Climate Change
... date, but there is already evidence that there are major opportunities for business profits and job creation in meeting the rising demand for solutions to global warming. At the high end, it has been estimated that the annual cost of reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) emissions in the U.S. to 3 ...
... date, but there is already evidence that there are major opportunities for business profits and job creation in meeting the rising demand for solutions to global warming. At the high end, it has been estimated that the annual cost of reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) emissions in the U.S. to 3 ...
An evaluation of the level of ambition and implications of the Bush
... latter decline was due to such factors as warmer than normal winter weather conditions, an increase in output from existing nuclear power plants, and strong economic growth in less energy-intensive sectors (US-EPA, 2002). The reduction in intensity was particularly slow during the economic recession ...
... latter decline was due to such factors as warmer than normal winter weather conditions, an increase in output from existing nuclear power plants, and strong economic growth in less energy-intensive sectors (US-EPA, 2002). The reduction in intensity was particularly slow during the economic recession ...
Climate Change Position Statement and 2020 Action Plan
... and practices that are consistent with the investment required to limit global warming to less than two degrees11 and address its impacts. ...
... and practices that are consistent with the investment required to limit global warming to less than two degrees11 and address its impacts. ...
Foreign Action, Domestic Windfall
... government, it is widely acknowledged that this metric likely underestimates the full benefits to the United States and to the world of carbon mitigation. Nevertheless, it can be used to calculate preliminary, conservative estimates of how the United States directly benefits from foreign actions on ...
... government, it is widely acknowledged that this metric likely underestimates the full benefits to the United States and to the world of carbon mitigation. Nevertheless, it can be used to calculate preliminary, conservative estimates of how the United States directly benefits from foreign actions on ...
NRDC: Boosting the Benefits - Improving Air Quality and Health by
... can negatively impact public health. Substantial reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions can slow or reduce the degree of warming experienced, thereby preventing or modulating the following health threats linked to global warming: 4 Heat Waves and Extreme Heat: The frequency of heat wave days ...
... can negatively impact public health. Substantial reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions can slow or reduce the degree of warming experienced, thereby preventing or modulating the following health threats linked to global warming: 4 Heat Waves and Extreme Heat: The frequency of heat wave days ...
Renew 180 - EERU - The Open University
... to industry investment in the UK’. Centrica was rethinking its approach to offshore wind (see Box and Renew 179) and Shell indicated that it was not going to invest any more in UK renewables. Pressed to respond to the sense of crisis, Energy minister Mike O’Brien commented ‘We are fully aware of the ...
... to industry investment in the UK’. Centrica was rethinking its approach to offshore wind (see Box and Renew 179) and Shell indicated that it was not going to invest any more in UK renewables. Pressed to respond to the sense of crisis, Energy minister Mike O’Brien commented ‘We are fully aware of the ...
Kein Folientitel
... Project size: The project should generate an expected quantity of at least 500,000 tonnes of ERUs up to and including 2012. We accept bundled smaller scale projects. There are no upper limits to the project size. We could consider smaller projects based on other merits such as sustainability advanta ...
... Project size: The project should generate an expected quantity of at least 500,000 tonnes of ERUs up to and including 2012. We accept bundled smaller scale projects. There are no upper limits to the project size. We could consider smaller projects based on other merits such as sustainability advanta ...
Biodiversity, climate, and the Kyoto Protocol
... 1–1.5 billion tons of carbon (Watson et al. 2000). This encompasses influencing flows within the carbon cycle from activities such as forest removal, hydroelectric damming, road expansion, urban sprawl, and soil degradation and losses from agriculture, ranching, and logging. It also includes the ann ...
... 1–1.5 billion tons of carbon (Watson et al. 2000). This encompasses influencing flows within the carbon cycle from activities such as forest removal, hydroelectric damming, road expansion, urban sprawl, and soil degradation and losses from agriculture, ranching, and logging. It also includes the ann ...
DDI CM - Debating the Case Drill
... In today’s busy world, people are always on the move. Whether it is by car, plane, bus, subway or train, we cannot hold still; however, the continuous movement of people has taken its toll on the planet. Transport is one of the main contributors to CO2 emissions and global warming. Given the demand ...
... In today’s busy world, people are always on the move. Whether it is by car, plane, bus, subway or train, we cannot hold still; however, the continuous movement of people has taken its toll on the planet. Transport is one of the main contributors to CO2 emissions and global warming. Given the demand ...
The Policy Development Process - Parliamentary Monitoring Group
... Initiating a detailed scenario building process to map out how South Africa could meet its UNFCCC Article 2 commitment to greenhouse gas stabilisation whilst ...
... Initiating a detailed scenario building process to map out how South Africa could meet its UNFCCC Article 2 commitment to greenhouse gas stabilisation whilst ...
