What to Do about Climate Change Executive Summary by Indur M. Goklany
... politicians such as former British prime minister Tony Blair, former U.S. president Bill Clinton, and former French President Jacques Chirac, to proclaim that climate change is the most important environmental problem facing the globe this century and, unless checked drastically, would before long r ...
... politicians such as former British prime minister Tony Blair, former U.S. president Bill Clinton, and former French President Jacques Chirac, to proclaim that climate change is the most important environmental problem facing the globe this century and, unless checked drastically, would before long r ...
Self-Governance and Peer Review in Science-for
... implied that the changes had been made in the interests of promoting a particular political agenda. Seitz said that Benjamin D. Santer, lead author of Chapter 8, would have to shoulder the responsibility for the “unauthorized” changes. Seitz was not present at the IPCC meetings. He did not contact S ...
... implied that the changes had been made in the interests of promoting a particular political agenda. Seitz said that Benjamin D. Santer, lead author of Chapter 8, would have to shoulder the responsibility for the “unauthorized” changes. Seitz was not present at the IPCC meetings. He did not contact S ...
DICE 2013R - Yale Economics
... most modules. The differences will be described later. The DICE model views the economics of climate change from the perspective of neoclassical economic growth theory (see particularly Solow 1970). In this approach, economies make investments in capital, education, and technologies, thereby reducin ...
... most modules. The differences will be described later. The DICE model views the economics of climate change from the perspective of neoclassical economic growth theory (see particularly Solow 1970). In this approach, economies make investments in capital, education, and technologies, thereby reducin ...
Building Resilience and Reducing Emissions
... Climate change can lead to a significant reduction in agricultural productivity: e.g., Central America faces a reduction of 12-29% by 2080, South America a reduction of 12-50% by 2100, and Mexico a total loss of economic productivity in 30-85% of farms by 2100 (Mendelsohn 2008; Cline 2007; World Ban ...
... Climate change can lead to a significant reduction in agricultural productivity: e.g., Central America faces a reduction of 12-29% by 2080, South America a reduction of 12-50% by 2100, and Mexico a total loss of economic productivity in 30-85% of farms by 2100 (Mendelsohn 2008; Cline 2007; World Ban ...
The Economic Climate: Establishing Expert Consensus on the
... Specifically, Weitzman (2001) asked: “Taking all relevant considerations into account, what real interest rate do you think should be used to discount over time the (expected) benefits and (expected) costs of projects being proposed to mitigate the possible effects of global climate change?” ...
... Specifically, Weitzman (2001) asked: “Taking all relevant considerations into account, what real interest rate do you think should be used to discount over time the (expected) benefits and (expected) costs of projects being proposed to mitigate the possible effects of global climate change?” ...
DICE 2013R - Yale Economics
... most modules. The differences will be described later. The DICE model views the economics of climate change from the perspective of neoclassical economic growth theory (see particularly Solow 1970). In this approach, economies make investments in capital, education, and technologies, thereby reducin ...
... most modules. The differences will be described later. The DICE model views the economics of climate change from the perspective of neoclassical economic growth theory (see particularly Solow 1970). In this approach, economies make investments in capital, education, and technologies, thereby reducin ...
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... commercial refrigeration equipment (“the Rule”), 79 Fed. Reg. 17,726 (Mar. 28, 2014), will reduce carbon pollution, help mitigate climate change, and so generate billions of dollars in quantifiable benefits to economic welfare, public health, national security, and environmental quality. DOE quantif ...
... commercial refrigeration equipment (“the Rule”), 79 Fed. Reg. 17,726 (Mar. 28, 2014), will reduce carbon pollution, help mitigate climate change, and so generate billions of dollars in quantifiable benefits to economic welfare, public health, national security, and environmental quality. DOE quantif ...
Handbook on the OECD-DAC Climate Markers
... AID TARGETING THE OBJECTIVES OF THE FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE Climate change mitigation DEFINITION An activity should be classified as climate-changemitigation related (score Principal or Significant) if: CRITERIA FOR ELIGIBILITY ...
... AID TARGETING THE OBJECTIVES OF THE FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE Climate change mitigation DEFINITION An activity should be classified as climate-changemitigation related (score Principal or Significant) if: CRITERIA FOR ELIGIBILITY ...
