Mitigation Strategies Slides
... The level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have increased, causing the Earth’s temperature to rise. One greenhouse gas in particular, carbon dioxide (CO2) has steadily increased over the past century largely due to ...
... The level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have increased, causing the Earth’s temperature to rise. One greenhouse gas in particular, carbon dioxide (CO2) has steadily increased over the past century largely due to ...
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE _____ Issue: Environmental
... Environmental organizations and some scientists contend that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from human activities (anthropogenic GHGs) are the principal cause for an increase in average global temperatures. They argue that unless measures are taken to reduce these emissions, the cumulative effect ov ...
... Environmental organizations and some scientists contend that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from human activities (anthropogenic GHGs) are the principal cause for an increase in average global temperatures. They argue that unless measures are taken to reduce these emissions, the cumulative effect ov ...
How nuclear energy can help
... The first is to become more energy efficient, by not wasting it and by developing smarter products. Walking or using public transport instead of using our cars for every journey can help reduce emissions. Using appliances such as energy efficient light bulbs can also help to lower our energy demand. ...
... The first is to become more energy efficient, by not wasting it and by developing smarter products. Walking or using public transport instead of using our cars for every journey can help reduce emissions. Using appliances such as energy efficient light bulbs can also help to lower our energy demand. ...
Gathering slides - Melbourne Energy Institute
... supports national and global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Climate change is a global problem that requires a global solution. In 2010, governments agreed that emissions need to be reduced to ensure global temperature increases are limited to below two degrees Celsius. All countries, i ...
... supports national and global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Climate change is a global problem that requires a global solution. In 2010, governments agreed that emissions need to be reduced to ensure global temperature increases are limited to below two degrees Celsius. All countries, i ...
Ladies and gentlemen Climate Change has become a reality much
... The new IPCC assessment report says that humanity has time until 2020 to reverse the path of constantly growing GHG emissions. If we don’t act in these remaining 13 years dangerous climate change will become irreversible. All governments sitting here are signatories to the UNFCCC and that means you ...
... The new IPCC assessment report says that humanity has time until 2020 to reverse the path of constantly growing GHG emissions. If we don’t act in these remaining 13 years dangerous climate change will become irreversible. All governments sitting here are signatories to the UNFCCC and that means you ...
DavidWarrilow_UKApproach_AAAS_021304
... • Look to scientific evidence and risks ensure it underpins policy • Accept conclusions of IPCC • Support research to reduce uncertainties • Uncertainties no reason to defer actions • Aim for international consensus view of ...
... • Look to scientific evidence and risks ensure it underpins policy • Accept conclusions of IPCC • Support research to reduce uncertainties • Uncertainties no reason to defer actions • Aim for international consensus view of ...
DavidWarrilow_UKApproach_AAAS_021304
... • Look to scientific evidence and risks ensure it underpins policy • Accept conclusions of IPCC • Support research to reduce uncertainties • Uncertainties no reason to defer actions • Aim for international consensus view of ...
... • Look to scientific evidence and risks ensure it underpins policy • Accept conclusions of IPCC • Support research to reduce uncertainties • Uncertainties no reason to defer actions • Aim for international consensus view of ...
Briefing note: Changes in global and uk climate (222 kB) (opens in new window)
... surface, oceans and atmosphere, while the extent of snow and ice cover has also decreased and sea level has risen. Global average surface temperature has increased by 0.85°C since 1880, and by about 0.6°C to 0.7°C since 1950. It is extremely likely, or 95 per cent probable, that most of the warming ...
... surface, oceans and atmosphere, while the extent of snow and ice cover has also decreased and sea level has risen. Global average surface temperature has increased by 0.85°C since 1880, and by about 0.6°C to 0.7°C since 1950. It is extremely likely, or 95 per cent probable, that most of the warming ...
How to Think about Business Sustainability and
... economic growth and social progress changes to our ...
... economic growth and social progress changes to our ...
Energy Technology and Measures to Address Climate Change
... efficient clothes washer uses 70% less electricity than does least efficient available. Spins clothes drier, thereby reducing drier time and energy use It uses 85% less water, saving 16,000 gallons per year It gets clothes cleaner It costs twice as much ...
... efficient clothes washer uses 70% less electricity than does least efficient available. Spins clothes drier, thereby reducing drier time and energy use It uses 85% less water, saving 16,000 gallons per year It gets clothes cleaner It costs twice as much ...
What are the anthropogenic causes of climate change?
... • Highest rate of temperature change in late 20th – 21st century • 1990s warmest decade on record • Most increases in the mid and high latitudes of northern hemisphere • Argument that human activity has significantly increased the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere ...
