Lecture slides, Nov. 4 (6.1 MB)
... increasing frequency of disasters, NASA Emeritus Scientist Nancy Maynard and her team are working with reindeer herders in Scandinavia to track changing temperature and precipitation patterns. Indigenous people are often particularly hit by disasters and climate change, and their knowledge is becomi ...
... increasing frequency of disasters, NASA Emeritus Scientist Nancy Maynard and her team are working with reindeer herders in Scandinavia to track changing temperature and precipitation patterns. Indigenous people are often particularly hit by disasters and climate change, and their knowledge is becomi ...
Challenges in Mitigating Indonesia`s CO2 Emission: The Importance
... Figure 4 shows the share of CO2 emission by type of energy use in 1984 and 2004. It can be seen from this figure that the contribution from oil combustion has declined from contributing 85 percent of total CO2 emissions in 1984 to 53 percent in 2004. Meanwhile, the contribution of gas increased from ...
... Figure 4 shows the share of CO2 emission by type of energy use in 1984 and 2004. It can be seen from this figure that the contribution from oil combustion has declined from contributing 85 percent of total CO2 emissions in 1984 to 53 percent in 2004. Meanwhile, the contribution of gas increased from ...
" Food Miles" to - University of Maine School of Law Digital Commons
... food travels an average of 1,500 miles before it reaches the American table, the concept of “food miles” is not one which we should construct policy around to address the food system’s contribution to global warming. This Essay seeks to bring to the discussion among American legal scholars2 and loca ...
... food travels an average of 1,500 miles before it reaches the American table, the concept of “food miles” is not one which we should construct policy around to address the food system’s contribution to global warming. This Essay seeks to bring to the discussion among American legal scholars2 and loca ...
Suggestions to the 12 th ASOF meeting
... dialogue partnership with ASEAN (June 1-2, Jeju) All ASEAN leaders participated in this event The summit's theme: "Partnership for Real, Friendship for Good” ...
... dialogue partnership with ASEAN (June 1-2, Jeju) All ASEAN leaders participated in this event The summit's theme: "Partnership for Real, Friendship for Good” ...
Greenhouse Gas Reduction: Cap-and-Trade Bills in the 110 Congress
... carbon-intensive industries; states; and sequestration activities. Initially, 24% of all allowances are auctioned, a percentage that increases over time. The TAP is set at $12 a metric ton of carbon dioxide equivalent; it increases 5% annually above the rate of inflation. The bill also requires coun ...
... carbon-intensive industries; states; and sequestration activities. Initially, 24% of all allowances are auctioned, a percentage that increases over time. The TAP is set at $12 a metric ton of carbon dioxide equivalent; it increases 5% annually above the rate of inflation. The bill also requires coun ...
Adapting portfolios to climate change
... global warming to less than two degrees Celsius (2°C) above pre-industrial levels — the threshold where many scientists see irreversible damage and extreme weather effects kicking in. The countries have submitted plans to reduce carbon emissions in so-called intended nationally determined contributi ...
... global warming to less than two degrees Celsius (2°C) above pre-industrial levels — the threshold where many scientists see irreversible damage and extreme weather effects kicking in. The countries have submitted plans to reduce carbon emissions in so-called intended nationally determined contributi ...
Comment fonctionne le GIEC et que dit
... The carbon cycle is policy-‐relevant • CO2 accumulates in the atmosphere as long as human emissions are larger than the natural absorp,on capacity • Historical emissions from developed countries therefore ma ...
... The carbon cycle is policy-‐relevant • CO2 accumulates in the atmosphere as long as human emissions are larger than the natural absorp,on capacity • Historical emissions from developed countries therefore ma ...
Carbon Accounting and Management
... control. Includes on-site fuel combustion, manufacturing and process emissions, refrigerant losses and company vehicles. Scope 2 - Indirect emissions: electricity and heat Indirect emissions from electricity, heat or steam purchased and used by the organisation. Scope 3 - Indirect emissions: other A ...
