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10 messages for 2010 Urban ecosystems

High quality urgan green spaces are essential not only for quality of life for urban dwellers, but for the maintenance of biodiverse ecosystems as well. Urban planners and policy makers must integrate biodiversity into urban planning and building of sustainable communities by designating conservation areas. It is essential at the regional and lo ...
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Birgit Georgi
European Environment Agency, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2010
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs,Analyzing Opinions & Attitudes
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Africa,Latin AmericaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public

A Fresh Look at Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD)

"The belief that societies that conserve their forests are themselves the beneficiaries of their efforts is very deep rooted across the developed world. In support India is often cited as a country that achieved near zero deforestation in 1980s even when at the bottom of the countries on the development path. But perhaps India has paid a price for ...
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Promode Kant
Institute of Green Economy, New Delhi, India, May 2010
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Africa,Latin AmericaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts

Adaptation to a Changing Climate Today’s Iinvestments in Tomorrow’s Climate

This report advocates for the consumer by examining the impacts of climate change on such things as property values, protection of property, repair costs in the event of a climate disaster, as well as the accompanying psychological distress. The most vulnerable will be low-income, the eldery and those with pre-existing medical conditions who w ...
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Consumer Focus
Consumer Focus, London, UK, October 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor NationsFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts

Adaptation to Climate Change

While mitigation efforts are critical to avoid further climate change damage, even the most stringent will be inadequate to avoid all the impacts. Therefore, enhanced knowledge and awareness of the need for climate change adaption--its risks, opportunities and challenges--is essential to pursue at this point in time. From the Introduction: ...
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Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD
Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD, Paris, France, May 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs,Analyzing Opinions & Attitudes
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Latin AmericaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public

Advancing the Science of Climate Change

This is another policy brief from The National Council of the National Academies. As both experts and lay communities recognize that climate change is indeed taking place and posing serious risks and consequences for both natural systems and human society, the question has shifted from "What is happening?" to "How can we respond?". This p ...
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Panel on Advancing the Science of Climate Change
The National Council of the National Academies, March 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts

Agricultural Land Tenure and Carbon Offsets

From the Abstract: "If agricultural producers are allowed to participate in a national cap-and-trade system to curb greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the opportunity to sell carbon offsets could prompt farmers to manage their land in a way that increases the amount of carbon stored in soil organic matter and plant biomass, including residue ...
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Roger Claassen and Mitch Morehart
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., USA, 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Africa,Latin AmericaFor Economists

Agriculture and Climate Change

From the Introduction: " As countries are seeking to meet and negotiate binding climate change targets, the contribution that agricultural production makes to anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions is being considered by policy makers globally. There is therefore a clear need to find cost-effective ways to address agricultural emissions whilst c ...
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Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD
Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD, Paris, France, November 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Latin AmericaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public

An African Agricultural Carbon Facility: Feasability Assessment and Design Recommendations

This paper describes how climate change mitigation could be promoted through investment in African agriculture. Though written with an African focus, the report discusses concepts applicable to other areas of the globe.From the Introduction:"Within this context, this report describes how carbon finance could be leveraged to realize the dual opportu ...
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Charlotte Streck, Michael Coren, Sara J. Scherr, Seth Shames, Michael Jenkins, Sissel Waage, and Timm Tennigkeit
Climate Focus, Washington, DC: 11 March 2010
Objectives: Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Proposals
Geographic Focus: Rich and Poor Nations,AfricaFor Specialized Analysts

Assessing Dangerous Climate Change Through an Update of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Chang...

From the Report: "Article 2 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change [United Nations (1992)...accessed February 9, 2009] commits signatory nations to stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that 'would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference (DAI) with the climate system.' In an effort to ...
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Joel B. Smitha, Stephen H. Schneiderb, Michael Oppenheimerd, Gary W. Yohee, William Haref, Michael D. Mastrandreac, Anand Patwardhang, Ian Burton, Jan Corfee-Morloti, Chris H. D. Magadzaj, Hans-Martin Fusself, A. Barrie Pittock, Atiq Rahman, Avelino Suarez, and Jean-Pascal van Yperselen
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., March 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Africa,Latin AmericaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public

Assessing the Costs of Adaptation to Climate Change: A Review of the UNFCCC and Other Recent Estimat...

