Sustainable Environmental Management
... can manage. This future ideal requires high targets, viewed from the long term, and consistent efforts to reach stated goals. In setting environmental goals, we apply the back-casting method, through which the ultimate goals are envisioned first and target values are then determined as mileposts alo ...
... can manage. This future ideal requires high targets, viewed from the long term, and consistent efforts to reach stated goals. In setting environmental goals, we apply the back-casting method, through which the ultimate goals are envisioned first and target values are then determined as mileposts alo ...
Collected Climate Quotes
... C’mon kids! Wake up and smell the CO2! Take over your administration building, occupy your university president’s office, or storm in on the next meeting of your college’s board of trustees until they agree to make your school carbon neutral. - Thomas Friedman Cap and trade generates special interes ...
... C’mon kids! Wake up and smell the CO2! Take over your administration building, occupy your university president’s office, or storm in on the next meeting of your college’s board of trustees until they agree to make your school carbon neutral. - Thomas Friedman Cap and trade generates special interes ...
The Paris Agreement Summary
... transparency framework will for the first time review the emissions of all Parties can be considered a significant step towards improving data and increasing transparency around national and global emissions and mitigation actions. To ensure that the Agreement generally is on track, the COP will tak ...
... transparency framework will for the first time review the emissions of all Parties can be considered a significant step towards improving data and increasing transparency around national and global emissions and mitigation actions. To ensure that the Agreement generally is on track, the COP will tak ...
Panel 2 - global change SysTem for Analysis, Research & Training
... Coping capacity can improve where people have financial resources, access to technology, high levels of education and training , good health, security , strong institutions and effective organizations Climate adaptation strategies are simply a form of risk management and are best implemented if ...
... Coping capacity can improve where people have financial resources, access to technology, high levels of education and training , good health, security , strong institutions and effective organizations Climate adaptation strategies are simply a form of risk management and are best implemented if ...
III. harmonization of carbon footprint related standards
... For WRI/WBCSD, the primary objective of a product standard was the public disclosure of GHG emissions of goods and services. Implementing the standard might also support additional business goals, namely the identification of the GHG reduction opportunities within a product supply chain, the engagem ...
... For WRI/WBCSD, the primary objective of a product standard was the public disclosure of GHG emissions of goods and services. Implementing the standard might also support additional business goals, namely the identification of the GHG reduction opportunities within a product supply chain, the engagem ...
SRI Company Briefing April 2011
... Majority of all indicators – half plus one 1/3 of indicators met must be core One core from each of BEE and HIV/Aids (where applicable) ...
... Majority of all indicators – half plus one 1/3 of indicators met must be core One core from each of BEE and HIV/Aids (where applicable) ...
Selected articles by Martin Khor on Climate Change, 2005-2007
... Greenhouse gases, is unwilling to do so. Australia has also decided not to ratify. Under the protocol’s terms, the industrialized countries have taken binding commitments to cut their emissions by a certain date (up to 2012) and by a certain percentage from their 1990 levels. The targets vary for di ...
... Greenhouse gases, is unwilling to do so. Australia has also decided not to ratify. Under the protocol’s terms, the industrialized countries have taken binding commitments to cut their emissions by a certain date (up to 2012) and by a certain percentage from their 1990 levels. The targets vary for di ...
Project Document for CEO Approval
... excessive heating caused by temperature increases, are less sensitive to climate change. 3.2.3 Water, energy and mines The provision of fresh (potable) water to the population and agricultural irrigation needs are assured by different rivers around the country. Climate change could have an impact on ...
... excessive heating caused by temperature increases, are less sensitive to climate change. 3.2.3 Water, energy and mines The provision of fresh (potable) water to the population and agricultural irrigation needs are assured by different rivers around the country. Climate change could have an impact on ...
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... 2002; Faure et al., 2007; Voigt, 2008). Drumbl (2008, p. 10) points out that for harm that is “too indirect, remote, and uncertain” causation cannot be established and therefore “falls outside the scope of the reparative obligation”.4 In other words, since specific impacts of climate change cannot ( ...
... 2002; Faure et al., 2007; Voigt, 2008). Drumbl (2008, p. 10) points out that for harm that is “too indirect, remote, and uncertain” causation cannot be established and therefore “falls outside the scope of the reparative obligation”.4 In other words, since specific impacts of climate change cannot ( ...
