Grand Policy Questions Economics of Climate Change
... Grand Policy Questions Economics of Climate Change ...
... Grand Policy Questions Economics of Climate Change ...
International Climate Policy UNFCCC and Kyoto
... • “the United States should not be a signatory to any protocol to, or other agreement regarding, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change of 1992, at negotiations in Kyoto in December 1997, or thereafter, which would • (A) mandate new commitments to limit or reduce greenhouse gas em ...
... • “the United States should not be a signatory to any protocol to, or other agreement regarding, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change of 1992, at negotiations in Kyoto in December 1997, or thereafter, which would • (A) mandate new commitments to limit or reduce greenhouse gas em ...
Transcript (in Word format)
... of regulatory and voluntary initiatives, is well on its way toward meeting its target. Other states are reducing emissions by diversifying their energy supplies, in particular through greater use of renewable energy. Twelve states have adopted renewable portfolio standards requiring utilities to ob ...
... of regulatory and voluntary initiatives, is well on its way toward meeting its target. Other states are reducing emissions by diversifying their energy supplies, in particular through greater use of renewable energy. Twelve states have adopted renewable portfolio standards requiring utilities to ob ...
Slide 1
... • How do we scale up renewable R&D by a large factor & coordinate internationally? • How fast can we build a super-grid with CSP? • Does doing one technology prevent us from doing another? Are possible supply chain shortages ‘across’ technologies or ‘within’ technologies • If the cost of high and lo ...
... • How do we scale up renewable R&D by a large factor & coordinate internationally? • How fast can we build a super-grid with CSP? • Does doing one technology prevent us from doing another? Are possible supply chain shortages ‘across’ technologies or ‘within’ technologies • If the cost of high and lo ...
Dealing with Climate Myths Gordon J. Aubrecht, II
... Myth 3. Humans are too puny to affect an entire planet. This must seem ridiculous to most scientists; it is too obvious to cause comment, ever since Revelle and Suess (1) explained in 1957 that humanity is presiding over an “unplanned experiment” with the massive release of carbon dioxide on Earth. ...
... Myth 3. Humans are too puny to affect an entire planet. This must seem ridiculous to most scientists; it is too obvious to cause comment, ever since Revelle and Suess (1) explained in 1957 that humanity is presiding over an “unplanned experiment” with the massive release of carbon dioxide on Earth. ...
Transportation Solutions
... are not necessarily better off just because pricing reduced congestion. While transit and operations investments are cited as ways to provide future mobility while reducing overall GHG emissions, the Moving Cooler analysis indicates that targeted highway capacity investments can also save fuel by re ...
... are not necessarily better off just because pricing reduced congestion. While transit and operations investments are cited as ways to provide future mobility while reducing overall GHG emissions, the Moving Cooler analysis indicates that targeted highway capacity investments can also save fuel by re ...
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ClimateChange1
... Earth’s temperature is increasing because carbon dioxide concentration is increasing. All evidence is that this is caused by human activity. ...
... Earth’s temperature is increasing because carbon dioxide concentration is increasing. All evidence is that this is caused by human activity. ...
Economic risk of change
... snow and ice, and rising sea level. The enhanced greenhouse effect is not hypothesis - it is empirically and theoretically well-established. ...
... snow and ice, and rising sea level. The enhanced greenhouse effect is not hypothesis - it is empirically and theoretically well-established. ...
Testimony - Competitive Enterprise Institute
... A document9 that I retrieved courtesy of Archive.org gives us a peek at DuPont’s original business strategy vis-a-vis carbon cap-and-trade schemes. Page 2 of the document (“Positive Returns on Greenhouse Gas Investments,” Dec. 2002) reports that in the late 1990s, DuPont invested $50 million to redu ...
... A document9 that I retrieved courtesy of Archive.org gives us a peek at DuPont’s original business strategy vis-a-vis carbon cap-and-trade schemes. Page 2 of the document (“Positive Returns on Greenhouse Gas Investments,” Dec. 2002) reports that in the late 1990s, DuPont invested $50 million to redu ...
Global Warming and Climate Change in a Nutshell
... 2-degree temperature goal would require that new CO2 emissions by century end not exceed 1 trillion tons. But, at current rates, that level of emissions will occur within 30 years. The IPCC has found that achieving the 2-degree goal would require reducing CO2 emissions by 40 – 70% by 2050 and to vir ...
... 2-degree temperature goal would require that new CO2 emissions by century end not exceed 1 trillion tons. But, at current rates, that level of emissions will occur within 30 years. The IPCC has found that achieving the 2-degree goal would require reducing CO2 emissions by 40 – 70% by 2050 and to vir ...