This report concludes that the current studies of adaptation to climate change have deficiencies that require a more systematic and transparent approach. Further, a reexamination of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change estimates for 2030 costs and impacts suggests that a majority of studies are likely to be substantially un ...
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Martin Parry, Nigel Arnell, Pam Berry, David Dodman, Samuel Fankhauser, Chris Hope, Sari Kovats, Robert Nicholls, David Satterthwaite, Richard Tiffin, and Tim Wheeler
London, UK: International Institute for Environment and Development, August 2009
Objectives: Theoretical Modeling,Forecasting Impacts
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,Rich and Poor NationsFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts

Basic Information from the EPA

This link will take you to a page on the EPA website that has posted four two-page fact sheets on climate change based on recent scientific data and findings. These documents may be useful to state and local governments looking for public outreach materials on climate change. The four new fact sheets are: Climate Change Sc ...
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington D.C, USA, 2010
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts

California Farm Water Success Stories

"This report analyzes successful examples of sustainable water policies and practices to demonstrate how innovative growers and irrigation districts are already beginning to move California toward more equitable and efficient water management use. These practices are making a differendce and there are steps, both in policy and on-the-ground, tha ...
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Juliet Christian-Smith, Lucy Allen, Michael J. Cohen, Peter Schulte, Courtney Smith, and Peter H. Gleick
Pacific Institute, Oakland, CA, USA, March 2010
Objectives: Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts

Climate 2030: A National Blueprint for a Clean Energy Economy

This book offers a comprehensive set of policies to accelerate the transition to a clean energy economy in order to avoid the most dire consequences of climate change: extreme heat, fast and slow-onset events (storms and droughts), acidigying oceans and rising sea levels. "The nation achieves these deep cuts in carbon emissions while savi ...
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Rachel Cleetus Steven Clemmer David Friedman
Unions of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, Massachusettes, May 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts

Climate Change Adaptation: The Pivotol Role of Water.

Water plays key roles in climate change and its effects on human societies. First, it is the lifeblood of the planet; second, it is the primary medium through which climate change influences earth's ecosystems, as well as all natural, social and economic systems and livelihoods. Water stress is already occurring around the planet and continuin ...
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U.N.-Water
U.N.Water, Washington, D.C., USA, 2010
Objectives: Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Africa,Latin AmericaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts

Climate Change Impacts on Global Agriculture

From the Abstract: "Based on predicted changes in the magnitude and distribution of global precipitation, temperature and river flow under the IPCC SRES A1B and A2 scenarios, this study assesses the potential impacts of climate change and CO2 fertilization on global agriculture. The analysis uses the new version of the GTAP-W model, whic ...
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Alvaro Calzadilla, Katrin Rehdanz, Richard Betts, Pete Falloon, Andy Wiltshire and Richard S.J. Tol
Kiel Institute, Kiel, Germany, April 2010.
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Africa,Latin AmericaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts

Climate Change Impacts on Global Agriculture

This paper models climate change's impacts on global agriculture (including the United States). Abstract: "Based on predicted changes in the magnitude and distribution of global precipitation, temperature and river flow under the IPCC SRES A1B and A2 scenarios, this study assesses the potential impacts of climate change and ...
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Alvaro Calzadilla, Katrin Rehdanz, Richard Betts, Pete Falloon, Andy Wiltshire, and Richard S.J. Tol
Sustainability and Global Change, Hamburg University, Working Paper FNU-185, Hamburg: April 2010
Objectives: Theoretical Modeling
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,Rich and Poor NationsFor Specialized Analysts

Climate Change Indicators in the United States

"This report presents 24 indicators, each describing trends related to the causes and effects of climate change. The report focuses primarily on the United States, but in some cases global trends are presented to provide context or a basis for comparison. It aims to collect data and generate analyses to: (i) monitor the effects/impact ...
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington D.C, USA, September 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts
Geographic Focus: US and Other CountriesFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts

Climate Change: Adapting to the Inevitable?

This report is written in two parts. The first part discusses the expected climate changes over the next 1,000 years due to continuing CO2 emissions. The second part presents what engineers can do to help successful adaption to the changes we will be coping with in the future. Excerpted from the Executive Summary: ...
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Institute of Mechanical Engineers
Institute of Mechanical Engineers, London, 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts
Geographic Focus: Rich and Poor NationsFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts

Climate Change: Faster, Stronger, Sooner

Research published on climate change since the deadline for the assessment report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reveals that global warming is accelerating, at times far beyond IPCC 2007 forecasts. This summary presents some sobering facts, some even dire predictions, regarding the Europen Unioin and the accelera ...
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Tina Tin
World Wildlife Federation, Brussels, Belgium, October 2008
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Africa,Latin AmericaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public

Climate Crisis, Credit Crisis" The Quest for Green Growth

This is the report from the Brookings Blum Roundtable held in August of 2009. The report was postponed to incorporate the outcomes of the UNFCCC in Copenhagen 2009. While in many respects the participants of the roundtable felt that climate talks in Copenhagen were a failure, there was some movement towards international cooperation and the pos ...
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Kemal Dervis¸ , Abigail Jones, Karen Kornbluh, and Sarah Puritz
The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C., March 2010
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Africa,Latin AmericaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public

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