Heat Turn Down the Confronting
... under different warming scenarios in Sub-Saharan Africa, South East Asia and South Asia, and which warned that we could experience a 2°C world in our lifetime. Many of the worst projected climate impacts outlined in this latest report could still be avoided by holding warming below 2°C. But, this wi ...
... under different warming scenarios in Sub-Saharan Africa, South East Asia and South Asia, and which warned that we could experience a 2°C world in our lifetime. Many of the worst projected climate impacts outlined in this latest report could still be avoided by holding warming below 2°C. But, this wi ...
Using Carbon Sequestration Projects to Offset
... practices (BMPs) to limit carbon emissions; and (2) emerging business opportunities for investors and industry to partner with agriculture and forestry sectors engaged in carbon sequestration and emission-reducing practices. The Kyoto Protocol to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (Prot ...
... practices (BMPs) to limit carbon emissions; and (2) emerging business opportunities for investors and industry to partner with agriculture and forestry sectors engaged in carbon sequestration and emission-reducing practices. The Kyoto Protocol to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (Prot ...
(SPARC) (Thomas Peter, ETH Zurich)
... – Yet polar regions are where we expect the strongest coupling between ozone depletion/recovery and climate change (also between troposphere and stratosphere) ...
... – Yet polar regions are where we expect the strongest coupling between ozone depletion/recovery and climate change (also between troposphere and stratosphere) ...
Peaking China`s CO2 Emissions: Trends and Mitigation Potential
... This section of the report surveys energy- and emissions-modeling scenarios for China from 12 recent representative studies.9 Most of these studies were published after 2010 and they reflect the most recent projections made by the relevant research teams. It is difficult to make comparisons across m ...
... This section of the report surveys energy- and emissions-modeling scenarios for China from 12 recent representative studies.9 Most of these studies were published after 2010 and they reflect the most recent projections made by the relevant research teams. It is difficult to make comparisons across m ...
Adapting to Climate Change in Australia
... Even if climate change can be contained to around 2°C of global warming, Australia will have to manage serious and pervasive risks from climate change impacts. In 2007 the IPCC concluded that, for Australia, “Ecosystems, water security and coastal communities ... have a narrow coping range. Even if ...
... Even if climate change can be contained to around 2°C of global warming, Australia will have to manage serious and pervasive risks from climate change impacts. In 2007 the IPCC concluded that, for Australia, “Ecosystems, water security and coastal communities ... have a narrow coping range. Even if ...
The Challenge of Climate Change Adaptation:
... IPCC, supra note , at 17. Failure to reach international agreement on binding greenhouse gas limitations makes the need for adaptation all the greater: The fight to limit global warming to easily tolerated levels is thus over. Analysts who have long worked on adaptation to climate change – finding w ...
... IPCC, supra note , at 17. Failure to reach international agreement on binding greenhouse gas limitations makes the need for adaptation all the greater: The fight to limit global warming to easily tolerated levels is thus over. Analysts who have long worked on adaptation to climate change – finding w ...
climate change adaptation - India Environment Portal | News
... adaptation mechanisms based on local knowledge may be losing their effectiveness and some observers suggest that local climate adaptations may be inadequate to deal with future magnitudes of change (Lebel 2012). While highland dwellers experience both threats and opportunities from climate variabili ...
... adaptation mechanisms based on local knowledge may be losing their effectiveness and some observers suggest that local climate adaptations may be inadequate to deal with future magnitudes of change (Lebel 2012). While highland dwellers experience both threats and opportunities from climate variabili ...
United Nations Development Programme
... number of different disciplines and communities of practice. Given that the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) acts as the UN’s global development network, it addresses a broad range of development issues, many of which contribute to the objectives of the loss and damage work programme. Spe ...
... number of different disciplines and communities of practice. Given that the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) acts as the UN’s global development network, it addresses a broad range of development issues, many of which contribute to the objectives of the loss and damage work programme. Spe ...
Cultural Dynamics of Climate Change and the Environment in
... thing”.2 As Obama began his second term in the most powerful office on planet Earth, by way of media reactions to the speech, an onlooking public citizenry saw ‘hope’ rise again for more comprehensive climate change engagement from the US. Indeed, all of this stands in stark contrast to President Ob ...