... control. Includes on-site fuel combustion, manufacturing and process emissions, refrigerant losses and company vehicles. Scope 2 - Indirect emissions: electricity and heat Indirect emissions from electricity, heat or steam purchased and used by the organisation. Scope 3 - Indirect emissions: other A ...
Primer on Climate Change Science (NACAA)
... GHG emissions from human activities that contribute to climate change include the burning of fossil fuels (such as coal, oil and natural gas), cutting down trees (deforestation) and developing land (land-use changes).4 The burning of fossil fuels emits GHGs into the atmosphere, while deforestation a ...
... GHG emissions from human activities that contribute to climate change include the burning of fossil fuels (such as coal, oil and natural gas), cutting down trees (deforestation) and developing land (land-use changes).4 The burning of fossil fuels emits GHGs into the atmosphere, while deforestation a ...
Extreme Weather in the Coming Decades –
... right now.” or 2) “The overwhelming scientific evidence tells us that human greenhouse gas emissions, land use changes and aerosol pollution are all contributing to regional and global climate changes, which exacerbate the changes and variability in climates brought about by natural causes. Because ...
... right now.” or 2) “The overwhelming scientific evidence tells us that human greenhouse gas emissions, land use changes and aerosol pollution are all contributing to regional and global climate changes, which exacerbate the changes and variability in climates brought about by natural causes. Because ...
Neil Bird - Tracking climate finance in budgetary systems
... reduce poverty by locking together high-quality applied research and practical policy advice. The views presented here are those of the speaker, and do not necessarily represent the views of ODI or ...
... reduce poverty by locking together high-quality applied research and practical policy advice. The views presented here are those of the speaker, and do not necessarily represent the views of ODI or ...
Climate Impacts of Land Degradation in the World`s
... basic ideas put forth in this and related articles became known as the “Charney hypothesis.” Charney and his associates developed a physically-based numerical representation of a biogeophysical feedback mechanism that could initiate and/or reinforce drought in sub-Saharan Africa as a result of veget ...
... basic ideas put forth in this and related articles became known as the “Charney hypothesis.” Charney and his associates developed a physically-based numerical representation of a biogeophysical feedback mechanism that could initiate and/or reinforce drought in sub-Saharan Africa as a result of veget ...
Newsweek
... University of Virginia who keeps a small farm where he raises prizewinning pumpkins and whose favorite weather, he once told a reporter, is "anything severe." Michaels had written several popular articles on climate change, including an op-ed in The Washington Post in 1989 warning of "apocalyptic en ...
... University of Virginia who keeps a small farm where he raises prizewinning pumpkins and whose favorite weather, he once told a reporter, is "anything severe." Michaels had written several popular articles on climate change, including an op-ed in The Washington Post in 1989 warning of "apocalyptic en ...
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... numbers of jobs are already being created in industries that seek to mitigate climate change by energy conservation or the development of energy alternatives, along with related technological innovations. Investment funds are pouring into these industries; some of that money will be lost, but there ...
... numbers of jobs are already being created in industries that seek to mitigate climate change by energy conservation or the development of energy alternatives, along with related technological innovations. Investment funds are pouring into these industries; some of that money will be lost, but there ...
Climate Modeling, Projections, Predictions and Downscaling
... of downscaled regional climate projections for most land regions of the world for use in impact-adaptation-vulnerability research CORDEX has developed regionally-specific, locally-led evaluation and analysis teams, with coupled capacity building and training activities e.g. Africa CORDEX WCRP/START ...
... of downscaled regional climate projections for most land regions of the world for use in impact-adaptation-vulnerability research CORDEX has developed regionally-specific, locally-led evaluation and analysis teams, with coupled capacity building and training activities e.g. Africa CORDEX WCRP/START ...
Guidance on climate change for asset and
... Existing assets – strategic risk assessments taking account of expected climate risks within relevant timeframes should be undertaken to inform decision making. Consideration of actions to replace, upgrade, or relocate assets or infrastructure would be undertaken at the appropriate future time, supp ...
... Existing assets – strategic risk assessments taking account of expected climate risks within relevant timeframes should be undertaken to inform decision making. Consideration of actions to replace, upgrade, or relocate assets or infrastructure would be undertaken at the appropriate future time, supp ...
