Harvard Energy Polic.. - Harvard Kennedy School
... Under the direction of the Sustainability Science Program, this effort seeks to advance basic understanding of the dynamics of human-environment systems; to facilitate the design, implementation, and evaluation of practical interventions that promote sustainability in particular places and contexts; ...
... Under the direction of the Sustainability Science Program, this effort seeks to advance basic understanding of the dynamics of human-environment systems; to facilitate the design, implementation, and evaluation of practical interventions that promote sustainability in particular places and contexts; ...
10 Years of Advancing Knowledge on the Global Carbon Cycle and
... The Global Carbon Project (GCP) was established in 2001 in recognition of the enormous scientific challenge and critical nature of the carbon cycle for the Earth’s sustainability. It was formed to establish a framework for international coordinated research on the global carbon cycle that advances f ...
... The Global Carbon Project (GCP) was established in 2001 in recognition of the enormous scientific challenge and critical nature of the carbon cycle for the Earth’s sustainability. It was formed to establish a framework for international coordinated research on the global carbon cycle that advances f ...
Global learning on carbon capture and storage: A call for... cooperation on CCS demonstration
... Implementing Agreements that cover CCS: the IEA Clean Coal Centre and the IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Centre. These initiatives are cost-sharing agreements, but their budgets are currently insufficient to help CCS demonstration. In 2005, the United States and six other countries initiated the Asia-Pacific ...
... Implementing Agreements that cover CCS: the IEA Clean Coal Centre and the IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Centre. These initiatives are cost-sharing agreements, but their budgets are currently insufficient to help CCS demonstration. In 2005, the United States and six other countries initiated the Asia-Pacific ...
Technical Assessment of the Carbon
... calculated, it is applied across estimates of total turfgrass under management in the US, as estimated by other studies. The overall US turfgrass is assumed to be managed by either walkbehind or rider mowers. Results show that there is significant carbon sequestration benefit to managed turfgrasses ...
... calculated, it is applied across estimates of total turfgrass under management in the US, as estimated by other studies. The overall US turfgrass is assumed to be managed by either walkbehind or rider mowers. Results show that there is significant carbon sequestration benefit to managed turfgrasses ...
Management & Engineering Company in China
... Many research shows that climate change is the third risk most commonly mentioned and influencing shareholder value in the short term. So, enterprise should take the following action actively. First, clear climate change strategy and set up reasonable governance structure and internal control mechan ...
... Many research shows that climate change is the third risk most commonly mentioned and influencing shareholder value in the short term. So, enterprise should take the following action actively. First, clear climate change strategy and set up reasonable governance structure and internal control mechan ...
Divestment and Stranded Assets in the Low
... forward, as detailed below. The lowest numbers are nonetheless significant, even more so when considered from an investor standpoint. ...
... forward, as detailed below. The lowest numbers are nonetheless significant, even more so when considered from an investor standpoint. ...
May 9, 2014 EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
... Act authority.3 In addition to reducing emissions from new fossil-fueled sources of electricity, California has long sought to improve the state’s energy efficiency and to increase its electricity supply from renewable sources. Since 2003, state policy has called for maximizing the use of energy eff ...
... Act authority.3 In addition to reducing emissions from new fossil-fueled sources of electricity, California has long sought to improve the state’s energy efficiency and to increase its electricity supply from renewable sources. Since 2003, state policy has called for maximizing the use of energy eff ...
Exploring negative territory Carbon dioxide removal and climate
... to geologic storage (although in principle the CO2 could be deposited in the oceans). With ocean fertilization the destination is by definition the ocean. For enhanced weathering it could go either for surface or ocean deposition. Each storage option has advantages and disadvantages. Carbon sequeste ...
... to geologic storage (although in principle the CO2 could be deposited in the oceans). With ocean fertilization the destination is by definition the ocean. For enhanced weathering it could go either for surface or ocean deposition. Each storage option has advantages and disadvantages. Carbon sequeste ...
On picking winners - the basic PDF update here.
... well-off and on energy intensive industry. In short, carbon pricing is difficult because it can be presented as a regressive tax that damages traditional industries, and benefits some ...
