Global fossil energy markets and climate change mitigation – an
... markets. We explain this observation in terms of (a) the intertemporal scarcity rent, (b) regional price differentials arising from trade and transport costs, (c) heterogeneity and inertia in the extraction sector. These effects are captured by the REMIND model. We use the model to explore economic ...
... markets. We explain this observation in terms of (a) the intertemporal scarcity rent, (b) regional price differentials arising from trade and transport costs, (c) heterogeneity and inertia in the extraction sector. These effects are captured by the REMIND model. We use the model to explore economic ...
REGULATING GREENHOUSE GASES UNDER THE CLEAN AIR
... alternatives must be considered. Since the legislative branch does not have the ability or will to address climate change, executive action is the most viable way forward. Using a variety of tools including the Clean Air Act (CAA) as a case study, cost-benefit analysis, forecasting, and simulations ...
... alternatives must be considered. Since the legislative branch does not have the ability or will to address climate change, executive action is the most viable way forward. Using a variety of tools including the Clean Air Act (CAA) as a case study, cost-benefit analysis, forecasting, and simulations ...
Harnessing Synergies Between Climate Change Adaptation and
... • Generates ownership among a wide range of stakeholders • Lead to robust risk reduction ...
... • Generates ownership among a wide range of stakeholders • Lead to robust risk reduction ...
... to experience losses under A2 between US$ 144 million (at 4% discount rate) and US$300 million (1% rate); comparative statistics for rice are US$795 million and US$1577 million, respectively; while for fisheries, the results show that losses range from US$15 million (4% rate) and US$34 million (1% r ...
The real holes in climate science
... topography, such as where mountains form a wall between two climatically different plains. Another potential source of error comes from projections concerning future greenhouse-gas emissions, which vary depending on assumptions about economic developments. ...
... topography, such as where mountains form a wall between two climatically different plains. Another potential source of error comes from projections concerning future greenhouse-gas emissions, which vary depending on assumptions about economic developments. ...
Document
... deep saline reservoirs, unminable coal seams, basalt formations, and oceans. Monitoring, verification, health, safety, and local environmental issues remain to be resolved before this technology can be deployed at a large scale. Similarly, hydrogen systems could provide a major contribution to closi ...
... deep saline reservoirs, unminable coal seams, basalt formations, and oceans. Monitoring, verification, health, safety, and local environmental issues remain to be resolved before this technology can be deployed at a large scale. Similarly, hydrogen systems could provide a major contribution to closi ...
Written Testimony for the House Committee on Science, Space, and... Hearing on “Examining the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...
... Certain And What Remains Uncertain [May 10 2013]. Minority Statement in response to AGU Position Statement on Climate Change entitled: “Human-induced Climate Change Requires Urgent Action” released on 8/5/13. The text is below Humanity Has A Significant Effect on Climate – The AGU Community Has The ...
... Certain And What Remains Uncertain [May 10 2013]. Minority Statement in response to AGU Position Statement on Climate Change entitled: “Human-induced Climate Change Requires Urgent Action” released on 8/5/13. The text is below Humanity Has A Significant Effect on Climate – The AGU Community Has The ...
Public Lecture
... If one looks only at emissions intensity, the commitments of the Annex I and the non-Annex I countries are remarkably similar (Jotzo, 2010). The reductions in emissions intensity planned by China and India are a significant policy commitment. If one looks at total emissions, however, the higher expe ...
... If one looks only at emissions intensity, the commitments of the Annex I and the non-Annex I countries are remarkably similar (Jotzo, 2010). The reductions in emissions intensity planned by China and India are a significant policy commitment. If one looks at total emissions, however, the higher expe ...
National contributions to observed global warming
... amongst northern and tropical countries, reflecting both historical and current locations of intensive deforestation. The national climate contributions due to non-CO2 gases represents a mixture of industrial and agricultural sources of emissions, with the result that current areas of extensive agri ...
... amongst northern and tropical countries, reflecting both historical and current locations of intensive deforestation. The national climate contributions due to non-CO2 gases represents a mixture of industrial and agricultural sources of emissions, with the result that current areas of extensive agri ...
Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) Drivers, Needs
... Climate & Development Knowledge Network (UKAid and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands) ...
... Climate & Development Knowledge Network (UKAid and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands) ...
The Effects of Future Climate Change on Energy Consumption in
... China is currently going through a phase of rapid mass urbanisation, and it is important to investigate how the growing built environment will cope with climate change, to see how the energy consumption of buildings in China will be affected. This is especially important for the fast-growing cities ...
... China is currently going through a phase of rapid mass urbanisation, and it is important to investigate how the growing built environment will cope with climate change, to see how the energy consumption of buildings in China will be affected. This is especially important for the fast-growing cities ...
1. Background information
... This data provides valuable information on how and for what EU funds are spent on the ground, which facilitates policy analysis, is instrumental for the reporting towards the European Parliament, the general public and can be used for regular reporting to national and regional parliaments and govern ...
... This data provides valuable information on how and for what EU funds are spent on the ground, which facilitates policy analysis, is instrumental for the reporting towards the European Parliament, the general public and can be used for regular reporting to national and regional parliaments and govern ...
Voluntary Carbon Offsets
... following: • Moving away from fossil fuel based electricity production to renewables is important for the longterm protection of the global climate. On this basis, renewable energy offsets were highly recommended. • Energy efficient products or systems use less energy to perform the same task. Howev ...
... following: • Moving away from fossil fuel based electricity production to renewables is important for the longterm protection of the global climate. On this basis, renewable energy offsets were highly recommended. • Energy efficient products or systems use less energy to perform the same task. Howev ...
