IN THE HIGH COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA GAUTENG DIVISION
... information is missing the environmental impact assessment report must be rejected under regulation 34(2)(b) and environmental authorisation should be refused. 16. The DEA (the first, second and third respondents) argued that Earthlife’s interpretation of the governing legislation is unsustainable. ...
... information is missing the environmental impact assessment report must be rejected under regulation 34(2)(b) and environmental authorisation should be refused. 16. The DEA (the first, second and third respondents) argued that Earthlife’s interpretation of the governing legislation is unsustainable. ...
NAP-GSP Support to Developing Countries
... The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) organized a multi-stakeholder meeting identify entry points for the GoL to institutionalize Liberia’s National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process, and stocktaking of Liberia’s activities relevant to the NAP process. The government now applying for GCF support for ...
... The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) organized a multi-stakeholder meeting identify entry points for the GoL to institutionalize Liberia’s National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process, and stocktaking of Liberia’s activities relevant to the NAP process. The government now applying for GCF support for ...
planned relocations, disasters and climate change
... requires people to step outside their comfort zones and to think in different ways. There is also an undercurrent of resistance to considering issues of planned relocations now out of a concern that doing so would take pressure off national and international actors to implement mitigation measures w ...
... requires people to step outside their comfort zones and to think in different ways. There is also an undercurrent of resistance to considering issues of planned relocations now out of a concern that doing so would take pressure off national and international actors to implement mitigation measures w ...
International Workshop on Mainstreaming Adaptation to Climate
... rather to manage than to overcome uncertainty. That means “…that when communicating climate change information one has to be honest about this uncertainty.” This also very much relates to intensive discussion on quality assurance (=> see below). ...
... rather to manage than to overcome uncertainty. That means “…that when communicating climate change information one has to be honest about this uncertainty.” This also very much relates to intensive discussion on quality assurance (=> see below). ...
“There is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming
... Whilst there is some uncertainty surrounding climate change and the associated risks, this is being reduced as better information becomes available. The risk of not acting in good time is ever present. Failing to plan for the future could potentially increase risk and incur higher costs and more dis ...
... Whilst there is some uncertainty surrounding climate change and the associated risks, this is being reduced as better information becomes available. The risk of not acting in good time is ever present. Failing to plan for the future could potentially increase risk and incur higher costs and more dis ...
Adaptation Planning – What U.S. States and Localities are Doing
... States can expect temperature increases of between 5.4ºF and 12.6ºF by the year 2100.1 This warming will have significant consequences, causing a rise in sea-level and the gradual inundation of coastal areas as well as an increase in both beach erosion and flooding from coastal storms, changes in pr ...
... States can expect temperature increases of between 5.4ºF and 12.6ºF by the year 2100.1 This warming will have significant consequences, causing a rise in sea-level and the gradual inundation of coastal areas as well as an increase in both beach erosion and flooding from coastal storms, changes in pr ...
Adaptation Planning In New York City
... 100 miles north of New York City (NYC DEP, 2008) would be of interest to managers of only a small but important subset of infrastructure—reservoirs and water tunnels. Such a fine-scale assessment would benefit from more ...
... 100 miles north of New York City (NYC DEP, 2008) would be of interest to managers of only a small but important subset of infrastructure—reservoirs and water tunnels. Such a fine-scale assessment would benefit from more ...
Roles of religion and ethics in addressing climate
... p. 398) observes more directly: …we cannot get very far in discussing why climate change is a problem without invoking ethical considerations. If we do not think that our own actions are open to moral assessment, or that various interests (our own, those of our kin and country, those of distant peop ...
... p. 398) observes more directly: …we cannot get very far in discussing why climate change is a problem without invoking ethical considerations. If we do not think that our own actions are open to moral assessment, or that various interests (our own, those of our kin and country, those of distant peop ...
Climate change - Time to act
... with vigour. We have the know-how and the technologies. The global energy transition from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy must succeed. It is equally clear that the global climate goals can only be achieved if there is a global transition as regards transport, with new approaches to mobi ...
