The Rules of the Game
... told itself recently. At first glance, some of the principles may seem counter-intuitive to those who have been working on sustainable development or climate change communications for many years. Some confront dearly cherished beliefs about what works; a few even seem to attack the values or princip ...
... told itself recently. At first glance, some of the principles may seem counter-intuitive to those who have been working on sustainable development or climate change communications for many years. Some confront dearly cherished beliefs about what works; a few even seem to attack the values or princip ...
Growing within Limits
... be based also on subjective factors such as risk management and valuation of the intrinsic value of biodiversity. The Convention advocates a precautionary approach. The effectiveness of international biodiversity policy could be enhanced by a more concrete approach of biodiversity protection, on the ...
... be based also on subjective factors such as risk management and valuation of the intrinsic value of biodiversity. The Convention advocates a precautionary approach. The effectiveness of international biodiversity policy could be enhanced by a more concrete approach of biodiversity protection, on the ...
Ensemble modeling, uncertainty and robust predictions
... This article provides an introduction to ensemble modeling and its use in investigating uncertainty about future climate change. The second section provides a brief historical discussion of ensemble modeling. The third section identifies and distinguishes two main types of ensemble study: perturbed- ...
... This article provides an introduction to ensemble modeling and its use in investigating uncertainty about future climate change. The second section provides a brief historical discussion of ensemble modeling. The third section identifies and distinguishes two main types of ensemble study: perturbed- ...
From Davos to Copenhagen and Beyond
... travel. They have an important role, along with non‐governmental organisations, in encouraging governments to develop and implement regulatory policies and offer economic incentives. ...
... travel. They have an important role, along with non‐governmental organisations, in encouraging governments to develop and implement regulatory policies and offer economic incentives. ...
01-Long Report-cover
... the level of concurrence in the literature on a particular finding). This approach is used by WG III through a series of self-explanatory terms such as: high agreement, much evidence; high agreement, medium evidence; medium agreement, medium evidence; etc. Where uncertainty is assessed more quantita ...
... the level of concurrence in the literature on a particular finding). This approach is used by WG III through a series of self-explanatory terms such as: high agreement, much evidence; high agreement, medium evidence; medium agreement, medium evidence; etc. Where uncertainty is assessed more quantita ...
Alberta Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program
... hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs) and sulphur hexafluoride (SF6 ) - report their greenhouse gas emissions to the Alberta Climate Change Office. Facilities that do not exceed the 50 kt regulatory threshold may voluntarily report their emissions under the Specified Gas Reporting Progr ...
... hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs) and sulphur hexafluoride (SF6 ) - report their greenhouse gas emissions to the Alberta Climate Change Office. Facilities that do not exceed the 50 kt regulatory threshold may voluntarily report their emissions under the Specified Gas Reporting Progr ...
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... Protocol, a legally binding international agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). As part of fulfilling its Kyoto protocol obligation, the Australian Government has proposed a national emissions trading scheme, known as the Carbon Pollution Reduction Schem ...
... Protocol, a legally binding international agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). As part of fulfilling its Kyoto protocol obligation, the Australian Government has proposed a national emissions trading scheme, known as the Carbon Pollution Reduction Schem ...
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... A company created by the UK government, with an objective to help businesses and public organisations reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases ...
... A company created by the UK government, with an objective to help businesses and public organisations reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases ...
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... responses to climate change. It also considers that action in this area must be part of an interrelated structure of policies that deal with overall economic development. Thirdly, climate action on all fronts must place due emphasis on advancement and innovation in science and technology (People’s R ...
... responses to climate change. It also considers that action in this area must be part of an interrelated structure of policies that deal with overall economic development. Thirdly, climate action on all fronts must place due emphasis on advancement and innovation in science and technology (People’s R ...
For Peer Review - Climate Access
... beyond making people aware of what he calls ‘lower case climate change’, that is climate change as a physical reality: ...
... beyond making people aware of what he calls ‘lower case climate change’, that is climate change as a physical reality: ...
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... Climate change adds another challenge to the global food system – a system that is expected to feed a world population growing from today 6.8 billion to 9.1 billion in the year 2050. Sustainable management of the natural resource base of agriculture, forestry and fisheries is the only way to deal wi ...
... Climate change adds another challenge to the global food system – a system that is expected to feed a world population growing from today 6.8 billion to 9.1 billion in the year 2050. Sustainable management of the natural resource base of agriculture, forestry and fisheries is the only way to deal wi ...
Public open house summary
... o Builds on current experience, and encourages investment. o Requires research and innovation in renewables. o Reflects a level playing field supported by incentives for renewables and disincentives ...
... o Builds on current experience, and encourages investment. o Requires research and innovation in renewables. o Reflects a level playing field supported by incentives for renewables and disincentives ...
The Australian Aerosol and Climate Research Program: A
... This document sets out the rationale and design of an Australian Aerosol and Climate Research Program (AACRP). An AACRP should be considered an essential component of a properly integrated Australian climate research program. The major rationale of an AACRP is to understand and quantify the role of ...
... This document sets out the rationale and design of an Australian Aerosol and Climate Research Program (AACRP). An AACRP should be considered an essential component of a properly integrated Australian climate research program. The major rationale of an AACRP is to understand and quantify the role of ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES INCORPORATING CLIMATE UNCERTAINTY INTO ESTIMATES OF CLIMATE
... In particular, we find that the variation in impact projections due to climate uncertainty is several times larger than that resulting from uncertainty in the historical relationship between climate variables (such as temperature and precipitation) and agricultural output. In fact, even with perfect ...
