IFC Definitions and Metrics for Climate
... management into private sector investment through its Investment and Advisory Services businesses. IFC industry groups and regions are setting forward-looking targets to deploy climate finance and this document is intended to detail how progress against these goals will be measured. IFC first starte ...
... management into private sector investment through its Investment and Advisory Services businesses. IFC industry groups and regions are setting forward-looking targets to deploy climate finance and this document is intended to detail how progress against these goals will be measured. IFC first starte ...
TAMK - University of Applied Sciences Tampere, Finland
... globally in a comprehensive way. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) represents global political frame to address climate change. The Kyoto Protocol, which was adopted in 1997 under the auspices of the UNFCCC, was the first binding agreement of quantified emission redu ...
... globally in a comprehensive way. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) represents global political frame to address climate change. The Kyoto Protocol, which was adopted in 1997 under the auspices of the UNFCCC, was the first binding agreement of quantified emission redu ...
Climate Role Play
... countries with fast growing economies. At the same time, the agreement will support developing countries so that their emissions can be limited without risking their economic development. The international climate negotiations are complex and require decisions to be made on many small questions that ...
... countries with fast growing economies. At the same time, the agreement will support developing countries so that their emissions can be limited without risking their economic development. The international climate negotiations are complex and require decisions to be made on many small questions that ...
Linkages between the Montreal and Kyoto Protocols
... bromide. By 1996, it had be successful in reducing global production and consumption of these substances by nearly 80% from the level before international controls.1 In comparison to the mature ozone regime, the international co-operation for the protection of the Earth’s climate are still at an ear ...
... bromide. By 1996, it had be successful in reducing global production and consumption of these substances by nearly 80% from the level before international controls.1 In comparison to the mature ozone regime, the international co-operation for the protection of the Earth’s climate are still at an ear ...
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... purpose of the CDM (to assist non-Annex I in achieving sustainable development). Another aspect of relevance for our analysis is that the ‘non-carbon welfare effects’ associated with the CDM are potentially very important for the non-Annex I countries, when they decide on whether or not to particip ...
... purpose of the CDM (to assist non-Annex I in achieving sustainable development). Another aspect of relevance for our analysis is that the ‘non-carbon welfare effects’ associated with the CDM are potentially very important for the non-Annex I countries, when they decide on whether or not to particip ...
Africa
... actions that are consistent with and enhance long term agricultural productivity, food security and environmental sustainability goals. The first fundamental need towards achievement of this objective is to support Member Countries, and in particular to developing countries, in improving their abili ...
... actions that are consistent with and enhance long term agricultural productivity, food security and environmental sustainability goals. The first fundamental need towards achievement of this objective is to support Member Countries, and in particular to developing countries, in improving their abili ...
Short-Lived Promise? - Oxford Martin School
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has re-stated that substantial reductions in greenhouse gas emissions will be required to meet the internationally agreed goal of avoiding more than 2°C of global warming relative to pre-industrial temperatures.1 Yet emissions of the principal greenho ...
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has re-stated that substantial reductions in greenhouse gas emissions will be required to meet the internationally agreed goal of avoiding more than 2°C of global warming relative to pre-industrial temperatures.1 Yet emissions of the principal greenho ...
Japan`s private climate finance support
... Japan uses many of the different interventions that have been identified as potential tools to mobilise the private sector in climate mitigation in developing countries. These include the provision of untied loans, concessional two-step loans, project finance loans, political risk guarantees, projec ...
... Japan uses many of the different interventions that have been identified as potential tools to mobilise the private sector in climate mitigation in developing countries. These include the provision of untied loans, concessional two-step loans, project finance loans, political risk guarantees, projec ...
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... The estimated costs of climate impacts are highly uncertain. In addition to the irreducible randomness of natural and social phenomena, the so-called “aleatory uncertainty”, there are many other sources deriving from an incomplete knowledge of these phenomena, called “epistemic uncertainty”. These c ...
