Presents
... • One size does not fit all • Select a framework or method that best suits: a) The questions being asked b) Who is asking them c) What kind of answers are needed d) What resources, time data and technical support are ...
... • One size does not fit all • Select a framework or method that best suits: a) The questions being asked b) Who is asking them c) What kind of answers are needed d) What resources, time data and technical support are ...
What do we know about the economics of adaptation?
... before the 1970s and 1980s that allocation of public goods attracted major attention among economists, although the rise in interest in public choice theory can be associated with Buchanan’s (1954) criticism of the view that decisions of the state can be analysed as if made by a single person. The b ...
... before the 1970s and 1980s that allocation of public goods attracted major attention among economists, although the rise in interest in public choice theory can be associated with Buchanan’s (1954) criticism of the view that decisions of the state can be analysed as if made by a single person. The b ...
"Climate Agenda: Resilient, Prosperous, and Green
... with adequate solutions and assure that the Netherlands is resilient, prosperous and green. The Cabinet wants to make optimum use of the energy of parties that want to get to grips with the climate problem. This is why the national government is striving for concrete solutions in association with th ...
... with adequate solutions and assure that the Netherlands is resilient, prosperous and green. The Cabinet wants to make optimum use of the energy of parties that want to get to grips with the climate problem. This is why the national government is striving for concrete solutions in association with th ...
international, national, and state responses to climate change
... to inevitable environmental changes will require coordinated and aggressive efforts on the international, national, and local levels. In response to the global challenge of climate change, many nations have committed to binding greenhouse gas emission reduction requirements under the Kyoto Protocol. ...
... to inevitable environmental changes will require coordinated and aggressive efforts on the international, national, and local levels. In response to the global challenge of climate change, many nations have committed to binding greenhouse gas emission reduction requirements under the Kyoto Protocol. ...
ECD - advantage publication June18_Layout 1
... Nicaragua, Nigeria, Rwanda, Viet Nam and Yemen.5 It found that these projects, which have adopted different, context-specific approaches and adaptation priorities based on vulnerability analyses, contribute to mitigation goals in different ways. Figure 1 shows the GHG carbon balance by project.6 It ...
... Nicaragua, Nigeria, Rwanda, Viet Nam and Yemen.5 It found that these projects, which have adopted different, context-specific approaches and adaptation priorities based on vulnerability analyses, contribute to mitigation goals in different ways. Figure 1 shows the GHG carbon balance by project.6 It ...
svcrproc
... scenario without emissions trading. Six scenarios are compared. They are classified according to three factors: ratification and non-ratification by the USA, priceinduced technological development and a boycott movement. The combination scenario is one that includes both price-induced technological ...
... scenario without emissions trading. Six scenarios are compared. They are classified according to three factors: ratification and non-ratification by the USA, priceinduced technological development and a boycott movement. The combination scenario is one that includes both price-induced technological ...
The Effects of the Kyoto Protocol on Taiwan
... would be $207.25 In comparison, the marginal reduction costs of the United States, without trading, for the year 2010 would be $153.26 Even ten years later, the reduction costs for Taiwan would still be much higher than those of the United States. However, according to the records of the UN Environm ...
... would be $207.25 In comparison, the marginal reduction costs of the United States, without trading, for the year 2010 would be $153.26 Even ten years later, the reduction costs for Taiwan would still be much higher than those of the United States. However, according to the records of the UN Environm ...
The Millennium Development Goals and Climate Change: Taking
... 1. The last decade was marked by booming globalization galvanizing many development advances. However, structural economic, human and climate crises also showed the downside of the existing path of development especially in the least developed countries and ...
... 1. The last decade was marked by booming globalization galvanizing many development advances. However, structural economic, human and climate crises also showed the downside of the existing path of development especially in the least developed countries and ...
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 ...
studies
... Keywords: Climate Change, Climate Policy, 2 Degrees C target, Durban Platform, Integrated Assessment ...
