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Regional Highlights from Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States (open access)

Regional Highlights from Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States

This fact sheet describes climate change scenarios for islands of the United States.
Date: 2009
Creator: U.S. Global Change Research Program
System: The UNT Digital Library
Kyoto Protocol Target Achievement Plan (open access)

Kyoto Protocol Target Achievement Plan

Content of this document includes the basic direction of promotion of global warming countermeasures, the targets for control and removal of GHG, and the Japan's measures and policies to achieve the targets.
Date: March 28, 2008
Creator: Japan. The Global Warming Prevention Headquarters
System: The UNT Digital Library
Kyoto Protocol Implementation (open access)

Kyoto Protocol Implementation

This report analyze the impacts of linking JI and CDM to the future European Emission Allowance Trading System (ETSy). The result indicate that the volume of credits obtained through JI and CDM projects by the enlarged EU Emission Allowance Trading Scheme, as well as the magnitude of cost savings and allowance price impacts will crucially depend on how much competition there will be from EU Member States and other countries in JI and CDM credits.
Date: May 2003
Creator: Criqui, Patrick & Kitous, Alban
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate and Airborne Pollutants (open access)

Climate and Airborne Pollutants

This brochure provides an overview of how air pollutants have an impact on climate change.
Date: 2008
Creator: U.S. Global Change Research Program
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Climate Change Science Program Synthesis and Assessment Report 3.4: Abrupt Climate Change Summary and Findings (open access)

U.S. Climate Change Science Program Synthesis and Assessment Report 3.4: Abrupt Climate Change Summary and Findings

This brochure identifies four types of abrupt climate change that would pose major risks to global health, security, and the economy.
Date: unknown
Creator: U.S. Global Change Research Program
System: The UNT Digital Library
Establishing the Leakage Rates of Mobile Air Conditioners (open access)

Establishing the Leakage Rates of Mobile Air Conditioners

The purpose of the study is to - based on field measurements - determine the average annual leakage rate of HFC-134a from MACs in the European Union of a "second generation"1 air conditioner. From November 2002, to January 2003 300 measurements of HFC-134a leakage were carried out on air conditioners of cars up to seven years age. The measurements were carried out on vehicles of all EU relevant makes at 19 garages in Germany (Osnabrück), Portugal (Rio Maior) and Sweden (Helsingborg) reflecting different climatic conditions.
Date: April 17, 2003
Creator: Schwarz, Winfried & Harnisch, Jochen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Allocation and Related Issues for Post-2012 Phases of the EU ETS (open access)

Allocation and Related Issues for Post-2012 Phases of the EU ETS

This report provides information on major design options related to the allocation of emissions allowances under the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (the EU ETS, or "the Scheme"). The report was developed to assist the European Commission in the context of the review of options for the EU ETS after 2012, during the third and subsequent phases of the Scheme. The report covers topics related to allocation alternatives as well as several other issues. All of the material contained here was developed initially as a set of briefing notes for the Commission in 2007. The topics covered in the report are divided into two major categories: (1) assessment criteria and other general features, including cap-setting; and (2) allocation alternatives and issues specifically related to allocation.
Date: October 22, 2007
Creator: Harrison, David, Jr.; Radov, Daniel & Klevnas, Per
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Economic Effects of EU-Wide Industry-Level Emission Trading to Reduce Greenhouse Gases: Results from PRIMES Energy Systems Model (open access)

The Economic Effects of EU-Wide Industry-Level Emission Trading to Reduce Greenhouse Gases: Results from PRIMES Energy Systems Model

In preparation of the Green Paper on greenhouse gas emissions trading within the European Union, the cost implications of EU-wide emissions trading carbon dioxide were estimated by E3-Lab with their PRIMES energy systems model. According to the report, if each EU member States implemented its target under the Burden sharing agreement individually, the total annual cost for the EU to reach the Kyoto target would be 9.0 billion Pound.
Date: May 2000
Creator: Capros, P. & Manzos, L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reanalysis and Attribution: Understanding How and Why Recent Climate Has Varied and Changed (open access)

