Singapore`s National Climate Change Strategy
... Singapore is vulnerable to climate change. As a result of our environmental and developmental planning in the past, some of our existing measures can already address certain potential climate change impacts. However, to better understand the implications for Singapore, the National Environment Agenc ...
... Singapore is vulnerable to climate change. As a result of our environmental and developmental planning in the past, some of our existing measures can already address certain potential climate change impacts. However, to better understand the implications for Singapore, the National Environment Agenc ...
Dealing With Complexity and Extreme Events Using a Bottom-Up,
... We discuss the adoption of a bottom-up, resource-based vulnerability approach in evaluating the effect of climate and other environmental and societal threats to societally critical resources. This vulnerability concept requires the determination of the major threats to local and regional water, foo ...
... We discuss the adoption of a bottom-up, resource-based vulnerability approach in evaluating the effect of climate and other environmental and societal threats to societally critical resources. This vulnerability concept requires the determination of the major threats to local and regional water, foo ...
On Assessing the Relative Roles of Initial and Boundary Conditions
... which: (i) ensembles of climate model simulations with changing external forcing can be measured against climatology to get an estimate of the time scale on which changing boundary conditions can provide predictive skill, and (ii) the rate of spread of ensembles of simulations with small perturbatio ...
... which: (i) ensembles of climate model simulations with changing external forcing can be measured against climatology to get an estimate of the time scale on which changing boundary conditions can provide predictive skill, and (ii) the rate of spread of ensembles of simulations with small perturbatio ...
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... be done simply applying the net present value rule, but rather has to consider the following three salient characteristics of the environmental policy decision: (i) there is uncertainty about future payoffs from climate policies; (ii) waiting allows policy makers to gather new information on the unc ...
... be done simply applying the net present value rule, but rather has to consider the following three salient characteristics of the environmental policy decision: (i) there is uncertainty about future payoffs from climate policies; (ii) waiting allows policy makers to gather new information on the unc ...
Energy Supply and the Sustainability of Endogenous Growth
... The paper provides an introduction to energy, respective resource, use within the framework of endogenous growth models. We provide an overview of different modeling approaches as well as intuition with respect to the results obtained. We consider the source problem, i.e. the supply of energy, as we ...
... The paper provides an introduction to energy, respective resource, use within the framework of endogenous growth models. We provide an overview of different modeling approaches as well as intuition with respect to the results obtained. We consider the source problem, i.e. the supply of energy, as we ...
PDF Version - Garden Club of America
... radio. “We need to make this a world crisis that impacts every single one of us,” declared Ms. Lubber. “We cannot let the conversation stop because Congress has broken down and will not deal and will not speak about the price of carbon,” she continued. “We are an important voice to change the debate ...
... radio. “We need to make this a world crisis that impacts every single one of us,” declared Ms. Lubber. “We cannot let the conversation stop because Congress has broken down and will not deal and will not speak about the price of carbon,” she continued. “We are an important voice to change the debate ...
National Strategy - Department of Environmental Affairs
... Development (NFSD). The approval signalled a new wave of thinking aimed at promoting the effective stewardship of South Africa’s natural, social and economic resources. This National Strategy for Sustainable Development and Action Plan – also referred to as NSSD 1 (2011–2014) – was approved by Cabin ...
... Development (NFSD). The approval signalled a new wave of thinking aimed at promoting the effective stewardship of South Africa’s natural, social and economic resources. This National Strategy for Sustainable Development and Action Plan – also referred to as NSSD 1 (2011–2014) – was approved by Cabin ...
the economics of climate change the economics of
... where the impacts will be realised and both adaptation and mitigation responses will take place. Although the problem of climate change is global in nature, it is only through detailed understanding of what climate change means at a national level that countries will come together and form an effect ...
... where the impacts will be realised and both adaptation and mitigation responses will take place. Although the problem of climate change is global in nature, it is only through detailed understanding of what climate change means at a national level that countries will come together and form an effect ...
An HSI Report: The Impact of Animal Agriculture on Global Warming
... The farm animal production sector is the single largest anthropogenic user of land, contributing to soil degradation, dwindling water supplies, and air pollution. The breadth of this sector’s impacts has been largely underappreciated. Meat, egg, and milk production are not narrowly focused on the re ...