... Keywords: Climate Change, Climate Policy, 2 Degrees C target, Durban Platform, Integrated Assessment ...
Support for facilitating access to environmentally sound
... Article 10, paragraph 5, of the Paris Agreement states that accelerating, encouraging and enabling innovation is critical for an effective, long-term global response to climate change and ...
... Article 10, paragraph 5, of the Paris Agreement states that accelerating, encouraging and enabling innovation is critical for an effective, long-term global response to climate change and ...
paper - user"s empty page at IIASA / 2013
... then defining a reasonable mitigation portfolio assumes importance. In this section, we examine the drivers for the baseline emissions and the main mitigation assumptions. We then proceed to discuss each GHG in detail. As mentioned earlier, there are various factors that influence future emission pr ...
... then defining a reasonable mitigation portfolio assumes importance. In this section, we examine the drivers for the baseline emissions and the main mitigation assumptions. We then proceed to discuss each GHG in detail. As mentioned earlier, there are various factors that influence future emission pr ...
Introduction to UNFCCC and Kyoto protocol
... Overview of UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change A global legal instrument (international agreement) on the control and management of greenhouse gases (GHG). Adopted in 1992, entered into force in 1994. Status of participation: 189 Parties. Contains 2 annexes: Annex 1: countr ...
... Overview of UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change A global legal instrument (international agreement) on the control and management of greenhouse gases (GHG). Adopted in 1992, entered into force in 1994. Status of participation: 189 Parties. Contains 2 annexes: Annex 1: countr ...
Border Tax Adjustments and Developing Countries
... the other hand, developing countries consider these competitive provisions unfair due to the different paths and costs that each country can afford. So, each country must base whether or not to progress on carbon abatement on its own capacity.29 It is an especially heated topic for some developing c ...
... the other hand, developing countries consider these competitive provisions unfair due to the different paths and costs that each country can afford. So, each country must base whether or not to progress on carbon abatement on its own capacity.29 It is an especially heated topic for some developing c ...
presentation - Prairie Adaptation Research Collaborative
... • Using ongoing short-term climate risk management as an entry point for longer-term adaptation • Ensuring adaptation is effective not only for anthropogenic climate change but also natural variability (short- and long-term) and other potential drivers of change • Focusing on no-regrets and robust a ...
... • Using ongoing short-term climate risk management as an entry point for longer-term adaptation • Ensuring adaptation is effective not only for anthropogenic climate change but also natural variability (short- and long-term) and other potential drivers of change • Focusing on no-regrets and robust a ...
The Kyoto Protocol - Current State and Implications for EU
... emissions reduction targets for industrialised countries and requires that by the year 2005 ‘demonstrable progress’ must be made in achieving those targets.5 By 2012 the overall GHG emissions of industrialised countries should decline to an average 5.2 per cent below their 1990 levels. For the first ...
... emissions reduction targets for industrialised countries and requires that by the year 2005 ‘demonstrable progress’ must be made in achieving those targets.5 By 2012 the overall GHG emissions of industrialised countries should decline to an average 5.2 per cent below their 1990 levels. For the first ...
In Defense of Emissions Egalitarianism?
... terminology of (net) emissions. While increasing GHG sinks can be indicated in terms of negative emissions, destroying sinks can be indicated in terms of positive emissions. Thus, EE can and must take all emission generating as well as emission sequestering activities into account. Obviously this ma ...
... terminology of (net) emissions. While increasing GHG sinks can be indicated in terms of negative emissions, destroying sinks can be indicated in terms of positive emissions. Thus, EE can and must take all emission generating as well as emission sequestering activities into account. Obviously this ma ...
Market and policy driven adaptation: an alternative perspective. Smart Solutions to Climate Change (opens in new window)
... investments – such as water and sanitation systems, bridges, and ports – fall into this category. For such investments it makes sense to already incorporate climate change considerations today. This was the view taken, for example, by the Canadian authorities when they built ...
