Speaker Bios - Environmental Grantmakers Association
... Program Officer, Environment, The Kresge Foundation Shamar Bibbins serves as a program officer for Environment at The Kresge Foundation, where her grantmaking supports policies and programs that help communities build resilience in the face of climate change. Shamar plays a lead role in managing the ...
... Program Officer, Environment, The Kresge Foundation Shamar Bibbins serves as a program officer for Environment at The Kresge Foundation, where her grantmaking supports policies and programs that help communities build resilience in the face of climate change. Shamar plays a lead role in managing the ...
Climate Change and International Protocols
... them freely with one another. • For example, if Japan can reduce its GHG emissions by 100 tons at a lower cost than Germany can achieve the same reduction, the two countries can agree on the sale of the permits for this amount from Japan to Germany. Germany gets the credit for the emissions reductio ...
... them freely with one another. • For example, if Japan can reduce its GHG emissions by 100 tons at a lower cost than Germany can achieve the same reduction, the two countries can agree on the sale of the permits for this amount from Japan to Germany. Germany gets the credit for the emissions reductio ...
The Contribution of Urban Areas to Climate Change - UN
... São Paulo’s emissions profile reveals that the transport sector is the major emission source mostly from individual transport that demands the biggest share of gasoline in Brazil. The Solid Waste sector is the second largest source followed by public and cargo transport systems that run mainly on di ...
... São Paulo’s emissions profile reveals that the transport sector is the major emission source mostly from individual transport that demands the biggest share of gasoline in Brazil. The Solid Waste sector is the second largest source followed by public and cargo transport systems that run mainly on di ...
2014/31/PR IPCC PRESS RELEASE 2 November 2014 Concluding
... vulnerable to climate change have contributed and contribute little to greenhouse gas emissions,” Pachauri said. “Addressing climate change will not be possible if individual agents advance their own interests independently; it can only be achieved through cooperative responses, including internatio ...
... vulnerable to climate change have contributed and contribute little to greenhouse gas emissions,” Pachauri said. “Addressing climate change will not be possible if individual agents advance their own interests independently; it can only be achieved through cooperative responses, including internatio ...
Syllabus (PDF)
... a regular basis. At the end of the course, you will submit a report, providing a general discussion of your collection of articles. You should relate these articles to the course content. In addition, choose one article in particular, and discuss it in more detail. Your entire report should be 3 pag ...
... a regular basis. At the end of the course, you will submit a report, providing a general discussion of your collection of articles. You should relate these articles to the course content. In addition, choose one article in particular, and discuss it in more detail. Your entire report should be 3 pag ...
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... away from fossil fuel energy and to decarbonize electricity production through the introduction of carbon-free technologies (in this case, the nuclear energy) and of energy efficiency measures. Even though motivations were different – reducing energy costs vs. reducing GHG emissions – and if future ...
... away from fossil fuel energy and to decarbonize electricity production through the introduction of carbon-free technologies (in this case, the nuclear energy) and of energy efficiency measures. Even though motivations were different – reducing energy costs vs. reducing GHG emissions – and if future ...
Facing the challenges of climate change
... tourism industry in order to benchmark its current environmental performance and monitor progress in the future. In line with the EU‟s goal to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 20% on 1990 levels by 2020, all sectors of the economy will be required to play a greater role in the new “effort sh ...
... tourism industry in order to benchmark its current environmental performance and monitor progress in the future. In line with the EU‟s goal to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 20% on 1990 levels by 2020, all sectors of the economy will be required to play a greater role in the new “effort sh ...
Climate and Weather - Dartmoor National Park
... are predicted in the future are thought to be mainly because of human behaviour rather than due to natural changes in the atmosphere. The greenhouse effect is very important when we talk about climate change as it relates to the gases which keep the Earth warm. It is the additional greenhouse gases ...
... are predicted in the future are thought to be mainly because of human behaviour rather than due to natural changes in the atmosphere. The greenhouse effect is very important when we talk about climate change as it relates to the gases which keep the Earth warm. It is the additional greenhouse gases ...
Research - Friends of the Earth Ireland
... supported also by the OECD green growth literature, which sets out many of the channels through which “green” can create “growth”.18 Indeed thirteen EU countries (Germany, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Estonia and Slovenia) recently came together ...
... supported also by the OECD green growth literature, which sets out many of the channels through which “green” can create “growth”.18 Indeed thirteen EU countries (Germany, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Estonia and Slovenia) recently came together ...
Module 1: Benefits and Applications
... 1.8 Energy Conservation, Air Quality and Climate Change 1.8.1 Planning authorities shall support energy conservation and efficiency, improved air quality, reduced greenhouse gas emissions, and climate change adaptation through land use and development patterns which: a) Promote compact form and a st ...
... 1.8 Energy Conservation, Air Quality and Climate Change 1.8.1 Planning authorities shall support energy conservation and efficiency, improved air quality, reduced greenhouse gas emissions, and climate change adaptation through land use and development patterns which: a) Promote compact form and a st ...
Chapter 27: Environment and Climate Change - eu.me
... • The Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism started the process of drafting of the separate Law on Environmental Liability (completion expected by the end of 2013) • So far a thorough analysis of the Directive requirements and provisions of the Montenegrin Law on Environment has been compl ...
... • The Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism started the process of drafting of the separate Law on Environmental Liability (completion expected by the end of 2013) • So far a thorough analysis of the Directive requirements and provisions of the Montenegrin Law on Environment has been compl ...
16-page guide to the science of climate change
... microwave energy, radio waves, and even heat— all things we encounter on a daily basis — are types of electromagnetic energy. EM energy travels in the form of a wave — that is, it fluctuates between “peaks” where its electromagnetic field is strongest, and “troughs” where it is weakest. Different ki ...