... with vigour. We have the know-how and the technologies. The global energy transition from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy must succeed. It is equally clear that the global climate goals can only be achieved if there is a global transition as regards transport, with new approaches to mobi ...
Overall scientific concept with short-term and long
... different societal units which need to be the objects of the inquiry. Interdisciplinary dialogue and understanding is indispensable for analyzing the meaning and significance of the implications of climate change and the development of strategies to cope with them. Interdisciplinary research is a tr ...
... different societal units which need to be the objects of the inquiry. Interdisciplinary dialogue and understanding is indispensable for analyzing the meaning and significance of the implications of climate change and the development of strategies to cope with them. Interdisciplinary research is a tr ...
The dynamics of vulnerability: why adapting to climate variability climate change
... assumptions about the kinds of information climate science can provide. Wilby and Dessai suggest that focusing on existing climate variability offers a more practical and reliable way to reduce vulnerability to climate.15 As Dovers states, implementing well-developed proposals to manage climate vari ...
... assumptions about the kinds of information climate science can provide. Wilby and Dessai suggest that focusing on existing climate variability offers a more practical and reliable way to reduce vulnerability to climate.15 As Dovers states, implementing well-developed proposals to manage climate vari ...
Turning points in climate change adaptation
... generates a meaningful dialogue between stakeholders and scientists. Discussion revolves around the amount of change that is acceptable; how likely it is that unacceptable, or more favorable, conditions will be reached; and the adaptation pathways that need to be considered under these circumstances ...
... generates a meaningful dialogue between stakeholders and scientists. Discussion revolves around the amount of change that is acceptable; how likely it is that unacceptable, or more favorable, conditions will be reached; and the adaptation pathways that need to be considered under these circumstances ...
General Knowledge About Climate Change, Factors Influencing
... the research team of KIT was based on an internet questionnaire and a sample of 510 respondents from all regions and socio-economic groups in Germany. The other survey (by researchers of ZEW) was conducted with 157 respondents which were personally present at the premises of the research institute i ...
... the research team of KIT was based on an internet questionnaire and a sample of 510 respondents from all regions and socio-economic groups in Germany. The other survey (by researchers of ZEW) was conducted with 157 respondents which were personally present at the premises of the research institute i ...
Interacting with the EPA Environmental Protection Agency
... • Visit www.epa.ie/environment/what/air to see what you can do to save energy and money and travel smartly • View the EPA climate change lecture series where international experts discussed key aspects of climate change, including the basic science, predictions, impacts and options for actions to de ...
... • Visit www.epa.ie/environment/what/air to see what you can do to save energy and money and travel smartly • View the EPA climate change lecture series where international experts discussed key aspects of climate change, including the basic science, predictions, impacts and options for actions to de ...
Climate change and European forests: What do we
... Several limitations apply when using climate models to understand the likely effects on forest ecosystems. First, general circulation models (GCMs) project future climate for very large pixels, which are far too big to make a meaningful statement about the local climate relevant to single forest sta ...
... Several limitations apply when using climate models to understand the likely effects on forest ecosystems. First, general circulation models (GCMs) project future climate for very large pixels, which are far too big to make a meaningful statement about the local climate relevant to single forest sta ...
Motivated Recall in the Service of the Economic System
... surveys and the Bureau of Labor Statistics points to the 2008 global recession as partially responsible for the decline in climate change belief (Scruggs & Benegal, 2012). The economic context seemed to be an even stronger predictor of change in climate skepticism than other salient explanatory vari ...
... surveys and the Bureau of Labor Statistics points to the 2008 global recession as partially responsible for the decline in climate change belief (Scruggs & Benegal, 2012). The economic context seemed to be an even stronger predictor of change in climate skepticism than other salient explanatory vari ...
Policy indexes – what do they tell us and what are their applications? The case of climate policy and business planning in emerging markets: Working Paper 88 (678 kB) (opens in new window)
... More information about the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy can be found at: http://www.cccep.ac.uk. The Munich Re Programme is evaluating the economics of climate risks and opportunities in the insurance sector. It is a comprehensive research programme that focuses on the assessment o ...
