CESifo Working Paper no. 2758
... integration of developing countries. Ellis (2007) states that a price of $3-6 per CER unit will not create enough market pull to attract investors for capital intensive projects. Unfortunately the projects with the lower revenues tend to be more sustainable. Investing in CDM projects is still consid ...
... integration of developing countries. Ellis (2007) states that a price of $3-6 per CER unit will not create enough market pull to attract investors for capital intensive projects. Unfortunately the projects with the lower revenues tend to be more sustainable. Investing in CDM projects is still consid ...
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... more closely resembles that of aerosols from fossil fuels than of aerosols from open fires, we assume that the steady-state normalized RFs of BC and OC from biofuels (and thus from CC as a whole) are the same as those from fossil fuels. Because of the short lifetimes of atmospheric aerosols (a few d ...
... more closely resembles that of aerosols from fossil fuels than of aerosols from open fires, we assume that the steady-state normalized RFs of BC and OC from biofuels (and thus from CC as a whole) are the same as those from fossil fuels. Because of the short lifetimes of atmospheric aerosols (a few d ...
Aerosols and Climate Change
... Does NOT include feedbacks resulting from changing climate In this model, neglects ALL feedbacks ...
... Does NOT include feedbacks resulting from changing climate In this model, neglects ALL feedbacks ...
The Economic Effects of Climate Change
... Journal of Economic Perspectives—Volume 23, Number 2—Spring 2009 —Pages 29 –51 ...
... Journal of Economic Perspectives—Volume 23, Number 2—Spring 2009 —Pages 29 –51 ...
Effects of climate change on agriculture - Deltaproof
... formulated tables to compensate farmers for crop damage that occurs due to groundwater extraction. Just like in the HELP-tables, the TCGB-tables distinguish between moisture damage and dry damage. The drought damage is derived from the moisture shortage that is calculated with the MUST model. Some p ...
... formulated tables to compensate farmers for crop damage that occurs due to groundwater extraction. Just like in the HELP-tables, the TCGB-tables distinguish between moisture damage and dry damage. The drought damage is derived from the moisture shortage that is calculated with the MUST model. Some p ...
Global Climate Change - A Suggested Resources list
... Global Climate Change K-12 Educator Resource Suggestions If you type in a search for “climate change” on your computer’s search engine, you will receive tens of thousands of opportunities. We have attempted to narrow the field by previewing hundreds of sites, reading many books, and talking with nat ...
... Global Climate Change K-12 Educator Resource Suggestions If you type in a search for “climate change” on your computer’s search engine, you will receive tens of thousands of opportunities. We have attempted to narrow the field by previewing hundreds of sites, reading many books, and talking with nat ...
Chapter One - Brookings Institution
... and heat waves. Water managers have always made decisions about the design and operations of water systems, reservoirs, and treatment plants without perfect information. They have not known how fast their community would grow, how much economic growth or contraction would occur in their area, or how ...
... and heat waves. Water managers have always made decisions about the design and operations of water systems, reservoirs, and treatment plants without perfect information. They have not known how fast their community would grow, how much economic growth or contraction would occur in their area, or how ...
Hedonic Pricing of Climate Change Impacts to
... Little attention has been drawn to climate as an important input to household activities. Research work on the economic consequences of climate change has generally focused on changes in productivity in sectors where climate plays an important role, comparing the costs of preventing climate change t ...
... Little attention has been drawn to climate as an important input to household activities. Research work on the economic consequences of climate change has generally focused on changes in productivity in sectors where climate plays an important role, comparing the costs of preventing climate change t ...
FAO - NWP: Adaptation Planning and Strategies 2009 (pp. 42-50)
... effective development facilitation. It is proposed that the country and region specific experience and capacity that FAO has acquired in the course of its rural development, extension and technology transfer activities could prove valuable in supporting climate change adaptation. FAO submission to S ...
... effective development facilitation. It is proposed that the country and region specific experience and capacity that FAO has acquired in the course of its rural development, extension and technology transfer activities could prove valuable in supporting climate change adaptation. FAO submission to S ...
