Livestock and greenhouse gas emissions: The importance of getting
... according to the GHG Protocol (http://www.ghgprotocol.org/) – the most widely-used protocol for counting GHG emissions in the world – are considered to come under Scope 1 and Scope 2 (that is, GHG emissions from elements owned or purchased by a livestock producer). However, our World Watch article ...
... according to the GHG Protocol (http://www.ghgprotocol.org/) – the most widely-used protocol for counting GHG emissions in the world – are considered to come under Scope 1 and Scope 2 (that is, GHG emissions from elements owned or purchased by a livestock producer). However, our World Watch article ...
The EU and Strategies for New Climate Treaty Negotiations
... options for mitigating climate change under national or international laws and, if so, would the national legislations, private contracts and environmental contracts serve as alternatives to a treaty? Drawing insights from international law and relations, this policy analysis focuses on the future n ...
... options for mitigating climate change under national or international laws and, if so, would the national legislations, private contracts and environmental contracts serve as alternatives to a treaty? Drawing insights from international law and relations, this policy analysis focuses on the future n ...
An Examination of Carbon Sequestration via Global Reforestation
... has experienced rapid changes due to anthropogenic activities (Schimel, 1995). The carbon cycle is a series of biochemical processes by which compounds are interconverted in the natural environment, chiefly involving the incorporation of carbon dioxide (CO2) into living tissue by photosynthesis and ...
... has experienced rapid changes due to anthropogenic activities (Schimel, 1995). The carbon cycle is a series of biochemical processes by which compounds are interconverted in the natural environment, chiefly involving the incorporation of carbon dioxide (CO2) into living tissue by photosynthesis and ...
All Countries Need to Take Major Steps on Climate Change: Global
... and believe both developed and developing countries should limit emissions, they are more divided than other publics about whether immediate action is necessary. Eighty-seven percent of German respondents agree that human activity is a significant cause of climate change and 95 percent think it is n ...
... and believe both developed and developing countries should limit emissions, they are more divided than other publics about whether immediate action is necessary. Eighty-seven percent of German respondents agree that human activity is a significant cause of climate change and 95 percent think it is n ...
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... Most economic assessments of the contribution of the forest sector to global climate stabilization policies have abstracted from the institutional details of how national commitments would be structured and how emission reductions would be traded in a carbon market system. Our analysis builds upon ...
... Most economic assessments of the contribution of the forest sector to global climate stabilization policies have abstracted from the institutional details of how national commitments would be structured and how emission reductions would be traded in a carbon market system. Our analysis builds upon ...
Burden Sharing and Fairness Principles in International
... of the Polluter Pays Principle.8 Applied to the climate change issue, the principle of responsibility would imply that countries with the largest emissions per capita would have to make the largest cutbacks (other things being equal). This requires that the relevant emission time period be defined, ...
... of the Polluter Pays Principle.8 Applied to the climate change issue, the principle of responsibility would imply that countries with the largest emissions per capita would have to make the largest cutbacks (other things being equal). This requires that the relevant emission time period be defined, ...
Climate Change Risk Management - American Meteorological Society
... However, mitigation might also confer benefits unrelated to climate change risk management (often called cobenefits). For example, reducing emissions of greenhouse gases would likely reduce some traditional forms of air pollution (e.g., emissions from coal-fired power plants), which would benefit pu ...
... However, mitigation might also confer benefits unrelated to climate change risk management (often called cobenefits). For example, reducing emissions of greenhouse gases would likely reduce some traditional forms of air pollution (e.g., emissions from coal-fired power plants), which would benefit pu ...
Chapter 3: U.S. Legal Developments: Legislative, Executive, and
... (heat waves, droughts), more destructive hurricanes, higher water temperatures, rising sea levels, and stronger winter storms. Impacts of climate change are likely to become more severe, affecting water resources, altering ecosystems, and challenging crop and livestock production. Higher sea levels ...
... (heat waves, droughts), more destructive hurricanes, higher water temperatures, rising sea levels, and stronger winter storms. Impacts of climate change are likely to become more severe, affecting water resources, altering ecosystems, and challenging crop and livestock production. Higher sea levels ...
How the United Nations System Supports Ambitious Action
... agencies, funds, programmes and other bodies that coordinate their respective activities on climate change. The brochure has one simple purpose: to show Governments and the public how the diverse entities of the UN system work together to support ambitious international action on climate change. It ...
... agencies, funds, programmes and other bodies that coordinate their respective activities on climate change. The brochure has one simple purpose: to show Governments and the public how the diverse entities of the UN system work together to support ambitious international action on climate change. It ...
2.2. Integrating climate change into forestry: Mitigation
... Narration: At the forest scale, two important concepts must be introduced: stock and flux. A forest - or any ecosystem - is a set of carbon stocks. Carbon is everywhere, from the leaves to the soil. A good way to visualise a stock of carbon is to think of the biomass stored in the ecosystem. Biomas ...
... Narration: At the forest scale, two important concepts must be introduced: stock and flux. A forest - or any ecosystem - is a set of carbon stocks. Carbon is everywhere, from the leaves to the soil. A good way to visualise a stock of carbon is to think of the biomass stored in the ecosystem. Biomas ...
