Zili Yang (1999), ‘Should the North Make Unilateral Technology Transfers to the South? North-South Cooperation and Conflicts in Responses to Global Climate Change’, Resource and Energy Economics, 21, pp. 67-87.

2017 ◽  
pp. 545-566
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Energy Economics ◽  
The South ◽  
The North ◽  
Technology Transfers

Regional Governance of Global Climate Change: The North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation

2007 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 11-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele M. Betsill
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
North American ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Regional Climate ◽  
Regional Governance ◽  
Governance System ◽  
Environmental Cooperation ◽  
Climate Governance ◽  
The North

Over the past decade the governance of global climate change has evolved into a complex, multi-level process involving actors and initiatives at multiple levels of social organization from the global to the local in both the public and private spheres. This article analyzes the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) as one component of this multilevel governance system. Specifically, it evaluates the CEC as a site of regional climate governance based on three potential advantages of governance through regional organizations: a small number of actors, opportunities for issue linkage, and linkage between national and global governance systems. On each count I find that the benefits of a CEC-based climate governance system are limited and argue for greater consideration of how such a system would interact with other forms of climate governance in North America.

scholarly journals Microclimate Observation at Hermann’s Tortoise (Testudo hermanni boettgeri) Habitat in the “Iron Gates” Natural Park. Case Study: Lower Eșelniţa Watershed (Banat, Romania)

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 47-58
Author(s):  
Cristiana-Maria Ciocanea ◽  
Athanasios-Alexandru Gavrilidis ◽  
Vasile Bagrinovschi
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Vegetation Structure ◽  
Conservation Management ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Suitable Habitat ◽  
The South ◽  
Natural Park ◽  
Testudo Hermanni

Abstract “Iron Gates” Natural Park is located in the South-Western part of Romania and is recognized for its great diversity of ecosystems, wide variety of species and emblematic landscapes. Due to its Mediterranean climatic influences and vegetation structure, the area is a suitable habitat for the existence and development of Testudo hermanni boettgeri. Monitoring both, the evolution of the microclimatic features in the lower Eșelnița watershed and the species behaviour, represents a useful step in order to determine if the global climate change endangers the conservation management of the tortoise.

scholarly journals Global Climate Change and the South African Flora: Past, Present and Future

PAGES news ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-19
Author(s):  
JCN Allsopp ◽  
WJ Bond ◽  
GF Midgley ◽  
MC Rutherford
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
South African ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
The South ◽  
African Flora

scholarly journals Some recommendations towards reducing electricity consumption in the South African manufacturing sector

2001 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 359-379 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. N. Blignaut ◽  
T. De Wet
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
South African ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Feasible Solution ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Electricity Consumption ◽  
International Agreement ◽  
Production Structure ◽  
The South

This paper investigates the means of reducing electricity consumption in the South African manufacturing sector. It concludes that neither the price of electricity, nor taxes, subsidies or legislation are likely to bring about the required change. A change in the production structure using relatively more labour and less capital is also unlikely in the immediate future, given the socioeconomic and legislative milieu currently prevailing in South Africa. The only feasible solution that seems likely is a change in technology, which includes the more efficient use of electricity. Given the possible international agreement regarding global climate change commitments and procedures, clean development mechanisms may therefore yet provide the answer.

Der Treibhauseffekt im Spannungsverhältnis der Nord-Süd-Beziehungen

1992 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-31
Author(s):  
Raimund Bleischwitz ◽  
Martina Etzbach
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Economic Implication ◽  
Climate Research ◽  
The North ◽  
International Climate Policy ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
Global Environmental Policy ◽  
International Climate

Abstract Raimund Bleischwitz and Martina Etzbach respond to the question how the global warming foracested by climate research will change the relations between the North and the South. After a description of ecological and socio-economic implication of the potential catastrophy of a global climate change the authors discuss possible instrument of an international climate policy. The considerations focus on institutional problems, especially on possible actors and borlies responsible for a global environmental policy.

scholarly journals Quantifying Early Indicators of Global Climate Change

2006 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 97-99
Author(s):  
Diane Debinski
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Human Activities ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Warning System ◽  
Ecological Communities ◽  
The North ◽  
Ecological Changes ◽  
Montane Meadows ◽  
Associated Species

One of the more significant voids remaining in our scientific understanding of global climate change is the relationship between climate change and the resulting changes expected in ecological communities. Because a large proportion of the North American landscape has been modified by human activities, it is difficult to assess whether ecological changes are being caused by human activities or climate change. Thus, we must look to landscapes where the modification has been less severe. One of the most pristine landscapes in North America where scientists can study natural processes is that of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Within this system some of the more sensitive habitats are the montane meadows. These habitats exist along a continuum from very dry (xeric) sagebrush meadows, to flowering (mesic) meadows, to wet (hydric) sedge meadows. Because of the relatively short growing season, species in these meadows can exhibit quick changes in distribution and abundance relative to climatic changes. My research uses satellite images and field surveys to evaluate how meadow habitats and their associated species respond to interannual changes in precipitation and soil moisture. I am examining the plant and butterfly communities to measure the response. Over 100 species of butterflies occur in this area and many are closely associated with specific types of meadows. This research is significant because it will provide an early warning system for assessing the effects of climate change. Documenting changes in montane meadows will assist in understanding how climate change may affect more highly managed areas of the globe.

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