Efficiency, Distribution and the Soft Law Future of the Climate Regime
... and decentralized alternative. In the case of climate change, I argue that rigid, top-down agreements are not only politically unrealistic but also counterproductive from the perspective of environmental integrity. In contrast, a flexible, bottom-up approach—more consistent with soft law—is more app ...
... and decentralized alternative. In the case of climate change, I argue that rigid, top-down agreements are not only politically unrealistic but also counterproductive from the perspective of environmental integrity. In contrast, a flexible, bottom-up approach—more consistent with soft law—is more app ...
Zealand`s New Action on Climate Change
... Source: IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (2014) The red and blue plumes represent warming under extreme high- and lowemissions scenarios. The black line represents past observed temperatures. Similar year-to-year variability will continue. ...
... Source: IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (2014) The red and blue plumes represent warming under extreme high- and lowemissions scenarios. The black line represents past observed temperatures. Similar year-to-year variability will continue. ...
Proposal
... environmental change6,7. Thus, adaptation has scarcely been considered when projecting expected impacts of habitat modifications and climate change on biodiversity. However, recent theoretical and empirical work has demonstrated that rapid evolutionary change and adaptation over short spatiotemporal ...
... environmental change6,7. Thus, adaptation has scarcely been considered when projecting expected impacts of habitat modifications and climate change on biodiversity. However, recent theoretical and empirical work has demonstrated that rapid evolutionary change and adaptation over short spatiotemporal ...
(Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 15-16 (am) July 2013)
... Future The role of ICTs in realising sustainable future cannot be over estimated ICTs have revolutionised our world in more ways than any other single technological innovation since the invention of the wheel! ICTs have transformed our society to be an information society living in a global village ...
... Future The role of ICTs in realising sustainable future cannot be over estimated ICTs have revolutionised our world in more ways than any other single technological innovation since the invention of the wheel! ICTs have transformed our society to be an information society living in a global village ...
"Climate Change: Moonshine, Millions of Models, Billions of Data - New Ways to Sort Fact from Fiction"
... Four variables with largest constraint on climate sensitivity – Top of atmosphere shortwave reflected flux – Total cloud fraction – Convective cloud fraction ...
... Four variables with largest constraint on climate sensitivity – Top of atmosphere shortwave reflected flux – Total cloud fraction – Convective cloud fraction ...
Arctic Environmental Challenges
... placed at the interface between the local and the global and thereby have some obvious tasks: taking part in decisions about supporting various local adaptation efforts, taking part in decisions that affect national contributions to environmental challenges, and taking part in decisions about the na ...
... placed at the interface between the local and the global and thereby have some obvious tasks: taking part in decisions about supporting various local adaptation efforts, taking part in decisions that affect national contributions to environmental challenges, and taking part in decisions about the na ...
Federal Adaptation Policy Framework
... of climate change, as they are experiencing changes that are more extreme and occurring at a faster rate than the rest of Canada. The impacts of many recent severe weather events demonstrate that Canadian communities, critical infrastructure and human health are vulnerable to climate change. Some of ...
... of climate change, as they are experiencing changes that are more extreme and occurring at a faster rate than the rest of Canada. The impacts of many recent severe weather events demonstrate that Canadian communities, critical infrastructure and human health are vulnerable to climate change. Some of ...
Arguing for population reduction
... know the total volume of greenhouse gases we can put into the atmosphere over the next few decades if we are to stay the right side of the two-degree-centigrade increase (by the end of the century) which scientists tell us we absolutely mustn’t go above. That total volume has to be divided up betwee ...
... know the total volume of greenhouse gases we can put into the atmosphere over the next few decades if we are to stay the right side of the two-degree-centigrade increase (by the end of the century) which scientists tell us we absolutely mustn’t go above. That total volume has to be divided up betwee ...
SC/2008/xxx - asian parliamentary assembly
... technology from developed to developing countries to combat global warming; Acknowledging the importance of cooperation among Asian countries to share data, experiences and best practices in dealing with the impacts of global warming and climate change in Asia through institutional partnerships, cen ...
... technology from developed to developing countries to combat global warming; Acknowledging the importance of cooperation among Asian countries to share data, experiences and best practices in dealing with the impacts of global warming and climate change in Asia through institutional partnerships, cen ...
getting to know humanity`s life support system: earth`s biosphere
... “The fundamental problem as regards the continuing existence of the human species is that, while we are ‘smarter’ than other species in our ability to develop technology, we, like them, follow the reaction, pioneering and overshoot principles when it comes to dealing with situations of sudden, con ...
... “The fundamental problem as regards the continuing existence of the human species is that, while we are ‘smarter’ than other species in our ability to develop technology, we, like them, follow the reaction, pioneering and overshoot principles when it comes to dealing with situations of sudden, con ...
strawman_ccac_plan_of_action_103108
... We encourage the CCAC to at least set some preliminary targets that can frame the development of reduction options. Targets, of course, can be revisited and refined as the inventory and assessment data become available. In order to facilitate the process of evaluating reduction options, the CCAC Cha ...
... We encourage the CCAC to at least set some preliminary targets that can frame the development of reduction options. Targets, of course, can be revisited and refined as the inventory and assessment data become available. In order to facilitate the process of evaluating reduction options, the CCAC Cha ...
- The Kresge Foundation
... and heatstroke will continue to rise in a warming world.9 Multiple studies link higher temperatures to increased aggression and crime.10 This is a very large mountain of adaptation challenges. I’ll circle around in a minute to ways of chipping away at them. But, at the risk of being hugely simplisti ...
