www.epa.ie Report No. 164 w.epa.ie
... Sophisticated computer modelling of the projected impacts of increased concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere has been undertaken, and this has been calibrated against the observed changes in climate over the last century. These models suggest that increases in energy-trapping g ...
... Sophisticated computer modelling of the projected impacts of increased concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere has been undertaken, and this has been calibrated against the observed changes in climate over the last century. These models suggest that increases in energy-trapping g ...
Compact of Mayors
... The Compact of Mayors has been designed to encourage best practices in addressing climate change mitigation and adaptation in cities. The Compact of Mayor’s questions can be found here, and are also available integrated in the CDP Cities 2016 Information Request. The Compact of Mayors recognises tha ...
... The Compact of Mayors has been designed to encourage best practices in addressing climate change mitigation and adaptation in cities. The Compact of Mayor’s questions can be found here, and are also available integrated in the CDP Cities 2016 Information Request. The Compact of Mayors recognises tha ...
R Cook Master Thesis 2010
... The principles of equity and CBDR are equally relevant for the adaptation to climate change. Adaptation raises important equity questions in relation to determining responsibility and the capability of countries to respond. However, as adaptation has only recently gained prominence, the global clima ...
... The principles of equity and CBDR are equally relevant for the adaptation to climate change. Adaptation raises important equity questions in relation to determining responsibility and the capability of countries to respond. However, as adaptation has only recently gained prominence, the global clima ...
CDM in Crisis – What is at Stake?
... default emission factors in the energy and industrial gas sector. The UNFCC secretariat is currently further refining the rules on standardised approaches within the CDM. Beyond project mechanisms: The CDM has historically been a project-by-project mechanism. However there are now 900 Programme of A ...
... default emission factors in the energy and industrial gas sector. The UNFCC secretariat is currently further refining the rules on standardised approaches within the CDM. Beyond project mechanisms: The CDM has historically been a project-by-project mechanism. However there are now 900 Programme of A ...
Tracking adaptation and measuring development
... impact, both in terms of specific livelihood outcomes, and in proving causality between upstream and downstream interventions. Q The costs associated with defining baselines and indicators in national contexts need to be front-loaded into adaptation investments; it is worth investing upfront to ensu ...
... impact, both in terms of specific livelihood outcomes, and in proving causality between upstream and downstream interventions. Q The costs associated with defining baselines and indicators in national contexts need to be front-loaded into adaptation investments; it is worth investing upfront to ensu ...
In The Greenhouse
... convection air movement carrying away the heat as well as by radiation, climate change indicators greenhouse gases climate - greenhouse gases from human activities are the most significant driver of observed climate change since the mid 20 th century 1 the indicators in this chapter, greenhouse mega ...
... convection air movement carrying away the heat as well as by radiation, climate change indicators greenhouse gases climate - greenhouse gases from human activities are the most significant driver of observed climate change since the mid 20 th century 1 the indicators in this chapter, greenhouse mega ...
South-South Cooperation in Technologies for Adaptation for Water
... individual and/or shared national capacity development objectives through exchanges of knowledge, skills, resources and technical know-how, and through regional and interregional collective actions, including partnerships involving governments, regional organizations, civil society, academia and the ...
... individual and/or shared national capacity development objectives through exchanges of knowledge, skills, resources and technical know-how, and through regional and interregional collective actions, including partnerships involving governments, regional organizations, civil society, academia and the ...
INTERPRETING INDCs - World Resources Institute
... how the land sector will be accounted for in achieving the target (Table ES-1). Based on the Open Book framework, we also suggest ways in which these Parties can improve the transparency of their GHG emissions targets. Although some Parties’ INDCs include elements related to GHG mitigation other tha ...
... how the land sector will be accounted for in achieving the target (Table ES-1). Based on the Open Book framework, we also suggest ways in which these Parties can improve the transparency of their GHG emissions targets. Although some Parties’ INDCs include elements related to GHG mitigation other tha ...
UK`s Second Biennial Report
... In addition to compiling the UK’s GHG inventory, Ricardo Energy & Environment also compiles the UK’s Air Quality Pollutant Inventory, used for reporting emissions to other international agreements, including the Gothenburg Protocol and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Conven ...
