The shipping industry has become the first global business sector to agree to mandatory carbon dioxide emissions reductions. At a meeting of the United Nations' International Maritime Organization, member countries agreed to set CO2 ...
In the paper, Edwards P and Roberts I (2009) "Population adiposity and climate change" Int. J. Epidemiol. 38 (4), find that BMI has environmental benefits.
A recent Defra funded project conducted by ADAS investigated the economic feasibility of farm greenhouse gas mitigation methods (GHG MMs) and identified drivers and barriers to uptake for 6 farm types and 3 farm sizes through a farm survey in the...
This paper explores the scale of energy consumed by most segments of the Norwegian fishing fleet for gadoid fish and for parts of the pelagic fleet for the period 1980–2005. Possible means of reducing energy use and emissions are discussed including...
This report by Ulf Sonesson, Jennifer Davis, Friederike Ziegler, discusses the impacts of fisheries and aquaculture on the climate on pages 10 and 11, concluding that the main driver for the carbon footprint of capture fisheries is on board diesel use...
This report is a good starting point as it includes an overview of impacts of climate change on fisheries as well as adaptation and mitigation measures in the fisheries sector which can be taken, focusing on less industrialised nations. The mitigation...
Published by Angela Druckman et al of Surrey University (Druckman A, Bradley P, Papathanasopoulou E, Jackson T. Ecological Economics (2007)) shows that that the accounting convention chosen for reporting carbon emissions radically...
This paper (Wirsenius S, Hedenus F and Mohlin K (2010) 'Greenhouse gas taxes on animal food products: rationale, tax scheme and climate mitigation effects.' Climatic Change DOI 10.1007/s10584-010-9971-x) looks at the potential effect of GHG...
This paper, Gilbert P, Thornley P and Riche A B (2011). The influence of organic and inorganic fertiliser application rates on UK biomass crop sustainability Biomass and Bioenergy, in press, highlights firstly, the GHG reduction potential of...
