How the energy sector is missing potential demand destruction
... For many the IEA act as a benchmark – they assume across all three of their scenarios that global GDP will remain at 3.4% on average to 2040. Evidently this is at the high end of the range of GDP forecasts from the energy industry. Median forecasts are around the 3.1% mark to 2040 which the OECD’s 2 ...
... For many the IEA act as a benchmark – they assume across all three of their scenarios that global GDP will remain at 3.4% on average to 2040. Evidently this is at the high end of the range of GDP forecasts from the energy industry. Median forecasts are around the 3.1% mark to 2040 which the OECD’s 2 ...
Climate Change Affirmative - St. Louis Urban Debate League
... countries submitted to the UNFCCC in 2015, in preparation for COP-21 in Paris.7 (INDCs are the voluntary [“nationally-determined”] commitments that countries submitted for inclusion in the Paris Agreement.)8 ...
... countries submitted to the UNFCCC in 2015, in preparation for COP-21 in Paris.7 (INDCs are the voluntary [“nationally-determined”] commitments that countries submitted for inclusion in the Paris Agreement.)8 ...
Climate Ready Stirling`s Main Issues Report
... The benefits from mitigation occur on a global scale and success is measured by reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. However, no matter what actions are taken now to reduce emissions, the climate will continue to change for some decades due to the longevity of historical greenhouse gas emissions ...
... The benefits from mitigation occur on a global scale and success is measured by reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. However, no matter what actions are taken now to reduce emissions, the climate will continue to change for some decades due to the longevity of historical greenhouse gas emissions ...
Climate Change: Observed, Projections and Impacts in ASEAN Plus Three
... • Anomalies can be expected to recur at intervals less than a decade and the long-term mean state essentially remains the same. ...
... • Anomalies can be expected to recur at intervals less than a decade and the long-term mean state essentially remains the same. ...
IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION MEASURES ON
... 12. The international community, nation states, civil society and the private sector are being called upon to develop mitigation and adaptation strategies to address the effects of climate change. Mitigation is the process whereby GHG emissions are reduced and the sinks of GHGs are enhanced. Adaptat ...
... 12. The international community, nation states, civil society and the private sector are being called upon to develop mitigation and adaptation strategies to address the effects of climate change. Mitigation is the process whereby GHG emissions are reduced and the sinks of GHGs are enhanced. Adaptat ...
Waves of Change: Climate Change in the Pacific Islands
... read the most recent United Nations documents prepared by experts to understand sustainability and social justice in world affairs. There will also be a juxtaposition of the main international instruments aiming to address the climate crisis and the most positive developments in international initia ...
... read the most recent United Nations documents prepared by experts to understand sustainability and social justice in world affairs. There will also be a juxtaposition of the main international instruments aiming to address the climate crisis and the most positive developments in international initia ...
corporate conquistadors - Corporate Europe Observatory
... risen to the major leagues of the global industry. Among oil and gas corporations, Repsol is now investing in future reserves at one of the highest rates in the world (its reserve replacement ratio1 in 2013 was 275% - the highest in the business2), including in some of the planet’s most vulnerable l ...
... risen to the major leagues of the global industry. Among oil and gas corporations, Repsol is now investing in future reserves at one of the highest rates in the world (its reserve replacement ratio1 in 2013 was 275% - the highest in the business2), including in some of the planet’s most vulnerable l ...
Climate change and vulnerability: Pushing people over the
... make things much worse. This means CAFOD can only succeed in its mission of helping to eradicate poverty if decisive action is taken against climate change. In recognition of that, CAFOD is launching a major new campaign on climate change and sustainable energy. Countries which contributed most to a ...
... make things much worse. This means CAFOD can only succeed in its mission of helping to eradicate poverty if decisive action is taken against climate change. In recognition of that, CAFOD is launching a major new campaign on climate change and sustainable energy. Countries which contributed most to a ...
This PDF is a selection from a published volume from... Research Volume Title: The Economics of Climate Change: Adaptations Past and...
... one introduces fat- tailed climate change uncertainty, along with even infinitesimal probabilities of low rates of pure time preference, the difference in optimal policies between additive and multiplicative utilities can become overwhelmingly dominant. ...
