Charting A New Low-Carbon Route To Development
... public development practitioner at the sub-national level, as well as domestic and international experts involved in assisting with regional development, who wish to examine and understand the instruments available for regional and local governments to become engaged in climate change mitigation and ...
... public development practitioner at the sub-national level, as well as domestic and international experts involved in assisting with regional development, who wish to examine and understand the instruments available for regional and local governments to become engaged in climate change mitigation and ...
Social Aspects of Climate Change in Urban Areas in Low
... for social relations, livelihoods and the provision of social and infrastructural services to low-income and other particularly vulnerable groups. This paper draws on the different research projects in which its authors are engaged, including work on the vulnerability of children (Bartlett 2008a, 20 ...
... for social relations, livelihoods and the provision of social and infrastructural services to low-income and other particularly vulnerable groups. This paper draws on the different research projects in which its authors are engaged, including work on the vulnerability of children (Bartlett 2008a, 20 ...
Mapping of Climate Change Threats and Human Development
... The projected higher temperature and reduced precipitation is expected to have a combined effect that will increase the likelihood of droughts. Many parts of North Africa, and in particular Morocco, are already experiencing more droughts. Morocco has had an increase of drought frequency from one eve ...
... The projected higher temperature and reduced precipitation is expected to have a combined effect that will increase the likelihood of droughts. Many parts of North Africa, and in particular Morocco, are already experiencing more droughts. Morocco has had an increase of drought frequency from one eve ...
Abrupt climate change: can society cope?
... of abrupt impacts of climate change, which can of course occur quite independently of the (type 1) definition of abrupt climate change. Neither of these NRC definitions is particularly suitable for identifying what is distinctive for impact and adaptation studies, and hence for policy, about abrupt cl ...
... of abrupt impacts of climate change, which can of course occur quite independently of the (type 1) definition of abrupt climate change. Neither of these NRC definitions is particularly suitable for identifying what is distinctive for impact and adaptation studies, and hence for policy, about abrupt cl ...
Component:
... 1. A ‘National Target Programme to respond to climate change’ of sufficient quality approved and funded from 2009 2. Other line ministries represented on the Steering Committee for the NTP-RCC will play a constructive role in implementing the NTP-RCC 3. The two pilot provinces will demonstrate commi ...
... 1. A ‘National Target Programme to respond to climate change’ of sufficient quality approved and funded from 2009 2. Other line ministries represented on the Steering Committee for the NTP-RCC will play a constructive role in implementing the NTP-RCC 3. The two pilot provinces will demonstrate commi ...
Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change: Concepts, Issues
... Centre for International Climate and Environmental Research (CICERO) and the Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI). The project is innovative in that it uses the concept of “double exposure” (O’Brien and Leichenko 2000). This refers to the fact that climate change and globalization are occurring sim ...
... Centre for International Climate and Environmental Research (CICERO) and the Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI). The project is innovative in that it uses the concept of “double exposure” (O’Brien and Leichenko 2000). This refers to the fact that climate change and globalization are occurring sim ...
Working Paper 183 - Averchenkova et al (opens in new window)
... timescales will be required. Adding to this complexity is the uncertainty and long-term timescales of climate change impacts, which go beyond normal investment decision cycles in the private sector and policy planning cycles of governments (McKenzie Hedger et al., 2008). The magnitude of the climate ...
... timescales will be required. Adding to this complexity is the uncertainty and long-term timescales of climate change impacts, which go beyond normal investment decision cycles in the private sector and policy planning cycles of governments (McKenzie Hedger et al., 2008). The magnitude of the climate ...
Solution Aversion: On the Relation Between Ideology and Motivated
... largely responsible for climate change (and humankind is also the cause of other environment risks, such as lung damage; State of the Air, 2013). However, there is a near political party-line divide over the veracity of many of the same issues. In the United States, Democrats (liberals) tend to agre ...
