THE WAY FORWARD - Canada`s Ecofiscal Commission
... option. Canadians already bear significant economic costs associated with the climate impacts from rising greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; almost all regions and economic sectors are vulnerable. However, most provinces and the country as a whole are not on track to achieving existing emissions-reduct ...
... option. Canadians already bear significant economic costs associated with the climate impacts from rising greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; almost all regions and economic sectors are vulnerable. However, most provinces and the country as a whole are not on track to achieving existing emissions-reduct ...
DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF THE GREEN CLIMATE FUND*
... The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has been one of the core issues of the world climate summits under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in recent years. However, the GCF has not progressed smoothly, and currently there are no satisfactory schemes for raising and distributi ...
... The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has been one of the core issues of the world climate summits under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in recent years. However, the GCF has not progressed smoothly, and currently there are no satisfactory schemes for raising and distributi ...
Low-Carbon Development in Southeast Asia
... stronger radiative forcing (within 10-12 km height in the atmosphere) compared to emissions on the Earth's surface.3 In a broader sense, tourism plays a role in environmental degradation, including climate change. On the other hand it lives form an intact environment. With tourism receiving increase ...
... stronger radiative forcing (within 10-12 km height in the atmosphere) compared to emissions on the Earth's surface.3 In a broader sense, tourism plays a role in environmental degradation, including climate change. On the other hand it lives form an intact environment. With tourism receiving increase ...
Technical Assessment of the Carbon
... The model simulation results from this study referring to the carbon accumulating in soils in the four different management scenarios (as well as a control scenario) are reported in Table 1. The values represent the range in simulated soil C accumulation over the 18-year period of climate data for t ...
... The model simulation results from this study referring to the carbon accumulating in soils in the four different management scenarios (as well as a control scenario) are reported in Table 1. The values represent the range in simulated soil C accumulation over the 18-year period of climate data for t ...
Monroe County Climate Action Plan
... existing climate science and staff reports to provide the foundation for this Community Climate Action Plan. The Plan calls for concerted action in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and anticipating and adapting to local impacts of a changing climate. The recommendations presented here attempt to ac ...
... existing climate science and staff reports to provide the foundation for this Community Climate Action Plan. The Plan calls for concerted action in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and anticipating and adapting to local impacts of a changing climate. The recommendations presented here attempt to ac ...
Student Thesis: Exporting Sustainability: Reducing the Climate Impact of the Export-Import Bank of the United States
... scientific evidence, though never universally accepted, is fairly conclusive. Climate change is being induced by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, especially those produced in the combustion of fossil fuels, and the effects of climate change are beginning to be felt now. To understand how “gre ...
... scientific evidence, though never universally accepted, is fairly conclusive. Climate change is being induced by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, especially those produced in the combustion of fossil fuels, and the effects of climate change are beginning to be felt now. To understand how “gre ...
11.2MB - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
... ... however, RECOGNISES that recent scientific research and work under the IPCC indicates that it is unlikely that stabilisation of greenhouse gas concentrations above 550 ppmv CO2 equivalent would be consistent with meeting the 2°C long-term objective ... ... and that in order to have a reasonable ...
... ... however, RECOGNISES that recent scientific research and work under the IPCC indicates that it is unlikely that stabilisation of greenhouse gas concentrations above 550 ppmv CO2 equivalent would be consistent with meeting the 2°C long-term objective ... ... and that in order to have a reasonable ...
Climate Change, Agriculture and Aid for Trade
... Ensuring that a development programme should use trade efficiently and be consistent with limiting climate change and achieving a sustainable pattern of production should be part of any aid programme. In practice it is already difficult to separate funding for adaptation or mitigation ...
... Ensuring that a development programme should use trade efficiently and be consistent with limiting climate change and achieving a sustainable pattern of production should be part of any aid programme. In practice it is already difficult to separate funding for adaptation or mitigation ...
Florida on the Coast of Climate Change: Responding to
... "[b]oth past and future anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions will continue to contribute to warming and sea level rise for more than a millennium," even if GHG emissions levels were immediately stabilized.' 7 Thermal expansion alone will continue for many centuries and could result in a two-and-a- ...
... "[b]oth past and future anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions will continue to contribute to warming and sea level rise for more than a millennium," even if GHG emissions levels were immediately stabilized.' 7 Thermal expansion alone will continue for many centuries and could result in a two-and-a- ...
9 IEAGHG Information Paper 2014-19: Report on London Convention meeting LC-36... Very slow progress on Export of CO
... The more we disrupt our climate, and cause ocean acidification, the more we risk severe, pervasive and irreversible impacts We have the means to limit climate change and build a more prosperous, sustainable future Energy production remains the primary driver of GHG emissions The window for action to ...
... The more we disrupt our climate, and cause ocean acidification, the more we risk severe, pervasive and irreversible impacts We have the means to limit climate change and build a more prosperous, sustainable future Energy production remains the primary driver of GHG emissions The window for action to ...
report - Berkeley Law - University of California, Berkeley
... Administration estimates that the concentration of carbon dioxide in the earth’s atmosphere has increased by twenty percent over the last forty years, reaching 396.48 parts per million in 2013. 4 This increase is primarily attributable to the burning of fossil fuels (i.e., coal, oil, and gas) in ele ...
