Pluralising climate change solutions? Views held and voiced by
... “the elements of a deliberative system can be discerned, even if only in putative or compromised form” (Dryzek and Stevenson, 2011, pp. 1873). Their study provides a first assessment of climate discourses voiced at climate change side-events. They conclude that the range of perspectives, some of whic ...
... “the elements of a deliberative system can be discerned, even if only in putative or compromised form” (Dryzek and Stevenson, 2011, pp. 1873). Their study provides a first assessment of climate discourses voiced at climate change side-events. They conclude that the range of perspectives, some of whic ...
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... low-carbon fossil fuel, together with a clean backstop technology, are used in energy generation. The optimal order of extraction is studied. This work maintains the assumption that the fossil fuels are perfect substitutes, so that often one resource is exclusively used and at certain points in time ...
... low-carbon fossil fuel, together with a clean backstop technology, are used in energy generation. The optimal order of extraction is studied. This work maintains the assumption that the fossil fuels are perfect substitutes, so that often one resource is exclusively used and at certain points in time ...
Emerging responses to climate change in pastoral systems
... that innovation by pastoralists has the following features: • Wide range of different types of innovation: A wide range of different types of innovation was found among the different types of groups depending partly or wholly on pastoralism for a living: by pastoralists and agro-pastoralists that we ...
... that innovation by pastoralists has the following features: • Wide range of different types of innovation: A wide range of different types of innovation was found among the different types of groups depending partly or wholly on pastoralism for a living: by pastoralists and agro-pastoralists that we ...
Chapter 9. Establishing Common Ground: Finding Better Ways to
... in ways that connect rather than divide people will be crucial to generating the social change required to implement solutions. This is particularly true in high-emissions countries where there is still much disagreement about the reality and importance of climate change. Here we focus on how to bet ...
... in ways that connect rather than divide people will be crucial to generating the social change required to implement solutions. This is particularly true in high-emissions countries where there is still much disagreement about the reality and importance of climate change. Here we focus on how to bet ...
IMPACT2C – Policy Brief 3
... reduce global greenhouse gas emissions so as to hold the increase in global average temperature below 2°C above pre-industrial levels, and to consider lowering the goal to 1.5°C in the near future. However, there has already been an increase of about 0.85°C over the period 1880–2012 (IPCC, 2013), an ...
... reduce global greenhouse gas emissions so as to hold the increase in global average temperature below 2°C above pre-industrial levels, and to consider lowering the goal to 1.5°C in the near future. However, there has already been an increase of about 0.85°C over the period 1880–2012 (IPCC, 2013), an ...
How can decision-makers in developing countries incorporate uncertainty about future climate risks into existing planning and policymaking processes? (424 kB) (opens in new window)
... catastrophes in low and lower middle income countries have caused almost 850,000 fatalities and led to damages amounting to US$40 billion6. Such disasters have long-term impacts on economic development and poverty reduction through drawing resources away from development and putting individuals, fi ...
... catastrophes in low and lower middle income countries have caused almost 850,000 fatalities and led to damages amounting to US$40 billion6. Such disasters have long-term impacts on economic development and poverty reduction through drawing resources away from development and putting individuals, fi ...
US-China Relations Core – Wave 2 – HSS
... preference to isolate the Philippines should be a warning to Japan—and the United States—that Japanese leaders should take care to not escalate tensions further. ...
... preference to isolate the Philippines should be a warning to Japan—and the United States—that Japanese leaders should take care to not escalate tensions further. ...
Climate change regional review: Russia
... carbon sinks, including sustainable forestry, forestation, and re-forestation.8 More recently (March 18, 2013) the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment released a draft decree on ‘The Level of Greenhouse Gas Emissions’ necessary to facilitate the implementation of the Doctrine. The draft an ...
... carbon sinks, including sustainable forestry, forestation, and re-forestation.8 More recently (March 18, 2013) the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment released a draft decree on ‘The Level of Greenhouse Gas Emissions’ necessary to facilitate the implementation of the Doctrine. The draft an ...
