Policy Brief: Opportunities and Challenges for - CCAFS
... triple win for food security, adaptation and mitigation.16 For example, by increasing the organic content of the soil through conservation tillage, its water holding capacity increases, making yields more resilient and reducing erosion. Promoting soil carbon capture also helps mitigate climate chang ...
... triple win for food security, adaptation and mitigation.16 For example, by increasing the organic content of the soil through conservation tillage, its water holding capacity increases, making yields more resilient and reducing erosion. Promoting soil carbon capture also helps mitigate climate chang ...
Climate Change - University of Technology Sydney
... of the direct impacts and the potential to aggravate other environmental problems such as biodiversity loss. We do not appear to be making much progress in stabilising, let alone reducing, these emissions.” ...
... of the direct impacts and the potential to aggravate other environmental problems such as biodiversity loss. We do not appear to be making much progress in stabilising, let alone reducing, these emissions.” ...
This PDF is a selection from a published volume from... Research Volume Title: The Economics of Climate Change: Adaptations Past and...
... gation of emissions. Researchers have emphasized the design of optimal carbon taxes and implementation of cap and trade systems, including carbon credits. Because of the global nature of the greenhouse gas (GHG) externality, however, any effective mitigation effort necessarily requires international c ...
... gation of emissions. Researchers have emphasized the design of optimal carbon taxes and implementation of cap and trade systems, including carbon credits. Because of the global nature of the greenhouse gas (GHG) externality, however, any effective mitigation effort necessarily requires international c ...
Carbon Markets and New Market Mechanisms
... to stabilise current concentrations of atmospheric greenhouse gas at levels that would prevent dangerous climate change. The stated aims of a global carbon market are threefold. The primary purpose of global carbon markets is to give carbon an economically quantifiable value; the second is to ensure ...
... to stabilise current concentrations of atmospheric greenhouse gas at levels that would prevent dangerous climate change. The stated aims of a global carbon market are threefold. The primary purpose of global carbon markets is to give carbon an economically quantifiable value; the second is to ensure ...
five percent renewable energy investments in a two degrees world
... The shift from fossil to renewable energy will not only contribute to ensuring a more climate-friendly future, but it also presents merits from a pure business case perspective. In fact, clean energy sources, solar and wind in particular, are becoming cheaper and more cost competitive vis-à-vis the ...
... The shift from fossil to renewable energy will not only contribute to ensuring a more climate-friendly future, but it also presents merits from a pure business case perspective. In fact, clean energy sources, solar and wind in particular, are becoming cheaper and more cost competitive vis-à-vis the ...
Activity 1.3 Greenhouse Gas Emissions
... breathing. Students may know that when fuels are burned, they release carbon dioxide. Examples of this are when wood is burned for heat, or when fossil fuels such as gas are burned in our cars, boats, airplanes, etc. Tell students they are going to take some time to investigate both natural and huma ...
... breathing. Students may know that when fuels are burned, they release carbon dioxide. Examples of this are when wood is burned for heat, or when fossil fuels such as gas are burned in our cars, boats, airplanes, etc. Tell students they are going to take some time to investigate both natural and huma ...
Border adjustments under unilateral carbon pricing: the case of Australian carbon tax
... aggregate impact would be rather small. Kuik and Hofkes (2010) also explored some implications of BAMs in the EU ETS and concluded that some sectors may benefit, but from and environmental point of view, BAMs are not a very effective measure. Fischer and Fox (2009) compared the effects of four BAMs ...
... aggregate impact would be rather small. Kuik and Hofkes (2010) also explored some implications of BAMs in the EU ETS and concluded that some sectors may benefit, but from and environmental point of view, BAMs are not a very effective measure. Fischer and Fox (2009) compared the effects of four BAMs ...
Climate Change Resilient Transport, May 2011
... weather events, and climate change is predicted to increase the frequency and severity of certain weather events. Additionally, traffic prognoses show that freight volume transported on roads will increase by approx. 70% until 2030 (prognosis for German motorways). The entire transport infrastructur ...
... weather events, and climate change is predicted to increase the frequency and severity of certain weather events. Additionally, traffic prognoses show that freight volume transported on roads will increase by approx. 70% until 2030 (prognosis for German motorways). The entire transport infrastructur ...
insight - Green Climate Fund
... GCF successfully commences its initial resource mobilization (IRM), raising over USD 10 billion equivalent by the end of the year. IRM lasts until 2018, and the Fund remains open for further contributions during this time from both public and private sources. ...
... GCF successfully commences its initial resource mobilization (IRM), raising over USD 10 billion equivalent by the end of the year. IRM lasts until 2018, and the Fund remains open for further contributions during this time from both public and private sources. ...
A brief description of models used in this staff working document
... BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MODELS USED IN THIS STAFF WORKING ...
... BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MODELS USED IN THIS STAFF WORKING ...
The Need for Strategic Environmental Assessment for Carbon
... Demonstration Project has been endorsed by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) since February 2012. The project aims to demonstrate an overall CCS system from capture to storage as a basis for commercialising CCS from 2020. It intends to inject 100,000 tonnes or more of CO2 per an ...
... Demonstration Project has been endorsed by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) since February 2012. The project aims to demonstrate an overall CCS system from capture to storage as a basis for commercialising CCS from 2020. It intends to inject 100,000 tonnes or more of CO2 per an ...
2 - EcoMod
... caused by technological innovation in the process of production will lead to a decline in energy prices , Consequently causing excessive energy consumption (Herring, Roy 2009), but from macro and long-term perspective improved production process will reduce the production and other intermediate proc ...
... caused by technological innovation in the process of production will lead to a decline in energy prices , Consequently causing excessive energy consumption (Herring, Roy 2009), but from macro and long-term perspective improved production process will reduce the production and other intermediate proc ...