... well-off and on energy intensive industry. In short, carbon pricing is difficult because it can be presented as a regressive tax that damages traditional industries, and benefits some ...
Laser Talks for June 2013 Conference 1. Elevator Speech for Fee
... regarding the increase in energy costs. This calculation takes into account not just direct energy costs, but the pass-through businesses will add to the cost of their products [1]. Since about 70 percent of our economy is consumer spending [2], putting additional cash in the hands of these consumer ...
... regarding the increase in energy costs. This calculation takes into account not just direct energy costs, but the pass-through businesses will add to the cost of their products [1]. Since about 70 percent of our economy is consumer spending [2], putting additional cash in the hands of these consumer ...
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... planners will design the carbon tax that is best in its eyes. The policy making process becomes a dynamic game where each planner chooses the best carbon policies that he can design, taking as given the policies that future planners will implement. The outcome of this game is typically not optimal ...
... planners will design the carbon tax that is best in its eyes. The policy making process becomes a dynamic game where each planner chooses the best carbon policies that he can design, taking as given the policies that future planners will implement. The outcome of this game is typically not optimal ...
wrm bulletin # 37 - World Rainforest Movement
... While climate change experts are trying to find "economically -viable" (meaning cheap) ways out of the climate mess created by Western-style economic development, indigenous peoples and local communities in many countries are in fact implementing a truly Clean Development Mechanism: they are banning ...
... While climate change experts are trying to find "economically -viable" (meaning cheap) ways out of the climate mess created by Western-style economic development, indigenous peoples and local communities in many countries are in fact implementing a truly Clean Development Mechanism: they are banning ...
Climate Change Impacts on Future Carbon Stores and Management
... as calcium carbonate. For this reason, arid–semiarid soils are considered the third largest global pool of carbon. Inorganic carbon is relatively stable whereas organic carbon can be metabolized releasing CO2. In these water-limited ecosystems, CO2 loss through ecosystem respiration frequently excee ...
... as calcium carbonate. For this reason, arid–semiarid soils are considered the third largest global pool of carbon. Inorganic carbon is relatively stable whereas organic carbon can be metabolized releasing CO2. In these water-limited ecosystems, CO2 loss through ecosystem respiration frequently excee ...
Impact of deep-ocean carbon sequestration on atmospheric CO2
... and surface water chemistry of direct injection of CO2 from fossil fuels into the ocean at a depth of 3000 m. There is increasing interest in the capture of CO2 that would otherwise be emitted to the atmosphere and its injection into either deep geological reservoirs or the deep ocean, a process kno ...
... and surface water chemistry of direct injection of CO2 from fossil fuels into the ocean at a depth of 3000 m. There is increasing interest in the capture of CO2 that would otherwise be emitted to the atmosphere and its injection into either deep geological reservoirs or the deep ocean, a process kno ...
The Sky`s Limit - Oil Change International
... new fields, mines, and transportation infrastructure over the next twenty years is $14 trillion – either a vast waste of money or a lethal capital injection. The logic is simple: whether through climate change or stranded assets, a failure to begin a managed decline now would inevitably entail major ...
... new fields, mines, and transportation infrastructure over the next twenty years is $14 trillion – either a vast waste of money or a lethal capital injection. The logic is simple: whether through climate change or stranded assets, a failure to begin a managed decline now would inevitably entail major ...
Full project description
... increased purchase of RECs or other types of carbon offsets will continue, but these efforts will not fully meet AMC’s operational carbon emissions nor address guest transportation emissions. Nationwide, transportation is now overtaking electrical generation as the leading sector in greenhouse gas e ...
... increased purchase of RECs or other types of carbon offsets will continue, but these efforts will not fully meet AMC’s operational carbon emissions nor address guest transportation emissions. Nationwide, transportation is now overtaking electrical generation as the leading sector in greenhouse gas e ...
Study on the Opportunities, Challenges and Relevant Strategies
... develop circular economy, adjust industrial structure, save energy and reduce consumption, which well promote the development of low carbon economy and low carbon industries. By 2007, the country has already eliminated laggard generation capacity of 150 billion kilowatts, shut down the laggard ceme ...
