Browsing Cicero by Author "Alfsen, Knut H."

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  • Climate change : scientific background and process 
    Alfsen, Knut H.; Fuglestvedt, Jan S.; Seip, Hans Martin; Skodvin, Tora (Research report / Forskningsrapport, 2000)
    The paper gives a brief description of natural and man-made forces behind climate change and outlines climate variations in the past together with a brief synopsis likely future impacts of anthropogenic emissions of ...
  • Climate change and sustainability in Europe 
    Alfsen, Knut H. (Research report / Forskningsrapport, 2001)
    This paper discusses the climate history of the Earth, exploring some of the driving forces of climate change along the way. It points out that it may not be the gradual increase in global mean temperature that we have to ...
  • Coordination of flexible instruments in climate policy 
    Holtsmark, Bjart; Alfsen, Knut H. (Research report / Forskningsrapport, 1998)
    The Kyoto Protocol must be the starting point for the choice of domestic climate policy instruments. It is so far uncertain whether the required number of Parties will ratify the Protocol for the Protocol to enter into ...
  • Klimaendringer og klimapolitikk 
    Alfsen, Knut H.; Kolshus, Hans H.; Torvanger, Asbjørn (Research report / Forskningsrapport, 2000)
    Klimaproblemet er en stor politisk og vitenskapelig utfordring av flere grunner: 1. Det er stor usikkerhet knyttet til flere sider av klimaproblemet, så som framtidige utslipp av klimagasser, klimasystemets respons på ...
  • Klimaet er i endring! 
    Alfsen, Knut H. (Research report / Forskningsrapport, 2001)
    FNs klimapanel (IPCC) ferdigstilte i 2001 sin tredje hovedrapport. En sentral konklusjon er at vi kan vente fortsatte klimaendringer de nærmeste tiårene selv hvis det gjøres en betydelig innsats for å begrense utslippene ...
  • On the question of PPP corrections to the SRES scenarios 
    Holtsmark, Bjart; Alfsen, Knut H. (Research report / Forskningsrapport, 2004)
    Ian Castles and David Henderson have criticized IPCC s Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) (IPCC, 2000) for using market exchange rates (MER) instead of purchasing power parities (PPP) when converting regional GDP ...
  • The state of climate research and climate policy 
    Torvanger, Asbjørn; Alfsen, Knut H.; Kolshus, Hans H.; Sygna, Linda (Research report / Forskningsrapport, 2001)
    The aim of the report is to give an overview of the state of climate research and international climate policy negotiations until May 2001. The report presents a collection of factual information based on reports from the ...
  • The use of PPP or MER in the construction of emission scenarios is more than a question of “metrics” 
    Holtsmark, Bjart; Alfsen, Knut H. (Research report / Forskningsrapport, 2004)
    The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES, IPCC, 2000) has been a matter of debate since Ian Castles and David Henderson claimed that the scenarios were based on ...