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... important mitigation co-benefits A new study, conducted by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and IFAD, confirms that smart investments in smallholder adaptation c ...
... important mitigation co-benefits A new study, conducted by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and IFAD, confirms that smart investments in smallholder adaptation c ...
The UK Climate Change Act 2008
... economics of climate change demonstrated that the costs of inaction would be far greater than the costs of action to mitigate climate change.1 In 2007, the intergovernmental panel on climate change’s (IPCC) fourth assessment report (AR4) concluded that warming of the climate system is unequivocal an ...
... economics of climate change demonstrated that the costs of inaction would be far greater than the costs of action to mitigate climate change.1 In 2007, the intergovernmental panel on climate change’s (IPCC) fourth assessment report (AR4) concluded that warming of the climate system is unequivocal an ...
Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators
... markets. Ontario's emissions decreased between 1990 and 2015 primarily because of the closure of coal-fired electricity generation plants. In 2015, the combined emissions from Alberta and Ontario represented 61% (38% and 23%, respectively) of the national total. The provinces of Quebec and British C ...
... markets. Ontario's emissions decreased between 1990 and 2015 primarily because of the closure of coal-fired electricity generation plants. In 2015, the combined emissions from Alberta and Ontario represented 61% (38% and 23%, respectively) of the national total. The provinces of Quebec and British C ...
Sensitivity of the oceanic carbon reservoir to tropical surface wind
... (2) the solubility of CO2 in sea water, and (3) the gas transfer coefficient, or gas piston velocity. These parameters are influenced by various processes, the most important being (1) the surface wind stress that directly affects the gas transfer coefficient, (2) sea surface temperature (SST), which d ...
... (2) the solubility of CO2 in sea water, and (3) the gas transfer coefficient, or gas piston velocity. These parameters are influenced by various processes, the most important being (1) the surface wind stress that directly affects the gas transfer coefficient, (2) sea surface temperature (SST), which d ...
Article - Biogeosciences
... Functional change can be changes in the structure, physiological properties or species composition of an ecosystem and can occur at either short or long time scales. It is a challenge to assess functional change over the whole succession of an ecosystem because most observations and experiments are ...
... Functional change can be changes in the structure, physiological properties or species composition of an ecosystem and can occur at either short or long time scales. It is a challenge to assess functional change over the whole succession of an ecosystem because most observations and experiments are ...
Carbon Price Forecasts - Parliamentary Commissioner for the
... framework. Individual countries may have their own emission reduction policies on a voluntary basis, and there may be fragmented bi- or multi-lateral agreements. To encourage some adjustment to a low-carbon economy, and for presentation to the outside world, New Zealand has an emission reduction tar ...
... framework. Individual countries may have their own emission reduction policies on a voluntary basis, and there may be fragmented bi- or multi-lateral agreements. To encourage some adjustment to a low-carbon economy, and for presentation to the outside world, New Zealand has an emission reduction tar ...
The impact of climate variation and disturbances
... The effects of disturbance and subsequent recovery on the carbon balance are attributable to carbon uptake by regrowing trees and carbon loss by decomposition of dead wood (i.e., residues; Janisch and Harmon, 2002; Grant et al., 2010; Goulden et al., 2011). Therefore, controlling the degree of distu ...
... The effects of disturbance and subsequent recovery on the carbon balance are attributable to carbon uptake by regrowing trees and carbon loss by decomposition of dead wood (i.e., residues; Janisch and Harmon, 2002; Grant et al., 2010; Goulden et al., 2011). Therefore, controlling the degree of distu ...
Quasi-100 ky glacial-interglacial cycles triggered by - HAL-Insu
... soil development on a volcanic lava sequence in Hawaii spanning 4 million years (Vitousek, 2004). Because most of the carbon in cold climate is stored in soil, not vegetation, even if vegetation grows quickly on glacial tills, it will take a long time before most of this carbon pool re-establishes i ...
... soil development on a volcanic lava sequence in Hawaii spanning 4 million years (Vitousek, 2004). Because most of the carbon in cold climate is stored in soil, not vegetation, even if vegetation grows quickly on glacial tills, it will take a long time before most of this carbon pool re-establishes i ...
Taxing Carbon as an Instrument of Green Industrial Policy in
... requires economic growth in most of these countries – few, if any, can achieve this through mere redistributional measures. Growth, if inclusive, can indeed be very effective in reducing poverty. Over the past 20 years, per capita incomes in developing countries have increased by 80 per cent, and mo ...
