Aerosols and Climate Change
... Direct radiative forcing (DRF): • “Radiative forcing is a measure of the influence a factor has in altering the balance of incoming and outgoing energy in the Earth-atmosphere system and is an index of the importance of the factor as a potential climate change mechanism. In this report radiative for ...
... Direct radiative forcing (DRF): • “Radiative forcing is a measure of the influence a factor has in altering the balance of incoming and outgoing energy in the Earth-atmosphere system and is an index of the importance of the factor as a potential climate change mechanism. In this report radiative for ...
Final qualitative report
... virtually naught. Some people who support carbon pricing do so only on the basis of ‘we need to start somewhere’, with a hope it will lead to the development of more successful policy approach in the future. ...
... virtually naught. Some people who support carbon pricing do so only on the basis of ‘we need to start somewhere’, with a hope it will lead to the development of more successful policy approach in the future. ...
2016 - Greenpeace - Exxon - Climate Liability
... climate science in favour of funding what has been referred to as an “infrastructure of denial.”32 The charge goes that Exxon could have used its scientific knowledge and economic and political clout to end the debate about man-made impacts on climate change and to help chart the transition to a low ...
... climate science in favour of funding what has been referred to as an “infrastructure of denial.”32 The charge goes that Exxon could have used its scientific knowledge and economic and political clout to end the debate about man-made impacts on climate change and to help chart the transition to a low ...
GDI 12 – Pre institute Aff and Case Neg
... little incentive to hire and invest. The federal government can help with this. It can take measures to create private-sector jobs by moving up investments that the public needs anyway—investments in roads and bridges, investment in changes that the country needs to make, such as the movement to a m ...
... little incentive to hire and invest. The federal government can help with this. It can take measures to create private-sector jobs by moving up investments that the public needs anyway—investments in roads and bridges, investment in changes that the country needs to make, such as the movement to a m ...
p4418-4433 - Parliament of Western Australia
... across states. Ultimately, we will require the federal government to be on board to make this the most effective scheme. We will also require that involvement to gain leverage into international trading so that we are signed on to international instruments such as the Kyoto Protocol. Quite a lot of ...
... across states. Ultimately, we will require the federal government to be on board to make this the most effective scheme. We will also require that involvement to gain leverage into international trading so that we are signed on to international instruments such as the Kyoto Protocol. Quite a lot of ...
EDMUND G. BROWN JR. State of California Attorney General
... California Air Resources Board, Climate Change Proposed Scoping Plan (October 2008) 26-27 (“Proposed Scoping Plan”). CARB approved the Proposed Scoping Plan on December 11, 2008. ...
... California Air Resources Board, Climate Change Proposed Scoping Plan (October 2008) 26-27 (“Proposed Scoping Plan”). CARB approved the Proposed Scoping Plan on December 11, 2008. ...
one National Security and Climate Change in Perspective
... change grew and the Soviet Union fell, an opening was created for redefinition of a new national security paradigm. The notion of elevating climate change and the environment to the level of a national security threat spread into the wider foreign policy community, instigating a heated debate. “The ...
... change grew and the Soviet Union fell, an opening was created for redefinition of a new national security paradigm. The notion of elevating climate change and the environment to the level of a national security threat spread into the wider foreign policy community, instigating a heated debate. “The ...
Training Needs Assessment of Relevant Stakeholders
... • The Capacity Development for Adaptation to Climate Change & GHG Mitigation in Non-Annex I Countries (UNITAR) • Climate Change Diplomacy Online Course (UNCCLEARN) • Country Pilot Projects to Strengthen Human Resources, Learning and Skills Development to Address Climate Change (UNCCLEARN) • Strategi ...
... • The Capacity Development for Adaptation to Climate Change & GHG Mitigation in Non-Annex I Countries (UNITAR) • Climate Change Diplomacy Online Course (UNCCLEARN) • Country Pilot Projects to Strengthen Human Resources, Learning and Skills Development to Address Climate Change (UNCCLEARN) • Strategi ...
