Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation
... emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) in a post-2012 climate regime a policy priority in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) process. To achieve this, sufficient fact-based analysis of options on how to effectively reduce emissions from deforestati ...
... emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) in a post-2012 climate regime a policy priority in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) process. To achieve this, sufficient fact-based analysis of options on how to effectively reduce emissions from deforestati ...
Global Environment Facility 4th Assembly Punta del Este, Uruguay
... Climate Change and Climate Finance were discussed at the highest political level. The outcome is reflected in the Copenhagen Accord that contains important provisions on scaled-up finance, both in the short and in the long term. We are confident that, with the collective commitment by developed coun ...
... Climate Change and Climate Finance were discussed at the highest political level. The outcome is reflected in the Copenhagen Accord that contains important provisions on scaled-up finance, both in the short and in the long term. We are confident that, with the collective commitment by developed coun ...
investment and financial flows to address climate change
... development pathways will lock the world into scenarios of emissions, implying more adverse climate change impacts, thereby leading to higher costs for adaptation. Underpinning this urgent need to modify development and emission pathways is the role of technology and additional financing and investm ...
... development pathways will lock the world into scenarios of emissions, implying more adverse climate change impacts, thereby leading to higher costs for adaptation. Underpinning this urgent need to modify development and emission pathways is the role of technology and additional financing and investm ...
investment and financial flows to address climate change
... development pathways will lock the world into scenarios of emissions, implying more adverse climate change impacts, thereby leading to higher costs for adaptation. Underpinning this urgent need to modify development and emission pathways is the role of technology and additional financing and investm ...
... development pathways will lock the world into scenarios of emissions, implying more adverse climate change impacts, thereby leading to higher costs for adaptation. Underpinning this urgent need to modify development and emission pathways is the role of technology and additional financing and investm ...
FINAL Amazon Scorecard
... (Electronics/Computer) with 70. Twelve companies scored a total of 2 points or lower, with four of those companies falling within the six-company Food Services sector and three of them falling within the seven-company Apparel/Accessories sector. Six out of 12 companies in the Electronics/Computer s ...
... (Electronics/Computer) with 70. Twelve companies scored a total of 2 points or lower, with four of those companies falling within the six-company Food Services sector and three of them falling within the seven-company Apparel/Accessories sector. Six out of 12 companies in the Electronics/Computer s ...
Design and implementation of a coastal eco
... waste from fishing vessels, ships, tourist facilities and yachts (Ramlogan 2014). A fragmented institutional framework, poor public awareness and stakeholder participation in watershed and coastal zone management make the problem worse. This is, of course, directly attributable to limited resources ...
... waste from fishing vessels, ships, tourist facilities and yachts (Ramlogan 2014). A fragmented institutional framework, poor public awareness and stakeholder participation in watershed and coastal zone management make the problem worse. This is, of course, directly attributable to limited resources ...
THE GARNAUT CLIMATE CHANGE REvIEW
... submissions. Interested stakeholders were encouraged to respond to a series of five issues papers, the discussion paper on the emissions trading scheme and the interim report, all of which stimulated considerable public discussion and debate on climate change mitigation and adaptation in Australia. ...
... submissions. Interested stakeholders were encouraged to respond to a series of five issues papers, the discussion paper on the emissions trading scheme and the interim report, all of which stimulated considerable public discussion and debate on climate change mitigation and adaptation in Australia. ...
Review of Current and Planned Adaptation Action: Central America
... In response to a growing awareness of the potentially adverse effects of climate change and the particular vulnerability of developing countries to this process, a significant increase in adaptation action has been witnessed in recent years in Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin America and the Caribbean ...
... In response to a growing awareness of the potentially adverse effects of climate change and the particular vulnerability of developing countries to this process, a significant increase in adaptation action has been witnessed in recent years in Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin America and the Caribbean ...