A concept note for a collaborative programme submitted
... parameters will negatively affect crop and animal yields and agro ecosystem resilience. Sea level rise and ocean changes will also threaten food production and livelihoods in coastal areas. Climate predictions and analyses of past and current trends indicate that small-scale farming households in tr ...
... parameters will negatively affect crop and animal yields and agro ecosystem resilience. Sea level rise and ocean changes will also threaten food production and livelihoods in coastal areas. Climate predictions and analyses of past and current trends indicate that small-scale farming households in tr ...
Climate Change in Cyprus: Impacts and Adaptation Policies 1
... change, including reports from international, European and Mediterranean institutions, as well as from research projects and scientific articles. We have also benefited from information gathered through personal communication with public authorities, non-governmental organizations and researchers. I ...
... change, including reports from international, European and Mediterranean institutions, as well as from research projects and scientific articles. We have also benefited from information gathered through personal communication with public authorities, non-governmental organizations and researchers. I ...
The climate debate in the USA - The Global Warming Policy
... The first argument was the social cost of carbon, which is an economic argument that assesses the cost–benefit of regulatory actions that impact carbon dioxide emissions. This argument has been challenged because the costs and benefits, estimated over 300 years, are highly uncertain and contested. H ...
... The first argument was the social cost of carbon, which is an economic argument that assesses the cost–benefit of regulatory actions that impact carbon dioxide emissions. This argument has been challenged because the costs and benefits, estimated over 300 years, are highly uncertain and contested. H ...
Read the Backgrounder on why Fossil Fuel
... our church is a relatively small shareholder, making it a small player in company decisions. Finally, as discussed above, the most important influence of divestment is on public policy. A divestment decision by the Anglican Church of Canada would be highly publicized and this would send a message to ...
... our church is a relatively small shareholder, making it a small player in company decisions. Finally, as discussed above, the most important influence of divestment is on public policy. A divestment decision by the Anglican Church of Canada would be highly publicized and this would send a message to ...
Plants and Animals in Washington (PDF)
... Based on Elsner et al.’s (2010)[16] historical and future hydrologic projections, which stem from an average of 20 global climate models and the A1B greenhouse gas scenario. Based on a 27.3-inch global sea-level rise by 2100 relative to 1980-1999 (projected under a medium greenhouse gas scenario) an ...
... Based on Elsner et al.’s (2010)[16] historical and future hydrologic projections, which stem from an average of 20 global climate models and the A1B greenhouse gas scenario. Based on a 27.3-inch global sea-level rise by 2100 relative to 1980-1999 (projected under a medium greenhouse gas scenario) an ...
Introduction to Climate Change Part II: Anthropogenic Climate Change
... The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Stocker, T.F., D. Qin, G.-K. Plattner, M. Tignor, S. K. Allen, J. Boschung, A. Nauels, Y. Xia, V. Bex and P.M. Midgley (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cam ...
... The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Stocker, T.F., D. Qin, G.-K. Plattner, M. Tignor, S. K. Allen, J. Boschung, A. Nauels, Y. Xia, V. Bex and P.M. Midgley (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cam ...
EU RESEARCH ON CLIMATE CHANGE:Present and Future
... Some pertinent results of on-going FP5 projects EPICA (European Project on Ice Coring in Antarctica): Ice coring reached a depth of 3100 m. Climate history record of past 900000 years DEMETER (Development of a European Multi-Model Ensemble System for Seasonal to Interannual Prediction): Capabili ...
... Some pertinent results of on-going FP5 projects EPICA (European Project on Ice Coring in Antarctica): Ice coring reached a depth of 3100 m. Climate history record of past 900000 years DEMETER (Development of a European Multi-Model Ensemble System for Seasonal to Interannual Prediction): Capabili ...
Quiz
... projections for year 2100, do we need to pay attention to forecasts on shorter timescales? • Yes, because between now and 2100 natural climate variability and weather could bring us conditions/events that are different from the longterm projections • No, for example, if the climate change projection ...
... projections for year 2100, do we need to pay attention to forecasts on shorter timescales? • Yes, because between now and 2100 natural climate variability and weather could bring us conditions/events that are different from the longterm projections • No, for example, if the climate change projection ...
Michael D. Dettinger - CASPO Hydroclimate Group
... across western North America: Journal of Climate, 18, 1136-1155. ** Bales, R., Molotch, N., Painter, T., Dettinger, M., Rice, R., & Dozier, J., 2006, Mountain hydrology of the western US: Water Resources Research, 42, W08432, 13 p. ** Knowles, N., Dettinger, M., & Cayan, D., 2006, Trends in snowfall ...
... across western North America: Journal of Climate, 18, 1136-1155. ** Bales, R., Molotch, N., Painter, T., Dettinger, M., Rice, R., & Dozier, J., 2006, Mountain hydrology of the western US: Water Resources Research, 42, W08432, 13 p. ** Knowles, N., Dettinger, M., & Cayan, D., 2006, Trends in snowfall ...
Activity Details Activity name Republic of Moldova: Preparation of
... Driven by the need to tackle climate change, governments at the 17th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, agreed to not only focus on the continuation of the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, but to launch a new platform of negotiations to deliver a new global climate change agreem ...
... Driven by the need to tackle climate change, governments at the 17th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, agreed to not only focus on the continuation of the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, but to launch a new platform of negotiations to deliver a new global climate change agreem ...
Senate Environmental Quality Committee
... urgent need to prepare California’s urban centers for the emerging impacts of climate change, including extreme storm events, heat waves, droughts, and sea level rise. ARCCA currently brings together five Regional Collaboratives—from San Diego, Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento, an ...
... urgent need to prepare California’s urban centers for the emerging impacts of climate change, including extreme storm events, heat waves, droughts, and sea level rise. ARCCA currently brings together five Regional Collaboratives—from San Diego, Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento, an ...