... one introduces fat- tailed climate change uncertainty, along with even infinitesimal probabilities of low rates of pure time preference, the difference in optimal policies between additive and multiplicative utilities can become overwhelmingly dominant. ...
Adapting_to_Climate_Change_ - MDG-F
... Climatic Drivers: Climatic changes increase the area and number of disease vectors and more frequent heavy rainfall and drought events could disrupt water supply and sanitation Non-climatic drivers: Severely degraded health care system; declining immunity, nutritional and health status of popula ...
... Climatic Drivers: Climatic changes increase the area and number of disease vectors and more frequent heavy rainfall and drought events could disrupt water supply and sanitation Non-climatic drivers: Severely degraded health care system; declining immunity, nutritional and health status of popula ...
Up in smoke? Latin America and the Caribbean
... This report confirms that temperature and rainfall patterns, hitherto largely regular and predictable, are changing and becoming less predictable and often more extreme. Based upon the experiences of partner agencies and the people they work with across the region, this report catalogues impacts lin ...
... This report confirms that temperature and rainfall patterns, hitherto largely regular and predictable, are changing and becoming less predictable and often more extreme. Based upon the experiences of partner agencies and the people they work with across the region, this report catalogues impacts lin ...
Up in smoke? Latin America and the Caribbean
... This report confirms that temperature and rainfall patterns, hitherto largely regular and predictable, are changing and becoming less predictable and often more extreme. Based upon the experiences of partner agencies and the people they work with across the region, this report catalogues impacts lin ...
... This report confirms that temperature and rainfall patterns, hitherto largely regular and predictable, are changing and becoming less predictable and often more extreme. Based upon the experiences of partner agencies and the people they work with across the region, this report catalogues impacts lin ...
Development, trade and carbon reduction
... Leo Peskett looks at one of the most advanced proposals for a market-based approach, REDD, the mechanism to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation. He examines some of the problems in designing and funding programmes to provide incentives for developing countries to conserve their fores ...
... Leo Peskett looks at one of the most advanced proposals for a market-based approach, REDD, the mechanism to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation. He examines some of the problems in designing and funding programmes to provide incentives for developing countries to conserve their fores ...
External link to publication
... Figure 8. The share of low‐carbon energy sources in total primary energy supply in 2050 ........................... 18 Figure 9. Reserves versus carbon budgets for different global warming scenarios ........................................ 24 Figure 10. Implied carbon intensity of energy in differ ...
... Figure 8. The share of low‐carbon energy sources in total primary energy supply in 2050 ........................... 18 Figure 9. Reserves versus carbon budgets for different global warming scenarios ........................................ 24 Figure 10. Implied carbon intensity of energy in differ ...
PDF
... approaches, such as CAPRI, take changes in yield levels automatically into account by modelling area allocation as a function of gross margins (Britz, 2005). Nonetheless, such approaches require substantial data on country level production costs and do not fit the aspired simple structure of ESIM. ...
... approaches, such as CAPRI, take changes in yield levels automatically into account by modelling area allocation as a function of gross margins (Britz, 2005). Nonetheless, such approaches require substantial data on country level production costs and do not fit the aspired simple structure of ESIM. ...
IATA CO2 Calculator Guidelines
... occur in the upper atmosphere. 2.2 What is carbon offsetting? Climate change is one of the biggest threats we face. Everyday actions like using electrical equipment, heating your home, driving a car and flying consume energy and produce greenhouse gases emissions, particularly carbon dioxide (CO2) - ...
... occur in the upper atmosphere. 2.2 What is carbon offsetting? Climate change is one of the biggest threats we face. Everyday actions like using electrical equipment, heating your home, driving a car and flying consume energy and produce greenhouse gases emissions, particularly carbon dioxide (CO2) - ...
- Wiley Online Library
... of output’. It further specifies that ‘although several social, economic, and technological policies would produce an emission reduction, with respect to climate change, mitigation means implementing policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enhance sinks’. This definition is consistent with t ...
