Guest editorial: Climate change as a complex phenomenon and the
... in his book (2009) Why We Disagree About Climate Change observes that climate change means different things to different people in different locations as evident in recent debates around the implementation of a carbon tax in Australia. That is why we disagree about the risks the phenomenon poses and ...
... in his book (2009) Why We Disagree About Climate Change observes that climate change means different things to different people in different locations as evident in recent debates around the implementation of a carbon tax in Australia. That is why we disagree about the risks the phenomenon poses and ...
EU cities and regions leading the way against climate change
... Senator of the City of Rostock (Germany), Presidents of Climate Alliance An international climate agreement can only be successful if all levels of government work closely together. The over 1,700 member cities of Climate Alliance show in their everyday work that local authorities hold the solutions ...
... Senator of the City of Rostock (Germany), Presidents of Climate Alliance An international climate agreement can only be successful if all levels of government work closely together. The over 1,700 member cities of Climate Alliance show in their everyday work that local authorities hold the solutions ...
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... years, climatic variability and climate change now pose a daunting risk to growth, development, and poverty reduction. Climate is hardly a new factor in the region’s history, but with global warming, Africa’s vulnerability is deepening, making it the most exposed region in the world to the impacts o ...
... years, climatic variability and climate change now pose a daunting risk to growth, development, and poverty reduction. Climate is hardly a new factor in the region’s history, but with global warming, Africa’s vulnerability is deepening, making it the most exposed region in the world to the impacts o ...
Facts and Projections on Climate Change
... 2.3.2 Projections for the Mediterranean The Mediterranean Sea region, especially the southern and eastern rim, has been identified as one of the main climate change hot spots (i.e. one of the areas most sensitive to climate change) in the world due to water scarcity, concentration of economic activ ...
... 2.3.2 Projections for the Mediterranean The Mediterranean Sea region, especially the southern and eastern rim, has been identified as one of the main climate change hot spots (i.e. one of the areas most sensitive to climate change) in the world due to water scarcity, concentration of economic activ ...
Climate change is a natural cycle. The globe has
... collected during an expedition to Greenland in 1991. The most recent samples contained the lowest recorded levels of beryllium 10 for more than 1,000 years. Beryllium 10 is a particle created by cosmic rays that decreases in the Earth's atmosphere as the magnetic energy from the Sun increases. Scien ...
... collected during an expedition to Greenland in 1991. The most recent samples contained the lowest recorded levels of beryllium 10 for more than 1,000 years. Beryllium 10 is a particle created by cosmic rays that decreases in the Earth's atmosphere as the magnetic energy from the Sun increases. Scien ...
Climate Change in the Pacific | Volume 1: Regional Overview
... key principles of the Pacific Islands Framework for Action on Climate Change 2006–2015 (Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 2005): improving the understanding of climate change; and provision of education, training and awareness. • This publication is designed to provide deci ...
... key principles of the Pacific Islands Framework for Action on Climate Change 2006–2015 (Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 2005): improving the understanding of climate change; and provision of education, training and awareness. • This publication is designed to provide deci ...
To develop low
... Assessment Report of Climate Change 2007.6: the State Council issued the National Plan of China to Deal with Climate Change, and set up the national leading group for facing challenges of climate change, energy conservation and emission reduction. 2008.10: the State Council issued the Policies and A ...
... Assessment Report of Climate Change 2007.6: the State Council issued the National Plan of China to Deal with Climate Change, and set up the national leading group for facing challenges of climate change, energy conservation and emission reduction. 2008.10: the State Council issued the Policies and A ...
1 January 6, 2016 Subject to revision The George Washington
... Information about the instructor Dan Morrow holds a PhD in Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and a BA from Stanford University. From 1979 through 2002 he held various positions in The World Bank, including economist for Indonesian programs and division chief f ...
... Information about the instructor Dan Morrow holds a PhD in Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and a BA from Stanford University. From 1979 through 2002 he held various positions in The World Bank, including economist for Indonesian programs and division chief f ...
