Efficiency, Distribution and the Soft Law Future of the Climate Regime
... reflect the widely divergent interests of the countries involved and do little more than inscribe in a treaty what each country intended to do anyway (Victor 2006). Nevertheless, before the global recession that began in 2008, most Annex 1 parties were not on pace to meet their targets for the first ...
... reflect the widely divergent interests of the countries involved and do little more than inscribe in a treaty what each country intended to do anyway (Victor 2006). Nevertheless, before the global recession that began in 2008, most Annex 1 parties were not on pace to meet their targets for the first ...
Waves of Change: Climate Change in the Pacific Islands
... improbable. In our everyday experience, if something has never happened before, we are generally safe in assuming it is not going to happen in the future, but the exceptions can kill you and climate change is one of those exceptions." --Al Gore Nobel Peace Laureate, U.S. VP “I find people are more c ...
... improbable. In our everyday experience, if something has never happened before, we are generally safe in assuming it is not going to happen in the future, but the exceptions can kill you and climate change is one of those exceptions." --Al Gore Nobel Peace Laureate, U.S. VP “I find people are more c ...
1 CATASTROPHE TRENDS Lloyd’s
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published their third assessment of the impact of climate change in 20012. In this report, we refer to it as ‘the IPCC report’. Since then, later scientific evidence has emerged in a number of areas, which generally suggests that the pace of chang ...
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published their third assessment of the impact of climate change in 20012. In this report, we refer to it as ‘the IPCC report’. Since then, later scientific evidence has emerged in a number of areas, which generally suggests that the pace of chang ...
Legacy of disasters - Save the Children UK
... Governments must also take united, ambitious and determined action to reduce the carbon emissions responsible for climate change. As children make up approximately 50 per cent of those affected by disasters, 4 all Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) strategies must have an adequate assessment of children’ ...
... Governments must also take united, ambitious and determined action to reduce the carbon emissions responsible for climate change. As children make up approximately 50 per cent of those affected by disasters, 4 all Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) strategies must have an adequate assessment of children’ ...
The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change: How
... This chapter addresses a different question: might the scientific consensus be wrong? If the history of science teaches anything, it’s humility. There are numerous historical examples where expert opinion turned out to be wrong. At the start of the twentieth century, Max Planck was advised not to go ...
... This chapter addresses a different question: might the scientific consensus be wrong? If the history of science teaches anything, it’s humility. There are numerous historical examples where expert opinion turned out to be wrong. At the start of the twentieth century, Max Planck was advised not to go ...
This PDF is a selection from a published volume from... Research Volume Title: The Economics of Climate Change: Adaptations Past and...
... ature record and the models used to project the future. Steve McIntyre, for example, notes that an increasing share of temperature stations were located in urban areas, which retain heat and induce an upward bias to recorded average temperatures (McIntyre 2007). He has recalculated the temperature r ...
... ature record and the models used to project the future. Steve McIntyre, for example, notes that an increasing share of temperature stations were located in urban areas, which retain heat and induce an upward bias to recorded average temperatures (McIntyre 2007). He has recalculated the temperature r ...
Climate change impacts on Australian Rangelands
... management. In warmer climates, increased heat stress, and increased evaporative demand would likely have negative effects on pastures. The most certain aspect of climate change is that atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) will increase and this will affect rangeland functioning even ...
... management. In warmer climates, increased heat stress, and increased evaporative demand would likely have negative effects on pastures. The most certain aspect of climate change is that atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) will increase and this will affect rangeland functioning even ...
PandanusOctober2016 PDF
... accuracy matters in news reporting started the website Climate Feedback in order to allow scientists to evaluate the accuracy of media coverage on climate science. A scale on the website enables scientists to rate the scientific credibility of any given climate change article, and in this way allows ...
... accuracy matters in news reporting started the website Climate Feedback in order to allow scientists to evaluate the accuracy of media coverage on climate science. A scale on the website enables scientists to rate the scientific credibility of any given climate change article, and in this way allows ...
The Coordination and Vertical Integration of Climate Actions AH SM
... private sector and civil society. Another closely related reflection was the importance of sharing data, resources and experience between government departments, i.e. reducing operational silos. This includes vertical interaction and information/data flow between national, regional and municipal gov ...
... private sector and civil society. Another closely related reflection was the importance of sharing data, resources and experience between government departments, i.e. reducing operational silos. This includes vertical interaction and information/data flow between national, regional and municipal gov ...
... [9] and topography [27] in large parts due to computational limitations. Main sources of uncertainties in the impact of climate change on hydrology studies can be classified as GCM outputs, climate change scenarios (SRES), downscaling techniques, non-climate data and hydrology models. Jyrkama and Sy ...
Adaptation Cost Estimation - Asia Pacific Adaptation Network
... Incorporating Climate Risks into Development Plans, Policies ...
