West_9.13.14
... Reducing GHG emissions also reduces co-emitted air pollutants - Air quality and health co-benefits shown to be substantial compared to GHG abatement costs. “$2-175 / ton CO2 … all studies agree that monetized health benefits make up a substantial fraction of mitigation costs.” IPCC AR4 “$2-196 / ton ...
... Reducing GHG emissions also reduces co-emitted air pollutants - Air quality and health co-benefits shown to be substantial compared to GHG abatement costs. “$2-175 / ton CO2 … all studies agree that monetized health benefits make up a substantial fraction of mitigation costs.” IPCC AR4 “$2-196 / ton ...
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... loss of houses and infrastructure and isolation of local communities and (viii) decreased tourism. A June 2009 study by University of Cape Town experts found a general trend towards increasing aerosol concentration and precipitation during the December-February season, consistent with fishers’ repor ...
... loss of houses and infrastructure and isolation of local communities and (viii) decreased tourism. A June 2009 study by University of Cape Town experts found a general trend towards increasing aerosol concentration and precipitation during the December-February season, consistent with fishers’ repor ...
An Overview On the Complexity of Humans Within It
... Despite all... [its]... advantages, the traditional global mean TOA radiative forcing concept has some important limitations, which have come increasingly to light over the past decade. The concept is inadequate for some forcing agents, such as absorbing aerosols and land-use changes, that may have ...
... Despite all... [its]... advantages, the traditional global mean TOA radiative forcing concept has some important limitations, which have come increasingly to light over the past decade. The concept is inadequate for some forcing agents, such as absorbing aerosols and land-use changes, that may have ...
Legal Working Brief - Mexico General Law of Climate Change
... At the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) held in Durban, South Africa in December 2011, three important issues were raised: 1) the renewal of the Kyoto Protocol, reaching a second period of commitment from 2013; 2) the funding and design of the program of work for the Green Climate Fund, which ...
... At the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) held in Durban, South Africa in December 2011, three important issues were raised: 1) the renewal of the Kyoto Protocol, reaching a second period of commitment from 2013; 2) the funding and design of the program of work for the Green Climate Fund, which ...
The New General Law on Climate Change in Mexico
... At the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) held in Durban, South Africa in December 2011, three important issues were raised: 1) the renewal of the Kyoto Protocol, reaching a second period of commitment from 2013; 2) the funding and design of the program of work for the Green Climate Fund, which ...
... At the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) held in Durban, South Africa in December 2011, three important issues were raised: 1) the renewal of the Kyoto Protocol, reaching a second period of commitment from 2013; 2) the funding and design of the program of work for the Green Climate Fund, which ...
The Birdwatcher`s Guide to Global Warming
... Birds, by their very existence, enhance our daily lives. For many of us, it is a thrill to see the splash of a Brown Thrasher in a birdbath, or the flash of red in green woods as a tanager darts past. It is a gift of nature that such birds – which play an important role in healthy ecosystems by cont ...
... Birds, by their very existence, enhance our daily lives. For many of us, it is a thrill to see the splash of a Brown Thrasher in a birdbath, or the flash of red in green woods as a tanager darts past. It is a gift of nature that such birds – which play an important role in healthy ecosystems by cont ...
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... Fischer et al., 2007) as well as increases in soil salinity and erosion (Rosenzweig and Hillel, 2000). Agricultural production will also be affected by increased likelihood of extreme events as well as pests and diseases (Rosenzweig et al., 2001; Christensen and Christensen, 2003). To date the major ...
... Fischer et al., 2007) as well as increases in soil salinity and erosion (Rosenzweig and Hillel, 2000). Agricultural production will also be affected by increased likelihood of extreme events as well as pests and diseases (Rosenzweig et al., 2001; Christensen and Christensen, 2003). To date the major ...
Vulnerability to climate change in three hot spots in Africa and Asia
... temperature range from US $25 billion per year to well over US $100 billion between 2010 and 2030 (Fankhauser 2010). For example, recent generation of adaptation cost studies suggest that African economies are facing costs of US $20–30 billion per year by 2030 at the latest (Fankhauser and Schmidt-T ...