... microwave energy, radio waves, and even heat— all things we encounter on a daily basis — are types of electromagnetic energy. EM energy travels in the form of a wave — that is, it fluctuates between “peaks” where its electromagnetic field is strongest, and “troughs” where it is weakest. Different ki ...
GCOS perspective on observation requirements
... • In carrying out their commitments under Article 4, paragraph 1(g), the Parties shall: (a) Support and further develop…programs and networks or organizations aimed at defining, conducting, assessing and financing research, data collection and systematic observation, taking into account the need to ...
... • In carrying out their commitments under Article 4, paragraph 1(g), the Parties shall: (a) Support and further develop…programs and networks or organizations aimed at defining, conducting, assessing and financing research, data collection and systematic observation, taking into account the need to ...
Impact of climate change on Least Developed Countries
... to the LDCs’ development strategy of achieving sustainable structural transformation through productive capacity building and value addition in natural resource sectors (note all of the SDGs represent priority areas for LDCs in accordance with the LDC criteria and Section IV of the Istanbul Programm ...
... to the LDCs’ development strategy of achieving sustainable structural transformation through productive capacity building and value addition in natural resource sectors (note all of the SDGs represent priority areas for LDCs in accordance with the LDC criteria and Section IV of the Istanbul Programm ...
Co-benefits of global greenhouse gas mitigation for US air quality
... • Foreign GHG mitigation accounts for 62% of the total avoided deaths from O3, and 15% for PM2.5. • Previous regional or national co‐benefits studies may underestimate the full co‐benefits of coordinated global actions. • U.S. can gain significantly greater co‐benefits, especially for ozone, by coll ...
... • Foreign GHG mitigation accounts for 62% of the total avoided deaths from O3, and 15% for PM2.5. • Previous regional or national co‐benefits studies may underestimate the full co‐benefits of coordinated global actions. • U.S. can gain significantly greater co‐benefits, especially for ozone, by coll ...
Global Climate Change______Prof
... processes which may have driven climate change over longer time scales (1000’s to 100’s of millions of years) and see how they may have differed from today. Lastly, we will use our new knowledge to critically assess present and future climate and address the questions noted above. If global warming ...
... processes which may have driven climate change over longer time scales (1000’s to 100’s of millions of years) and see how they may have differed from today. Lastly, we will use our new knowledge to critically assess present and future climate and address the questions noted above. If global warming ...
Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Considerations For
... in rain fall in the western highland and coastal areas and positive trends in all other regions (Khan, 2011). In the upper Indus there has been a statistically significant increase in precipitation since 1961 (Archer and Fowler, 2004). For the country as a whole, there has been an increase in annual ...
... in rain fall in the western highland and coastal areas and positive trends in all other regions (Khan, 2011). In the upper Indus there has been a statistically significant increase in precipitation since 1961 (Archer and Fowler, 2004). For the country as a whole, there has been an increase in annual ...
... cooperative in order to be efficient and this involves profound changes in the current structures of global governance. The originality of this work lies in the fact that it characterizes climate change as a civilizing force. In this context, the authors situate climate change at the same level as o ...
Morality in Public Policy: Climate Change Carmen Lawrence Earth
... Earth System scientists are telling us that, like tectonics, volcanism and fluctuations in solar radiation, humans have become a force of nature, so much so that, in the prophetic words of Will Steffen and his colleagues, the “human imprint on the global environment has now become so large and activ ...
... Earth System scientists are telling us that, like tectonics, volcanism and fluctuations in solar radiation, humans have become a force of nature, so much so that, in the prophetic words of Will Steffen and his colleagues, the “human imprint on the global environment has now become so large and activ ...
Flawed Logic
... Forests only take up a limited amount of carbon over long periods of time Proponents of forest offsets often suggest that trees could actually replace a substantial part of the carbon that is released by burning fossil fuels. This claim, however, is not backed by climate science. Carbon dioxide emi ...
... Forests only take up a limited amount of carbon over long periods of time Proponents of forest offsets often suggest that trees could actually replace a substantial part of the carbon that is released by burning fossil fuels. This claim, however, is not backed by climate science. Carbon dioxide emi ...
Country Profile POLAND
... economic growth, so that it can be achieved without undue growth of GHG emissions. The main policy goals are concerned with achieving targets of 15% green energy in final energy balance by 2020 and 14% green energy in total primary energy production by 2020. A planned departure from co-firing of bio ...
... economic growth, so that it can be achieved without undue growth of GHG emissions. The main policy goals are concerned with achieving targets of 15% green energy in final energy balance by 2020 and 14% green energy in total primary energy production by 2020. A planned departure from co-firing of bio ...
Saleemul Huq - Global Change System for Analysis, Research and
... Director Climate Change Programme International Institute for Environment and Development, London, United Kingdom ...
... Director Climate Change Programme International Institute for Environment and Development, London, United Kingdom ...
Slide 1
... Good spelling, punctuation and grammar Development of knowledge and concepts in appropriate detail Good use of diagrams where appropriate Use of geographical terminology ...
... Good spelling, punctuation and grammar Development of knowledge and concepts in appropriate detail Good use of diagrams where appropriate Use of geographical terminology ...
Climate Change and Human Settlements
... Seventy-five percent of commercial energy is consumed in urban and peri-urban areas. In addition, 80% of all waste is generated from our cities and up to 60 percent of Greenhouse Gas Emissions which cause global climate change emanate from cities. Satellite photographs show that the waste and pollut ...
... Seventy-five percent of commercial energy is consumed in urban and peri-urban areas. In addition, 80% of all waste is generated from our cities and up to 60 percent of Greenhouse Gas Emissions which cause global climate change emanate from cities. Satellite photographs show that the waste and pollut ...