Climate Change, Directed Technical Change and Exhaustible
... However, existing general equilibrium models of climate change do not consider innovation in exploration and extraction technologies when the reserves of dirty energy are limited. Indeed, most polluting sources of energy (and in particular fossil fuels) are exhaustible whereas most clean sources of ...
... However, existing general equilibrium models of climate change do not consider innovation in exploration and extraction technologies when the reserves of dirty energy are limited. Indeed, most polluting sources of energy (and in particular fossil fuels) are exhaustible whereas most clean sources of ...
View/Open
... (IEA, 2013). Biomass use in coal plants is bound to increase as more countries will need to rely on its assumed neutrality to meet their CO2 emission reduction targets (IEA, 2009). In Europe, countries originally agreed to a binding target requiring 20% of total energy to come from renewable source ...
... (IEA, 2013). Biomass use in coal plants is bound to increase as more countries will need to rely on its assumed neutrality to meet their CO2 emission reduction targets (IEA, 2009). In Europe, countries originally agreed to a binding target requiring 20% of total energy to come from renewable source ...
The Emergence of Climate Change Mitigation Action by Society: An
... internationally and impose agreements locally when established. The citizen agent is a catchall category for all subnational actors, including individual citizens, subnational governmental bodies like municipalities and provinces, and companies. This is a substantial simplification, but it makes the ...
... internationally and impose agreements locally when established. The citizen agent is a catchall category for all subnational actors, including individual citizens, subnational governmental bodies like municipalities and provinces, and companies. This is a substantial simplification, but it makes the ...
Community Climate Petition to the House of Representatives
... A petition to the Parliament is the most direct way you can ask the Parliament to take action. If our Parliament receives many petitions on climate from local communities across the country, our politicians will better understand the breadth and depth of support for stronger action to reduce emissio ...
... A petition to the Parliament is the most direct way you can ask the Parliament to take action. If our Parliament receives many petitions on climate from local communities across the country, our politicians will better understand the breadth and depth of support for stronger action to reduce emissio ...
Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap
... von Clausewitz wrote, “all action must, to a certain extent, be planned in a mere twilight.” It is in this context that DoD is releasing a Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap. Climate change is a long-term trend, but with wise planning and risk mitigation now, we can reduce adverse impacts downrange. ...
... von Clausewitz wrote, “all action must, to a certain extent, be planned in a mere twilight.” It is in this context that DoD is releasing a Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap. Climate change is a long-term trend, but with wise planning and risk mitigation now, we can reduce adverse impacts downrange. ...
Top-down vs bottom-up - working paper version
... A range of scholars and policy advocates have proposed formulaic (or ‘top-down’) approaches for calculating countries’ fair shares of the global effort to mitigate climate change. The practical relevance of top-down proposals has become increasingly uncertain as climate change negotiations since the ...
... A range of scholars and policy advocates have proposed formulaic (or ‘top-down’) approaches for calculating countries’ fair shares of the global effort to mitigate climate change. The practical relevance of top-down proposals has become increasingly uncertain as climate change negotiations since the ...
VSO and Climate Change
... such as non-governmental organizations (NGOs) or community groups to advocate for climate change policy development or implementation. Local representatives, if well supported and empowered with the necessary skills and knowledge, can often be the most effective advocates with local, state and natio ...
... such as non-governmental organizations (NGOs) or community groups to advocate for climate change policy development or implementation. Local representatives, if well supported and empowered with the necessary skills and knowledge, can often be the most effective advocates with local, state and natio ...
The Role of Protected Areas in Regard to Climate Change
... Georgia, being a non-Annex I Party to the UNFCCC (0.03% of global emissions in 2006), has no international commitments to mitigate GHG emissions and hence, national standards have not been set up for GHG emissions. Although, it is likely that due to current population and development trends in the c ...