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... industry through voluntary agreements to promote technology development and reduce the greenhouse gas intensity of the U.S. economy. This approach was also at the core of the Bush administration’s international climate strategy. Even though the Bush administration participated in the UN-based negoti ...
... industry through voluntary agreements to promote technology development and reduce the greenhouse gas intensity of the U.S. economy. This approach was also at the core of the Bush administration’s international climate strategy. Even though the Bush administration participated in the UN-based negoti ...
Draft Terms of Reference for an International Consultant for
... biological diversity. Being an important economic and social sector in Turkey, agriculture will require special attention, since the studies show that it is one of the most vulnerable sector to climate change. 3. When the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was adopted in 1992, as an ...
... biological diversity. Being an important economic and social sector in Turkey, agriculture will require special attention, since the studies show that it is one of the most vulnerable sector to climate change. 3. When the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was adopted in 1992, as an ...
pnacc - Mapama
... Administrations’ efforts dealing with the assessment of impacts, vulnerability, and adaptation to climate change in the Spanish sectors acknowledged as potentially affected (water management, agriculture, forests, biodiversity, coasts, health, tourism, etc.). The National Adaptation Plan provides to ...
... Administrations’ efforts dealing with the assessment of impacts, vulnerability, and adaptation to climate change in the Spanish sectors acknowledged as potentially affected (water management, agriculture, forests, biodiversity, coasts, health, tourism, etc.). The National Adaptation Plan provides to ...
UK Climate Projections: Briefing report
... on Climate Change stated in its most recent Assessment Report that it is very likely that the changes we have seen and measured are the result of anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases. While there may be some opportunities to be gained from a changing climate, we expect the bulk of the changes ...
... on Climate Change stated in its most recent Assessment Report that it is very likely that the changes we have seen and measured are the result of anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases. While there may be some opportunities to be gained from a changing climate, we expect the bulk of the changes ...
Brunei Darussalam INDC
... involves replacement of the existing high pressure sodium vapour street lighting to low wattage and superior technology lighting to increase standards nationwide. For more information on the implementation plans to achieve energy intensity reduction goals, please refer to Section 5. ...
... involves replacement of the existing high pressure sodium vapour street lighting to low wattage and superior technology lighting to increase standards nationwide. For more information on the implementation plans to achieve energy intensity reduction goals, please refer to Section 5. ...
Crop yield simulation
... Climate change poses threats to the agricultural sector and negatively affects subsistence farmers who have a low adaptive capacity. Therefore adaptation capacity is needed to counteract the impacts of climate change. However, while adaptation is considered crucial for addressing potential challenge ...
... Climate change poses threats to the agricultural sector and negatively affects subsistence farmers who have a low adaptive capacity. Therefore adaptation capacity is needed to counteract the impacts of climate change. However, while adaptation is considered crucial for addressing potential challenge ...
climate change and international justice
... creative litigation strategies, not just in the conventional courtroom but before international, regional and national commissions and regulatory bodies. The following section offers an overview of some of the areas where we as lawyers can act to make a difference. COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE CO ...
... creative litigation strategies, not just in the conventional courtroom but before international, regional and national commissions and regulatory bodies. The following section offers an overview of some of the areas where we as lawyers can act to make a difference. COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE CO ...
Climate Change Adaptation in ZAMBIA
... availability of water resources also impact hydroelectric power in Zambia. With rising temperatures, the rate of evapotranspiration—the transfer of water from the earth’s surface into the atmosphere—can increase. In addition, Zambia has experienced increases in heavy rainfall and flooding events in ...
... availability of water resources also impact hydroelectric power in Zambia. With rising temperatures, the rate of evapotranspiration—the transfer of water from the earth’s surface into the atmosphere—can increase. In addition, Zambia has experienced increases in heavy rainfall and flooding events in ...
SPECIAL REPORT The VATICAN ADVISORS: An Unholy
... Pope Francis has also reached out to climate activist and anti-capitalist crusader Naomi Klein. See: Pope Francis recruits ‘ferocious critic’ of capitalism — Naomi Klein — in climate battle Klein was brought into the Vatican climate process by one of the Pope’s key aides, Cardinal Peter Turkson, to ...