A Carbon Neutral Maine by 2050: What Would It
... 2°C tipping point, the need for clean energy and carbon neutrality increases. This need for change has been stressed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) [1]. In their climate assessment reports released in the spring of 2014, they warn that “to avoid dangerous interference with t ...
... 2°C tipping point, the need for clean energy and carbon neutrality increases. This need for change has been stressed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) [1]. In their climate assessment reports released in the spring of 2014, they warn that “to avoid dangerous interference with t ...
NAMAs seeking International Support: Selected cases from
... implementation framework and arrangement for NAMA was undertaken prudently. Available financing opportunity on NAMA is limited and highly uncertain. This situation increases the difficulty in convincing agencies to commit efforts in pursuing NAMAs, especially those requiring large investment or al ...
... implementation framework and arrangement for NAMA was undertaken prudently. Available financing opportunity on NAMA is limited and highly uncertain. This situation increases the difficulty in convincing agencies to commit efforts in pursuing NAMAs, especially those requiring large investment or al ...
Use Green Taxes and Market Instruments to Reduce Greenhouse Gas
... to be at least as high as the cost of “abatement” for a given sector or firm. In the short term, abatement may mean a different mix and level of outputs; in the longer term, it means switching to new technologies or systems. Over time, therefore, green taxes will need to increase, since GHG abatemen ...
... to be at least as high as the cost of “abatement” for a given sector or firm. In the short term, abatement may mean a different mix and level of outputs; in the longer term, it means switching to new technologies or systems. Over time, therefore, green taxes will need to increase, since GHG abatemen ...
The UK, shale gas and unburnable carbon
... This briefing looks at the implications of unburnable carbon for the UK’s fossil fuel extraction, in particular the potential for shale gas development. The UK’s share of the world’s burnable carbon, and implications for shale gas This briefing calculates a fair share for the UK of the world’s remai ...
... This briefing looks at the implications of unburnable carbon for the UK’s fossil fuel extraction, in particular the potential for shale gas development. The UK’s share of the world’s burnable carbon, and implications for shale gas This briefing calculates a fair share for the UK of the world’s remai ...
The UK, shale gas and unburnable carbon
... This briefing looks at the implications of unburnable carbon for the UK’s fossil fuel extraction, in particular the potential for shale gas development. The UK’s share of the world’s burnable carbon, and implications for shale gas This briefing calculates a fair share for the UK of the world’s remai ...
... This briefing looks at the implications of unburnable carbon for the UK’s fossil fuel extraction, in particular the potential for shale gas development. The UK’s share of the world’s burnable carbon, and implications for shale gas This briefing calculates a fair share for the UK of the world’s remai ...
scenario planning
... Gradually in recent years, combined with the traditional strategic planning as a strategy to develop analytical tools, and even to guide and accelerate the internal organization of the learning strategy for change within the organization touches. Is based on known facts and potential business combin ...
... Gradually in recent years, combined with the traditional strategic planning as a strategy to develop analytical tools, and even to guide and accelerate the internal organization of the learning strategy for change within the organization touches. Is based on known facts and potential business combin ...
scenario planning
... Gradually in recent years, combined with the traditional strategic planning as a strategy to develop analytical tools, and even to guide and accelerate the internal organization of the learning strategy for change within the organization touches. Is based on known facts and potential business combin ...
... Gradually in recent years, combined with the traditional strategic planning as a strategy to develop analytical tools, and even to guide and accelerate the internal organization of the learning strategy for change within the organization touches. Is based on known facts and potential business combin ...
Billions at Stake in Climate Finance: Four Key
... billion a year. A recent World Bank report put the total need at over US$500 billion a year by 2030.1 China and many countries in Africa have repeatedly called for wealthy nations to commit 0.5 to 1 per cent of their GDPs to climate finance, a sum that would add up to US$200-400 billion transferred ...
... billion a year. A recent World Bank report put the total need at over US$500 billion a year by 2030.1 China and many countries in Africa have repeatedly called for wealthy nations to commit 0.5 to 1 per cent of their GDPs to climate finance, a sum that would add up to US$200-400 billion transferred ...
Pathways for balancing CO2 emissions and sinks
... December 2015, negotiators from 195 countries agreed to ‘pursue efforts to limit the (global average) temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change’. The text of the Paris Agreement further specifies ...
... December 2015, negotiators from 195 countries agreed to ‘pursue efforts to limit the (global average) temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change’. The text of the Paris Agreement further specifies ...
Climate Actions in EU and Globally
... • Supreme Court case finding GHGs are air pollutants under the Clean Air Act • EPA responded with an ANPR-now must make one of the following determinations for motor vehicle GHG emissions based on the available science: – there is endangerment, or – there is no endangerment, or – the science is too ...
