CCS Summer School Developing countries Context July 6-11, 2014, Austin, Texas
... Kyoto Protocol (Kp) • The Kyoto Protocol, a more powerful treaty with legally binding measures was adopted in 1997 in Kyoto Japan, to strengthen the UNFCCC. • The Kyoto Protocol commits and sets quantified reduction/limitation targets of GHG for Annex 1 and Annex 2 (countries undergoing economic tr ...
... Kyoto Protocol (Kp) • The Kyoto Protocol, a more powerful treaty with legally binding measures was adopted in 1997 in Kyoto Japan, to strengthen the UNFCCC. • The Kyoto Protocol commits and sets quantified reduction/limitation targets of GHG for Annex 1 and Annex 2 (countries undergoing economic tr ...
... Gas Emissions that are helping to drive global warming. Fossil fuels are not limitless, and our dependency on them must be addressed. One way to become less dependent on fossil fuels is to increase renewable energy sources, such as solar, wind, and hydro-electric. Why We Selected Our Topic: We chose ...
the report
... New York’s governor, George Pataki, subscribing to a “strength in numbers” approach, this past May invited 10 Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states to join New York in a regional market for greenhouse gas reductions.9 The states are Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecti ...
... New York’s governor, George Pataki, subscribing to a “strength in numbers” approach, this past May invited 10 Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states to join New York in a regional market for greenhouse gas reductions.9 The states are Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecti ...
Policies Must Be Based on 350 ppm and 1 Degree Celsius to
... Policies Must Be Based on 350 ppm and 1 Degree Celsius to Protect Young People and Future Generations The Best Climate Science Provides a Prescription for Restoring the Atmosphere, Stabilizing the Climate System, and Protecting the Oceans from Acidification and Warming. It Requires Us to Return Atmo ...
... Policies Must Be Based on 350 ppm and 1 Degree Celsius to Protect Young People and Future Generations The Best Climate Science Provides a Prescription for Restoring the Atmosphere, Stabilizing the Climate System, and Protecting the Oceans from Acidification and Warming. It Requires Us to Return Atmo ...
OSA 13-020docx.pdf
... WHEREAS according to the Carbon Tracker Institute, the proven coal, oil, and gas reserves of the top 200 fossil-fuel companies, and countries (e.g. Venezuela or Kuwait) which act like fossil-fuel companies, equals about 2,795 gigatons of CO2, or five times the amount we can release to maintain a 2°C ...
... WHEREAS according to the Carbon Tracker Institute, the proven coal, oil, and gas reserves of the top 200 fossil-fuel companies, and countries (e.g. Venezuela or Kuwait) which act like fossil-fuel companies, equals about 2,795 gigatons of CO2, or five times the amount we can release to maintain a 2°C ...
heating your home with renewable energy sources
... Heating your home with renewables Foreword Renewable energy sources include sunlight, wind, rain, tides and geothermal heat. These can all be used to produce heat directly without any conversion process, or can be converted into electricity. Energy consumption in buildings represents approximately ...
... Heating your home with renewables Foreword Renewable energy sources include sunlight, wind, rain, tides and geothermal heat. These can all be used to produce heat directly without any conversion process, or can be converted into electricity. Energy consumption in buildings represents approximately ...
Intended National Determined Contribution (INDC)
... share of use of non-fossil fuel energy. The National Biofuel Policy 2006 already laid the groundwork for the development and use of biofuels. The National Biofuel Industry Act 2007 was put in place to regulate the biofuel industry and to promote the mandatory use of the B5 domestic blend of 5% palm ...
... share of use of non-fossil fuel energy. The National Biofuel Policy 2006 already laid the groundwork for the development and use of biofuels. The National Biofuel Industry Act 2007 was put in place to regulate the biofuel industry and to promote the mandatory use of the B5 domestic blend of 5% palm ...
paper - AET Papers Repository
... Climate-KIC consortium to enable experts to comment on the data, assumptions, findings and presentation of results. The purpose of the exercise was to source a range of perspectives from different groups of experts in order to construct potential scenarios which might limit climate change to a 2C r ...
