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... because in their analysis, as in most IA models, the rate of emissions control which minimizes the present value of damage and response costs is quite low for a long time. This in turn reflects both low estimates of near-term damages and the effect of discounting in reducing the present value of lon ...
... because in their analysis, as in most IA models, the rate of emissions control which minimizes the present value of damage and response costs is quite low for a long time. This in turn reflects both low estimates of near-term damages and the effect of discounting in reducing the present value of lon ...
Renewable Energy and Transport – Decarbonising
... estimates reveal that alternative fuels could contribute almost double that share (i.e. about 27% of transport energy consumption) by 202016. Over 85% of all light-duty vehicles (LDVs) currently sold in Brazil use flex-fuel technology (i.e. running on a combination of gasoline and ethanol), and by 2 ...
... estimates reveal that alternative fuels could contribute almost double that share (i.e. about 27% of transport energy consumption) by 202016. Over 85% of all light-duty vehicles (LDVs) currently sold in Brazil use flex-fuel technology (i.e. running on a combination of gasoline and ethanol), and by 2 ...
An Analysis of the Future Climate over the Chesapeake Bay
... The conclusion to be made here is that we have a choice. The A2 scenario represents a world where little is done to retard the amount of emissions placed into the atmosphere. The B1 scenario represents a world where policy changes take place and emissions decrease. As a result, the 2100 projections ...
... The conclusion to be made here is that we have a choice. The A2 scenario represents a world where little is done to retard the amount of emissions placed into the atmosphere. The B1 scenario represents a world where policy changes take place and emissions decrease. As a result, the 2100 projections ...
November 2015
... As we are fighting so hard to reverse the effects of climate change, we should bear in mind that hesitation to take actions to address this issue would not only affect the environment but also the fundamental rights and lives of human beings. States should take measures to protect all citizens, incl ...
... As we are fighting so hard to reverse the effects of climate change, we should bear in mind that hesitation to take actions to address this issue would not only affect the environment but also the fundamental rights and lives of human beings. States should take measures to protect all citizens, incl ...
Attachment 1: Staff Guidance for Greenhouse Gas and Climate... for New Reactor Environmental Impact Statements
... dioxide and other GHGs in its environmental reviews for major licensing actions under NEPA. The Commission’s guidance stated that the staff’s analysis for reactor applications should evaluate emissions from the uranium fuel cycle as well as from construction and operation of the facility to be licen ...
... dioxide and other GHGs in its environmental reviews for major licensing actions under NEPA. The Commission’s guidance stated that the staff’s analysis for reactor applications should evaluate emissions from the uranium fuel cycle as well as from construction and operation of the facility to be licen ...
Klimaschankungen seit 1700.
... conclusions which we consider relevant on methodical, theoretical and practical grounds: (1) The debate on natural climate variability and anthropogenic climate change is not new. A similar debate, almost forgotten today, was going on a century ago. The protagonists were in a situation similar to th ...
... conclusions which we consider relevant on methodical, theoretical and practical grounds: (1) The debate on natural climate variability and anthropogenic climate change is not new. A similar debate, almost forgotten today, was going on a century ago. The protagonists were in a situation similar to th ...
Chapter 9 PowerPoint document
... Role of UN framework: linkage of issues - environmental protection, environmental sustainability and economic development. But much of what is important has been dealt with at regional or bilateral levels, and takes place in relatively loose, informal ways. The need for international treaties arises ...
... Role of UN framework: linkage of issues - environmental protection, environmental sustainability and economic development. But much of what is important has been dealt with at regional or bilateral levels, and takes place in relatively loose, informal ways. The need for international treaties arises ...
Carbon Constrained Future - AGL Sustainability Report 2016
... all of the emission reduction scenarios involve significant penetration of renewables, caution should be exercised in analysing the results. The wholesale energy market design may require alteration in such an environment3, and this is discussed in detail in section four (policy implications). Such ...
