Adaptation investments
... Parties …shall… assist the developing country Parties that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change in meeting the costs of adaptation to those adverse effects”. In recognition of this commitment, the Copenhagen Accord promises additional financing for both adaptation and ...
... Parties …shall… assist the developing country Parties that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change in meeting the costs of adaptation to those adverse effects”. In recognition of this commitment, the Copenhagen Accord promises additional financing for both adaptation and ...
2. Vulnerability and Adaptation Frameworks
... poor. It was developed to account for the resources that the poor may have that they can use to try to get out of poverty, as well as the diversity of political, institutional and cultural conditions at the village level. It is an approach for identifying development needs and for assessing the effe ...
... poor. It was developed to account for the resources that the poor may have that they can use to try to get out of poverty, as well as the diversity of political, institutional and cultural conditions at the village level. It is an approach for identifying development needs and for assessing the effe ...
evaluating the impacts of climate change on catchment
... pollution. A study by Donner et al. (2002) attributed ~25% of the nitrate export to the Gulf of Mexico to increased runoff alone. Observational studies have also shown an increase in nitrate pollution during wetter years with greater nitrogen retention in dry years (Kaushal et al. 2008). The process ...
... pollution. A study by Donner et al. (2002) attributed ~25% of the nitrate export to the Gulf of Mexico to increased runoff alone. Observational studies have also shown an increase in nitrate pollution during wetter years with greater nitrogen retention in dry years (Kaushal et al. 2008). The process ...
Climate Change and Insecurity in the Global South
... Furthermore, over the last five years or so8, the security policy community have come to regard climate change as part of their brief, as have civil society groups that work on defence, conflict analysis and peacebuilding. Whilst this paper is offered in the hope that the Western defence community m ...
... Furthermore, over the last five years or so8, the security policy community have come to regard climate change as part of their brief, as have civil society groups that work on defence, conflict analysis and peacebuilding. Whilst this paper is offered in the hope that the Western defence community m ...
How far are biodiversity loss and climate change similar as policy
... these storylines from an extensive engagement with academic and popular writing and media representations of these topics. We have not conducted a formal discourse analysis. We do not wish to argue that for each topic, there exists such thing as a single unified storyline. On the contrary, storyline ...
... these storylines from an extensive engagement with academic and popular writing and media representations of these topics. We have not conducted a formal discourse analysis. We do not wish to argue that for each topic, there exists such thing as a single unified storyline. On the contrary, storyline ...
NIPCC SPM Published - Australian Environment Foundation
... The Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change, or NIPCC, as its name suggests, is an international panel of scientists and scholars who came together to understand the causes and consequences of climate change. NIPCC has no formal attachment to or sponsorship from any government or gover ...
... The Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change, or NIPCC, as its name suggests, is an international panel of scientists and scholars who came together to understand the causes and consequences of climate change. NIPCC has no formal attachment to or sponsorship from any government or gover ...
National Climate Change Response Strategy
... of Environment and Mineral Resources (MEMR) has therefore recognised the need to enhance coordination of climate change activities in the country with a view to ensuring a climate-proof socioeconomic development anchored on a lowcarbon path. The Kenya National Climate Change Response Strategy (NCCRS ...
... of Environment and Mineral Resources (MEMR) has therefore recognised the need to enhance coordination of climate change activities in the country with a view to ensuring a climate-proof socioeconomic development anchored on a lowcarbon path. The Kenya National Climate Change Response Strategy (NCCRS ...
Senate Environmental Quality Committee
... Fuel Standard, Building Code Title 24, and the Renewable Portfolio Standard. These efforts focus on cities, counties, industries, and technologies. But the scientific community has become increasingly alarmed that we will not be able to avoid the early impacts of climate change, and that while we co ...
... Fuel Standard, Building Code Title 24, and the Renewable Portfolio Standard. These efforts focus on cities, counties, industries, and technologies. But the scientific community has become increasingly alarmed that we will not be able to avoid the early impacts of climate change, and that while we co ...
Global Warming - Department of Geology UPRM
... surface would be an average of about 60 degrees Fahrenheit cooler. In 1895, the Swedish chemist Svante Arrhenius discovered that humans could enhance the greenhouse effect by making carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas. He kicked off 100 years of climate research that has given us a sophisticated unders ...
