executive summary - Global Environment Facility
... Vulnerability is defined by the IPCC as “ the extent to which climate change may damage or harm a system. It depends not only on a system’s sensitivity but also on its ability to adapt to new climatic conditions”(IPCC, 1995). Vulnerability to climate change can therefore be seen as a complex mixture ...
... Vulnerability is defined by the IPCC as “ the extent to which climate change may damage or harm a system. It depends not only on a system’s sensitivity but also on its ability to adapt to new climatic conditions”(IPCC, 1995). Vulnerability to climate change can therefore be seen as a complex mixture ...
DDI CM - Debating the Case Drill
... warming. Current green technologies will fail to curb the trend without a high speed rail system. Christensen, 1/3/2012 (Angela, The Need for Speed: How High Speed Rail Challenges the ‘Green’ Car, p. http://begreen.botw.org/2012/01/high-speed-rail-challenges-green-car/) In today’s busy world, people ...
... warming. Current green technologies will fail to curb the trend without a high speed rail system. Christensen, 1/3/2012 (Angela, The Need for Speed: How High Speed Rail Challenges the ‘Green’ Car, p. http://begreen.botw.org/2012/01/high-speed-rail-challenges-green-car/) In today’s busy world, people ...
Global Climate Change: Science and Economics
... 195 nations, under the auspices of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, signed the first global agreement aiming at keeping the overall increase in global average temperature under 2 degrees Celsius (compared with pre-industrial times). In addition to the actions taken by natio ...
... 195 nations, under the auspices of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, signed the first global agreement aiming at keeping the overall increase in global average temperature under 2 degrees Celsius (compared with pre-industrial times). In addition to the actions taken by natio ...
Slide 1
... • Calls for all signatories including developing countries: – to develop their inventories of GHG emission; – formulate and implement national and regional programs related to mitigation and adaptation; – Promote and cooperate in development, application, diffusion, including transfer of technologie ...
... • Calls for all signatories including developing countries: – to develop their inventories of GHG emission; – formulate and implement national and regional programs related to mitigation and adaptation; – Promote and cooperate in development, application, diffusion, including transfer of technologie ...
Fuelling America`s Climatic Apocalypse
... response to climate change that included the United States. Up until 2000 there had been a steadily moving international response, beginning with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change signed in 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, followed by the December 11, 1997 signing ...
... response to climate change that included the United States. Up until 2000 there had been a steadily moving international response, beginning with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change signed in 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, followed by the December 11, 1997 signing ...
What people really think about the environment
... incomes, from socio-economic categories D and E, were the most likely of all groups to say they ‘care very much indeed’ about being green.26 Many sustainable behaviours have become normal even in households that are struggling financially. The Asda survey respondents on lower incomes were as likely ...
... incomes, from socio-economic categories D and E, were the most likely of all groups to say they ‘care very much indeed’ about being green.26 Many sustainable behaviours have become normal even in households that are struggling financially. The Asda survey respondents on lower incomes were as likely ...
Climate Change Science
... During the last millennium, changes in the output of energy from the sun, volcanic eruptions and increased concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have been the most important forcings. Total radiative forcing has been positive and has led to an up-take of energy by the climate system. T ...
... During the last millennium, changes in the output of energy from the sun, volcanic eruptions and increased concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have been the most important forcings. Total radiative forcing has been positive and has led to an up-take of energy by the climate system. T ...
The Serengeti strategy: How special interests try to intimidate
... full context, SchneiderÕs detractors misrepresented the point Schneider was actually making: that we can, and should, be both effective and honest in communicating the science and its implications to the public. The critics ratcheted up their campaign in the mid-1990s. In December 1995, just as I wa ...
... full context, SchneiderÕs detractors misrepresented the point Schneider was actually making: that we can, and should, be both effective and honest in communicating the science and its implications to the public. The critics ratcheted up their campaign in the mid-1990s. In December 1995, just as I wa ...