... and heatstroke will continue to rise in a warming world.9 Multiple studies link higher temperatures to increased aggression and crime.10 This is a very large mountain of adaptation challenges. I’ll circle around in a minute to ways of chipping away at them. But, at the risk of being hugely simplisti ...
Recommendations from the Scientific Council Symposium Cultural
... particular site or monument type may be represented by thousands of examples, and thus (at least from the professional perspective), would be relatively well documented and loss would not be catastrophic from a global level. However, since entire landscapes and ecosystems will be affected by climate ...
... particular site or monument type may be represented by thousands of examples, and thus (at least from the professional perspective), would be relatively well documented and loss would not be catastrophic from a global level. However, since entire landscapes and ecosystems will be affected by climate ...
150716_CWCF statement on climate change_final
... sustainable development of their communities through policies approved by their members”. Climate change unequivocally threatens not only sustainable development, but the survival of millions of people around the world through undermining food security, extreme weather events, sea level rise, ocean ...
... sustainable development of their communities through policies approved by their members”. Climate change unequivocally threatens not only sustainable development, but the survival of millions of people around the world through undermining food security, extreme weather events, sea level rise, ocean ...
Kansas City ASHRAE Chapter
... Like the sun, the Earth also emits radiation. It is much cooler than the sun, though, so it emits in the infrared, just like a person, a cat, or any other body. Some of that infrared energy may be absorbed by molecules in the atmosphere, affecting the ...
... Like the sun, the Earth also emits radiation. It is much cooler than the sun, though, so it emits in the infrared, just like a person, a cat, or any other body. Some of that infrared energy may be absorbed by molecules in the atmosphere, affecting the ...
Downscaling Global Circulation Model Outputs
... (BOM), New Zealand, and Madagascar. WorldClim climate surfaces were developed from 47,554 locations with precipitation records; 24,542 locations with mean temperature records; and 14,835 locations with minimum and maximum temperature records. Other global datasets have been produced using fewer loca ...
... (BOM), New Zealand, and Madagascar. WorldClim climate surfaces were developed from 47,554 locations with precipitation records; 24,542 locations with mean temperature records; and 14,835 locations with minimum and maximum temperature records. Other global datasets have been produced using fewer loca ...
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... protection against hazards, which is essential in protection and sustainability of livelihoods.5 Further, these risks are only increasing. By 2050, 70 per cent of the world’s population is expected to live in urban areas, two thirds of this in low- and middle-income nations. Much of this growth is t ...
... protection against hazards, which is essential in protection and sustainability of livelihoods.5 Further, these risks are only increasing. By 2050, 70 per cent of the world’s population is expected to live in urban areas, two thirds of this in low- and middle-income nations. Much of this growth is t ...
global action to address climate change
... date, is the most aggressive accord which commits nations in reducing emissions and implementing serious action. Yet, at the center of these gatherings and agreements there has been one global leader on climate action, the European Union. It is not to say the European Union is the sole actor in clim ...
... date, is the most aggressive accord which commits nations in reducing emissions and implementing serious action. Yet, at the center of these gatherings and agreements there has been one global leader on climate action, the European Union. It is not to say the European Union is the sole actor in clim ...
Review of Climate Change in Colorado: A Synthesis... and Adaptation
... ignored, and only the emissions specification is used to force changes. This limited set of predictions by itself should be a red flag that the results are not going to encompass what is possible in the coming decades. These “projections” are really “what if” predictions in which a key aspect (e.g. ...
... ignored, and only the emissions specification is used to force changes. This limited set of predictions by itself should be a red flag that the results are not going to encompass what is possible in the coming decades. These “projections” are really “what if” predictions in which a key aspect (e.g. ...
Cash transfer programs in sub-Saharan Africa: measuring the impact on climate change adaptation
... There is a growing consensus among the scientific community that the earth is warming due to increases in greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. Together with higher temperatures, climate change is expected to result in increasingly unpredictable and variable rainfall both in amount and timin ...
... There is a growing consensus among the scientific community that the earth is warming due to increases in greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. Together with higher temperatures, climate change is expected to result in increasingly unpredictable and variable rainfall both in amount and timin ...
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... warming’ to ‘climate change’. There have been many reasons for this shift in terminology, not least regulations which restrict media organisations from acting any other way. However it doesn’t stop me being worried that in our pursuit of politically correct terms we are minimising both the impact of ...
... warming’ to ‘climate change’. There have been many reasons for this shift in terminology, not least regulations which restrict media organisations from acting any other way. However it doesn’t stop me being worried that in our pursuit of politically correct terms we are minimising both the impact of ...
Climate Change
... mitigate climate change, and may often also support the achievement of other societal goals. The discussion about possible ways of reducing carbon emissions in various land uses, such as forestry and agriculture, is gaining momentum. Given the high rates of global forest loss and associated GHG emis ...
... mitigate climate change, and may often also support the achievement of other societal goals. The discussion about possible ways of reducing carbon emissions in various land uses, such as forestry and agriculture, is gaining momentum. Given the high rates of global forest loss and associated GHG emis ...
Center for Policy Research
... Although "scientific consensus" is often cited in support of opposing views on global climate change, there has been little systematic study of prevailing opinion within the scientific community. Scientists are well aware that scientific consensus can be wrong, but, nonetheless, it is invoked freque ...
... Although "scientific consensus" is often cited in support of opposing views on global climate change, there has been little systematic study of prevailing opinion within the scientific community. Scientists are well aware that scientific consensus can be wrong, but, nonetheless, it is invoked freque ...