Working Paper 219 - Kessler (opens in new window)
... As noted by Schuur et al. (2013), the perception of the importance of the PCF to climate change has been dominated by the improved quantification of the size of the permafrost carbon pool, whereas the strength of this feedback will be primarily determined by the amount that is vulnerable to release ...
... As noted by Schuur et al. (2013), the perception of the importance of the PCF to climate change has been dominated by the improved quantification of the size of the permafrost carbon pool, whereas the strength of this feedback will be primarily determined by the amount that is vulnerable to release ...
Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Wales February 2013
... set in law in June 2011.22 In October 2011 the UK Government published its Carbon Plan, a Government-wide plan of action on domestic and international climate change. The Plan sets out the UK Government‟s actions and deadlines for its departments over the next five years.23 The UK Government publish ...
... set in law in June 2011.22 In October 2011 the UK Government published its Carbon Plan, a Government-wide plan of action on domestic and international climate change. The Plan sets out the UK Government‟s actions and deadlines for its departments over the next five years.23 The UK Government publish ...
CDP Climate Change 2015 - Coca
... Please describe how your risk and opportunity identification processes are applied at both company and asset level CCHBC utilises a standardised Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework for the management of risks & opportunities. Outputs from this process are embedded into our business-planning a ...
... Please describe how your risk and opportunity identification processes are applied at both company and asset level CCHBC utilises a standardised Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework for the management of risks & opportunities. Outputs from this process are embedded into our business-planning a ...
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... change agenda. While investors launched initiatives such as the Montreal Carbon Pledge and the Portfolio Decarbonization Coalition to report on investment emissions and reduce greenhouse gas exposure, organizations such as 350.org have become testimony to a growing civil society movement that both p ...
... change agenda. While investors launched initiatives such as the Montreal Carbon Pledge and the Portfolio Decarbonization Coalition to report on investment emissions and reduce greenhouse gas exposure, organizations such as 350.org have become testimony to a growing civil society movement that both p ...
AOL case - in class
... subscriber base in order to evaluate the recoverability of deferred subscriber acquisition costs and the related amortization period. It is possible that management's future assessments of the recoverability and amortization period of deferred subscriber acquisition costs may change based upon actua ...
... subscriber base in order to evaluate the recoverability of deferred subscriber acquisition costs and the related amortization period. It is possible that management's future assessments of the recoverability and amortization period of deferred subscriber acquisition costs may change based upon actua ...
Black Carbon A Review and Policy Recommendations Authors
... integrate air quality and climate mitigation efforts, with a focus on black carbon. The group set out to address that need and hopes it has succeeded in offering recommendations that will be useful to the EPA as it confronts growing challenges in air quality and climate change. In developing the rep ...
... integrate air quality and climate mitigation efforts, with a focus on black carbon. The group set out to address that need and hopes it has succeeded in offering recommendations that will be useful to the EPA as it confronts growing challenges in air quality and climate change. In developing the rep ...
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... Whether these pledges can be a solid basis for global climate change mitigation policy and whether countries follow through with their pledges will depend to a significant extent on whether the pledges made by key countries are considered adequate, given their circumstances. In order to form judgmen ...
... Whether these pledges can be a solid basis for global climate change mitigation policy and whether countries follow through with their pledges will depend to a significant extent on whether the pledges made by key countries are considered adequate, given their circumstances. In order to form judgmen ...
Greenhouse gas emissions from Indian rice fields
... the cumulative radiative forcing between the present and some chosen later time “horizon” caused by a unit mass of gas emitted now. It is used to compare the effectiveness of each GHG to trap heat in the atmosphere relative to some standard gas, by convention CO2 . The GWP for CH4 (based on a 100-ye ...
... the cumulative radiative forcing between the present and some chosen later time “horizon” caused by a unit mass of gas emitted now. It is used to compare the effectiveness of each GHG to trap heat in the atmosphere relative to some standard gas, by convention CO2 . The GWP for CH4 (based on a 100-ye ...
Trading Policy of Securities Issued by CPFL Energia S.A.