... The farm animal production sector is the single largest anthropogenic user of land, contributing to soil degradation, dwindling water supplies, and air pollution. The breadth of this sector’s impacts has been largely underappreciated. Meat, egg, and milk production are not narrowly focused on the re ...
Macedonia: National Climate Vulnerability Assessment
... extreme weather conditions – rains and flood, heat waves and droughts – reduced snow falls, increased temperatures and rising sea level will increasingly have more and more influence on the livelihood, food production, energy, infrastructure, ecosystems and the society as a whole. The first internat ...
... extreme weather conditions – rains and flood, heat waves and droughts – reduced snow falls, increased temperatures and rising sea level will increasingly have more and more influence on the livelihood, food production, energy, infrastructure, ecosystems and the society as a whole. The first internat ...
Social and cultural issues raised by climate change in Pacific Island
... strive to decrease their use of fossil fuels, including by greater use of renewable energy. Doing so will also reduce their emissions of CO2, and set an example and challenge to the bigger countries, although as the PICs account for less than 0.3 % of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, these eff ...
... strive to decrease their use of fossil fuels, including by greater use of renewable energy. Doing so will also reduce their emissions of CO2, and set an example and challenge to the bigger countries, although as the PICs account for less than 0.3 % of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, these eff ...
UN Sustainable Development Goals Setting Agenda for
... range of public private engagements, and are important in delivering the SDGs, including developing sectoral capacity to deliver at the regional, national and local scale. A traditional model of PPP involves a contract between the public sector and a private enterprise where the enterprise provides ...
... range of public private engagements, and are important in delivering the SDGs, including developing sectoral capacity to deliver at the regional, national and local scale. A traditional model of PPP involves a contract between the public sector and a private enterprise where the enterprise provides ...
Challenging the current climate change – migration nexus: exploring
... lasted between 30 and 45 minutes and started with the open question ‘What is climate change for you?’ This initial question was followed by questions that build on each other such as ‘What are the impacts of climate change?’, ‘What are the causes of climate change?’, ‘Which measures could be taken t ...
... lasted between 30 and 45 minutes and started with the open question ‘What is climate change for you?’ This initial question was followed by questions that build on each other such as ‘What are the impacts of climate change?’, ‘What are the causes of climate change?’, ‘Which measures could be taken t ...
Lebanon Country Report February - March 2013
... development plans and to coordinate on-going climate change initiatives that are scattered. To achieve this, the proposed project presents a comprehensive coordination mechanism involving strategic planning, and close and effective communication with national, regional and international partners. In ...
... development plans and to coordinate on-going climate change initiatives that are scattered. To achieve this, the proposed project presents a comprehensive coordination mechanism involving strategic planning, and close and effective communication with national, regional and international partners. In ...
Animal Agriculture and Climate Change
... responsible for an estimated 18%, or nearly one-fifth, of human-induced GHGs.65 The climate changing impacts of the farm animal sector are projected to be significant for decades to come. A 2010 study in the Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences found that, based on projected product demand ...
... responsible for an estimated 18%, or nearly one-fifth, of human-induced GHGs.65 The climate changing impacts of the farm animal sector are projected to be significant for decades to come. A 2010 study in the Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences found that, based on projected product demand ...
Adaptation and Vulnerability to Climate Change: The
... This briefing paper considers adaptation from the viewpoint of the finance sector. Climatic changes will accelerate if emissions continue on a “business-as-usual” trajectory. Among the effects could be more frequent, extreme weather events and droughts, rapid sealevel rise from icecap melting, break ...
... This briefing paper considers adaptation from the viewpoint of the finance sector. Climatic changes will accelerate if emissions continue on a “business-as-usual” trajectory. Among the effects could be more frequent, extreme weather events and droughts, rapid sealevel rise from icecap melting, break ...
Citizen Climate Lesson Plans Grades 9–12
... These lesson plans will help you provide your students with knowledge of the basic concepts of climate change policy and negotiation. It will allow your students to understand media coverage of climate policy negotiation, in both national and international arenas. It will also help your students dev ...
