Framing Climate: Implications for Local Government Policy
... approaches ranging from voluntary mechanisms to regulation. There is also considerable variation in the scale, targets and timing of policy responses. Although scientists have been aware of the seriousness of climate change for more than two decades this paper will show that climate change has only ...
... approaches ranging from voluntary mechanisms to regulation. There is also considerable variation in the scale, targets and timing of policy responses. Although scientists have been aware of the seriousness of climate change for more than two decades this paper will show that climate change has only ...
The Climate Public Expenditure and Institutional Review (CPEIR
... clear boundaries of such spending. This represents a major challenge for any study of climate finance. As a starting point, it is important to recognise that the phenomenon of ‘adaptation deficit’ applies in all countries. This term, perhaps better described as the development deficit, refers to the ...
... clear boundaries of such spending. This represents a major challenge for any study of climate finance. As a starting point, it is important to recognise that the phenomenon of ‘adaptation deficit’ applies in all countries. This term, perhaps better described as the development deficit, refers to the ...
CLIMATE POLICY IN LIGHT OF CLIMATE SCIENCE: THE ICLIPS
... and manageable uncertainties, linear system properties) and their validity with a view to the special features of global change problems. They conclude that ‘conventional tools of policy analysis, routinely applied, can lead to wrong or silly answers in studies of global change. To avoid such failur ...
... and manageable uncertainties, linear system properties) and their validity with a view to the special features of global change problems. They conclude that ‘conventional tools of policy analysis, routinely applied, can lead to wrong or silly answers in studies of global change. To avoid such failur ...
Articles Climate Change Vulnerability and Policy Support
... Political interest in addressing the threats associated with climate change and variability is increasing at all levels of governance. Mounting evidence that human activities are responsible for temperature increases over the past century (Oreskes 2004) and recent international conventions highlight ...
... Political interest in addressing the threats associated with climate change and variability is increasing at all levels of governance. Mounting evidence that human activities are responsible for temperature increases over the past century (Oreskes 2004) and recent international conventions highlight ...
CCC energy policy redraft 7 1 1
... economics and technology, all of whom are appointed by the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change. These experts are mostly from academic and research backgrounds. They work to provide in-depth analysis and make decisions on climate change issues with a view to proposing the necessary step ...
... economics and technology, all of whom are appointed by the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change. These experts are mostly from academic and research backgrounds. They work to provide in-depth analysis and make decisions on climate change issues with a view to proposing the necessary step ...
Independent Review of the Climate Change Act 2010 [MS Word
... The Andrews Labor Government commends the Independent Review Committee, chaired by Mr Martijn Wilder AM, with members Ms Anna Skarbek and Professor Rosemary Lyster, for its comprehensive review into the Victorian Climate Change Act 2010. The recommendations of the Committee complement the internatio ...
... The Andrews Labor Government commends the Independent Review Committee, chaired by Mr Martijn Wilder AM, with members Ms Anna Skarbek and Professor Rosemary Lyster, for its comprehensive review into the Victorian Climate Change Act 2010. The recommendations of the Committee complement the internatio ...
P R I N C E T O N ... P R I N C E T O N ... Wagner_ClimateShock_FINAL.indd 3 12/30/14 8:32 AM
... 10 percent. That looks like the manifestation of a fat tail, if there ever was one (even though strictly speaking we don’t even assume that property in our calculations; our tail is “heavy,” not quite “fat” in statistical terms). At 700 ppm, the median temperature increase would be 3.4°C (6.1°F). Th ...
... 10 percent. That looks like the manifestation of a fat tail, if there ever was one (even though strictly speaking we don’t even assume that property in our calculations; our tail is “heavy,” not quite “fat” in statistical terms). At 700 ppm, the median temperature increase would be 3.4°C (6.1°F). Th ...
The Value of Carbon in Decision-Making
... • Economists use two main tools to inform policy and business decision-making in relation to valuing carbon: the Social Cost of Carbon (SCC) or the Marginal Abatement Cost (MAC). The SCC and the MAC are often applied alongside each other, because they measure different things. • The SCC represents ...
... • Economists use two main tools to inform policy and business decision-making in relation to valuing carbon: the Social Cost of Carbon (SCC) or the Marginal Abatement Cost (MAC). The SCC and the MAC are often applied alongside each other, because they measure different things. • The SCC represents ...
