Environment and climate change policy
Preparing the built environment for climate change
... to climate change policy either still being seen, or until recently having been seen, exclusively in terms of ...and policy-making community has been reluctant to address the problem of ...
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climate change policy partnership
... built environment that encourages (or effectively mandates) LDV‐only driving, high costs of lower‐carbon vehicles that make them unattainable for many drivers, and lack of access to lower‐carbon ...
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Climate change policy for India
... global environment waits for the world to reach some form of agreement on climate policy, developing countries such as India are entering a phase of higher economic ...global climate ...
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Policy environment for the tourism sector's adaptation to climate change in the South Pacific - the case of Samoa
... to climate change. The authors believe that the existing policy environment in Samoa is conducive to the tourism industry to adapt to climate ...combating climate change ...
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"The Europeanization of German Climate Change Policy"
... the Environment (BMU) had only come into existence in 1986 following Chernobyl and its (mis)handling by the Interior Ministry, where responsibility for most environmental issues had ...resided. Climate ...
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Australian climate change policy: a chronology
... Technology, Environment and Resources Section Introduction Climate change is a long-term, global ...flexible policy implementation over ...to climate action over the past three decades ...
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Canadian Subnational Climate Change Policy
... 58 emissions in an attempt to get greater allowances for free (Chan, 2010, p. 3). The same can be said for firms that find themselves in non-compliance, in which they may try to falsify their reported emissions to avoid ...
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Climate Change and the Historic Environment
... of climate change on the historic environment, the Centre for Sustainable Heritage at University College London has used a diverse range of information ...sources. Climate change and ...
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Climate Change Impacts, Agroforestry Adaptation and Policy Environment in Sri Lanka
... 3.4. Reduce Risk and Intensity of Damage Reducing the risk and intensity of damage has become a major concern for many farmers and foresters in Sri Lanka under changing climatic conditions. From the elderly farmer’s ...
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Climate change, the environment and armed conflict
... that climate change has already begun and will continue in the foreseeable ...of climate change in the foreseeable future, but they will not be able to erase ...improving climate ...
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Environment Factors on Climate Change Mitigation
... institutional frameworks and their impact on policy agenda setting and the implementation of 60. policies and specific outcomes in the transport sector, which has often been[r] ...
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BUDGET Québec and Climate Change. Environment
... equivalent to $780 million over six years. The Québec Public Transit Policy expired in 2011, but the programs stemming from the policy have been extended until December 31, 2012. According to the ...
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Climate change adaptation in the Pacific Island Tourism Sector: Analysing the policy environment in Vanuatu
... [Insert Figure 4 here]. The Ministry of Trades, Commerce, Industry and Tourism is the most important Ministry for the tourism sector, as it includes the NTDO, the VTO and the VIPA. A tourism statutory body was ...
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Migration, Environment and Climate Change: ASSESSING THE EVIDENCE
... and policy makers have become quite focused on the linkages between the environment and migration, and on how these linkages tie in with concerns about poverty and prospects for sustainable ...the ...
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The implications of climate change for the water environment in England
... of climate change for the water environment and its management in ...of climate change for the delivery of water manage- ment ...with climate change scenarios. The ...
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Regional Perspectives on Migration, the Environment and Climate Change
... environmental change can be described as forced ...and policy attention tends to focus on disasters and displacement, it is important to keep in mind that environmental factors do not affect all ...
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Energy, Climate Change Environment EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
... Current assets could be seen as “locked in”, but they can also be “unlocked” through policy intervention. High and rising carbon prices could drive changes in infrastructure; however, given the low prices in most ...
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Reconciling climate change and trade policy
... abatement across the board. These actions would be responding less to domestic trade concerns than to global environmental concerns. But this option would only be legitimate if it could be justified under the WTO’s ...
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Environment & Climate Change
... - Environment & Climate Change, Volume - 2 10 Sustainability & Carbon Assessment One of the main benefits of carbon assessment is the ability to situate potential environmental measures in ...
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Climate Change Policy, and Policy Change in China
... on climate change through realist persuasion—appeal to global and national interests, and global and national net benefits—can be a successful ...China’s climate policy is no longer as ...
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