... of output’. It further specifies that ‘although several social, economic, and technological policies would produce an emission reduction, with respect to climate change, mitigation means implementing policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enhance sinks’. This definition is consistent with t ...
Nitrous Oxide from Agricultural Sources: Potential Role in Greenhouse Gas Emission
... nutrient and soil loss from the crop field (e.g., erosion, leaching).14 Some may consider less money spent towards fertilizer use an economic incentive for agricultural producers.15 Others may want to ensure that crop yields meet expected feed, fiber, and fuel mandates (e.g., for corn ethanol), whic ...
... nutrient and soil loss from the crop field (e.g., erosion, leaching).14 Some may consider less money spent towards fertilizer use an economic incentive for agricultural producers.15 Others may want to ensure that crop yields meet expected feed, fiber, and fuel mandates (e.g., for corn ethanol), whic ...
MNP Report 500116002/2007 Local air pollution and global climate
... both environmental problems. By means of an integrated cost–benefit analysis of GCC and LAP, this report investigates to what extent synergies can be created between technologies that are beneficial to both challenges at once. In the late 1970s, Nordhaus became one of the early protagonists in the c ...
... both environmental problems. By means of an integrated cost–benefit analysis of GCC and LAP, this report investigates to what extent synergies can be created between technologies that are beneficial to both challenges at once. In the late 1970s, Nordhaus became one of the early protagonists in the c ...
action kit - Climate Reality Project
... You know the climate crisis is happening – and you understand we need to take action. But how? “I’m just one person,” you might say. The truth is, you are only one person – but you’re someone who understands the need for climate action, and that makes you an important change-maker who can catalyze a ...
... You know the climate crisis is happening – and you understand we need to take action. But how? “I’m just one person,” you might say. The truth is, you are only one person – but you’re someone who understands the need for climate action, and that makes you an important change-maker who can catalyze a ...
Climate Data in the NWT
... time as Alaska – economy of scale ‐ 800 m resolution useful in mountainous terrain ‐ Discussions with LCCs, SNAP, NPS, OSU regarding expanding Alaska SNAP project to Yukon and NWT including putting NWT climate data in Imiq data base led by Jessica Cherry. ...
... time as Alaska – economy of scale ‐ 800 m resolution useful in mountainous terrain ‐ Discussions with LCCs, SNAP, NPS, OSU regarding expanding Alaska SNAP project to Yukon and NWT including putting NWT climate data in Imiq data base led by Jessica Cherry. ...
DCNR and Climate Change – Planning for the Future
... The incidence of heavy precipitation events has also increased significantly. According to the 2014 National Climate Assessment,3 the heaviest downpours, which are the number of days where the total precipitation exceeded the top 1 percent of all rain and snow days, have increased by 71% in the Nort ...
... The incidence of heavy precipitation events has also increased significantly. According to the 2014 National Climate Assessment,3 the heaviest downpours, which are the number of days where the total precipitation exceeded the top 1 percent of all rain and snow days, have increased by 71% in the Nort ...
Global Climate Change as a Threat to U.S. National Security
... and ‘Sustain Broad Cooperation on Key Global Challenges.’6 The four bottom circles in Figure 1 are a shorthand version of the 2010 NSS. Foreign interests is consistent with the “Sustain Broad Cooperation on Key Global challenges” strategy, Economy falls under the “Ensure a strong U.S. economy” strat ...
... and ‘Sustain Broad Cooperation on Key Global Challenges.’6 The four bottom circles in Figure 1 are a shorthand version of the 2010 NSS. Foreign interests is consistent with the “Sustain Broad Cooperation on Key Global challenges” strategy, Economy falls under the “Ensure a strong U.S. economy” strat ...
Climate change impacts on Australian Rangelands
... management. In warmer climates, increased heat stress, and increased evaporative demand would likely have negative effects on pastures. The most certain aspect of climate change is that atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) will increase and this will affect rangeland functioning even ...
... management. In warmer climates, increased heat stress, and increased evaporative demand would likely have negative effects on pastures. The most certain aspect of climate change is that atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) will increase and this will affect rangeland functioning even ...