- University of Surrey
... another way to engage and motivate the public to act, and to support government action, that do not depend on being convinced or concerned about climate change. For a worldwide audience, communicating about Benevolence co-benefits is likely to have the most consistent effects, but in some countries ...
... another way to engage and motivate the public to act, and to support government action, that do not depend on being convinced or concerned about climate change. For a worldwide audience, communicating about Benevolence co-benefits is likely to have the most consistent effects, but in some countries ...
Requirements to the documents, which substantiate the volumes
... The reasons, why the project is initiated, and the technology, which will be used, including the description of its main technical parameters. The particular measures, which will lead to the reduction of the volume of anthropogenic emissions and/or increasing of absorption, are described. The defin ...
... The reasons, why the project is initiated, and the technology, which will be used, including the description of its main technical parameters. The particular measures, which will lead to the reduction of the volume of anthropogenic emissions and/or increasing of absorption, are described. The defin ...
Climate change policies and the WTO: Greening the GATT
... imported cement, the treatment will be judged ‘less favourable’ for imported goods, and hence GATT-inconsistent (in EC-Seals, the AB ruled that producers of seal bags could not market their bags in the EU market, whereas producers of other bags could). The treatment will be judged less favourable, s ...
... imported cement, the treatment will be judged ‘less favourable’ for imported goods, and hence GATT-inconsistent (in EC-Seals, the AB ruled that producers of seal bags could not market their bags in the EU market, whereas producers of other bags could). The treatment will be judged less favourable, s ...
Transitioning towards a low-carbon economy in Mexico
... Energy resources are essential inputs for most economic activities. Understanding the dynamics of anthropogenic climate change means taking into account the complex relationship between economic activity and environmental impact linked to fossil fuel consumption and GHG emissions. On the one hand, t ...
... Energy resources are essential inputs for most economic activities. Understanding the dynamics of anthropogenic climate change means taking into account the complex relationship between economic activity and environmental impact linked to fossil fuel consumption and GHG emissions. On the one hand, t ...
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 ...
Managing climate risk using climate-smart agriculture
... The methodology FAO has developed with its partner countries for the CSA approach includes development of an evidence base to inform agricultural policy and investment planning, cross-sector policy dialogues and linking climate finance to agricultural investments. The evidence base should be designe ...
... The methodology FAO has developed with its partner countries for the CSA approach includes development of an evidence base to inform agricultural policy and investment planning, cross-sector policy dialogues and linking climate finance to agricultural investments. The evidence base should be designe ...
UNFCCC: UNITING ON CLIMATE
... Climate Change has come to be recognized as one of the most critical challenges ever to face human-kind. The impacts range from sea level rise, melting ice caps and glaciers, along with increased incidences of drought and flooding. This in turn is already leading to more agricultural shortfalls, end ...
... Climate Change has come to be recognized as one of the most critical challenges ever to face human-kind. The impacts range from sea level rise, melting ice caps and glaciers, along with increased incidences of drought and flooding. This in turn is already leading to more agricultural shortfalls, end ...
Climate Change and Mountain Areas - circle-2
... climate change on debris flows/landslides (DF) activity in the Alps. Moreover linear infrastructures are particularly vulnerable to such natural hazard. They are an essential component of the economic activity of these mountainous areas and transborder exchanges, which gives a highly strategic chara ...
... climate change on debris flows/landslides (DF) activity in the Alps. Moreover linear infrastructures are particularly vulnerable to such natural hazard. They are an essential component of the economic activity of these mountainous areas and transborder exchanges, which gives a highly strategic chara ...
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
... Climate Change has come to be recognized as one of the most critical challenges ever to face human-kind. The impacts range from sea level rise, melting ice caps and glaciers, along with increased incidences of drought and flooding. This in turn is already leading to more agricultural shortfalls, end ...
... Climate Change has come to be recognized as one of the most critical challenges ever to face human-kind. The impacts range from sea level rise, melting ice caps and glaciers, along with increased incidences of drought and flooding. This in turn is already leading to more agricultural shortfalls, end ...
... provide scientific and objective information on climate change. According to the IPCC, global atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases have increased markedly as a result of human activities over the past 200 years, contributing to a warming of the earth’s climate. Climate change is a long-ter ...
Ambiguity in Australian emissions markets
... flows into the market and how price change can give a market evaluation of the information while volume looks at the extent of the disagreement in the market. This final point suggests that that volume is the highest when all investors are either optimists or pessimists. Our analysis does suggest a ...
... flows into the market and how price change can give a market evaluation of the information while volume looks at the extent of the disagreement in the market. This final point suggests that that volume is the highest when all investors are either optimists or pessimists. Our analysis does suggest a ...
- Harvard University
... Determine the importance of non-radiative forcings Several types of forcings—most notably aerosols, land-use and land-cover change, and modifications to biogeochemistry— impact the climate system in non-radiative ways, in particular by modifying the hydrological cycle and vegetation dynamics. ...
... Determine the importance of non-radiative forcings Several types of forcings—most notably aerosols, land-use and land-cover change, and modifications to biogeochemistry— impact the climate system in non-radiative ways, in particular by modifying the hydrological cycle and vegetation dynamics. ...