Conceptual framework: Definitions for key concepts
... “An interdisciplinary process of combining, interpreting and communicating knowledge from diverse scientific disciplines so that all relevant aspects of a complex societal issue can be evaluated and considered for the benefit of decision-making.” For the Mediterranean case studies, integration in th ...
... “An interdisciplinary process of combining, interpreting and communicating knowledge from diverse scientific disciplines so that all relevant aspects of a complex societal issue can be evaluated and considered for the benefit of decision-making.” For the Mediterranean case studies, integration in th ...
Inadequacies and criticisms of the Intergovernmental Panel on
... heat island effects and other anomalies. In response to one such request, Dr. Jones wrote: “we have 25 or so years invested in the work. Why should I make the data available to you, when your aim is to try and find something wrong with it?”. In contrast, the equivalent US global surface temperature ...
... heat island effects and other anomalies. In response to one such request, Dr. Jones wrote: “we have 25 or so years invested in the work. Why should I make the data available to you, when your aim is to try and find something wrong with it?”. In contrast, the equivalent US global surface temperature ...
individual perceptions of climate risks
... work on extreme weather events, a difficult task due to a lack of available data and the resulting high degree of uncertainty. The first impact studies were also carried out to measure how risks will evolve in a warmer future climate. More than ten years have now passed, and climate change has becom ...
... work on extreme weather events, a difficult task due to a lack of available data and the resulting high degree of uncertainty. The first impact studies were also carried out to measure how risks will evolve in a warmer future climate. More than ten years have now passed, and climate change has becom ...
Psychology`s Contributions to Understanding and Addressing
... Task Force on the Interface Between Psychology and Global Climate Change (2009). The articles in this special issue follow from this task force report. The present article provides an overview of these articles, a model that integrates this literature with the broader literature on human dimensions ...
... Task Force on the Interface Between Psychology and Global Climate Change (2009). The articles in this special issue follow from this task force report. The present article provides an overview of these articles, a model that integrates this literature with the broader literature on human dimensions ...
Psychology`s Contributions to Understanding and Addressing
... Task Force on the Interface Between Psychology and Global Climate Change (2009). The articles in this special issue follow from this task force report. The present article provides an overview of these articles, a model that integrates this literature with the broader literature on human dimensions ...
... Task Force on the Interface Between Psychology and Global Climate Change (2009). The articles in this special issue follow from this task force report. The present article provides an overview of these articles, a model that integrates this literature with the broader literature on human dimensions ...
Why Worry About Climate Change? A Research Agenda
... that the Pigou tax, an indirect tax on carbon dioxide emissions, is estimated to be relatively small: for a 3% utility discount rate, the median estimate in the literature is $7/tC. This estimate is higher than the actual price of carbon in most countries. However, only the most optimistic studies o ...
... that the Pigou tax, an indirect tax on carbon dioxide emissions, is estimated to be relatively small: for a 3% utility discount rate, the median estimate in the literature is $7/tC. This estimate is higher than the actual price of carbon in most countries. However, only the most optimistic studies o ...
Challenging the current climate change – migration nexus: exploring
... lasted between 30 and 45 minutes and started with the open question ‘What is climate change for you?’ This initial question was followed by questions that build on each other such as ‘What are the impacts of climate change?’, ‘What are the causes of climate change?’, ‘Which measures could be taken t ...
... lasted between 30 and 45 minutes and started with the open question ‘What is climate change for you?’ This initial question was followed by questions that build on each other such as ‘What are the impacts of climate change?’, ‘What are the causes of climate change?’, ‘Which measures could be taken t ...
Civil war, climate change and development: A scenario
... regularly saw violent conflict between and within states. The absence of (civil) war in future scenarios of climate change is even more surprising when one considers that violent conflict can have a profound impact on development (Butkiewicz and Yanikkaya 2005b); and that one of the more worrying pr ...
... regularly saw violent conflict between and within states. The absence of (civil) war in future scenarios of climate change is even more surprising when one considers that violent conflict can have a profound impact on development (Butkiewicz and Yanikkaya 2005b); and that one of the more worrying pr ...
THE COST OF DELAYING ACTION TO STEM CLIMATE CHANGE
... economic damages, include costs to health, costs from sea level rise, and damage from increasingly severe storms, droughts, and wildfires. These costs are not reflected in the price of those emissions. In economists’ jargon, emitting CO2 generates a negative externality and thus a market failure. Be ...
