Climate Change Copenhagen
... Development – Domestic Nuclear (regulatory efficiency, loan guarantees, spent fuel) – Offshore Oil and Gas (States may block up to 75 miles) – Coal (capture and sequestration) – Renewables – Transportation (electric vehicles) ...
... Development – Domestic Nuclear (regulatory efficiency, loan guarantees, spent fuel) – Offshore Oil and Gas (States may block up to 75 miles) – Coal (capture and sequestration) – Renewables – Transportation (electric vehicles) ...
THE UN FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE (FCCC)
... CDM has two goals: to lower the overall cost of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, while also supporting sustainable development initiatives within developing countries CDM allows developed countries to invest in low-cost abatement opportunities in developing countries and receive credit for the res ...
... CDM has two goals: to lower the overall cost of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, while also supporting sustainable development initiatives within developing countries CDM allows developed countries to invest in low-cost abatement opportunities in developing countries and receive credit for the res ...
“Made in Ontario” solutions
... targets. The Kyoto Protocol includes emissions trading provisions that would allow countries to buy emission reductions from each other, thus adjusting their targets. This means that manufacturers within signatory countries would have to track GHG emissions and meet their own targets. The emissions ...
... targets. The Kyoto Protocol includes emissions trading provisions that would allow countries to buy emission reductions from each other, thus adjusting their targets. This means that manufacturers within signatory countries would have to track GHG emissions and meet their own targets. The emissions ...
Presentation - the United Nations
... “Equitable” Climate Change Mitigation: A New Formulation Robert Socolow Princeton University [email protected] Informal Thematic Debate of the UN General Assembly on Climate Change as a Global Challenge Panel on Mitigation Strategies in the context of Sustainable Development ...
... “Equitable” Climate Change Mitigation: A New Formulation Robert Socolow Princeton University [email protected] Informal Thematic Debate of the UN General Assembly on Climate Change as a Global Challenge Panel on Mitigation Strategies in the context of Sustainable Development ...
Carbon Pricing in California
... • Reduce GHGs to 1990 levels by 2020 – 20% reduction from business as usual • Sets the path to a 80% reduction in GHGs from 1990 levels by 2050 • Directs design of Scoping Plan of regulatory measures to meet 2020 target • Authorizes California to adopt market-based compliance mechanism ...
... • Reduce GHGs to 1990 levels by 2020 – 20% reduction from business as usual • Sets the path to a 80% reduction in GHGs from 1990 levels by 2050 • Directs design of Scoping Plan of regulatory measures to meet 2020 target • Authorizes California to adopt market-based compliance mechanism ...
Climate Change and the Economy
... climate over the next 40 or 50 years; what we do in the next 10 or 20 years can have a profound effect on the climate in the second half of this century and in the next. By investing 1% of GDP now (the next 10-20 years) we will avoid losing 20% of GDP later (40-50 years) Markets for low-carbon energ ...
... climate over the next 40 or 50 years; what we do in the next 10 or 20 years can have a profound effect on the climate in the second half of this century and in the next. By investing 1% of GDP now (the next 10-20 years) we will avoid losing 20% of GDP later (40-50 years) Markets for low-carbon energ ...
New Face, Better Services June 08, 2015
... 3 Steps to Decarbonizing Development for a ZeroCarbon Future (The World Bank) The report lays out three steps countries can follow to reduce net emissions of greenhouse gases to zero and stabilize climate change: Plan for the end goal, not just the shortterm; get prices right as part of a broad po ...
... 3 Steps to Decarbonizing Development for a ZeroCarbon Future (The World Bank) The report lays out three steps countries can follow to reduce net emissions of greenhouse gases to zero and stabilize climate change: Plan for the end goal, not just the shortterm; get prices right as part of a broad po ...
gp 21 Indian Village in Carbon Trading
... What do you Understand by Carbon Trading (Emission Trading) ? ...
... What do you Understand by Carbon Trading (Emission Trading) ? ...
Slide 1
... - Virtually unique set of policy issues in historical context because of global public good, long-time lags, asymmetric impacts and costs, uncertainties, catastrophic potential ...