... Climate-KIC consortium to enable experts to comment on the data, assumptions, findings and presentation of results. The purpose of the exercise was to source a range of perspectives from different groups of experts in order to construct potential scenarios which might limit climate change to a 2C r ...
Reading Study Guide Unit 3 Part 2 PRO: Livestock are producing
... This increase in temperature is known as global warming, or climate change. It has led to many serious environmental problems. For example, melting icecaps have caused sea levels to rise, threatening shorelines and island nations. Scientists say many other parts of the world may soon have too little ...
... This increase in temperature is known as global warming, or climate change. It has led to many serious environmental problems. For example, melting icecaps have caused sea levels to rise, threatening shorelines and island nations. Scientists say many other parts of the world may soon have too little ...
Global Warming and Renewable Energy
... (http://lawschool.westlaw.com/TWEN). I will post pertinent materials on the site through the semester, including lecture materials, guidelines for assignments and electronic readings. When you add the course, you will also become part of a class email list that I will use to post announcements about ...
... (http://lawschool.westlaw.com/TWEN). I will post pertinent materials on the site through the semester, including lecture materials, guidelines for assignments and electronic readings. When you add the course, you will also become part of a class email list that I will use to post announcements about ...
Climate Justice beyond 2012
... countries therefore are most responsible for climate change and have acknowledged their need to take the lead in substantially reducing emissions by their ratification of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Developing countries have contributed least to climate change ...
... countries therefore are most responsible for climate change and have acknowledged their need to take the lead in substantially reducing emissions by their ratification of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Developing countries have contributed least to climate change ...
LESSON 9: CONCEPTUALIZING MODULE II Factors Influencing
... The lessons in Units 1 and 2 provide students with an introduction to data used to measure how the Earth’s climate is changing and some of the factors that are causing the changes. These forays into Earth science data only scratch the surface of our accumulated evidence and knowledge. Furthermore, t ...
... The lessons in Units 1 and 2 provide students with an introduction to data used to measure how the Earth’s climate is changing and some of the factors that are causing the changes. These forays into Earth science data only scratch the surface of our accumulated evidence and knowledge. Furthermore, t ...
Activity 1.3 Greenhouse Gas Emissions
... (this can be done as a class, in groups, or as homework) 14. Next, hand out the student work page “Greenhouse Gas Emissions.” Point out to students the layer of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and the Earth’s surface at the bottom of the page. Using the information they collected through their re ...
... (this can be done as a class, in groups, or as homework) 14. Next, hand out the student work page “Greenhouse Gas Emissions.” Point out to students the layer of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and the Earth’s surface at the bottom of the page. Using the information they collected through their re ...
21 progressive proposals for cop21
... he Paris agreement should enshrine a transformative moment for the global society to alter its 5l T attitudes. This in particular towards a new way of thinking and establishing how, with a growing population; resources, biodiversity and the environment will be safeguarded. The European Union – int ...
... he Paris agreement should enshrine a transformative moment for the global society to alter its 5l T attitudes. This in particular towards a new way of thinking and establishing how, with a growing population; resources, biodiversity and the environment will be safeguarded. The European Union – int ...
Mitigating the Impact of Climate Change through
... Abstract: This study reviews the impact of disposal of liquid and solid waste on earth’s environment and their emittance of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) into the atmosphere. They trap re-radiated solar heat energy in the atmosphere and subsequently overheat the earth. It advocates that instead of producti ...
... Abstract: This study reviews the impact of disposal of liquid and solid waste on earth’s environment and their emittance of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) into the atmosphere. They trap re-radiated solar heat energy in the atmosphere and subsequently overheat the earth. It advocates that instead of producti ...
The role of EIA in greenhouse gas mitigation Abstract The role of EIA
... produce 1,240 tonnes per day of synthetic crude oil which can then be processed into specialty products such as lubricants and diesel fuel. The commitments in relation to reducing greenhouse gases from the EIA process were: (1) a 50% improvement in thermal efficiency compared to the pilot plant, (2) ...
