Chapter 3 RESPONDING TO CLIMATE CHANGE: ADAPTATION
... 1. In making adaptation decisions, focus not only on optimizing conditions for the current generation, but also look several generations ahead and consider ways to reduce risk over time. 2. Account for the impacts of adaptation decisions on natural and social systems as well as on individuals, firms ...
... 1. In making adaptation decisions, focus not only on optimizing conditions for the current generation, but also look several generations ahead and consider ways to reduce risk over time. 2. Account for the impacts of adaptation decisions on natural and social systems as well as on individuals, firms ...
HCFC Phase out
... This also needs to include an honest evaluation of the merits and demerits of both fluorinated and natural refrigerants. The world has an unparalleled opportunity to simultaneously eliminate these ozone depleting substances, reap climate benefits, improve energy efficiency and stimulate growth in gr ...
... This also needs to include an honest evaluation of the merits and demerits of both fluorinated and natural refrigerants. The world has an unparalleled opportunity to simultaneously eliminate these ozone depleting substances, reap climate benefits, improve energy efficiency and stimulate growth in gr ...
Identifying adaptation options - South Florida Regional Planning
... important as many adaptation measures (eg. land use adaptation measures) can bring both benefits and losses depending on one’s perspective. Ensuring that a broad range of perspectives are considered within the assessment and subsequent decision-making processes will further increase the likely accep ...
... important as many adaptation measures (eg. land use adaptation measures) can bring both benefits and losses depending on one’s perspective. Ensuring that a broad range of perspectives are considered within the assessment and subsequent decision-making processes will further increase the likely accep ...
Identifying adaptation options
... changes will still require addressing through adaptive actions. This unavoidable climate change stems from our current commitment to climate change as a result of historic greenhouse gas emissions and the persistence of these gases in the atmosphere, as well as the slow but building response of the ...
... changes will still require addressing through adaptive actions. This unavoidable climate change stems from our current commitment to climate change as a result of historic greenhouse gas emissions and the persistence of these gases in the atmosphere, as well as the slow but building response of the ...
Primer on Hydrofluorocarbons
... About the Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development (IGSD) IGSD’s mission is to promote just and sustainable societies and to protect the environment by advancing the understanding, development, and implementation of effective, accountable, and democratic systems of governance for sustainab ...
... About the Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development (IGSD) IGSD’s mission is to promote just and sustainable societies and to protect the environment by advancing the understanding, development, and implementation of effective, accountable, and democratic systems of governance for sustainab ...
viet nam`s intended nationally determined contribution
... contribution period can be short- (<5 years), medium- (6-10 years) and long-term (10 years and more). At present, there is no clear guidance on the scope of INDCs. However, countries understand that INDCs should contain national GHG emission reduction targets to help stabilise the atmosphere and lim ...
... contribution period can be short- (<5 years), medium- (6-10 years) and long-term (10 years and more). At present, there is no clear guidance on the scope of INDCs. However, countries understand that INDCs should contain national GHG emission reduction targets to help stabilise the atmosphere and lim ...
THE NAIROBI WORK PROGRAMME
... work programme on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change. The programme is an ambitious but realistic plan of activities, mandated by the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It is ...
... work programme on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change. The programme is an ambitious but realistic plan of activities, mandated by the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It is ...
Vivid Economics
... The first step in a strategic approach to adaptation is to develop an understanding of the main areas of vulnerability to climate change. A broad sense of the main vulnerabilities will help policy makers to set the right sector and geographic priorities. Developing this sense of key vulnerabilities ...
... The first step in a strategic approach to adaptation is to develop an understanding of the main areas of vulnerability to climate change. A broad sense of the main vulnerabilities will help policy makers to set the right sector and geographic priorities. Developing this sense of key vulnerabilities ...
GCF - The Basics
... That’s why 195 countries came together to create the Green Climate Fund (GCF) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The GCF is expected to play a central role in financing efforts to combat climate change (mitigation) and to help developing countries cope with its ...
