LNG FUEL CYCLE: IMPACTS Report Number PH3/5 January 1999
... be transferred to other workers, and to test the consistency of results. Key findings from the LNG full fuel cycle study carried out using AIM are that: ...
... be transferred to other workers, and to test the consistency of results. Key findings from the LNG full fuel cycle study carried out using AIM are that: ...
from the editor
... Chemists and other scientists can reinforce their knowledge of climate science by using the ACS Climate Science Toolkit. The tool kit provides scientists with the background and incentive to engage others in discourse on the issues raised by climate change and the need to take action. Individual act ...
... Chemists and other scientists can reinforce their knowledge of climate science by using the ACS Climate Science Toolkit. The tool kit provides scientists with the background and incentive to engage others in discourse on the issues raised by climate change and the need to take action. Individual act ...
Adaptation to climate change in the developing world
... Negotiators from many of the world’s industrialized and developing countries meet each year in an ongoing evolution of one of the most contentious and critical international environmental agreements, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. This convention encapsulates the major dilemmas of de ...
... Negotiators from many of the world’s industrialized and developing countries meet each year in an ongoing evolution of one of the most contentious and critical international environmental agreements, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. This convention encapsulates the major dilemmas of de ...
The Northern Edge Study Guide: Climate Change
... Sara: I had a good meeting with Bob Bromley at Ecology North. He said some very interesting things. Jim: What did he say? Sara: He said that in the past the weather was very predictable. Our Elders and hunters knew where to go to harvest what they needed and they knew how to get there safely. This i ...
... Sara: I had a good meeting with Bob Bromley at Ecology North. He said some very interesting things. Jim: What did he say? Sara: He said that in the past the weather was very predictable. Our Elders and hunters knew where to go to harvest what they needed and they knew how to get there safely. This i ...
Written Testimony - The National Academies of Sciences
... Large-scale surface temperature reconstructions are only one of multiple lines of evidence supporting the conclusion that climatic warming is occurring in response to human activities, and they are not the primary evidence. The scientific consensus regarding human-induced global warming would not be ...
... Large-scale surface temperature reconstructions are only one of multiple lines of evidence supporting the conclusion that climatic warming is occurring in response to human activities, and they are not the primary evidence. The scientific consensus regarding human-induced global warming would not be ...
Current and future climate of Vanuatu
... Meteorology and Geo-hazard Department and the Pacific Climate Change Science Program – a component of the Australian Government’s International Climate Change Adaptation Initiative. This information and research conducted by the Pacific Climate Change Science Program builds on the findings of the 20 ...
... Meteorology and Geo-hazard Department and the Pacific Climate Change Science Program – a component of the Australian Government’s International Climate Change Adaptation Initiative. This information and research conducted by the Pacific Climate Change Science Program builds on the findings of the 20 ...
The Noose of Equity Survival
... marginal - and highly conditional - North to South redistribution schemes which were mooted at Rio on the back of this further global economic growth. Far more conclusive at this stage, would be an unconditional commitment to eco-restructuring in the industrial countries. At the heart of this must b ...
... marginal - and highly conditional - North to South redistribution schemes which were mooted at Rio on the back of this further global economic growth. Far more conclusive at this stage, would be an unconditional commitment to eco-restructuring in the industrial countries. At the heart of this must b ...
Weather warning report - Priestley International Centre for Climate
... leading expertise in all the key strands of climate change research. One of the University’s flagship strategic investments, the Priestley Centre aims to provide international solutions to the global challenge of climate change through new interdisciplinary research partnerships that better link our ...
... leading expertise in all the key strands of climate change research. One of the University’s flagship strategic investments, the Priestley Centre aims to provide international solutions to the global challenge of climate change through new interdisciplinary research partnerships that better link our ...
Guest Speakers and Presentations
... expert. GHG emissions can be calculated from 12 different trenchless technologies. We are working with the B.C. Government to get approval for an Option 1 Profile. This would allow BC Municipal governments to use their own trenchless projects for carbon credits instead of purchasing external carb ...
... expert. GHG emissions can be calculated from 12 different trenchless technologies. We are working with the B.C. Government to get approval for an Option 1 Profile. This would allow BC Municipal governments to use their own trenchless projects for carbon credits instead of purchasing external carb ...
Briefing for health policymakers and health professionals Summary
... Focusing only on climate change adaptation is akin to treating a patient’s symptoms without addressing the serious underlying condition: mitigation is essential if we are to alter the long-term prognosis. Many climate policy responses are sensible public health interventions in their own right and c ...
... Focusing only on climate change adaptation is akin to treating a patient’s symptoms without addressing the serious underlying condition: mitigation is essential if we are to alter the long-term prognosis. Many climate policy responses are sensible public health interventions in their own right and c ...
The World`s `Third Pole`: Tibet and Climate Change
... into three ecological zones: high altitude steppe grasslands; the forests of the eastern and south-eastern plateau, and the mixed shrub and agricultural lands of south-central Tibet – all interspersed with high mountain ranges with extensive alpine zones and icefields. Tibet is the prime habitat of ...
... into three ecological zones: high altitude steppe grasslands; the forests of the eastern and south-eastern plateau, and the mixed shrub and agricultural lands of south-central Tibet – all interspersed with high mountain ranges with extensive alpine zones and icefields. Tibet is the prime habitat of ...
Optimal Global Dynamic Carbon Abatement
... function. If, on the other hand, the global planner can redistribute income in a lump-sum fashion between countries in addition to setting emission taxes, she would equalize emission tax rates between countries (thus reducing emissions at lowest cost) and implement the utilitarian distributional goa ...