Meeting Notes
... and identifies gaps, cost/benefits, recommendations, opportunities for medium and longer term issues, and stage four provides full report taking into account all stages. Questions/comments: Discussion on where individual items are captured in the project plan, for example, collaboration, governance, ...
... and identifies gaps, cost/benefits, recommendations, opportunities for medium and longer term issues, and stage four provides full report taking into account all stages. Questions/comments: Discussion on where individual items are captured in the project plan, for example, collaboration, governance, ...
Managing the business risks and opportunities of a changing climate
... paid US $1.5 billion to put its system back together after damage inflicted by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Since that time, Entergy has worked with Swiss Re to assess the corporation’s asset exposure to wind-related damage, sea-level rise and increased storminess by 2030 under three climate scenari ...
... paid US $1.5 billion to put its system back together after damage inflicted by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Since that time, Entergy has worked with Swiss Re to assess the corporation’s asset exposure to wind-related damage, sea-level rise and increased storminess by 2030 under three climate scenari ...
Abrupt Non-Linear Climate Change, Irreversibility and
... If warming reduces the ability of surface water to sink in high latitudes, this interferes with the inflow of warm water from the south. Such a slowdown will cause local cooling, which will re-energize the local sinking, serving as a stabilizing negative feedback on the slowdown. On the other hand, ...
... If warming reduces the ability of surface water to sink in high latitudes, this interferes with the inflow of warm water from the south. Such a slowdown will cause local cooling, which will re-energize the local sinking, serving as a stabilizing negative feedback on the slowdown. On the other hand, ...
Climate Change Policy
... the manner specified in the Policy, implementation will occur progressively over the 2015 financial year. ...
... the manner specified in the Policy, implementation will occur progressively over the 2015 financial year. ...
Link
... The African Development Bank has called for US$40 billion per year over the coming decades to be provided to African countries to address development issues directly related to climate change (Kaberuka 2009). These costs are required to assist in the adaptation to and the mitigation from the effects ...
... The African Development Bank has called for US$40 billion per year over the coming decades to be provided to African countries to address development issues directly related to climate change (Kaberuka 2009). These costs are required to assist in the adaptation to and the mitigation from the effects ...
Climate policy under sustainable discounted utilitarianism
... of (i) removing sensitivity to the interests of the present if the present is better off than the future and (ii) relaxing to the set of non-decreasing streams the property that the trade-off between wellbeing in the first two periods be separable from the remainder of the stream. Regarding (i), th ...
... of (i) removing sensitivity to the interests of the present if the present is better off than the future and (ii) relaxing to the set of non-decreasing streams the property that the trade-off between wellbeing in the first two periods be separable from the remainder of the stream. Regarding (i), th ...
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... I do not adopt a more risk averse, or prudent, or precautionary standpoint because there is a long history of worrying about the unquantified impacts of climate change. Initially, people were worried about widespread starvation (Hohmeyer and Gaertner, 1992), about extreme sea level rise (Schneider a ...
... I do not adopt a more risk averse, or prudent, or precautionary standpoint because there is a long history of worrying about the unquantified impacts of climate change. Initially, people were worried about widespread starvation (Hohmeyer and Gaertner, 1992), about extreme sea level rise (Schneider a ...
Expert Consensus on the Economics of Climate Change
... scientific consensus, instead of as a black box that transforms the modeler’s assumptions into policy recommendations and SCC estimates. To avoid the current situation in which IAM modelers are free to choose parameter values (such as the probability of catastrophic outcomes, the discount rate, etc ...
... scientific consensus, instead of as a black box that transforms the modeler’s assumptions into policy recommendations and SCC estimates. To avoid the current situation in which IAM modelers are free to choose parameter values (such as the probability of catastrophic outcomes, the discount rate, etc ...
Adaptation and mitigation: trade-offs in substance and methods Richard S.J. Tol *
... (as in Pearce et al., 1996) are useful input to, among others, global cost-benefit analysis (CBA) of greenhouse gas emission reduction. Global CBA (e.g., Manne et al., 1995; Nordhaus, 1991, 1993; Peck and Teisberg, 1992; Tol, 1999) addresses the question ‘‘If the world were ruled by a benevolent dic ...