... - Virtually unique set of policy issues in historical context because of global public good, long-time lags, asymmetric impacts and costs, uncertainties, catastrophic potential ...
Where is Canada in 2012? - CEEN 525
... • Our decisions about energy have not historically considered the resulting contribution to climate change • The sources of the problem are widespread and not easily matched with command and control regulations • Economic efficiency is maximized because emitters undertake the least expensive emissio ...
... • Our decisions about energy have not historically considered the resulting contribution to climate change • The sources of the problem are widespread and not easily matched with command and control regulations • Economic efficiency is maximized because emitters undertake the least expensive emissio ...
Greenhouse Gas Offsets – Alberta`s Market Experience
... 1. Emission Performance Credits. Obtain performance credits (buy, trade, etc) from other regulated companies that have reduced their emissions beyond their reduction target. 2. Technology Fund Credits. Pay into the Climate Change and Emissions Management Fund at a set price of C$15/tonne CO2e. Funds ...
... 1. Emission Performance Credits. Obtain performance credits (buy, trade, etc) from other regulated companies that have reduced their emissions beyond their reduction target. 2. Technology Fund Credits. Pay into the Climate Change and Emissions Management Fund at a set price of C$15/tonne CO2e. Funds ...
Notes 19.4
... • Encourage energy-efficient technologies, low-carbon renewable energy sources, more sustainable food production methods • Phase out old subsidies to companies that use fossil fuels - Switch government funding of research and development to clean industries instead of fossil fuel industries Governme ...
... • Encourage energy-efficient technologies, low-carbon renewable energy sources, more sustainable food production methods • Phase out old subsidies to companies that use fossil fuels - Switch government funding of research and development to clean industries instead of fossil fuel industries Governme ...
Carbon Is Building Up in Atmosphere Faster Than Predicted
... being completely overtaken now by the increasing greenhouse gas emissions in developing counties. It underscores the need for a broader and more aggressive effort by the major economies to come together." It is unclear how much industrialized countries will be able to reduce their carbon output in t ...
... being completely overtaken now by the increasing greenhouse gas emissions in developing counties. It underscores the need for a broader and more aggressive effort by the major economies to come together." It is unclear how much industrialized countries will be able to reduce their carbon output in t ...
Ensuring environmental integrity through transparent accounting of
... Copenhagen Accord. Countries that generated credits under the Clean Development Mechanism are going to claim all of those emissions reductions toward their own 2020 targets, while those same credits could be used by other countries towards their targets. In the case of the 2020 commitments, countrie ...
... Copenhagen Accord. Countries that generated credits under the Clean Development Mechanism are going to claim all of those emissions reductions toward their own 2020 targets, while those same credits could be used by other countries towards their targets. In the case of the 2020 commitments, countrie ...
Carbon Market at a glance
... wer costs of abatement nd harmonized products To accelerate low-carbon growth n developing countries ...
... wer costs of abatement nd harmonized products To accelerate low-carbon growth n developing countries ...
The Economics of Climate Change
... Tax pollution, something we want less of Subsidize work, something we want more of ...
... Tax pollution, something we want less of Subsidize work, something we want more of ...
The Regional Greeenhouse Gas Initiative: The National Setting
... Kyoto Protocol- 1997 - US a signatory but has not ratified – Established firm schedule for CO2 reductions by industrialized countries – from 2008-2012 those parties will reduce their green house gas emissions by an average of 5.2 percent as against a 1990 base line. Specific targets were set for eac ...
... Kyoto Protocol- 1997 - US a signatory but has not ratified – Established firm schedule for CO2 reductions by industrialized countries – from 2008-2012 those parties will reduce their green house gas emissions by an average of 5.2 percent as against a 1990 base line. Specific targets were set for eac ...
The Economics of Kyoto and New Zealand
... • The issue of opportunity costs is also important in the context of climate change uncertainty. ...
... • The issue of opportunity costs is also important in the context of climate change uncertainty. ...
Chapter 11 Environmental Regulation of the Energy Industry
... Tradable Emissions Permits ---A permits that allows polluters to pollute for a price. ...
... Tradable Emissions Permits ---A permits that allows polluters to pollute for a price. ...
