gov commision report
... scenario for 15 global models and calculated the 21st century warming for Virginia and the adjoining areas (36.5°N-42°N; 73°W-84°W). They found that from 2000 to 2099 the average warming for Virginia and the adjoining areas would be 3.1°C (5.6°F) and that precipitation would increase by 11%. The wa ...
... scenario for 15 global models and calculated the 21st century warming for Virginia and the adjoining areas (36.5°N-42°N; 73°W-84°W). They found that from 2000 to 2099 the average warming for Virginia and the adjoining areas would be 3.1°C (5.6°F) and that precipitation would increase by 11%. The wa ...
United Nations Plan of Action on Disaster Risk
... in the UN’s development work. The revised Plan 4. Past reports and reviews on UN system work on disaster risk reduction include: ...
... in the UN’s development work. The revised Plan 4. Past reports and reviews on UN system work on disaster risk reduction include: ...
T M Climate Negotiations After the Copenhagen Overview of Emissions Targets
... Brazil's GHG emissions pledge for the Copenhagen Accord would continue to increase atmospheric GHG concentrations. Brazil has the potential to become one of the world's largest oil producers within the next couple decades, which would contribute to continued growth in global GHG emissions. Brazil's ...
... Brazil's GHG emissions pledge for the Copenhagen Accord would continue to increase atmospheric GHG concentrations. Brazil has the potential to become one of the world's largest oil producers within the next couple decades, which would contribute to continued growth in global GHG emissions. Brazil's ...
A Critical Analysis of the Kyoto Protocol using Monte Carlo
... trends. The Kyoto Protocol is a multilateral emissions reduction agreement and an unprecedented landmark in international climate policy in terms of both scope and complexity. An extension of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Kyoto is at the forefront of the Conventi ...
... trends. The Kyoto Protocol is a multilateral emissions reduction agreement and an unprecedented landmark in international climate policy in terms of both scope and complexity. An extension of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Kyoto is at the forefront of the Conventi ...
Comparative Climate Change Governance: Lessons from European
... transnational learning among their constituents (Bennett and Howlett, 1992). Nation-wide examples of such bottom-up efforts include France, Germany and Norway. The French government encourages local governments in their adaptation strategy to formulate their own goals while at the same time coordina ...
... transnational learning among their constituents (Bennett and Howlett, 1992). Nation-wide examples of such bottom-up efforts include France, Germany and Norway. The French government encourages local governments in their adaptation strategy to formulate their own goals while at the same time coordina ...
Integrated Coastal Zone Management Update
... After 10 years of work and collaboration by 2,700 scientists from 80 countries, the Census of Marine Life has finally been completed. The report reveals what, where and how much lives and hides in global oceans. The Census has established a baseline to measure future changes, with many new species d ...
... After 10 years of work and collaboration by 2,700 scientists from 80 countries, the Census of Marine Life has finally been completed. The report reveals what, where and how much lives and hides in global oceans. The Census has established a baseline to measure future changes, with many new species d ...
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... deforestation in tropical forests in the first half of the century, though it could also be sustained in later periods by afforestation and enhanced forest management. The introduction of the forestry option is shown to have a visible influence on other abatement alternatives: in meeting a given pol ...
... deforestation in tropical forests in the first half of the century, though it could also be sustained in later periods by afforestation and enhanced forest management. The introduction of the forestry option is shown to have a visible influence on other abatement alternatives: in meeting a given pol ...
Republic Act 9729
... (m) “Mainstreaming” refers to the integration of policies and measures that address climate change into development planning and sectoral decision-making. (n) “Mitigation” in the context of climate change, refers to human intervention to address anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sin ...
... (m) “Mainstreaming” refers to the integration of policies and measures that address climate change into development planning and sectoral decision-making. (n) “Mitigation” in the context of climate change, refers to human intervention to address anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sin ...
MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
... independent policy analysis, and public education in global environmental change. It seeks to provide leadership in understanding scientific, economic, and ecological aspects of this difficult issue, and combining them into policy assessments that serve the needs of ongoing national and internationa ...