... The estimated costs of climate impacts are highly uncertain. In addition to the irreducible randomness of natural and social phenomena, the so-called “aleatory uncertainty”, there are many other sources deriving from an incomplete knowledge of these phenomena, called “epistemic uncertainty”. These c ...
The Montreal Protocol Protection of Ozone and Climate
... The Montreal Protocol is perhaps the most successful example of international cooperation to protect the environment. Since 1987, the Protocol has provided legally binding regulations that have been adopted in 197 nations with the ultimate objective of protecting the ozone layer by reducing ODS amou ...
... The Montreal Protocol is perhaps the most successful example of international cooperation to protect the environment. Since 1987, the Protocol has provided legally binding regulations that have been adopted in 197 nations with the ultimate objective of protecting the ozone layer by reducing ODS amou ...
A Case for Guardians for Future Generations
... enjoy equivalent or even better opportunities. It means meeting the goals set by the Paris Agreement to keep global warming well below 2oC above pre-industrial levels and to pursue 1.5oC while meeting the social, economic and environmental targets set by the Sustainable Development Goals. It also me ...
... enjoy equivalent or even better opportunities. It means meeting the goals set by the Paris Agreement to keep global warming well below 2oC above pre-industrial levels and to pursue 1.5oC while meeting the social, economic and environmental targets set by the Sustainable Development Goals. It also me ...
Technical note on science- based targets
... Companies are very strongly encouraged to have their targets officially evaluated by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTI). CDP considers targets approved by the Initiative to reflect best practices in science-based target setting. The evaluation of targets submitted to the SBTI for an officia ...
... Companies are very strongly encouraged to have their targets officially evaluated by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTI). CDP considers targets approved by the Initiative to reflect best practices in science-based target setting. The evaluation of targets submitted to the SBTI for an officia ...
Annual Transition Statement - Select Organisation
... EU and international policy developments 14. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change has been at the centre of international efforts to address the issue. A legally binding, global agreement on climate change was agreed in Paris on 12 December 2015. The Paris Agreement puts in pla ...
... EU and international policy developments 14. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change has been at the centre of international efforts to address the issue. A legally binding, global agreement on climate change was agreed in Paris on 12 December 2015. The Paris Agreement puts in pla ...
Climate Change Performance Index 2017
... proved. The integration of emissions data from deforestation and forest degradation was one of the major steps in this process, made possible due to the data provided by the FAO Global Forest Resource Assessment 2015. Deforestation and forest degradation are another important source of anthropogeni ...
... proved. The integration of emissions data from deforestation and forest degradation was one of the major steps in this process, made possible due to the data provided by the FAO Global Forest Resource Assessment 2015. Deforestation and forest degradation are another important source of anthropogeni ...
2015 Global Climate Legislation Study - summary for policymakers (English) (opens in new window)
... global agreement must be agreed. This year not only marks 21 years since the first deliberations of the UNFCCC, it also marks a key moment in inter-governmental processes. Many have referred to 2015 as a ‘generational opportunity’ – a signal moment to build a new international framework addressing i ...
... global agreement must be agreed. This year not only marks 21 years since the first deliberations of the UNFCCC, it also marks a key moment in inter-governmental processes. Many have referred to 2015 as a ‘generational opportunity’ – a signal moment to build a new international framework addressing i ...
Climate Justice: Equity and Justice informing a new
... agreement in 2015. Through the Dialogue the concept of climate justice will be further explored and used to develop narratives and inform approaches to address equity in a new climate agreement. The purpose of this paper is to: i. establish why climate change is an issue of (in)justice; ii. analyz ...
... agreement in 2015. Through the Dialogue the concept of climate justice will be further explored and used to develop narratives and inform approaches to address equity in a new climate agreement. The purpose of this paper is to: i. establish why climate change is an issue of (in)justice; ii. analyz ...
