Climate Action Team Report to Governor Schwarzenegger and the California Legislature December 2010
... Mitigation and Adaptation California is protecting its people and resources by reducing greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change and by developing adaptation strategies to reduce the negative impacts of climate change. The Scoping Plan, developed by the Air Resources Board as directed by t ...
... Mitigation and Adaptation California is protecting its people and resources by reducing greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change and by developing adaptation strategies to reduce the negative impacts of climate change. The Scoping Plan, developed by the Air Resources Board as directed by t ...
The Need for (and Obstacles to) Regional Collective Action in Climate Adaptation
... on how to divide funding among nations (e.g., whether to allocate funds based on national vulnerability and, if so, how to establish relative vulnerability) and on the degree of autonomy to allow nations receiving adaptation funds in the design and implementation of their adaptation measures. Most s ...
... on how to divide funding among nations (e.g., whether to allocate funds based on national vulnerability and, if so, how to establish relative vulnerability) and on the degree of autonomy to allow nations receiving adaptation funds in the design and implementation of their adaptation measures. Most s ...
A Tale of Two Provinces: Imposing Greenhouse
... Ranging from broad policy commitments to detailed regulatory frameworks, these initiatives reflect the considerable diversity of each region’s economic, geographic and resource endowment, as well as the region’s politics.3 Although designed to meet the same goal of emissions reductions, the approach ...
... Ranging from broad policy commitments to detailed regulatory frameworks, these initiatives reflect the considerable diversity of each region’s economic, geographic and resource endowment, as well as the region’s politics.3 Although designed to meet the same goal of emissions reductions, the approach ...
Waterborne transport, ports and waterways: A review of
... IPCC takes the global lead on assessing and summarising information on past and future climate change. Individual countries or industries then focus on their particular interests, with the aim of providing specific guidance on climate change issues for actual use within that country or industry. For ...
... IPCC takes the global lead on assessing and summarising information on past and future climate change. Individual countries or industries then focus on their particular interests, with the aim of providing specific guidance on climate change issues for actual use within that country or industry. For ...
Existing data and knowledge gaps about air-climate inter
... CCMI, IC-IMAGES). The present report will focus on these two priority scenarios although there are possible additional scenarios that could comply with the selection criteria listed above. The Global Energy Assessment has developed energy projection pathways that comply with the RCP storylines and t ...
... CCMI, IC-IMAGES). The present report will focus on these two priority scenarios although there are possible additional scenarios that could comply with the selection criteria listed above. The Global Energy Assessment has developed energy projection pathways that comply with the RCP storylines and t ...
ccaf.gc.ca
... were slightly below 1990 levels, whereas emissions in the electricity (including the energy industries) and transportation sectors were significantly above 1990 levels—28 and 20 percent respectively. ...
... were slightly below 1990 levels, whereas emissions in the electricity (including the energy industries) and transportation sectors were significantly above 1990 levels—28 and 20 percent respectively. ...
Our Climate Options Have Shrunk
... At Cabrillo College first Department Chair of Astronomy, wrote and distributed the RPHOT photoelectric photometry software package to observatories in ’90s, built Cabrillo Observatory with help from Cabrillo’s Construction Engineering Management students. CCD camera systems and software, astrophotog ...
... At Cabrillo College first Department Chair of Astronomy, wrote and distributed the RPHOT photoelectric photometry software package to observatories in ’90s, built Cabrillo Observatory with help from Cabrillo’s Construction Engineering Management students. CCD camera systems and software, astrophotog ...
Vulnerability to climate change and sea
... We calculated a SED threshold (SEDt ) for the hotspot to statistically determine the limit above which the climate was no longer considered analogous to current conditions (namely climate loss), by comparing the distribution of SED values between the hotspot and the rest of the world for the current ...
... We calculated a SED threshold (SEDt ) for the hotspot to statistically determine the limit above which the climate was no longer considered analogous to current conditions (namely climate loss), by comparing the distribution of SED values between the hotspot and the rest of the world for the current ...
Module: Introduction
... SCIENCE-BASED APPROACH: We’ve analyzed what “doing our share” means according to the science of climate change. We set emission-reduction goals for our products by region and manufacturing operations based on stabilizing the atmospheric concentration of CO2 at 450 parts per million (ppm), the level ...
