘What are the expectations for the future?’, these are the central questions that this MIRA Climate Report 2015 seeks to address. The report begins with an explanation of the mechanism that is at the basis of global c ...
The colour of climate: changes in peat
... on and knowledge about past changes in climate is crucial for our understanding of natural climate variability. Analyses on different spatial and temporal scales have been conducted on a number of raised bogs in southcentral Sweden in order to gain more knowledge about Holocene climate variability. ...
... on and knowledge about past changes in climate is crucial for our understanding of natural climate variability. Analyses on different spatial and temporal scales have been conducted on a number of raised bogs in southcentral Sweden in order to gain more knowledge about Holocene climate variability. ...
City of Tshwane Vulnerability Assessment to Climate Change
... Monitoring, reporting, verification and evaluation (MRVE) .................................................................... 93 ...
... Monitoring, reporting, verification and evaluation (MRVE) .................................................................... 93 ...
Surviving climate change in small islands
... To solve the problem of climate change there are two main options: i) Produce less greenhouse gases This could be through either reducing our consumption of energy, specifically fossil fuels or changing our land-use practices: to discourage clearance of trees and other greenhouse gas-absorbing flora a ...
... To solve the problem of climate change there are two main options: i) Produce less greenhouse gases This could be through either reducing our consumption of energy, specifically fossil fuels or changing our land-use practices: to discourage clearance of trees and other greenhouse gas-absorbing flora a ...
Sensitivity of Northern Peatland Carbon
... Holocene peatland expansion and C accumulation. Although peatland regions display considerable overlap in annual T-P space, many important regional differences are evident (Plate 2). For example, and considering the largest wetland regions, peatlands of the West Siberia Lowland (WSL) and Mackenzie R ...
... Holocene peatland expansion and C accumulation. Although peatland regions display considerable overlap in annual T-P space, many important regional differences are evident (Plate 2). For example, and considering the largest wetland regions, peatlands of the West Siberia Lowland (WSL) and Mackenzie R ...
SECOND-ORDER DRAFT IPCC WGII AR5 Chapter 3 Do Not Cite
... exposure and vulnerability of human beings against water related risks, and non-climatic drivers changing water management in terms of quantity and quality, as well as emissions and concentration of Green House Gases (GHGs) and Aerosol, that will lead to changes in precipitation, temperature, and se ...
... exposure and vulnerability of human beings against water related risks, and non-climatic drivers changing water management in terms of quantity and quality, as well as emissions and concentration of Green House Gases (GHGs) and Aerosol, that will lead to changes in precipitation, temperature, and se ...
Adaptation to Climate Change in the Context of Sustainable
... nonclimatic stresses. The costs of adaptation often are marginal to other management or development costs. The capacity to adapt varies considerably among regions, countries, and socioeconomic groups and will vary over time. The most vulnerable regions and communities are those that are highly expos ...
... nonclimatic stresses. The costs of adaptation often are marginal to other management or development costs. The capacity to adapt varies considerably among regions, countries, and socioeconomic groups and will vary over time. The most vulnerable regions and communities are those that are highly expos ...
ADB-40253-012_Final
... River is to the west, and the Mekong River to the east. Source: Sao 2009. ................................................ 6 Figure 3 Names and boundaries of administrative provinces in Cambodia. Source: Atlas of Cambodia. ... 6 Figure 4. Comparison of CO2 concentrations (ppmv) from SRES (A1B, A1FI, ...
... River is to the west, and the Mekong River to the east. Source: Sao 2009. ................................................ 6 Figure 3 Names and boundaries of administrative provinces in Cambodia. Source: Atlas of Cambodia. ... 6 Figure 4. Comparison of CO2 concentrations (ppmv) from SRES (A1B, A1FI, ...