... all of the emission reduction scenarios involve significant penetration of renewables, caution should be exercised in analysing the results. The wholesale energy market design may require alteration in such an environment3, and this is discussed in detail in section four (policy implications). Such ...
Campaign briefing including ideas for getting involved
... seasons. Sometimes we have floods and at other times there are droughts. This season most people were hammered by drought because there was no water in the streams. My family has to rely on a bore hole in the next village which is 1.5 km away. If the climate gets worse, it would be the end of family ...
... seasons. Sometimes we have floods and at other times there are droughts. This season most people were hammered by drought because there was no water in the streams. My family has to rely on a bore hole in the next village which is 1.5 km away. If the climate gets worse, it would be the end of family ...
decoding intended nationally determined contributions (indcs)
... Under paragraph 14 of the Lima Call for Climate Action, countries were invited to describe how their intended nationally determined contribution “contributes to the achievement of the objective of the Convention” (UNFCCC 2014). The latest climate science demonstrates what needs to happen to global e ...
... Under paragraph 14 of the Lima Call for Climate Action, countries were invited to describe how their intended nationally determined contribution “contributes to the achievement of the objective of the Convention” (UNFCCC 2014). The latest climate science demonstrates what needs to happen to global e ...
Recent Developments in Australian Climate Change Litigation
... election.12 Promising to make the issue a priority, Rudd immediately signed the Kyoto Protocol and played an active role in the United Nations’ climate summit in Bali.13 The growing scientific consensus about climate change and Australians’ fears about irreversible ecological impacts have led to a s ...
... election.12 Promising to make the issue a priority, Rudd immediately signed the Kyoto Protocol and played an active role in the United Nations’ climate summit in Bali.13 The growing scientific consensus about climate change and Australians’ fears about irreversible ecological impacts have led to a s ...
Information pack template New - Centre for Public Appointments
... welcome applicants from all walks of life. All public appointments are made on merit following a fair, open and transparent process as regulated by the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments. ...
... welcome applicants from all walks of life. All public appointments are made on merit following a fair, open and transparent process as regulated by the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments. ...
Emerging markets and climate change: Mexican standoff or low-carbon race?: Working Paper 46 (489 kB) (opens in new window)
... poor individuals in rich countries.3 As such, we adopt a highly stylised division of the poor into three categories (see section 4): the industrialisedworld poor (IWP); the aspirational and urbanising poor (AUP) often in emerging markets or the developing world; and the traditional and rural poor (T ...
... poor individuals in rich countries.3 As such, we adopt a highly stylised division of the poor into three categories (see section 4): the industrialisedworld poor (IWP); the aspirational and urbanising poor (AUP) often in emerging markets or the developing world; and the traditional and rural poor (T ...
Climate change: a framework for a global agreement in 2015
... catastrophic environmental changes and attendant socio-economic consequences. They consider that a reduction of global greenhouse gas emissions4 of 50% to 85% from 1990 levels is necessary by 2050. Given the significant time delay between the release of emissions and temperature rise, the window of ...
... catastrophic environmental changes and attendant socio-economic consequences. They consider that a reduction of global greenhouse gas emissions4 of 50% to 85% from 1990 levels is necessary by 2050. Given the significant time delay between the release of emissions and temperature rise, the window of ...
The Economics of "When" Flexibility in the Design of Greenhouse Gas
... One of the important elements of the Kyoto Protocol is the opportunities it provides to undertake emission reductions at the least-cost geographic locations, regardless of nation-state boundaries. This inclusion of where flexibility is unique in international environmental agreements. As noted above ...
... One of the important elements of the Kyoto Protocol is the opportunities it provides to undertake emission reductions at the least-cost geographic locations, regardless of nation-state boundaries. This inclusion of where flexibility is unique in international environmental agreements. As noted above ...
Assessing Human Health Vulnerability and Public Health Adaptation
... Modern levels of wealth, technology, and social organization provide a basis for substantial improvements in adaptation to climate change. The greatest difficulties are likely to be encountered in the developing countries, especially the least developed, because poverty, lack of development, and i ...