... develop circular economy, adjust industrial structure, save energy and reduce consumption, which well promote the development of low carbon economy and low carbon industries. By 2007, the country has already eliminated laggard generation capacity of 150 billion kilowatts, shut down the laggard ceme ...
A Critique of the Coal Divestment Campaign
... There is no sign of concerted global action in meeting the 2°C target. The International Energy Agency (IEA) in a 2013 report indicated that: “The world is not on track to meet the target agreed by governments to limit the long term rise in the average global temperature to 2 degrees Celsius (°C).” ...
... There is no sign of concerted global action in meeting the 2°C target. The International Energy Agency (IEA) in a 2013 report indicated that: “The world is not on track to meet the target agreed by governments to limit the long term rise in the average global temperature to 2 degrees Celsius (°C).” ...
Financing Climate Chaos
... Fossil fuels are becoming more expensive in terms of capital and energy used as well as emissions released. They are also becoming harder to find and to extract. Simultaneously, the reserves the fossil fuel industry does plan to extract and burn have become more deadly and dangerous. Fossil fuel ind ...
... Fossil fuels are becoming more expensive in terms of capital and energy used as well as emissions released. They are also becoming harder to find and to extract. Simultaneously, the reserves the fossil fuel industry does plan to extract and burn have become more deadly and dangerous. Fossil fuel ind ...
or wood burning (fossil-fuel substitution)
... assessments of uses of wood and gas in satisfying the same need of heat energy. In both cases, the carbon mass emitted into the atmosphere by combustion declines progressively. However, in the case of gas utilization, the carbon sequestration in wood cannot be illimitable. A straightforward assumpti ...
... assessments of uses of wood and gas in satisfying the same need of heat energy. In both cases, the carbon mass emitted into the atmosphere by combustion declines progressively. However, in the case of gas utilization, the carbon sequestration in wood cannot be illimitable. A straightforward assumpti ...
For fuels used directly
... in geological media is probably large enough to make fossil fuels decarbonization/CO2 sequestration a major energy option for a GHGemissions-constrained world. • In electricity markets renewables and decarbonized energy systems will be strong competitors; renewables might well win the economic race ...
... in geological media is probably large enough to make fossil fuels decarbonization/CO2 sequestration a major energy option for a GHGemissions-constrained world. • In electricity markets renewables and decarbonized energy systems will be strong competitors; renewables might well win the economic race ...
Drivers for the renaissance of coal
... countries is fueled mainly by coal, ambitious mitigation targets very likely will become infeasible. Building new coal power plant capacities will lead to lock-in effects for the next few decades. If that lock-in is to be avoided, international climate policy must find ways to offer viable alternati ...
... countries is fueled mainly by coal, ambitious mitigation targets very likely will become infeasible. Building new coal power plant capacities will lead to lock-in effects for the next few decades. If that lock-in is to be avoided, international climate policy must find ways to offer viable alternati ...
PDF
... There is an increasing amount of research on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and sinks, however the level of knowledge and information that the average citizen has on the topic is low. Climate change mitigation decision-making should involve participation at all levels and the public should have a sa ...
... There is an increasing amount of research on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and sinks, however the level of knowledge and information that the average citizen has on the topic is low. Climate change mitigation decision-making should involve participation at all levels and the public should have a sa ...
20110325_Edinburgh_DeConinck_Global politics CCS_final
... human interference with Convention on the climate system Climate Change (UNFCCC) World Bank Development Fight poverty through financing for economic development Global Environment Facility (GEF) ...
... human interference with Convention on the climate system Climate Change (UNFCCC) World Bank Development Fight poverty through financing for economic development Global Environment Facility (GEF) ...
who left carbon footprints in my greenhouse?
... water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. Solar radiation penetrates Earth’s atmosphere and reaches the surface. Some of that heat is radiated back through the atmosphere and into space. Greenhouse gases absorb some of that reflected energy and act as a barrier to this process, trappi ...
... water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. Solar radiation penetrates Earth’s atmosphere and reaches the surface. Some of that heat is radiated back through the atmosphere and into space. Greenhouse gases absorb some of that reflected energy and act as a barrier to this process, trappi ...