... Georgia, being a non-Annex I Party to the UNFCCC (0.03% of global emissions in 2006), has no international commitments to mitigate GHG emissions and hence, national standards have not been set up for GHG emissions. Although, it is likely that due to current population and development trends in the c ...
Expert Opinion on Climate Change and Threats
... using standardized surveys and selecting scientists inde pendent of their policy preferences and on the basis of rela tively objective and replicable measures of expertise. Such an approach is especially important for scientific opinion on the effects of modern (human-caused) climate change, www.b ...
... using standardized surveys and selecting scientists inde pendent of their policy preferences and on the basis of rela tively objective and replicable measures of expertise. Such an approach is especially important for scientific opinion on the effects of modern (human-caused) climate change, www.b ...
let`s respond - Conservation International
... South Africa’s 278 municipalities play a vital role in addressing the country’s social, economic and environmental needs. Local government is tasked with the provision of services in a sustainable and equitable manner, the facilitation of social and economic development and the promotion of a safe a ...
... South Africa’s 278 municipalities play a vital role in addressing the country’s social, economic and environmental needs. Local government is tasked with the provision of services in a sustainable and equitable manner, the facilitation of social and economic development and the promotion of a safe a ...
TECHNICAL GUIDANCE ON REPORTING GREENHOUSE GAS
... greenhouse gases (GHGs) for 2016, published in December 2016, Environment and Climate Change Canada released the GHG reporting requirements for the calendar year 2016. This notice supports the annual mandatory reporting of GHG emissions by facilities under Environment and Climate Change Canada’s GHG ...
... greenhouse gases (GHGs) for 2016, published in December 2016, Environment and Climate Change Canada released the GHG reporting requirements for the calendar year 2016. This notice supports the annual mandatory reporting of GHG emissions by facilities under Environment and Climate Change Canada’s GHG ...
Beyond long-term averages: making biological sense of a rapidly
... accepted that climate change is driving poleward and altitudinal range shifts in species distributions as environmental conditions at the equatorial or lower altitudinal edges of a species’ range exceed their physiological tolerances and conditions at poleward or upper altitudinal limits become tole ...
... accepted that climate change is driving poleward and altitudinal range shifts in species distributions as environmental conditions at the equatorial or lower altitudinal edges of a species’ range exceed their physiological tolerances and conditions at poleward or upper altitudinal limits become tole ...
Risk communication: climate change as a human
... particular study, adapted to a telephone-survey methodology and adjusted to be more sensitive to the Maltese islands’ scenario. The modification process included continuous peer review and a focus group. The focus group consisted of 10 people, three males and seven females with an age range of 22–60 ...
... particular study, adapted to a telephone-survey methodology and adjusted to be more sensitive to the Maltese islands’ scenario. The modification process included continuous peer review and a focus group. The focus group consisted of 10 people, three males and seven females with an age range of 22–60 ...
Climate sensitivity of shrub growth across the tundra biome
... northern Alaska showed greater increases in wet floodplains relative to well-drained hill slopes3,10 . Our study, using a new circumarctic dendroecological data set consisting of almost exclusively different sites from those in previous studies, also demonstrates broad geographic patterns in the cli ...
... northern Alaska showed greater increases in wet floodplains relative to well-drained hill slopes3,10 . Our study, using a new circumarctic dendroecological data set consisting of almost exclusively different sites from those in previous studies, also demonstrates broad geographic patterns in the cli ...
publishable final report - Klima
... particular on hydropower availability and its seasonal and spatial patterns as well as on heating and cooling energy demand and cooling peak loads. However, the changes which have to occur in order to reach climate mitigation targets are much more fundamental than the impact of climate change on the ...
... particular on hydropower availability and its seasonal and spatial patterns as well as on heating and cooling energy demand and cooling peak loads. However, the changes which have to occur in order to reach climate mitigation targets are much more fundamental than the impact of climate change on the ...