... Pope Francis has also reached out to climate activist and anti-capitalist crusader Naomi Klein. See: Pope Francis recruits ‘ferocious critic’ of capitalism — Naomi Klein — in climate battle Klein was brought into the Vatican climate process by one of the Pope’s key aides, Cardinal Peter Turkson, to ...
Pacific Islands Framework for Action on Climate Change
... This action plan is intended to contribute to the implementation of the Framework through actions taken in response to meeting the key outcomes under each of these principles. This action plan is regional in nature, with national activities complemented by regional programming in support. It provide ...
... This action plan is intended to contribute to the implementation of the Framework through actions taken in response to meeting the key outcomes under each of these principles. This action plan is regional in nature, with national activities complemented by regional programming in support. It provide ...
The cost of the Climate Change Act
... released by the CCC,2 which show total public spending on climate change policies via levies and taxes amounted to £6.76 billion in 2014/5 – equivalent to £248 per household. This figure is on a financial year basis and differs in some components from those we have compiled from DECC sources; notabl ...
... released by the CCC,2 which show total public spending on climate change policies via levies and taxes amounted to £6.76 billion in 2014/5 – equivalent to £248 per household. This figure is on a financial year basis and differs in some components from those we have compiled from DECC sources; notabl ...
Resiliency Planning in Portland, Maine
... Effects of increased siltation o Dredging costs and increased frequency [may be offset by sea-level rise in some places] For rock-protected harbors, may create a competitive advantage for Maine ports over southern soft coast areas ...
... Effects of increased siltation o Dredging costs and increased frequency [may be offset by sea-level rise in some places] For rock-protected harbors, may create a competitive advantage for Maine ports over southern soft coast areas ...
Rechtspraak.nl - Print uitspraak
... “This ‘best estimate’ assumption shows that the most stringent (category I) scenarios could limit global mean temperature increases to 2°C–2.4°C above pre-industrial levels, at equilibrium, requiring emissions to peak within 10 years. Similarly, limiting temperature increases to 2°C above preindustr ...
... “This ‘best estimate’ assumption shows that the most stringent (category I) scenarios could limit global mean temperature increases to 2°C–2.4°C above pre-industrial levels, at equilibrium, requiring emissions to peak within 10 years. Similarly, limiting temperature increases to 2°C above preindustr ...
Why EPA Climate Protection is Good for Labor—And How Jobs Producer
... a minimum of 200,000 (plus) jobs will be quickly lost, with plants closing in dozens of states. This number could easily exceed one million jobs — and even two million jobs — at the more extreme assumptions about residual risk.” In the eight years following the amendments, however, fewer than 7,000 ...
... a minimum of 200,000 (plus) jobs will be quickly lost, with plants closing in dozens of states. This number could easily exceed one million jobs — and even two million jobs — at the more extreme assumptions about residual risk.” In the eight years following the amendments, however, fewer than 7,000 ...
Carbon and the Anthropocene
... because of anthropogenic emissions, comprising emissions from fossil fuels and other industrial processes including cement production (collectively denoted F Foss) and emissions from net land use change (F LUC). The outflows from the atmosphere are because of land and ocean CO2 sinks (F LandSink, F ...
... because of anthropogenic emissions, comprising emissions from fossil fuels and other industrial processes including cement production (collectively denoted F Foss) and emissions from net land use change (F LUC). The outflows from the atmosphere are because of land and ocean CO2 sinks (F LandSink, F ...
Constructing Carbon Market Spacetime: Climate change and the
... considerable infrastructure. The primary source of reductions which can offset carbon emissions from regulated facilities is the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). CDM carbon projects must demonstrate that the planned offsets are financially and environmental additional, that they would not occur wi ...
... considerable infrastructure. The primary source of reductions which can offset carbon emissions from regulated facilities is the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). CDM carbon projects must demonstrate that the planned offsets are financially and environmental additional, that they would not occur wi ...