AmandahaworthWiklund - Global Compact Nordic Network
... • The Story so far • Why companies are engaging with their suppliers in a ...
... • The Story so far • Why companies are engaging with their suppliers in a ...
a comparative study of biodiversity conservation coping with climate
... Addressing climate change requires two types of responses. Firstly, and importantly, we must reduce our greenhouse gas emission (take mitigation action) and secondly we must take adaptation action to deal with the unavoidable impacts. The severity of the impacts of climate change varies by regions. ...
... Addressing climate change requires two types of responses. Firstly, and importantly, we must reduce our greenhouse gas emission (take mitigation action) and secondly we must take adaptation action to deal with the unavoidable impacts. The severity of the impacts of climate change varies by regions. ...
Arranging deck chairs on the Titanic
... information relevant for the understanding of the risk of human-induced climate change’. Subsequently, in 1992, the United Nations (UN) proposed a framework for dealing with climate change, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). UNFCCC divides UN member states into devel ...
... information relevant for the understanding of the risk of human-induced climate change’. Subsequently, in 1992, the United Nations (UN) proposed a framework for dealing with climate change, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). UNFCCC divides UN member states into devel ...
The use of agrobiodiversity in adapting to climate change
... a unifying, standard and globally agreed methodology can be worked out to cope with the effects of the changes. Among other observations, farmers have noted that wild species are less sensitive to climatic variability as domesticated species. This has been taken into account in some of the local cop ...
... a unifying, standard and globally agreed methodology can be worked out to cope with the effects of the changes. Among other observations, farmers have noted that wild species are less sensitive to climatic variability as domesticated species. This has been taken into account in some of the local cop ...
Download: ACI2015 - Summary for Policy-makers
... Tropospheric ozone from anthropogenic precursors has a smaller impact on Arctic temperature than either methane or black carbon. Ozone also raises different concerns depending on its altitude. Surface levels appear to be influenced primarily by pollution from Europe. Ozone higher up in the troposphe ...
... Tropospheric ozone from anthropogenic precursors has a smaller impact on Arctic temperature than either methane or black carbon. Ozone also raises different concerns depending on its altitude. Surface levels appear to be influenced primarily by pollution from Europe. Ozone higher up in the troposphe ...
Full Paper - Agronomy 2015
... Wheat is a staple crop, and in Australia it is primarily produced in rainfed environments. Climate change projections indicate an increase in future rainfall variability and in temperature across the Australian wheatbelt. Coupled with the continued increase in demand for this crop due to rising popu ...
... Wheat is a staple crop, and in Australia it is primarily produced in rainfed environments. Climate change projections indicate an increase in future rainfall variability and in temperature across the Australian wheatbelt. Coupled with the continued increase in demand for this crop due to rising popu ...
Climate change and agriculture - NSW Department of Primary
... The agriculture sector in 2005 contributed 87.9 Mt CO2-e to Australian greenhouse gas emissions, representing 15.7 % of the total, almost unchanged from 1990 (AGO 2007). This contribution is now substantially greater than that from the Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry sector (6% of national em ...
... The agriculture sector in 2005 contributed 87.9 Mt CO2-e to Australian greenhouse gas emissions, representing 15.7 % of the total, almost unchanged from 1990 (AGO 2007). This contribution is now substantially greater than that from the Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry sector (6% of national em ...
Document
... REDD+ has been under negotiation since 2005 UNFCCC COP11 in Montreal Objective Mitigating climate change. Where? Tropical Developing Countries How? Incentives to reduce emissions from the loss of forests (deforestation and degradation) and to preserve and enhance their carbon stocks. ...
... REDD+ has been under negotiation since 2005 UNFCCC COP11 in Montreal Objective Mitigating climate change. Where? Tropical Developing Countries How? Incentives to reduce emissions from the loss of forests (deforestation and degradation) and to preserve and enhance their carbon stocks. ...
Ch 6 PPT - Blountstown Middle School
... • Higher levels of greenhouse gases, like CO2, create a greater greenhouse ...