... economic damages, include costs to health, costs from sea level rise, and damage from increasingly severe storms, droughts, and wildfires. These costs are not reflected in the price of those emissions. In economists’ jargon, emitting CO2 generates a negative externality and thus a market failure. Be ...
the economics of climate change the economics of
... While the Stern Review looked at the impacts of climate change at a global level it is at a local level where the impacts will be realised and both adaptation and mitigation responses will take place. Although the problem of climate change is global in nature, it is only through detailed understandi ...
... While the Stern Review looked at the impacts of climate change at a global level it is at a local level where the impacts will be realised and both adaptation and mitigation responses will take place. Although the problem of climate change is global in nature, it is only through detailed understandi ...
Climate Change Policy Jason Shogren and Michael Toman •
... its own right. The many uncertainties are characterized in Chapter 8 of the same report.) A recent report by the National Research Council (NRC 2000) found that evidence for a human contribution is rising. At the same time, however, the report found that scientists were becoming less confident in cu ...
... its own right. The many uncertainties are characterized in Chapter 8 of the same report.) A recent report by the National Research Council (NRC 2000) found that evidence for a human contribution is rising. At the same time, however, the report found that scientists were becoming less confident in cu ...
The Perils of Modelling How Migration Responds to Climate Change
... differential regional performance was relative incomes and job growth—i.e., a narrow firmside perspective. However, technological innovations like air conditioning and advancements in public health along with rising incomes that allow households to “consume” more natural amenities (a normal good) ha ...
... differential regional performance was relative incomes and job growth—i.e., a narrow firmside perspective. However, technological innovations like air conditioning and advancements in public health along with rising incomes that allow households to “consume” more natural amenities (a normal good) ha ...
A Conceptual Tool for Climate Change Risk Assessment
... Understanding the potential consequences of climate change to society is extremely challenging because climate impacts will depend on a multitude of contributing factors that interact in complicated ways and that are characterized by varying degrees of uncertainty (Moss 2011). For example, the risk ...
... Understanding the potential consequences of climate change to society is extremely challenging because climate impacts will depend on a multitude of contributing factors that interact in complicated ways and that are characterized by varying degrees of uncertainty (Moss 2011). For example, the risk ...
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... climate change. As with drought, there is a strong divergence between countries. Figure 4 also shows results for Lesotho under the four alternative scenarios. Impacts are less severe under B1 than under A1, primarily because climate change is less pronounced under B1 (cf. Figure 2). Impacts are more ...
... climate change. As with drought, there is a strong divergence between countries. Figure 4 also shows results for Lesotho under the four alternative scenarios. Impacts are less severe under B1 than under A1, primarily because climate change is less pronounced under B1 (cf. Figure 2). Impacts are more ...
Extending a Geographic Lens Towards Climate Justice, Part 1
... suggests that both patterns of responsibility (i.e., who produced the hazard) and patterns of outcome (i.e., who is impacted) need to be taken into account. According to the polluter-paysprinciple, those who created the problem by emitting GHGs are obligated to take mitigation actions and provide re ...
... suggests that both patterns of responsibility (i.e., who produced the hazard) and patterns of outcome (i.e., who is impacted) need to be taken into account. According to the polluter-paysprinciple, those who created the problem by emitting GHGs are obligated to take mitigation actions and provide re ...
The Demographic Implications of Climate Change for Aotearoa New
... Increased temperatures and rainfall (particularly in spring and summer) are associated with increased reproduction and survival rates of protozoa, bacteria, viruses, and their associated vectors such as mosquitos (Gubler et al., 2001). The incidence of vector-borne diseases, such as malaria (Parham ...
... Increased temperatures and rainfall (particularly in spring and summer) are associated with increased reproduction and survival rates of protozoa, bacteria, viruses, and their associated vectors such as mosquitos (Gubler et al., 2001). The incidence of vector-borne diseases, such as malaria (Parham ...
From adaptation to climate-resilient development: the costs of climate-proofing the Millennium Development Goals in Africa (388 kB ) (opens in new window)
... adaptation measures that require increased investments in existing programs. For example, it would be nonsensical to structure the procurement and distribution of additional insecticide treated bednets for population groups that become newly exposed to malaria as a stand-alone undertaking that is di ...
... adaptation measures that require increased investments in existing programs. For example, it would be nonsensical to structure the procurement and distribution of additional insecticide treated bednets for population groups that become newly exposed to malaria as a stand-alone undertaking that is di ...