CPUC Workshop on Societal Cost Test
... Market price of CO2 in cap and trade system is not an appropriate guide for EE investment because: • Capped emissions are relatively small share of total mitigation. Market price likely does not reflect actual marginal cost of mitigation. • If CO2 price is returned to ratepayers through revenue recy ...
... Market price of CO2 in cap and trade system is not an appropriate guide for EE investment because: • Capped emissions are relatively small share of total mitigation. Market price likely does not reflect actual marginal cost of mitigation. • If CO2 price is returned to ratepayers through revenue recy ...
Three views of two degrees - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact
... version of this paper has appeared as ECF (European Climate Forum) Working Paper 2/2010. The current version is a reprint from Climate Change Economics (3). After this experience, the chances that a binding global agreement will reduce global greenhouse gas emissions anytime soon are definitely low. ...
... version of this paper has appeared as ECF (European Climate Forum) Working Paper 2/2010. The current version is a reprint from Climate Change Economics (3). After this experience, the chances that a binding global agreement will reduce global greenhouse gas emissions anytime soon are definitely low. ...
NB Climate Change Hub | News Monitoring | April
... University of Toronto researchers have identified the role of climate change on ozone distribution and atmospheric circulation over the earth’s surface.According to Michaela Hegglin, a postdoctoral fellow and lead researcher on the project, and professor Theodore Shepherd from the department of phys ...
... University of Toronto researchers have identified the role of climate change on ozone distribution and atmospheric circulation over the earth’s surface.According to Michaela Hegglin, a postdoctoral fellow and lead researcher on the project, and professor Theodore Shepherd from the department of phys ...
Entire Report - Center for Climate and Energy
... local, and this feature creates difficulties for the use of a single index to represent their effects across the globe. In the end, it is essential to consider these substances as part of climate policy, but more research and analysis is needed to quantitatively establish their climate influence and ...
... local, and this feature creates difficulties for the use of a single index to represent their effects across the globe. In the end, it is essential to consider these substances as part of climate policy, but more research and analysis is needed to quantitatively establish their climate influence and ...
Essentials of a Carbon Tax for Canada
... and transportation – they do not reflect the cost associated with the point when the carbon enters the atmosphere. A tax on carbon broadly across the economy ensures that all sectors respond according to the price signal, thus maintaining a level economic playing field for all businesses. To the ext ...
... and transportation – they do not reflect the cost associated with the point when the carbon enters the atmosphere. A tax on carbon broadly across the economy ensures that all sectors respond according to the price signal, thus maintaining a level economic playing field for all businesses. To the ext ...
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... It is important to note at this point that for any country both the benefits and the costs are not to be considered in isolation: their magnitude depends also on the policies implemented abroad, ...
... It is important to note at this point that for any country both the benefits and the costs are not to be considered in isolation: their magnitude depends also on the policies implemented abroad, ...
CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY CHAPTER I
... 13 metric tons per capita includes emissions from National Airport, although Arlington County exerts no control over the airport. Figure I-1 shows that the main sources of GHG emissions are electricity generation (both residential and commercial) and mobile sources. The annual GHG emission per avera ...
... 13 metric tons per capita includes emissions from National Airport, although Arlington County exerts no control over the airport. Figure I-1 shows that the main sources of GHG emissions are electricity generation (both residential and commercial) and mobile sources. The annual GHG emission per avera ...
This Time is Different (opens in new window)
... states’ emissions reduction contributions will be “nationally-determined”, and are unlikely to be legally binding under international law. This is likely to enable the participation, and increase the ambition, of the largest, systemically important emitters, including China and the United States, an ...
... states’ emissions reduction contributions will be “nationally-determined”, and are unlikely to be legally binding under international law. This is likely to enable the participation, and increase the ambition, of the largest, systemically important emitters, including China and the United States, an ...
The Paris Agreement: A New Beginning
... The Paris Agreement aims to hold global temperatures ‘well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C’ (Art. 2.1.(a)). This goes beyond what had been agreed in Copenhagen and confirmed in Cancún, namely to recognize ‘the scientific view tha ...
... The Paris Agreement aims to hold global temperatures ‘well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C’ (Art. 2.1.(a)). This goes beyond what had been agreed in Copenhagen and confirmed in Cancún, namely to recognize ‘the scientific view tha ...
Sierra Leone INDC
... transfer, and capacity building. This would require substantial donor support estimated to about $ 900 million. Long term global contribution: Sierra Leone intends to also present an intensity based reduction target by 25 to 35 percent, by 2050 in phases (2020-2030, 2030-2050) compared to 1990 inclu ...
... transfer, and capacity building. This would require substantial donor support estimated to about $ 900 million. Long term global contribution: Sierra Leone intends to also present an intensity based reduction target by 25 to 35 percent, by 2050 in phases (2020-2030, 2030-2050) compared to 1990 inclu ...
State-level economic impacts of a National Climate Change policy
... costs because they provide low-cost opportunities to reduce GHG emissions (see, for example, EPA, [2007] and [2008], Energy Journal [2006], Reilly et al. [2003], Babiker et al. [2002], Hyman et al. [2003], and Paltsev et al. [2003]). In addition to including these emissions reduction opportunities, ...
