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 ...
7 Financial resources and transfer of technology
... on the least developed countries in Africa and Asia. It was decided that Finland’s long-term partner countries in the future will be Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nepal, Tanzania and Zambia as well as Vietnam, a lower middleincome country that is prone to natural disasters. With Vietnam, Finland is g ...
... on the least developed countries in Africa and Asia. It was decided that Finland’s long-term partner countries in the future will be Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nepal, Tanzania and Zambia as well as Vietnam, a lower middleincome country that is prone to natural disasters. With Vietnam, Finland is g ...
International Journal of Web Information Systems
... change terms revealed on Twitter. Though, recent studies have proven beneficial, more perspectives are yet to be investigated, for instance, #ActOnClimate, which is the event that signals President Obama’s action plan to respond to Climate Change, were out of scope. This research takes a deeper look ...
... change terms revealed on Twitter. Though, recent studies have proven beneficial, more perspectives are yet to be investigated, for instance, #ActOnClimate, which is the event that signals President Obama’s action plan to respond to Climate Change, were out of scope. This research takes a deeper look ...
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... Under a carbon market system, mitigation of tropical forest emissions, perhaps measured at a national scale against a reference level of historic emissions, would generate credits that could be sold and traded in a market for GHG emissions permits or “allowances” that could be used to satisfy legal ...
... Under a carbon market system, mitigation of tropical forest emissions, perhaps measured at a national scale against a reference level of historic emissions, would generate credits that could be sold and traded in a market for GHG emissions permits or “allowances” that could be used to satisfy legal ...
to review/download the Cookeville Case Study.
... State Governments (http://www.cses.washington.edu/cig/fpt/guidebook.shtml). This guidebook offers a template for community leaders by recommending a detailed and easy to understand process for climate change preparedness using familiar and available resources and tools. This valuable resource was de ...
... State Governments (http://www.cses.washington.edu/cig/fpt/guidebook.shtml). This guidebook offers a template for community leaders by recommending a detailed and easy to understand process for climate change preparedness using familiar and available resources and tools. This valuable resource was de ...
36 AFRICAN EAST-ASIAN AFFAIRS *Ye Yu is Assistant Director at
... purely public source. Equity is the basic consideration. They strongly argue that developed countries should not evade their responsibilities by privatising prob- ...
... purely public source. Equity is the basic consideration. They strongly argue that developed countries should not evade their responsibilities by privatising prob- ...
Climate Change`s Impact on the Caribbean`s Ability to Sustain
... hurricane damages, loss of tourism revenue, and infrastructure damages could total US$22 billion a year by 2050 and US$46 billion by 2100.32 While there remains debate about the exact amount of losses in regional GDP due to climate change, several studies have found that the impact will be highly si ...
... hurricane damages, loss of tourism revenue, and infrastructure damages could total US$22 billion a year by 2050 and US$46 billion by 2100.32 While there remains debate about the exact amount of losses in regional GDP due to climate change, several studies have found that the impact will be highly si ...
Climate Change and the Transport Sector: Are we
... concentrations of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. These gases have been associated with global warming and other physical phenomena linked to climate change. It is predicted that continued growth in the emission of greenhouse gases will increase the already significant risk of dangerous climat ...
... concentrations of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. These gases have been associated with global warming and other physical phenomena linked to climate change. It is predicted that continued growth in the emission of greenhouse gases will increase the already significant risk of dangerous climat ...
Bewertung der Risiken des Klimawandels für
... The analysis of vulnerability, which integrates results from both the bio-physical simulations and the agro-climatic indicators, provides an indication of which regions may expect potentially significant production changes by the time horizons of 2020 and 2030. The analyses of this study must be con ...
... The analysis of vulnerability, which integrates results from both the bio-physical simulations and the agro-climatic indicators, provides an indication of which regions may expect potentially significant production changes by the time horizons of 2020 and 2030. The analyses of this study must be con ...
