A Review of the Stern Review on the Economics
... “Creating a transparent and comparable carbon price signal around the world is an urgent challenge for international collective action” (p. 530). In plain English, it is critical to have a harmonized carbon tax or the equivalent both to provide incentives to individual firms and households and to st ...
... “Creating a transparent and comparable carbon price signal around the world is an urgent challenge for international collective action” (p. 530). In plain English, it is critical to have a harmonized carbon tax or the equivalent both to provide incentives to individual firms and households and to st ...
Robustness of pattern scaled climate change scenarios for adaptation decision support
... The extent to which these limitations impose any constraint on the use of pattern scaling to estimate changes in climatic risks for decision support is discussed in section 3. Meanwhile, in the remaining of this section the plausibility of three basic assumptions that should be satisfied for the patt ...
... The extent to which these limitations impose any constraint on the use of pattern scaling to estimate changes in climatic risks for decision support is discussed in section 3. Meanwhile, in the remaining of this section the plausibility of three basic assumptions that should be satisfied for the patt ...
US Climate Engagement - Skoll Global Threats Fund
... Q4. What should the climate engagement community do to build political will for climate action? 10 Q5. What do polls and surveys say about what Americans believe about climate change? 14 Q6. What does the social science literature say about what drives public opinion on climate change? 16 Q7 ...
... Q4. What should the climate engagement community do to build political will for climate action? 10 Q5. What do polls and surveys say about what Americans believe about climate change? 14 Q6. What does the social science literature say about what drives public opinion on climate change? 16 Q7 ...
White Paper on the Ethical Dimensions of Climate Change
... various climate change policy proposals; • An equitable approach to climate change policy is necessary to overcome barriers currently blocking progress in international negotiations; • An ethically based global consensus on climate change may prevent further disparities between rich and poor, and ...
... various climate change policy proposals; • An equitable approach to climate change policy is necessary to overcome barriers currently blocking progress in international negotiations; • An ethically based global consensus on climate change may prevent further disparities between rich and poor, and ...
First National Communication to UNFCCC
... One of emerging environmental problems is global climate change due to increased concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere that intensify greenhouse effect and lead to the rise of global temperature. As a result, polar and mountain glaciers retreat, sea level raise, precipitation pattern ...
... One of emerging environmental problems is global climate change due to increased concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere that intensify greenhouse effect and lead to the rise of global temperature. As a result, polar and mountain glaciers retreat, sea level raise, precipitation pattern ...
The Greatest Challenges of Our Time
... has basically changed society and business and industry. One can speak of a revolution in health care and in communication and the spread of information. Unfortunately, the same applies to weapons technology. Today, man can destroy human life on a scale that has never before been imagined. During th ...
... has basically changed society and business and industry. One can speak of a revolution in health care and in communication and the spread of information. Unfortunately, the same applies to weapons technology. Today, man can destroy human life on a scale that has never before been imagined. During th ...
Strategy Guide on Climate Change: Implications and Strategies for the Community Sector
... report Towards Climate Justice: A Strategy Guide for the Community Sector in Responding to Climate Change, which was prepared for the Environmental Protection Agency. Initiatives such as this will help to bring home the reality of climate justice to the public and will encourage debate about the bes ...
... report Towards Climate Justice: A Strategy Guide for the Community Sector in Responding to Climate Change, which was prepared for the Environmental Protection Agency. Initiatives such as this will help to bring home the reality of climate justice to the public and will encourage debate about the bes ...
Policy Briefings SUMERNET Research Projects Phase 2 (2010–2013) Sustainable Mekong Research Network
... of poor households have tended to be subsistence based with illegal logging of timber and wood, and forest slash and burn/encroachment for agricultural cultivation the dominant practice, and the leading cause of the deforestation that is occurring widely in Vietnam. Forests play a critical role in s ...
