Maintaining Stability
... by as much as 90 percent between 2000 and 2030 if no additional climate change mitigation policies are implemented. As a result, under “business as usual” scenarios, global temperatures could increase by as much as 1.7°C by 2050 and by up to 4.0°C by 2100. Actual emissions during recent years, howev ...
... by as much as 90 percent between 2000 and 2030 if no additional climate change mitigation policies are implemented. As a result, under “business as usual” scenarios, global temperatures could increase by as much as 1.7°C by 2050 and by up to 4.0°C by 2100. Actual emissions during recent years, howev ...
The Need To Assess Spatial Variations In Climate Forcings - Suggestions For
... Committee, 224 pp. http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11175.html ...
... Committee, 224 pp. http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11175.html ...
Questions and answers on deforestation and forest
... consumption (including biofuels) on tropical deforestation? The development of biofuels should be sustainable, so vigilance is needed to ensure that further development of domestic production and imports does not jeopardise efforts to protect forests or broader biodiversity priorities. Appropriate c ...
... consumption (including biofuels) on tropical deforestation? The development of biofuels should be sustainable, so vigilance is needed to ensure that further development of domestic production and imports does not jeopardise efforts to protect forests or broader biodiversity priorities. Appropriate c ...
DOC - Europa.eu
... consumption (including biofuels) on tropical deforestation? The development of biofuels should be sustainable, so vigilance is needed to ensure that further development of domestic production and imports does not jeopardise efforts to protect forests or broader biodiversity priorities. Appropriate c ...
... consumption (including biofuels) on tropical deforestation? The development of biofuels should be sustainable, so vigilance is needed to ensure that further development of domestic production and imports does not jeopardise efforts to protect forests or broader biodiversity priorities. Appropriate c ...
Future Climate: Projected Average
... 2007; Cayan et al. 2009). Many applications employ multiple model simulations, made for one or more GHG emissions scenario using one or more GCMs, which are generally referred to as an ensemble. Beyond this, however, it has been shown (Pierce et al. 2009; Santer et al. 2009) that a model’s performan ...
... 2007; Cayan et al. 2009). Many applications employ multiple model simulations, made for one or more GHG emissions scenario using one or more GCMs, which are generally referred to as an ensemble. Beyond this, however, it has been shown (Pierce et al. 2009; Santer et al. 2009) that a model’s performan ...
Climate change and Tourism in the Alps: a position paper in view of
... named C3Alps that recently started. At the same time, the Alpstar project, which also started recently, will focus on climate change mitigation and on making the Alps a carbon neutral environment. The Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Climate Change (CMCC) contributed to several of these Alpine Space pr ...
... named C3Alps that recently started. At the same time, the Alpstar project, which also started recently, will focus on climate change mitigation and on making the Alps a carbon neutral environment. The Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Climate Change (CMCC) contributed to several of these Alpine Space pr ...
CLIMSAVE_Socio-economic_Scenarios_Presentation
... • Results in CLIMSAVE: – Developing qualitative scenarios in the form of stories enables developing valuable results in a participatory process involving a broad range of stakeholders from different backgrounds, expertise and professions; – The qualitative scenarios are an excellent basis to stimula ...
... • Results in CLIMSAVE: – Developing qualitative scenarios in the form of stories enables developing valuable results in a participatory process involving a broad range of stakeholders from different backgrounds, expertise and professions; – The qualitative scenarios are an excellent basis to stimula ...
Print - Climate Change Knowledge Portal
... disasters are likely to have even greater accumulated impacts on rural livelihoods over time as a consequence of climate change. Figure 5. Annual average frequency of natural hazards These impacts are likely to be more obvious in the north, where soil erosion is more pronounced and poverty among cro ...
... disasters are likely to have even greater accumulated impacts on rural livelihoods over time as a consequence of climate change. Figure 5. Annual average frequency of natural hazards These impacts are likely to be more obvious in the north, where soil erosion is more pronounced and poverty among cro ...
pdf - Green Alliance
... In 1997 she joined Interbrand as its chief executive in London; in January 2002 she became chairman. Her writing has included the book The future of brands, and The Economist book Brands and branding. She has been a member of the government’s Sustainable Development Commission and is on the Assuranc ...
... In 1997 she joined Interbrand as its chief executive in London; in January 2002 she became chairman. Her writing has included the book The future of brands, and The Economist book Brands and branding. She has been a member of the government’s Sustainable Development Commission and is on the Assuranc ...
Improving the 5th UK carbon budget
... made at Paris. The UK’s long term target and 5th carbon budget are now inadequate in light of a new global climate objective to “[hold] the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above ...
... made at Paris. The UK’s long term target and 5th carbon budget are now inadequate in light of a new global climate objective to “[hold] the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above ...
A noodle, hockey stick, and spaghetti plate: a perspective on high-resolution paleoclimatology
... of new proxy records and techniques, numerous largescale temperature reconstructions in the following two decades were produced.11–36 It was not until the late 1990s that such reconstructions extended far enough back to place recent temperature change in the context of the perhaps temporally nearest ...