Climate Change, Convention, Protocol and CDM by Kalipada
... assist developed countries in achieving compliance with their Quantified Emission ...
... assist developed countries in achieving compliance with their Quantified Emission ...
How the UN System Supports Ambitious Action on Climate Change
... on renewable and other energy sources from a number of UN agencies. The focus of this particular study was on renewables, but it also included nuclear as an option. This enabled Ghana to explore alternative scenarios for developing a much bigger low-carbon energy sector based on different assumption ...
... on renewable and other energy sources from a number of UN agencies. The focus of this particular study was on renewables, but it also included nuclear as an option. This enabled Ghana to explore alternative scenarios for developing a much bigger low-carbon energy sector based on different assumption ...
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... influenced by a variety of economic factors, that are not limited to the changes in relative prices. In other words, endogenous TC refers to both shifts of the production isoquant, and shifts along the production isoquant. Policy measures adopted at the local, national or international level may pla ...
... influenced by a variety of economic factors, that are not limited to the changes in relative prices. In other words, endogenous TC refers to both shifts of the production isoquant, and shifts along the production isoquant. Policy measures adopted at the local, national or international level may pla ...
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... Impacts from climate change will be spread across time and space. The search for economically efficient mitigation and adaptation strategies is one of the key challenges for today‘s policy makers. Looking for an efficient greenhouse gas emission profile from the perspective of a global decision make ...
... Impacts from climate change will be spread across time and space. The search for economically efficient mitigation and adaptation strategies is one of the key challenges for today‘s policy makers. Looking for an efficient greenhouse gas emission profile from the perspective of a global decision make ...
Chapter 2 of Stern Review: approach to discounting
... Understanding the market failures that lead to climate change ...
... Understanding the market failures that lead to climate change ...
10 Years of Advancing Knowledge on the Global Carbon Cycle and
... The Global Carbon Project (GCP) was established in 2001 in recognition of the enormous scientific challenge and critical nature of the carbon cycle for the Earth’s sustainability. It was formed to establish a framework for international coordinated research on the global carbon cycle that advances f ...
... The Global Carbon Project (GCP) was established in 2001 in recognition of the enormous scientific challenge and critical nature of the carbon cycle for the Earth’s sustainability. It was formed to establish a framework for international coordinated research on the global carbon cycle that advances f ...
The Global Politics of Climate Change: Challenge for Political Science
... each frame generates a distinctive type of politics—both international and domestic.3 The five policy frames follow: 1) Mitigation—emissions limitation—with the costs borne by current consumers and taxpayers, which in democracies means by voters; 2) Adaptation so that human beings can live in a warme ...
... each frame generates a distinctive type of politics—both international and domestic.3 The five policy frames follow: 1) Mitigation—emissions limitation—with the costs borne by current consumers and taxpayers, which in democracies means by voters; 2) Adaptation so that human beings can live in a warme ...
a critical look at “the moral case for fossil fuels”
... Industrialization, fueled largely by coal, gas, and oil, has indeed brought with it advances in health, higher standards of living, and tremendous social progress (even if not every ounce of that progress can be attributed directly to fossil energy). And we continue to be hugely dependent on the fos ...
... Industrialization, fueled largely by coal, gas, and oil, has indeed brought with it advances in health, higher standards of living, and tremendous social progress (even if not every ounce of that progress can be attributed directly to fossil energy). And we continue to be hugely dependent on the fos ...
China`s Policies and Actions for Addressing Climate Change (White
... areas at the same latitude. Many places in China are cold in winter and hot in summer, and high temperatures generally prevail in the country at large in summer. Precipitation is unevenly distributed in time and space, concentrating in the flood season, and annual precipitation decreases from the so ...
... areas at the same latitude. Many places in China are cold in winter and hot in summer, and high temperatures generally prevail in the country at large in summer. Precipitation is unevenly distributed in time and space, concentrating in the flood season, and annual precipitation decreases from the so ...
GENERAL Climate Change Aspects in Agriculture in Bolivia
... sorghum and 30,000 ha of pastureland8. Bolivia also experiences consequences of La Niña in the form of cold fronts during summer in the Eastern part of the country, leading to increased rainfall. In 2004, a 12 hour snow storm affected the Southern provinces of Potosi, with severe damages in livestoc ...
... sorghum and 30,000 ha of pastureland8. Bolivia also experiences consequences of La Niña in the form of cold fronts during summer in the Eastern part of the country, leading to increased rainfall. In 2004, a 12 hour snow storm affected the Southern provinces of Potosi, with severe damages in livestoc ...
checklist-toward-zero-carbon-updated-7-22-09
... in a vibrant local economy - so you never have to drive. 6. Purchase natural and concentrated cleaning products.16 7. Buy Green beauty products.17 8. Use organic dry cleaning. 9. Or avoid buying clothing that requires dry ...
... in a vibrant local economy - so you never have to drive. 6. Purchase natural and concentrated cleaning products.16 7. Buy Green beauty products.17 8. Use organic dry cleaning. 9. Or avoid buying clothing that requires dry ...
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.