... Modern levels of wealth, technology, and social organization provide a basis for substantial improvements in adaptation to climate change. The greatest difficulties are likely to be encountered in the developing countries, especially the least developed, because poverty, lack of development, and i ...
Fate of Mountain Glaciers in the Anthropocene
... billion” people who are too poor to avail of the protections made possible by fossil fuel use and industrialization. Since a sustainable future based on the continued extraction of coal, oil and gas in the “business-as-usual mode” will not be possible because of both resource depletion and environme ...
... billion” people who are too poor to avail of the protections made possible by fossil fuel use and industrialization. Since a sustainable future based on the continued extraction of coal, oil and gas in the “business-as-usual mode” will not be possible because of both resource depletion and environme ...
Folie 1 - Hans von Storch
... In the 1960s and 70s aircraft industries in the USA, Europe and Soviet Union designed supersonic civil air planes. These plans provoked substantial criticism. Scientist argued that the exhaust from such planes would damage the ozone layer in the stratosphere and the climate in general. In the USA th ...
... In the 1960s and 70s aircraft industries in the USA, Europe and Soviet Union designed supersonic civil air planes. These plans provoked substantial criticism. Scientist argued that the exhaust from such planes would damage the ozone layer in the stratosphere and the climate in general. In the USA th ...
Climate Adaptation for Rural Livelihoods and Agriculture (CARLA)
... Anxiety & Need for careful management of expectations in neighboring villages. ...
... Anxiety & Need for careful management of expectations in neighboring villages. ...
IowaLegisl4 - Department of Geological & Atmospheric Sciences
... Change Assessment Program Linda O. Mearns, National Center for Atmospheric Research ...
... Change Assessment Program Linda O. Mearns, National Center for Atmospheric Research ...
View/Open
... There is little doubt in Shaun Coffey’s view that climate change is a serious issue for livestock production: Climate change impacts on animal production are manifested mainly at a regional level, and could be more readily addressed were it not for the fact that livestock production also contributes ...
... There is little doubt in Shaun Coffey’s view that climate change is a serious issue for livestock production: Climate change impacts on animal production are manifested mainly at a regional level, and could be more readily addressed were it not for the fact that livestock production also contributes ...
The air has no residence
... The traversal between weather and climate is not an easy one. Oh happy air, oh catastrophic climate. It is a journey between the actual and the abstract, between something present and something absent. This can be understood in terms of the space-time of the encounter, the conflict between two diffe ...
... The traversal between weather and climate is not an easy one. Oh happy air, oh catastrophic climate. It is a journey between the actual and the abstract, between something present and something absent. This can be understood in terms of the space-time of the encounter, the conflict between two diffe ...
The Future for Rural Areas of Europe
... alternative futures which cannot be ranked by probability and through numbers, but all have to be prepared for or anticipated in some way. (Richard O'Brien, 2009). ...
... alternative futures which cannot be ranked by probability and through numbers, but all have to be prepared for or anticipated in some way. (Richard O'Brien, 2009). ...
Low-Carbon Development for the Least Developed Countries (opens in new window)
... richer than they are. The focus should be on raising people out of poverty to make societies more resilient in the face of climate change impacts. Growth and changing industrial structure is the best form of adaptation. There are two problems with this argument, as Shalizi and Lecocq (2009) have poi ...
... richer than they are. The focus should be on raising people out of poverty to make societies more resilient in the face of climate change impacts. Growth and changing industrial structure is the best form of adaptation. There are two problems with this argument, as Shalizi and Lecocq (2009) have poi ...
Adaptation to Climate Change
... Recognition of the additional burden of climate change; The need for national-level, country-driven adaptation; The link between adaptation and development The need for financial and technological support and capacity building; and The importance of regional centres and risk management ...
... Recognition of the additional burden of climate change; The need for national-level, country-driven adaptation; The link between adaptation and development The need for financial and technological support and capacity building; and The importance of regional centres and risk management ...