to a pps diaporama
... Key Findings: First energy efficiency, then decarbonization Climate policy costs are moderate for a 650 ppm CO2-eq Climate policy costs increase but are still reasonable for a 550 ppm CO2-eq scenario No silver bullet. Complex portfolio mix with: nuclear, renewables, coal with ccs Stringent ...
... Key Findings: First energy efficiency, then decarbonization Climate policy costs are moderate for a 650 ppm CO2-eq Climate policy costs increase but are still reasonable for a 550 ppm CO2-eq scenario No silver bullet. Complex portfolio mix with: nuclear, renewables, coal with ccs Stringent ...
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... reserved. Readers may make verbatim copies of this document for non-commercial purposes by any means, provided that this copyright notice appears on all such copies. Disclaimer: The views expressed in this paper are purely those of the authors and may not in any circumstances be regarded as stating ...
The adaptation challenge: focus on South Eastern Europe
... The EU approximation process in SEE is speedily evolving and a serious adaptation strategy has risen as a top priority both at international and European level. Lessons learned from collaborative adaptation governance experiences in other areas are needed (i. e. Alpine Convention, Carpathian ...
... The EU approximation process in SEE is speedily evolving and a serious adaptation strategy has risen as a top priority both at international and European level. Lessons learned from collaborative adaptation governance experiences in other areas are needed (i. e. Alpine Convention, Carpathian ...
KLMC Advocacy Plan - Kenya livestock Marketing Council
... developed by SNV Corporate. The harmonised M&E framework contains harmonised outcomes, outputs, indicators and monitoring methods that all country themes apply. The below M&E framework is based on our theme-specific Theory of Change (ToC). For each result in the ToC we have defined indicators and me ...
... developed by SNV Corporate. The harmonised M&E framework contains harmonised outcomes, outputs, indicators and monitoring methods that all country themes apply. The below M&E framework is based on our theme-specific Theory of Change (ToC). For each result in the ToC we have defined indicators and me ...
air traffic controls: the hidden costs of a new london runway
... lower-carbon technologies. But in the aviation sector, no such step-change alternatives are available, and the scope for rapidly improving efficiency is restricted due to technological limits and structural features of the market such as fleet operating life. Therefore, carbon pricing in aviation wi ...
... lower-carbon technologies. But in the aviation sector, no such step-change alternatives are available, and the scope for rapidly improving efficiency is restricted due to technological limits and structural features of the market such as fleet operating life. Therefore, carbon pricing in aviation wi ...
No Gap for One Earth
... global fight against climate change and be in line with the simple reality of one earth. II. Taiwan has set ambitious GHG reduction target Greenhouse Gas Reduction and Management Act Last year, when the parties to the UNFCCC were still negotiating a legally binding 2015 agreement, Taiwan took the ...
... global fight against climate change and be in line with the simple reality of one earth. II. Taiwan has set ambitious GHG reduction target Greenhouse Gas Reduction and Management Act Last year, when the parties to the UNFCCC were still negotiating a legally binding 2015 agreement, Taiwan took the ...
... political concerns around the world. Furthermore, in 2009, the international community will gather in Copenhagen, Denmark, to negotiate a new agreement for dealing with global climate change, and the outcome of those negotiations is by no means clear. This growing global alarm, high degree of uncert ...
Climate and greenhouse gases
... ✽✽ Greenhouse gases (GHGs) influence the Earth’s climate because they interact with flows of heat energy in the atmosphere. ✽✽ The main GHGs influenced directly by human activities are carbon dioxide (CO2), methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, and synthetic gases. Water vapour, although an important GHG, ...
... ✽✽ Greenhouse gases (GHGs) influence the Earth’s climate because they interact with flows of heat energy in the atmosphere. ✽✽ The main GHGs influenced directly by human activities are carbon dioxide (CO2), methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, and synthetic gases. Water vapour, although an important GHG, ...
The PRUDENCE project
... • quantitatively assess the risks rising from changes in regional weather and climate over all of Europe, and estimate future changes in extreme events such as flooding and wind storms, by providing a robust estimation of the likelihood and magnitude of the changes; ...
... • quantitatively assess the risks rising from changes in regional weather and climate over all of Europe, and estimate future changes in extreme events such as flooding and wind storms, by providing a robust estimation of the likelihood and magnitude of the changes; ...
Greenhouse gas emissions and the role of the Kyoto Protocol
... Hausman tests show that the FE estimation is appropriate. The coefficient of population is significant and approximately unity, implying that CO2 emissions are proportional to population. This result is consistent with that of previous studies such as York et al. (2003), Cole and Neumayer (2004) and G ...
... Hausman tests show that the FE estimation is appropriate. The coefficient of population is significant and approximately unity, implying that CO2 emissions are proportional to population. This result is consistent with that of previous studies such as York et al. (2003), Cole and Neumayer (2004) and G ...
Climate Change
... Be sure to look at the ‘Notes pages’ (below) for added comments to help in presenting and for more information and sources. Please feel free to email me with suggestions for improvements or useful comments. The intention is that YOU SHOULD PICK AND CHOOSE FROM THESE ...
... Be sure to look at the ‘Notes pages’ (below) for added comments to help in presenting and for more information and sources. Please feel free to email me with suggestions for improvements or useful comments. The intention is that YOU SHOULD PICK AND CHOOSE FROM THESE ...
