Antagonism, The Commons and Solidarity
... place. They protested the failure of governments to take meaningful, urgent and coordinated policy approaches to address climate change. They also contested the neoliberal, market logics being promoted in the negotiations as tools for solving the climate crisis. Protesters refused to view climate ch ...
... place. They protested the failure of governments to take meaningful, urgent and coordinated policy approaches to address climate change. They also contested the neoliberal, market logics being promoted in the negotiations as tools for solving the climate crisis. Protesters refused to view climate ch ...
Triple Harvest - California Climate and Agriculture Network (CalCAN)
... impaired agricultural lands or appropriate urban spaces (such as rooftops or parking lots). Instead, these projects will remove from production some of the most fertile farmland in the world. Though solar development pressures are mounting, the state has not done any analysis of the cumulative impac ...
... impaired agricultural lands or appropriate urban spaces (such as rooftops or parking lots). Instead, these projects will remove from production some of the most fertile farmland in the world. Though solar development pressures are mounting, the state has not done any analysis of the cumulative impac ...
Land use planning tools for local adaptation to climate change
... long-term vision and the goals and objectives for the development of a community.7 Preparing such a plan typically begins with expert analyses of local conditions and includes public consultations as well as reviews by local advisory committees and provincial and other authorities. After the plan is ...
... long-term vision and the goals and objectives for the development of a community.7 Preparing such a plan typically begins with expert analyses of local conditions and includes public consultations as well as reviews by local advisory committees and provincial and other authorities. After the plan is ...
Economic Evaluation of Climate Change Impacts on Ground
... vehicle operations, which cause reduction in asset value. On the other hand, because of increased frequency of extreme weather events and greater magnitude of temperature/precipitation change, climate change impacts could also increase maintenance costs of transportation infrastructure and vehicles. ...
... vehicle operations, which cause reduction in asset value. On the other hand, because of increased frequency of extreme weather events and greater magnitude of temperature/precipitation change, climate change impacts could also increase maintenance costs of transportation infrastructure and vehicles. ...
Sustainability of the Great Plains in an Uncertain Climate
... of change is ten times faster than ever experienced in human history! Not surprisingly, the threat has evoked both public and policy-maker notice, especially in climate-sensitive regions such as the Great Plains. Some observers argue that society can cope with anticipated climate change, supporting ...
... of change is ten times faster than ever experienced in human history! Not surprisingly, the threat has evoked both public and policy-maker notice, especially in climate-sensitive regions such as the Great Plains. Some observers argue that society can cope with anticipated climate change, supporting ...
DICE 2013R - Yale Economics
... assessment models (IAMs) of climate-change economics, a detailed description of the DICE model as an example of an IAM, and the results of the latest projections and analysis using the DICE-2013R model. The main focus here is an introduction to the DICE-2013R model (which is an acronym for the Dynam ...
... assessment models (IAMs) of climate-change economics, a detailed description of the DICE model as an example of an IAM, and the results of the latest projections and analysis using the DICE-2013R model. The main focus here is an introduction to the DICE-2013R model (which is an acronym for the Dynam ...
A Low Carbon Route Map - Keep Scotland Beautiful
... landfill. Some household food waste can’t be avoided - for example, vegetable peelings, tea bags and chicken bones, but over half of all food waste is avoidable. The main reasons that food is thrown away are that we cook too much and don’t eat it all; and that we buy too much and don’t use it before ...
... landfill. Some household food waste can’t be avoided - for example, vegetable peelings, tea bags and chicken bones, but over half of all food waste is avoidable. The main reasons that food is thrown away are that we cook too much and don’t eat it all; and that we buy too much and don’t use it before ...
Financial Services and Climate-Resilient Value Chains: The case of
... In 2013, Centenary Bank established its agricultural finance department, which provides financial services to different actors involved in agricultural value chains. In 2015, agricultural finance represented about 12 per cent of the bank’s lending portfolio (Centenary Bank, 2016). In addition, the b ...
... In 2013, Centenary Bank established its agricultural finance department, which provides financial services to different actors involved in agricultural value chains. In 2015, agricultural finance represented about 12 per cent of the bank’s lending portfolio (Centenary Bank, 2016). In addition, the b ...