8. equal per capita entitlements
... expansion of the global economy and attendant GHG emissions into the globally common atmosphere. This realization stimulated the associated debate on the sharing of scarce atmospheric resources, that is, establishing equitable access to this limited space, as the right to emit implies scarcity, and ...
... expansion of the global economy and attendant GHG emissions into the globally common atmosphere. This realization stimulated the associated debate on the sharing of scarce atmospheric resources, that is, establishing equitable access to this limited space, as the right to emit implies scarcity, and ...
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... There have been many studies that have addressed adaptation to climate change; however, few of them explicitly attempt to separate the concept of adaptation from that of development (see Markandya and Watkiss, 2009). In fact, to give an exact definition of adaptation rather than confuse adaptation w ...
... There have been many studies that have addressed adaptation to climate change; however, few of them explicitly attempt to separate the concept of adaptation from that of development (see Markandya and Watkiss, 2009). In fact, to give an exact definition of adaptation rather than confuse adaptation w ...
Climate Change and Australia`s Tree Clearing Crisis
... to the landmark Paris Agreement in 2015. In doing so, the Australian Government pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions 26–28% below 2005 levels by 2030 (with regular reviews to allow for more ambitious target setting) and signed up to global goals to limit warming to no more than 1.5 degrees ...
... to the landmark Paris Agreement in 2015. In doing so, the Australian Government pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions 26–28% below 2005 levels by 2030 (with regular reviews to allow for more ambitious target setting) and signed up to global goals to limit warming to no more than 1.5 degrees ...
PBL rapport 500114012 Meeting the 2 degrees Celsius target
... requires ambitious standards for appliances, vehicles, and houses. There is also a large scope to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power generation. Development of a connecting super grid on a continental scale, combined with a smart grid at local scale, would facilitate penetration of large-sca ...
... requires ambitious standards for appliances, vehicles, and houses. There is also a large scope to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power generation. Development of a connecting super grid on a continental scale, combined with a smart grid at local scale, would facilitate penetration of large-sca ...
Initial Results Management Framework
... Paragraph (l): Further decided that in designing its results management framework, the Fund will use the experience of other relevant entities, and, where appropriate, align the framework and indicators with existing best practice models; Paragraph (m): Requested the Secretariat to develop, for cons ...
... Paragraph (l): Further decided that in designing its results management framework, the Fund will use the experience of other relevant entities, and, where appropriate, align the framework and indicators with existing best practice models; Paragraph (m): Requested the Secretariat to develop, for cons ...
adaptation to climate change: international policy options
... Vulnerability of Key Sectors The impacts of global climate change will be felt across economies and societies. The present state of climate modeling does not allow precise forecasting of the full extent or distribution of impacts at any given level of climate change. This brief overview of projected ...
... Vulnerability of Key Sectors The impacts of global climate change will be felt across economies and societies. The present state of climate modeling does not allow precise forecasting of the full extent or distribution of impacts at any given level of climate change. This brief overview of projected ...
Climate, biodiversity, and forests : issues and opportunities
... crucial debate that has set the framework for international efforts to reduce the risk of climate change into the next century. That debate took a significant new turn in December 1997, when nations met in Kyoto, Japan, to forge a follow-on Protocol to the original 1992 Framework Convention on Clima ...
... crucial debate that has set the framework for international efforts to reduce the risk of climate change into the next century. That debate took a significant new turn in December 1997, when nations met in Kyoto, Japan, to forge a follow-on Protocol to the original 1992 Framework Convention on Clima ...
National Programme for Spatial Adaptation to Climate Change (ARK)
... simultaneous shift will take place towards more local decision making in the area of spatial planning, there will be major questions to contend with in matters of organisation, direction and participative decision making. After all, climate change, being a global problem and having countless facets ...
... simultaneous shift will take place towards more local decision making in the area of spatial planning, there will be major questions to contend with in matters of organisation, direction and participative decision making. After all, climate change, being a global problem and having countless facets ...