... surface would be an average of about 60 degrees Fahrenheit cooler. In 1895, the Swedish chemist Svante Arrhenius discovered that humans could enhance the greenhouse effect by making carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas. He kicked off 100 years of climate research that has given us a sophisticated unders ...
Winter Sports and Climate Change
... to solutions to global warming versus being the “buy it” nation of clean technologies if action is delayed. Furthermore, the most comprehensive economic study on climate change projects the global market for low-carbon energy technologies will be worth at least US$500 billion annually and perhaps mu ...
... to solutions to global warming versus being the “buy it” nation of clean technologies if action is delayed. Furthermore, the most comprehensive economic study on climate change projects the global market for low-carbon energy technologies will be worth at least US$500 billion annually and perhaps mu ...
OECD Environmental Outlook to 2030
... water stress; this share will increase to 80% by 2030 unless new measures to better manage water resources are introduced. Policy action is affordable, and the cost of inaction is high Protecting the environment can go hand-in-hand with continued economic growth. The Outlook estimates that world GDP ...
... water stress; this share will increase to 80% by 2030 unless new measures to better manage water resources are introduced. Policy action is affordable, and the cost of inaction is high Protecting the environment can go hand-in-hand with continued economic growth. The Outlook estimates that world GDP ...
Growing disruption: Climate change, food, and the fight against hunger
... regions contribute least to climate change, in future they are likely to endure sharp changes in annual rainfall and climatic conditions that will put them at risk of greater food insecurity, especially in Africa and South Asia.6 Already, food production and prices are being hit globally by extreme ...
... regions contribute least to climate change, in future they are likely to endure sharp changes in annual rainfall and climatic conditions that will put them at risk of greater food insecurity, especially in Africa and South Asia.6 Already, food production and prices are being hit globally by extreme ...
Uncertainty and Decision Making in Climate Change Economics
... sensitivity has remained essentially unchanged over several decades (Knutti and Hegerl 2008), and partly because other measures, such as transient climate response—the global mean temperature change that is realized at the time of CO2 doubling if CO2 concentrations are increased by 1 percent per yea ...
... sensitivity has remained essentially unchanged over several decades (Knutti and Hegerl 2008), and partly because other measures, such as transient climate response—the global mean temperature change that is realized at the time of CO2 doubling if CO2 concentrations are increased by 1 percent per yea ...
- FUND - Climate Framework for Uncertainty, Negotiation
... intensity. The calibration is such that a 10% emission reduction cut in 2003 would cost 1.57% (1.38%) of GDP of the least (most) carbon-intensive region; this is calibrated to Hourcade et al. (1996, 2001). An 80% (85%) emission reduction would completely ruin the economy. Later emission reductions a ...
... intensity. The calibration is such that a 10% emission reduction cut in 2003 would cost 1.57% (1.38%) of GDP of the least (most) carbon-intensive region; this is calibrated to Hourcade et al. (1996, 2001). An 80% (85%) emission reduction would completely ruin the economy. Later emission reductions a ...
Not a Problem, Someone Else`s Problem, My Problem or Our
... 2. Insights from psychology A growing body of literature from the field of psychology explores behavioural responses to climate change and other relevant environmental issues. The Climate Change Task Force of the American Psychological Association (Swim et al. 2009) identified six central questio ...
... 2. Insights from psychology A growing body of literature from the field of psychology explores behavioural responses to climate change and other relevant environmental issues. The Climate Change Task Force of the American Psychological Association (Swim et al. 2009) identified six central questio ...
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... Zealand’s total greenhouse (GHG) emissions occur in the agricultural sector, which is relatively high compared to other developed countries in the world, (MfE, 2011). The country is unique from a regulatory perspective as it implemented a climate policy in 2008, the New Zealand Emissions Trading Sch ...
... Zealand’s total greenhouse (GHG) emissions occur in the agricultural sector, which is relatively high compared to other developed countries in the world, (MfE, 2011). The country is unique from a regulatory perspective as it implemented a climate policy in 2008, the New Zealand Emissions Trading Sch ...
The World Meteorological Organization at a glance
... Another key player is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), established in 1988 and co-sponsored by WMO and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). It assesses the available scientific, technical and socio-economic information to understand the risk of human-induced climate ...
... Another key player is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), established in 1988 and co-sponsored by WMO and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). It assesses the available scientific, technical and socio-economic information to understand the risk of human-induced climate ...
