IPCC

Climate Change the biggest challenge

Climate Change, without doubt will be the biggest challenge to everyone. Though a developing country Sri Lanka has historically contributed less to the causes of climate change than the developed countries, who face some of the more severe consequences if action is not taken nationally to mitigate and adapt.

Publication Date:

06/06/2009

Author(s): Ifham Nizam

Source: The Island (Sri Lanka)

Tags:

UNFCCC, Agriculture, Climate Change, IPCC, Floods, Kyoto Protocol, Biodiversity, China, Sri Lanka, Sustainable Development, Developing Countries

Climate Change

Projecting population, projecting climate change: population in IPCC scenarios

While population is widely recognized as one of the driving forces behind the growth of greenhouse gas emissions, this paper shows that it is not adequately accounted for in the emissions scenarios produced in the Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Publication Date:

01/06/2009

Author(s): Karen Hardee, Malea Hoepf Young, Kathleen Mogelgaard

Source: Population Action International

Tags:

Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, IPCC, Green House Gases, Emission Targets, Population, Population Trends, Economic Development

Climate Change

Cost of implementing methodologies and monitoring systems relating to estimates of emissions from deforestation and .....

This paper provides an overview of the possible steps and requirements needed to develop and implement a monitoring system for estimating emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, assessing carbon stocks and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from changes in forest cover, and assessing the enhancement of forest carbon stocks.

Publication Date:

31/05/2009

Source: UNFCC Secretariat

Tags:

UNFCCC, Forests, Deforestation, Carbon Dioxide, IPCC, Green House Gases, Emission Targets, Carbon Capture and Storage, Developing Countries, India

Climate Change

Whose view of climate equity?

Civil coalition promotes Northern view of post-2012 climate pact It wasn

Publication Date:

30/05/2009

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

18

Issue:

20090531

pp:

1

Tags:

UNFCCC, Climate Change, IPCC, Climate Agreements, Kyoto Protocol, Emission Targets, Climate Mitigation, Climate Equity, Germany, United States Of America (US), Developing Countries, European Union (EU), Denmark

Climate Change

Disaster looming on rising sea levels: island nations

Rising sea levels that could wipe whole nations off the map and displace scores of millions of people are being overlooked in global climate change talks, island countries said.

Major emitters are pushing for greenhouse gas emissions cuts that are too low to prevent devastating sea rises, representatives said at the World Ocean Conference in Indonesia

Publication Date:

26/05/2009

Source: Daily News (Sri Lanka)

Tags:

Oceans and Seas, Climate Change, IPCC, Green House Gases, Sea Level Rise, Indonesia

Climate Change

A sinking feeling

Sea levels are rising twice as fast as had been thought

Publication Date:

14/05/2009

Source: Economist (London)

Tags:

Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, IPCC, Green House Gases, Sea Level Rise, UN, Denmark, Greenland, Antarctica

Climate Change

Warding off climate meltdown

NEW evidence confirms that global warming is now a reality and should be taken seriously. The report by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concludes that man's actions have contributed substantially to the observed warming over the last 50 years.

Publication Date:

05/05/2009

Source: Daily Star (Bangladesh)

Tags:

Himalaya, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, IPCC, Global Warming, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Wind Energy, Bulbs, Energy, Fossil Fuels, Electricity

Climate Change

Climate change and sea level rise: a review of the scientific evidence

Sea-level rise (SLR) due to climate change is a serious global threat: The scientific evidence is now overwhelming.

Publication Date:

01/05/2009

Author(s): Susmita Dasgupta, Craig Meisner

Source: The World Bank

Tags:

Glaciers, Climate Change, IPCC, Sea Level Rise, Glacial Melt, Greenland, Antarctica

Climate Change

The importance of population for climate change challenges and solutions

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity in the 21st century. It has been historically driven by an atmospheric build-up of greenhouse gases (GHGs) generated mostly by the industrialized world. The consequences of climate change

Publication Date:

01/05/2009

Source: Population Action International

Tags:

Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, IPCC, Green House Gases, Climate Impacts, Population, India, Global

Climate Change