PM 2.5 and O 3 concentration changes in 2100
... The emission reductions due to the GHG mitigation have a large positive effect on both PM2.5 and O3, while the changing meteorology has less influence. Slowing future climate change increases O3 in remote areas, as increasing water vapor decreases the ozone lifetime. In polluted regions, slowing ...
... The emission reductions due to the GHG mitigation have a large positive effect on both PM2.5 and O3, while the changing meteorology has less influence. Slowing future climate change increases O3 in remote areas, as increasing water vapor decreases the ozone lifetime. In polluted regions, slowing ...
IGU Releases Compelling Study on Urban Air Quality: Switch to
... Agency standards. That same year, New York City launched PlaNYC, its first long-term sustainability plan By the fall of 2013, as part of a wider basket of legislation aimed at curbing emissions, approximately 30% of heavy fuel-burning buildings (2,700 out of 9,000) in New York City converted to cl ...
... Agency standards. That same year, New York City launched PlaNYC, its first long-term sustainability plan By the fall of 2013, as part of a wider basket of legislation aimed at curbing emissions, approximately 30% of heavy fuel-burning buildings (2,700 out of 9,000) in New York City converted to cl ...
The role of BECCS and negative emissions in global climate change
... Allen, M. R. et al. Nature 458, 1163–1166 (2009). IPCC Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis (eds Stocker, T. F. et al.) (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2013). Friedlingstein, P. et al. Nature Geosci. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2248 (2014). Boden, T. A. et al. Global, Regional, and National Fos ...
... Allen, M. R. et al. Nature 458, 1163–1166 (2009). IPCC Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis (eds Stocker, T. F. et al.) (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2013). Friedlingstein, P. et al. Nature Geosci. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2248 (2014). Boden, T. A. et al. Global, Regional, and National Fos ...
Chapter 15
... levels in the stratosphere and allowed more harmful ultraviolet radiation to reach the earth’s surface. • Concept 15-7B To reverse ozone depletion, we need to stop producing ozone-depleting chemicals and adhere to the international treaties that ban such ...
... levels in the stratosphere and allowed more harmful ultraviolet radiation to reach the earth’s surface. • Concept 15-7B To reverse ozone depletion, we need to stop producing ozone-depleting chemicals and adhere to the international treaties that ban such ...
Croatia - The Regional Environmental Center for Central and
... implementation of the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol in Croatia has been adopted through Plan for Protection and Improvement of Air Quality in Croatia (2008-2011) on May 8, 2008 • Short-term objective up to 2012 is reduction of GHG emissions – 5% compared to level in base year 1990, long-term objecti ...
... implementation of the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol in Croatia has been adopted through Plan for Protection and Improvement of Air Quality in Croatia (2008-2011) on May 8, 2008 • Short-term objective up to 2012 is reduction of GHG emissions – 5% compared to level in base year 1990, long-term objecti ...
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... • The United States and the EU countries combined accounted for over half of cumulative global emissions from 1900 to 2005 • 50% reduction by 2050 requires per capita global GHG emissions of 2-3T/capita (20-25 Gt divided by 9 billion population) • Currently US ~ 20+, Europe ~10+, China ~5+, India ~2 ...
... • The United States and the EU countries combined accounted for over half of cumulative global emissions from 1900 to 2005 • 50% reduction by 2050 requires per capita global GHG emissions of 2-3T/capita (20-25 Gt divided by 9 billion population) • Currently US ~ 20+, Europe ~10+, China ~5+, India ~2 ...
Emissions Reductions Needed to Stabilize Climate. Presidential
... To have a good chance (not a guarantee) of avoiding temperatures above those levels, atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide would need to peak below about 400 to 450 ppm and stabilize in the long-term at around today’s levels. There is not one precise number because the sensitivity of the cli ...
... To have a good chance (not a guarantee) of avoiding temperatures above those levels, atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide would need to peak below about 400 to 450 ppm and stabilize in the long-term at around today’s levels. There is not one precise number because the sensitivity of the cli ...
