Global potential of biospheric carbon management for climate
... component of the global carbon cycle with 70% of the emissions coming from land-use change in the tropics. These figures illustrate the large mitigation potential in the tropics, but also the equally large challenge to reduce deforestation under the pressure of increasing human population and demand ...
... component of the global carbon cycle with 70% of the emissions coming from land-use change in the tropics. These figures illustrate the large mitigation potential in the tropics, but also the equally large challenge to reduce deforestation under the pressure of increasing human population and demand ...
Global Climate Change Policies: From Bali to Copenhagen and
... and/or West Antarctic ice-sheets; 3 the need to ensure – if avoiding significantly more than 2ºC of warming is the objective – that concentrations of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) are stabilized at around 450 parts per million (or ...
... and/or West Antarctic ice-sheets; 3 the need to ensure – if avoiding significantly more than 2ºC of warming is the objective – that concentrations of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) are stabilized at around 450 parts per million (or ...
INDC of Georgia
... Georgia is fully committed to the UNFCCC negotiation process with a view to adopting a global legally binding agreement at the Paris Conference in December 2015 applicable to all Parties in line with the below 2°C objective. The dissolution of Soviet Union and the collapse of centrally planned econo ...
... Georgia is fully committed to the UNFCCC negotiation process with a view to adopting a global legally binding agreement at the Paris Conference in December 2015 applicable to all Parties in line with the below 2°C objective. The dissolution of Soviet Union and the collapse of centrally planned econo ...
The 21st Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 21)
... Parties should strive to include all categories of emissions and removal, and once an activity is included, to continue to include it. Parties should provide an explanation if they decide to exclude a category. Mitigation and (I)NDCs sections are strongly linked. Moreover, mitigation/adaptation ambi ...
... Parties should strive to include all categories of emissions and removal, and once an activity is included, to continue to include it. Parties should provide an explanation if they decide to exclude a category. Mitigation and (I)NDCs sections are strongly linked. Moreover, mitigation/adaptation ambi ...
Climate and Atmosphere-- United States
... Protocol, which was adopted by consensus at the third session of the Conference of the Parties (COP-3) in December 1997, contains emission targets for Annex I (developed) countries for the post-2000 period. View full technical notes on-line at http://earthtrends.wri.org/searchable_db/variablenotes_s ...
... Protocol, which was adopted by consensus at the third session of the Conference of the Parties (COP-3) in December 1997, contains emission targets for Annex I (developed) countries for the post-2000 period. View full technical notes on-line at http://earthtrends.wri.org/searchable_db/variablenotes_s ...
Associated PDF
... due course the Carbon Price Floor, have already added 21 per cent to industrial electricity prices. Furthermore, by 2020 carbon policies will drive up electricity prices by the order of 58 per cent. These are increases which won’t be experienced by our competitors elsewhere. As mentioned above, if ...
... due course the Carbon Price Floor, have already added 21 per cent to industrial electricity prices. Furthermore, by 2020 carbon policies will drive up electricity prices by the order of 58 per cent. These are increases which won’t be experienced by our competitors elsewhere. As mentioned above, if ...
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... • The ultimate objective of this Convention … is to achieve … stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. • According to IPCC WGII AR4: – With very high confidence, no temperature thresho ...
... • The ultimate objective of this Convention … is to achieve … stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. • According to IPCC WGII AR4: – With very high confidence, no temperature thresho ...
What is the Global Warming?
... If natural climate change is slow: » We can find ways to deal with the maninduced warming; » Ecosystems have an opportunity to adjust. ...
... If natural climate change is slow: » We can find ways to deal with the maninduced warming; » Ecosystems have an opportunity to adjust. ...
Teacher notes and student sheets
... by an economist comes up with a figure close to that of the Stern review). 11 So why is it, as Myles Allen says, that it all depends on whether we care what happens in 2100? In the short term global warming might be bearable and managed as suggested by Bjorn Lomberg, but his approach fails to avoid ...
... by an economist comes up with a figure close to that of the Stern review). 11 So why is it, as Myles Allen says, that it all depends on whether we care what happens in 2100? In the short term global warming might be bearable and managed as suggested by Bjorn Lomberg, but his approach fails to avoid ...
PDF
... and a climate damage cost equation. In each case, the monetary cost is expressed as a quadratic function of the atmospheric concentration of CO2 at which stabilisation is achieved. The logic of this analysis is robust to substantial changes in parameter values and functional form, provided the cruci ...
... and a climate damage cost equation. In each case, the monetary cost is expressed as a quadratic function of the atmospheric concentration of CO2 at which stabilisation is achieved. The logic of this analysis is robust to substantial changes in parameter values and functional form, provided the cruci ...
PowerPoint file - Tufts University
... Source: Global Forest Resources Assessment, by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO 2010 ...
... Source: Global Forest Resources Assessment, by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO 2010 ...
What is Climate Change?
... their targets without actually reducing emissions at home. These include emissions trading -- where one country buys the right to emit from a country that has already reduced its emissions sufficiently and has "spare" emissions reductions. Another is the "clean development mechanism" where developed ...