Costs of Climate Policy when Pollution Affects Health and Labour
... Climate Change raised the issue of ancillary effects of climate change policies in its Third Assessment Report (Markandya and Halsnaes 1999, Munasinghe 2000). For example, measures to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, such as a tax on the carbon content of fuel, may also reduce other pollutants ...
... Climate Change raised the issue of ancillary effects of climate change policies in its Third Assessment Report (Markandya and Halsnaes 1999, Munasinghe 2000). For example, measures to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, such as a tax on the carbon content of fuel, may also reduce other pollutants ...
Climate Change Adaptation Plan
... Scientists predict that by 2050, the average annual temperature in Ontario will increase by 2.5°C to 3.7°C from the1961-1990 baseline average. This change, along with predictions that the number of “hot” days (over 30 °C/86 °F) in Windsor could almost quadruple by 2071-2100, is cause for concern. He ...
... Scientists predict that by 2050, the average annual temperature in Ontario will increase by 2.5°C to 3.7°C from the1961-1990 baseline average. This change, along with predictions that the number of “hot” days (over 30 °C/86 °F) in Windsor could almost quadruple by 2071-2100, is cause for concern. He ...
3rd Quarter 2010 | 25(3) Climate Change, Markets, and Technology
... estimate water deliveries, and regional water constraints, under climate change, we use a larger hydrologiceconomic model of the entire California water system (Draper, et al. 2003). Changes in water and crop yields due to climate change are explicitly included in the models in addition to technolo ...
... estimate water deliveries, and regional water constraints, under climate change, we use a larger hydrologiceconomic model of the entire California water system (Draper, et al. 2003). Changes in water and crop yields due to climate change are explicitly included in the models in addition to technolo ...
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... estimate water deliveries, and regional water constraints, under climate change, we use a larger hydrologiceconomic model of the entire California water system (Draper, et al. 2003). Changes in water and crop yields due to climate change are explicitly included in the models in addition to technolo ...
... estimate water deliveries, and regional water constraints, under climate change, we use a larger hydrologiceconomic model of the entire California water system (Draper, et al. 2003). Changes in water and crop yields due to climate change are explicitly included in the models in addition to technolo ...
China - European Council on Foreign Relations
... should be noted: they represent targets – and, in the case of administrations that do not implement environmental and China, “approximate” targets – and do not include legally safety regulations? Where would the buck stop? Criminal binding commitments or clear intermediary objectives proceedings aro ...
... should be noted: they represent targets – and, in the case of administrations that do not implement environmental and China, “approximate” targets – and do not include legally safety regulations? Where would the buck stop? Criminal binding commitments or clear intermediary objectives proceedings aro ...
Nuclear Energy and the Kyoto Protocol
... This report aims towards presenting the implications that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and the provisions of the Kyoto Protocol to that Convention, might have on the future evolution of nuclear energy. The report begins (Chapter 2) by highlighting the potential ...
... This report aims towards presenting the implications that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and the provisions of the Kyoto Protocol to that Convention, might have on the future evolution of nuclear energy. The report begins (Chapter 2) by highlighting the potential ...
How Will Climate Change Affect Human Health in
... One study for the greater Seattle area projected an additional 157 annual heat-related deaths by 2045 under a moderate (A1B) greenhouse gas emissions scenario.[F][2] Another study projected only an additional 14 annual heatrelated deaths in Seattle for approximately the same time period under a ve ...
... One study for the greater Seattle area projected an additional 157 annual heat-related deaths by 2045 under a moderate (A1B) greenhouse gas emissions scenario.[F][2] Another study projected only an additional 14 annual heatrelated deaths in Seattle for approximately the same time period under a ve ...
GlobalCarbonBudget
... If emissions continue to grow as projected to 2019 and then continue at the 2019 rate, the remaining budget would be used up about 22 years from 2019 Source: Friedlingstein et al 2014 ...
... If emissions continue to grow as projected to 2019 and then continue at the 2019 rate, the remaining budget would be used up about 22 years from 2019 Source: Friedlingstein et al 2014 ...
Nuclear Energy and the Kyoto Protocol
... This report aims towards presenting the implications that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and the provisions of the Kyoto Protocol to that Convention, might have on the future evolution of nuclear energy. The report begins (Chapter 2) by highlighting the potential ...
... This report aims towards presenting the implications that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and the provisions of the Kyoto Protocol to that Convention, might have on the future evolution of nuclear energy. The report begins (Chapter 2) by highlighting the potential ...
Links between ozone and climate (John Pyle, Co-Chair, SAP)
... about 0.23 Wm-2, which is about 13% of that due to the accumulated emissions of CO2 from human activities. ...
... about 0.23 Wm-2, which is about 13% of that due to the accumulated emissions of CO2 from human activities. ...
Climate Change in Mongolia
... 1.2 Outline of global climate change projection data and its intention Outline of the data The Ministry of the Environment, with the cooperation of Japan Meteorological Agency, created a climate change projection dataset with a view to performing impact assessments and drawing up adaptation measure ...
... 1.2 Outline of global climate change projection data and its intention Outline of the data The Ministry of the Environment, with the cooperation of Japan Meteorological Agency, created a climate change projection dataset with a view to performing impact assessments and drawing up adaptation measure ...
Mr. Eiichiro Adachi, Research Chief, Head of ESG Research Center
... Christopher Beauman, Senior Adviser, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) He joined EBRD when it was set up in 1991 to assist the former communist countries of Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union in their transition to a market economy, and has responsibility for coordinat ...
... Christopher Beauman, Senior Adviser, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) He joined EBRD when it was set up in 1991 to assist the former communist countries of Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union in their transition to a market economy, and has responsibility for coordinat ...