... In addition to compiling the UK’s GHG inventory, Ricardo Energy & Environment also compiles the UK’s Air Quality Pollutant Inventory, used for reporting emissions to other international agreements, including the Gothenburg Protocol and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Conven ...
recent study
... In November 2015, the Dubai Meeting of Parties to the Montreal Protocol agreed to launch formal negotiations on a proposed amendment to phase down hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) production and consumption, and agreed to a roadmap to work to an amendment in 2016.1 In December 2015, Parties to Climate Conven ...
... In November 2015, the Dubai Meeting of Parties to the Montreal Protocol agreed to launch formal negotiations on a proposed amendment to phase down hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) production and consumption, and agreed to a roadmap to work to an amendment in 2016.1 In December 2015, Parties to Climate Conven ...
Monitoring and Evaluating The 100 Billion Green Climate Fund: A
... Climate change is a global concern. Parties within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) have been discussing for decades ways to address the financial challenges of reducing GHG emissions (mitigation) and adapting to climate change impacts. One of the most remarkable ag ...
... Climate change is a global concern. Parties within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) have been discussing for decades ways to address the financial challenges of reducing GHG emissions (mitigation) and adapting to climate change impacts. One of the most remarkable ag ...
UNDP Presentation - Global Environment Facility
... Any country that receives a sum total allocation for BD, CC, and LD that totals less than $6.5* M would be allowed to use its allocation within either of these three focal areas, if eligible. Around 50 countries are expected to benefit => several Caribbean countries (see previous table) These ...
... Any country that receives a sum total allocation for BD, CC, and LD that totals less than $6.5* M would be allowed to use its allocation within either of these three focal areas, if eligible. Around 50 countries are expected to benefit => several Caribbean countries (see previous table) These ...
CGE training material
... Steps of a Mitigation Assessment • Exact procedure will depends on context, e.g. goals, scope and integration with national planning: ...
... Steps of a Mitigation Assessment • Exact procedure will depends on context, e.g. goals, scope and integration with national planning: ...
National Integrated Mitigation Planning in Agriculture: A review paper
... the agriculture sector. Of the 55 countries that have submitted NAMA statements to the UNFCCC, 21 propose NAMAs in the agriculture sector. A number of NAMAs are also under development but have not been officially communicated to the UNFCCC. A total of 62 agricultural NAMAs from 30 countries have bee ...
... the agriculture sector. Of the 55 countries that have submitted NAMA statements to the UNFCCC, 21 propose NAMAs in the agriculture sector. A number of NAMAs are also under development but have not been officially communicated to the UNFCCC. A total of 62 agricultural NAMAs from 30 countries have bee ...
Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre Act, 2015
... Noting further the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, 1985 and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, 1987, as amended on 29 June 1990; Believing that small island developing States and such others with low-lying coastal areas susceptible to floods or ...
... Noting further the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, 1985 and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, 1987, as amended on 29 June 1990; Believing that small island developing States and such others with low-lying coastal areas susceptible to floods or ...
Trade And Climate Change - WTO-UNEP Report
... the Earth’s climate system is “unequivocal”, and that human activities are “very likely” the cause of this warming. It is estimated that, over the last century, the global average surface temperature has increased by about 0.74° C. Moreover, many greenhouse gases remain in the atmosphere for long pe ...
... the Earth’s climate system is “unequivocal”, and that human activities are “very likely” the cause of this warming. It is estimated that, over the last century, the global average surface temperature has increased by about 0.74° C. Moreover, many greenhouse gases remain in the atmosphere for long pe ...
Di Gregorio et al 2016 - Centre for Climate Change Economics and
... Economics and Policy (CCCEP). Leandra holds a PhD in Sustainable Development on smallholders perceptions about environmental change in the Brazilian Amazon. Her main interests include research on environmental change, climate change mitigation and adaptation, natural resource management and governan ...
... Economics and Policy (CCCEP). Leandra holds a PhD in Sustainable Development on smallholders perceptions about environmental change in the Brazilian Amazon. Her main interests include research on environmental change, climate change mitigation and adaptation, natural resource management and governan ...