... (as in Pearce et al., 1996) are useful input to, among others, global cost-benefit analysis (CBA) of greenhouse gas emission reduction. Global CBA (e.g., Manne et al., 1995; Nordhaus, 1991, 1993; Peck and Teisberg, 1992; Tol, 1999) addresses the question ‘‘If the world were ruled by a benevolent dic ...
Cooperation on Climate-Change Mitigation
... Global environmental problems such as climate change, depletion of the ozone layer and loss of biodiversity have risen to the top of the world’s environmental agenda. For each of these problems there is a large scientific literature warning of the dangers of failing to successfully address the issue ...
... Global environmental problems such as climate change, depletion of the ozone layer and loss of biodiversity have risen to the top of the world’s environmental agenda. For each of these problems there is a large scientific literature warning of the dangers of failing to successfully address the issue ...
Addressing Climate Change through a Risk Management Lens
... In the Summary for Policymakers of the Synthesis Report for its Fourth Assessment, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) achieved unanimous agreement from signatory countries of the Framework Convention that, “Responding to climate change involves an iterative risk management proce ...
... In the Summary for Policymakers of the Synthesis Report for its Fourth Assessment, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) achieved unanimous agreement from signatory countries of the Framework Convention that, “Responding to climate change involves an iterative risk management proce ...
Not a Problem, Someone Else`s Problem, My Problem or Our
... personal beliefs about anthropogenic climate change and personal decisions to act. This “dragon” can significantly impact on people’s ability to accept and act upon factual information that conflicts with their ideologies. Trying to reconcile conflicting information, beliefs and behaviours, especial ...
... personal beliefs about anthropogenic climate change and personal decisions to act. This “dragon” can significantly impact on people’s ability to accept and act upon factual information that conflicts with their ideologies. Trying to reconcile conflicting information, beliefs and behaviours, especial ...
Chapter 5
... (SLR) at between 0.2 m and 2 m by 2100. The impact of rising sea levels will, apart from the built environment and human populations, also affect environmental systems. The economic impacts of a sea level rise were studied from two standpoints: first in view of the long-term impact of gradual SLR, a ...
... (SLR) at between 0.2 m and 2 m by 2100. The impact of rising sea levels will, apart from the built environment and human populations, also affect environmental systems. The economic impacts of a sea level rise were studied from two standpoints: first in view of the long-term impact of gradual SLR, a ...
Public Perception of Climate Risk: The Case of Greece
... understanding one has based on the comprehension of the threat that could result in loss of life or property [26]. Other researchers [28] associate the term public perception with certain risk characteristics and their level like awareness, preparedness and worry. In another research work [23] it is ...
... understanding one has based on the comprehension of the threat that could result in loss of life or property [26]. Other researchers [28] associate the term public perception with certain risk characteristics and their level like awareness, preparedness and worry. In another research work [23] it is ...
Climate Change and Social Protection in Bangladesh: Are Existing
... melting of Himalayan glaciers. Low-lying coastlines will also be affected; under severe climate-change conditions, ‘rising seas would submerge much of the Maldives and inundate 18% of Bangladesh’s land’ (ibid.: 6). It is projected that climate change will result in significant and perhaps rapid incr ...
... melting of Himalayan glaciers. Low-lying coastlines will also be affected; under severe climate-change conditions, ‘rising seas would submerge much of the Maldives and inundate 18% of Bangladesh’s land’ (ibid.: 6). It is projected that climate change will result in significant and perhaps rapid incr ...
Transportation, Air Pollution, and Climate Change | US EPA
... These models are useful because they combine climate processes, economic growth, and feedbacks between the climate and the global economy into a single modeling framework. At the same time, they gain this advantage at the expense of a more detailed representation of the underlying climatic and econo ...
... These models are useful because they combine climate processes, economic growth, and feedbacks between the climate and the global economy into a single modeling framework. At the same time, they gain this advantage at the expense of a more detailed representation of the underlying climatic and econo ...
Coping with the uncertainties in the climate change adaptation of
... There has been a growing concern on the adaptation to the impact of climate change due to the recent overwhelming consensus on global warming. Since the occurrence of floods is highly susceptible to climatic condition, much attention should be put on the adaptation to the uncertain effect of climate ...
... There has been a growing concern on the adaptation to the impact of climate change due to the recent overwhelming consensus on global warming. Since the occurrence of floods is highly susceptible to climatic condition, much attention should be put on the adaptation to the uncertain effect of climate ...