... of poor households have tended to be subsistence based with illegal logging of timber and wood, and forest slash and burn/encroachment for agricultural cultivation the dominant practice, and the leading cause of the deforestation that is occurring widely in Vietnam. Forests play a critical role in s ...
adaptation planning developing resilience to climate change in the
... for transport will be part of a larger system that monitors progress at local authority level, as well as national level. The Monitoring Mechanism Regulation is the mechanism for reporting to the European Commission (EC) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. In the long term ...
... for transport will be part of a larger system that monitors progress at local authority level, as well as national level. The Monitoring Mechanism Regulation is the mechanism for reporting to the European Commission (EC) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. In the long term ...
21st century runoff sensitivities of major global river basins
... Received 31 December 2011; revised 22 February 2012; accepted 24 February 2012; published 21 March 2012. ...
... Received 31 December 2011; revised 22 February 2012; accepted 24 February 2012; published 21 March 2012. ...
Barriers to Municipal Climate Adaptation: Examples From Coastal
... tolerance in paving materials with the awareness of increased heat projections under climate change or changing building codes to accommodate more flooding based on climate projections. Using the mainstreaming approach, planners still make specific reference to climate change as a motivating factor ...
... tolerance in paving materials with the awareness of increased heat projections under climate change or changing building codes to accommodate more flooding based on climate projections. Using the mainstreaming approach, planners still make specific reference to climate change as a motivating factor ...
COMMENTS OF CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY EDMUND G. BROWN
... its regulatory actions, first focusing on the largest emitters and those areas that will produce the greatest benefit, and crafting responses to avoid burdening smaller sources. While EPA cannot unreasonably delay exercising its GHG authority, EPA need not address all issues under the Act at once. A ...
... its regulatory actions, first focusing on the largest emitters and those areas that will produce the greatest benefit, and crafting responses to avoid burdening smaller sources. While EPA cannot unreasonably delay exercising its GHG authority, EPA need not address all issues under the Act at once. A ...
The physical concept of climate forcing
... conceived the theoretical concept of climate forcing in the late 1960s (Charney Report, 1979). This overview describes the development and basics of the physical framework, as radiative energy imbalance in the atmosphere, inflicted by a perturbation in the climate system. Such disturbances and force ...
... conceived the theoretical concept of climate forcing in the late 1960s (Charney Report, 1979). This overview describes the development and basics of the physical framework, as radiative energy imbalance in the atmosphere, inflicted by a perturbation in the climate system. Such disturbances and force ...
Deepa Badrinarayana - Three Degrees Warmer
... proportionately higher economic wealth.3 Most of these analyses emphasize international legal and policy responses that would maintain the economic status quo of core countries while simultaneously reducing carbon emissions. Indeed, the thrust of international climate change negotiations has been on ...
... proportionately higher economic wealth.3 Most of these analyses emphasize international legal and policy responses that would maintain the economic status quo of core countries while simultaneously reducing carbon emissions. Indeed, the thrust of international climate change negotiations has been on ...
ELPIS-JP: a dataset of local-scale daily climate change scenarios for
... which adds a difference (or multiplies a ratio) between the future and current climate projections to observed data [20,21], or a bias-correction method [22,23]. A regression method is used for research purposes rather than for scenario generation [24]. However, these scenarios have a limited number ...
... which adds a difference (or multiplies a ratio) between the future and current climate projections to observed data [20,21], or a bias-correction method [22,23]. A regression method is used for research purposes rather than for scenario generation [24]. However, these scenarios have a limited number ...
Combating Climate Change - The German Adaptation Strategy
... greenhouse increase, the cost of adaptation measures will also increase. Conversely, it is also true that keeping down the amount of harmful greenhouse gases that escape into the atmosphere helps to keep down the cost of adaptation. To this extent there is an inextricable connection between climate ...
... greenhouse increase, the cost of adaptation measures will also increase. Conversely, it is also true that keeping down the amount of harmful greenhouse gases that escape into the atmosphere helps to keep down the cost of adaptation. To this extent there is an inextricable connection between climate ...
