AVOID Workstream One
... breaching of several tipping points in the earth system is likely. • This would raise temperatures above 4C since many act as feedbacks and are not included in climate models presently • Breaching range of several key tipping points may occur at 3C • 2016 scenarios effective at avoiding entering thi ...
... breaching of several tipping points in the earth system is likely. • This would raise temperatures above 4C since many act as feedbacks and are not included in climate models presently • Breaching range of several key tipping points may occur at 3C • 2016 scenarios effective at avoiding entering thi ...
Climate Change - Ku-ring-gai Council
... risk management principles. Ku-ring-gai Council has initiated many greenhouse mitigation projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (refer to attachment 1 for further details). In 1999, Council signed up to the Cities for Climate Protection Program and in 2002 developed a Greenhouse Action Plan to ...
... risk management principles. Ku-ring-gai Council has initiated many greenhouse mitigation projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (refer to attachment 1 for further details). In 1999, Council signed up to the Cities for Climate Protection Program and in 2002 developed a Greenhouse Action Plan to ...
Tracking pan-Canadian climate progress and
... global clean technology sector, and saw a 41% decline from 2005 and 2014. Meanwhile, Bloomberg New Energy Finance has shown that fossil fuel development will attract $2.1 trillion worth of investments by 2040 — but renewable energy will outpace that at $7.8 trillion over the same period. Global data ...
... global clean technology sector, and saw a 41% decline from 2005 and 2014. Meanwhile, Bloomberg New Energy Finance has shown that fossil fuel development will attract $2.1 trillion worth of investments by 2040 — but renewable energy will outpace that at $7.8 trillion over the same period. Global data ...
Low-carbon Economy --the Inevitable Choice to Achieve Sustainable Development
... Both the recycling economy and the low-carbon economy are popular economic models. Based on market mechanisms, through the establishment of policy countermeasures and the development of science and technology, they promote the transformation from high input, high consumption and high emissions, low ...
... Both the recycling economy and the low-carbon economy are popular economic models. Based on market mechanisms, through the establishment of policy countermeasures and the development of science and technology, they promote the transformation from high input, high consumption and high emissions, low ...
Economic growth and development with low-carbon energy
... past 200 years. The importance of fossil fuels has been documented both over the historic long-term (Stern 2011; Fouquet 2008; Fouquet and Pearson 1998) and in the study of contemporary drivers of growth (McCulloch 2016). The significance of modern energy for economic development is recognized in th ...
... past 200 years. The importance of fossil fuels has been documented both over the historic long-term (Stern 2011; Fouquet 2008; Fouquet and Pearson 1998) and in the study of contemporary drivers of growth (McCulloch 2016). The significance of modern energy for economic development is recognized in th ...
FOOD, FOSSIL FUELS AND FILTHY FINANCE 191 OXFAM BRIEFING PAPER 17 OCTOBER 2014
... fuels and will also need to move concertedly towards low-carbon pathways in the coming decade if warming is to stay below 2°C. As their economies grow they will have increasing capacity to make these investments, building on the positive moves they have already made in this direction. Poorer develop ...
... fuels and will also need to move concertedly towards low-carbon pathways in the coming decade if warming is to stay below 2°C. As their economies grow they will have increasing capacity to make these investments, building on the positive moves they have already made in this direction. Poorer develop ...
The National Climate Change Response Policy
... This represents the culmination of an iterative and participatory policy development process that was started in October 2005. The process involved ground-breaking modelling and research activities, two national conferences, numerous workshops and conferences in every province, hundreds of bilateral ...
... This represents the culmination of an iterative and participatory policy development process that was started in October 2005. The process involved ground-breaking modelling and research activities, two national conferences, numerous workshops and conferences in every province, hundreds of bilateral ...
Summary of the management of natural coastal carbon sinks
... These coastal habitats are under significant threat, and the loss of carbon sequestra on capacity associated with the annual habitat destruc on of mangroves and seagrass meadows is comparable to that of the annual decline in the Amazon rainforests. Since reducing carbon emissions will be a global co ...
... These coastal habitats are under significant threat, and the loss of carbon sequestra on capacity associated with the annual habitat destruc on of mangroves and seagrass meadows is comparable to that of the annual decline in the Amazon rainforests. Since reducing carbon emissions will be a global co ...
Climate regulation in New Zealand: contribution of natural and
... greenhouse gases that could otherwise lead to undesirable changes in global climate. Quantifying this service requires accounting for both stocks and flows. While greenhouse gas emissions and removals are reported in the national inventory, this inventory accounts only for human-induced changes in g ...
... greenhouse gases that could otherwise lead to undesirable changes in global climate. Quantifying this service requires accounting for both stocks and flows. While greenhouse gas emissions and removals are reported in the national inventory, this inventory accounts only for human-induced changes in g ...