... function. If, on the other hand, the global planner can redistribute income in a lump-sum fashion between countries in addition to setting emission taxes, she would equalize emission tax rates between countries (thus reducing emissions at lowest cost) and implement the utilitarian distributional goa ...
Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel
... • Major milestone 6.4: Completion of probabilistic assessments of climate change impacts, and impacts at seasonal to decadal timescales for the core activities: crops, water resources, forests, energy, insurance and human ...
... • Major milestone 6.4: Completion of probabilistic assessments of climate change impacts, and impacts at seasonal to decadal timescales for the core activities: crops, water resources, forests, energy, insurance and human ...
Lord Nicholas Stern Towards A Global Deal on Climate Change
... response to climate change that appears to stall development will fail. It will fail politically and it will deserve to fail. Unless we tackle them both together, we are not going to be successful on either. is point is absolutely crucial. I underline it because sometimes you get into a horse race: ...
... response to climate change that appears to stall development will fail. It will fail politically and it will deserve to fail. Unless we tackle them both together, we are not going to be successful on either. is point is absolutely crucial. I underline it because sometimes you get into a horse race: ...
Climate change responsibilities in polar peoples: the Inuit Case
... announced that a petition had been filed with the Washington, DC-based InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), one of two bodies within the ...
... announced that a petition had been filed with the Washington, DC-based InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), one of two bodies within the ...
Climate Change Impacts in Indonesia
... • A rise in the number of dengue fever cases during the rainy season (PEACE, 2007) • More phytoplankton blooms, providing habitats for survival and spread of infectious bacterial diseases, such as, cholera (Pascual et al., 2002) • Increased water-borne diseases such as cholera and diarrhoeal disease ...
... • A rise in the number of dengue fever cases during the rainy season (PEACE, 2007) • More phytoplankton blooms, providing habitats for survival and spread of infectious bacterial diseases, such as, cholera (Pascual et al., 2002) • Increased water-borne diseases such as cholera and diarrhoeal disease ...
Nonrenewable Resources and the Inevitability of Outcomes.
... will be consumed and 115 billion tons of carbon will be released. Acknowledging this, it becomes clear that both the individual and the collective actor must make a very different decision than is typically thought—not whether to reduce or minimize harms from fossil-fuel consumption, but whether the ...
... will be consumed and 115 billion tons of carbon will be released. Acknowledging this, it becomes clear that both the individual and the collective actor must make a very different decision than is typically thought—not whether to reduce or minimize harms from fossil-fuel consumption, but whether the ...
The greenhouse effect and global warming
... in the last 25 years. This would be the equivalent of 2°C per century. However the amount of change to which ecosystems can adapt is estimated at a maximum of 1°C over a century. And that is if no further changes are expected. But as Thomas Karl, director of the National Climate Data Centre put it, ...
... in the last 25 years. This would be the equivalent of 2°C per century. However the amount of change to which ecosystems can adapt is estimated at a maximum of 1°C over a century. And that is if no further changes are expected. But as Thomas Karl, director of the National Climate Data Centre put it, ...
Atlantic Region Adaptation Science Activities Report
... various global climate models developed by researchers around the world are now accessible on-line for use in the development of climate change scenarios for impacts studies of user specified sites (Barrow et al., 2004). The work presented by Vasseur and Catto (2008) illustrates a recent shift towar ...
... various global climate models developed by researchers around the world are now accessible on-line for use in the development of climate change scenarios for impacts studies of user specified sites (Barrow et al., 2004). The work presented by Vasseur and Catto (2008) illustrates a recent shift towar ...
1. Active engagement
... by the France-Germany group was given the unique opportunity to highlight the leading role and dynamism of local authorities as well as their many significant and concrete achievements in regions, such as the actions taken in Bordeaux to renovate buildings for greater energy efficiency, and even the ...
... by the France-Germany group was given the unique opportunity to highlight the leading role and dynamism of local authorities as well as their many significant and concrete achievements in regions, such as the actions taken in Bordeaux to renovate buildings for greater energy efficiency, and even the ...
Prosperity Fund Strategy
... and increased prosperity. We want to encourage the establishment of transparent and stable regulatory regimes and economic policies that underpin sustainable global growth. We want to discourage protectionism, bribery and corruption. Ensuring energy security and access to natural resources The UK ...
... and increased prosperity. We want to encourage the establishment of transparent and stable regulatory regimes and economic policies that underpin sustainable global growth. We want to discourage protectionism, bribery and corruption. Ensuring energy security and access to natural resources The UK ...
Climate Change - Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
... to have increased by 2.5–3 billion relative to 2009, corresponding to 64–69% of the world population. Urban areas are a key driver of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across multiple sectors and currently account for over 70% of global energy use. Rising sea levels, inland floods, frequent and stronge ...
... to have increased by 2.5–3 billion relative to 2009, corresponding to 64–69% of the world population. Urban areas are a key driver of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across multiple sectors and currently account for over 70% of global energy use. Rising sea levels, inland floods, frequent and stronge ...
Low Emission Technology and Innovation: the role of IPRs
... monetary terms of your license reflect your willingness to introduce greater lenience due to differences in the purchasing power of the parties?' Licensing terms are more flexible, 50% ...
... monetary terms of your license reflect your willingness to introduce greater lenience due to differences in the purchasing power of the parties?' Licensing terms are more flexible, 50% ...
Information Skills for Research in Earth Sciences
... AND =narrows OR =widens Search string could be “climate change” AND “Pleistocene” AND “ocean circulation” ...
... AND =narrows OR =widens Search string could be “climate change” AND “Pleistocene” AND “ocean circulation” ...