... temperature range from US $25 billion per year to well over US $100 billion between 2010 and 2030 (Fankhauser 2010). For example, recent generation of adaptation cost studies suggest that African economies are facing costs of US $20–30 billion per year by 2030 at the latest (Fankhauser and Schmidt-T ...
International Federation of Agricultural Producers
... o Sustainable bioenergy6 has to be recognized in the accounting rules as a response to climate change mitigation. Even though production of food and feed remains undoubtedly a priority, bioenergy represents a new market opportunity and a way of diversifying risk and income for farmers. Beyond that, ...
... o Sustainable bioenergy6 has to be recognized in the accounting rules as a response to climate change mitigation. Even though production of food and feed remains undoubtedly a priority, bioenergy represents a new market opportunity and a way of diversifying risk and income for farmers. Beyond that, ...
Glossary
... period of time ranging from months to thousands or millions of years. These quantities are most often surface variables such as temperature, precipitation, and wind. Climate in a wider sense is the state, including a statistical description, of the climate system. The classical period of time is 30 ...
... period of time ranging from months to thousands or millions of years. These quantities are most often surface variables such as temperature, precipitation, and wind. Climate in a wider sense is the state, including a statistical description, of the climate system. The classical period of time is 30 ...
Conceptualizing Equitable Access to Sustainable
... The North-South Divide has been reinvigorated as a political axis in the climate change context and has implications for the negotiation process (see Penetrante 2011; 2012; 2013; Sjöstedt & Penetrante 2013)) ...
... The North-South Divide has been reinvigorated as a political axis in the climate change context and has implications for the negotiation process (see Penetrante 2011; 2012; 2013; Sjöstedt & Penetrante 2013)) ...
Japan`s submission on its updated strategies and approaches for
... held some seminars related to NDC implementation, such as the 25th Asia-Pacific Seminar on Climate Change9 and the Seminar for Capacity Development for Transparency to Implement the Paris Agreement, to share experiences and knowledge related to NDC implementation among governmental officials and res ...
... held some seminars related to NDC implementation, such as the 25th Asia-Pacific Seminar on Climate Change9 and the Seminar for Capacity Development for Transparency to Implement the Paris Agreement, to share experiences and knowledge related to NDC implementation among governmental officials and res ...
1 - Ev-K2-CNR
... areas and generate essential and often complementary natural resources, of which water is only the most obvious. Their verticality also generates tremendous habitat and species diversity over short horizontal distances. Human societies – not only within the mountains but also beyond them – exploit t ...
... areas and generate essential and often complementary natural resources, of which water is only the most obvious. Their verticality also generates tremendous habitat and species diversity over short horizontal distances. Human societies – not only within the mountains but also beyond them – exploit t ...
1213A Capacity-building for removing constraints in utilizing trade
... Nearly all countries in the Arab region suffer from freshwater scarcity. This condition is expected to worsen with climate change since climate change models generally predict a substantial reduction in the availability of freshwater resources. The ability to ensure freshwater quantity and quality i ...
... Nearly all countries in the Arab region suffer from freshwater scarcity. This condition is expected to worsen with climate change since climate change models generally predict a substantial reduction in the availability of freshwater resources. The ability to ensure freshwater quantity and quality i ...
Pacific Ecosystem-based Adaptation to Climate Change
... cake is that mangrove ecosystems also play an important role in carbon sequestration. For instance, while projections indicate up to three times more extreme rainfall events by 2090 in the Pacific as well as more severe tropical cyclones – depending on our future greenhouse gas emissions, healthy ma ...
... cake is that mangrove ecosystems also play an important role in carbon sequestration. For instance, while projections indicate up to three times more extreme rainfall events by 2090 in the Pacific as well as more severe tropical cyclones – depending on our future greenhouse gas emissions, healthy ma ...
Impacts of Climate Change
... When pushed past a certain threshold, the damage of natural events increases exponentially. If natural buffers have been eliminated, that threshold is lower. The difference between a Red River crest of 49 feet (as was predicted for Grand Forks, North Dakota, during the 1997 flood) and 54 feet is 10 ...
... When pushed past a certain threshold, the damage of natural events increases exponentially. If natural buffers have been eliminated, that threshold is lower. The difference between a Red River crest of 49 feet (as was predicted for Grand Forks, North Dakota, during the 1997 flood) and 54 feet is 10 ...