Module: Introduction
... - to guarantee that this happens in an environmentally sustainable way, limiting the increase of temperature to below 2°C. OUR STRATEGY Consistent with this vision, Eni has established an integrated strategy to actively contribute to the energy transition based on three fundamental pillars: 1. to pr ...
... - to guarantee that this happens in an environmentally sustainable way, limiting the increase of temperature to below 2°C. OUR STRATEGY Consistent with this vision, Eni has established an integrated strategy to actively contribute to the energy transition based on three fundamental pillars: 1. to pr ...
Civil war, climate change and development: A scenario
... years and in the early years following. He finds that during civil wars GDP per capita declines at an annual rate of 2.2 per cent, relative to its counterfactual. This is partly explained by reduced production but is also the result of a gradual loss of the capital stock. Capital-intensive and trans ...
... years and in the early years following. He finds that during civil wars GDP per capita declines at an annual rate of 2.2 per cent, relative to its counterfactual. This is partly explained by reduced production but is also the result of a gradual loss of the capital stock. Capital-intensive and trans ...
Outdoor Recreation and Tourism
... fixed, e.g., current snowmaking technologies within the US generally require conditions below 28ºF wetbulb for operation. In the case of consumers, however, scientific knowledge is more limited. For example, though it has been established that the typical tourist prefers an average daily temperature ...
... fixed, e.g., current snowmaking technologies within the US generally require conditions below 28ºF wetbulb for operation. In the case of consumers, however, scientific knowledge is more limited. For example, though it has been established that the typical tourist prefers an average daily temperature ...
S2009001_en.pdf
... irreversible. The challenge of simultaneously adapting to new climatic conditions and participating in an international mitigation strategy entails costs of such a magnitude that climate change will heavily condition the nature of economic development in the decades ahead. The socio-economic, instit ...
... irreversible. The challenge of simultaneously adapting to new climatic conditions and participating in an international mitigation strategy entails costs of such a magnitude that climate change will heavily condition the nature of economic development in the decades ahead. The socio-economic, instit ...
A NEPA Climate Paradox: Taking Greenhouse Gases into Account
... 19. See 40 C.F.R. § 1500.2(d) (2008) (“Federal agencies shall to the fullest extent possible . . . facilitate public involvement in decisions which affect the quality of the human environment.”); see also Robertson, 490 U.S. at 349 (finding that NEPA’s EIS requirement serves to guarantee that “the r ...
... 19. See 40 C.F.R. § 1500.2(d) (2008) (“Federal agencies shall to the fullest extent possible . . . facilitate public involvement in decisions which affect the quality of the human environment.”); see also Robertson, 490 U.S. at 349 (finding that NEPA’s EIS requirement serves to guarantee that “the r ...
Climate Conventions and Africa/Ethiopia - EfD
... Fundamentally, there are two choices to deal with the problem of climate change: mitigation and/or adaptation. Mitigation refers to taking steps today to reduce greenhouse gas emissions so as to delay further global temperature increases and other related effects. Adaptation refers to the efforts of ...
... Fundamentally, there are two choices to deal with the problem of climate change: mitigation and/or adaptation. Mitigation refers to taking steps today to reduce greenhouse gas emissions so as to delay further global temperature increases and other related effects. Adaptation refers to the efforts of ...
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... Empirical evaluation of policies to mitigate climate change has been largely confined to the application of discounted utilitarianism (DU). DU means that one stream of consumption is deemed better than another if and only if it generates a higher sum of utilities discounted by a constant per period ...
... Empirical evaluation of policies to mitigate climate change has been largely confined to the application of discounted utilitarianism (DU). DU means that one stream of consumption is deemed better than another if and only if it generates a higher sum of utilities discounted by a constant per period ...
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... anthropogenic (human-caused) changes to the composition of the atmosphere. If we can, all around the world, work together to reduce the concentration of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere, we can slow and even stop climate change. If we fail to do so, the consequences will be increasingly painful – ...
... anthropogenic (human-caused) changes to the composition of the atmosphere. If we can, all around the world, work together to reduce the concentration of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere, we can slow and even stop climate change. If we fail to do so, the consequences will be increasingly painful – ...