Climate change regional review: Russia
... carbon sinks, including sustainable forestry, forestation, and re-forestation.8 More recently (March 18, 2013) the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment released a draft decree on ‘The Level of Greenhouse Gas Emissions’ necessary to facilitate the implementation of the Doctrine. The draft an ...
... carbon sinks, including sustainable forestry, forestation, and re-forestation.8 More recently (March 18, 2013) the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment released a draft decree on ‘The Level of Greenhouse Gas Emissions’ necessary to facilitate the implementation of the Doctrine. The draft an ...
Links between climate change, conflict and governance in Africa
... the limited capacities of developing economies, this could then trigger conflict and general instability, particularly in instances where institutions and governance structures are weak. Secondly, the rise in the sea level, the melting of glaciers and extreme weather events induced by climate change ...
... the limited capacities of developing economies, this could then trigger conflict and general instability, particularly in instances where institutions and governance structures are weak. Secondly, the rise in the sea level, the melting of glaciers and extreme weather events induced by climate change ...
Republic of Yemen Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) With
... low-emission investments. Key elements of LEDS may include assessment of GHG emissions, and projects over the next 15-30 years, proposal of alternative priority policy actions, implementation and financing mechanisms. Although, National Communications usually involves such elements, but it should be ...
... low-emission investments. Key elements of LEDS may include assessment of GHG emissions, and projects over the next 15-30 years, proposal of alternative priority policy actions, implementation and financing mechanisms. Although, National Communications usually involves such elements, but it should be ...
Estimating the Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture in
... (Deschenes and Greenstone 2007). Land markets, however, may not be properly operating in areas of Africa where land property rights are not perfectly assigned. For example, large areas of Ethiopia are plagued by ill-defined property rights and tenure insecurity, making the application of the Ricardi ...
... (Deschenes and Greenstone 2007). Land markets, however, may not be properly operating in areas of Africa where land property rights are not perfectly assigned. For example, large areas of Ethiopia are plagued by ill-defined property rights and tenure insecurity, making the application of the Ricardi ...
Diabetes and Climate Change Report
... costs of diabetes and climate change are staggering. There are 366 million people with diabetes today, a number expected to exceed half a billion by 2030. Diabetes causes 4.6 million deaths and costs over 465 billion US Dollars in global healthcare expenditure every year. Climate change is on a simi ...
... costs of diabetes and climate change are staggering. There are 366 million people with diabetes today, a number expected to exceed half a billion by 2030. Diabetes causes 4.6 million deaths and costs over 465 billion US Dollars in global healthcare expenditure every year. Climate change is on a simi ...
The Emissions Gap Report 2015
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Non-State Actor Zone for Climate Action, United Nations Environment Programme, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and World Resources Institute. Adaptation: The process of adjustment to actual or expected climate and its effects. In human ...
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Non-State Actor Zone for Climate Action, United Nations Environment Programme, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and World Resources Institute. Adaptation: The process of adjustment to actual or expected climate and its effects. In human ...
2015 Emissions Gap Report
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Non-State Actor Zone for Climate Action, United Nations Environment Programme, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and World Resources Institute. Adaptation: The process of adjustment to actual or expected climate and its effects. In human ...
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Non-State Actor Zone for Climate Action, United Nations Environment Programme, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and World Resources Institute. Adaptation: The process of adjustment to actual or expected climate and its effects. In human ...
National Capacity Self Assessment
... basic stuff for planning, evaluation, reporting, learning, accountability, transparency and governance. Egypt’s additional Needs Regarding UNFCCC activities and other capacity dimensions The needs may include, but are not limited to, the following proposed points: ...
... basic stuff for planning, evaluation, reporting, learning, accountability, transparency and governance. Egypt’s additional Needs Regarding UNFCCC activities and other capacity dimensions The needs may include, but are not limited to, the following proposed points: ...
Module 6 - REDD - Global Climate Change Alliance
... The Eliasch Review estimated that $17–33 billion a year was required by 2030 to halve emissions from the forest sector The general assumption is that finance of this magnitude could only be generated through the inclusion of forest carbon credits in a global carbon trading scheme, thus providing ...