... That’s why 195 countries came together to create the Green Climate Fund (GCF) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The GCF is expected to play a central role in financing efforts to combat climate change (mitigation) and to help developing countries cope with its ...
Kyoto Protocol to the
... 1. Any Parties included in Annex I that have reached an agreement to fulfil their commitments under Article 3 jointly, shall be deemed to have met those commitments provided that their total combined aggregate anthropogenic carbon dioxide equivalent emissions of the greenhouse gases listed in Annex ...
... 1. Any Parties included in Annex I that have reached an agreement to fulfil their commitments under Article 3 jointly, shall be deemed to have met those commitments provided that their total combined aggregate anthropogenic carbon dioxide equivalent emissions of the greenhouse gases listed in Annex ...
Working Paper 183 - Averchenkova et al (opens in new window)
... sector, incorporated under law and geared to making profits (Lienert, 2009). Private corporations differ in size, and in the location and economic sector they operate in. Some are single businesses operating locally while others, known as Multinational Corporations (MNCs) have a parent company that ...
... sector, incorporated under law and geared to making profits (Lienert, 2009). Private corporations differ in size, and in the location and economic sector they operate in. Some are single businesses operating locally while others, known as Multinational Corporations (MNCs) have a parent company that ...
kyoto protocol to the united nations framework
... 3. The Parties included in Annex I shall strive to implement policies and measures under this Article in such a way as to minimize adverse effects, including the adverse effects of climate change, effects on international trade, and social, environmental and economic impacts on other Parties, especi ...
... 3. The Parties included in Annex I shall strive to implement policies and measures under this Article in such a way as to minimize adverse effects, including the adverse effects of climate change, effects on international trade, and social, environmental and economic impacts on other Parties, especi ...
Building on the Montreal Protocol`s Success and Facing
... global environmental treaty that dealt with an issue still shrouded in scientific uncertainties, one that posed a threat, not immediately, but in the future, one that potentially affected everyone on earth today and far into the future. It was a monument of collective action. It had the advantages o ...
... global environmental treaty that dealt with an issue still shrouded in scientific uncertainties, one that posed a threat, not immediately, but in the future, one that potentially affected everyone on earth today and far into the future. It was a monument of collective action. It had the advantages o ...
GEOPOLITICAL IDENTITY OF CHINA IN INTERNATIONAL
... development conference Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. The Summit accepted the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which entered into force in 1994 and is at the present time ratified by 197 countries often referred as the Parties to the Convention (UNFCCC 20 ...
... development conference Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. The Summit accepted the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which entered into force in 1994 and is at the present time ratified by 197 countries often referred as the Parties to the Convention (UNFCCC 20 ...
The Cost of Adaptation to Climate Change in Africa
... adaptation may outweigh the costs by a factor of about two and that this ratio may be higher in nonOECD countries than OECD countries. Sectoral specific studies in agriculture and health, two crucial sectors for Africa’s adaptation efforts, provide further evidence on the cost effectiveness of adapt ...
... adaptation may outweigh the costs by a factor of about two and that this ratio may be higher in nonOECD countries than OECD countries. Sectoral specific studies in agriculture and health, two crucial sectors for Africa’s adaptation efforts, provide further evidence on the cost effectiveness of adapt ...
An Action Theory of Adaptation to Climate Change - diss.fu
... individuals or social groups to adapt to external stress (p. 328). Note that this refers to potential adaptations. They also state that “adaptation is facilitated by reducing vulnerability” (p. 348). Putting this together implies the statement that (i) actual adaptation reduces vulnerability, and co ...
... individuals or social groups to adapt to external stress (p. 328). Note that this refers to potential adaptations. They also state that “adaptation is facilitated by reducing vulnerability” (p. 348). Putting this together implies the statement that (i) actual adaptation reduces vulnerability, and co ...
Reconciling International Investment Law and Climate Change
... and that it intended to revoke a number of other BITs with European partners.23 Indonesia has also announced that it intends to terminate more than 60 BITs.24 In addition, the European Commission temporarily suspended trade negotiations with the United States to conduct public consultations on ISDS. ...
