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Financial supervisors like the European Central Bank (ECB) have been active by supervising the financial risk side of climate change, environmental degradation and other nature-related risks. The ECB can only take climate-related risks into account to the extent such risks relate to the tasks that have been conferred upon it. This article explores the legal basis for climate risk supervision and sets out what the ECB is currently doing on this front. At the same time, new legislative proposals to combat climate change and to address climate-related risks are under way. These proposals, together with other pressures from the market and the public, will increase the pressure on banks to look beyond risk mitigation and might compel banks to align their business model with the objectives of the Paris Agreement.

1. Earth Climate System ⁰́₃ Overview 2. Observed Changes in Earth System and their Causes 3. Impacts on Systems and Vulnerability 4. Global Adaptation Experience 5. Future Climate Change Projections 6. Identified Risks and Opportunities for Adaptation 7. Mitigation of Climate Change 8. Global Policy Responses to Climate Change

With the global population expected to reach nine billion by 2050, our capacity to provide enough food, water and energy relies on our understanding and management of the complex interdependencies in the climate-energy-water nexus. This book presents a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the interdependencies between these sectors and the knock-on consequences of those interactions for other sectors, such as food production and biodiversity conservation. The interdisciplinary nature of the book across the three sectors of climate, energy and water means that it will be valuable for advanced students, researchers and policymakers across a broad range of fields, including environmental/energy/water/climate policy, environmental economics, climate science, hydrology, ecology and geography

Wind energy is crucial in German energy and climate strategies as it substitutes carbon-intensive fossil fuels and achieves substantial greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions. However, wind energy deployment currently faces several problems: low expansion rates, wind turbines at the end of their service life, or the end of remuneration. Repowering is a vital strategy to overcome these problems. This study investigates future annual GHG payback times and emission savings of repowered wind turbines. In total, 96 repowering scenarios covering a broad range of climatological, technical, economic, and political factors affecting wind energy output in 2025–2049 were studied. The results indicate that due to more giant wind turbines and geographical restrictions, the amount of repowerable sites is reduced significantly. Consequently, in most scenarios, emission savings will dramatically diminish compared to current savings. Even in the best-case scenario, the highest emission savings' growth is at 11%. The most meaningful drivers of GHG payback time and emission savings are wind turbine type, geographical restrictions, and GHG emissions. In contrast, climate change impact on the wind resource is only marginal. Although repowering alone is insufficient for achieving climate targets, it is a substantial part of the wind energy strategy. It could be improved by the synergies of different measures presented in this study. The results emphasize that a massive expansion of wind energy is required to establish it as a cornerstone of the future energy mix.

Biographical note: Birgit Schneider (PhD in cultural studies) is postdoc fellow at the Institute for Arts and Media at University of Potsdam, Germany. Thomas Nocke (PhD in computer science) investigates visualization methods for climate data and visual climate knowledge communication at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany.

"This book is about oil and gas dynamics in the world's newest petro-powers-in-the-making, and the attempts to balance this against the impact of climate change. The known oil reserves in the Guyana-Suriname Basin total some 30 billion barrels equivalent, and the gas reserves exceed 30 trillion cubic feet. This massive offshore discovery amounts to 10 percent of the world's conventional oil, but Guyana and Suriname are also in a wet neighbourhood, where the impact of climate change stands to wreak havoc on the area and undermine some of the oil gains. Examining the political economy of petroleum production and some of the myriad challenges and opportunities involved, the expert contributors discuss the global and regional geopolitical and national security ramifications of the petroleum pursuits and explore global climate change dynamics and their effects on the region. This title will be of interest to students, scholars of international political economy, environmental politics, and the Caribbean. It will also be invaluable to policymakers in countries with business investments in Guyana and Suriname, especially in the energy sector and policy and operational staffs in regional and international organizations and companies"--

Intro -- Dedication -- Introduction -- PART 1: "We're Screwed" Get Over It -- CHAPTER 1: The Need and the Call to Action -- CHAPTER 2: Carbon Dioxide and Carbon Removal -- CHAPTER 3: The Math Is Simple -- CHAPTER 4: We Can Do This -- PART 2: Principles That Get Us There -- CHAPTER 5: The Science of a Bias toward Action -- CHAPTER 6: Principles of Innovation -- CHAPTER 7: We Need More Ways to Plug Money into This -- CHAPTER 8: Regulation Plays a Big Role -- PART 3: Existence Theorems -- CHAPTER 9: Green Carbon -- CHAPTER 10: Blue Carbon -- CHAPTER 11: Black Carbon -- CHAPTER 12: Gold Carbon -- CHAPTER 13: Estimation and Verification -- CHAPTER 14: The Road Ahead -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix -- Endnotes.

In der Debatte um Klimaschutz steht meist die ökonomische Effizienz im Vordergrund : Klimaschutz soll zu den geringst möglichen Kosten realisiert werden. Die Einführung eines globalen Emissionshandelssystems oder als Zwischenschritt die Verknüpfung bestehender Emissionshandelssysteme können hierzu einen Beitrag leisten. Dies würde jedoch der Zielsetzung der Nachhaltigkeit nicht gerecht. Daher ist zu fragen, wie eine Verknüpfung von Emissionshandelssystemen auch einem ambitionierten Klimaschutz dienen und Grundprinzipien sozialer Gerechtigkeit berücksichtigen kann. Antworten auf diese Frage untersuchte das interdisziplinäre Forschungsprojekt LETSCaP, dessen Ergebnisse in diesem Buch vorgelegt werden. Das Projektteam entwickelte ein theoretisches Modell für die Verknüpfung von Emissionshandelssystemen unter Anwendung der drei Nachhaltigkeitskriterien ökonomische Effizienz, ökologische Effektivität und soziale Gerechtigkeit. Außerdem wurde untersucht, wie Verknüpfungen rechtlich möglich sind. Das Modell wird am Beispiel der Verknüpfung der Emissionshandelssysteme der USA und Japans mit dem Emissionshandelssystem der Europäischen Union auf die Umsetzbarkeit in der Praxis überprüft, wobei jeweils Handlungsempfehlungen für eine praktische Verbindung entwickelt werden.