“Smart Climate Change” for Professional Societies Workshop WORKSHOP REPORT
... There are 3 options that Kenya has in terms of enacting climate smart legislation: Dedicated framework legislation - this provides obligations for sectors to perform; Dedicated substantive legislation - this creates hardcore standards most of which take long to fulfill, for example emission targ ...
... There are 3 options that Kenya has in terms of enacting climate smart legislation: Dedicated framework legislation - this provides obligations for sectors to perform; Dedicated substantive legislation - this creates hardcore standards most of which take long to fulfill, for example emission targ ...
The Copenhagen Diagnosis - Climate Change Research Centre
... The most significant recent climate change findings are: Surging greenhouse gas emissions: Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels in 2008 were 40% higher than those in 1990. Even if global emission rates are stabilized at present-day levels, just 20 more years of emissions would give a 25 ...
... The most significant recent climate change findings are: Surging greenhouse gas emissions: Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels in 2008 were 40% higher than those in 1990. Even if global emission rates are stabilized at present-day levels, just 20 more years of emissions would give a 25 ...
2.0 air quality, climate and climate change
... The Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA) is a comprehensively researched, fully referenced and independently reviewed evaluation of climate change and its impacts for the region and for the world. The Overview Report entitled “Impacts of a Warming Arctic” (November 2004) concludes that: “The Arct ...
... The Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA) is a comprehensively researched, fully referenced and independently reviewed evaluation of climate change and its impacts for the region and for the world. The Overview Report entitled “Impacts of a Warming Arctic” (November 2004) concludes that: “The Arct ...
Climate change, development, and migration: an African Diaspora
... This paper focuses on the role of the African Diaspora in assisting their country of origin in its fight against the adverse impacts of climate change. In order to combat climate change poor countries need to mobilize all resources (financial, institutional and human) on different fronts. Diaspora c ...
... This paper focuses on the role of the African Diaspora in assisting their country of origin in its fight against the adverse impacts of climate change. In order to combat climate change poor countries need to mobilize all resources (financial, institutional and human) on different fronts. Diaspora c ...
Cultural dimensions of climate change impacts and adaptation
... are diminished, and in many cases endangered. There are often no effective substitutions for, or adequate compensation for, lost sites of significance10,14,15. The importance of these impacts is closely correlated with the level of attachment that individuals experience around their settlement or pl ...
... are diminished, and in many cases endangered. There are often no effective substitutions for, or adequate compensation for, lost sites of significance10,14,15. The importance of these impacts is closely correlated with the level of attachment that individuals experience around their settlement or pl ...
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... There are many countries in the model, many runs in the Monte Carlo analysis of parameter uncertainty, and many runs in the Monte Carlo analysis of war and drought stochasticity. That is, there are a lot of results. We present and interpret the results mainly for the expected values for three count ...
... There are many countries in the model, many runs in the Monte Carlo analysis of parameter uncertainty, and many runs in the Monte Carlo analysis of war and drought stochasticity. That is, there are a lot of results. We present and interpret the results mainly for the expected values for three count ...
the greater mekong and climate change
... BIODIVERSITY, ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT AT RISK ...
... BIODIVERSITY, ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT AT RISK ...
Regional Security Implications of Climate Change A
... implications of climate change are significant. Most of the studies fall in one of the following two categories: First, global or regional studies: These studies are mostly desk-based and focus on outlining plausible, narrative scenarios for different regions in the world. Despite the variance, most ...
... implications of climate change are significant. Most of the studies fall in one of the following two categories: First, global or regional studies: These studies are mostly desk-based and focus on outlining plausible, narrative scenarios for different regions in the world. Despite the variance, most ...
Song of the prophets: a global theology of climate
... up to our experiences, clearing away the mechanisms we all use to hide from the truths about ourselves and the world. It can help us to discern the meaning of an experience and find wise ways to respond that will bring life to others and be faithful to what we know of God. It returns us constantly a ...
... up to our experiences, clearing away the mechanisms we all use to hide from the truths about ourselves and the world. It can help us to discern the meaning of an experience and find wise ways to respond that will bring life to others and be faithful to what we know of God. It returns us constantly a ...