Sample pages 2 PDF
... Such is the overwhelming case of the Vunidogoloa village, which moved to a land owned by the same mataqali. Since the community moved to a land within its boundaries, the transition was smoother than what the villagers would have experienced if a suitable resettlement site was not available. Notewor ...
... Such is the overwhelming case of the Vunidogoloa village, which moved to a land owned by the same mataqali. Since the community moved to a land within its boundaries, the transition was smoother than what the villagers would have experienced if a suitable resettlement site was not available. Notewor ...
Cosmic Rays, Carbon Dioxide, and Climate
... the mean state (caveat iii) cannot be avoided, but it is a more serious problem for the time period considered by Shaviv and Veizer [2003] with conditions very different from the modern climate system. Positions of continents shifted, ocean currents took a different course, and estimated CO levels w ...
... the mean state (caveat iii) cannot be avoided, but it is a more serious problem for the time period considered by Shaviv and Veizer [2003] with conditions very different from the modern climate system. Positions of continents shifted, ocean currents took a different course, and estimated CO levels w ...
ZERO CARBON EVOLUTION Getting on track to a carbon neutral
... pleased to signal a new era for climate change action in Moreland through the Zero Carbon Evolution Strategy (20142020). The Strategy builds on Moreland’s strong history and proud reputation of local action to mitigate the effects of climate change, including achieving carbon neutrality for Council ...
... pleased to signal a new era for climate change action in Moreland through the Zero Carbon Evolution Strategy (20142020). The Strategy builds on Moreland’s strong history and proud reputation of local action to mitigate the effects of climate change, including achieving carbon neutrality for Council ...
Adaptation to climate change in Israel
... Adaptation to the adverse effects of climate change is vital in order to reduce its impacts. Therefore, the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change have identified adaptation as “one of the five key building blocks” required to strengthen future response to climate chang ...
... Adaptation to the adverse effects of climate change is vital in order to reduce its impacts. Therefore, the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change have identified adaptation as “one of the five key building blocks” required to strengthen future response to climate chang ...
English
... those ambitions. We must now work with all members of society to take bold and ambitious action. In 2015, UNDP released its first infographic report that presented the breadth and depth of our support on climate change over the past two ...
... those ambitions. We must now work with all members of society to take bold and ambitious action. In 2015, UNDP released its first infographic report that presented the breadth and depth of our support on climate change over the past two ...
Attribution of Weather and Climate-Related Extreme Events
... specific events, which may give an unwarranted impression of selectivity and bias. If only exceptional observed cases were studied then assessments could be biased toward events made more frequent now in relation to the historical baseline because of anthropogenic emissions. ...
... specific events, which may give an unwarranted impression of selectivity and bias. If only exceptional observed cases were studied then assessments could be biased toward events made more frequent now in relation to the historical baseline because of anthropogenic emissions. ...
Evidence for parallel adaptation to climate across the natural range
... hapmap). The A. thaliana accessions that we used were taken from 853 lines characterized at 149 SNPs. It was important to have evidence that the accessions had experienced the local climate for long enough to adapt to their collection climate locality. Thus, we attempted to only use accessions that ...
... hapmap). The A. thaliana accessions that we used were taken from 853 lines characterized at 149 SNPs. It was important to have evidence that the accessions had experienced the local climate for long enough to adapt to their collection climate locality. Thus, we attempted to only use accessions that ...
11.2MB - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
... greenhouse gas concentrations above 550 ppmv CO2 equivalent would be consistent with meeting the 2°C long-term objective ... ... and that in order to have a reasonable chance to limit global warming to no more than 2°C, stabilisation of concentrations well below 550 ppmv CO2 equivalent may be needed ...
... greenhouse gas concentrations above 550 ppmv CO2 equivalent would be consistent with meeting the 2°C long-term objective ... ... and that in order to have a reasonable chance to limit global warming to no more than 2°C, stabilisation of concentrations well below 550 ppmv CO2 equivalent may be needed ...