Climate finance briefing: the global climate finance architecture
... the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol. In the past years, it has had to rely increasingly on developed country grant contributions. Operational since 2009, the total capitalisation (which includes developed countries’ commitments) is USD 569 million and has financed a total of 54 pro ...
... the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol. In the past years, it has had to rely increasingly on developed country grant contributions. Operational since 2009, the total capitalisation (which includes developed countries’ commitments) is USD 569 million and has financed a total of 54 pro ...
the Measurement Problem Advances Pol. Psych. (forthcoming) PRELIMINARY DRAFT
... general education has been understood to have the aim of imparting the capacity to recognize and use pertinent scientific information in ordinary decisionmaking—personal, professional, and civic (Baron 1993). Someone who attains this form of “ordinary science intelligence” will no doubt have acquire ...
... general education has been understood to have the aim of imparting the capacity to recognize and use pertinent scientific information in ordinary decisionmaking—personal, professional, and civic (Baron 1993). Someone who attains this form of “ordinary science intelligence” will no doubt have acquire ...
nicpp final report
... Medicine, which attracted more than 19,000 signatures from scientists, mainly in the U.S. [The statement is still attracting signatures, and can be viewed at www.oism.org.] The Third Assessment Report of the IPCC [IPCC-TAR 2001] was noteworthy for its use of spurious scientific papers to back up its ...
... Medicine, which attracted more than 19,000 signatures from scientists, mainly in the U.S. [The statement is still attracting signatures, and can be viewed at www.oism.org.] The Third Assessment Report of the IPCC [IPCC-TAR 2001] was noteworthy for its use of spurious scientific papers to back up its ...
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... obvious challenge along the way is to minimise complexity so that the model setup under complex uncertainty is still tractable.5 The model assumes that a forward looking social planner strives to find the optimal timing of a climate policy by maximizing the flow of consumption over time.6 She faces ...
... obvious challenge along the way is to minimise complexity so that the model setup under complex uncertainty is still tractable.5 The model assumes that a forward looking social planner strives to find the optimal timing of a climate policy by maximizing the flow of consumption over time.6 She faces ...
A guide on climate change for private equity investors
... This guide updates IIGCC’s 2010 A Guide on Climate Change for Private Equity Investors, addressed to institutional investors who are limited partners (LPs) in private equity funds and private equity fund managers, general partners (GPs), who are managing these funds. It aims to assist private equity ...
... This guide updates IIGCC’s 2010 A Guide on Climate Change for Private Equity Investors, addressed to institutional investors who are limited partners (LPs) in private equity funds and private equity fund managers, general partners (GPs), who are managing these funds. It aims to assist private equity ...
Multi-hazard assessment in Europe under climate change
... uncertainty) and S values the percentage of area subject to significant changes (5 % level). The frequency analysis is complemented with the corresponding variations in Expected Annual Fraction Exposed (EAFE) shown in Fig. 2 both in terms of its magnitude and relative change with respect to the base ...
... uncertainty) and S values the percentage of area subject to significant changes (5 % level). The frequency analysis is complemented with the corresponding variations in Expected Annual Fraction Exposed (EAFE) shown in Fig. 2 both in terms of its magnitude and relative change with respect to the base ...
Scientific aspects - Wageningen UR E
... The innovation in WP2 is in the technical and methodological aspects. We will use the latest available climate model output (from EU Ensembles, CMIP5 and other EU projects) to assess uncertainties. New model results will have higher resolution and will be derived from new experimental set-ups, such ...
... The innovation in WP2 is in the technical and methodological aspects. We will use the latest available climate model output (from EU Ensembles, CMIP5 and other EU projects) to assess uncertainties. New model results will have higher resolution and will be derived from new experimental set-ups, such ...
No consensus on consensus
... ask, what is the consensus of experts on this matter? If there is no consensus of experts—as was the case among earth scientists about moving continents before the late 1960s—then we have a case for more research. If there is a consensus of experts—as there is today over the reality of anthropogenic ...
... ask, what is the consensus of experts on this matter? If there is no consensus of experts—as was the case among earth scientists about moving continents before the late 1960s—then we have a case for more research. If there is a consensus of experts—as there is today over the reality of anthropogenic ...
The Challenge of Climate Change Adaptation:
... toward adaptation planning. This section first examines the need for adaptation globally, and then focuses on the situations in the United States, the United Kingdom, and China. Although this section sets the stage for the recommendations in Part III, it should also be useful because up-to-date cros ...
... toward adaptation planning. This section first examines the need for adaptation globally, and then focuses on the situations in the United States, the United Kingdom, and China. Although this section sets the stage for the recommendations in Part III, it should also be useful because up-to-date cros ...
Climate-Science Communication and the Measurement Problem
... her reasoning powers to apprehend what is known to science from two parallel perspectives simultaneously: a collective-knowledge-acquisition one, and a cultural-identity-protective one. Misapprehension of how these two forms of engaging information interact—variously reinforcing one another and canc ...
... her reasoning powers to apprehend what is known to science from two parallel perspectives simultaneously: a collective-knowledge-acquisition one, and a cultural-identity-protective one. Misapprehension of how these two forms of engaging information interact—variously reinforcing one another and canc ...