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... would give developed countries specific reduction targets. They could meet these targets by reducing emissions or by promoting sinks. The reductions could be accomplished internally or through co-operative actions involving other parties to the convention. Forests would thus appear to have a major r ...
... would give developed countries specific reduction targets. They could meet these targets by reducing emissions or by promoting sinks. The reductions could be accomplished internally or through co-operative actions involving other parties to the convention. Forests would thus appear to have a major r ...
The Impacts of Climate Change on London
... outside established “comfort levels” for 23% of working hours. A conventional response to this would be to install more air conditioning (AC) in buildings. Air conditioning, however, is electricity-guzzling, and will increase carbon dioxide emissions, unless the electricity comes from renewable ener ...
... outside established “comfort levels” for 23% of working hours. A conventional response to this would be to install more air conditioning (AC) in buildings. Air conditioning, however, is electricity-guzzling, and will increase carbon dioxide emissions, unless the electricity comes from renewable ener ...
SENSING AND RESPONDING TO A CLIMATE CHANGE
... is the first attempt to examine the relationship between the sensing and the responding ability to a climate change among the employees of farmers' associations. 2.2. Sensing and responding to a climate change. The sensing and responding capabilities are the main components of one organization's agi ...
... is the first attempt to examine the relationship between the sensing and the responding ability to a climate change among the employees of farmers' associations. 2.2. Sensing and responding to a climate change. The sensing and responding capabilities are the main components of one organization's agi ...
Key lessons from practitioners` experiences
... Adaptation Good Practice (AGP) does not need to cover all aspects of an adaptive process, but should fit into one, some, or all of the steps to ensure that good adaptation outcomes can be achieved. To support stakeholders to use the AGP case studies more effectively a generic adaptation framework wa ...
... Adaptation Good Practice (AGP) does not need to cover all aspects of an adaptive process, but should fit into one, some, or all of the steps to ensure that good adaptation outcomes can be achieved. To support stakeholders to use the AGP case studies more effectively a generic adaptation framework wa ...
A Game of Preferences:
... commitment the U.S. has made to date under this definition is the one implicit in the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan, which I discuss in chapter 1. The Interests of Domestic Actors and the Nature of Power Two types of interests are essential to explaining the motivations of ...
... commitment the U.S. has made to date under this definition is the one implicit in the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan, which I discuss in chapter 1. The Interests of Domestic Actors and the Nature of Power Two types of interests are essential to explaining the motivations of ...
The Impacts of Climate Change on London
... outside established “comfort levels” for 23% of working hours. A conventional response to this would be to install more air conditioning (AC) in buildings. Air conditioning, however, is electricity-guzzling, and will increase carbon dioxide emissions, unless the electricity comes from renewable ener ...
... outside established “comfort levels” for 23% of working hours. A conventional response to this would be to install more air conditioning (AC) in buildings. Air conditioning, however, is electricity-guzzling, and will increase carbon dioxide emissions, unless the electricity comes from renewable ener ...
How to communicate the scientific consensus on climate change
... metaphors in climate change discourse. A plausible explanation for their relatively modest influence is that the use of metaphor might be especially useful in explaining complex (causal) mechanisms such as the phenomena of stock and flow and accumulation (Guy et al. 2013), whereas the use of metapho ...
... metaphors in climate change discourse. A plausible explanation for their relatively modest influence is that the use of metaphor might be especially useful in explaining complex (causal) mechanisms such as the phenomena of stock and flow and accumulation (Guy et al. 2013), whereas the use of metapho ...
`Future` climate and impacts - Climatic Research Unit
... time a coupling of the Mediterranean Sea with the atmosphere at a high spatial resolution. The set of atmospheric variables simulated by the models are presented and compared to observed ones, if available. Biogeophysical impacts are investigated using future projections of the observed relationship ...
... time a coupling of the Mediterranean Sea with the atmosphere at a high spatial resolution. The set of atmospheric variables simulated by the models are presented and compared to observed ones, if available. Biogeophysical impacts are investigated using future projections of the observed relationship ...
