6.3 How Our Decisions Affect the Earth`s Future PPT
... The individual and collective (local, national, and global) decisions we make that affect CO2 emissions… ...
... The individual and collective (local, national, and global) decisions we make that affect CO2 emissions… ...
Climate Change Will Bring Wetter Storms in US, Study Says
... Americans eat it, produced by the methods typically used in the United States, that alone might erase any chance of staying below an internationally agreed-upon limit on global warming. Pork production creates somewhat lower emissions than beef production, and chicken is lower still. So reducing you ...
... Americans eat it, produced by the methods typically used in the United States, that alone might erase any chance of staying below an internationally agreed-upon limit on global warming. Pork production creates somewhat lower emissions than beef production, and chicken is lower still. So reducing you ...
Brendan Reid of the Carbon Trust
... Extreme weather could reduce global gross domestic product (GDP) by up to 1% A two to three degrees Celsius rise in temperatures could reduce global economic output by 3% If temperatures rise by five degrees Celsius, up to 10% of global output could be lost. The poorest countries would lose more tha ...
... Extreme weather could reduce global gross domestic product (GDP) by up to 1% A two to three degrees Celsius rise in temperatures could reduce global economic output by 3% If temperatures rise by five degrees Celsius, up to 10% of global output could be lost. The poorest countries would lose more tha ...
Greenhouse Gases Factsheet - Center for Sustainable Systems
... responsible for 26% of total emissions in 2014. Passenger cars and light-duty trucks accounted for 763 and 338 million metric tons CO2e, respectively, together making up 61% of U.S. transportation emissions and 16% of total U.S. emissions.4 • Urban sprawl, increased travel demand, and an increase i ...
... responsible for 26% of total emissions in 2014. Passenger cars and light-duty trucks accounted for 763 and 338 million metric tons CO2e, respectively, together making up 61% of U.S. transportation emissions and 16% of total U.S. emissions.4 • Urban sprawl, increased travel demand, and an increase i ...
Presentation Title – Myriad Pro 44
... Population and income growth will fuel a significant rise in vehicles and increase emissions, especially in developing regions. ...
... Population and income growth will fuel a significant rise in vehicles and increase emissions, especially in developing regions. ...
Climate Change and the Atom
... Energy related CO2 accounts for almost two-thirds of current GHGs, with 30% of these emissions coming from power generation. Under current conditions, electricity generation is projected to remain the sector with the fastest growing GHG emissions for at least the next two decades. This growth will b ...
... Energy related CO2 accounts for almost two-thirds of current GHGs, with 30% of these emissions coming from power generation. Under current conditions, electricity generation is projected to remain the sector with the fastest growing GHG emissions for at least the next two decades. This growth will b ...
Global Warming
... Boosting energy efficiency The energy used to power, heat, and cool our homes, businesses, and industries is the single largest contributor to global warming. Energy efficiency technologies allow us to use less energy to get the same or higher level of production, service, and comfort. This approach ...
... Boosting energy efficiency The energy used to power, heat, and cool our homes, businesses, and industries is the single largest contributor to global warming. Energy efficiency technologies allow us to use less energy to get the same or higher level of production, service, and comfort. This approach ...
PDF - Microbiology Society
... and other nutrients, which are vital for life on earth. These processes both use and produce key greenhouse gases (GHGs), including carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrous oxide (N2O) and methane (CH4). However, human activities, including those which stimulate microbial emissions, are accelerating climate ch ...
... and other nutrients, which are vital for life on earth. These processes both use and produce key greenhouse gases (GHGs), including carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrous oxide (N2O) and methane (CH4). However, human activities, including those which stimulate microbial emissions, are accelerating climate ch ...
Corporate greening falls short
... rolled out widely. There is no alternative, Lovins and Cohen say, because a carbon tax is not appealing to US politicians. Not so. Economic studies suggest that a carbon tax may be more costefficient than a cap-and-trade system (B. B. F. Wittneben Energy Policy 37, 2462–2464; 2009). It provides a cl ...
... rolled out widely. There is no alternative, Lovins and Cohen say, because a carbon tax is not appealing to US politicians. Not so. Economic studies suggest that a carbon tax may be more costefficient than a cap-and-trade system (B. B. F. Wittneben Energy Policy 37, 2462–2464; 2009). It provides a cl ...
MHC-200-Powerpoint
... accounts for approximately 37% of total U.S. CO2 emissions and 31% of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in 2013 ...
... accounts for approximately 37% of total U.S. CO2 emissions and 31% of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in 2013 ...
2 yr -1 - Federation of Earth Science Information Partners
... Advisory Committee to advise ARB. • Ensure public notice and opportunity for comment for all ARB actions. • Prior to imposing any mandates or authorizing market mechanisms, requires ARB to evaluate several factors, including but not limited to: impacts on California’s economy, the environment, and p ...
... Advisory Committee to advise ARB. • Ensure public notice and opportunity for comment for all ARB actions. • Prior to imposing any mandates or authorizing market mechanisms, requires ARB to evaluate several factors, including but not limited to: impacts on California’s economy, the environment, and p ...