... • Higher levels of greenhouse gases, like CO2, create a greater greenhouse ...
Impacts of Climate Change on London`s Transport Systems
... Sea levels are rising and the risk of tidal surges is increasing. As a result, the risk of tidal flooding is increasing, and the area at risk is growing. Heavier and more frequent intense downpours will also increase the risk of river flooding. Developers have assumed that flood defences will contin ...
... Sea levels are rising and the risk of tidal surges is increasing. As a result, the risk of tidal flooding is increasing, and the area at risk is growing. Heavier and more frequent intense downpours will also increase the risk of river flooding. Developers have assumed that flood defences will contin ...
The Global Climate Observing System, GCOS
... all components of the World Climate Programme. the assessment role of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). the international policy development role of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). To provide comprehensive, continuous climate and climat ...
... all components of the World Climate Programme. the assessment role of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). the international policy development role of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). To provide comprehensive, continuous climate and climat ...
GCOS – Global Climate Observing System
... Climate system monitoring; Climate change detection and attribution; Operational climate prediction on seasonal-to-interannual timescales; Research to improve understanding, modeling and prediction of the climate system; Applications and services for sustainable economic development; Ass ...
... Climate system monitoring; Climate change detection and attribution; Operational climate prediction on seasonal-to-interannual timescales; Research to improve understanding, modeling and prediction of the climate system; Applications and services for sustainable economic development; Ass ...
Climate Finance Briefing: Small Island Developing States
... resilient to climate impacts, and to shift the energy mixes of SIDS away from fossil fuels. Introduction The 39 nations classified as SIDS by the UN (which together constitute about 1% of the world’s population) form a distinct group of developing countries. SIDS tend to share a number of challenges ...
... resilient to climate impacts, and to shift the energy mixes of SIDS away from fossil fuels. Introduction The 39 nations classified as SIDS by the UN (which together constitute about 1% of the world’s population) form a distinct group of developing countries. SIDS tend to share a number of challenges ...
Event - IUCN
... This side event on Afforestation and REDD+ will focus on India’s NDC in forestry sector and its plan to meet various initiatives. The proposed event aims to promote the exchange of information and present potential collaborations among South Asian countries that share Himalayan and tropical ecologie ...
... This side event on Afforestation and REDD+ will focus on India’s NDC in forestry sector and its plan to meet various initiatives. The proposed event aims to promote the exchange of information and present potential collaborations among South Asian countries that share Himalayan and tropical ecologie ...
Climate Change: Observed, Projections and Impacts in ASEAN Plus Three
... • With the virtually certain likelihood of warmer and more frequent hot days and nights, there are projected to be increased insect outbreaks impacting agriculture, forestry and ecosystems. • Adaptations such as altered cultivars and planting times allow low- and mid- to high-latitude cereal yields ...
... • With the virtually certain likelihood of warmer and more frequent hot days and nights, there are projected to be increased insect outbreaks impacting agriculture, forestry and ecosystems. • Adaptations such as altered cultivars and planting times allow low- and mid- to high-latitude cereal yields ...
Climate change impacts and adaptation strategies in the
... rise of greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere, the world is already committed to climate change. It is true that the severity of impacts we are likely to encounter will be determined by our ability to slow, stop and reverse emissions over the coming years. But it will also be determined by our ...
... rise of greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere, the world is already committed to climate change. It is true that the severity of impacts we are likely to encounter will be determined by our ability to slow, stop and reverse emissions over the coming years. But it will also be determined by our ...
Primer on Short-Lived Climate Pollutants
... simultaneously improving the energy efficiency of refrigerators, air conditioners, and other equipment and products that use these chemicals, thus reducing CO2 emissions as well. The Federated States of Micronesia has made a formal proposal to amend the Montreal Protocol to do this, as have the Nort ...
... simultaneously improving the energy efficiency of refrigerators, air conditioners, and other equipment and products that use these chemicals, thus reducing CO2 emissions as well. The Federated States of Micronesia has made a formal proposal to amend the Montreal Protocol to do this, as have the Nort ...
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.""