Climate Security and Justice for Small Island Developing States
... UN entities, which also serve as Global Environment Facility (GEF) implementing agencies, and by multilateral financial institutions and bilateral development assistance agencies. The amounts available from sources such as the GEF, the Green Climate Fund, and the Adaptation Fund would not be enough t ...
... UN entities, which also serve as Global Environment Facility (GEF) implementing agencies, and by multilateral financial institutions and bilateral development assistance agencies. The amounts available from sources such as the GEF, the Green Climate Fund, and the Adaptation Fund would not be enough t ...
Climate change beliefs and perceptions of weather
... Public perception research in different countries has suggested that real and perceived periods of high temperature strengthen people’s climate change beliefs. Such findings raise questions about the climate change beliefs of people in regions with moderate climates. Relatively little is known about ...
... Public perception research in different countries has suggested that real and perceived periods of high temperature strengthen people’s climate change beliefs. Such findings raise questions about the climate change beliefs of people in regions with moderate climates. Relatively little is known about ...
Cutting the Knot
... inevitability of severe harms, particularly to people in developing countries and to sensitive ecosystems, harms that will become extreme long before temperatures rise to a level that threatens global climate catastrophe.2 Indeed, with recent droughts, heat waves and storms consistent with the antic ...
... inevitability of severe harms, particularly to people in developing countries and to sensitive ecosystems, harms that will become extreme long before temperatures rise to a level that threatens global climate catastrophe.2 Indeed, with recent droughts, heat waves and storms consistent with the antic ...
Climate Change Negative - St. Louis Urban Debate League
... reduction will be just 0.086 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100. Even if these promises were extended for 70 more years, then all the promises would reduce temperature rises by 0.3 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100. This is similar to a finding by scientists at MIT. It’s feeble. Yet, we will hear claims this week ...
... reduction will be just 0.086 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100. Even if these promises were extended for 70 more years, then all the promises would reduce temperature rises by 0.3 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100. This is similar to a finding by scientists at MIT. It’s feeble. Yet, we will hear claims this week ...
Effects of Global Warming Lesson Plan
... in the high-altitude cloud forests of Costa Rica and suddenly went extinct. Its disappearance may be due in part to warming, which made its habitat unlivable. The toad may be the first animal whose extinction scientists will link to global warming, but it certainly won't be the last. Last year, the ...
... in the high-altitude cloud forests of Costa Rica and suddenly went extinct. Its disappearance may be due in part to warming, which made its habitat unlivable. The toad may be the first animal whose extinction scientists will link to global warming, but it certainly won't be the last. Last year, the ...
Cutting the Knot
... inevitability of severe harms, particularly to people in developing countries and to sensitive ecosystems, harms that will become extreme long before temperatures rise to a level that threatens global climate catastrophe.2 Indeed, with recent droughts, heat waves and storms consistent with the antic ...
... inevitability of severe harms, particularly to people in developing countries and to sensitive ecosystems, harms that will become extreme long before temperatures rise to a level that threatens global climate catastrophe.2 Indeed, with recent droughts, heat waves and storms consistent with the antic ...
Climate Change and the Emergence of New Organizational
... There is general agreement across the world that human-made climate change is a serious global problem, although there are still some skeptics that challenge this view. Research in organization studies on the topic is relatively new. Much of this research, however, is instrumental and managerialist ...
... There is general agreement across the world that human-made climate change is a serious global problem, although there are still some skeptics that challenge this view. Research in organization studies on the topic is relatively new. Much of this research, however, is instrumental and managerialist ...
climate change adaptation in nigeria
... Copenhagen Summit shortly before its commencement may constitute another partition in the global concerted effort at meeting the climate change problem. In the concluding remarks of Simbine et al. (2008), special efforts to build internal capacity to integrate climate risk management into the policy ...
... Copenhagen Summit shortly before its commencement may constitute another partition in the global concerted effort at meeting the climate change problem. In the concluding remarks of Simbine et al. (2008), special efforts to build internal capacity to integrate climate risk management into the policy ...
The conquering of climate
... Climate also yields tangible, material, yet unpredictable, benefits for all human cultures. The unpredictability of these benefits is a powerful driver of human innovation, since new technologies, practises and systems are created to build social resilience in the face of a capricious climate (Haber ...
... Climate also yields tangible, material, yet unpredictable, benefits for all human cultures. The unpredictability of these benefits is a powerful driver of human innovation, since new technologies, practises and systems are created to build social resilience in the face of a capricious climate (Haber ...
Climate change: the ultimate `tragedy of the commons`? Jouni
... A myriad of voluntary climate change initiatives indeed already exist. For example, the Cities for Climate Protection (CCP) programme and the Sustainable Cement Initiative (SCI) represent substantial greenhouse gas emissions, comparable to those of major emitting states as will be discussed later in ...
... A myriad of voluntary climate change initiatives indeed already exist. For example, the Cities for Climate Protection (CCP) programme and the Sustainable Cement Initiative (SCI) represent substantial greenhouse gas emissions, comparable to those of major emitting states as will be discussed later in ...