... Incorporating Climate Risks into Development Plans, Policies ...
Course Description - University of Montana
... disruption. A profile by the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization and the Natural Resources Defense Council. Executive summary, pp 4-5. 5. Lenz, Garth (2011). Agreement to protect North Fork of Flathead from goal, coal mining finalized. Missoulian, February 15. 6. National Wildlife Federation. Global ...
... disruption. A profile by the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization and the Natural Resources Defense Council. Executive summary, pp 4-5. 5. Lenz, Garth (2011). Agreement to protect North Fork of Flathead from goal, coal mining finalized. Missoulian, February 15. 6. National Wildlife Federation. Global ...
Making climate hot - Center for Science and Technology Policy
... resulting temperature increase would be steep over the twenty-first century but would then level off. In either case, CO2 concentrations would reach levels far higher than at present or at any time over the last 740,000 years. (See L. Augustin et al., “Eight Glacial Cycles from an Antarctic Ice Core ...
... resulting temperature increase would be steep over the twenty-first century but would then level off. In either case, CO2 concentrations would reach levels far higher than at present or at any time over the last 740,000 years. (See L. Augustin et al., “Eight Glacial Cycles from an Antarctic Ice Core ...
Global Warming Primer - National Center for Policy Analysis
... additional cases of malaria (as mosquitoes breed at higher elevations) and hunger (due to increased drought). Most laws and treaties proposed to prevent, reduce or slow global warming would be expensive and do little to prevent warming or future harms. For a fraction of the costs, we could prevent m ...
... additional cases of malaria (as mosquitoes breed at higher elevations) and hunger (due to increased drought). Most laws and treaties proposed to prevent, reduce or slow global warming would be expensive and do little to prevent warming or future harms. For a fraction of the costs, we could prevent m ...
Mainstreaming Climate Change in Colombia
... During the next stage (from April to July 2009), the Project team evaluated the risks and opportunities of climate change in 13 national policy documents, development plans, UN plans and projects. The UN Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) was analysed in detail while the remaining ones were su ...
... During the next stage (from April to July 2009), the Project team evaluated the risks and opportunities of climate change in 13 national policy documents, development plans, UN plans and projects. The UN Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) was analysed in detail while the remaining ones were su ...
John Holdren: The Scientist Who Cried Wolf
... googled Holdren (admittedly this would require being able to spell his name correctly). If Chait had done so, he would’ve discovered that John Holdren originally came to fame in the 1970s warning of the impending catastrophe that would result from overpopulation and natural resource depletion. Writ ...
... googled Holdren (admittedly this would require being able to spell his name correctly). If Chait had done so, he would’ve discovered that John Holdren originally came to fame in the 1970s warning of the impending catastrophe that would result from overpopulation and natural resource depletion. Writ ...
- ROAR - University of East London
... with a clear scientific view of what is happening to the world’s climate. In 2004, the UNDP published Climate Change Adaptation Policy Framework which recognised that adaptation occurs at different levels in society, including the local level (UNDP, 2004). This framework was instrumental for develop ...
... with a clear scientific view of what is happening to the world’s climate. In 2004, the UNDP published Climate Change Adaptation Policy Framework which recognised that adaptation occurs at different levels in society, including the local level (UNDP, 2004). This framework was instrumental for develop ...
Adaptation to climate change in the countries of the Lower Mekong
... Accurate information on the climate change situation at the national level in each of the LMB countries is very limited. Available information is often drawn from global or regional level models with varying degrees of relevance to the national level. Quantitative information is lacking and most of ...
... Accurate information on the climate change situation at the national level in each of the LMB countries is very limited. Available information is often drawn from global or regional level models with varying degrees of relevance to the national level. Quantitative information is lacking and most of ...
DOC - World bank documents
... the National Water Resources Authority (NWRA) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation’s Agricultural Research and Extension Authority (AREA). These data are of typically daily resolution with an average record length of around 10 years or less. The lack of long term systematic data makes it d ...
... the National Water Resources Authority (NWRA) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation’s Agricultural Research and Extension Authority (AREA). These data are of typically daily resolution with an average record length of around 10 years or less. The lack of long term systematic data makes it d ...
Tall tales and fat tails: the science and economics of extreme warming
... overwhelm economic evaluation of climate policies. The existing IAM literature arguably fails to do this, tending to work with a single fat-tailed climate sensitivity distribution (Ackerman et al. 2010; Dietz 2011; Hope 2011). An alternative approach, suggested by Weitzman (2012), would be to stress ...
... overwhelm economic evaluation of climate policies. The existing IAM literature arguably fails to do this, tending to work with a single fat-tailed climate sensitivity distribution (Ackerman et al. 2010; Dietz 2011; Hope 2011). An alternative approach, suggested by Weitzman (2012), would be to stress ...