... Administration estimates that the concentration of carbon dioxide in the earth’s atmosphere has increased by twenty percent over the last forty years, reaching 396.48 parts per million in 2013. 4 This increase is primarily attributable to the burning of fossil fuels (i.e., coal, oil, and gas) in ele ...
Prospects for Reducing Carbon Intensity in China
... It is unclear, however, whether these administrative measures employed during the 11th FYP will be adequate to help China realize the new carbon intensity targets in its 12th FYP. Establishing “target-oriented responsibility and assessment systems for energy conservation among different levels of lo ...
... It is unclear, however, whether these administrative measures employed during the 11th FYP will be adequate to help China realize the new carbon intensity targets in its 12th FYP. Establishing “target-oriented responsibility and assessment systems for energy conservation among different levels of lo ...
NRDC: Clean Power – The Case for Carbon Pollution Limits
... since record keeping began in 1880. And those threats are growing more urgent. Last year was the hottest, globally, since record keeping began in 1880. And 14 of the 15 hottest years have occurred in this century. In response to the dangers, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in June 201 ...
... since record keeping began in 1880. And those threats are growing more urgent. Last year was the hottest, globally, since record keeping began in 1880. And 14 of the 15 hottest years have occurred in this century. In response to the dangers, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in June 201 ...
Synergies between adaptation and mitigation in a nutshell
... temporal scales and concerned economic sectors (Tol 2005). Mitigation ...
... temporal scales and concerned economic sectors (Tol 2005). Mitigation ...
2006–2012 Climate Change Action Plan
... Understanding the impact of human activity on the greenhouse effect Certain naturally present gases in our atmosphere help retain the sun’s heat near the surface of Earth. They are known as “greenhouse gases” or GHGs. Without their presence, the average temperature in the lower levels of the atmosph ...
... Understanding the impact of human activity on the greenhouse effect Certain naturally present gases in our atmosphere help retain the sun’s heat near the surface of Earth. They are known as “greenhouse gases” or GHGs. Without their presence, the average temperature in the lower levels of the atmosph ...
CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION AND TRADE
... there seems to be apparent gaps, obstacles and limitations when we align the same to international trade, and in particular, trade competitiveness. The reason is because the World Trade Organization(WTO) legal texts do not have clear cut guidelines between Sustainable Development through Climate Cha ...
... there seems to be apparent gaps, obstacles and limitations when we align the same to international trade, and in particular, trade competitiveness. The reason is because the World Trade Organization(WTO) legal texts do not have clear cut guidelines between Sustainable Development through Climate Cha ...
Federal Agency Actions Following the Supreme Court’s Climate Change Decision Robert Meltz
... On April 2, 2007, the Supreme Court rendered one of its most important environmental decisions. In Massachusetts v. EPA, the Court held 5-4 that greenhouse gases (GHGs), widely viewed as contributing to climate change, constitute “air pollutants” as that phrase is used in the Clean Air Act (CAA). As ...
... On April 2, 2007, the Supreme Court rendered one of its most important environmental decisions. In Massachusetts v. EPA, the Court held 5-4 that greenhouse gases (GHGs), widely viewed as contributing to climate change, constitute “air pollutants” as that phrase is used in the Clean Air Act (CAA). As ...
14 Climate change: science and the precautionary principle
... Change (IPCC) of a much greater volume of climate change science it seemed appropriate to include climate change in this volume, despite some continuing controversy. The evidence that human activities are having a dangerous impact on the climate has strengthened since 1995. By 2007, the IPCC was abl ...
... Change (IPCC) of a much greater volume of climate change science it seemed appropriate to include climate change in this volume, despite some continuing controversy. The evidence that human activities are having a dangerous impact on the climate has strengthened since 1995. By 2007, the IPCC was abl ...
Political Economy of Climate Change Policy
... Given the scale of emission reductions the world needs to achieve to keep global warming in check, it is important for policymakers and academics to focus on how future emission reductions will be brought about. However, this is a public goods problem, so voluntary reductions are unli ...
... Given the scale of emission reductions the world needs to achieve to keep global warming in check, it is important for policymakers and academics to focus on how future emission reductions will be brought about. However, this is a public goods problem, so voluntary reductions are unli ...
The global status of CCS 2015: summary report
... reduction targets without CCS. Crucially, without CCS, the cost of mitigation would more than double – rising by an average of 138 per cent. CCS technology is proven and in use around the world. It has a key role to play in curbing CO2 emissions from fossil fuel based power generation, which will ex ...
... reduction targets without CCS. Crucially, without CCS, the cost of mitigation would more than double – rising by an average of 138 per cent. CCS technology is proven and in use around the world. It has a key role to play in curbing CO2 emissions from fossil fuel based power generation, which will ex ...
Innovations LIVE - Inter-American Development Bank
... This spurs innovation among different de- The program mainstreams sustainability crivelopers, which can experiment with biocli- teria in the housing industry by the deploymatic design, architecture that is connected ment of low-carbon housing with financing to nature, different technologies and buil ...
... This spurs innovation among different de- The program mainstreams sustainability crivelopers, which can experiment with biocli- teria in the housing industry by the deploymatic design, architecture that is connected ment of low-carbon housing with financing to nature, different technologies and buil ...
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.