... SCIENCE-BASED APPROACH: We’ve analyzed what “doing our share” means according to the science of climate change. We set emission-reduction goals for our products by region and manufacturing operations based on stabilizing the atmospheric concentration of CO2 at 450 parts per million (ppm), the level ...
National Climate Change Action Plan
... that enables life as we know it on our planet, is being affected by human activities that release carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs) into the atmosphere. Anthropogenic emissions change the concentration levels of these gases in the atmosphere, which consequently have an impact on ...
... that enables life as we know it on our planet, is being affected by human activities that release carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs) into the atmosphere. Anthropogenic emissions change the concentration levels of these gases in the atmosphere, which consequently have an impact on ...
Likely Impacts on New Zealand Agriculture
... considers climate change alongside other important issues such as biodiversity, biosecurity, land degradation, and water resource use. ...
... considers climate change alongside other important issues such as biodiversity, biosecurity, land degradation, and water resource use. ...
BCS331 Module 10
... strategies and elements for inclusion in a future international convention on climate. The IPCC produced a series of assessment reports pointing out that the Arctic was one of the regions experiencing the greatest degree of climate change. When the Arctic Council was created by the eight Arctic nati ...
... strategies and elements for inclusion in a future international convention on climate. The IPCC produced a series of assessment reports pointing out that the Arctic was one of the regions experiencing the greatest degree of climate change. When the Arctic Council was created by the eight Arctic nati ...
2. Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG) approach
... the decision-making needs of the intended user. Present information in the report in a way that is readily understandable by the intended users. Ensure that the inventory report covers all product life cycle GHG emissions and removals within the specified boundaries; disclose and justify any signifi ...
... the decision-making needs of the intended user. Present information in the report in a way that is readily understandable by the intended users. Ensure that the inventory report covers all product life cycle GHG emissions and removals within the specified boundaries; disclose and justify any signifi ...
A review of the consideration of climate change in the planning of
... This variability has important consequences for the management of hydropower schemes under future climate change scenarios. The lifetime of hydropower infrastructure is around 100 years, meaning that new schemes implemented in in the next decade are still likely to be operating into the next century ...
... This variability has important consequences for the management of hydropower schemes under future climate change scenarios. The lifetime of hydropower infrastructure is around 100 years, meaning that new schemes implemented in in the next decade are still likely to be operating into the next century ...
Slide 1
... value of the projections for society declines. 2. A finer-scale understanding of climate change risks and vulnerabilities is needed 3. Multiple stresses will interact with the impacts of climate change, leading to different vulnerabilities to the same climate condition in different locations and a n ...
... value of the projections for society declines. 2. A finer-scale understanding of climate change risks and vulnerabilities is needed 3. Multiple stresses will interact with the impacts of climate change, leading to different vulnerabilities to the same climate condition in different locations and a n ...
How limiting factors drive agricultural adaptation to
... M.T. Niles et al. / Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 200 (2015) 178–185 ...
... M.T. Niles et al. / Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 200 (2015) 178–185 ...
Summary of the First Forum for National Designated Entities (NDEs
... NDEs as climate technology champions in their country Map national priorities, processes, and past and ongoing work in order to identify good requests Engage stakeholders (relevant ministries, key decision-makers, focal points for other UNFCCC mechanisms, private sector, civil society, etc.) t ...
... NDEs as climate technology champions in their country Map national priorities, processes, and past and ongoing work in order to identify good requests Engage stakeholders (relevant ministries, key decision-makers, focal points for other UNFCCC mechanisms, private sector, civil society, etc.) t ...
adaptation to climate change: international policy options
... Adaptation5 to climate is not a new phenomenon. Indeed, throughout human history, societies have adapted to natural climate variability by altering settlement and agricultural patterns and other facets of their economies and lifestyles. Human-induced climate change lends a complex new dimension to t ...
... Adaptation5 to climate is not a new phenomenon. Indeed, throughout human history, societies have adapted to natural climate variability by altering settlement and agricultural patterns and other facets of their economies and lifestyles. Human-induced climate change lends a complex new dimension to t ...
Climate Change Impacts and Responses in Bangladesh
... The societal exposure to such risks is further increased by the country’s high population and population density. Bangladesh has a population of 143 million people (2002) [13]with a GDP per capita (PPP US$) of 2,053, a life expectancy at birth of 63.1 years, and an adult literacy rate of 47.5 per c ...
... The societal exposure to such risks is further increased by the country’s high population and population density. Bangladesh has a population of 143 million people (2002) [13]with a GDP per capita (PPP US$) of 2,053, a life expectancy at birth of 63.1 years, and an adult literacy rate of 47.5 per c ...