Sea-Level Rise and Its Impact on Vulnerable States: Four Examples
... The threat to these areas from sea-level rise is often compounded by other changing climate patterns, leading to coastal wetlands losses, groundwater salinization, loss of arable land, and increased storm activity. For the SIDS, even slight sea-level rise could be dangerous to the health of their ec ...
... The threat to these areas from sea-level rise is often compounded by other changing climate patterns, leading to coastal wetlands losses, groundwater salinization, loss of arable land, and increased storm activity. For the SIDS, even slight sea-level rise could be dangerous to the health of their ec ...
Why Analyze Mental Models of Local Climate Change?
... effects of potential change, particularly on food security, the agricultural sector, and disaster management. Anticipated changes by midcentury to regional climate patterns include average temperature increases of 18C, greater drought frequency, a 10% decline in the total amount of rainfall, and cha ...
... effects of potential change, particularly on food security, the agricultural sector, and disaster management. Anticipated changes by midcentury to regional climate patterns include average temperature increases of 18C, greater drought frequency, a 10% decline in the total amount of rainfall, and cha ...
C02 Levels in the Atmosphere Worksheet Introduction: The Earth`s
... Concentrations are measured as “parts per million” or ppm. In March 1958, when high-precision monitoring began at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii, atmospheric CO2 was 315.71 ppm. For every one million molecules in the atmosphere, 315.71 of them were on average CO2 molecules. Today, atmospheric C ...
... Concentrations are measured as “parts per million” or ppm. In March 1958, when high-precision monitoring began at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii, atmospheric CO2 was 315.71 ppm. For every one million molecules in the atmosphere, 315.71 of them were on average CO2 molecules. Today, atmospheric C ...
IPCC SPECIAL REPORT EMISSIONS SCENARIOS
... Report do not include additional climate initiatives, which means that no scenarios are included that explicitly assume implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) or the emissions targets of the Kyoto Protocol. However, GHG emissions are directly affected by ...
... Report do not include additional climate initiatives, which means that no scenarios are included that explicitly assume implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) or the emissions targets of the Kyoto Protocol. However, GHG emissions are directly affected by ...
2.3 Climate Scenarios
... How to Set up Climate Scenarios • The most import step on an impact study is to setup climate change scenarios. There are four methods to define climate scenarios. 1. Based on GCMs’ projections 2. Assumptions • T=+2 oC; +4 oC • P= 0%, 10%, 20% ...
... How to Set up Climate Scenarios • The most import step on an impact study is to setup climate change scenarios. There are four methods to define climate scenarios. 1. Based on GCMs’ projections 2. Assumptions • T=+2 oC; +4 oC • P= 0%, 10%, 20% ...
Second National Communication
... It is worth noting that the total greenhouse gases emissions increased by 6.2% from 51.52 million tonnes of Carbon Dioxide equivalent in 1994 to 54.72 million tonnes of Carbon Dioxide equivalent in 2000. The bulk of this increase in our emissions was from our land use sector. In this regard, Governm ...
... It is worth noting that the total greenhouse gases emissions increased by 6.2% from 51.52 million tonnes of Carbon Dioxide equivalent in 1994 to 54.72 million tonnes of Carbon Dioxide equivalent in 2000. The bulk of this increase in our emissions was from our land use sector. In this regard, Governm ...
Agenda training aviation ETS - Environment and Climate Regional
... implementation date of 2020. Until then, countries or groups of countries, such as the EU, are allowed to implement interim measures. In response to the ICAO decision and in order to give further momentum to the global discussions, the European Commission has proposed amending the EU ETS directive a ...
... implementation date of 2020. Until then, countries or groups of countries, such as the EU, are allowed to implement interim measures. In response to the ICAO decision and in order to give further momentum to the global discussions, the European Commission has proposed amending the EU ETS directive a ...
Do the stock markets price climate change risks?
... Response to climate change As climate change is becoming hotter as a topic, people are paying more attention and providing various solutions to the risks we’re facing. The ways to respond to this challenge include adaptation and, more essentially, mitigation. Humans, just as other creatures on Earth ...
... Response to climate change As climate change is becoming hotter as a topic, people are paying more attention and providing various solutions to the risks we’re facing. The ways to respond to this challenge include adaptation and, more essentially, mitigation. Humans, just as other creatures on Earth ...
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.""