... In particular, we find that the variation in impact projections due to climate uncertainty is several times larger than that resulting from uncertainty in the historical relationship between climate variables (such as temperature and precipitation) and agricultural output. In fact, even with perfect ...
Projecting future climate change: Implications of carbon cycle
... nities to validate such models by comparison to data, therefore only arise under conditions or scales different than an assessment model’s task. [5] Approaches that have been used to provide information about the uncertainty of projections have included model sensitivity analysis, model calibration, ...
... nities to validate such models by comparison to data, therefore only arise under conditions or scales different than an assessment model’s task. [5] Approaches that have been used to provide information about the uncertainty of projections have included model sensitivity analysis, model calibration, ...
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... where fire puts populations at risk (Moritz et al., 2014). However, research on climate change and wildfire risk also indicates that ‘the broad-scale increase in wildfire frequency across the western United States has been driven primarily by sensitivity of fire regimes to recent changes in climate over ...
... where fire puts populations at risk (Moritz et al., 2014). However, research on climate change and wildfire risk also indicates that ‘the broad-scale increase in wildfire frequency across the western United States has been driven primarily by sensitivity of fire regimes to recent changes in climate over ...
CLIMATE CHANGE 2013 The Physical Science Basis Summary for Policymakers climate change
... • The globally averaged combined land and ocean surface temperature data as calculated by a linear trend, show a warming of 0.85 [0.65 to 1.06] °C3, over the period 1880 to 2012, when multiple independently produced datasets exist. The total increase between the average of the 1850–1900 period and ...
... • The globally averaged combined land and ocean surface temperature data as calculated by a linear trend, show a warming of 0.85 [0.65 to 1.06] °C3, over the period 1880 to 2012, when multiple independently produced datasets exist. The total increase between the average of the 1850–1900 period and ...
Is it Colonial Déjà Vu? Indigenous Peoples and Climate Injustice
... governments as capitalist enterprises whose goal is to mimic the U.S. economy by investing in carbon-intensive economic activities, including Tribes that are heavily involved in coal-fire energy and mining. These governments inhibit Indigenous seasonal and clan-based cultural and political systems a ...
... governments as capitalist enterprises whose goal is to mimic the U.S. economy by investing in carbon-intensive economic activities, including Tribes that are heavily involved in coal-fire energy and mining. These governments inhibit Indigenous seasonal and clan-based cultural and political systems a ...
How will Climate Change Affect the Water Cycle?
... changes in land use and land cover – both due to development and forest management – can dramatically affect the hydrology of the region.4 Similarly, many watersheds contain reservoirs, which are often ...
... changes in land use and land cover – both due to development and forest management – can dramatically affect the hydrology of the region.4 Similarly, many watersheds contain reservoirs, which are often ...
Global Climate Change and Wetlands: Issues and Awareness by
... The Panel's First Assessment Report, completed in 1990, provided a scientific and technical base for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) . The UNFCCC's objective is the : . . .stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would preve ...
... The Panel's First Assessment Report, completed in 1990, provided a scientific and technical base for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) . The UNFCCC's objective is the : . . .stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would preve ...
The influence of climate change on flood risks in France
... and propose a simple methodology to project possible evolution of river flood damages over mainland France. The aim and the methodology used are similar to the recent studies of te Linde et al. (2011) for the Rhine river and Feyen et al. (2012) over Europe. Our main objectives are to assess the like ...
... and propose a simple methodology to project possible evolution of river flood damages over mainland France. The aim and the methodology used are similar to the recent studies of te Linde et al. (2011) for the Rhine river and Feyen et al. (2012) over Europe. Our main objectives are to assess the like ...
Bewertung der Risiken des Klimawandels für
... opening up a wide-ranging debate on how to adapt to water scarcity and droughts, two phenomena that could potentially increase in a context of climate change. Access to good quality water in sufficient quantity is fundamental to the daily lives of every human being and to most economic activities. B ...
... opening up a wide-ranging debate on how to adapt to water scarcity and droughts, two phenomena that could potentially increase in a context of climate change. Access to good quality water in sufficient quantity is fundamental to the daily lives of every human being and to most economic activities. B ...
Ecosystem services - International Risk Governance Council
... sector, and the general public (Nature, 2009). Emerging risks related to climate change have most dramatically illustrated this growing concern, though the impacts of climate change are felt by people primarily through changes in ecosystems. So what, exactly, are ecosystem services? Simply, they are ...
... sector, and the general public (Nature, 2009). Emerging risks related to climate change have most dramatically illustrated this growing concern, though the impacts of climate change are felt by people primarily through changes in ecosystems. So what, exactly, are ecosystem services? Simply, they are ...
Media Attention for Climate Change around the World: Data
... Abstract Climate change is a global phenomenon, and its outcomes affect societies around the world. So far, however, studies on media representations of climate change have mostly concentrated on Western societies. This paper will go beyond this limited geographical scope by presenting ...
... Abstract Climate change is a global phenomenon, and its outcomes affect societies around the world. So far, however, studies on media representations of climate change have mostly concentrated on Western societies. This paper will go beyond this limited geographical scope by presenting ...
A macroeconomic perspective on climate change mitigation: Meeting the financing challenge: Working Paper 122 (2 MB) (opens in new window)
... respected. Also, high-‐income countries have pledged to pay the “agreed full incremental costs” of climate-‐change mitigation by developing countries, which are not necessarily the same as incremental ...
... respected. Also, high-‐income countries have pledged to pay the “agreed full incremental costs” of climate-‐change mitigation by developing countries, which are not necessarily the same as incremental ...
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.""