... The Eliasch Review estimated that $17–33 billion a year was required by 2030 to halve emissions from the forest sector The general assumption is that finance of this magnitude could only be generated through the inclusion of forest carbon credits in a global carbon trading scheme, thus providing ...
- Harvard University
... Integrate climate forcing criteria in environmental policy analyses Policies designed to manage air pollution and land use may be associated with unintended impacts on climate. Increasing evidence of health effects makes it likely that aerosols and ozone will be the targets of stricter regulations ...
... Integrate climate forcing criteria in environmental policy analyses Policies designed to manage air pollution and land use may be associated with unintended impacts on climate. Increasing evidence of health effects makes it likely that aerosols and ozone will be the targets of stricter regulations ...
INSTITUTIONAL AND COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION A Thesis Presented
... ecosystem (i.e. due to the issuance of emission permits or carbon-emitting transportation modes) are less than the emissions flowing out (i.e. through sequestration efforts and planetary waste absorption capacity) then establishing a sustainable scale may be possible. If the stock of atmospheric emi ...
... ecosystem (i.e. due to the issuance of emission permits or carbon-emitting transportation modes) are less than the emissions flowing out (i.e. through sequestration efforts and planetary waste absorption capacity) then establishing a sustainable scale may be possible. If the stock of atmospheric emi ...
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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 ...
Climate Change and Your Health: Rising Temperatures, Worsening
... parts per billion (ppb) in ozone pollution. This study termed 1.2 ppb/°F the “climate penalty factor.” Future climate change will include changes to variables important for ozone levels besides temperature, but Bloomer et al. 2009 suggest that this climate penalty factor can be combined with futu ...
... parts per billion (ppb) in ozone pollution. This study termed 1.2 ppb/°F the “climate penalty factor.” Future climate change will include changes to variables important for ozone levels besides temperature, but Bloomer et al. 2009 suggest that this climate penalty factor can be combined with futu ...
Climate Change and the Economy: Expected Impacts and Their
... example, in the Gulf Coast region, energy and transportation infrastructure is placed at risk by rising sea level and storm surge. Oil and gas drilling facilities in the Gulf of Mexico, and ports, refineries, roads, and rail lines are at increasing risk of damage and inundation. For example, in the G ...
... example, in the Gulf Coast region, energy and transportation infrastructure is placed at risk by rising sea level and storm surge. Oil and gas drilling facilities in the Gulf of Mexico, and ports, refineries, roads, and rail lines are at increasing risk of damage and inundation. For example, in the G ...
... The key subsectors in agriculture are expected to have mixed impacts under the A2 and B2 scenarios. Banana, fisheries and root crop outputs are expected to fall with climate change, but tree crop and vegetable production are expected to rise. In aggregate, in every decade up to 2050, these sub-secto ...
Climate change and animal health in Africa
... – its poor development status – associated weaknesses in its science and technology infrastructure – institutional weaknesses – political and social instability. All of these disadvantages seriously hamper the capacity of Africa to respond (22, 43, 44). The same applies to the African livestock sect ...
... – its poor development status – associated weaknesses in its science and technology infrastructure – institutional weaknesses – political and social instability. All of these disadvantages seriously hamper the capacity of Africa to respond (22, 43, 44). The same applies to the African livestock sect ...
Cross-pressuring conservative Catholics? Effects of Pope Francis
... or U.S. Catholics in specific. Prior to the encyclical’s release, 71 % of American Catholics reported believing in climate change, which is on par with the general public (Pew Research 2015a). Catholics’ views on the topic broadly reflect the partisan split that exists within the public. Whereas 62 ...
... or U.S. Catholics in specific. Prior to the encyclical’s release, 71 % of American Catholics reported believing in climate change, which is on par with the general public (Pew Research 2015a). Catholics’ views on the topic broadly reflect the partisan split that exists within the public. Whereas 62 ...
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.""