Conditional Cooperation and Climate Change
... therefore, insisted on burden sharing. In a series of talks sponsored by the United Nations, the major emitters of carbon—the United States, the European Union, Japan, China, India, and others—have offered to reduce their emissions substantially if and only if other nations take commensurate action. ...
... therefore, insisted on burden sharing. In a series of talks sponsored by the United Nations, the major emitters of carbon—the United States, the European Union, Japan, China, India, and others—have offered to reduce their emissions substantially if and only if other nations take commensurate action. ...
The National League of Cities, the U.S. Conference of Mayors, and
... which requires the development of implementation plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the country’s largest source of such emissions, existing fossilfueled power plants—is a necessary action to address these extraordinary risks. 2. The Local Government Coalition consists of leading national ...
... which requires the development of implementation plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the country’s largest source of such emissions, existing fossilfueled power plants—is a necessary action to address these extraordinary risks. 2. The Local Government Coalition consists of leading national ...
Climate Finance Regional Briefing
... change, in particular glacial melt and changes in river flows, extreme events and risks to food production systems affect development in both rural and urban areas in the region (World Bank, 2014). Climate finance in the Latin American region is highly concentrated, with a few of the largest countri ...
... change, in particular glacial melt and changes in river flows, extreme events and risks to food production systems affect development in both rural and urban areas in the region (World Bank, 2014). Climate finance in the Latin American region is highly concentrated, with a few of the largest countri ...
new zealand`s greenhouse gas inventory 1990–2013 snapshot
... New Zealand remains a party to the Kyoto Protocol and has taken a quantified economy-wide emissions reduction target under the UNFCCC for the period 2013 to 2020. New Zealand will be applying the Kyoto Protocol framework of rules in reporting against this target. For reporting under the Kyoto Protoc ...
... New Zealand remains a party to the Kyoto Protocol and has taken a quantified economy-wide emissions reduction target under the UNFCCC for the period 2013 to 2020. New Zealand will be applying the Kyoto Protocol framework of rules in reporting against this target. For reporting under the Kyoto Protoc ...
What will global annual emissions of greenhouse gases be in
... rate of increase in annual emissions declines gradually to zero in 2030), and the other assumes the peak is reached by 2025. The latter projection assumes that the peak is followed by a period of year-on-year decreases in annual emissions that mirror the increases between 2020 and 2025. For the rest ...
... rate of increase in annual emissions declines gradually to zero in 2030), and the other assumes the peak is reached by 2025. The latter projection assumes that the peak is followed by a period of year-on-year decreases in annual emissions that mirror the increases between 2020 and 2025. For the rest ...
A Proposal for the Design of the Successor to the Kyoto Protocol
... “integrated assessment models” (IAMs) have undertaken this exercise, typically with a time of step of a decade. Kyoto II should seek to achieve the initial level of emissions (i.e. the level in the first time step) proposed by a “consensus” of these models. For indicative purposes only – not as a co ...
... “integrated assessment models” (IAMs) have undertaken this exercise, typically with a time of step of a decade. Kyoto II should seek to achieve the initial level of emissions (i.e. the level in the first time step) proposed by a “consensus” of these models. For indicative purposes only – not as a co ...
Future temperature in southwest Asia projected to exceed a
... the boreal summer for several consecutive years. This necessary outdoor Muslim ritual is likely to become hazardous to human health, especially for the many elderly pilgrims, when the Hajj occurs during the boreal summer. As the population in Southwest Asia continues to rapidly increase22 , cities w ...
... the boreal summer for several consecutive years. This necessary outdoor Muslim ritual is likely to become hazardous to human health, especially for the many elderly pilgrims, when the Hajj occurs during the boreal summer. As the population in Southwest Asia continues to rapidly increase22 , cities w ...
Building capacity for transparency
... Two ongoing projects that aim at building institutional capacity: A) GIZ/information matters B) UNDP/enhancing environmental monitoring and reporting in Georgia Activities under BUR Proposed activities in upcoming 4th national communication of Georgia ...
... Two ongoing projects that aim at building institutional capacity: A) GIZ/information matters B) UNDP/enhancing environmental monitoring and reporting in Georgia Activities under BUR Proposed activities in upcoming 4th national communication of Georgia ...