Extreme Weather in the Coming Decades –
... emissions are resulting in climate changes that cannot be explained by natural causes. Climate change is real, we are causing it, and it is happening right now.” or 2) “The overwhelming scientific evidence tells us that human greenhouse gas emissions, land use changes and aerosol pollution are all c ...
... emissions are resulting in climate changes that cannot be explained by natural causes. Climate change is real, we are causing it, and it is happening right now.” or 2) “The overwhelming scientific evidence tells us that human greenhouse gas emissions, land use changes and aerosol pollution are all c ...
SRI Company Briefing April 2011
... Majority of all indicators – half plus one 1/3 of indicators met must be core One core from each of BEE and HIV/Aids (where applicable) ...
... Majority of all indicators – half plus one 1/3 of indicators met must be core One core from each of BEE and HIV/Aids (where applicable) ...
IGCC-AIGCC Response to TCFD Public Consultation
... recommendations!for!the!nonGfinancial!sector!guidance.!! •! Board)expertise:)The!level!of!expertise!in!climate!risk!at!board!level,!and/or!the! ability!to!access!climate!expertise!outside!the!company!to!inform!the!board.!! •! Remuneration)link:)!IGCC!/!AIGCC!recommends!that!disclosure!is!sought!on!w ...
... recommendations!for!the!nonGfinancial!sector!guidance.!! •! Board)expertise:)The!level!of!expertise!in!climate!risk!at!board!level,!and/or!the! ability!to!access!climate!expertise!outside!the!company!to!inform!the!board.!! •! Remuneration)link:)!IGCC!/!AIGCC!recommends!that!disclosure!is!sought!on!w ...
Australian Climate Policy Survey
... engaging and constructive discussion on climate and energy policy. We believe it is critical to capture the views of Australian business at this time to inform government and the wider community of views among Australian industry on the economic and commercial implications of meeting Australia’s emi ...
... engaging and constructive discussion on climate and energy policy. We believe it is critical to capture the views of Australian business at this time to inform government and the wider community of views among Australian industry on the economic and commercial implications of meeting Australia’s emi ...
Climate Change Legislation in Context
... Congress is finally taking climate change seriously, or at the very least is engaged in a flurry of activity regarding greenhouse gas emissions. The Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act made it out of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and vigorous debates are taking place over the ...
... Congress is finally taking climate change seriously, or at the very least is engaged in a flurry of activity regarding greenhouse gas emissions. The Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act made it out of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and vigorous debates are taking place over the ...
False Solutions - Rising Tide North America
... coal, oil and gas companies who wish to carry on polluting. Carbon trading is the architecture supporting all other false solutions. The Kyoto Protocol’s “Clean Development Mechanism” (CDM) is the largest offset market in the world. As part of the Kyoto Protocol, it was established to allow wealthy ...
... coal, oil and gas companies who wish to carry on polluting. Carbon trading is the architecture supporting all other false solutions. The Kyoto Protocol’s “Clean Development Mechanism” (CDM) is the largest offset market in the world. As part of the Kyoto Protocol, it was established to allow wealthy ...
Case study: Glencore`s coal business
... delivered cost of coal, compared to other power generation fuels, continues to support investment in new coal-fired generation in numerous developing economies. Glencore’s modelling of coal’s competitive position compared to alternate power generation technologies shows that the demand for coal will ...
... delivered cost of coal, compared to other power generation fuels, continues to support investment in new coal-fired generation in numerous developing economies. Glencore’s modelling of coal’s competitive position compared to alternate power generation technologies shows that the demand for coal will ...
Classifying Pacific islands Pacific Ecosystem
... Nature and Nurture: Poverty and Environment in Asia and the Pacific Ecosystem-based Adaptation: A natural response to climate change Responding to Climate Change: Sector Script for Ecosystems and Biodiversity Management Connecting Biological Diversity and Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: Re ...
... Nature and Nurture: Poverty and Environment in Asia and the Pacific Ecosystem-based Adaptation: A natural response to climate change Responding to Climate Change: Sector Script for Ecosystems and Biodiversity Management Connecting Biological Diversity and Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: Re ...