... More information about the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy can be found at: http://www.cccep.ac.uk. The Munich Re Programme is evaluating the economics of climate risks and opportunities in the insurance sector. It is a comprehensive research programme that focuses on the assessment o ...
EXAMINING THE UNINTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE
... floods “are now more frequent and more intense.” But the underlying science from the IPCC itself shows these claims are untrue. Yet the Administration keeps repeating them. The President and others often claim that 97 percent of scientists believe that global warming is primarily driven by human act ...
... floods “are now more frequent and more intense.” But the underlying science from the IPCC itself shows these claims are untrue. Yet the Administration keeps repeating them. The President and others often claim that 97 percent of scientists believe that global warming is primarily driven by human act ...
the state of climate change adaptation in Canada`s protected areas
... Indeed, as fixed assets established to conserve samples of ecosystems and species, protected areas worldwide are vulnerable to the shifting ecological matrix induced by climate change. It is conceivable that the synergistic effects of climate change and other incompatible land-use practices could r ...
... Indeed, as fixed assets established to conserve samples of ecosystems and species, protected areas worldwide are vulnerable to the shifting ecological matrix induced by climate change. It is conceivable that the synergistic effects of climate change and other incompatible land-use practices could r ...
Addressing Climate Change through a Risk Management Lens
... paradigm, however, the climate change research and assessment community had heretofore been slow to catch on. This paper presents a first attempt to deconstruct the application of a risk‐based paradigm to climate change by considering the critical phrases that are highlighted above, offering insi ...
... paradigm, however, the climate change research and assessment community had heretofore been slow to catch on. This paper presents a first attempt to deconstruct the application of a risk‐based paradigm to climate change by considering the critical phrases that are highlighted above, offering insi ...
Adaptation investments
... harm due as a result of climate change (Füssel 2007). The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in its third Assessment Report (McCarthy et al. 2001) defines vulnerability as: The degree to which a system is susceptible to, or unable to cope with, adverse effects of climate, including climatic v ...
... harm due as a result of climate change (Füssel 2007). The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in its third Assessment Report (McCarthy et al. 2001) defines vulnerability as: The degree to which a system is susceptible to, or unable to cope with, adverse effects of climate, including climatic v ...
Rose and Rayborn, "The effects of ocean heat uptake on transient
... Figure 2 illustrates several long-running themes in the literature. The two models disagree quantitatively on forcing, feedback, and climate sensitivity; however, both exhibit increasing sensitivity with time. As indicated by the concave curvature of the scatterplots, the slope λ decreases as the mo ...
... Figure 2 illustrates several long-running themes in the literature. The two models disagree quantitatively on forcing, feedback, and climate sensitivity; however, both exhibit increasing sensitivity with time. As indicated by the concave curvature of the scatterplots, the slope λ decreases as the mo ...
Working Paper Series: The Global Energy Market: Comprehensive Strategies to Meet
... In sum, addressing global climate change is, in large part, a political problem. At the supranational level, it will require the cooperation of major GHG emitters, a group of economies as varied as the United States, the European Union (E.U.), Russia, and China. At the national level, it will demand ...
... In sum, addressing global climate change is, in large part, a political problem. At the supranational level, it will require the cooperation of major GHG emitters, a group of economies as varied as the United States, the European Union (E.U.), Russia, and China. At the national level, it will demand ...
Barriers to Municipal Climate Adaptation: Examples From Coastal
... 14 coastal cities and towns in Massachusetts; our findings are thus limited to planners’ perceptions of efforts and barriers in one region of the United States. These communities are very early in the uptake of climate adaptation policies and use a range of approaches when they do begin adaptation, ...
... 14 coastal cities and towns in Massachusetts; our findings are thus limited to planners’ perceptions of efforts and barriers in one region of the United States. These communities are very early in the uptake of climate adaptation policies and use a range of approaches when they do begin adaptation, ...