Climate Change 2014

Climate Change 2014

Author: Groupe d'experts intergouvernemental sur l'évolution du climat

Publisher:

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 151

ISBN-13: 9789291691432

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Winter Tourism

Winter Tourism

Author: Ulrike Pröbstl-Haider

Publisher: CABI

Published: 2019-10-03

Total Pages: 548

ISBN-13: 1786395207

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Winter tourism has seen increased levels of investment in recent times, in an effort to reduce economic risk, address environmental concerns and adapt to the effects of global warming. New ski destinations are developing and merging with traditional ones to increase spatial distribution, while many established leading resorts are adapting their management models. Climate change adaptation processes are supported by the reduction of CO2 emissions and energy consumption in ski resorts. Current planning challenges include the increasing importance of scenic beauty, nature and sustainable development, as well as snow reliability, snow management and safety issues.


False Alarm

False Alarm

Author: Bjorn Lomborg

Publisher: Basic Books

Published: 2020-07-14

Total Pages: 347

ISBN-13: 1541647483

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An “essential” (Times UK) and “meticulously researched” (Forbes) book by “the skeptical environmentalist” argues that panic over climate change is causing more harm than good Hurricanes batter our coasts. Wildfires rage across the American West. Glaciers collapse in the Artic. Politicians, activists, and the media espouse a common message: climate change is destroying the planet, and we must take drastic action immediately to stop it. Children panic about their future, and adults wonder if it is even ethical to bring new life into the world. Enough, argues bestselling author Bjorn Lomborg. Climate change is real, but it's not the apocalyptic threat that we've been told it is. Projections of Earth's imminent demise are based on bad science and even worse economics. In panic, world leaders have committed to wildly expensive but largely ineffective policies that hamper growth and crowd out more pressing investments in human capital, from immunization to education. False Alarm will convince you that everything you think about climate change is wrong -- and points the way toward making the world a vastly better, if slightly warmer, place for us all.


Trends in Climate Change Legislation

Trends in Climate Change Legislation

Author: Alina Averchenkova

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2017-12-29

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 1786435780

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A deepening understanding of the importance of climate change has caused a recent and rapid increase in the number of climate change or climate-related laws. Trends in Climate Change Legislation offers an astute analysis of the political, institutional and economic factors that have motivated this surge, placing it into context.


Water and Climate Change Adaptation

Water and Climate Change Adaptation

Author: Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)

Publisher: IWA Publishing

Published: 2014-01-31

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 178040574X

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This publication sets out the challenge for freshwater in a changing climate and provides policy guidance on how to navigate this new "waterscape". It examines the range and complexity of possible changes in the water cycle and the challenges of making practical, on-site adaptation decisions for water. It offers policymakers a risk-based framework and guidance to "know", "cap" and "manage" water risks in order to provide flexibility and improve decisions despite the lack of reliable predictions. It draws insights from a stock take of current policy efforts to adapt water systems across all 34 member countries and the European Union, including water-related aspects of National Adaptation Plans and Strategies, specific policy measures, and financing programmes. Finally, the report examines the use of economic instruments to promote adaptation (e.g. insurance schemes, water markets and banks, water pricing), incentives for ‘green’ infrastructure and ecosystem-based approaches, and financing issues.


Navigating the Numbers

Navigating the Numbers

Author: Kevin A. Baumert

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13:

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This document provides data on greenhouse gas and international climate policy. It examines them at the global, national, sectoral, and fuel levels and identifies implications of the data for international cooperation on global climate change.


Growing Cooler

Growing Cooler

Author: Reid H. Ewing

Publisher: Urban Land Institute

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13:

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Based on a comprehensive study review by leading urban planning researchers, this investigative document demonstrates how urban development is both a key contributor to climate change and an essential factor in combating it -- by reducing vehicle greenhouse gas emissions.