... largely responsible for climate change (and humankind is also the cause of other environment risks, such as lung damage; State of the Air, 2013). However, there is a near political party-line divide over the veracity of many of the same issues. In the United States, Democrats (liberals) tend to agre ...
climate change and the protection of guatemalan marine
... change. This is documented in the Guatemalan First National Communication on Climate Change 12 and is highlighted by the recent food crisis in Guatemala (September 2009), due to prolonged drought in the eastern and north-western parts of the country, which caused losses of 72,798 ha. of crops (worth ...
... change. This is documented in the Guatemalan First National Communication on Climate Change 12 and is highlighted by the recent food crisis in Guatemala (September 2009), due to prolonged drought in the eastern and north-western parts of the country, which caused losses of 72,798 ha. of crops (worth ...
Bolivia: Climate change, poverty and adaptation
... highlands, valleys and lowlands – which are already experiencing climate change in different ways. Testimonies collected during the research for this report reveal the widespread perception from local women and men that the climate is changing in terms of the unpredictability of the rains, the warme ...
... highlands, valleys and lowlands – which are already experiencing climate change in different ways. Testimonies collected during the research for this report reveal the widespread perception from local women and men that the climate is changing in terms of the unpredictability of the rains, the warme ...
2012 Gulf Coast Climate Change Survey
... (increasing insurance rates in high-risk areas), and only one additional measure (incentives to relocate from high-risk areas) failed to get more than 70-percent support. Moreover, more than half of respondents report having taken steps to protect their homes against environmental hazards. Noticing ...
... (increasing insurance rates in high-risk areas), and only one additional measure (incentives to relocate from high-risk areas) failed to get more than 70-percent support. Moreover, more than half of respondents report having taken steps to protect their homes against environmental hazards. Noticing ...
Managing for climate change on federal lands of the western United
... change science for federal resource managers, focusing on the efficacy of potential adaptation strategies and barriers limiting the use of climate change science in adaptation efforts. Our study was conducted in the northern Rocky Mountains region of the western United States, where we interacted wi ...
... change science for federal resource managers, focusing on the efficacy of potential adaptation strategies and barriers limiting the use of climate change science in adaptation efforts. Our study was conducted in the northern Rocky Mountains region of the western United States, where we interacted wi ...
C - UBC Blogs
... • H0: Communities identify risks from climate change as a special priority. • H1a: Communities enjoy control commensurate with their priorities. • H1b: Communities enjoy control over matters involving climate change adaptation. • H2: CEDO priorities and resources match needs for broader community de ...
... • H0: Communities identify risks from climate change as a special priority. • H1a: Communities enjoy control commensurate with their priorities. • H1b: Communities enjoy control over matters involving climate change adaptation. • H2: CEDO priorities and resources match needs for broader community de ...
Report of the President`s Advisory Committee on Divestment from
... • India’s former minister of the environment, Jairam Ramesh, recently predicted that “under the best scenario—the most aggressive programs for nuclear, hydro, solar, and wind—bloody coal will still [account for] 50 percent” of India’s power supply in 25 years (Martin, 2015). • A January 2015 article ...
... • India’s former minister of the environment, Jairam Ramesh, recently predicted that “under the best scenario—the most aggressive programs for nuclear, hydro, solar, and wind—bloody coal will still [account for] 50 percent” of India’s power supply in 25 years (Martin, 2015). • A January 2015 article ...
Two hundred fifty years of aerosols and climate: the end of the age
... in all sectors such that total radiative forcing in 2100 stabilizes at 4.5 W m−2 by 2100 (Thomson et al., 2011). Energy prices increase, which induces both decreases in enduse service demands but also induces shifts to more efficient technologies. The addition of a carbon price induces shifts in tec ...
... in all sectors such that total radiative forcing in 2100 stabilizes at 4.5 W m−2 by 2100 (Thomson et al., 2011). Energy prices increase, which induces both decreases in enduse service demands but also induces shifts to more efficient technologies. The addition of a carbon price induces shifts in tec ...