... independent policy analysis, and public education in global environmental change. It seeks to provide leadership in understanding scientific, economic, and ecological aspects of this difficult issue, and combining them into policy assessments that serve the needs of ongoing national and internationa ...
The Business of AdApTing To ClimATe ChAnge
... to further encourage business, governments and civil society to work together on coping with climate change. We truly believe that climate change adaptation should be viewed as an economic opportunity that advances sustainable development and encourages more green technologies, green industries and ...
... to further encourage business, governments and civil society to work together on coping with climate change. We truly believe that climate change adaptation should be viewed as an economic opportunity that advances sustainable development and encourages more green technologies, green industries and ...
Final Report Appendix 2d - climate change
... Sunshine duration will increase, especially in spring and summer, while rainfalls will decrease. The dry climate is accompanied by extreme weather situations, especially torrential rain, increasing risks of floods along rivers. Against the global trend to increased rainfalls in winter, it is expecte ...
... Sunshine duration will increase, especially in spring and summer, while rainfalls will decrease. The dry climate is accompanied by extreme weather situations, especially torrential rain, increasing risks of floods along rivers. Against the global trend to increased rainfalls in winter, it is expecte ...
View/Open
... focus is on how climate change will affect the stages of crop growth such as stages at which crop yield is affected, increased incidence of pests and diseases, new equilibrium between crops and pests, which result in heightened mineralisation process and decrease in fertiliser use efficiency. The pa ...
... focus is on how climate change will affect the stages of crop growth such as stages at which crop yield is affected, increased incidence of pests and diseases, new equilibrium between crops and pests, which result in heightened mineralisation process and decrease in fertiliser use efficiency. The pa ...
nota di lavoro - Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei
... processes and uncertainties would demand dynamic stochastic optimization in a complex climate-economy model. However, numerical stochastic dynamic optimization generally necessitates a large number of iterations to compute an entire set of contingencies, and the size of computation easily becomes pr ...
... processes and uncertainties would demand dynamic stochastic optimization in a complex climate-economy model. However, numerical stochastic dynamic optimization generally necessitates a large number of iterations to compute an entire set of contingencies, and the size of computation easily becomes pr ...
Do international factors influence the passage of climate change
... The data reveal legislative action on climate change since 1990 in 66 jurisdictions – 65 nation states, plus the European Union as a block – which were chosen to cover almost 90% of global greenhouse gas emissions.1 The surveys adopt a fairly broad interpretation of what constitutes climate change l ...
... The data reveal legislative action on climate change since 1990 in 66 jurisdictions – 65 nation states, plus the European Union as a block – which were chosen to cover almost 90% of global greenhouse gas emissions.1 The surveys adopt a fairly broad interpretation of what constitutes climate change l ...
Two Kinds of Climate Justice: Avoiding Harm and Sharing Burdens
... comply with this treaty. In these circumstances, S may have a good self-interested reason to comply—even if what S agrees to is worse than the status quo at t1 (option a), and even if it is worse for the members of S than a world without a climate treaty would be at t2 (option b). Options (a) and (b ...
... comply with this treaty. In these circumstances, S may have a good self-interested reason to comply—even if what S agrees to is worse than the status quo at t1 (option a), and even if it is worse for the members of S than a world without a climate treaty would be at t2 (option b). Options (a) and (b ...
The CCPC grew out of the International Council of Local
... such as the liberalisation of energy markets, lack of funding for research on renewable energy and the failure of national governments to prioritise climate politics, can hinder local work to reduce GHGs. Nevertheless, cities take the climate challenge seriously, and there are numerous examples worl ...
... such as the liberalisation of energy markets, lack of funding for research on renewable energy and the failure of national governments to prioritise climate politics, can hinder local work to reduce GHGs. Nevertheless, cities take the climate challenge seriously, and there are numerous examples worl ...