Working out the Russian Federation sustainable development
... the atmosphere as well as changes in the landscape, vegetation, hydrological cycle etc. caused by eco nomic activities. It is very important and very difficult to determine the overall cause of the climate change experi enced today. At present the most widespread opinion is that it can be explain ...
... the atmosphere as well as changes in the landscape, vegetation, hydrological cycle etc. caused by eco nomic activities. It is very important and very difficult to determine the overall cause of the climate change experi enced today. At present the most widespread opinion is that it can be explain ...
summary - Wisconsin Sea Grant - University of Wisconsin–Madison
... – Introduce capacity for real-time management. ...
... – Introduce capacity for real-time management. ...
A Self-Assessment to Address Climate Change Readiness
... Communities!within!the!Midwest!have!and!always!will!be!impacted!by!climate,!whether!it!is!an! extreme!rainfall!event,!drought,!intense!heat!wave,!or!some!other!type!of!event.!!Climatologists! have!found!that!the!climate!in!the!Midwest!may!be!shifting.!!This!shift!may!include!more! frequent!extreme!s ...
... Communities!within!the!Midwest!have!and!always!will!be!impacted!by!climate,!whether!it!is!an! extreme!rainfall!event,!drought,!intense!heat!wave,!or!some!other!type!of!event.!!Climatologists! have!found!that!the!climate!in!the!Midwest!may!be!shifting.!!This!shift!may!include!more! frequent!extreme!s ...
UNFCCC Training Materials_Communication
... • 34. Non-Annex I Parties are encouraged to provide information on their vulnerability to the impacts of, and their adaptation to, climate change in key vulnerable areas. Information should include key findings, and direct and indirect effects arising from climate change, allowing for an integrated ...
... • 34. Non-Annex I Parties are encouraged to provide information on their vulnerability to the impacts of, and their adaptation to, climate change in key vulnerable areas. Information should include key findings, and direct and indirect effects arising from climate change, allowing for an integrated ...
ÔØ Å ÒÙ× Ö ÔØ - Department of the Geophysical Sciences
... correlations between cooling periods and archeomagnetic jerks were actually put forward by Gallet et al (2005, 2006). We do note that the causal relationship between cosmic ray flux and cloud cover suggested by Marsh and Svensmark (2000) would result in a correlation opposite to the one we find if t ...
... correlations between cooling periods and archeomagnetic jerks were actually put forward by Gallet et al (2005, 2006). We do note that the causal relationship between cosmic ray flux and cloud cover suggested by Marsh and Svensmark (2000) would result in a correlation opposite to the one we find if t ...
Climate change trend and health impact
... ecosystem uses (fishing, bathing, boating). The worst impact on ecology/aquatic biota of the southwestern US and southeastern BD (Cushman et al. 1980; Sikder and Elahi, 2010) occurred from extensive damming of the US rivers and India’s Farakka barrage construction, respectively. These projects chang ...
... ecosystem uses (fishing, bathing, boating). The worst impact on ecology/aquatic biota of the southwestern US and southeastern BD (Cushman et al. 1980; Sikder and Elahi, 2010) occurred from extensive damming of the US rivers and India’s Farakka barrage construction, respectively. These projects chang ...
ClimateWire sugar maple story
... Park, sugar maple stands didn't move farther up the Appalachian Mountains where temperatures were lower. Sap from these trees is boiled down to produce maple syrup. "We knew the system had warmed, but we weren't seeing the response you would expect," said Carissa Brown, the study's lead author and a ...
... Park, sugar maple stands didn't move farther up the Appalachian Mountains where temperatures were lower. Sap from these trees is boiled down to produce maple syrup. "We knew the system had warmed, but we weren't seeing the response you would expect," said Carissa Brown, the study's lead author and a ...
Climate Change and Sustainable Development
... by moderating the impacts of climate change to certain extent. Therefore, a second set of measures is required in the form strengthening our capacity for coping with disasters associated with extreme weather events - floods, cyclones, etc. Early warning systems ...
... by moderating the impacts of climate change to certain extent. Therefore, a second set of measures is required in the form strengthening our capacity for coping with disasters associated with extreme weather events - floods, cyclones, etc. Early warning systems ...