... thing”.2 As Obama began his second term in the most powerful office on planet Earth, by way of media reactions to the speech, an onlooking public citizenry saw ‘hope’ rise again for more comprehensive climate change engagement from the US. Indeed, all of this stands in stark contrast to President Ob ...
Positive feedback between future climate change
... temperature to atmospheric CO2 , and the second term represents the overall sensitivity of atmospheric CO2 to temperature. In our climate change simulation, the sensitivity of temperature to CO2 gradually decreases from 0.007 K/ppmv at 2 × CO2 to 0.003 K/ppmv at 4 × CO2 (Figure 4a). The CO2 sensitiv ...
... temperature to atmospheric CO2 , and the second term represents the overall sensitivity of atmospheric CO2 to temperature. In our climate change simulation, the sensitivity of temperature to CO2 gradually decreases from 0.007 K/ppmv at 2 × CO2 to 0.003 K/ppmv at 4 × CO2 (Figure 4a). The CO2 sensitiv ...
Read the complete document. - The Carbon Sense Coalition
... 13. CO2 in the atmosphere has increased during most of the 20th century at a fairly constant rate. However, we had a period of GC from 1940 to 1975 (even while CO2 concentrations increased) as well as a GW period from 1975 to the early part of this century. 14. High concentrations of CO2 have been d ...
... 13. CO2 in the atmosphere has increased during most of the 20th century at a fairly constant rate. However, we had a period of GC from 1940 to 1975 (even while CO2 concentrations increased) as well as a GW period from 1975 to the early part of this century. 14. High concentrations of CO2 have been d ...
Transformational adaptation
... Alberta’s climate is changing: temperatures are rising, particularly in the winter; heat waves have become more frequent; and the growing season has become longer.1 These trends are expected to continue into the future. Alberta’s mean annual temperature could rise by 2.0°C by the 2030s and 4.0°C by ...
... Alberta’s climate is changing: temperatures are rising, particularly in the winter; heat waves have become more frequent; and the growing season has become longer.1 These trends are expected to continue into the future. Alberta’s mean annual temperature could rise by 2.0°C by the 2030s and 4.0°C by ...
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... taking great efforts to implement the Kyoto Protocol and forge a post-2012 climate change regime to succeed it. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2007) calls for developed countries to cut their greenhouse gas emissions by 25-40% by 2020 and by 80% by 2050 relative to their 1990 l ...
... taking great efforts to implement the Kyoto Protocol and forge a post-2012 climate change regime to succeed it. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2007) calls for developed countries to cut their greenhouse gas emissions by 25-40% by 2020 and by 80% by 2050 relative to their 1990 l ...
Climate change and ocean acidification in OSPAR
... global emissions of CO2 should be halved by 2050 (from 1990 levels) and in industrialised countries, emissions of CO2 should be reduced by 80% by 2050. WWF agrees that we have the means to reduce GHG emissions and as a result aim to restrain a dangerously changing climate – all we need now is the po ...
... global emissions of CO2 should be halved by 2050 (from 1990 levels) and in industrialised countries, emissions of CO2 should be reduced by 80% by 2050. WWF agrees that we have the means to reduce GHG emissions and as a result aim to restrain a dangerously changing climate – all we need now is the po ...
Provincial government of Albay, Philippines
... environment, education and economy, and is a framework for other national climate change initiatives. The Albay Strategy is devoted to economic development, social development and socio-economic growth. The province has launched the Albay in Action on Climate Change (A2C2) program and embedded disas ...
... environment, education and economy, and is a framework for other national climate change initiatives. The Albay Strategy is devoted to economic development, social development and socio-economic growth. The province has launched the Albay in Action on Climate Change (A2C2) program and embedded disas ...
International Climate Technology Strategies The Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements
... this range, the cost of GHG mitigation through 2050 is trillions or tens of trillions of dollars of discounted GDP, or an annualized cost in the tens to hundreds of billions per year (Newell forthcoming). Longer-term total costs through 2100 are approximately double this amount. While these estimate ...