Can we do this? - Georgia Climate Change Summit 2008
... 15% reduction by 2020, 70% reduction by 2050 (both relative to 2007) Business as usual ...
... 15% reduction by 2020, 70% reduction by 2050 (both relative to 2007) Business as usual ...
Forest and soil carbon do not offset fossil fuel emissions
... The findings highlight the urgent need for policy-makers worldwide to re-think the issue as many decision-makers, national and internationally, assume that fossil fuel emissions can be offset through sequestering carbon by planting trees and other land management practices. ‘There is a danger in bel ...
... The findings highlight the urgent need for policy-makers worldwide to re-think the issue as many decision-makers, national and internationally, assume that fossil fuel emissions can be offset through sequestering carbon by planting trees and other land management practices. ‘There is a danger in bel ...
Sample Table answers for Atmosphere
... Policies, plans and programs at all levels of government implemented Securing a Clean Energy Future, the Australian Government’s climate change plan July 2011, a price on carbon Aim: a reduction of 5%- 15% on 2000 levels by 2020. legislated 20% Renewable Energy Target energy efficiency Carbon Farmin ...
... Policies, plans and programs at all levels of government implemented Securing a Clean Energy Future, the Australian Government’s climate change plan July 2011, a price on carbon Aim: a reduction of 5%- 15% on 2000 levels by 2020. legislated 20% Renewable Energy Target energy efficiency Carbon Farmin ...
Emissions Trading Development & Evolution of ETS Dr. Ken Macken Programme Manager
... leaders in March 2007, to reduce greenhouse gases by at least 20% on 1990 levels by 2020, and at the same time to increase to 20% the share of renewables in energy consumption, together with a 10% biofuel target. The emissions reduction to be increased to 30% by 2020 when a new global climate chan ...
... leaders in March 2007, to reduce greenhouse gases by at least 20% on 1990 levels by 2020, and at the same time to increase to 20% the share of renewables in energy consumption, together with a 10% biofuel target. The emissions reduction to be increased to 30% by 2020 when a new global climate chan ...
Dealing with Global Warming
... A Caveat However, the UNFCCC agrees that any actions taken to stabilize emissions: • must not threaten global food production • must not threaten economic interests • must support sustainable development . . . which is ironic since climate change itself threatens food production and economic intere ...
... A Caveat However, the UNFCCC agrees that any actions taken to stabilize emissions: • must not threaten global food production • must not threaten economic interests • must support sustainable development . . . which is ironic since climate change itself threatens food production and economic intere ...
Emissions trading
Emissions trading or cap and trade (""cap"" meaning a legal limit on the quantity of a certain type of chemical an economy can emit each year) is a market-based approach used to control pollution by providing economic incentives for achieving reductions in the emissions of pollutants. Various countries, groups of companies, and states have adopted emission trading systems as one of the strategies for mitigating climate-change by addressing international greenhouse-gas emission.A central authority (usually a governmental body) sets a limit or cap on the amount of a pollutant that may be emitted. The limit or cap is allocated and/or sold by the central authority to firms in the form of emissions permits which represent the right to emit or discharge a specific volume of the specified pollutant. Permits (and possibly also derivatives of permits) can then be traded on secondary markets. For example, the EU ETS trades primarily in European Union Allowances (EUAs), the Californian scheme in California Carbon Allowances, the New Zealand scheme in New Zealand Units and the Australian scheme in Australian Units. Firms are required to hold a number of permits (or allowances or carbon credits) equivalent to their emissions. The total number of permits cannot exceed the cap, limiting total emissions to that level. Firms that need to increase their volume of emissions must buy permits from those who require fewer permits.The transfer of permits is referred to as a ""trade"". In effect, the buyer is paying a charge for polluting, while the seller gains a reward for having reduced emissions. Thus, in theory, those who can reduce emissions most cheaply will do so, achieving the pollution reduction at the lowest cost to society.There are active trading programs in several air pollutants. For greenhouse gases the largest is the European Union Emission Trading Scheme, whose purpose is to avoid dangerous climate change. Cap and trade provides the private sector with the flexibility required to reduce emissions while stimulating technological innovation and economic growth. The United States has a national market to reduce acid rain and several regional markets in nitrogen oxides.