Fighting Climate Change: Human Solidarity in a Divided World
... Climate change is now a scientifically established fact. The exact impact of greenhouse gas emission is not easy to forecast and there is a lot of uncertainty in the science when it comes to predictive capability. But we now know enough to recognize that there are large risks, potentially catastroph ...
... Climate change is now a scientifically established fact. The exact impact of greenhouse gas emission is not easy to forecast and there is a lot of uncertainty in the science when it comes to predictive capability. But we now know enough to recognize that there are large risks, potentially catastroph ...
climate change perspective in pakistan
... Asia have adapted to a range of environmental stresses over the region’s long history of human settlement and land-use change. Whether such resilience can continue in the face of climate change and economic and population changes is uncertain, although it is expected that the processes of ongoing ad ...
... Asia have adapted to a range of environmental stresses over the region’s long history of human settlement and land-use change. Whether such resilience can continue in the face of climate change and economic and population changes is uncertain, although it is expected that the processes of ongoing ad ...
Climate Change and its Impact on Agriculture
... variability, and decreases in irrigation water. The major impacts of climate change will be on rain fed or un-irrigated crops, which is cultivated in nearly 60% of cropland. A temperature rise by 0.5oC in winter temperature is projected to reduce rain fed wheat yield by 0.45 tonnes per hectare in In ...
... variability, and decreases in irrigation water. The major impacts of climate change will be on rain fed or un-irrigated crops, which is cultivated in nearly 60% of cropland. A temperature rise by 0.5oC in winter temperature is projected to reduce rain fed wheat yield by 0.45 tonnes per hectare in In ...
Global Climate Change Policy Update (2007) DRAFT
... addressed, the senators cautioned. The need to link up a new United States climate program with existing domestic and foreign carbon trading programs also received significant support. Finally, the senators recalled how many panelists had urged the United States to take a "cautious first step toward ...
... addressed, the senators cautioned. The need to link up a new United States climate program with existing domestic and foreign carbon trading programs also received significant support. Finally, the senators recalled how many panelists had urged the United States to take a "cautious first step toward ...
UN-DESA Policy Brief No. 26
... General Assembly has established a number of processes, including the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea, the Ad Hoc Open-ended Informal Working Group to study issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity ...
... General Assembly has established a number of processes, including the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea, the Ad Hoc Open-ended Informal Working Group to study issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity ...
Morality in Public Policy: Climate Change Carmen Lawrence Earth
... no doubt that we need to change - and on a scale that has never before been contemplated. Yet governments (and many citizens too) seem to be looking for an easy way out. Of course, the easiest way out is to refuse to accept that there is a problem; another is to hope that the problem is not as bad a ...
... no doubt that we need to change - and on a scale that has never before been contemplated. Yet governments (and many citizens too) seem to be looking for an easy way out. Of course, the easiest way out is to refuse to accept that there is a problem; another is to hope that the problem is not as bad a ...
Paper - Eltahir Research Group
... the boreal summer for several consecutive years. This necessary outdoor Muslim ritual is likely to become hazardous to human health, especially for the many elderly pilgrims, when the Hajj occurs during the boreal summer. As the population in Southwest Asia continues to rapidly increase22 , cities w ...
... the boreal summer for several consecutive years. This necessary outdoor Muslim ritual is likely to become hazardous to human health, especially for the many elderly pilgrims, when the Hajj occurs during the boreal summer. As the population in Southwest Asia continues to rapidly increase22 , cities w ...
public misperceptions of human
... At the same time that they now employ PR professionals, large scientific employers often exert further control over the message that reaches the public by forbidding individual scientists to talk to the press and requiring that all comment be channeled through chosen PR representatives. Thus Nature’ ...
... At the same time that they now employ PR professionals, large scientific employers often exert further control over the message that reaches the public by forbidding individual scientists to talk to the press and requiring that all comment be channeled through chosen PR representatives. Thus Nature’ ...
based Climate Change Policy in Japan
... Mitigation to climate change is another important aspect for responding climate change and can be more cost-effective if using an integrated approach that combines measures to reduce energy use and the GHG intensity of end-use sectors, decarbonize energy supply, reduce net emissions and enhance carb ...
