2015 Global Climate Legislation Study - summary for policymakers (English) (opens in new window)
... urgently curb greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to climate change. Governments of the world have agreed to limit average global warming to less than 2° Celsius. In Paris at the end of this year, they have the opportunity to put in place a longer-term framework to achieve this by agreeing to a new u ...
... urgently curb greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to climate change. Governments of the world have agreed to limit average global warming to less than 2° Celsius. In Paris at the end of this year, they have the opportunity to put in place a longer-term framework to achieve this by agreeing to a new u ...
Chapter 2: International Legal Approaches: Treaties and Non
... agreement rather than just agreeing to a procedure for trying to get there, only the Kyoto Protocol parties have specific, binding commitments to mitigate climate change. The other UNFCCC parties track and report their emissions (a requirement for developed countries) and make voluntary commitments ...
... agreement rather than just agreeing to a procedure for trying to get there, only the Kyoto Protocol parties have specific, binding commitments to mitigate climate change. The other UNFCCC parties track and report their emissions (a requirement for developed countries) and make voluntary commitments ...
2006–2012 Climate Change Action Plan
... confronting it requires concrete measures on international, national, regional, local and individual levels. The Kyoto Protocol has currently been ratified by 181 countries, including Canada. However, it is worth noting that many countries, including China and India, have not set restrictive reducti ...
... confronting it requires concrete measures on international, national, regional, local and individual levels. The Kyoto Protocol has currently been ratified by 181 countries, including Canada. However, it is worth noting that many countries, including China and India, have not set restrictive reducti ...
Climate Justice as a Spiritual Challenge in an Oil
... As an example from the African context, an interfaith consultation in 2011 stated that “climate change constitutes a huge inequity for the world and its people, with Africa bearing the brunt of the effects, even though the continent is responsible for only 4 percent of global greenhouse-gas emission ...
... As an example from the African context, an interfaith consultation in 2011 stated that “climate change constitutes a huge inequity for the world and its people, with Africa bearing the brunt of the effects, even though the continent is responsible for only 4 percent of global greenhouse-gas emission ...
Changing Northern Hemisphere Storm Tracks in an Ensemble of
... height data for the 500-hPa level, we decided to perform the respective computations based on the available MSLP data. Note that the storm track is not affected by changes in the long-term mean MSLP (in contrast to cyclone core depth) so that changes can directly be assigned to the transient waves. ...
... height data for the 500-hPa level, we decided to perform the respective computations based on the available MSLP data. Note that the storm track is not affected by changes in the long-term mean MSLP (in contrast to cyclone core depth) so that changes can directly be assigned to the transient waves. ...
Agricultural technologies for climate change in developing
... innovations climate change would ultimately cause a 4% and 5% decrease in (baseline scenario) GDP for Africa and India, respectively. While climate change may reduce global agricultural production by 6% by 2080 from what would otherwise occur, Africa and India are projected to see reductions of agri ...
... innovations climate change would ultimately cause a 4% and 5% decrease in (baseline scenario) GDP for Africa and India, respectively. While climate change may reduce global agricultural production by 6% by 2080 from what would otherwise occur, Africa and India are projected to see reductions of agri ...
2007 Tripartite Symposium April 23 2007
... Since the climate forcing of CO2 is only one of a diverse set of first order human climate forcings, and global warming is only a subset of climate change (NRC,2005; IGBP-BAHC, 2004), the current IPCC focus is an ineffective climate policy ...
... Since the climate forcing of CO2 is only one of a diverse set of first order human climate forcings, and global warming is only a subset of climate change (NRC,2005; IGBP-BAHC, 2004), the current IPCC focus is an ineffective climate policy ...
New Nuclear Power is Ruining Climate Protection Efforts
... Since 2005, prodigious public relations campaigns have promoted those utilities’ commitment to lead the way to a “low carbon” future by building more nuclear power plants. But instead of replacing their coal-burning plants with nuclear power, the Southeast Five plan to keep operating most or all of ...