`Dynamic Differentiation`: The Principles of CBDR
... change is a common concern of humankind which requires the widest possible cooperation by all countries, the UNFCCC recognizes different contributions to environmental harm (‘causality’), as well as different capacities to take mitigation measures (‘capability’). Accordingly, the UNFCCC has addresse ...
... change is a common concern of humankind which requires the widest possible cooperation by all countries, the UNFCCC recognizes different contributions to environmental harm (‘causality’), as well as different capacities to take mitigation measures (‘capability’). Accordingly, the UNFCCC has addresse ...
Climate Change Adaptation Discussion Paper MS Word
... 2.1 Developing a city for the future The City of Melbourne has seen a large increase in residential population over recent years. Since 2001 the municipality’s residential population has more than doubled to over 128,000 (2015) people. This is expected to grow to over 262,000 by 2036. Daily users of ...
... 2.1 Developing a city for the future The City of Melbourne has seen a large increase in residential population over recent years. Since 2001 the municipality’s residential population has more than doubled to over 128,000 (2015) people. This is expected to grow to over 262,000 by 2036. Daily users of ...
THE ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND TRANSNATIONAL
... The causes and effects of climate change have been discussed in a variety of forums for decades. Indeed, over the years, the realization that humanity was and is a chief contributor to the problem has only grown. In 1988, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established to coordi ...
... The causes and effects of climate change have been discussed in a variety of forums for decades. Indeed, over the years, the realization that humanity was and is a chief contributor to the problem has only grown. In 1988, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established to coordi ...
Pastoralism as a tool for mitigating climate change
... Archaeological evidence indicates that pastoralism in Africa developed about 6000 years ago in direct response to long-term climate change and variability, and spread throughout northern Africa as a means of coping with an increasingly unpredictable and arid climate3. Current climate changes are pre ...
... Archaeological evidence indicates that pastoralism in Africa developed about 6000 years ago in direct response to long-term climate change and variability, and spread throughout northern Africa as a means of coping with an increasingly unpredictable and arid climate3. Current climate changes are pre ...
Towards a Strategy on Climate Change, Ecosystem Services
... mechanism6, promoting a similar approach for other land use and ecosystems and, by including ecosystem-based approaches as an integral part in the UNFCCC Framework for Adaptation Action. (See 2.1). ...
... mechanism6, promoting a similar approach for other land use and ecosystems and, by including ecosystem-based approaches as an integral part in the UNFCCC Framework for Adaptation Action. (See 2.1). ...
Proposal on synthetic air pollution pressure indicators
... existing economic indicators. They can be combined with other indicators of human development to draw up indicators of sustainable development, and can help increase interest in environmental variables by reflecting them in a more effective, more global manner. 2. Devising Synthetic Pressure Indicat ...
... existing economic indicators. They can be combined with other indicators of human development to draw up indicators of sustainable development, and can help increase interest in environmental variables by reflecting them in a more effective, more global manner. 2. Devising Synthetic Pressure Indicat ...
Ecological footprint, climate change and cities
... Basic greenhouse gases include carbon dioxide and methane (both are present in the atmosphere naturally, without them the temperature would be cooler by 30 to 40oC than today). Other greenhouse gases are freon 11 and freon 12 (CFC-12) as well as other freons. Carbon dioxide is an important greenhous ...
... Basic greenhouse gases include carbon dioxide and methane (both are present in the atmosphere naturally, without them the temperature would be cooler by 30 to 40oC than today). Other greenhouse gases are freon 11 and freon 12 (CFC-12) as well as other freons. Carbon dioxide is an important greenhous ...
Climate Change: Comparison of S. 2191 as Amendment
... for each ton of actual emissions. By allowing facilities to submit offsets and/or international allowances to satisfy up to 30% of their allowance submission (15% from domestic offsets and 15% from international allowances), the total allowance cap (5,775) would essentially represent 70% of actual e ...
... for each ton of actual emissions. By allowing facilities to submit offsets and/or international allowances to satisfy up to 30% of their allowance submission (15% from domestic offsets and 15% from international allowances), the total allowance cap (5,775) would essentially represent 70% of actual e ...