... • Supreme Court case finding GHGs are air pollutants under the Clean Air Act • EPA responded with an ANPR-now must make one of the following determinations for motor vehicle GHG emissions based on the available science: – there is endangerment, or – there is no endangerment, or – the science is too ...
No. 329 December 31, 1998 LONG HOT YEAR by Patrick J. Michaels
... arrival of dramatic and devastating global warming. In fact, the record temperatures were largely the result of a strong El Niño superimposed on a decade in which temperatures continue to reflect a warming that largely took place in the first half of this century. Observed global warming remains far ...
... arrival of dramatic and devastating global warming. In fact, the record temperatures were largely the result of a strong El Niño superimposed on a decade in which temperatures continue to reflect a warming that largely took place in the first half of this century. Observed global warming remains far ...
AIR POLLUTION CLIMATE CHANGE
... The Greenhouse gas and Air pollution Interactions and Synergies (GAINS) model explores cost-effective strategies to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and conventional air pollutants (Amann, Bertok et al. 2008). Essentially, the GAINS model follows pollutants from their driving forces (i.e., econo ...
... The Greenhouse gas and Air pollution Interactions and Synergies (GAINS) model explores cost-effective strategies to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and conventional air pollutants (Amann, Bertok et al. 2008). Essentially, the GAINS model follows pollutants from their driving forces (i.e., econo ...
The Kyoto Protocol: Bad News for the Global
... For example, in 1997, the United States Congress passed the Byrd-Hagel resolution, which stated: “The United States should not be a signatory to any protocol…which would mandate new commitments to limit or reduce GHGs…unless [it] also mandates new specific scheduled commitments to limit or reduce GH ...
... For example, in 1997, the United States Congress passed the Byrd-Hagel resolution, which stated: “The United States should not be a signatory to any protocol…which would mandate new commitments to limit or reduce GHGs…unless [it] also mandates new specific scheduled commitments to limit or reduce GH ...
National Climate Change Policy 2011
... stabilisation of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that will prevent dangerous human interference with the climate system and in a timeframe that would allow ecosystems to adapt naturally, will not hamper food production and allow sustainable economic development.” The Kyoto ...
... stabilisation of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that will prevent dangerous human interference with the climate system and in a timeframe that would allow ecosystems to adapt naturally, will not hamper food production and allow sustainable economic development.” The Kyoto ...
No Slide Title
... the energy needed to generate the electricity used in all the residential houses in California for one year. • Dow’s energy efficiency program has resulted in energy savings of $8.6 billion dollars • These reductions prevented 86 million metric tons of CO2 from entering the atmosphere. ...
... the energy needed to generate the electricity used in all the residential houses in California for one year. • Dow’s energy efficiency program has resulted in energy savings of $8.6 billion dollars • These reductions prevented 86 million metric tons of CO2 from entering the atmosphere. ...
Climate change mitigation
Climate change mitigation consists of actions to limit the magnitude or rate of long-term climate change. Climate change mitigation generally involves reductions in human (anthropogenic) emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs). Mitigation may also be achieved by increasing the capacity of carbon sinks, e.g., through reforestation. Mitigation policies can substantially reduce the risks associated with human-induced global warming.""Mitigation is a public good; climate change is a case of ‘the tragedy of the commons’""Effective climate change mitigation will not be achieved if each agent (individual, institution or country) acts independently in its own selfish interest, (See International Cooperation and Emissions Trading) suggesting the need for collective action. Some adaptation actions, on the other hand, have characteristics of a private good as benefits of actions may accrue more directly to the individuals, regions, or countries that undertake them, at least in the short term. Nevertheless, financing such adaptive activities remains an issue, particularly for poor individuals and countries.""Examples of mitigation include switching to low-carbon energy sources, such as renewable and nuclear energy, and expanding forests and other ""sinks"" to remove greater amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Energy efficiency may also play a role, for example, through improving the insulation of buildings. Another approach to climate change mitigation is climate engineering.Most countries are parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The ultimate objective of the UNFCCC is to stabilize atmospheric concentrations of GHGs at a level that would prevent dangerous human interference of the climate system. Scientific analysis can provide information on the impacts of climate change, but deciding which impacts are dangerous requires value judgments.In 2010, Parties to the UNFCCC agreed that future global warming should be limited to below 2.0 °C (3.6 °F) relative to the pre-industrial level. This may be revised with a target of limiting global warming to below 1.5 °C relative to pre-industrial levels. The current trajectory of global greenhouse gas emissions does not appear to be consistent with limiting global warming to below 1.5 or 2 °C, relative to pre-industrial levels. Other mitigation policies have been proposed, some of which are more stringent or modest than the 2 °C limit.