Climate phoenix - Grattan Institute
... under the Kyoto Protocol is to unconditionally reduce emissions by 5 per cent below 2000 levels by 2020. 5 The wording of the 2020 target is easily misinterpreted. The precise level of Australia’s emissions in 2020 is not the crucial measure. What counts are Australia’s total emissions over time: th ...
... under the Kyoto Protocol is to unconditionally reduce emissions by 5 per cent below 2000 levels by 2020. 5 The wording of the 2020 target is easily misinterpreted. The precise level of Australia’s emissions in 2020 is not the crucial measure. What counts are Australia’s total emissions over time: th ...
Successful Adaptation in the Tijuana River Valley
... • Can science help or is it all subjective and political? • What is the right scale at which to consider success? • How and how much do we integrate across sectors? Across scales or levels of government? • How do we address trade-offs? ...
... • Can science help or is it all subjective and political? • What is the right scale at which to consider success? • How and how much do we integrate across sectors? Across scales or levels of government? • How do we address trade-offs? ...
Report
... carbon dioxide and methane. The accumulation of these gases in the atmosphere has altered the Earth’s climate system, with long-term and potentially serious implications. As stated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2001: “There is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming ...
... carbon dioxide and methane. The accumulation of these gases in the atmosphere has altered the Earth’s climate system, with long-term and potentially serious implications. As stated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2001: “There is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming ...
European cities adapt to climate change
... Unsurprisingly, the two questions extensively discussed during the Open European Day were: How much does adaptation cost? and: Who should pay for it? It was largely recognised by the participants that adaptation should not be seen as a cost, but as an investment in the future of the city. However, t ...
... Unsurprisingly, the two questions extensively discussed during the Open European Day were: How much does adaptation cost? and: Who should pay for it? It was largely recognised by the participants that adaptation should not be seen as a cost, but as an investment in the future of the city. However, t ...
3. The role of Sustainable Land Management in Sub
... infrastructural capacities in this region make coping with natural climate variability a perennial challenge. In the past several decades, the number of extreme weather events in particular subregions and the number of people affected by droughts and floods have grown dramatically. This challenge is ...
... infrastructural capacities in this region make coping with natural climate variability a perennial challenge. In the past several decades, the number of extreme weather events in particular subregions and the number of people affected by droughts and floods have grown dramatically. This challenge is ...
IPCC 5: Synthesis - Summary
... impacts globally (high confidence). Mitigation involves some level of co-benefits and of risks due to adverse side-effects, but these risks do not involve the same possibility of severe, widespread, and irreversible impacts as risks from climate change, increasing the benefits from near-term mitigat ...
... impacts globally (high confidence). Mitigation involves some level of co-benefits and of risks due to adverse side-effects, but these risks do not involve the same possibility of severe, widespread, and irreversible impacts as risks from climate change, increasing the benefits from near-term mitigat ...
Optimal intensity targets for greenhouse gas emissions
... commitments, and for bringing greater complexity.1 Here we take a single-period, stochastic, globally integrated, though mainly partial equilibrium, theoretical model of emissions trading with flexible targets under uncertainty, named Mechanisms for Abating Total Emissions under Stochasticity (MATES ...
... commitments, and for bringing greater complexity.1 Here we take a single-period, stochastic, globally integrated, though mainly partial equilibrium, theoretical model of emissions trading with flexible targets under uncertainty, named Mechanisms for Abating Total Emissions under Stochasticity (MATES ...
Key Adaptation Concepts and Terms
... and earlier reports2. Adaptation itself is not defined in either the UNFCCC or the Kyoto Protocol. Various other scientific/policy communities use slightly different definitions or freely use terms that have meaning in a common usage, such as, for example, vulnerability, resilience, adaptability but ...
... and earlier reports2. Adaptation itself is not defined in either the UNFCCC or the Kyoto Protocol. Various other scientific/policy communities use slightly different definitions or freely use terms that have meaning in a common usage, such as, for example, vulnerability, resilience, adaptability but ...