Political Economy of Climate Change Policy
... institutional frameworks that can make a long‐term impact on emission reduction: the Climate Laws, Institutions and Measures Index, or CLIMI. Unlike most climate policy indices CLIMI focuses on policy inputs – climate laws, institutions and measures – rather than pol ...
... institutional frameworks that can make a long‐term impact on emission reduction: the Climate Laws, Institutions and Measures Index, or CLIMI. Unlike most climate policy indices CLIMI focuses on policy inputs – climate laws, institutions and measures – rather than pol ...
Presentation Slides - Association for the Advancement of
... • A person’s carbon footprint = sum of all CO2 emissions that are directly and indirectly associated with his/her activities over a given time frame (usually a year). • You, as a resident of the U.S., have on average the largest per capita carbon footprint in the world compared to individuals in mos ...
... • A person’s carbon footprint = sum of all CO2 emissions that are directly and indirectly associated with his/her activities over a given time frame (usually a year). • You, as a resident of the U.S., have on average the largest per capita carbon footprint in the world compared to individuals in mos ...
Human Mobility in the context of Climate Change
... produced tools and guidelines that help managers and field practitioners address environmental issues and concerns, from contingency planning to potential responses to situations where camps are closed and rehabilitated. 30. A wide range of approaches to integrating adaptation and development planni ...
... produced tools and guidelines that help managers and field practitioners address environmental issues and concerns, from contingency planning to potential responses to situations where camps are closed and rehabilitated. 30. A wide range of approaches to integrating adaptation and development planni ...
Climate change regional review: Russia
... forestation, and re-forestation.8 More recently (March 18, 2013) the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment released a draft decree on ‘The Level of Greenhouse Gas Emissions’ necessary to facilitate the implementation of the Doctrine. The draft announces a national emission ‘reduction’ target ...
... forestation, and re-forestation.8 More recently (March 18, 2013) the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment released a draft decree on ‘The Level of Greenhouse Gas Emissions’ necessary to facilitate the implementation of the Doctrine. The draft announces a national emission ‘reduction’ target ...
Resource Scarcity, Climate Change and the Risk of
... Since pre-industrial times, global average temperatures have increase by 0.7° Celsius, and emissions already in the atmosphere mean that the world is committed to a further increase of 0.6° Celsius.17 Overall, even stringent global mitigation action may not be enough to avoid a 2.0° Celsius increase ...
... Since pre-industrial times, global average temperatures have increase by 0.7° Celsius, and emissions already in the atmosphere mean that the world is committed to a further increase of 0.6° Celsius.17 Overall, even stringent global mitigation action may not be enough to avoid a 2.0° Celsius increase ...
Transport - British Social Attitudes
... quarter of UK carbon dioxide emissions, making it the second biggest contributor to GHG in the UK after energy production (Department of Energy and Climate Change, 2012). So if these challenging targets are to be met, it is clear that the transport sector will need to play a major part. Although GHG ...
... quarter of UK carbon dioxide emissions, making it the second biggest contributor to GHG in the UK after energy production (Department of Energy and Climate Change, 2012). So if these challenging targets are to be met, it is clear that the transport sector will need to play a major part. Although GHG ...
McCarl, B.A., J. Chen, and A. Thayer, "Climate change and food
... that increases in the number of hot nights has led to increased rice yields but decreases in quality (Porter et al., 2014). Additionally, climate change also has been found to influence technological progress and have heterogeneous impacts across regions (Villavicencio et al., 2013). To add another ...
... that increases in the number of hot nights has led to increased rice yields but decreases in quality (Porter et al., 2014). Additionally, climate change also has been found to influence technological progress and have heterogeneous impacts across regions (Villavicencio et al., 2013). To add another ...
Global Climate Change - Vanderbilt University
... because it is not disempowering and even presents some opportunities. We felt powerless during the Cold War; there was nothing an individual could do to decrease the threat of nuclear annihilation, and people other than defense contractors couldn't make money by finding ways to combat the threat. In ...
... because it is not disempowering and even presents some opportunities. We felt powerless during the Cold War; there was nothing an individual could do to decrease the threat of nuclear annihilation, and people other than defense contractors couldn't make money by finding ways to combat the threat. In ...