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... An important part of the problem lies in the failure to accurately assess the environmental impact of modern life. For example, activities such as air travel are becoming increasingly cheaper, while their impact to the environment remains as detrimental as ever. The kinds of PEB that require less sa ...
... An important part of the problem lies in the failure to accurately assess the environmental impact of modern life. For example, activities such as air travel are becoming increasingly cheaper, while their impact to the environment remains as detrimental as ever. The kinds of PEB that require less sa ...
Climate Change and Fairtrade
... a fair price by buying Fairtrade products. Farmers are paid an amount that aims to cover the costs of sustainable production, which allows them to do future business projections. This is especially important in times of instability and volatility, as prices can significantly fluctuate. Farmers are, ...
... a fair price by buying Fairtrade products. Farmers are paid an amount that aims to cover the costs of sustainable production, which allows them to do future business projections. This is especially important in times of instability and volatility, as prices can significantly fluctuate. Farmers are, ...
Recent worldwide CO2 emissions - Digging in the Clay
... So adherent Nations have isolated themselves by their own self-immolating actions on the basis that it is their duty to set an example for the world. However their actions alone can only ever give virtually undetectable reductions of World temperature, and the rest of the world is not listening. So ...
... So adherent Nations have isolated themselves by their own self-immolating actions on the basis that it is their duty to set an example for the world. However their actions alone can only ever give virtually undetectable reductions of World temperature, and the rest of the world is not listening. So ...
Infosylva Special COP 17
... Uganda's water and environment minister, Maria Mutagamba, has said a global agreement should be designed to help cut down deforestation that contributes to global warming. Mutagamba was speaking at the high level segment of the United Nations (UN) climate talks in Durban attended by top UN diplomats ...
... Uganda's water and environment minister, Maria Mutagamba, has said a global agreement should be designed to help cut down deforestation that contributes to global warming. Mutagamba was speaking at the high level segment of the United Nations (UN) climate talks in Durban attended by top UN diplomats ...
Thermodynamics of climate change
... if the general validity of MEPP is unclear (Dewar, 2005; Grinstein and Linsker, 2007), its heuristic adoption in climate science has been quite fruitful (Kleidon and Lorenz 2005; Kleidon et al., 2006; Kunz et al., 2008), and has stimulated a detailed re-examination of the importance of entropy produ ...
... if the general validity of MEPP is unclear (Dewar, 2005; Grinstein and Linsker, 2007), its heuristic adoption in climate science has been quite fruitful (Kleidon and Lorenz 2005; Kleidon et al., 2006; Kunz et al., 2008), and has stimulated a detailed re-examination of the importance of entropy produ ...
Status Description Total Funding Climate and Oceans Support
... Tuvalu from the impact of rising sea level 38,900,000 and increasing cyclone events tha ...
... Tuvalu from the impact of rising sea level 38,900,000 and increasing cyclone events tha ...
Stranded Assets: the transition to a low carbon
... rapidly become “stranded”. In both cases, the underlying environmental driver is the same but the potential loss of proportional value would be much higher in the second case where societal response to environmental factors accelerates the materialisation of these risks. However, slow-moving risks c ...
... rapidly become “stranded”. In both cases, the underlying environmental driver is the same but the potential loss of proportional value would be much higher in the second case where societal response to environmental factors accelerates the materialisation of these risks. However, slow-moving risks c ...
Ministerial Forum on Vehicle Emissions
... The draft Regulation Impact Statement also rightly emphasises the uncertainty with technology cost forecasts, citing the European Consumer Organisation20 (BEUC) who ‘emphasise that in ex-ante estimates, production costs are often largely overestimated’, and Ricardo-AEA21 who also state that the ‘ ...
... The draft Regulation Impact Statement also rightly emphasises the uncertainty with technology cost forecasts, citing the European Consumer Organisation20 (BEUC) who ‘emphasise that in ex-ante estimates, production costs are often largely overestimated’, and Ricardo-AEA21 who also state that the ‘ ...
Key steps in adaptation assessment for LULUCF sector
... Define detailed scope of the sector Identify preliminary mitigation (or adaptation) ...
... Define detailed scope of the sector Identify preliminary mitigation (or adaptation) ...
Potential Impacts of Climate Change on BC Hydro`s Water Resources
... Global climate models represent physical processes in the atmosphere, in the oceans, and on land. They broadly reproduce historical climate at global scales, but are less successful at regional and local scales. The resolutions are such that any processes occurring on scales less than several hundre ...
... Global climate models represent physical processes in the atmosphere, in the oceans, and on land. They broadly reproduce historical climate at global scales, but are less successful at regional and local scales. The resolutions are such that any processes occurring on scales less than several hundre ...
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... rate of future atmospheric CO2 increases is uncertain, CO 2 is currently increasing at four to five parts per million (ppm) per year (Ramanathan). If this trend continues, as some predict, it portends dramatic changes in climatic conditions beyond any observed in historical times. Furthermore, some ...
... rate of future atmospheric CO2 increases is uncertain, CO 2 is currently increasing at four to five parts per million (ppm) per year (Ramanathan). If this trend continues, as some predict, it portends dramatic changes in climatic conditions beyond any observed in historical times. Furthermore, some ...