Climate Change Impacts in the Context of Economic Globalization
... magnitude and rate of climate change and variation to which a system is exposed, its sensitivity, and its adaptive capacity. ...
... magnitude and rate of climate change and variation to which a system is exposed, its sensitivity, and its adaptive capacity. ...
Representing Uncertainties & Selecting Scenarios
... • What risks may we face under this projected scenario(s)? • Analyse possible outcomes from a given climate hazard(s) ± other drivers of change • An understanding of current/future climaterelated risks • Exploratory scenarios of climate with other biophysical and socio-economic conditions ...
... • What risks may we face under this projected scenario(s)? • Analyse possible outcomes from a given climate hazard(s) ± other drivers of change • An understanding of current/future climaterelated risks • Exploratory scenarios of climate with other biophysical and socio-economic conditions ...
UN General Assembly thematic debate on climate change
... The climate regime must equitably share the burden. Next year marks the beginning of the commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol and there is a need for Annex I (developed) countries to meet their reduction commitments. Stronger measures in the second commitment period are also needed. Brazil is rea ...
... The climate regime must equitably share the burden. Next year marks the beginning of the commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol and there is a need for Annex I (developed) countries to meet their reduction commitments. Stronger measures in the second commitment period are also needed. Brazil is rea ...
Hot, It`s Not - Tufts University
... the prevailing temperatures and MMTs of their new communities, then intercity migration would lead to regression toward the mean MMT throughout the U.S. Since we do not observe this pattern, adaptation must be rapid. A second problem stems from the implicit assumption that warming will be more or le ...
... the prevailing temperatures and MMTs of their new communities, then intercity migration would lead to regression toward the mean MMT throughout the U.S. Since we do not observe this pattern, adaptation must be rapid. A second problem stems from the implicit assumption that warming will be more or le ...
Review National Climate Assessment First Draft 2013 Report
... past 50 years is due primarily to human activities, predominantly the burning of fossil fuels. • Some extreme weather and climate events have increased in recent decades, and there is new and stronger evidence that many of these increases are related to human activities. • Human-induced climate chan ...
... past 50 years is due primarily to human activities, predominantly the burning of fossil fuels. • Some extreme weather and climate events have increased in recent decades, and there is new and stronger evidence that many of these increases are related to human activities. • Human-induced climate chan ...
Lord Nicholas Stern Towards A Global Deal on Climate Change
... avoid the worst effects of climate change. Stern writes that the cost of enacting policies now to stabilize greenhouse gas emissions—about 1 percent of global GDP per year—must be considered a wise investment with returns that will far outweigh the costs of doing too little. ...
... avoid the worst effects of climate change. Stern writes that the cost of enacting policies now to stabilize greenhouse gas emissions—about 1 percent of global GDP per year—must be considered a wise investment with returns that will far outweigh the costs of doing too little. ...
Current Climate Change Trends and Issues for East Asia
... •Thames Water: Adaptating business operations •Veolia Environment: Advancing climate knowledge SOURCE: http://unfccc.int/adaptation/nairobi_work_programme/knowledge_resources_and_publications/items/4748.php ...
... •Thames Water: Adaptating business operations •Veolia Environment: Advancing climate knowledge SOURCE: http://unfccc.int/adaptation/nairobi_work_programme/knowledge_resources_and_publications/items/4748.php ...
- Beacons DEC
... delightful light touch and there is much to amuse and sometimes laugh out loud at. And it is the only history book I have ever read which recommends1066 and All That. Married to Bhutan, Linda Leaming, Hayhouse, 2011 The book focuses on the decision of the author to reside permanently in the small, l ...
... delightful light touch and there is much to amuse and sometimes laugh out loud at. And it is the only history book I have ever read which recommends1066 and All That. Married to Bhutan, Linda Leaming, Hayhouse, 2011 The book focuses on the decision of the author to reside permanently in the small, l ...
Climate change act briefing note (467 kB) (opens in new window)
... would be £324 billion to £404 billion. It noted: “Long-term modelling suggests that the costs will be in the range estimated by the Stern Review of 1% +/- 3% of GDP”. - The Stern Review (2007), which was published before the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( ...
... would be £324 billion to £404 billion. It noted: “Long-term modelling suggests that the costs will be in the range estimated by the Stern Review of 1% +/- 3% of GDP”. - The Stern Review (2007), which was published before the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( ...
PDF - The Property and Environment Research Center
... both ignorant and immobile, then many top-down, paternalistic policies such as using federal funds to finance local sea walls become potentially rational investments. Adaptation pessimists also argue that we have placed our most productive centers of excellence in harm’s way— think Manhattan’s Wall ...
... both ignorant and immobile, then many top-down, paternalistic policies such as using federal funds to finance local sea walls become potentially rational investments. Adaptation pessimists also argue that we have placed our most productive centers of excellence in harm’s way— think Manhattan’s Wall ...
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... be a major matter of concern. The last UNFCCC conference in Durban has thus confirmed the long term objective to keep temperature increase below 2 ℃ above pre-industrial levels based on IPCC (2007) findings. Standard integrated assessment models (IAMs), combining economic and climate modules, usuall ...
... be a major matter of concern. The last UNFCCC conference in Durban has thus confirmed the long term objective to keep temperature increase below 2 ℃ above pre-industrial levels based on IPCC (2007) findings. Standard integrated assessment models (IAMs), combining economic and climate modules, usuall ...
Instruktioner för GU:s mall
... future due to the lags induced by energy absorbed by the oceans, and by the relatively long atmospheric life of many greenhouse gases. Since the benefits of stabilization are far into the future, using real market discount rate would result in very small present value of future avoided harms. And th ...