... • Highest rate of temperature change in late 20th – 21st century • 1990s warmest decade on record • Most increases in the mid and high latitudes of northern hemisphere • Argument that human activity has significantly increased the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere ...
PPT
... • The SEEA, together with the SNA and related satellite accounts, has the potential to bring together in one consistent analytical framework all relevant information with regard to the relationships between the economy and climate change, that can be used for climate change assessment, policy and de ...
... • The SEEA, together with the SNA and related satellite accounts, has the potential to bring together in one consistent analytical framework all relevant information with regard to the relationships between the economy and climate change, that can be used for climate change assessment, policy and de ...
0404GHGBROWN (State Best Practices: Energy Policy Panel)
... Transportation Fuel Demand Forecast to Increase Significantly ...
... Transportation Fuel Demand Forecast to Increase Significantly ...
Climate Change, Greenhouse Gases, and the Livestock Industry
... • Includes emissions produced by livestock themselves and emissions produced by the clearing of forests in creation of pastures for livestock • In agriculture only 8% of grain is used to grow food for direct human consumption • Remaining is used to feed livestock ...
... • Includes emissions produced by livestock themselves and emissions produced by the clearing of forests in creation of pastures for livestock • In agriculture only 8% of grain is used to grow food for direct human consumption • Remaining is used to feed livestock ...
Key findings
... Beyond adaptation Adaptation to climate change is necessary to address impacts resulting from the warming which is already unavoidable due to past emissions However: • Adaptation alone cannot cope with all the projected impacts of climate change • The costs of adaptation and impacts will increase a ...
... Beyond adaptation Adaptation to climate change is necessary to address impacts resulting from the warming which is already unavoidable due to past emissions However: • Adaptation alone cannot cope with all the projected impacts of climate change • The costs of adaptation and impacts will increase a ...
Dear Gary Johnson
... ii. In 2001 AR3 concluded that “most of the observed warming over the last 50 years is likely (probability >67%) to have been due to the increase in greenhouse gas concentrations.” (Italics mine). ...
... ii. In 2001 AR3 concluded that “most of the observed warming over the last 50 years is likely (probability >67%) to have been due to the increase in greenhouse gas concentrations.” (Italics mine). ...
RTW-WALISshortjun07 - Future Smart Strategies
... both mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and rapidly prepare for adaptation to climate change. A raft of immediately accessible and affordable solutions to both reduce greenhouse emissions and provide alternative sources of energy are already in our possession. Some businesses and members of the commu ...
... both mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and rapidly prepare for adaptation to climate change. A raft of immediately accessible and affordable solutions to both reduce greenhouse emissions and provide alternative sources of energy are already in our possession. Some businesses and members of the commu ...
Rutgers Model Congress 2009
... there has been a marked increase in the emission of greenhouse gases (mainly carbon dioxide), in proportion to industrial expansion, which hinged on coal and oil as the key fuel. Power plants, for example, emit billions of tons of carbon dioxide each year from burning of fossil fuels for the purpos ...
... there has been a marked increase in the emission of greenhouse gases (mainly carbon dioxide), in proportion to industrial expansion, which hinged on coal and oil as the key fuel. Power plants, for example, emit billions of tons of carbon dioxide each year from burning of fossil fuels for the purpos ...
FOE WinACC meeting Jan 2011
... next few years and thereafter drastically and progressively reduce them to near zero by 2050. Some form of international capping system is required. More than 90% of existing fossil fuel reserves must stay in the ground. Massive investment in energy conservation and renewables is needed. Generating ...
... next few years and thereafter drastically and progressively reduce them to near zero by 2050. Some form of international capping system is required. More than 90% of existing fossil fuel reserves must stay in the ground. Massive investment in energy conservation and renewables is needed. Generating ...
Professor Anthony Clayton
... As a result of these non-ratifications and exemptions, UN projections indicate that the treaty will reduce the currently projected rise in average surface temperature of 1.4 to 5.8°C by 2100 by just 0.1%. ...
... As a result of these non-ratifications and exemptions, UN projections indicate that the treaty will reduce the currently projected rise in average surface temperature of 1.4 to 5.8°C by 2100 by just 0.1%. ...
Why shouldn`t New Zealand aim to be the first
... The role of research in New Zealand’s sustainable future David Parker Energy and Climate Change Minister ...
... The role of research in New Zealand’s sustainable future David Parker Energy and Climate Change Minister ...
Emissions Trading: A Briefing
... – Forum of government and non-government organisations on adaptation ...
... – Forum of government and non-government organisations on adaptation ...
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.