... costs because they provide low-cost opportunities to reduce GHG emissions (see, for example, EPA, [2007] and [2008], Energy Journal [2006], Reilly et al. [2003], Babiker et al. [2002], Hyman et al. [2003], and Paltsev et al. [2003]). In addition to including these emissions reduction opportunities, ...
IFAD - unfccc
... IFAD’s engagement on climate change is based mainly on developing activities that nurture linkages between Sustainable Land Management and climate ...
... IFAD’s engagement on climate change is based mainly on developing activities that nurture linkages between Sustainable Land Management and climate ...
3. estimated financial impact of the proposal/initiative
... As LULUCF accounting is done at national level, with the technical support from research institutes or agencies, associated administrative burden and costs for administering compliance will only affect the Member States, the Commission and the European Environment Agency. There are no direct reporti ...
... As LULUCF accounting is done at national level, with the technical support from research institutes or agencies, associated administrative burden and costs for administering compliance will only affect the Member States, the Commission and the European Environment Agency. There are no direct reporti ...
What does the Paris Agreement mean for climate policy in the
... negotiations. It is the first time that an international climate treaty contains national emission reduction targets and measures from close to 200 countries. The Paris Agreement is centred around two longterm goals: 1) The long-term temperature targets: The Paris Agreement aspires to keep global wa ...
... negotiations. It is the first time that an international climate treaty contains national emission reduction targets and measures from close to 200 countries. The Paris Agreement is centred around two longterm goals: 1) The long-term temperature targets: The Paris Agreement aspires to keep global wa ...
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... be met. However, many developing countries lack sufficient adaptive capacity. National governments, nongovernment organizations (NGOs), and international institutions therefore have a large role to play in building the necessary adaptive capacity and risk management structures. Significantly, mitiga ...
... be met. However, many developing countries lack sufficient adaptive capacity. National governments, nongovernment organizations (NGOs), and international institutions therefore have a large role to play in building the necessary adaptive capacity and risk management structures. Significantly, mitiga ...
Exploring negative territory Carbon dioxide removal and climate
... Considered as an emissions offset strategy CDR offers several potential advantages. First, it could be applied to ‘buy time’ for the development of technological alternatives and the adjustment of societal practices. For a given a stabilization target, successful CDR would enable emissions to contin ...
... Considered as an emissions offset strategy CDR offers several potential advantages. First, it could be applied to ‘buy time’ for the development of technological alternatives and the adjustment of societal practices. For a given a stabilization target, successful CDR would enable emissions to contin ...
The Bottom Line on Climate Change: A Manitoba Business Guide
... include the burning of fossil fuels for producing electrical energy, heating, and transportation. By increasing the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, human activities are disrupting the natural Greenhouse Effect. Fossil fuels: a collective term for coal, petroleum and natural gas. ...
... include the burning of fossil fuels for producing electrical energy, heating, and transportation. By increasing the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, human activities are disrupting the natural Greenhouse Effect. Fossil fuels: a collective term for coal, petroleum and natural gas. ...
improving climate change reporting AN ACCA AND FTSE GROUP DiSCUSSiON PAPER
... all and is impossible to ignore. Scenarios put forward in the media on almost a daily basis attempt to assess the likely impacts and call for urgent response from business, government and individuals. Every segment of society faces challenges. Governments and multi-lateral aid agencies may face incr ...
... all and is impossible to ignore. Scenarios put forward in the media on almost a daily basis attempt to assess the likely impacts and call for urgent response from business, government and individuals. Every segment of society faces challenges. Governments and multi-lateral aid agencies may face incr ...
CLIMATE PROTECTION IN GUATEMALA: THE DEVELOPMENT
... minor in relation to the climate change impacts the nation has suffered. Although it is affected most violently by the increased intensity of tropical storms, the measures it can adopt to reduce its own greenhouse emissions are arguably negligible within the global levels of greenhouse pollution. Ne ...
... minor in relation to the climate change impacts the nation has suffered. Although it is affected most violently by the increased intensity of tropical storms, the measures it can adopt to reduce its own greenhouse emissions are arguably negligible within the global levels of greenhouse pollution. Ne ...
adaptation - Network for Business Sustainability
... • Important to add climate change risk and vulnerability analysis to decision-making • Place to start is to define risk because climate change has many indirect • Rationale based on traditional economics: save money, reduce risk, increase energy efficiency, minimize waste ...
... • Important to add climate change risk and vulnerability analysis to decision-making • Place to start is to define risk because climate change has many indirect • Rationale based on traditional economics: save money, reduce risk, increase energy efficiency, minimize waste ...
Québec and Climate change 2006-2012 Action Plan
... GHG emissions of automobiles, following the California standard, is being drafted in view of prepublication by December 2007 (measure 3). With regard to regulating at 105 km/hr speed limiting devices for trucks (measure 10), modelling studies are currently underway to assess the impact of such a mea ...
... GHG emissions of automobiles, following the California standard, is being drafted in view of prepublication by December 2007 (measure 3). With regard to regulating at 105 km/hr speed limiting devices for trucks (measure 10), modelling studies are currently underway to assess the impact of such a mea ...
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.