... future due to the lags induced by energy absorbed by the oceans, and by the relatively long atmospheric life of many greenhouse gases. Since the benefits of stabilization are far into the future, using real market discount rate would result in very small present value of future avoided harms. And th ...
Economists and Climate Change: Consensus and Open Questions
... 50 articles and books on environmental and administrative law and his work has helped set the agenda for contemporary environmental law scholars. Dean Revesz has been a leading legal academic voice on issues such as federalism and environmental regulation, the valuation of human life, and the use of ...
... 50 articles and books on environmental and administrative law and his work has helped set the agenda for contemporary environmental law scholars. Dean Revesz has been a leading legal academic voice on issues such as federalism and environmental regulation, the valuation of human life, and the use of ...
Resilient Coastal City Regions - Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
... The planning directors’ queries led to a series of briefings in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at a 2007 seminar that was part of an annual program convened by the Lincoln Institute in collaboration with the American Planning Association and the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University. Around the ...
... The planning directors’ queries led to a series of briefings in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at a 2007 seminar that was part of an annual program convened by the Lincoln Institute in collaboration with the American Planning Association and the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University. Around the ...
Society`s Grand Challenges - American Psychological Association
... approved of conserving energy—they were more likely to reuse their own towels. The study suggests that conservation messages designed with the help of psychologists can benefit both the environment and the bottom line. Together, these studies suggest that research on social norms can help policymake ...
... approved of conserving energy—they were more likely to reuse their own towels. The study suggests that conservation messages designed with the help of psychologists can benefit both the environment and the bottom line. Together, these studies suggest that research on social norms can help policymake ...
New Methods to Assess Climate Change Impacts
... vulnerability, adaptation, mitigation and impacts at the local scale. The Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP) provides the link between global climate change projections and sector-specific and regional pathways and scenarios (Antle et al., 2015; Rosenzweig et al., 201 ...
... vulnerability, adaptation, mitigation and impacts at the local scale. The Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP) provides the link between global climate change projections and sector-specific and regional pathways and scenarios (Antle et al., 2015; Rosenzweig et al., 201 ...
Mistreatment of the economic impacts of extreme events
... has focused attention on the challenge of climate change and helped to redirect attention away from debates over science and toward debates over the costs and benefits of alternative courses of action. However, in making its case for the significant future economic costs of extreme weather events in d ...
... has focused attention on the challenge of climate change and helped to redirect attention away from debates over science and toward debates over the costs and benefits of alternative courses of action. However, in making its case for the significant future economic costs of extreme weather events in d ...
Optimal Climate Policies under the 2°C Constraint Using a
... • Hybrid integrated assessment model (Bosetti et al., 2009) • Economy: Ramsey-type optimal growth (inter-temporal) • Energy: Energy sector detail (technology portfolio) • Climate: Damage feedback (global variable) • Global, with the world divided in 13 regions • Optimization model: maximization of u ...
... • Hybrid integrated assessment model (Bosetti et al., 2009) • Economy: Ramsey-type optimal growth (inter-temporal) • Energy: Energy sector detail (technology portfolio) • Climate: Damage feedback (global variable) • Global, with the world divided in 13 regions • Optimization model: maximization of u ...
Module 7 - Synthesis - Global Climate Change Alliance
... An initiative of the ACP Group of States funded by the European Union ...
... An initiative of the ACP Group of States funded by the European Union ...
Slide 1
... • Baseline: No climate-change policies are adopted. The baseline can be interpreted as the status quo of inaction on climate policies. • Optimal: Climate-change policies maximize economic welfare, with full participation by all nations starting in 2015 and without climatic constraints. • Temperature ...
... • Baseline: No climate-change policies are adopted. The baseline can be interpreted as the status quo of inaction on climate policies. • Optimal: Climate-change policies maximize economic welfare, with full participation by all nations starting in 2015 and without climatic constraints. • Temperature ...
International Institutional Responses to Climate Change in a Post
... CLIMATE CHANGE: SUB-NATIONAL, NATIONAL, AND SUPRANATIONAL APPROACHES (William C.G. Burns & Hari Osofsky, eds. 2009, Cambridge University Press, in press) ...
... CLIMATE CHANGE: SUB-NATIONAL, NATIONAL, AND SUPRANATIONAL APPROACHES (William C.G. Burns & Hari Osofsky, eds. 2009, Cambridge University Press, in press) ...
Climate Change
... Twin responses to global climate change “There are two methods of curing the mischiefs of faction: the one by removing its causes, the other by controlling its effects.” James Madison et al, The Federalist Papers ...
... Twin responses to global climate change “There are two methods of curing the mischiefs of faction: the one by removing its causes, the other by controlling its effects.” James Madison et al, The Federalist Papers ...
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... summarizing a model, but a single number (resulting from constant values of the parameters on the right side of equation (1)) cannot capture both inter-generational equity over a long time scale and the opportunity cost of public funds. Our suggestion for assessing discounting parameters in climate ...
... summarizing a model, but a single number (resulting from constant values of the parameters on the right side of equation (1)) cannot capture both inter-generational equity over a long time scale and the opportunity cost of public funds. Our suggestion for assessing discounting parameters in climate ...
... heating up. The controversial issue now is the fear that overly ambitious climate initiatives could hurt the economy. Economists emphasizing that fear have, in effect, replaced the climate skeptics as the intellectual enablers of inaction. For example,William Nordhaus, the US economist best known fo ...