... Bound People: signifies, (i) within the Company, the current members of the Board of Directors, members of the Statutory Audit Committee, members of the Board Advisory Committees, Executive Officers, Advisors to Executive Officers and Department Managers; (ii) in companies controlled by the Company, ...
... Bound People: signifies, (i) within the Company, the current members of the Board of Directors, members of the Statutory Audit Committee, members of the Board Advisory Committees, Executive Officers, Advisors to Executive Officers and Department Managers; (ii) in companies controlled by the Company, ...
Equitable access to sustainable development
... the overriding priorities of poverty eradication and development. The challenge of global warming is compounded by fact that we live in an unequal world.[9] Achieving ‘equity in the greenhouse’[12] will require common effort while taking into account different circumstances. Slowing the growth of em ...
... the overriding priorities of poverty eradication and development. The challenge of global warming is compounded by fact that we live in an unequal world.[9] Achieving ‘equity in the greenhouse’[12] will require common effort while taking into account different circumstances. Slowing the growth of em ...
Paper on N 2 O as a ozone depleting substances
... By comparing the ozone depletion potential–weighted anthropogenic emissions of N2O with those of other ozone-depleting substances, we show that N2O emission currently is the single most important ozone-depleting emission and is expected to remain the largest throughout the 21st century. N2O is unreg ...
... By comparing the ozone depletion potential–weighted anthropogenic emissions of N2O with those of other ozone-depleting substances, we show that N2O emission currently is the single most important ozone-depleting emission and is expected to remain the largest throughout the 21st century. N2O is unreg ...
Land Use Change Impacts on Air Quality and Climate
... response may be larger at a local scale or when considering multiple future scenarios, for example isoprene emissions over the same time horizon are projected to increase by 26-41% in Europe.88 Several of these studies have projected isoprene emissions under simultaneous changes in climate and atmos ...
... response may be larger at a local scale or when considering multiple future scenarios, for example isoprene emissions over the same time horizon are projected to increase by 26-41% in Europe.88 Several of these studies have projected isoprene emissions under simultaneous changes in climate and atmos ...
How to make it work for Oregon`s Economy
... The mission of The Energy Foundation is to promote the transition to a sustainable energy future by advancing energy efficiency and renewable energy. ISS advances sustainability research, education, and outreach at Portland State, leading the University to be a powerful catalyst and model for a more ...
... The mission of The Energy Foundation is to promote the transition to a sustainable energy future by advancing energy efficiency and renewable energy. ISS advances sustainability research, education, and outreach at Portland State, leading the University to be a powerful catalyst and model for a more ...
Transient Earth system responses to cumulative
... nomic factors. Second, limitations in our process understanding likely lead to differences between the simulated response to emissions and the response of the actual system the model is intended to describe. This constitutes an additional uncertainty, termed the model or response uncertainty. Well-d ...
... nomic factors. Second, limitations in our process understanding likely lead to differences between the simulated response to emissions and the response of the actual system the model is intended to describe. This constitutes an additional uncertainty, termed the model or response uncertainty. Well-d ...
UK Climate action following the Paris Agreement
... Box 1. Greenhouse gas removals Greenhouse gas removal (GGR) technologies are ways to reduce the level of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the air. We already include three such options in our UK scenarios to 2050: bioenergy with carbon capture and storage, afforestation and wood in const ...
... Box 1. Greenhouse gas removals Greenhouse gas removal (GGR) technologies are ways to reduce the level of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the air. We already include three such options in our UK scenarios to 2050: bioenergy with carbon capture and storage, afforestation and wood in const ...
Fourth Carbon Budget Review – part 1
... • Climate science. The latest evidence on climate science confirms that without action to reduce emissions the world will be exposed to significant risks of very dangerous climate change. In particular, there is a significant risk of warming of 4°C or more by the end of the century, which would res ...
... • Climate science. The latest evidence on climate science confirms that without action to reduce emissions the world will be exposed to significant risks of very dangerous climate change. In particular, there is a significant risk of warming of 4°C or more by the end of the century, which would res ...