The Perils of Modelling How Migration Responds to Climate Change
... policy, and improving relative climate conditions in other parts of the country are all factors that could impact how climate change affects migration and the costs incurred by households and businesses; yet these factors are absent in our current migration models. Likewise, an understanding of how ...
... policy, and improving relative climate conditions in other parts of the country are all factors that could impact how climate change affects migration and the costs incurred by households and businesses; yet these factors are absent in our current migration models. Likewise, an understanding of how ...
Impact of Climate Change on Wetland Functions
... discharge and water quality, and such discharge and water quality are influenced by climate change, causing changes in the environment of wetland habitats. Like the above, many researchers have been carrying out studies about the influence of climate change on wetland. Accordingly, in this study, it ...
... discharge and water quality, and such discharge and water quality are influenced by climate change, causing changes in the environment of wetland habitats. Like the above, many researchers have been carrying out studies about the influence of climate change on wetland. Accordingly, in this study, it ...
Adaptation Research Program - Department of Agriculture and
... Overview The Climate Change Research Program (CCRP), which ended on 30 June 2012, funded research projects and on-farm demonstrations to help prepare Australia’s primary industries for climate change. Research focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, improving soil management and climate change ...
... Overview The Climate Change Research Program (CCRP), which ended on 30 June 2012, funded research projects and on-farm demonstrations to help prepare Australia’s primary industries for climate change. Research focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, improving soil management and climate change ...
AFGHANISTAN: CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE PERSPECTIVES
... high certainty, to strong warming. Climate change projections for Afghanistan also show a temperature increase of around 1.4°C until 2050 and stabilization at the end of the century at around 2.6°C. Under a “pessimistic,” business-as-usual scenario with unchecked emissions, temperature rise is proje ...
... high certainty, to strong warming. Climate change projections for Afghanistan also show a temperature increase of around 1.4°C until 2050 and stabilization at the end of the century at around 2.6°C. Under a “pessimistic,” business-as-usual scenario with unchecked emissions, temperature rise is proje ...
Geotourism and Climate Change Paradoxes and Promises
... probability that Arctic sea ice will ever recover… The entire Arctic system is evolving to a new super interglacial stage seasonally ice free, and this will have profound consequences for all the elements of the Arctic cryosphere, marine and terrestrial ecosystems and human activities”. The loss of ...
... probability that Arctic sea ice will ever recover… The entire Arctic system is evolving to a new super interglacial stage seasonally ice free, and this will have profound consequences for all the elements of the Arctic cryosphere, marine and terrestrial ecosystems and human activities”. The loss of ...
EIB Sustainable Development and Environment Documents
... Introduction from the President Sustainable development is high on the European Union agenda and environmental issues in particular are of major public concern. This is reflected in the importance that the European Investment Bank - the Union’s long-term lending institution - attaches to these issue ...
... Introduction from the President Sustainable development is high on the European Union agenda and environmental issues in particular are of major public concern. This is reflected in the importance that the European Investment Bank - the Union’s long-term lending institution - attaches to these issue ...
Philosophy of Climate Science Part II: Modelling
... are often referred to as external forcings or external conditions. Different models regard different physical quantities as boundary conditions. For instance, in some models, the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide is set to follow a predetermined pathway (and is hence treated as an external ...
... are often referred to as external forcings or external conditions. Different models regard different physical quantities as boundary conditions. For instance, in some models, the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide is set to follow a predetermined pathway (and is hence treated as an external ...
African Americans and Climate Change: An
... an important contribution to the energy and climate policy dialogue. Equity is a critical, and often neglected, concern for energy policy debate. We clearly document that African Americans are less responsible for, and disproportionately burdened by, the health and economic effects of climate change ...
... an important contribution to the energy and climate policy dialogue. Equity is a critical, and often neglected, concern for energy policy debate. We clearly document that African Americans are less responsible for, and disproportionately burdened by, the health and economic effects of climate change ...