Climate Finance Study Group
... Shifting the balance of incentives towards lower-carbon products and practices also means eliminating subsidies for environmentally harmful resource use. Fossil fuel subsidies encourage the production or the use of fossil fuels, for example by distorting markets and harming the competitiveness of re ...
... Shifting the balance of incentives towards lower-carbon products and practices also means eliminating subsidies for environmentally harmful resource use. Fossil fuel subsidies encourage the production or the use of fossil fuels, for example by distorting markets and harming the competitiveness of re ...
1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
... 1. The Parties included in Annex I shall, individually or jointly, ensure that their aggregate anthropogenic carbon dioxide equivalent emissions of the greenhouse gases listed in Annex A do not exceed their assigned amounts, calculated pursuant to their quantified emission limitation and reduction c ...
... 1. The Parties included in Annex I shall, individually or jointly, ensure that their aggregate anthropogenic carbon dioxide equivalent emissions of the greenhouse gases listed in Annex A do not exceed their assigned amounts, calculated pursuant to their quantified emission limitation and reduction c ...
costs and benefits of climate change adaptation and mitigation
... against climate change) and climate mitigation (i.e. reducing greenhouse gas emissions). To support policy-making on adaptation and mitigation, several research questions have been formulated. In what may be described as a first step on the research agenda, this policy brief summarises the current k ...
... against climate change) and climate mitigation (i.e. reducing greenhouse gas emissions). To support policy-making on adaptation and mitigation, several research questions have been formulated. In what may be described as a first step on the research agenda, this policy brief summarises the current k ...
here - Urgenda
... become afflicted due to the exposure to asbestos in the previous 30 years. For these victims the measures that were taken came too late, and their damage (death within two years) had already become unavoidable. ...
... become afflicted due to the exposure to asbestos in the previous 30 years. For these victims the measures that were taken came too late, and their damage (death within two years) had already become unavoidable. ...
Modifying the 2°C Target - Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik
... Cancún Agreements, which were approved at the 2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference, the 2°C target was adopted for the first time by a Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC: “[The Conference of the Parties, COP] further recognizes that deep cuts in global greenhouse gas emissions are requ ...
... Cancún Agreements, which were approved at the 2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference, the 2°C target was adopted for the first time by a Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC: “[The Conference of the Parties, COP] further recognizes that deep cuts in global greenhouse gas emissions are requ ...
Eric Gordon and Lisa Dilling - Initiative on Climate Adaptation
... Although the breadth of theoretical approaches to defining adaptation is a natural outgrowth of various intellectual traditions, this diversity may hinder effective interdisciplinary research and, consequently, efforts to make research findings relevant to decisionmakers. Thus there is a clear need ...
... Although the breadth of theoretical approaches to defining adaptation is a natural outgrowth of various intellectual traditions, this diversity may hinder effective interdisciplinary research and, consequently, efforts to make research findings relevant to decisionmakers. Thus there is a clear need ...
Document
... • Adaptation is not solved overnight – It takes persistence – Effective governance on adaptation can take a decade to build ...
... • Adaptation is not solved overnight – It takes persistence – Effective governance on adaptation can take a decade to build ...
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... greenhouse gases are emitted into the atmosphere, are changing our climate (IPCC, 2001a). Greenhouse gases have accumulated in the atmosphere for centuries and the decay of most greenhouse gases takes more than fifty years. Therefore, the global warming problem will persist for at least the next cen ...
... greenhouse gases are emitted into the atmosphere, are changing our climate (IPCC, 2001a). Greenhouse gases have accumulated in the atmosphere for centuries and the decay of most greenhouse gases takes more than fifty years. Therefore, the global warming problem will persist for at least the next cen ...
S2013034_en.pdf
... incentives to develop projects that reduce GHG emissions to receive carbon credits, which they can later sell to Annex I countries to help these countries achieve their GHG emissions targets. At the same time, and because of the scale of emissions reductions required, an effective agreement among co ...