Richenda Connell Presentation - Is Climate Change a Risk
... “Adaptation is the only response available for the climate change impacts that will occur over the next several decades before mitigation measures can have an effect.” Sir Nicholas Stern “The firms that will prosper in a climate-changed world will tend to be those that are: early to recognise its i ...
... “Adaptation is the only response available for the climate change impacts that will occur over the next several decades before mitigation measures can have an effect.” Sir Nicholas Stern “The firms that will prosper in a climate-changed world will tend to be those that are: early to recognise its i ...
critical remarks addressed to climate fanatics and climate sceptics
... As widely known, climate sceptics emphasize, that there is no – or no problem with – greenhouse-based global warming. They support the traditional economy, based on fossil energies. Climate fanatics on the other hand are convinced that greenhouse-based global warming is the only – or at least, the c ...
... As widely known, climate sceptics emphasize, that there is no – or no problem with – greenhouse-based global warming. They support the traditional economy, based on fossil energies. Climate fanatics on the other hand are convinced that greenhouse-based global warming is the only – or at least, the c ...
Confronting Climate Change in the US Midwest
... lethal in cities, where urban landscapes absorb more heat during the day and are less effective at releasing it at night (the “heat island” effect), our analysis focused on the extreme heat projected for two of the state’s largest cities, Cincinnati and Cleveland, and the number of days per year lik ...
... lethal in cities, where urban landscapes absorb more heat during the day and are less effective at releasing it at night (the “heat island” effect), our analysis focused on the extreme heat projected for two of the state’s largest cities, Cincinnati and Cleveland, and the number of days per year lik ...
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... action by numerous sovereign countries.1 However, national sovereignty limits the means that an international agreement cannot force a country to do things that are not in the country’s national self-interest. As the negotiations at the annual Conference of Parties under the UN Framework Convention ...
... action by numerous sovereign countries.1 However, national sovereignty limits the means that an international agreement cannot force a country to do things that are not in the country’s national self-interest. As the negotiations at the annual Conference of Parties under the UN Framework Convention ...
Weather and climate change: Climate change
... quantities of manmade greenhouse gases have been pumped into the atmosphere. Experts believe that the carbon dioxide released when fossil fuels burn has caused our world to heat up and has caused our climate to change. ...
... quantities of manmade greenhouse gases have been pumped into the atmosphere. Experts believe that the carbon dioxide released when fossil fuels burn has caused our world to heat up and has caused our climate to change. ...
Working Paper 224 - Baranzini et al (opens in new window)
... more intense use of a more efficient and – without a carbon price – cheaper technology (e.g., a car with more fuel-efficient engine). In addition, it will discourage any money savings due to energy conservation to be spent on energy-intensive goods and services, as these will have a higher price due ...
... more intense use of a more efficient and – without a carbon price – cheaper technology (e.g., a car with more fuel-efficient engine). In addition, it will discourage any money savings due to energy conservation to be spent on energy-intensive goods and services, as these will have a higher price due ...
- University of Bath Opus
... In August 2003, 14,800 heat-related deaths occurred in Paris [1] during what is considered the warmest summer since at least 1500 [2–5]. These deaths resulted not only from unusually high peak temperatures and a reduction in the diurnal temperature swing, but also from a failure of buildings to succ ...
... In August 2003, 14,800 heat-related deaths occurred in Paris [1] during what is considered the warmest summer since at least 1500 [2–5]. These deaths resulted not only from unusually high peak temperatures and a reduction in the diurnal temperature swing, but also from a failure of buildings to succ ...
climate science and the uncertainty monster
... The drive to reduce scientific uncertainty in support of precautionary and optimal decision making strategies regarding CO2 mitigation has arguably resulted in: • unwarranted high confidence in assessments of climate change attribution, sensitivity and projections • relative neglect of black swans ...
... The drive to reduce scientific uncertainty in support of precautionary and optimal decision making strategies regarding CO2 mitigation has arguably resulted in: • unwarranted high confidence in assessments of climate change attribution, sensitivity and projections • relative neglect of black swans ...
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.""