Policy level - African Development Bank
... Establishes a mechanism for public accountability related to environmental and social impacts of policy and investment decisions ...
... Establishes a mechanism for public accountability related to environmental and social impacts of policy and investment decisions ...
Airport expansion doesn`t make climate sense
... what are the UK’s climate change commitments? Under the Climate Change Act 2008, the UK is committed to reducing carbon emissions by at least 80% of 1990 levels by 2050.1 The Act also requires the Government to set legally-binding carbon budgets for each five year period leading to 2050. (In spite o ...
... what are the UK’s climate change commitments? Under the Climate Change Act 2008, the UK is committed to reducing carbon emissions by at least 80% of 1990 levels by 2050.1 The Act also requires the Government to set legally-binding carbon budgets for each five year period leading to 2050. (In spite o ...
Kimberly Marion Suiseeya - Initiative on Climate Adaptation
... forest are likely to be more effectively protected than they currently are, reducing the options that households have to move or expand agricultural production and gathering. This apparent paradox will be elaborated further later in this paper. The following section provides a brief background to se ...
... forest are likely to be more effectively protected than they currently are, reducing the options that households have to move or expand agricultural production and gathering. This apparent paradox will be elaborated further later in this paper. The following section provides a brief background to se ...
Reducing Global Carbon: Creating an American Policy
... report, released in 1990, calculated that carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions had been responsible for more than half of the greenhouse gas effect. As of 2006, the United States, China, and European Union (EU) consume 56% of global CO2 emissions (Brinkley & Less, 2010). Figure 1, below, shows that CO2 le ...
... report, released in 1990, calculated that carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions had been responsible for more than half of the greenhouse gas effect. As of 2006, the United States, China, and European Union (EU) consume 56% of global CO2 emissions (Brinkley & Less, 2010). Figure 1, below, shows that CO2 le ...
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... while simultaneously combating climate change. The LCDS aims to protect and maintain the forests in an effort to reduce global carbon emissions and at the same time attract payments from developed countries for the climate services that the forests provide to the world; payments are invested to fost ...
... while simultaneously combating climate change. The LCDS aims to protect and maintain the forests in an effort to reduce global carbon emissions and at the same time attract payments from developed countries for the climate services that the forests provide to the world; payments are invested to fost ...
Climate Change Threatens the Survival of Coral Reefs
... dioxide levels are causing ocean acidification that may further accelerate coral reef loss. The death of corals leads in turn to the loss of most of the fish and invertebrate populations that they support. Over recent decades, 33-50% of coral reefs have been largely or completely degraded by a combi ...
... dioxide levels are causing ocean acidification that may further accelerate coral reef loss. The death of corals leads in turn to the loss of most of the fish and invertebrate populations that they support. Over recent decades, 33-50% of coral reefs have been largely or completely degraded by a combi ...
by The Hon. Justice Brian J Preston Chief Judge
... the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report on climate change, even if important mitigation action were to be taken now (for example by reducing the level of greenhouse gases emitted), its impact on the world’s climate and on the effects of the changes that have occ ...
... the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report on climate change, even if important mitigation action were to be taken now (for example by reducing the level of greenhouse gases emitted), its impact on the world’s climate and on the effects of the changes that have occ ...
Detectability of Anthropogenic Changes in Annual Temperature and
... 2004, manuscript submitted to J. Climate, hereafter KZ04; Semenov and Bengtsson 2002; Wehner 2004, manuscript submitted to J. Climate, hereafter WEH). The increase in intense precipitation is usually greater in magnitude than the change in mean precipitation and often goes along with regional decrea ...
... 2004, manuscript submitted to J. Climate, hereafter KZ04; Semenov and Bengtsson 2002; Wehner 2004, manuscript submitted to J. Climate, hereafter WEH). The increase in intense precipitation is usually greater in magnitude than the change in mean precipitation and often goes along with regional decrea ...
Changes in the precipitation at Keszthely according to the
... Precipitation in Hungary and its possible changes in the future Trewartha – after viewing the climatic picture of the Earth – classified our country as a moderate-climate zone, as continental climate with longer warm period. This climate type has capricious temperature, and its seasonal and monthly ...
... Precipitation in Hungary and its possible changes in the future Trewartha – after viewing the climatic picture of the Earth – classified our country as a moderate-climate zone, as continental climate with longer warm period. This climate type has capricious temperature, and its seasonal and monthly ...
2015 Global Climate Legislation Study - summary for policymakers (English) (opens in new window)
... At the IPU, we firmly believe that legislators are a central element of any successful strategy for tackling climate change and that they bear their own share of responsibility for its effective implementation. As mandated representatives of the people, parliamentarians are duty-bound to enact and a ...
... At the IPU, we firmly believe that legislators are a central element of any successful strategy for tackling climate change and that they bear their own share of responsibility for its effective implementation. As mandated representatives of the people, parliamentarians are duty-bound to enact and a ...
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN TRAINING ON VULNERABILITY
... United States convened in Cape Town, South Africa to identify climate change capacity building needs for coastal and marine protected areas (MPAs) in the WIO region. The priorities that emerged at the Climate Change Workshop for Coastal and Marine Protected Areas included: Understanding climate chan ...
... United States convened in Cape Town, South Africa to identify climate change capacity building needs for coastal and marine protected areas (MPAs) in the WIO region. The priorities that emerged at the Climate Change Workshop for Coastal and Marine Protected Areas included: Understanding climate chan ...
Lake Victoria CC Readness brief No. 3 English
... The EA SusWatch Network is a network of NGOs from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania spearheaded by Uganda Coalition for Sustainable Development (UCSD), Sustainable Environmental Development Watch Network (SusWatch Kenya), and Tanzania Coalition for Sustainable Development (TCSD). EA SusWatch Regi ...