Climate Change Science: An Analysis of Some Key Questions
... areas in the science of climate change where there are the greatest certainties and uncertainties,” and “views on whether there are any substantive differences between the IPCC [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change] Reports and the IPCC summaries.” In addition, based on discussions with the Adm ...
... areas in the science of climate change where there are the greatest certainties and uncertainties,” and “views on whether there are any substantive differences between the IPCC [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change] Reports and the IPCC summaries.” In addition, based on discussions with the Adm ...
International Climate Policy, National Positions, and Their Domestic
... A few months before the infamous Copenhagen meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Confederation of Danish Industries approached the government of Lars Rasmussen to propose a public–private partnership in light of the “needed focal point for all business- ...
... A few months before the infamous Copenhagen meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Confederation of Danish Industries approached the government of Lars Rasmussen to propose a public–private partnership in light of the “needed focal point for all business- ...
Climate Change Science - Stephen Schneider
... areas in the science of climate change where there are the greatest certainties and uncertainties,” and “views on whether there are any substantive differences between the IPCC [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change] Reports and the IPCC summaries.” In addition, based on discussions with the Adm ...
... areas in the science of climate change where there are the greatest certainties and uncertainties,” and “views on whether there are any substantive differences between the IPCC [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change] Reports and the IPCC summaries.” In addition, based on discussions with the Adm ...
Author's personal copy On the use
... In Q-method, comprehensiveness and representiveness are sought through the careful selection of items (statements or images) representative of the issue in question (or ‘‘concourse’’ to use Q terminology), which is more critical than the selection of participants. To use an ecological analogy, the p ...
... In Q-method, comprehensiveness and representiveness are sought through the careful selection of items (statements or images) representative of the issue in question (or ‘‘concourse’’ to use Q terminology), which is more critical than the selection of participants. To use an ecological analogy, the p ...
Experience of extreme weather affects climate change mitigation
... such a link has also been made within the media or the statements of prominent figures. We already know that following flooding experiences, people are more likely to perceive future flood risk and to buy insurance (in effect, an adaptation to that experience) due to the increased salience of floodi ...
... such a link has also been made within the media or the statements of prominent figures. We already know that following flooding experiences, people are more likely to perceive future flood risk and to buy insurance (in effect, an adaptation to that experience) due to the increased salience of floodi ...
Velocity of climate change algorithms for guiding conservation and
... Comparison of velocity algorithms Estimates of velocity of required migration from a global search for climate equivalents broadly conform to the results of Loarie et al.’s (2009) standard velocity algorithm when climate equivalents are nearby. This generally applies under moderate climate warming s ...
... Comparison of velocity algorithms Estimates of velocity of required migration from a global search for climate equivalents broadly conform to the results of Loarie et al.’s (2009) standard velocity algorithm when climate equivalents are nearby. This generally applies under moderate climate warming s ...
2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference
The 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference, commonly known as the Copenhagen Summit, was held at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark, between 7 and 18 December. The conference included the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 5th Meeting of the Parties (MOP 5) to the Kyoto Protocol. According to the Bali Road Map, a framework for climate change mitigation beyond 2012 was to be agreed there.On Friday 18 December, the final day of the conference, international media reported that the climate talks were ""in disarray"". Media also reported that in lieu of a summit collapse, only a ""weak political statement"" was anticipated at the conclusion of the conference. The Copenhagen Accord was drafted by the United States, China, India, Brazil and South Africa on 18 December, and judged a ""meaningful agreement"" by the United States government. It was ""taken note of"", but not ""adopted"", in a debate of all the participating countries the next day, and it was not passed unanimously. The document recognised that climate change is one of the greatest challenges of the present day and that actions should be taken to keep any temperature increases to below 2 °C. The document is not legally binding and does not contain any legally binding commitments for reducing CO2 emissions.In January 2014, documents leaked by Edward Snowden and published by Dagbladet Information revealed that the US government negotiators were in receipt of information during the conference that was being obtained by spying against other conference delegations. The US National Security Agency provided US delegates with advance details other delegations' positions, including the Danish plan to ""rescue"" the talks should they flounder. Members of the Danish negotiating team said that both the US and Chinese delegations were ""peculiarly well-informed"" about closed-door discussions: ""They simply sat back, just as we had feared they would if they knew about our document.""