... Since 2005, prodigious public relations campaigns have promoted those utilities’ commitment to lead the way to a “low carbon” future by building more nuclear power plants. But instead of replacing their coal-burning plants with nuclear power, the Southeast Five plan to keep operating most or all of ...
The RCP greenhouse gas concentrations and their extensions from
... concentration datasets, forthcoming CMIP5 intercomparisons will allow our understanding of the relationship between emissions and concentrations to be re-defined. This study describes how the IAM emissions were processed to produce the RCP GHG concentration values, including the compilation of histo ...
... concentration datasets, forthcoming CMIP5 intercomparisons will allow our understanding of the relationship between emissions and concentrations to be re-defined. This study describes how the IAM emissions were processed to produce the RCP GHG concentration values, including the compilation of histo ...
DrieD up, DrowneD out - TILZ
... many countries are keen to grow carbon-free energy projects. But urgent action by governments (acting singly, bilaterally or multilaterally) is needed to create an effective, imaginative long-term policy framework. This is necessary if business and industry are to have the confidence to move forward ...
... many countries are keen to grow carbon-free energy projects. But urgent action by governments (acting singly, bilaterally or multilaterally) is needed to create an effective, imaginative long-term policy framework. This is necessary if business and industry are to have the confidence to move forward ...
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... environmental threat (UNEP 1999). Air pollutant emissions have declined or stabilized in most industrialized countries, largely as a result of abatement policies developed and implemented since the 1970s. Initially governments tried to apply direct control instruments but these were not always coste ...
... environmental threat (UNEP 1999). Air pollutant emissions have declined or stabilized in most industrialized countries, largely as a result of abatement policies developed and implemented since the 1970s. Initially governments tried to apply direct control instruments but these were not always coste ...
Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on
... The full text of the Chinese government's communication to the Secretary-General of the United Nations is as follows: “In accordance with article 153 of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China of 1990 and article 138 of the Basic Law of the Maca ...
... The full text of the Chinese government's communication to the Secretary-General of the United Nations is as follows: “In accordance with article 153 of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China of 1990 and article 138 of the Basic Law of the Maca ...
Environment, Politics and Development Working Paper Series
... wrote that Obama’s statements were “strong enough call(s) to action to appease most climate advocates, even those who had said in the days leading up to the speech that they wanted Obama to lay out a detailed plan of attack” (2013). Stephen Stromberg from The Washington Post commented, “President Ob ...
... wrote that Obama’s statements were “strong enough call(s) to action to appease most climate advocates, even those who had said in the days leading up to the speech that they wanted Obama to lay out a detailed plan of attack” (2013). Stephen Stromberg from The Washington Post commented, “President Ob ...
INCORPORATING CATASTROPHES INTO INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT: SCIENCE, IMPACTS, AND ADAPTATION
... far from clear that the same will be true of the physical climate system. 2.2.3. As a Readily Resolvable Uncertainty Models that treat the possibility of catastrophic change have frequently assumed that the relevant uncertainties will be satisfactorily resolved within the next 1 to 2 decades (e.g., ...
... far from clear that the same will be true of the physical climate system. 2.2.3. As a Readily Resolvable Uncertainty Models that treat the possibility of catastrophic change have frequently assumed that the relevant uncertainties will be satisfactorily resolved within the next 1 to 2 decades (e.g., ...
Coupled General Circulation Modeling
... • Careful comparison of model simulations with the observed climate record are critical for assessments of model fidelity. • Successful performance in such comparisons can increase our confidence in climate models. ...
... • Careful comparison of model simulations with the observed climate record are critical for assessments of model fidelity. • Successful performance in such comparisons can increase our confidence in climate models. ...
The carbon jigsaw AccountAncy futures
... Bank Chief Economist, Sir Nicholas Stern, to investigate the economic impacts and potential policy responses to climate change. The resulting report focused primarily on the impacts of climate change on growth and development, the economics of stabilisation, the policy responses for both climate cha ...