... The EA SusWatch Network is a network of NGOs from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania spearheaded by Uganda Coalition for Sustainable Development (UCSD), Sustainable Environmental Development Watch Network (SusWatch Kenya), and Tanzania Coalition for Sustainable Development (TCSD). EA SusWatch Regi ...
International consultation and analysis
... As at June 2014, project proposal to access funds for the preparation of BURs from 36 non-Annex I Parties have been approved. ...
... As at June 2014, project proposal to access funds for the preparation of BURs from 36 non-Annex I Parties have been approved. ...
Climate Change in Pilot Point, Alaska
... Records from King Salmon’s weather station (80 miles North from Pilot Point) indicate that between 1949 and 2008, average annual temperatures increased by 3.8 degrees Fahrenheit (°F) with most warming occurring in winter (+8.1°F) and the least in the fall (+0.6°F)(Alaska Climate Research Center). L ...
... Records from King Salmon’s weather station (80 miles North from Pilot Point) indicate that between 1949 and 2008, average annual temperatures increased by 3.8 degrees Fahrenheit (°F) with most warming occurring in winter (+8.1°F) and the least in the fall (+0.6°F)(Alaska Climate Research Center). L ...
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... potential climate migrants. Some estimates reach several hundred million people who have to flee the impacts of climate change (Myers, 2002, 2005), others question these numbers as highly speculative and exaggerated, lacking justification and empirical evidence (Jakobeit and Methmann, 2011). Some sc ...
... potential climate migrants. Some estimates reach several hundred million people who have to flee the impacts of climate change (Myers, 2002, 2005), others question these numbers as highly speculative and exaggerated, lacking justification and empirical evidence (Jakobeit and Methmann, 2011). Some sc ...
OESCHGER, HANS (b. Ottenbach, Zürich, Switzerland, 2 April 1927
... increase of CO2 could represent such a perturbation. As acknowledged by Wallace Broecker in 1997, this paved the way for more than two decades of intensive research on abrupt climate change (Alley, et al. 2002). Carrying Global-Change Research Further. Hans Oeschger was an experimental physicist by ...
... increase of CO2 could represent such a perturbation. As acknowledged by Wallace Broecker in 1997, this paved the way for more than two decades of intensive research on abrupt climate change (Alley, et al. 2002). Carrying Global-Change Research Further. Hans Oeschger was an experimental physicist by ...
MRV of developing country actions in the context of UNFCCC
... As at June 2014, project proposal to access funds for the preparation of BURs from 36 non-Annex I Parties have been approved. ...
... As at June 2014, project proposal to access funds for the preparation of BURs from 36 non-Annex I Parties have been approved. ...
ClimateJobsBooklet2011-2_South Africa
... ! Convert our homes and public buildings so that they use less energy and use water more efficiently. ! Grow enough food for all people through techniques such as agro-ecology that are labour intensive, low in carbon emissions, protect soil and water, and provide healthy food. ! Protect our natural ...
... ! Convert our homes and public buildings so that they use less energy and use water more efficiently. ! Grow enough food for all people through techniques such as agro-ecology that are labour intensive, low in carbon emissions, protect soil and water, and provide healthy food. ! Protect our natural ...
Systemic Crisis and Systemic Change in the United States in the
... generalized austerity and the continued reliance on traditional— and manifestly insufficient—policy solutions which do not address the underlying drivers of inequality, poverty, and ecological overshoot is especially wrongheaded given the historically unprecedented productive capacity our nation enj ...
... generalized austerity and the continued reliance on traditional— and manifestly insufficient—policy solutions which do not address the underlying drivers of inequality, poverty, and ecological overshoot is especially wrongheaded given the historically unprecedented productive capacity our nation enj ...
HKMetS Bulletin, Volume 2, Number 1, 1992
... That the" urban heat island" as described by Landsberg (1985) rather than the" greenhouse gases" may be producing global warming is dismissed by Hansen and Lebedeff (1987) as well as Jones et al. (1989) who feel that cities are too small in scale to distort global temperature trends. But others such ...
... That the" urban heat island" as described by Landsberg (1985) rather than the" greenhouse gases" may be producing global warming is dismissed by Hansen and Lebedeff (1987) as well as Jones et al. (1989) who feel that cities are too small in scale to distort global temperature trends. But others such ...
Ealing Borough Climate Change Strategy 2008-2011
... People have become more aware about the links between their everyday behaviour and the climate. With the United Kingdom economy at risk of recession and the cost of essentials such as petrol, energy and food increasing, changing your everyday behaviour will not only help the environment but also cou ...
... People have become more aware about the links between their everyday behaviour and the climate. With the United Kingdom economy at risk of recession and the cost of essentials such as petrol, energy and food increasing, changing your everyday behaviour will not only help the environment but also cou ...
The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
... to the environment in 1974. It was established that, owing to their stability, they are able to persist in the stratosphere for many decades and upon breakdown release chlorine atoms (Molina and Rowland, 1974). Separate research had already determined that a single atom of chlorine released into the ...
... to the environment in 1974. It was established that, owing to their stability, they are able to persist in the stratosphere for many decades and upon breakdown release chlorine atoms (Molina and Rowland, 1974). Separate research had already determined that a single atom of chlorine released into the ...
Communicating the Impacts of Potential Future Climate Change on
... Understanding the interaction of the climate with the built environment is paramount to ensuring resilient communities and mitigating exposure to risk. In their Fourth Assessment Report, the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC, 2007) discussed the science behind the warming of the clima ...
... Understanding the interaction of the climate with the built environment is paramount to ensuring resilient communities and mitigating exposure to risk. In their Fourth Assessment Report, the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC, 2007) discussed the science behind the warming of the clima ...