... These lesson plans will help you provide your students with knowledge of the basic concepts of climate change policy and negotiation. It will allow your students to understand media coverage of climate policy negotiation, in both national and international arenas. It will also help your students dev ...
The Impact of Animal Agriculture on Global Warming and Climate
... responsible for an estimated 18%, or nearly one-fifth, of human-induced GHGs.65 The climate changing impacts of the farm animal sector are projected to be significant for decades to come. A 2010 study in the Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences found that, based on projected product demand ...
... responsible for an estimated 18%, or nearly one-fifth, of human-induced GHGs.65 The climate changing impacts of the farm animal sector are projected to be significant for decades to come. A 2010 study in the Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences found that, based on projected product demand ...
Climate Leviathan - The Ohio State University
... inadequate terms—represent the first institutional manifestation of this dream of planetary regulation, a process that the dominant capitalist nation-states will surely accelerate and consolidate as climate-induced disruptions of accumulation and political stability become more urgent. Although bind ...
... inadequate terms—represent the first institutional manifestation of this dream of planetary regulation, a process that the dominant capitalist nation-states will surely accelerate and consolidate as climate-induced disruptions of accumulation and political stability become more urgent. Although bind ...
Climate in the Heartland
... damaging weather events. Historical climate patterns are changing, with hotter temperatures, exceptional floods and droughts, and erratic weather events. These factors affect city governments’ ability to maintain normal daily operations and meet citizens’ needs. Weather has always affected municipal ...
... damaging weather events. Historical climate patterns are changing, with hotter temperatures, exceptional floods and droughts, and erratic weather events. These factors affect city governments’ ability to maintain normal daily operations and meet citizens’ needs. Weather has always affected municipal ...
CLIMATE SCIENCE SURVEY
... (~6000 names). Another criterion was the inclusion in the climate scientist database assembled by Jim Prall (~2000 names). Names were also derived from surveying the recent climate science literature (~500 names). Prall’s database includes signatories to public statements disapproving of mainstream ...
... (~6000 names). Another criterion was the inclusion in the climate scientist database assembled by Jim Prall (~2000 names). Names were also derived from surveying the recent climate science literature (~500 names). Prall’s database includes signatories to public statements disapproving of mainstream ...
CDP_UoE Workshop Presentation_CDP
... 1. Source specific emissions factors, based on renewable energy tracking systems 2. Supplier specific emission factors, particularly when this is established country ...
... 1. Source specific emissions factors, based on renewable energy tracking systems 2. Supplier specific emission factors, particularly when this is established country ...
Fertilizers, Climate Change and Enhancing Agricultural Productivity
... providers of improved technologies in order to encourage appropriate investments in the near term. Policy makers should provide timely and transparent signals to foster the implementation of betterperforming technologies at the earliest possible opportunity. Financing mechanisms need to address barr ...
... providers of improved technologies in order to encourage appropriate investments in the near term. Policy makers should provide timely and transparent signals to foster the implementation of betterperforming technologies at the earliest possible opportunity. Financing mechanisms need to address barr ...
Project management
... important development securing the ownership of certain aspects of the Third National Communication process, but which also presents an opportunity for linking project activities with the municipality’s strategic plans as the city has committed to significantly reduce GHG emissions by 2020. This mea ...
... important development securing the ownership of certain aspects of the Third National Communication process, but which also presents an opportunity for linking project activities with the municipality’s strategic plans as the city has committed to significantly reduce GHG emissions by 2020. This mea ...
An Initial Look at DoD`s Activities Toward Climate Change Resiliency
... Many White House and departmental reports and studies have identified and assessed these high-level effects, and the Department has responded with strategy and policy statements, most recently in the 2014 Defense Quadrennial Review, Defense Science Board study Trends and Implications of Climate Chan ...
... Many White House and departmental reports and studies have identified and assessed these high-level effects, and the Department has responded with strategy and policy statements, most recently in the 2014 Defense Quadrennial Review, Defense Science Board study Trends and Implications of Climate Chan ...