... requires economic growth in most of these countries – few, if any, can achieve this through mere redistributional measures. Growth, if inclusive, can indeed be very effective in reducing poverty. Over the past 20 years, per capita incomes in developing countries have increased by 80 per cent, and mo ...
Simulating effects of land use changes on carbon fluxes: past
... and Ciais, 2004). This limitation can be overcome by endogenous modelling of LULUC processes based on spatially explicit land use maps. Previous global studies taking this approach used terrestrial models either forced by prescribed climate fields and atmospheric CO2 (McGuire et al., 2001) or run as ...
... and Ciais, 2004). This limitation can be overcome by endogenous modelling of LULUC processes based on spatially explicit land use maps. Previous global studies taking this approach used terrestrial models either forced by prescribed climate fields and atmospheric CO2 (McGuire et al., 2001) or run as ...
A human-induced hothouse climate?
... are governed by critical feedbacks and interplay among factors such as large-scale atmospheric circulation, clouds, water vapor tropical cyclones, oceanic thermohaline circulation, and atmospheric CO2. Can rapid human climate-warming activities force the current icehouse climate into a hothouse clim ...
... are governed by critical feedbacks and interplay among factors such as large-scale atmospheric circulation, clouds, water vapor tropical cyclones, oceanic thermohaline circulation, and atmospheric CO2. Can rapid human climate-warming activities force the current icehouse climate into a hothouse clim ...
Global response of terrestrial ecosystem structure and function to
... based on annual net primary production and biomass growth; they include competition among plant functional types, probabilities of natural disturbance (®re, general mortality) and succession (replacement of plant functional types over time) following disturbance. These processes are simulated either ...
... based on annual net primary production and biomass growth; they include competition among plant functional types, probabilities of natural disturbance (®re, general mortality) and succession (replacement of plant functional types over time) following disturbance. These processes are simulated either ...
In The Greenhouse
... greenhouse effect a greenhouse is a building made of glass that allows sunlight to enter but traps heat inside so the building stays warm even when it s, nasa s climate kids what is the greenhouse effect - greenhouse effect of earth s atmosphere keeps some of the sun s energy from escaping back into ...
... greenhouse effect a greenhouse is a building made of glass that allows sunlight to enter but traps heat inside so the building stays warm even when it s, nasa s climate kids what is the greenhouse effect - greenhouse effect of earth s atmosphere keeps some of the sun s energy from escaping back into ...
implications for ecosystem function and structure
... environmental changes continue to affect forest ecosystems, species-specific strategies and responses to changes in the N cycle may become increasingly important in determining plant–soil interactions, forest species composition and the associated long-term feedbacks to the climate system. Models th ...
... environmental changes continue to affect forest ecosystems, species-specific strategies and responses to changes in the N cycle may become increasingly important in determining plant–soil interactions, forest species composition and the associated long-term feedbacks to the climate system. Models th ...
Climate-driven enrichment of pollutants in peatlands
... 1a we have detrended both the C/N ratio and δ 15 N records and expressed them as standardized residuals (δ 15 Ndetrend and C/Ndetrend , respectively). δ 15 Ndetrend and C/Ndetrend have a generally inverse behaviour with higher δ 15 Ndetrend values corresponding to relatively lower C/Ndetrend . Low C ...
... 1a we have detrended both the C/N ratio and δ 15 N records and expressed them as standardized residuals (δ 15 Ndetrend and C/Ndetrend , respectively). δ 15 Ndetrend and C/Ndetrend have a generally inverse behaviour with higher δ 15 Ndetrend values corresponding to relatively lower C/Ndetrend . Low C ...
First Report - Climate Change Advisory Council
... This transformation is required in Ireland and globally to avoid the likelihood of severe, pervasive and irreversible impacts of climate change, the risk of which increase as the global temperature increases. The impacts of a global temperature increase of 4°C or more are projected to include substa ...
... This transformation is required in Ireland and globally to avoid the likelihood of severe, pervasive and irreversible impacts of climate change, the risk of which increase as the global temperature increases. The impacts of a global temperature increase of 4°C or more are projected to include substa ...
Potential Earnings Impacts from Climate Change: Energy Infrastructure
... 3.1 Carbon Price Impacts The financial impact of a carbon price on energy infrastructure investments will vary depending on the details of design and implementation of the scheme. Carbon trading schemes fall into two broad categories: ...
... 3.1 Carbon Price Impacts The financial impact of a carbon price on energy infrastructure investments will vary depending on the details of design and implementation of the scheme. Carbon trading schemes fall into two broad categories: ...