Long-Term Policy: Definition, Origin, and Responses by Detlef Sprinz
... appears to have some common good characteristics as it liberated a monopolistic market dominated by Boeing from lack of technological progress. Creating and maintaining public infrastructures is certainly a long-term policy challenge as many public sector budgets are unable to keep infrastructures i ...
... appears to have some common good characteristics as it liberated a monopolistic market dominated by Boeing from lack of technological progress. Creating and maintaining public infrastructures is certainly a long-term policy challenge as many public sector budgets are unable to keep infrastructures i ...
... We will compare alternative approaches to the ideal legal regime to address climate change: instrument choice (e.g. emissions taxes, allowance trading, technology R&D, prescriptive regulation, reducing deforestation, and geoengineering), the spatial scale (local, regional, national, global), time sc ...
Hansen1998-ClimateForcings-in-the-IndustrialEra.p+
... solar radiation incident on the planet or a change of CO2 in the Earth’s atmosphere. The unit of measure is Watts per square meter (Wym2), e.g., the forcing due to the increase of atmospheric CO2 since pre-Industrial times is approximately 1.5 Wym2 (2, 3). Climate change is a combination of determin ...
... solar radiation incident on the planet or a change of CO2 in the Earth’s atmosphere. The unit of measure is Watts per square meter (Wym2), e.g., the forcing due to the increase of atmospheric CO2 since pre-Industrial times is approximately 1.5 Wym2 (2, 3). Climate change is a combination of determin ...
Paper - IIOA!
... therefore the sectors that call for special attention, that is, the key sectors. The effective costs of mitigation measures depend, of course, on various local circumstances, for example, the specific form of economic growth and the introduction of technology developments in the production process a ...
... therefore the sectors that call for special attention, that is, the key sectors. The effective costs of mitigation measures depend, of course, on various local circumstances, for example, the specific form of economic growth and the introduction of technology developments in the production process a ...
1 SEIMAS OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA RESOLUTION
... implementation of the UNFCCC until 2012, as approved by Resolution No 94 of 23 January 2008 of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania (Official Gazette, No 19-685, 2008). 8. The purpose of the Strategy is to develop and implement the Lithuanian climate change management policy and set short-ter ...
... implementation of the UNFCCC until 2012, as approved by Resolution No 94 of 23 January 2008 of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania (Official Gazette, No 19-685, 2008). 8. The purpose of the Strategy is to develop and implement the Lithuanian climate change management policy and set short-ter ...
Atlantic Region Adaptation Science Activities Report
... Scientific work (including monitoring, research, special investigations, and a review of scientific literature) provides an understanding of the many risks posed by climate change, which natural and human systems are likely to be most vulnerable, and what might be achieved by adaptive responses. Thi ...
... Scientific work (including monitoring, research, special investigations, and a review of scientific literature) provides an understanding of the many risks posed by climate change, which natural and human systems are likely to be most vulnerable, and what might be achieved by adaptive responses. Thi ...
- Wiley Online Library
... major impacts are most likely to arise. For example, Lobell and Burke [2008] demonstrate that uncertainty in future crop yields is often dominated by uncertainty in projections of temperature, rather than precipitation, because the changes in temperature are far further outside the range of natural ...
... major impacts are most likely to arise. For example, Lobell and Burke [2008] demonstrate that uncertainty in future crop yields is often dominated by uncertainty in projections of temperature, rather than precipitation, because the changes in temperature are far further outside the range of natural ...
Creating a Climate Smart DFID
... against which offices are encouraged to assess themselves: bronze, silver and gold. You will need to agree the level of response which your office aims to reach with your Director and when you want to start your SPR by the latest early 2012. This will help you allocate resources and plan your activi ...
... against which offices are encouraged to assess themselves: bronze, silver and gold. You will need to agree the level of response which your office aims to reach with your Director and when you want to start your SPR by the latest early 2012. This will help you allocate resources and plan your activi ...