Disturbance and the carbon balance of US forests: A quantitative
... 2. General forest carbon dynamics following disturbance Disturbance events have the potential to alter all aspects of the forest carbon cycle but a number of key perturbations are highlighted here, similar to those presented in Hicke et al. (2012) and elsewhere. Gross primary productivity (GPP) and ...
... 2. General forest carbon dynamics following disturbance Disturbance events have the potential to alter all aspects of the forest carbon cycle but a number of key perturbations are highlighted here, similar to those presented in Hicke et al. (2012) and elsewhere. Gross primary productivity (GPP) and ...
Clearing the Air on Oilsands Emissions
... even come close to meeting in 201116). This regulation requires all facilities emitting more than 100,000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year to reduce their emissions intensities by up to17 12 percent relative to a three-year facility baseline.18 Currently, the SGER is the main greenhouse gas reducti ...
... even come close to meeting in 201116). This regulation requires all facilities emitting more than 100,000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year to reduce their emissions intensities by up to17 12 percent relative to a three-year facility baseline.18 Currently, the SGER is the main greenhouse gas reducti ...
DICE 2013R - Yale Economics
... In this specification, R(t) is the discount factor, while the pure rate of social time preference, ρ , is the discount rate which provides the welfare weights on the utilities of different generations. We should add a note of interpretation of the equilibrium in the DICE model. We have specified the ...
... In this specification, R(t) is the discount factor, while the pure rate of social time preference, ρ , is the discount rate which provides the welfare weights on the utilities of different generations. We should add a note of interpretation of the equilibrium in the DICE model. We have specified the ...
Absolute Abundance and Relative Scarcity: Announced Policy
... announcement and implementation, it begs the question how carbon dioxide emissions in this period respond to the announcement of future climate policy. Such concerns, however, have not entered the policy makers agendas, and there has been no attempt to implement climate change policy in an expedite ...
... announcement and implementation, it begs the question how carbon dioxide emissions in this period respond to the announcement of future climate policy. Such concerns, however, have not entered the policy makers agendas, and there has been no attempt to implement climate change policy in an expedite ...
DICE 2013R - Yale Economics
... In this specification, R(t) is the discount factor, while the pure rate of social time preference, ρ , is the discount rate which provides the welfare weights on the utilities of different generations. We should add a note of interpretation of the equilibrium in the DICE model. We have specified the ...
... In this specification, R(t) is the discount factor, while the pure rate of social time preference, ρ , is the discount rate which provides the welfare weights on the utilities of different generations. We should add a note of interpretation of the equilibrium in the DICE model. We have specified the ...
Black Carbon Mitigation and the Role of the
... gases (GHGs), especially carbon dioxide (CO2), the most important greenhouse gas, will likely lead to about a 4°C temperature rise by the end of this century. All parties to the UNFCCC and many scientific groups, as well as leaders of the G-7 countries1, have therefore called for a limit on the temp ...
... gases (GHGs), especially carbon dioxide (CO2), the most important greenhouse gas, will likely lead to about a 4°C temperature rise by the end of this century. All parties to the UNFCCC and many scientific groups, as well as leaders of the G-7 countries1, have therefore called for a limit on the temp ...
The Effects of Global Change upon United States Air Quality
... [2000 to 2100]; Spracklen et al., 2009 [2000 to 2050]; Kelly et al., 2012 [2000’s to 2050’s]). ...
... [2000 to 2100]; Spracklen et al., 2009 [2000 to 2050]; Kelly et al., 2012 [2000’s to 2050’s]). ...
Warming the world : economic models of global
... natural environment through a multitude of interventions: emitting into the atmosphere trace gases like carbon dioxide that promise to change the global climate, adding ozone-depleting chemicals, engineering massive land-use changes, and depleting multitudes of species in their natural habitats, eve ...
... natural environment through a multitude of interventions: emitting into the atmosphere trace gases like carbon dioxide that promise to change the global climate, adding ozone-depleting chemicals, engineering massive land-use changes, and depleting multitudes of species in their natural habitats, eve ...
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... to set the tax, and options for distributing the tax revenues. The final section provides conclusions. ...
... to set the tax, and options for distributing the tax revenues. The final section provides conclusions. ...