... their targets without actually reducing emissions at home. These include emissions trading -- where one country buys the right to emit from a country that has already reduced its emissions sufficiently and has "spare" emissions reductions. Another is the "clean development mechanism" where developed ...
Ecosystem Management: part of the Climate Change Solution
... mitigation of, and adaptation to climate change as well as being the foundation for long term sustainability. Protecting ecosystems provides multiple benefits, both directly through sustainable management of biological resources and, indirectly through protection of ecosystem services4 : ...
... mitigation of, and adaptation to climate change as well as being the foundation for long term sustainability. Protecting ecosystems provides multiple benefits, both directly through sustainable management of biological resources and, indirectly through protection of ecosystem services4 : ...
Link - www7
... Once emitted, black carbon disperses into the surrounding air and can lead to reduced visibility, or haze. PM-2.5, including black carbon, is linked to adverse impacts on ecosystems (e.g., reduced plant and animal growth and reproduction) and to agricultural crop damage in some parts of the world. A ...
... Once emitted, black carbon disperses into the surrounding air and can lead to reduced visibility, or haze. PM-2.5, including black carbon, is linked to adverse impacts on ecosystems (e.g., reduced plant and animal growth and reproduction) and to agricultural crop damage in some parts of the world. A ...
The Physical Science behind Climate Change
... the reality of recent climate change and the potential for much greater change in the future. This increased certainty is starkly reflected in the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the fourth in a series of assessments of the state of knowledge on the topic, writt ...
... the reality of recent climate change and the potential for much greater change in the future. This increased certainty is starkly reflected in the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the fourth in a series of assessments of the state of knowledge on the topic, writt ...
Sustainable Energy What It Means For You
... a central part of modern life. However, our dependence on individual car driving raises some serious concerns. We know that transport is a major contributor of CO2 . Here in Ireland, emissions from transport are growing at a faster rate than any other sector. Some energy usage is essential in the mo ...
... a central part of modern life. However, our dependence on individual car driving raises some serious concerns. We know that transport is a major contributor of CO2 . Here in Ireland, emissions from transport are growing at a faster rate than any other sector. Some energy usage is essential in the mo ...
TRILLIUM Fossil Fuel Free Investing At Trillium
... While traditional investment firms have just begun grappling with this concept, Sustainable and Responsible Investing (SRI) pioneers like Trillium Asset Management (Trillium) and Green Century Capital Management have been on the forefront of clean energy and environmental investing for decades. Elim ...
... While traditional investment firms have just begun grappling with this concept, Sustainable and Responsible Investing (SRI) pioneers like Trillium Asset Management (Trillium) and Green Century Capital Management have been on the forefront of clean energy and environmental investing for decades. Elim ...
Brian Soden
... There are problems with the data record, “urban heat island” effects, the data show no warming, the data are ...
... There are problems with the data record, “urban heat island” effects, the data show no warming, the data are ...
Format job description JPO/ASSOCIATE EXPERT/APO
... commercial sectors.1 Energy-saving potential in this sector is considered to be the highest. It is estimated that in Europe, buildings account for roughly 40 – 45 per cent of energy consumption, emitting significant amounts of CO2. Residential buildings accounted for the lion’s share of these emiss ...
... commercial sectors.1 Energy-saving potential in this sector is considered to be the highest. It is estimated that in Europe, buildings account for roughly 40 – 45 per cent of energy consumption, emitting significant amounts of CO2. Residential buildings accounted for the lion’s share of these emiss ...
The Science and Politics of Climate Change Transcript
... The former head of the department that I'm in, Earth Sciences at the University of Melbourne, the former head was Ian Plimer. He has a specific view about the causes of these carbon dioxide increases and he says they’re due to underwater volcanoes. He said they’re underwater volcanoes, because, yes ...
... The former head of the department that I'm in, Earth Sciences at the University of Melbourne, the former head was Ian Plimer. He has a specific view about the causes of these carbon dioxide increases and he says they’re due to underwater volcanoes. He said they’re underwater volcanoes, because, yes ...
July 2012 Ireland’s Climate Strategy to 2020 and beyond
... Ireland’s future development needs to follow a low carbon emission pathway consistent with the global emission reduction pathway and achievement of the 2 degrees Celsius climate protection limit. Ireland is currently well positioned to advance this as part of a positive and long-term response to cli ...
... Ireland’s future development needs to follow a low carbon emission pathway consistent with the global emission reduction pathway and achievement of the 2 degrees Celsius climate protection limit. Ireland is currently well positioned to advance this as part of a positive and long-term response to cli ...
Uncertainty Analysis of Climate Change Effects on Runoff for the
... Northwest, the magnitude of that change is uncertain due to a number of factors. The built-in assumptions for the emissions scenario are already low in the 21st century, so realistic scenarios are above the “worst case” in this study. A suite of options created by emissions scenarios and GCMs helps ...
... Northwest, the magnitude of that change is uncertain due to a number of factors. The built-in assumptions for the emissions scenario are already low in the 21st century, so realistic scenarios are above the “worst case” in this study. A suite of options created by emissions scenarios and GCMs helps ...
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.