Additional presentation on Climate Change
... • Poorest countries and people will suffer earliest and most • Growth v. tackling climate change is a false choice • Prices need to reflect climate change impacts –through taxes, regulation, or trading. Trading likely to be the best way of securing an international carbon price. ...
... • Poorest countries and people will suffer earliest and most • Growth v. tackling climate change is a false choice • Prices need to reflect climate change impacts –through taxes, regulation, or trading. Trading likely to be the best way of securing an international carbon price. ...
Global Economy and Extreme Poverty - Campus Verde
... • The tens of billions of farmed animals of the world produce massive amounts of flatulence and liquid manure, which release large amounts of methane into the atmosphere as well as forming nitrous oxide, both of which are powerful green ...
... • The tens of billions of farmed animals of the world produce massive amounts of flatulence and liquid manure, which release large amounts of methane into the atmosphere as well as forming nitrous oxide, both of which are powerful green ...
Guest speaker: Dr. Kevin Trenberth, National Center for Atmospheric
... far more dangerous and significant risks for our children and grandchildren. We are approaching a dangerous threshold whereby, if it is crossed, the earth will simply take the controls out of our hands, and tropical forests, peat bogs, permafrost and the oceans will switch from absorbing carbon to r ...
... far more dangerous and significant risks for our children and grandchildren. We are approaching a dangerous threshold whereby, if it is crossed, the earth will simply take the controls out of our hands, and tropical forests, peat bogs, permafrost and the oceans will switch from absorbing carbon to r ...
for the Environment - Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public
... Meat production creates GHGs that contribute to climate change. These gases include methane production from animals, carbon dioxide from deforestation, and nitrous oxide from fertilizers. Livestock production contributes an estimated 14.5 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions from human activit ...
... Meat production creates GHGs that contribute to climate change. These gases include methane production from animals, carbon dioxide from deforestation, and nitrous oxide from fertilizers. Livestock production contributes an estimated 14.5 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions from human activit ...
- Catherine Donnelly Foundation
... coal, oil and gas in proven reserves must remain where they are, in the ground. The consequence is they could become “stranded assets”, which translates to a significant risk to the market capitalization of the fossil fuel companies. The financial markets do not seem to be demonstrating much concern ...
... coal, oil and gas in proven reserves must remain where they are, in the ground. The consequence is they could become “stranded assets”, which translates to a significant risk to the market capitalization of the fossil fuel companies. The financial markets do not seem to be demonstrating much concern ...
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... Describe the scientific work on CFCs and their relationship to ozone. Describe the political response to the scientific information. Summarize the consensus science view of CFCs and stratospheric ozone. Summarize alternative views that have received much attention. Explain the significance of a crit ...
... Describe the scientific work on CFCs and their relationship to ozone. Describe the political response to the scientific information. Summarize the consensus science view of CFCs and stratospheric ozone. Summarize alternative views that have received much attention. Explain the significance of a crit ...
Slide 1
... escaping out to space, much of it is absorbed by gases (such as water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane) in the atmosphere The atmosphere then radiates in all directions, and some of it comes back to the surface When this is accounted for, we can calculate the average temperature of 288 K The atmospher ...
... escaping out to space, much of it is absorbed by gases (such as water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane) in the atmosphere The atmosphere then radiates in all directions, and some of it comes back to the surface When this is accounted for, we can calculate the average temperature of 288 K The atmospher ...
What do we Value?
... emission reduction actions that are specific to sectors within the municipal operations or the community. – The long-term goals are statements of intent to change the manner in which a municipal government operates and which will have positive reduction effects on GHG emissions. For example: ...
... emission reduction actions that are specific to sectors within the municipal operations or the community. – The long-term goals are statements of intent to change the manner in which a municipal government operates and which will have positive reduction effects on GHG emissions. For example: ...