Harmonized Carbon Taxes What are
... Integrated Assessment (IA) Models What are IA models? These are models that include the full range of cause and effect in climate change (“end to end” modeling). Major goals of IA models: Project trends in consistent manner Assess costs and benefits of climate policies Estimate the carbon price and ...
... Integrated Assessment (IA) Models What are IA models? These are models that include the full range of cause and effect in climate change (“end to end” modeling). Major goals of IA models: Project trends in consistent manner Assess costs and benefits of climate policies Estimate the carbon price and ...
Presentación de PowerPoint
... relationship between climate change vulnerability and responsibility ...
... relationship between climate change vulnerability and responsibility ...
Why California? - National Caucus of Environmental Legislators
... Canadian automotive industry signed a major Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on climate change. Under the MOU the Canadian auto industry will take actions to voluntarily reduce GHG emissions of new vehicles in Canada so that by 2010, annual emission reductions will reach 5.3 megatonnes. ...
... Canadian automotive industry signed a major Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on climate change. Under the MOU the Canadian auto industry will take actions to voluntarily reduce GHG emissions of new vehicles in Canada so that by 2010, annual emission reductions will reach 5.3 megatonnes. ...
Sustain Energy GHG target submission
... Sustain Energy aims to achieve that goal by increasing local renewable energy generation, encouraging energy efficiency in residential, commercial and industrial buildings and encouraging demand management initiatives to reduce peak winter and summer loads. Sustain Energy recommends the Australian G ...
... Sustain Energy aims to achieve that goal by increasing local renewable energy generation, encouraging energy efficiency in residential, commercial and industrial buildings and encouraging demand management initiatives to reduce peak winter and summer loads. Sustain Energy recommends the Australian G ...
Global Warming Questions
... 18-19. We say the atmosphere “______________________” the Earth’s radiation. We call this planetary warming phenomenon the “________________________.” 20-23. If all greenhouse gases were removed from the atmosphere, the average surface temperature of Earth would drop from its current value of ______ ...
... 18-19. We say the atmosphere “______________________” the Earth’s radiation. We call this planetary warming phenomenon the “________________________.” 20-23. If all greenhouse gases were removed from the atmosphere, the average surface temperature of Earth would drop from its current value of ______ ...
AJH (presentation for seminar in San Diego, CA)_ArtH_ThursAm
... as well as forest conservation if it is adjacent to and in conjunction with forestation. • Requires long-term commitment, sustainable management, and independent verification. ...
... as well as forest conservation if it is adjacent to and in conjunction with forestation. • Requires long-term commitment, sustainable management, and independent verification. ...
document
... carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. The IPCC summary now puts a price on dumping carbon in the atmosphere. In order to limit the amount of greenhouse gas pollution and keep the global mean temperature increase below 2 degrees C the cost to polluters will be US$100/tCO2. Energy Efficiency & Re ...
... carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. The IPCC summary now puts a price on dumping carbon in the atmosphere. In order to limit the amount of greenhouse gas pollution and keep the global mean temperature increase below 2 degrees C the cost to polluters will be US$100/tCO2. Energy Efficiency & Re ...
1 - Naturvårdsverket
... 1% price increase is 0.6% to 0.8% in the long run, although the shortrun response is much smaller [15.5.2]. In some countries revenues are used to reduce other taxes to render policies more politically feasible. This illustrates the general principle that mitigation policies that raise government re ...
... 1% price increase is 0.6% to 0.8% in the long run, although the shortrun response is much smaller [15.5.2]. In some countries revenues are used to reduce other taxes to render policies more politically feasible. This illustrates the general principle that mitigation policies that raise government re ...
The Challenge of Climate Change and Economic Development in
... proposals to secure funding for projects needing to be aggregated from multiple cities and of a particular size Work with the MOF to change regulations which limit the use of alternative financial instruments that can be used by cities Change the approval processes imposed by the national government ...
... proposals to secure funding for projects needing to be aggregated from multiple cities and of a particular size Work with the MOF to change regulations which limit the use of alternative financial instruments that can be used by cities Change the approval processes imposed by the national government ...
Carbon dioxide emissions
... Ocean acidification is not the only environmental disease that CO2 emissions have been causing over the years. The carbon cycle is a complex two-way process in which both oceans and the atmosphere absorb and release an enormous quantity of CO2. Therefore, the increasing quantities of carbon dioxide, ...
... Ocean acidification is not the only environmental disease that CO2 emissions have been causing over the years. The carbon cycle is a complex two-way process in which both oceans and the atmosphere absorb and release an enormous quantity of CO2. Therefore, the increasing quantities of carbon dioxide, ...
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.