Interactions Between State and Federal Climate Change Policies
... Consider first the situation where the state program is more stringent than the national program in that it requires reductions from sources within the state that are greater than would be achieved under the national program alone. In this case, emissions sources must surrender both state and feder ...
... Consider first the situation where the state program is more stringent than the national program in that it requires reductions from sources within the state that are greater than would be achieved under the national program alone. In this case, emissions sources must surrender both state and feder ...
Climate change: The Need to Consider Human Forcings in Addition to by
... In a recent essay Mike Hulme presents six different ways that the issue of "climate change" might be framed in terms of its policy implications. He writes of a recent letter calling for action on climate change signed by 87 Australian scientists to illustrate that any connection of climate science w ...
... In a recent essay Mike Hulme presents six different ways that the issue of "climate change" might be framed in terms of its policy implications. He writes of a recent letter calling for action on climate change signed by 87 Australian scientists to illustrate that any connection of climate science w ...
Chapter 7 Proposed Amendments Draft Plan for Public Display
... homes and offices, fuel transport systems, power industry and generate electricity. Ireland’s island location on the edge of Europe accentuates the need for secure and continuous energy supplies. Despite a reduction in energy consumption in recent times, Ireland still spends a significant amount of ...
... homes and offices, fuel transport systems, power industry and generate electricity. Ireland’s island location on the edge of Europe accentuates the need for secure and continuous energy supplies. Despite a reduction in energy consumption in recent times, Ireland still spends a significant amount of ...
EThekwini - Urban Energy Support
... government that has developed a locally rooted climate change adaptation strategy. This paper considers how climate change came to be considered by local government against four institutional markers: the emergence of climate change advocates among local politicians and civil servants; climate chang ...
... government that has developed a locally rooted climate change adaptation strategy. This paper considers how climate change came to be considered by local government against four institutional markers: the emergence of climate change advocates among local politicians and civil servants; climate chang ...
Report of the Smith College Study Group on Climate Change
... the climate, the threats are significant, and our collective actions to reduce climate pollution, address ongoing effects and prepare for future ones fall well short of what is needed.2,3,4 How did climate change become one of modern society’s most pressing issues, and what are the risks? The Interg ...
... the climate, the threats are significant, and our collective actions to reduce climate pollution, address ongoing effects and prepare for future ones fall well short of what is needed.2,3,4 How did climate change become one of modern society’s most pressing issues, and what are the risks? The Interg ...
Weather warning report - Priestley International Centre for Climate
... visitors – whose lives are that bit harder or poorer because of the damage their special place has sustained. This report compiles a series of case studies of 12 special places, landscapes and buildings that have been damaged by warmer, wetter weather and severe flooding – in some cases irrevocably. ...
... visitors – whose lives are that bit harder or poorer because of the damage their special place has sustained. This report compiles a series of case studies of 12 special places, landscapes and buildings that have been damaged by warmer, wetter weather and severe flooding – in some cases irrevocably. ...
cyngor cefn gwlad cymru ccw p 08 02
... methane emissions from the agricultural sector. Livestock emissions may be controlled through greater efficiency in dairy production or use of feedstuffs or husbandry techniques that reduce methane outputs from cattle. There is a need for further research to develop such husbandry methods to reduce ...
... methane emissions from the agricultural sector. Livestock emissions may be controlled through greater efficiency in dairy production or use of feedstuffs or husbandry techniques that reduce methane outputs from cattle. There is a need for further research to develop such husbandry methods to reduce ...
Contributions of past and present human generations to committed
... (gas or aerosol) (e.g., see ref. 12). Relatively short-lived species such as aerosols, tropospheric ozone, and methane are associated with shorter commitments than longer-lived substances such as carbon dioxide or perfluorocarbons (13, 14). We do not attempt to examine the range of forcing agents th ...
... (gas or aerosol) (e.g., see ref. 12). Relatively short-lived species such as aerosols, tropospheric ozone, and methane are associated with shorter commitments than longer-lived substances such as carbon dioxide or perfluorocarbons (13, 14). We do not attempt to examine the range of forcing agents th ...
Nov 21, 2015 - Science and Environmental Policy Project
... or therapy. For example, an iatrogenic illness is an illness that is caused by a medication or physician.” In the US there is a similar saying: “The cure is worse than the disease.” Curry uses the term to discuss the upcoming Conference of Parties (COP-21) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate C ...
... or therapy. For example, an iatrogenic illness is an illness that is caused by a medication or physician.” In the US there is a similar saying: “The cure is worse than the disease.” Curry uses the term to discuss the upcoming Conference of Parties (COP-21) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate C ...
Climate Change Adaptation Action Plan
... 2.1.1 Decreasing rainfall and increased prolonged droughts The associated impacts of decreasing rainfall and more prolonged droughts include: Reduced or less reliable water availability from local water supplies. Council has already identified that existing urban water supplies for Stanthorpe and Wa ...
... 2.1.1 Decreasing rainfall and increased prolonged droughts The associated impacts of decreasing rainfall and more prolonged droughts include: Reduced or less reliable water availability from local water supplies. Council has already identified that existing urban water supplies for Stanthorpe and Wa ...