... Bank Chief Economist, Sir Nicholas Stern, to investigate the economic impacts and potential policy responses to climate change. The resulting report focused primarily on the impacts of climate change on growth and development, the economics of stabilisation, the policy responses for both climate cha ...
Meeting Notes
... management for the 2018-2020 period and beyond. It was noted that it is important to consider Government policy developments since the targets and policy were set in 2014, for example, climate change action plan (CCAP). Discussions and clarifications that the Directions for Conservation First Frame ...
... management for the 2018-2020 period and beyond. It was noted that it is important to consider Government policy developments since the targets and policy were set in 2014, for example, climate change action plan (CCAP). Discussions and clarifications that the Directions for Conservation First Frame ...
Shaping National Climate Change Legislation in Uganda, May 2015
... there is uncertainty as to how some sectors should address it. Integrating climate change in government sectors means incorporating measures that address climate change into on-going national and sectoral development planning and decision making. This ensures the long-term sustainability of investme ...
... there is uncertainty as to how some sectors should address it. Integrating climate change in government sectors means incorporating measures that address climate change into on-going national and sectoral development planning and decision making. This ensures the long-term sustainability of investme ...
Environment Sustainabilty Approach Capiel HV Part C The
... the SF6 gas is always used in closed or sealed systems and at the end of life of the equipment the gas can be recovered, recycled and reused. Furthermore, the SF6 concentration in the atmosphere is extremely low with respect to other Greenhouse gases. Therefore, even taken its high GWP of 23900 into ...
... the SF6 gas is always used in closed or sealed systems and at the end of life of the equipment the gas can be recovered, recycled and reused. Furthermore, the SF6 concentration in the atmosphere is extremely low with respect to other Greenhouse gases. Therefore, even taken its high GWP of 23900 into ...
Act LX of 2007 on the implementation framework of the UN
... b) the steps necessary for the adaptation to the domestic impacts of climate change and the major measures and financial sources necessary to achieve them; c) the research priorities connected to the cost-efficient reduction of domestic emissions and to the domestic impacts of climate change as well ...
... b) the steps necessary for the adaptation to the domestic impacts of climate change and the major measures and financial sources necessary to achieve them; c) the research priorities connected to the cost-efficient reduction of domestic emissions and to the domestic impacts of climate change as well ...
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... risk to early participants and the likely rise in carbon prices, and the long-term obligations that will likely characterize carbon programs and contracts. Early participants run the risk of being caught by the additionality principle that will not credit projects unless they were started after the ...
... risk to early participants and the likely rise in carbon prices, and the long-term obligations that will likely characterize carbon programs and contracts. Early participants run the risk of being caught by the additionality principle that will not credit projects unless they were started after the ...
Modifying the 2°C Target - Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik
... its adoption as a global limit. But the EU not only risks damage to its public image. Since Europeans derive their internal emissions reduction objective of 80–95 percent (compared to 1990 levels) by 2050 directly from the 2°C target, a weakening of the global climate policy target would inevitably ...
... its adoption as a global limit. But the EU not only risks damage to its public image. Since Europeans derive their internal emissions reduction objective of 80–95 percent (compared to 1990 levels) by 2050 directly from the 2°C target, a weakening of the global climate policy target would inevitably ...
Carbon accounts of shifting cultivation: reductionist practices
... cultivators. From a climate justice perspective concerned with historic emissions (Roberts & Parks 2009), others would moreover add that shifting cultivators, coming generally from countries that are only now in the process of industrialization, have also least contributed to emitting fossil carbon ...
... cultivators. From a climate justice perspective concerned with historic emissions (Roberts & Parks 2009), others would moreover add that shifting cultivators, coming generally from countries that are only now in the process of industrialization, have also least contributed to emitting fossil carbon ...