... investments – such as water and sanitation systems, bridges, and ports – fall into this category. For such investments it makes sense to already incorporate climate change considerations today. This was the view taken, for example, by the Canadian authorities when they built ...
US Climate Change Policy Under President Clinton
... transportation and buildings sectors, and established the Climate Change Technology Initiative (CCTI), a $6.3 billion, five-year package of spending and tax incentives designed to stimulate the use of energy efficient technologies in building, industrial processes, vehicles, and power generation. It ...
... transportation and buildings sectors, and established the Climate Change Technology Initiative (CCTI), a $6.3 billion, five-year package of spending and tax incentives designed to stimulate the use of energy efficient technologies in building, industrial processes, vehicles, and power generation. It ...
UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON
... Whereas the Kyoto Protocol, which was adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC in December 1997 and entered into force on 16 February 2005, calls for developed countries (Annex I Parties) to pursue limitation or reduction of greenhouse gases from “aviation bunker fuels” (international ...
... Whereas the Kyoto Protocol, which was adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC in December 1997 and entered into force on 16 February 2005, calls for developed countries (Annex I Parties) to pursue limitation or reduction of greenhouse gases from “aviation bunker fuels” (international ...
PDF
... The Annex I to the Copenhagen Accord1 contains communications of the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on the voluntary mitigation actions that they intend to put in place to reduce emissions of GHGs in 2020. We have used the UNFCCC Annex I quantified econ ...
... The Annex I to the Copenhagen Accord1 contains communications of the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on the voluntary mitigation actions that they intend to put in place to reduce emissions of GHGs in 2020. We have used the UNFCCC Annex I quantified econ ...
Environmental Realpolitik - Digital Repository @ Maurer Law
... 8. JI projects must contribute to a reduction in global GHG emissions. Baselines define the initial conditions against which such improvements are to be measured. If all parties to a climate change regime were assigned caps on their national emissions, these caps would constitute the baseline above ...
... 8. JI projects must contribute to a reduction in global GHG emissions. Baselines define the initial conditions against which such improvements are to be measured. If all parties to a climate change regime were assigned caps on their national emissions, these caps would constitute the baseline above ...
National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) – Looking through
... Agriculture is the driving force of the economy of the Least Developing Countries (LDCs) and most of the workforce is involved in that sector. Climate change is the biggest threat to agriculture due to its vulnerability to climatic variability. Hence, the agrarian workforce is considered as the most ...
... Agriculture is the driving force of the economy of the Least Developing Countries (LDCs) and most of the workforce is involved in that sector. Climate change is the biggest threat to agriculture due to its vulnerability to climatic variability. Hence, the agrarian workforce is considered as the most ...
Climate change adaptation and mitigation
... is a major driver of environmental and climate change itself. It has the largest human impact on land and water resources. About 1.4 billion ha of arable land (10 percent of total ice-free land) are used for crop cultivation and an additional 2.5 billion ha are used for pasture. Roughly four billion ...
... is a major driver of environmental and climate change itself. It has the largest human impact on land and water resources. About 1.4 billion ha of arable land (10 percent of total ice-free land) are used for crop cultivation and an additional 2.5 billion ha are used for pasture. Roughly four billion ...
Chapter Climate Change 2014 Synthesis Report Summary for
... Total anthropogenic GHG emissions have continued to increase over 1970 to 2010 with larger absolute increases between 2000 and 2010, despite a growing number of climate change mitigation policies. Anthropogenic GHG emissions in 2010 have reached 49 ± 4.5 GtCO2-eq/yr 3. Emissions of CO2 from fossil f ...
... Total anthropogenic GHG emissions have continued to increase over 1970 to 2010 with larger absolute increases between 2000 and 2010, despite a growing number of climate change mitigation policies. Anthropogenic GHG emissions in 2010 have reached 49 ± 4.5 GtCO2-eq/yr 3. Emissions of CO2 from fossil f ...