Corporate Climate Action Strategy
... demand and fossil fuel use when factored over the lifetime of an asset. Accounting for these operational benefits when capital projects are being scoped and budgeted for will be key to realizing these benefits while continuing to meet service levels. ...
... demand and fossil fuel use when factored over the lifetime of an asset. Accounting for these operational benefits when capital projects are being scoped and budgeted for will be key to realizing these benefits while continuing to meet service levels. ...
Urbanization and Climate Change in Small iSland developing StateS
... Image 1: Haiti northern city of Cap-Haïtien after heavy rains flooded streets, homes and fields overnight on 9 November, 2014...................................................... 2 Image 02: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon plants mangrove shoots on Tarawa, the main atoll in the Pacific island nation o ...
... Image 1: Haiti northern city of Cap-Haïtien after heavy rains flooded streets, homes and fields overnight on 9 November, 2014...................................................... 2 Image 02: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon plants mangrove shoots on Tarawa, the main atoll in the Pacific island nation o ...
MHCJCDivestmentProposal
... divestment. One argument is that if an institution does divest, it will have no financial impact since another entity will buy and/or invest in the stocks. CJC’s goal with divestment from fossil fuels, as an influential institution of higher education with a global reach, is to make a political sta ...
... divestment. One argument is that if an institution does divest, it will have no financial impact since another entity will buy and/or invest in the stocks. CJC’s goal with divestment from fossil fuels, as an influential institution of higher education with a global reach, is to make a political sta ...
Is climate change the number one threat to
... That is, climate change would contribute less than 4% to the total PAR for malaria. Similarly, warming would contribute 23% to total hunger in 2085 (91 million out of 391 million), assuming carbon fertilization (see below). By comparison, for coastal flooding, the one determinant for which future ...
... That is, climate change would contribute less than 4% to the total PAR for malaria. Similarly, warming would contribute 23% to total hunger in 2085 (91 million out of 391 million), assuming carbon fertilization (see below). By comparison, for coastal flooding, the one determinant for which future ...
Extending a Geographic Lens Towards Climate Justice, Part 1
... with resultant inadequate attention to humans rights (Liverman 2009) and justice concerns such as recognition. A second framing with implications for justice is that of “common but differentiated responsibility” (Liverman 2009). How responsibility for climate change is framed directly shapes the al ...
... with resultant inadequate attention to humans rights (Liverman 2009) and justice concerns such as recognition. A second framing with implications for justice is that of “common but differentiated responsibility” (Liverman 2009). How responsibility for climate change is framed directly shapes the al ...
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... to change, the methodology used here does not capture the full impact of adaptation to climate change. Assuming the land base is constant almost certainly provides conservative estimates of loss due to negative climate change impacts,s The potential effects of carbon dioxide fertilization are also n ...
... to change, the methodology used here does not capture the full impact of adaptation to climate change. Assuming the land base is constant almost certainly provides conservative estimates of loss due to negative climate change impacts,s The potential effects of carbon dioxide fertilization are also n ...
Submission by the Like-Minded Developing Countries
... commitments under the Convention. This must guide the work of the ADP because it reflects the principles of equity and CBDR that comes from the explicit recognition under the Convention and subsequent COP decisions of the historical responsibility of developed countries and the fundamental imperativ ...
... commitments under the Convention. This must guide the work of the ADP because it reflects the principles of equity and CBDR that comes from the explicit recognition under the Convention and subsequent COP decisions of the historical responsibility of developed countries and the fundamental imperativ ...
Polarized frames on “climate change” and “global warming” across
... demonstrated that exposure to news stories that describe climate change as a controversial claim significantly amplifies readers’ perceptions of scientific uncertainty. Additionally, Boykoff and Boyokff (2004) argued that the US press’ adherence to ‘‘balanced reporting’’ in both endorsing and rebutting ...
... demonstrated that exposure to news stories that describe climate change as a controversial claim significantly amplifies readers’ perceptions of scientific uncertainty. Additionally, Boykoff and Boyokff (2004) argued that the US press’ adherence to ‘‘balanced reporting’’ in both endorsing and rebutting ...
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.""