Conveyor Belt Circulation
... an ocean conveyor circulation threshold response on ecosystem services and human welfare are deeply uncertain, but suggest potentially large negative effects (Keller et al., 2007a; Keller et al., 2000; Link and Tol, 2004; Schneider et al., 2007). Triggering a threshold response of the conveyor belt ...
... an ocean conveyor circulation threshold response on ecosystem services and human welfare are deeply uncertain, but suggest potentially large negative effects (Keller et al., 2007a; Keller et al., 2000; Link and Tol, 2004; Schneider et al., 2007). Triggering a threshold response of the conveyor belt ...
Understanding the Links between Climate Change and Development
... a few decades of lower rainfall, cities lining the northern reaches of the Euphrates, the breadbasket for the Akkadians, were deserted. At the city of Tell Leilan on the northern Euphrates, a monument was halted half-built.2 With the city abandoned, a thick layer of wind-blown dirt covered the rui ...
... a few decades of lower rainfall, cities lining the northern reaches of the Euphrates, the breadbasket for the Akkadians, were deserted. At the city of Tell Leilan on the northern Euphrates, a monument was halted half-built.2 With the city abandoned, a thick layer of wind-blown dirt covered the rui ...
Mitigation and adaptation performance measurement frameworks
... The PMFs include notations where indicator screening based on the experience of other funds to date suggests that gender can be an integral part of reporting and analysis through disaggregated reporting (by gender). In some cases, gender-based data are not typically available or feasible to collect; ...
... The PMFs include notations where indicator screening based on the experience of other funds to date suggests that gender can be an integral part of reporting and analysis through disaggregated reporting (by gender). In some cases, gender-based data are not typically available or feasible to collect; ...
Covenant of Mayors - Visit South Tyneside
... Local Authorities to explore options to drive down costs and develop robust financial models in order to fund the priority measures that will contribute to reducing our emissions by 2020. A significant proportion of the measures in our Sustainable Energy Action Plan have multiple benefits (such as r ...
... Local Authorities to explore options to drive down costs and develop robust financial models in order to fund the priority measures that will contribute to reducing our emissions by 2020. A significant proportion of the measures in our Sustainable Energy Action Plan have multiple benefits (such as r ...
Climate Change and the Emergence of New Organizational
... total annual growth in global CO2 emissions. Carbon emissions dropped during 2008 mainly due to the global financial crisis but only for one year. Despite several policy measures to curb emissions, such as emissions trading, carbon taxes and green investment schemes, carbon emissions have continued ...
... total annual growth in global CO2 emissions. Carbon emissions dropped during 2008 mainly due to the global financial crisis but only for one year. Despite several policy measures to curb emissions, such as emissions trading, carbon taxes and green investment schemes, carbon emissions have continued ...
A Realty Check on Global Warming
... 2. Any recent warming is most likely natural. Human input of CO2 has very little to do with it. Solar, naturally varying water vapour and similar variables can explain most or all of the climate changes. Projections based on Global Climate Models are unreliable because these are based on too many as ...
... 2. Any recent warming is most likely natural. Human input of CO2 has very little to do with it. Solar, naturally varying water vapour and similar variables can explain most or all of the climate changes. Projections based on Global Climate Models are unreliable because these are based on too many as ...
Emergence of polycentric climate governance and
... Another, equally dynamic strand of research focuses on the public policy-making activities of nation states, including local governments. Until recently, the literature on national policy offered only broad overviews of whole countries and/or non-cumulative case studies of specific polices and instr ...
... Another, equally dynamic strand of research focuses on the public policy-making activities of nation states, including local governments. Until recently, the literature on national policy offered only broad overviews of whole countries and/or non-cumulative case studies of specific polices and instr ...
Climate Change Impacts on Water and Security
... However, very limited quantitative knowledge is as yet available about the role of hydrological model complexity for climate change impact assessment, where predictive power becomes more and more important and raises the demand for process-based and spatially explicit model types. Hydrological model ...
... However, very limited quantitative knowledge is as yet available about the role of hydrological model complexity for climate change impact assessment, where predictive power becomes more and more important and raises the demand for process-based and spatially explicit model types. Hydrological model ...