Climate Change: Costs and Benefits of S. 2191
... bill provides numerous incentives for technology innovation. The potential for new technology to reduce the costs of S. 2191 is not fully analyzed by any of the cases, nor can it be. Technology development is not sufficiently understood at the current time for models to replicate with confidence. Li ...
... bill provides numerous incentives for technology innovation. The potential for new technology to reduce the costs of S. 2191 is not fully analyzed by any of the cases, nor can it be. Technology development is not sufficiently understood at the current time for models to replicate with confidence. Li ...
Adapting Environmental Law to the impacts of climate change
... flood control. In addition to traditional technical means, i.e. in particular the construction and heightening of dykes, preventive flood-control measures such as keeping flood plains and retention areas free of development or the reclamation of such areas - which allow the flood to disperse and inc ...
... flood control. In addition to traditional technical means, i.e. in particular the construction and heightening of dykes, preventive flood-control measures such as keeping flood plains and retention areas free of development or the reclamation of such areas - which allow the flood to disperse and inc ...
Climate Change and Paleoecology: New Contexts for Restoration
... analyses and prescriptions, such as evaluation and diagnoses of ecological change, determination of baselines and evaluation of change in monitoring, and development of targets for restoration, may have limited applicability. In this chapter, we bring forward new ideas in paleoclimatology and paleoe ...
... analyses and prescriptions, such as evaluation and diagnoses of ecological change, determination of baselines and evaluation of change in monitoring, and development of targets for restoration, may have limited applicability. In this chapter, we bring forward new ideas in paleoclimatology and paleoe ...
FOREWORD Mongolia`s harsh climatic conditions create one of the
... barriers to its economic development, and the anticipated climate change will limit it even further. Therefore, Mongolia has consistently demonstrated its strong support of international initiatives in protection of global climate. Mongolia was one of over 150 countries to sign the United Nations Fr ...
... barriers to its economic development, and the anticipated climate change will limit it even further. Therefore, Mongolia has consistently demonstrated its strong support of international initiatives in protection of global climate. Mongolia was one of over 150 countries to sign the United Nations Fr ...
Co-benefits of addressing climate change can motivate action around the... Authors: , Taciano L. Milfont , Yoshihisa Kashima
... convinced participants, unconvinced participants showed similar or stronger effects for cobenefits related to societal conditions, and similar or weaker effects for character co-benefits. Unconvinced participants seemed particularly motivated by Development co-benefits. For climate change importanc ...
... convinced participants, unconvinced participants showed similar or stronger effects for cobenefits related to societal conditions, and similar or weaker effects for character co-benefits. Unconvinced participants seemed particularly motivated by Development co-benefits. For climate change importanc ...
Alpine strategy for adaptation to climate change in the field of natural
... extreme events and natural hazards is likely to increase in future. However, due to the technical limitations in climate change modelling, the lack of regional / local scenarios and the resulting uncertainties in relation to impact assessment, it is impossible to predict the concrete consequences fo ...
... extreme events and natural hazards is likely to increase in future. However, due to the technical limitations in climate change modelling, the lack of regional / local scenarios and the resulting uncertainties in relation to impact assessment, it is impossible to predict the concrete consequences fo ...
Financing climate change - Department of Environmental Affairs
... resilient region. Regional climate programmes would enable SADC countries to co-invest in scalable and replicable climate response strategies that: i) reduce the vulnerability of the region to climate change; ii) create regional production capacity and demand for sustainable technologies; iii) build ...
... resilient region. Regional climate programmes would enable SADC countries to co-invest in scalable and replicable climate response strategies that: i) reduce the vulnerability of the region to climate change; ii) create regional production capacity and demand for sustainable technologies; iii) build ...
Feeling the Heat - Development and Peace
... effective action to reduce emissions. It is therefore vital that the most vulnerable people and communities around the world are supported so that they can adapt to these inevitable impacts. The scale and complexity of climate change can sometimes make the task of adaptation appear extremely difficu ...
... effective action to reduce emissions. It is therefore vital that the most vulnerable people and communities around the world are supported so that they can adapt to these inevitable impacts. The scale and complexity of climate change can sometimes make the task of adaptation appear extremely difficu ...