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[City/Town/County] of [Jurisdiction]
... The project was launched by ICLEI in partnership with the Alameda County Waste Management Authority & Recycling Board (StopWaste.Org) and the Alameda County Conference of Mayors. In committing to the project, the jurisdictions embarked on an ongoing, coordinated effort to reduce the emissions that c ...
... The project was launched by ICLEI in partnership with the Alameda County Waste Management Authority & Recycling Board (StopWaste.Org) and the Alameda County Conference of Mayors. In committing to the project, the jurisdictions embarked on an ongoing, coordinated effort to reduce the emissions that c ...
Publication - World Vision International
... To conduct researches on the existing status of SMEs in three districts towards DRR-CCA, training needs and CSR; to design and deliver the training to SMEs and related institutions. Expected results of these exercises are Hai Phong SMEs’ vulnerabilities to disaster risk, climate change; SMEs’ needs, ...
... To conduct researches on the existing status of SMEs in three districts towards DRR-CCA, training needs and CSR; to design and deliver the training to SMEs and related institutions. Expected results of these exercises are Hai Phong SMEs’ vulnerabilities to disaster risk, climate change; SMEs’ needs, ...
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[City/Town/County] of [Jurisdiction]
... The project was launched by ICLEI in partnership with the Alameda County Waste Management Authority & Recycling Board (StopWaste.Org) and the Alameda County Conference of Mayors. In committing to the project, the jurisdictions embarked on an ongoing, coordinated effort to reduce the emissions that c ...
... The project was launched by ICLEI in partnership with the Alameda County Waste Management Authority & Recycling Board (StopWaste.Org) and the Alameda County Conference of Mayors. In committing to the project, the jurisdictions embarked on an ongoing, coordinated effort to reduce the emissions that c ...
Arne Bardalen
... • “Since this is the first time we're doing a bioeconomy strategy in Norway - it is particularly important that the private sector, research, government and organizations provide input on how they think such a strategy should look like”. • “We need a common ground and a common direction for the futu ...
... • “Since this is the first time we're doing a bioeconomy strategy in Norway - it is particularly important that the private sector, research, government and organizations provide input on how they think such a strategy should look like”. • “We need a common ground and a common direction for the futu ...
Global climate change and Illinois.
... come from man-made chemicals used in radiated from the warming (2). As a result the air is heated (3). refrigerants, air conditioners, and fastfood containers. The United States conThe addition of more gases would tend to tributes about 25 percent of all the trace gases raise temperatures even more, ...
... come from man-made chemicals used in radiated from the warming (2). As a result the air is heated (3). refrigerants, air conditioners, and fastfood containers. The United States conThe addition of more gases would tend to tributes about 25 percent of all the trace gases raise temperatures even more, ...
Occasional Papers on Islands and Small States
... deriving as a result of climate change was sea-level rise. Changes in precipitation patterns were considered as being the second greatest impact. Temperature change was identified as the third greatest impact. Other major impacts identified which included - more frequent extreme weather events, fol ...
... deriving as a result of climate change was sea-level rise. Changes in precipitation patterns were considered as being the second greatest impact. Temperature change was identified as the third greatest impact. Other major impacts identified which included - more frequent extreme weather events, fol ...
CLIMATE CHANGE 2001: IMPACTS, ADAPTATION, AND
... change is expected to threaten some species with greater probability of extinction. Potential changes in the frequency, intensity, and persistence of climate extremes (e.g. heat waves, heavy precipitation, and drought) and in climate variability [e.g., El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO)] are emergi ...
... change is expected to threaten some species with greater probability of extinction. Potential changes in the frequency, intensity, and persistence of climate extremes (e.g. heat waves, heavy precipitation, and drought) and in climate variability [e.g., El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO)] are emergi ...
carbon geography: the political economy of congressional support
... of political ideology as a key determinant of voting patterns. Traditional political economy theories of voting have often stressed the importance of self-interest as the key determinant (Pashigian 1985; Peltzman 1984). In the case of environmental politics, political ideology may also play a key ro ...
... of political ideology as a key determinant of voting patterns. Traditional political economy theories of voting have often stressed the importance of self-interest as the key determinant (Pashigian 1985; Peltzman 1984). In the case of environmental politics, political ideology may also play a key ro ...