... incentives to develop projects that reduce GHG emissions to receive carbon credits, which they can later sell to Annex I countries to help these countries achieve their GHG emissions targets. At the same time, and because of the scale of emissions reductions required, an effective agreement among co ...
The Emissions Gap Report 2016
... Bottom-up model: In the context of this assessment, a model that represents a system by looking at its detailed underlying parts. Compared to so-called top-down models, which focus on economic interlinkages, bottom-up models of energy use and emissions can provide greater resolution with regards to ...
... Bottom-up model: In the context of this assessment, a model that represents a system by looking at its detailed underlying parts. Compared to so-called top-down models, which focus on economic interlinkages, bottom-up models of energy use and emissions can provide greater resolution with regards to ...
Potentials for greenhouse gas mitigation in agriculture
... change. Up to now, most national and international efforts were spent on the development and transfer of climate change adaptation techniques. This review highlights the potentials to reduce greenhouse gas emissions originating from the sectors of agriculture and land use change 1 but also to remove ...
... change. Up to now, most national and international efforts were spent on the development and transfer of climate change adaptation techniques. This review highlights the potentials to reduce greenhouse gas emissions originating from the sectors of agriculture and land use change 1 but also to remove ...
A note on including climate change adaptation in an international
... which is introduced only because of observed and projected climate change (Def 1). This definition can be extended to include responses to current climate variability: an adaptation measure can be defined as a change in practice, decision-making, or investment, which is introduced only because of ob ...
... which is introduced only because of observed and projected climate change (Def 1). This definition can be extended to include responses to current climate variability: an adaptation measure can be defined as a change in practice, decision-making, or investment, which is introduced only because of ob ...
Spending adaptation money wisely: Working Paper 37 (opens in new window)
... generally seen as a step in the right direction. The Board with 12 members each from developed and developing countries with the latter group to include seats for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS). A Transitional Committee with a developing country majori ...
... generally seen as a step in the right direction. The Board with 12 members each from developed and developing countries with the latter group to include seats for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS). A Transitional Committee with a developing country majori ...
Paris`s adaptation strategy
... Paris is a robust city for dealing with the anticipated consequences of climate change, but it has elements that demand vigilance: primarily heatwaves, floods, and water resources. Several studies, experiments and achievements have been carried out in order to characterise these risks and identify m ...
... Paris is a robust city for dealing with the anticipated consequences of climate change, but it has elements that demand vigilance: primarily heatwaves, floods, and water resources. Several studies, experiments and achievements have been carried out in order to characterise these risks and identify m ...
adaptation to climate change: key terms
... on key adaptation concepts and terms that have entered the UNFCCC lexicon such as ‘adaptation’, ‘vulnerability’, ‘adverse effect’, ‘adaptive capacity’, and others. The aim of the task is to collect various definitions (found in literature) of the same terms and to clarify these key adaptation concep ...
... on key adaptation concepts and terms that have entered the UNFCCC lexicon such as ‘adaptation’, ‘vulnerability’, ‘adverse effect’, ‘adaptive capacity’, and others. The aim of the task is to collect various definitions (found in literature) of the same terms and to clarify these key adaptation concep ...
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... The most compelling arguments in favor of SRM methods are …rst that they can be used as an emergency measure to reduce the global average temperature quickly, and second that they can be used to “buy time” by slowing down the increase in temperature so that new abatement or emission reducing technol ...
... The most compelling arguments in favor of SRM methods are …rst that they can be used as an emergency measure to reduce the global average temperature quickly, and second that they can be used to “buy time” by slowing down the increase in temperature so that new abatement or emission reducing technol ...
On the Climate Crisis, It`s Donald Trump the World
... On the Climate Crisis, It’s Donald Trump vs. the World ...
... On the Climate Crisis, It’s Donald Trump vs. the World ...