Integrating Mitigation and Adaptation in Climate and Land Use
... and Policy (CCCEP). Leandra holds a PhD in Sustainable Development on smallholders perceptions about environmental change in the Brazilian Amazon. Her main interests include research on environmental change, climate change mitigation and adaptation, natural resource management and governance. She is ...
... and Policy (CCCEP). Leandra holds a PhD in Sustainable Development on smallholders perceptions about environmental change in the Brazilian Amazon. Her main interests include research on environmental change, climate change mitigation and adaptation, natural resource management and governance. She is ...
Economics, Institutions and Adaptation to Climate Change
... A third strand of current adaptation economics is concerned with the governance of adaptation. In this vein the role of markets and governments for adaptation are investigated and the neoclassical rationale for economic policy is applied. This assigns a role to governments, if and only if markets fa ...
... A third strand of current adaptation economics is concerned with the governance of adaptation. In this vein the role of markets and governments for adaptation are investigated and the neoclassical rationale for economic policy is applied. This assigns a role to governments, if and only if markets fa ...
IPCC WGI AR5 Chapter Template
... convictions were driven by the strength of his outstanding scientific expertise. He was highly respected as Founding Editor of the interdisciplinary journal Climatic Change and hundreds of books and published papers, many of which were co-authored with scientists from diverse disciplines. His associ ...
... convictions were driven by the strength of his outstanding scientific expertise. He was highly respected as Founding Editor of the interdisciplinary journal Climatic Change and hundreds of books and published papers, many of which were co-authored with scientists from diverse disciplines. His associ ...
CLIMATE CHANGE: IMPACTS, VULNERABILITIES AND
... Developing countries have very different individual circumstances and the specific impacts of climate change on a country depend on the climate it experiences as well as its geographical, social, cultural, economic and political situations. As a result, countries require a diversity of adaptation me ...
... Developing countries have very different individual circumstances and the specific impacts of climate change on a country depend on the climate it experiences as well as its geographical, social, cultural, economic and political situations. As a result, countries require a diversity of adaptation me ...
Human Intervention in the Earth`s Climate: The Governance of
... SRM testing in the absence of global SRM In this scenario, there is no global binding agreement on reducing greenhouse-gas emisgovernance. sions. The Intended Nationally Determined 2. Geoengineering the Future?: The second Contributions (INDCs) are vastly insufficient scenario describes a world in ...
... SRM testing in the absence of global SRM In this scenario, there is no global binding agreement on reducing greenhouse-gas emisgovernance. sions. The Intended Nationally Determined 2. Geoengineering the Future?: The second Contributions (INDCs) are vastly insufficient scenario describes a world in ...
7 Managing the Risks: International Level and Integration across Scales
... extremes. Experience in disaster risk management includes both bottom-up and top-down approaches, but most often has developed from disasters considered first as local issues, then at the national level, and only at the international level where needs exceed national capacity, especially in terms of ...
... extremes. Experience in disaster risk management includes both bottom-up and top-down approaches, but most often has developed from disasters considered first as local issues, then at the national level, and only at the international level where needs exceed national capacity, especially in terms of ...
Exhaustible resource consumption and lessons for
... account for a major portion of cumulative GHG emissions. However, their share is projected to decrease over time because some of the low- and middle-income countries (such as Brazil, India, and China) are rapidly growing and expected to grow faster than high-income countries. Using three different i ...
... account for a major portion of cumulative GHG emissions. However, their share is projected to decrease over time because some of the low- and middle-income countries (such as Brazil, India, and China) are rapidly growing and expected to grow faster than high-income countries. Using three different i ...
Adaptation made to measure
... change in almost every nation, and especially in developing countries and emerging economies. To meet this challenge, after they have exploited their own financial resources, such countries need additional financial support. In recent years the international community stepped up its efforts to assis ...
... change in almost every nation, and especially in developing countries and emerging economies. To meet this challenge, after they have exploited their own financial resources, such countries need additional financial support. In recent years the international community stepped up its efforts to assis ...