... produce 1,240 tonnes per day of synthetic crude oil which can then be processed into specialty products such as lubricants and diesel fuel. The commitments in relation to reducing greenhouse gases from the EIA process were: (1) a 50% improvement in thermal efficiency compared to the pilot plant, (2) ...
Share Benefits and Burdens Equitably
... We all share a single cumulative carbon budget that is shrinking hour-by-hour. If anything should ever be shared equitably, or fairly, the single human carbon budget should. In order not to exceed the carbon budget, total global carbon emissions must be brought down very rapidly. So we ought to shar ...
... We all share a single cumulative carbon budget that is shrinking hour-by-hour. If anything should ever be shared equitably, or fairly, the single human carbon budget should. In order not to exceed the carbon budget, total global carbon emissions must be brought down very rapidly. So we ought to shar ...
Energy and Climate
... risk-management strategy, consistent with the following excerpt from the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report, published in 2007: “…..the greater the capacity of ecosystems and society to adapt to the impacts of climate change, the higher the level at which atmospheric greenhouse-gas concentrations may be ...
... risk-management strategy, consistent with the following excerpt from the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report, published in 2007: “…..the greater the capacity of ecosystems and society to adapt to the impacts of climate change, the higher the level at which atmospheric greenhouse-gas concentrations may be ...
CHAPTER II DISCUSSION 2.1 Definition of Global Warming
... Global warming is a process of increasing the average temperature of the atmosphere, ocean, and land earth. Global average temperature at the earth's surface has risen 0.74 + 0,180C (1.33 + 0,320F) during the last hundred. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concludes that "Most of the ...
... Global warming is a process of increasing the average temperature of the atmosphere, ocean, and land earth. Global average temperature at the earth's surface has risen 0.74 + 0,180C (1.33 + 0,320F) during the last hundred. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concludes that "Most of the ...
Global change problems
... surface and have been reduced to 6%, and that all tropical forests will be gone by the year 2090 Brazil – slash and burn; Amazon – 200% increase in deforested area from 1979 - 1988 Some scientists have predicted that unless significant measures (such as seeking out and protecting old growth forest ...
... surface and have been reduced to 6%, and that all tropical forests will be gone by the year 2090 Brazil – slash and burn; Amazon – 200% increase in deforested area from 1979 - 1988 Some scientists have predicted that unless significant measures (such as seeking out and protecting old growth forest ...
Carter AR5 info requ..
... Todays committed unavoidable warming (assuming a best emergency emissions reduction, no attempted geo-engineering or attempted carbon capture storage, and excluding aerosol cooling). Todays committed warming from combined national emissions pledges filed with the UN The benefit of a rapid earl ...
... Todays committed unavoidable warming (assuming a best emergency emissions reduction, no attempted geo-engineering or attempted carbon capture storage, and excluding aerosol cooling). Todays committed warming from combined national emissions pledges filed with the UN The benefit of a rapid earl ...
Challenges in Mitigating Indonesia`s CO2 Emission: The Importance
... (CO2 emission/GDP) over time. This is shown in the negative contributions to overall emissions growth of change in CO2 emissions intensity, as illustrated in Figure 2. By contrast, CO2 emission from fossil fuel combustion in Indonesia have grown faster than GDP growth during the 1994–2004 period; an ...
... (CO2 emission/GDP) over time. This is shown in the negative contributions to overall emissions growth of change in CO2 emissions intensity, as illustrated in Figure 2. By contrast, CO2 emission from fossil fuel combustion in Indonesia have grown faster than GDP growth during the 1994–2004 period; an ...
Global Warming : Causes, Effects and Solutions
... With methane emissions causing nearly half of the Planet’s human-induced warming, methane reduction must be a priority. By looking at other facts and analyzing them with CO2, it is clear that global warming is more of a natural phenomenon and human activities are not the major contributors for globa ...
... With methane emissions causing nearly half of the Planet’s human-induced warming, methane reduction must be a priority. By looking at other facts and analyzing them with CO2, it is clear that global warming is more of a natural phenomenon and human activities are not the major contributors for globa ...
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.