THE GREEN TEAM Climate Change Activities
... Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN) is a reviewed collection of educational resources (for grades 3-16) designed to build students’ understanding of the core ideas in climate and energy science. Funded through a National Science Foundation grant, CLEAN’s primary goal is to steward ...
... Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN) is a reviewed collection of educational resources (for grades 3-16) designed to build students’ understanding of the core ideas in climate and energy science. Funded through a National Science Foundation grant, CLEAN’s primary goal is to steward ...
Ms. Ma. Gerarda Asuncion D. Merilo - START
... What have been done? Participated in a regional climate change project funded by the US Country Studies Program (1995-1997) which focused on vulnerability and adaptation assessments for the coastal zones, agriculture, and water resources sectors using climate scenarios with average changes in prec ...
... What have been done? Participated in a regional climate change project funded by the US Country Studies Program (1995-1997) which focused on vulnerability and adaptation assessments for the coastal zones, agriculture, and water resources sectors using climate scenarios with average changes in prec ...
Climate Change - Restoring Eden
... 'Greenhouse gases' in our atmosphere (namely, carbon dioxide or CO2 and methane) act as global insulators by reflecting the heat back at God’s good earth. There is a direct correlation between more CO2 and global warming throughout Earth’s history, and scientists overwhelmingly agree that humans are ...
... 'Greenhouse gases' in our atmosphere (namely, carbon dioxide or CO2 and methane) act as global insulators by reflecting the heat back at God’s good earth. There is a direct correlation between more CO2 and global warming throughout Earth’s history, and scientists overwhelmingly agree that humans are ...
SABS
... gas are expected to dominate energy supply for decades to come. Climate policy must recognize the role these critical energy sources play to ensure security of supply Standards are central to conservation: Energy efficiency and conservation are the most immediate and cost–effective sources of "new" ...
... gas are expected to dominate energy supply for decades to come. Climate policy must recognize the role these critical energy sources play to ensure security of supply Standards are central to conservation: Energy efficiency and conservation are the most immediate and cost–effective sources of "new" ...
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Are Growing, and Growing+
... continued political delays for another decade or two will make that unachievable without severe economic disruption, the report said. The draft report comes a month before a summit of world leaders in New York that is meant to set the stage for a potential global agreement on emissions that would be ...
... continued political delays for another decade or two will make that unachievable without severe economic disruption, the report said. The draft report comes a month before a summit of world leaders in New York that is meant to set the stage for a potential global agreement on emissions that would be ...
to the Cape Cod Climate Change Collaborative Strategy
... The Collaborative is a Cape-wide campaign to unite the varied expertise and experience of Cape Cod organizations to address the impacts of climate change. Here on the Cape we have an acute understanding of the threats of sea level rise and impacts on fisheries resulting from climate change. Its goal ...
... The Collaborative is a Cape-wide campaign to unite the varied expertise and experience of Cape Cod organizations to address the impacts of climate change. Here on the Cape we have an acute understanding of the threats of sea level rise and impacts on fisheries resulting from climate change. Its goal ...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: KEVEN KENNEDY
... 87% of Latinos believe it is important that the President and new Congress take steps to pass legislation to aggressively combat global warming or climate change. ...
... 87% of Latinos believe it is important that the President and new Congress take steps to pass legislation to aggressively combat global warming or climate change. ...
Climate Change and air Quality Climate Change 56
... under the Kyoto Protocol is to limit GHG emissions over the 2008–2012 period to no more than an annual average of 62.8 Mtonnes CO2e (13 per cent above 1990 levels). However, the most recent data show that Ireland faces a major challenge to meet this target and reduce what is one of the highest level ...
... under the Kyoto Protocol is to limit GHG emissions over the 2008–2012 period to no more than an annual average of 62.8 Mtonnes CO2e (13 per cent above 1990 levels). However, the most recent data show that Ireland faces a major challenge to meet this target and reduce what is one of the highest level ...
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.