Switzerland`s Sixth National Communication and First
... Energy: Energy use in Switzerland totalled 882’280 TJ in 2012, i.e. 3.7% above the previous year. Main drivers for this increase were colder weather conditions, positive economic development and further increase in population. 77.5% of primary energy supply was imported whereas 22.5% was sourced dom ...
... Energy: Energy use in Switzerland totalled 882’280 TJ in 2012, i.e. 3.7% above the previous year. Main drivers for this increase were colder weather conditions, positive economic development and further increase in population. 77.5% of primary energy supply was imported whereas 22.5% was sourced dom ...
Assessing the costs of adaptation to climate
... This is an evaluation of estimates of the costs of adaptation made by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2007 and by some preceding studies (UNFCCC, 2007; Stern, 2006; World Bank, 2006; Oxfam, 2007; UNDP, 2007). The costs have been used as the basis for discussion ...
... This is an evaluation of estimates of the costs of adaptation made by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2007 and by some preceding studies (UNFCCC, 2007; Stern, 2006; World Bank, 2006; Oxfam, 2007; UNDP, 2007). The costs have been used as the basis for discussion ...
a call to action - CDM Policy Dialogue
... years and its positive impact extends well beyond specific projects. The CDM has helped combat climate change by creating a global culture for action and by mobilizing the private sector through markets. Unfortunately, the CDM is imperilled. Carbon prices in the CDM market have declined 70 % in t ...
... years and its positive impact extends well beyond specific projects. The CDM has helped combat climate change by creating a global culture for action and by mobilizing the private sector through markets. Unfortunately, the CDM is imperilled. Carbon prices in the CDM market have declined 70 % in t ...
Exploring comparable post-2012 reduction efforts for Annex I
... Annex I countries and Advanced Developing Countries’. The project was conducted by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) and Ecofys–Germany. The project has been financed by the Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM), as part of its National Research P ...
... Annex I countries and Advanced Developing Countries’. The project was conducted by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) and Ecofys–Germany. The project has been financed by the Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM), as part of its National Research P ...
Workstream I: Scope, guiding principles, and cross-cutting
... The GCF was created to close the financing gap that currently exists, especially in adaptation finance, but also in other matters that are very sensible for developing countries, like technology development and transfer and capacity building. This gap was also extended by the lack of public resource ...
... The GCF was created to close the financing gap that currently exists, especially in adaptation finance, but also in other matters that are very sensible for developing countries, like technology development and transfer and capacity building. This gap was also extended by the lack of public resource ...
Scoping study: Modelling the interaction between mitigation and adaptation
... associated with high levels of temperature rise. On the adaptation side, there are many aspects that are inherently difficult to capture in global scale simulations, for example local scale issues and the organisational and institutional contexts in which adaptation processes occur. Models fail to a ...
... associated with high levels of temperature rise. On the adaptation side, there are many aspects that are inherently difficult to capture in global scale simulations, for example local scale issues and the organisational and institutional contexts in which adaptation processes occur. Models fail to a ...
Review and Analysis of CAPA and LAPA
... systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli and their effects or impacts (IPCC 2001). Adapting to the changes has consequently emerged as a solution to address the impacts of climate change that are already evident in some regions. It involves adjustments to reduce the vulnerability o ...
... systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli and their effects or impacts (IPCC 2001). Adapting to the changes has consequently emerged as a solution to address the impacts of climate change that are already evident in some regions. It involves adjustments to reduce the vulnerability o ...
Review of climate change adaptation methods and tools
... over coming decades. Human activities have already caused some irreversible changes to ecosystems and further damage is likely. It is necessary to think how we will adjust not only to these specific changes but to the new uncertainty about our future climate. This is particularly relevant for develo ...
... over coming decades. Human activities have already caused some irreversible changes to ecosystems and further damage is likely. It is necessary to think how we will adjust not only to these specific changes but to the new uncertainty about our future climate. This is particularly relevant for develo ...
Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in the Tourism Sector
... The spectacular growth of tourism provides both a challenge and an opportunity. The tourist community itself has responded to this challenge over the past few years and visibly stepped up its response to climate change. There is now a clear understanding that the industry can be part of the solution ...
... The spectacular growth of tourism provides both a challenge and an opportunity. The tourist community itself has responded to this challenge over the past few years and visibly stepped up its response to climate change. There is now a clear understanding that the industry can be part of the solution ...
English - Inter-Parliamentary Union
... (14) Recalling that the industrialized country Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC - 1992) agreed to reduce emissions of anthropogenic greenhouse gases, alone or through cooperation, to 1990 levels and to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosph ...
... (14) Recalling that the industrialized country Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC - 1992) agreed to reduce emissions of anthropogenic greenhouse gases, alone or through cooperation, to 1990 levels and to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosph ...
Why is socially-just climate change adaptation in sub
... and change.14,18 But, as Biesbroek et al. (p. 1123)11 highlight, although such classifications ‘provide a useful structuring heuristic to guide scientific enquiry’, most empirical studies of adaptation, including the majority reviewed for this synthesis, recognize several barriers that cut across al ...
... and change.14,18 But, as Biesbroek et al. (p. 1123)11 highlight, although such classifications ‘provide a useful structuring heuristic to guide scientific enquiry’, most empirical studies of adaptation, including the majority reviewed for this synthesis, recognize several barriers that cut across al ...
"Prices vs. Quantities at the Inter-Country Level - ETH E
... chosen to internalize a global externality at the inter-country level, e.g. emissions that contribute to climate change. For this purpose, we compare price (emission tax) and quantity (tradable permits) regulations and place special emphasis on potential enforcement concerns of the two instruments. ...
... chosen to internalize a global externality at the inter-country level, e.g. emissions that contribute to climate change. For this purpose, we compare price (emission tax) and quantity (tradable permits) regulations and place special emphasis on potential enforcement concerns of the two instruments. ...
WP 87 Bagchi/Castro/Michaelowa
... assessing whether the allocation of foreign aid followed recipient needs and merits, or rather the direct commercial or geopolitical interests of the donors themselves. In terms of the development impact, the former could be shown to be clearly more effective than the latter (Dreher and Kilby 2010, ...
... assessing whether the allocation of foreign aid followed recipient needs and merits, or rather the direct commercial or geopolitical interests of the donors themselves. In terms of the development impact, the former could be shown to be clearly more effective than the latter (Dreher and Kilby 2010, ...
WeatHerinG tHe storM options for Framing adaptation
... Weathering the Storm is among the first global reviews of adaptation efforts to date and, as such, takes a relatively early step in understanding how adaptation and development can best support one another. There is much left to learn. The report also represents the World Resources Institute’s first ...
... Weathering the Storm is among the first global reviews of adaptation efforts to date and, as such, takes a relatively early step in understanding how adaptation and development can best support one another. There is much left to learn. The report also represents the World Resources Institute’s first ...
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... and the same trade-off holds. This implies that both the costs and benefits of adaptation are “instantaneous”, i.e. they fall in the same time period. The approach is consistent with the assumption that the majority of adaptation efforts will be reactive, rather than anticipatory. We leave an analy ...
... and the same trade-off holds. This implies that both the costs and benefits of adaptation are “instantaneous”, i.e. they fall in the same time period. The approach is consistent with the assumption that the majority of adaptation efforts will be reactive, rather than anticipatory. We leave an analy ...
The effectiveness of climate finance: a review of the Adaptation Fund
... The Adaptation Fund has taken steps to ensure that proposals received are well aligned with national policies and priorities, and reflect wide stakeholder engagement. Direct access has been an important innovation, signalling willingness to work in direct partnership with developing country based in ...
... The Adaptation Fund has taken steps to ensure that proposals received are well aligned with national policies and priorities, and reflect wide stakeholder engagement. Direct access has been an important innovation, signalling willingness to work in direct partnership with developing country based in ...