... this range, the cost of GHG mitigation through 2050 is trillions or tens of trillions of dollars of discounted GDP, or an annualized cost in the tens to hundreds of billions per year (Newell forthcoming). Longer-term total costs through 2100 are approximately double this amount. While these estimate ...
Co-benefits of addressing climate change can motivate action around the... Authors: , Taciano L. Milfont , Yoshihisa Kashima
... convinced participants, unconvinced participants showed similar or stronger effects for cobenefits related to societal conditions, and similar or weaker effects for character co-benefits. Unconvinced participants seemed particularly motivated by Development co-benefits. For climate change importanc ...
... convinced participants, unconvinced participants showed similar or stronger effects for cobenefits related to societal conditions, and similar or weaker effects for character co-benefits. Unconvinced participants seemed particularly motivated by Development co-benefits. For climate change importanc ...
The Impacts of 1.5°C
... increase in global average temperature above preindustrial levels. The Paris Agreement includes a long-term global temperature goal of “holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C… and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial lev ...
... increase in global average temperature above preindustrial levels. The Paris Agreement includes a long-term global temperature goal of “holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C… and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial lev ...
changing patterns of rain or power? how an idea of
... Research related to climate change adaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa has until now largely been guided by objectivist stances in which the bio-physical consequences of climate change, and its impacts upon human populations have been taken as a focal point of analysis (Low 2005; Crate & Nuttal 2009; A ...
... Research related to climate change adaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa has until now largely been guided by objectivist stances in which the bio-physical consequences of climate change, and its impacts upon human populations have been taken as a focal point of analysis (Low 2005; Crate & Nuttal 2009; A ...
Projecting Climate Change in Hawaii
... the USA, fully 25% of the species on the US government’s official endangered list are found only in Hawai‘i. Climate change in Hawai‘i will threaten habitats and perturb island ecosystems, not only on land, but also along the coastline and in the surrounding ocean. The latter will be further stresse ...
... the USA, fully 25% of the species on the US government’s official endangered list are found only in Hawai‘i. Climate change in Hawai‘i will threaten habitats and perturb island ecosystems, not only on land, but also along the coastline and in the surrounding ocean. The latter will be further stresse ...
DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF THE GREEN CLIMATE FUND*
... the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in recent years. However, the GCF has not progressed smoothly, and currently there are no satisfactory schemes for raising and distributing the fund. This paper first discusses how to finance the GCF among Annex II countries. It intr ...
... the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in recent years. However, the GCF has not progressed smoothly, and currently there are no satisfactory schemes for raising and distributing the fund. This paper first discusses how to finance the GCF among Annex II countries. It intr ...
The Blueprint for Coffee in a Changing Climate
... make sure coffee survives and thrives as the production landscape shifts. While a changing climate impacts everyone on the planet, some people— like small-scale agricultural producers—are more vulnerable to its effects than others.1 Millions of coffee farmers and farm workers are experiencing irregu ...
... make sure coffee survives and thrives as the production landscape shifts. While a changing climate impacts everyone on the planet, some people— like small-scale agricultural producers—are more vulnerable to its effects than others.1 Millions of coffee farmers and farm workers are experiencing irregu ...
The Effects and Linkages of Deforestation and Temperature on
... change. This paper is aimed at assessing the effect of deforestation to temperature and invariably on climate change in Nigeria. It discussed the rates of deforestation in Nigeria and globally; climate change in Nigeria; impact of extreme weather events in Nigeria; the effect of deforestation with r ...
... change. This paper is aimed at assessing the effect of deforestation to temperature and invariably on climate change in Nigeria. It discussed the rates of deforestation in Nigeria and globally; climate change in Nigeria; impact of extreme weather events in Nigeria; the effect of deforestation with r ...
Black Carbon Mitigation and the Role of the
... groups, as well as leaders of the G-7 countries1, have therefore called for a limit on the temperature increase to 2°C. This will require a rapid transition away from a global energy system based on fossil fuels as well as a reduction in SLCP emissions. The state of knowledge regarding the impacts o ...
... groups, as well as leaders of the G-7 countries1, have therefore called for a limit on the temperature increase to 2°C. This will require a rapid transition away from a global energy system based on fossil fuels as well as a reduction in SLCP emissions. The state of knowledge regarding the impacts o ...
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.""