New Zealand`s Climate Change Target
... atmosphere also varies. This is why different gases have different effects on climate change. ...
... atmosphere also varies. This is why different gases have different effects on climate change. ...
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... The Social Cost of Carbon (SCC) monetizes the damage from releasing a ton of CO2 to the atmosphere today. This is essential information for the determination of optimal climate policies, as policies that price carbon according to the SCC will give the correct economic incentive for r ...
... The Social Cost of Carbon (SCC) monetizes the damage from releasing a ton of CO2 to the atmosphere today. This is essential information for the determination of optimal climate policies, as policies that price carbon according to the SCC will give the correct economic incentive for r ...
10-054a - Victorian Legislation
... greenhouse gas emissions of the decision under consideration. 9 Principle of integrated decision making A decision should integrate the competing longterm and short-term environmental, economic, health and other social considerations relating to climate change to ensure that— (a) all relevant issues ...
... greenhouse gas emissions of the decision under consideration. 9 Principle of integrated decision making A decision should integrate the competing longterm and short-term environmental, economic, health and other social considerations relating to climate change to ensure that— (a) all relevant issues ...
Probe into the Financing Mechanism for Chinese Forestry Carbon Sequestration Market
... AES is the first company that engages in forestry carbon sequestration projects in the world. It invested USD 2 million in an agricultural forestry project in Guatemala in the late 1980s with the help of an international poverty alleviation organization, for the purpose of offsetting the emission of ...
... AES is the first company that engages in forestry carbon sequestration projects in the world. It invested USD 2 million in an agricultural forestry project in Guatemala in the late 1980s with the help of an international poverty alleviation organization, for the purpose of offsetting the emission of ...
Lakes and reservoirs as regulators of carbon cycling and climate
... inland waters as a combined conduit and reactor for organic carbon, resulting in unidirectional flow from soils to sea and, at the same time, transformations and transport to the atmosphere and to sediment storage. Inputs of carbon can enter via upstream flow, groundwater inputs, atmospheric deposit ...
... inland waters as a combined conduit and reactor for organic carbon, resulting in unidirectional flow from soils to sea and, at the same time, transformations and transport to the atmosphere and to sediment storage. Inputs of carbon can enter via upstream flow, groundwater inputs, atmospheric deposit ...
The Carbon Dioxide Greenhouse Effect
... "homeostatic regulation."(12) The amount of carbon in the atmosphere is only a small fraction of what is bound up not only in the oceans but also in trees, peat bogs, and so forth. Just as sea water would absorb more gas if the concentration increased, so would <=>Biosphere plants grow more lushly i ...
... "homeostatic regulation."(12) The amount of carbon in the atmosphere is only a small fraction of what is bound up not only in the oceans but also in trees, peat bogs, and so forth. Just as sea water would absorb more gas if the concentration increased, so would <=>Biosphere plants grow more lushly i ...
Researches on Agricultural Sources of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and
... agricultural researches of China scholars focus on the aspects of necessity, simple models and developing conditions, but the intensive study on the low-carbon agricultural system has not seen in literature yet. ZHUANG Gui-yang (2007) analyzed on China’s low-carbon economy approach, potential and re ...
... agricultural researches of China scholars focus on the aspects of necessity, simple models and developing conditions, but the intensive study on the low-carbon agricultural system has not seen in literature yet. ZHUANG Gui-yang (2007) analyzed on China’s low-carbon economy approach, potential and re ...
The Carbon Dioxide Greenhouse Effect
... "homeostatic regulation."(12) The amount of carbon in the atmosphere is only a small fraction of what is bound up not only in the oceans but also in trees, peat bogs, and so forth. Just as sea water would absorb more gas if the concentration increased, so would <=>Biosphere plants grow more lushly i ...
... "homeostatic regulation."(12) The amount of carbon in the atmosphere is only a small fraction of what is bound up not only in the oceans but also in trees, peat bogs, and so forth. Just as sea water would absorb more gas if the concentration increased, so would <=>Biosphere plants grow more lushly i ...
Climate-friendly gardening
Climate-friendly gardening is gardening in ways which reduce emissions of greenhouse gases from gardens and encourage the absorption of carbon dioxide by soils and plants in order to aid the reduction of global warming.To be a climate-friendly gardener means considering both what happens in a garden and the materials brought into it and the impact they have on land use and climate.It can also include garden features or activities in the garden that help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions elsewhere.