A Meaningful Second Commitment Period for the Kyoto Protocol
... permits. Such sales could increase the income of developing countries even if the system requires that they reduce their emissions. Hence, cost-effectiveness and distributional equity can both be addressed. In fact, tradable permits, which make reductions cost-effective, can be used to achieve distr ...
... permits. Such sales could increase the income of developing countries even if the system requires that they reduce their emissions. Hence, cost-effectiveness and distributional equity can both be addressed. In fact, tradable permits, which make reductions cost-effective, can be used to achieve distr ...
UUSJ CAPITOL HILL LOBBY CORPS 11-23-13 goplerud
... Electric power plants are the largest individual source of carbon pollution in the United States, and there are currently no federal limits on the amount of carbon pollution new or existing plants can emit. There are few incentives to states to promote renewable, non-polluting power generation resou ...
... Electric power plants are the largest individual source of carbon pollution in the United States, and there are currently no federal limits on the amount of carbon pollution new or existing plants can emit. There are few incentives to states to promote renewable, non-polluting power generation resou ...
Climate-Change Challenge Today
... o A real-world example may be helpful. Many of you will recall the 2003 heat wave in southern Europe, which affected parts of Spain, Italy, and France and was blamed for between 35,000 and 70,000 premature deaths. Analyses have indicated that this was a 1-in-200-year event before humans started to i ...
... o A real-world example may be helpful. Many of you will recall the 2003 heat wave in southern Europe, which affected parts of Spain, Italy, and France and was blamed for between 35,000 and 70,000 premature deaths. Analyses have indicated that this was a 1-in-200-year event before humans started to i ...
Points to Make for Spain
... Truth be told about this claim, with 5% of the world’s population, the US produces somewhere below 25% of its emissions …and above 25% of its wealth. Compared to Europe, US produces more jobs with higher wages, and enjoys an economy that is 42.5 percent wealthier per person. Year after year, the US ...
... Truth be told about this claim, with 5% of the world’s population, the US produces somewhere below 25% of its emissions …and above 25% of its wealth. Compared to Europe, US produces more jobs with higher wages, and enjoys an economy that is 42.5 percent wealthier per person. Year after year, the US ...
Climate Change and HFCs a very brief scientific introduction
... They consume electricity, which is generated from fossil fuel combustion and so results in EMISSION of CO2 During normal operation there is NO EMISSION of the operating fluid. When the units are serviced or scrapped the fluid may be emitted. ...
... They consume electricity, which is generated from fossil fuel combustion and so results in EMISSION of CO2 During normal operation there is NO EMISSION of the operating fluid. When the units are serviced or scrapped the fluid may be emitted. ...
Slide 1 - climateknowledge.org
... • Analysis and Opinion – We need to start to plan for a world that is on average, warmer than the 2 degrees C that we have deemed as the threshold of “dangerous”. – We have an enormous opportunity provided by predictions of climate change. We have the choice of whether or not to take advantage of th ...
... • Analysis and Opinion – We need to start to plan for a world that is on average, warmer than the 2 degrees C that we have deemed as the threshold of “dangerous”. – We have an enormous opportunity provided by predictions of climate change. We have the choice of whether or not to take advantage of th ...
An Equal Chance Raphael Hanmbock and Aubrey Meyer say that
... ‘post-Kyoto’ settlement must be based upon it. However arbitrary, or even Utopian, it may seem to some, it is still less arbitrary than the random alternatives on offer. And, as the Archbishop of Canterbury observed last year, “anybody who thinks C&C is Utopian simply hasn’t looked honestly at the a ...
... ‘post-Kyoto’ settlement must be based upon it. However arbitrary, or even Utopian, it may seem to some, it is still less arbitrary than the random alternatives on offer. And, as the Archbishop of Canterbury observed last year, “anybody who thinks C&C is Utopian simply hasn’t looked honestly at the a ...
Intro to Environmental Science
... manage of all environmental problems? • Climate is the envelope for all of earth’s systems – Truly global impacts, everyone will be influenced somehow ...
... manage of all environmental problems? • Climate is the envelope for all of earth’s systems – Truly global impacts, everyone will be influenced somehow ...
Slide 1
... in the UK face multiple injustices as they: •contribute the least to causing climate change through their emissions •are likely to be most negatively affected by climate impacts •pay, as a proportion of income, the most towards implementation of certain policy responses •often benefit least from tho ...
... in the UK face multiple injustices as they: •contribute the least to causing climate change through their emissions •are likely to be most negatively affected by climate impacts •pay, as a proportion of income, the most towards implementation of certain policy responses •often benefit least from tho ...
Word - Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand
... is ongoing, but it is unlikely that we could reduce these emissions significantly other than by reducing the number of ruminant livestock. This is often used as an excuse to do nothing. However, the fastest growing greenhouse gas is carbon dioxide from fossil fuels, up by 37% since 1990, and current ...
... is ongoing, but it is unlikely that we could reduce these emissions significantly other than by reducing the number of ruminant livestock. This is often used as an excuse to do nothing. However, the fastest growing greenhouse gas is carbon dioxide from fossil fuels, up by 37% since 1990, and current ...
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.