Reanalysis and Attribution: Understanding How and Why Recent Climate Has Varied and Changed

This brochure discusses climate change, and scientific methods of making climate observations.
Date: 2008
Creator: U.S. Global Change Research Program
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Ozone Layer: Ozone Depletion, Recovery in a Changing Climate, and the "World Avoided" (open access)

The Ozone Layer: Ozone Depletion, Recovery in a Changing Climate, and the "World Avoided"

This brochure describes the role of ozone in the stratosphere, and the effect it has on ultraviolet light, as well as how the Montreal Protocol and subsequent laws have affected ozone-depleting pollutants in the atmosphere.
Date: 2008
Creator: U.S. Global Change Research Program
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Models: Frequently Asked Questions about computer climate models and their uses, strengths and limitations (open access)

Climate Models: Frequently Asked Questions about computer climate models and their uses, strengths and limitations

This brochure describes methods and technologies for assessing and predicting climate change.
Date: 2008
Creator: U.S. Global Change Research Program
System: The UNT Digital Library
Human Health and Welfare and Climate Change: Summary and Findings of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (open access)

Human Health and Welfare and Climate Change: Summary and Findings of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program

This brochure summarizes a report of the same title. It describes the likely impacts of climate change on human health, and potential adaptation strategies to limit the risks and damages.
Date: 2008
Creator: U.S. Global Change Research Program
System: The UNT Digital Library
Water Resources and Climate Prediction: Linking Science with Decisions (open access)

Water Resources and Climate Prediction: Linking Science with Decisions

This brochure summarizes research that focuses on the scientific ability to predict climate on seasonal and year-to-year timescales and the opportunity to incorporate such information into water resource management decisions.
Date: 2008
Creator: U.S. Global Change Research Program
System: The UNT Digital Library
Findings of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program Synthesis and Assessment Report 2.2: The First State of the Carbon Cycle Report: North American Carbon Budget and Implications for the Global Carbon Cycle (open access)

Findings of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program Synthesis and Assessment Report 2.2: The First State of the Carbon Cycle Report: North American Carbon Budget and Implications for the Global Carbon Cycle

This brochure describes sources of carbon emissions in North America, and ways to remove those emissions from the atmosphere.
Date: 2007
Creator: U.S. Global Change Research Program
System: The UNT Digital Library
Low Carbon Technology Plan (open access)

Low Carbon Technology Plan

The document describes Japan's strategy for transforming into a low carbon society, through the promotion of alternative energy sources and energy efficient technologies.
Date: May 19, 2008
Creator: Kagaku Gijutsu Kaigi (Japan)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Regional Highlights from Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States (open access)

Regional Highlights from Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States

This fact sheet describes climate change scenarios in Midwest region of the United States.
Date: 2009
Creator: U.S. Global Change Research Program
System: The UNT Digital Library
State of the Climate in 2008 (open access)

State of the Climate in 2008

This report describes observations of precipitation, temperature, and other climatology metrics from different global regions.
Date: August 2009
Creator: Peterson, T. C.; Baringer, M. O.; Diamond, H. J.; Fogt, R. L.; Levy, J. M.; Richter-Menge, J. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Towards an Analytical Capacity in Costing of Abatement Options for Forestry and Agricultural Carbon Sinks (open access)

Towards an Analytical Capacity in Costing of Abatement Options for Forestry and Agricultural Carbon Sinks

This document is part of Technical Report (ref: EUR 21758 EN) from the Joint Research Centre and presents part of the modelling work conducted by DG JRC/IPTS as a contribution to the DG ENV Communication on post-2012 climate policy analysis (June 2005). The analysis with the POLES and GEM-E3 models show that the costs of abatement policies, both in marginal terms and total terms, can be significantly reduced if emissions trading and project based mechanisms are used.
Date: December 2002
Creator: Eurocare
System: The UNT Digital Library
Towards New Scenarios for Analysis of Emissions, Climate Change, Impacts, and Response Strategies (open access)

Towards New Scenarios for Analysis of Emissions, Climate Change, Impacts, and Response Strategies