... Mitigation to climate change is another important aspect for responding climate change and can be more cost-effective if using an integrated approach that combines measures to reduce energy use and the GHG intensity of end-use sectors, decarbonize energy supply, reduce net emissions and enhance carb ...
2007 Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists http://www.thebulletin.org
... even medium-income countries after fossil fuel and uranium resources have been depleted. Even if self-sustaining nuclear power becomes viable, a world without artificial fertilizers, air transport, and other essential petroleum products will be incapable of sustaining even today's population. It fol ...
... even medium-income countries after fossil fuel and uranium resources have been depleted. Even if self-sustaining nuclear power becomes viable, a world without artificial fertilizers, air transport, and other essential petroleum products will be incapable of sustaining even today's population. It fol ...
present
... OP 3 Decide that the task force will, after wide consultation with governments, partner organizations and relevant stakeholders, prepare a report, including recommendations on proposed elements of the Framework, to the SecretaryGeneral of WMO within 12 months of the task force being set up. The repo ...
... OP 3 Decide that the task force will, after wide consultation with governments, partner organizations and relevant stakeholders, prepare a report, including recommendations on proposed elements of the Framework, to the SecretaryGeneral of WMO within 12 months of the task force being set up. The repo ...
full-book-review - Institute for Environmental Entrepreneurship
... Our work at the Institute immerses us in the issues of planetary sustainability, and from our experience, we think it valuable for even the most expert physical scientist to read these works, especially the ones by the two journalists, who tell the scientific tale very well indeed. We found a kind ...
... Our work at the Institute immerses us in the issues of planetary sustainability, and from our experience, we think it valuable for even the most expert physical scientist to read these works, especially the ones by the two journalists, who tell the scientific tale very well indeed. We found a kind ...
the dilema of ozone layer depletion, global warming and climate
... and erosion, while in many cases, the impacts would also be most severely felt in regions such as the Sudan and Sahel areas, which are already under serious water stress. There would no doubt be serious management, water resources management, forests and forestry, fisheries and other economic activi ...
... and erosion, while in many cases, the impacts would also be most severely felt in regions such as the Sudan and Sahel areas, which are already under serious water stress. There would no doubt be serious management, water resources management, forests and forestry, fisheries and other economic activi ...
Adapting to climate change in practice
... Moderator: Andreas Vetter, Federal Ministry for the Environment (D) Municipalities, cities and regions are faced with the challenge of having to develop concepts for adapting to climate change and to implement suitable measures. For the most part, they only have limited personnel and financial resou ...
... Moderator: Andreas Vetter, Federal Ministry for the Environment (D) Municipalities, cities and regions are faced with the challenge of having to develop concepts for adapting to climate change and to implement suitable measures. For the most part, they only have limited personnel and financial resou ...
Updated compilation of information on the mitigation benefits of
... to meet the growing demand for food that stems from economic and population growth, and the need to meet sustainable development objectives, in particular in developing countries. 4 ...
... to meet the growing demand for food that stems from economic and population growth, and the need to meet sustainable development objectives, in particular in developing countries. 4 ...
JOURNEY TO PLANET EARTH Plan B: Mobilizing to Save Civilization
... since the country is so poor it cannot pay for adequate education, health care, and security. When the earthquake hit in 2009, Haiti had no financial resources to cope with the disaster.) 2. Do you think other countries, especially in the developing world, are also witnessing similar environmental d ...
... since the country is so poor it cannot pay for adequate education, health care, and security. When the earthquake hit in 2009, Haiti had no financial resources to cope with the disaster.) 2. Do you think other countries, especially in the developing world, are also witnessing similar environmental d ...
JOURNEY TO PLANET EARTH Plan B: Mobilizing to Save Civilization
... since the country is so poor it cannot pay for adequate education, health care, and security. When the earthquake hit in 2009, Haiti had no financial resources to cope with the disaster.) 2. Do you think other countries, especially in the developing world, are also witnessing similar environmental d ...
... since the country is so poor it cannot pay for adequate education, health care, and security. When the earthquake hit in 2009, Haiti had no financial resources to cope with the disaster.) 2. Do you think other countries, especially in the developing world, are also witnessing similar environmental d ...
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.""