Planning for Change: Climate Adaptation Survey Results
... for climate change and reducing its impacts. Seventy-three percent of respondents in this phase were brainstorming a range of options to prepare for and manage climate risks, while the remaining 27 percent had completed an assessment of potential responses. No one in this phase had selected a respon ...
... for climate change and reducing its impacts. Seventy-three percent of respondents in this phase were brainstorming a range of options to prepare for and manage climate risks, while the remaining 27 percent had completed an assessment of potential responses. No one in this phase had selected a respon ...
Primer on Short-Lived Climate Pollutants
... • Expanding access to sustainable energy for the billions forced to depend on traditional cooking and heating fuels. Preventing growth in the other SLCP, HFCs, can increase the warming prevented by 2050 to ~0.6°C and can prevent an additional ~0.4°C warming by 2100. Reductions in all of these SLCPs ...
... • Expanding access to sustainable energy for the billions forced to depend on traditional cooking and heating fuels. Preventing growth in the other SLCP, HFCs, can increase the warming prevented by 2050 to ~0.6°C and can prevent an additional ~0.4°C warming by 2100. Reductions in all of these SLCPs ...
How Do Recent Population Trends Matter to Climate Change?
... Although integrated assessment models (IAM) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) consider population, along with economic growth and technological change, as one of the root causes of greenhouse gas emissions, how population dynamics affect climate change is still under debate. Wh ...
... Although integrated assessment models (IAM) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) consider population, along with economic growth and technological change, as one of the root causes of greenhouse gas emissions, how population dynamics affect climate change is still under debate. Wh ...
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... (Deschenes and Greenstone, 2007) are good measures of acute effects but are less appropriate measures of the long-run impacts of climate change. The analysis assumes that prices remain unchanged (Cline 1996). Although changes in local supply might be dramatic, prices of food crops are determined by ...
... (Deschenes and Greenstone, 2007) are good measures of acute effects but are less appropriate measures of the long-run impacts of climate change. The analysis assumes that prices remain unchanged (Cline 1996). Although changes in local supply might be dramatic, prices of food crops are determined by ...
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... organizations, academia and private sectors. By doing so, it is expected that the climate change related issues would be accorded high priority on the agenda and ensuring its integration in the national planning and development strategy formulation processes in the country. The project will make use ...
... organizations, academia and private sectors. By doing so, it is expected that the climate change related issues would be accorded high priority on the agenda and ensuring its integration in the national planning and development strategy formulation processes in the country. The project will make use ...
History of urban climatology
... had to bee invoked. The Climatological Section benefitted from this event to the extent that it triggered the approval of funding for additional measurement equipment including an air measurement aircraft. The then Head of the Climatological Section, Professor Dr. Baumüller, was invited in November ...
... had to bee invoked. The Climatological Section benefitted from this event to the extent that it triggered the approval of funding for additional measurement equipment including an air measurement aircraft. The then Head of the Climatological Section, Professor Dr. Baumüller, was invited in November ...
European atmosphere in 2050, a regional
... interlinkages calls for integrated assessment frameworks (EEA, 2004). Integration of technical mitigation measures, their costs and their impact on air quality have been successfully implemented over the past decades to investigate relatively short time periods (Cohan and Napelenok, 2011). In Europe ...
... interlinkages calls for integrated assessment frameworks (EEA, 2004). Integration of technical mitigation measures, their costs and their impact on air quality have been successfully implemented over the past decades to investigate relatively short time periods (Cohan and Napelenok, 2011). In Europe ...
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... different threshold values for these challenges. We then determine which sets of drivers best determine those SSPs. In consequence, our methodology is based on (i) an identification of potential drivers of challenges to mitigation and adaptation, (ii) a modeling exercise to explore the uncertainty s ...
... different threshold values for these challenges. We then determine which sets of drivers best determine those SSPs. In consequence, our methodology is based on (i) an identification of potential drivers of challenges to mitigation and adaptation, (ii) a modeling exercise to explore the uncertainty s ...