Tokyo - IETA
... Excess credits: 22 When a covered facility reduces emissions by more than its compliance obligation, it can apply for credit issuance within a given period after the emissions are determined. In this instance, the facility can sell its excess credits amounting up to one-half of its base year emissio ...
... Excess credits: 22 When a covered facility reduces emissions by more than its compliance obligation, it can apply for credit issuance within a given period after the emissions are determined. In this instance, the facility can sell its excess credits amounting up to one-half of its base year emissio ...
Climate Change Communication Guide
... The Disengaged generally does not know much about climate change or whether it is happening, and does not give the issue much thought. This segment typically has received less formal education and is less financially well off than other segments of the population. While the Disengaged are typically ...
... The Disengaged generally does not know much about climate change or whether it is happening, and does not give the issue much thought. This segment typically has received less formal education and is less financially well off than other segments of the population. While the Disengaged are typically ...
LCARL205_en.pdf
... carries a margin of uncertainty, this school argues that the costs of inaction in the face of uncertainty will be high. As the economist Milton Friedman once said, it is better to be vaguely right than precisely wrong. In a climate change context, the argument goes that the potential costs to societ ...
... carries a margin of uncertainty, this school argues that the costs of inaction in the face of uncertainty will be high. As the economist Milton Friedman once said, it is better to be vaguely right than precisely wrong. In a climate change context, the argument goes that the potential costs to societ ...
Manteca Draft Climate Action Plan
... included in the inventory. For trips that begin in the City but end in a different jurisdiction, half the emissions are included in the inventory. Conversely, for trips that begin outside the City but end within the City, half the emissions are included in the inventory. The inventories include esti ...
... included in the inventory. For trips that begin in the City but end in a different jurisdiction, half the emissions are included in the inventory. Conversely, for trips that begin outside the City but end within the City, half the emissions are included in the inventory. The inventories include esti ...
United Nations Climate Summit 2014 Agriculture Action Area One
... 2030 Agenda seeks to end hunger and poverty within 15 years, with the strongest focus on the most marginalized, ensuring no one is left behind. Almost 80 per cent of the world’s poor live in rural areas. For smallholder farmers already struggling to eke out a living from their plots of land, the eff ...
... 2030 Agenda seeks to end hunger and poverty within 15 years, with the strongest focus on the most marginalized, ensuring no one is left behind. Almost 80 per cent of the world’s poor live in rural areas. For smallholder farmers already struggling to eke out a living from their plots of land, the eff ...
Supplementary Material
... An alternative hypothesis was that human activities were sharply increasing the tropospheric loading and cooling influence of sulfate aerosols. By resorting to tall stacks to more widely disperse the increasing emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2), their lifetime was being significantly extended. As a ...
... An alternative hypothesis was that human activities were sharply increasing the tropospheric loading and cooling influence of sulfate aerosols. By resorting to tall stacks to more widely disperse the increasing emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2), their lifetime was being significantly extended. As a ...
Climate Change Politics and Policy
... have multiplied. These include hydraulic fracturing or “fracking,” a renewed push for nuclear energy, experimentation with geo-engineering, and continued expansion of renewable energy such as wind and solar power. Many of these technical developments accompany policy controversies of their own. Even ...
... have multiplied. These include hydraulic fracturing or “fracking,” a renewed push for nuclear energy, experimentation with geo-engineering, and continued expansion of renewable energy such as wind and solar power. Many of these technical developments accompany policy controversies of their own. Even ...
Teacher Pack
... Superhero: Okay, but I'm going to need some more info. What's the situation right now? A recent report by the World Meteorological Organisation said 2016 is set to become the hottest year on record. They say it's part of a warming trend that's been going on since humans first started burning fossil ...
... Superhero: Okay, but I'm going to need some more info. What's the situation right now? A recent report by the World Meteorological Organisation said 2016 is set to become the hottest year on record. They say it's part of a warming trend that's been going on since humans first started burning fossil ...