... of new proxy records and techniques, numerous largescale temperature reconstructions in the following two decades were produced.11–36 It was not until the late 1990s that such reconstructions extended far enough back to place recent temperature change in the context of the perhaps temporally nearest ...
Applying the Precautionary Principle to Global Warming
... The precautionary principle has been invoked to justify a policy of aggressive greenhouse gas (GHG) emission controls that would go beyond “no regrets” actions to reduce global warming. However, this justification is based upon selectively applying the principle to the potential public health and en ...
... The precautionary principle has been invoked to justify a policy of aggressive greenhouse gas (GHG) emission controls that would go beyond “no regrets” actions to reduce global warming. However, this justification is based upon selectively applying the principle to the potential public health and en ...
Dividing climate change: global warming in the Indian mass media
... Correspondingly, India signed up to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1993 as a ‘non-Annex I’ state, not taking on binding emissions-reduction targets. Within both the government and also the wider civil society international emissions caps are viewed as ‘deepenin ...
... Correspondingly, India signed up to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1993 as a ‘non-Annex I’ state, not taking on binding emissions-reduction targets. Within both the government and also the wider civil society international emissions caps are viewed as ‘deepenin ...
loss and damage
... and establishing key underpinning mechanisms such as a emissions phase-out goal by 2050 at the latest, and 5 year successive commitment cycles; ...
... and establishing key underpinning mechanisms such as a emissions phase-out goal by 2050 at the latest, and 5 year successive commitment cycles; ...
Proposal for funding for the Preparation of
... out the considerable overlaps between global environmental objectives and local sustain able development objectives, and the possibilities for win-win projects, which could both improve livelihoods and reduce GHG emissions. Among the tangible outputs of the project is the country’s Draft National Ac ...
... out the considerable overlaps between global environmental objectives and local sustain able development objectives, and the possibilities for win-win projects, which could both improve livelihoods and reduce GHG emissions. Among the tangible outputs of the project is the country’s Draft National Ac ...
Dividing climate change: global warming in the Indian mass media
... Correspondingly, India signed up to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1993 as a ‘non-Annex I’ state, not taking on binding emissions-reduction targets. Within both the government and also the wider civil society international emissions caps are viewed as ‘deepenin ...
... Correspondingly, India signed up to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1993 as a ‘non-Annex I’ state, not taking on binding emissions-reduction targets. Within both the government and also the wider civil society international emissions caps are viewed as ‘deepenin ...
Expert Consensus on the Economics of Climate Change
... • The vast majority (75%) of respondents believe that the most economically efficient way for states to comply with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s “Clean Power Plan” carbon regulations is through “market-based mechanisms coordinated at a regional or national level (such as a regional/ ...
... • The vast majority (75%) of respondents believe that the most economically efficient way for states to comply with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s “Clean Power Plan” carbon regulations is through “market-based mechanisms coordinated at a regional or national level (such as a regional/ ...
Seminar paper
... countries (players) bargain over the provision of a global public good, namely the control of GHG emissions. On the one hand, reducing GHG emissions is costly because new technologies have to be developed and adopted to replace fossil fuel consumption. On the other hand, lower emissions reduce conce ...
... countries (players) bargain over the provision of a global public good, namely the control of GHG emissions. On the one hand, reducing GHG emissions is costly because new technologies have to be developed and adopted to replace fossil fuel consumption. On the other hand, lower emissions reduce conce ...
Taking Climate Change by Storm: Theorizing Global and Local Policy-Making in
... coordination problems, the science of climate change has a much higher degree of uncertainty. These trends are even more accentuated with respect to the scientific understanding of extreme climate events and the likelihood of political coordination at various scales. The main contribution of this Ar ...
... coordination problems, the science of climate change has a much higher degree of uncertainty. These trends are even more accentuated with respect to the scientific understanding of extreme climate events and the likelihood of political coordination at various scales. The main contribution of this Ar ...
Evaluating the climate and air quality impacts of short
... of Global Warming Potentials (GWP; see Sect. 1.2 for more details) can be calculated for a chosen time horizon, and then used to give the so-called “CO2 -equivalent” emissions of a gas. By contrast, for the non-CH4 SLCPs, the GWP depends significantly on when and where the emission occurs. Not only ...
... of Global Warming Potentials (GWP; see Sect. 1.2 for more details) can be calculated for a chosen time horizon, and then used to give the so-called “CO2 -equivalent” emissions of a gas. By contrast, for the non-CH4 SLCPs, the GWP depends significantly on when and where the emission occurs. Not only ...
Climate Change: Law, Policy, and Business
... This week, we’ll sample a smörgåsbord of topics designed to give you a very broad overview of how climate change, and laws and policies to address climate change, impact business (for better or worse). If any of these topics particularly interest you, a) we can rearrange the syllabus later on in the ...
... This week, we’ll sample a smörgåsbord of topics designed to give you a very broad overview of how climate change, and laws and policies to address climate change, impact business (for better or worse). If any of these topics particularly interest you, a) we can rearrange the syllabus later on in the ...