This report summarizes the findings and recommendations from the Expert Meeting on New Scenarios, which focuses on the policymaking perspective of climate change, and on climate modeling scenarios for near term and long term.
Date: 2008
Creator: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
System: The UNT Digital Library
Streamlining climate change and air pollution reporting: Final Report (open access)

Streamlining climate change and air pollution reporting: Final Report

The environmental policies currently being negotiated are likely to require Member State (MS) to control and report their emission of greenhouse gases (GHG) and air pollutants (AP) more precisely. While there are likely to be associated costs, it is also likely that the cost of timely and targeted action will be less than the longer term cost of inaction. A number of European Union (EU) legal instruments are used to regulate emissions - several of these are under review. The review not only needs to anticipate future policy needs but also assess the alignment of the various instruments and whether the burden on users can be further minimized.
Date: July 2009
Creator: Pulles, Tinus; Goodwin, Justin; Kruijd, Jeroen; Jozwicka, Magdalena; Janssen, Katleen; Vandenbroucke, Danny et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of Alternative Initial Allocation Mechanisms in a European Union Greenhouse Gas Emissions Allowance Trading Scheme (open access)

Evaluation of Alternative Initial Allocation Mechanisms in a European Union Greenhouse Gas Emissions Allowance Trading Scheme

This report is intended to provide background to assist Member States and the European Commission ("Commission") in determining the allocation mechanism to use in conjunction with the Commission's proposed emissions trading programme for carbon dioxide ("CO2") and other greenhouse gases ("GHGs"). The Commission in October 2001 adopted a major package of initiatives to combat climate change. This package includes a proposed Directive on GHG emission trading ("proposed Directive") as well as a proposal for the EC to ratify the Kyoto Protocol and a Communication setting out further methods for reducing greenhouse gas emissions beyond the Directive on emissions trading. This report provides descriptions and evaluations of alternative mechanisms for initial allocation of allowances. The report has the following specific objectives: - Provide a typology of alternative initial allocation mechanisms. - Describe the allocation mechanisms that have been used in previous emissions trading programmes. - Develop criteria for evaluating alternative mechanisms. - Evaluate the alternative mechanisms in light of these criteria. - Develop plant-level data that allow one to simulate various initial allocation alternatives and thus shed light on key empirical issues, including feasibility and sector- and plantlevel effects. - Provide an overview of major conclusions and implications.
Date: 2010
Creator: NERA Economic Consulting
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Change 2007: Synthesis Report (open access)

Climate Change 2007: Synthesis Report

According to the introduction, this Synthesis Report is based on the assessment carried out by the three Working Groups (WGs) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). It provides an integrated view of climate change as the final part of the IPCC's Fourth Assessment Report (AR4). It discusses the observations of climate change, causes and effects, options for adaptation and mitigation, and remaining uncertainties.
Date: 2008
Creator: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
System: The UNT Digital Library
IPCC Expert Meeting on The Science to Address UNFCCC Article 2 including Key Vulnerabilities (open access)

IPCC Expert Meeting on The Science to Address UNFCCC Article 2 including Key Vulnerabilities

This report contains supporting material to examine the science relating to stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference. The report was prepared for consideration by the IPCC, but it has not been subjected to formal IPCC review processes.
Date: May 2004
Creator: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
System: The UNT Digital Library
Service Contract : EC - DG Environment − CNRS-IEPE: Options for the Operationalisation of the Kyoto Mechanisms - Economic Analysis based on Partial Equilibrium Models (open access)

Service Contract : EC - DG Environment − CNRS-IEPE: Options for the Operationalisation of the Kyoto Mechanisms - Economic Analysis based on Partial Equilibrium Models

This report presents two series of studies performed before COP-6 and COP-6bis, in order to provide DG Environment with economic analysis of the issues at stake in international climate negotiations. These analysis used the background information provided by the large scale world energy partial equilibrium model POLES. They were also based on an extensive use of the Marginal Abatement Cost Curves produced by the POLES model through the ASPEN-sd software, specifically designed to produce assessment.
Date: October 2001
Creator: Institut d'Économie et de Politique de l'Énergie (France)
System: The UNT Digital Library