Adopted Energy Strategy and Carbon Management Programme
... CO2 emissions by 80%1 by the year 2050. East Ayrshire Council is committed to playing its part in the fight against climate change. As a large consumer of energy itself, and as a standard bearer for our communities, it is essential that we strive to reduce our consumption of fossil fuels, and energy ...
... CO2 emissions by 80%1 by the year 2050. East Ayrshire Council is committed to playing its part in the fight against climate change. As a large consumer of energy itself, and as a standard bearer for our communities, it is essential that we strive to reduce our consumption of fossil fuels, and energy ...
Template: Tribal Climate Change Adaptation Plan
... We recommend that you review different guidebooks before embarking on a climate change planning initiative with your tribe. There are many available guidebooks, some of which provide frameworks similar to the Preparing for Climate Change guidebook, and others have a focus on a particular region of t ...
... We recommend that you review different guidebooks before embarking on a climate change planning initiative with your tribe. There are many available guidebooks, some of which provide frameworks similar to the Preparing for Climate Change guidebook, and others have a focus on a particular region of t ...
health, climate and economic risks of the carmichael coalmine
... lifetime of up to 60 years. Australia has very large coal deposits, but for Australia to play its role in tackling climate change, over 90% of Australia’s existing thermal coal reserves must be left in the ground unburned and no new thermal mines can be developed. This report follows on from our pre ...
... lifetime of up to 60 years. Australia has very large coal deposits, but for Australia to play its role in tackling climate change, over 90% of Australia’s existing thermal coal reserves must be left in the ground unburned and no new thermal mines can be developed. This report follows on from our pre ...
David A. Dana Michael P. Vandenbergh Learning about Climate Change Adaptation
... B. Requiring car manufacturers to increase the fuel efficiency of their vehicles. C. Increased subsidies for renewable energy such as wind and solar power. D. A tax on fuel based on its greenhouse gas emissions E. Requiring appliance manufacturers to increase the efficiency of energy‐using appl ...
... B. Requiring car manufacturers to increase the fuel efficiency of their vehicles. C. Increased subsidies for renewable energy such as wind and solar power. D. A tax on fuel based on its greenhouse gas emissions E. Requiring appliance manufacturers to increase the efficiency of energy‐using appl ...
Non-CO2 greenhouse gases and climate change
... more definitive with measurements of additional trace gases and related variables. Measurements of CH4 isotopologues (for example 13CH4) contain information about CH4 sources because these sources can enrich or deplete the 13C or 2H content of atmospheric CH4. Methane measured at Alert, Canada, in t ...
... more definitive with measurements of additional trace gases and related variables. Measurements of CH4 isotopologues (for example 13CH4) contain information about CH4 sources because these sources can enrich or deplete the 13C or 2H content of atmospheric CH4. Methane measured at Alert, Canada, in t ...
CCCI_Mongolia_Executive_Summary_20110411
... kilometer – remains the lowest in the world. But, by land use classification only 0.3 per cent of total area (or 4.7 thousand km2) is urban, where 1.7 million people are settled. From this, average density of urban population is approximately 360 person/km2. Mongolia’s territory includes areas of re ...
... kilometer – remains the lowest in the world. But, by land use classification only 0.3 per cent of total area (or 4.7 thousand km2) is urban, where 1.7 million people are settled. From this, average density of urban population is approximately 360 person/km2. Mongolia’s territory includes areas of re ...
CLIMATE OF DISPLACEMENT, CLIMATE FOR PROTECTION
... effectiveness of recovery efforts the ensuing displacement need not be long-term. Areas may be designated as high-risk zones prohibited for habitation by authorities resulting in more permanent displacement. Most of the sudden onset disaster displaced are likely to remain inside their country. As in ...
... effectiveness of recovery efforts the ensuing displacement need not be long-term. Areas may be designated as high-risk zones prohibited for habitation by authorities resulting in more permanent displacement. Most of the sudden onset disaster displaced are likely to remain inside their country. As in ...