... and that it intended to revoke a number of other BITs with European partners.23 Indonesia has also announced that it intends to terminate more than 60 BITs.24 In addition, the European Commission temporarily suspended trade negotiations with the United States to conduct public consultations on ISDS. ...
English - Global Environment Facility
... the GEF has co-financed a study with McKinsey & Company to investigate the economics of climate adaptation (the ECA study), in partnership with UNEP, Swiss Re, and the Rockefeller Foundation. An analytical framework, developed specifically for this study, is being applied in developing and developed ...
... the GEF has co-financed a study with McKinsey & Company to investigate the economics of climate adaptation (the ECA study), in partnership with UNEP, Swiss Re, and the Rockefeller Foundation. An analytical framework, developed specifically for this study, is being applied in developing and developed ...
From Risk to Return: Investing in Climate Change Adaptation
... and adaptation and water crises” as the third most significant global risk identified. In addition, the WEF lists climate change as one of the top five determinants of future Global Development. To put this into a local context, Sydney and Melbourne are both participants in the Rockefeller Foundatio ...
... and adaptation and water crises” as the third most significant global risk identified. In addition, the WEF lists climate change as one of the top five determinants of future Global Development. To put this into a local context, Sydney and Melbourne are both participants in the Rockefeller Foundatio ...
Phasing Down the Use of Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)
... products and equipment with new, higher-efficiency machines. For example, in the US, CFC-free building chillers are estimated to be up to 50% more energy efficient than the CFC-based machines they replaced.19 Energy efficiency gains were even higher in developing countries where obsolete air conditi ...
... products and equipment with new, higher-efficiency machines. For example, in the US, CFC-free building chillers are estimated to be up to 50% more energy efficient than the CFC-based machines they replaced.19 Energy efficiency gains were even higher in developing countries where obsolete air conditi ...
Win-win? CDM hydropower projects and their - diss.fu
... mitigate the asymmetries of climate change causation and burden-sharing and when do they constitute cases of ‘carbon colonialism’ that exacerbate existing disparities? The Clean Development Mechanism The CDM is part of the Kyoto Protocol, the first internationally binding climate protection treaty. ...
... mitigate the asymmetries of climate change causation and burden-sharing and when do they constitute cases of ‘carbon colonialism’ that exacerbate existing disparities? The Clean Development Mechanism The CDM is part of the Kyoto Protocol, the first internationally binding climate protection treaty. ...
The Emissions Gap Report 2013 www.unep.org
... ecological benefits between woody and non-woody system components. In most documented cases of successful agroforestry, tree-based systems are more productive, more sustainable and more attuned to people’s cultural or material needs than treeless alternatives. Agroforestry also provides significant ...
... ecological benefits between woody and non-woody system components. In most documented cases of successful agroforestry, tree-based systems are more productive, more sustainable and more attuned to people’s cultural or material needs than treeless alternatives. Agroforestry also provides significant ...
Chapter 1 Introduction - Wageningen UR E
... through joint implementation projects. Emissions trading Mechanism under the Kyoto Protocol through which Parties with emissions commitments may trade units of their emissions allowances with other Parties. The aim is to improve the overall flexibility and economic efficiency of making emissions cut ...
... through joint implementation projects. Emissions trading Mechanism under the Kyoto Protocol through which Parties with emissions commitments may trade units of their emissions allowances with other Parties. The aim is to improve the overall flexibility and economic efficiency of making emissions cut ...
Adaptation to Climate Change in Low‐Income Countries
... to do so. Ambiguity arises in the context of the profitability of a new technology for which there are few data on returns. Given changes in climate, the new technology potentially has higher expected returns than a traditional technology for which there are extensive data on returns. The example E& ...
... to do so. Ambiguity arises in the context of the profitability of a new technology for which there are few data on returns. Given changes in climate, the new technology potentially has higher expected returns than a traditional technology for which there are extensive data on returns. The example E& ...