Evaluation of Climate Mitigation Potential for Yeniçağa Gölü (Bolu
... Change (IPCC), 2007). Even if the minimum predicted increase takes place, it will be larger than any century-long trend in the last 10,000 years (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 2007). It is not only a threat to the biodiversity of the world but it is expected to cause other global ...
... Change (IPCC), 2007). Even if the minimum predicted increase takes place, it will be larger than any century-long trend in the last 10,000 years (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 2007). It is not only a threat to the biodiversity of the world but it is expected to cause other global ...
Climate change regional review: Russia
... forestation, and re-forestation.8 More recently (March 18, 2013) the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment released a draft decree on ‘The Level of Greenhouse Gas Emissions’ necessary to facilitate the implementation of the Doctrine. The draft announces a national emission ‘reduction’ target ...
... forestation, and re-forestation.8 More recently (March 18, 2013) the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment released a draft decree on ‘The Level of Greenhouse Gas Emissions’ necessary to facilitate the implementation of the Doctrine. The draft announces a national emission ‘reduction’ target ...
Polar Lows - Hans von Storch
... analysis of past and present change as well as scnearios of possible future conditions a) Application of downscaling strategy to Polar Lows in the N Atlantic b) Application of down scaling strategy to SE Asian typhoons ...
... analysis of past and present change as well as scnearios of possible future conditions a) Application of downscaling strategy to Polar Lows in the N Atlantic b) Application of down scaling strategy to SE Asian typhoons ...
national sweater day - WWF
... Heating makes up 80% of all energy use in homes and schools across Canada. That’s why we’re turning down the heat on February 2. Don’t forget your sweater! Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions have increased by 32% in the past 15 years. Greenhouse gasses contribute to global warming and Canada’s Arctic ...
... Heating makes up 80% of all energy use in homes and schools across Canada. That’s why we’re turning down the heat on February 2. Don’t forget your sweater! Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions have increased by 32% in the past 15 years. Greenhouse gasses contribute to global warming and Canada’s Arctic ...
Evaluating Climate Visualization
... this develop in the future). Narratives in climate visualization often imply the specific storyline of a sequence of visuals and the link between areas of content. It is however equally important to relate the narrative to the selection of presented scenarios, alternative futures and how a future so ...
... this develop in the future). Narratives in climate visualization often imply the specific storyline of a sequence of visuals and the link between areas of content. It is however equally important to relate the narrative to the selection of presented scenarios, alternative futures and how a future so ...
Roadmap for a climate resilient Romania
... Climate already present a significant risk to people and economies Climate change has the potential to worsen these risks and substantially reduce GDP Climate adaptation is thus an urgent priority for the custodians of national and local economies, such as finance ministers and mayors Such d ...
... Climate already present a significant risk to people and economies Climate change has the potential to worsen these risks and substantially reduce GDP Climate adaptation is thus an urgent priority for the custodians of national and local economies, such as finance ministers and mayors Such d ...
Draft Risk Assessment Framework Outline
... infrastructure and provide asset prioritization guidance to states and territories. During this pilot phase, FHWA is interested in how assets are currently prioritized by transportation agencies when making decisions related to safety, reliability, mobility, emergency management, and ultimately, cli ...
... infrastructure and provide asset prioritization guidance to states and territories. During this pilot phase, FHWA is interested in how assets are currently prioritized by transportation agencies when making decisions related to safety, reliability, mobility, emergency management, and ultimately, cli ...
The role of discourse in the quest for low
... forms of governance, such as the European Emission Trading System, and voluntary carbon management in firms (Okereke, 2007). More recently, voluntary climate labelling initiatives have been taken. As one form of environmental labelling (Rubik, Frankl, Pietroni, & Scheer, 2007), such initiatives can ...
... forms of governance, such as the European Emission Trading System, and voluntary carbon management in firms (Okereke, 2007). More recently, voluntary climate labelling initiatives have been taken. As one form of environmental labelling (Rubik, Frankl, Pietroni, & Scheer, 2007), such initiatives can ...