Carbon Cycle
... reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to the signatory nations. • The objective of the protocol is the "stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system."[1] • As of December 2006, a total of 1 ...
... reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to the signatory nations. • The objective of the protocol is the "stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system."[1] • As of December 2006, a total of 1 ...
College greenhouse gas inventory
... boilers and running the pumps that are used for space heating and domestic water heating. Electricity consumption and its associated emissions have been increasing significantly over the last seven years at Pomona. Consumption increased by 23.40% between 1999-2000 and 20052006 as shown in Figure 3.1 ...
... boilers and running the pumps that are used for space heating and domestic water heating. Electricity consumption and its associated emissions have been increasing significantly over the last seven years at Pomona. Consumption increased by 23.40% between 1999-2000 and 20052006 as shown in Figure 3.1 ...
Scientific Case for Avoiding Dangerous Climate
... from the Mount Pinatubo volcanic eruption, which reduced sunlight reaching Earth's surface as much as 2%. The long-term global warming trend is predominately a forced climate change caused by increased human-made atmospheric gases, mainly CO2 (1). The basic physics underlying this global warming, t ...
... from the Mount Pinatubo volcanic eruption, which reduced sunlight reaching Earth's surface as much as 2%. The long-term global warming trend is predominately a forced climate change caused by increased human-made atmospheric gases, mainly CO2 (1). The basic physics underlying this global warming, t ...
The Hartwell Paper - Eureka
... congruent with carbon policy. It explains the political prerequisite of energy efficiency strategies as a first step and documents how this can achieve real emissions reductions. But, above all, it emphasises the primacy of accelerating decarbonisation of energy supply. This calls ...
... congruent with carbon policy. It explains the political prerequisite of energy efficiency strategies as a first step and documents how this can achieve real emissions reductions. But, above all, it emphasises the primacy of accelerating decarbonisation of energy supply. This calls ...
Hansen et al Climate change
... from the Mount Pinatubo volcanic eruption, which reduced sunlight reaching Earth's surface as much as 2%. The long-term global warming trend is predominately a forced climate change caused by increased human-made atmospheric gases, mainly CO2 (1). The basic physics underlying this global warming, t ...
... from the Mount Pinatubo volcanic eruption, which reduced sunlight reaching Earth's surface as much as 2%. The long-term global warming trend is predominately a forced climate change caused by increased human-made atmospheric gases, mainly CO2 (1). The basic physics underlying this global warming, t ...
The business aviation community has long been committed to
... An improvement in fuel efficiency of an average of 2% per year from today until 2020; and, A reduction in total CO2 emissions of 50% by 2050 relative to 2005. ...
... An improvement in fuel efficiency of an average of 2% per year from today until 2020; and, A reduction in total CO2 emissions of 50% by 2050 relative to 2005. ...
natural solutions to climate change
... efficiency and developing carbon-free energy sources—a shift away from fossil fuels that will take decades to achieve. Similarly, efforts to help people and species adapt to climate change will include technologies and infrastructure such as sea walls, levees and irrigation works. These “hard engine ...
... efficiency and developing carbon-free energy sources—a shift away from fossil fuels that will take decades to achieve. Similarly, efforts to help people and species adapt to climate change will include technologies and infrastructure such as sea walls, levees and irrigation works. These “hard engine ...
The Climate Change Fiasco
... less. This will provide a substantial extra sink for CO2. The IPCC predicts that temperatures will rise by around 2 degrees in the years to come causing ocean temperatures to also rise. This will result in extra out gassing of CO2 in the tropics and less CO2 uptake in the cooler polar waters. Withou ...
... less. This will provide a substantial extra sink for CO2. The IPCC predicts that temperatures will rise by around 2 degrees in the years to come causing ocean temperatures to also rise. This will result in extra out gassing of CO2 in the tropics and less CO2 uptake in the cooler polar waters. Withou ...
Key elements of a global deal on climate change
... • The technologies involved will be transformational, but action, if taken now, is both manageable and affordable. • By promoting reduced pollution, improved resource efficiency, and energy security, cost-effective policies can bring about a safer, cleaner, and more prosperous world without jeopardi ...
... • The technologies involved will be transformational, but action, if taken now, is both manageable and affordable. • By promoting reduced pollution, improved resource efficiency, and energy security, cost-effective policies can bring about a safer, cleaner, and more prosperous world without jeopardi ...
Climate Change Impacts on Guyana and Current Initiatives
... • Guyana’s people and productive land can ...
... • Guyana’s people and productive land can ...
Introduction - San Jose State University
... Some of these contribute to warming the climate Some of these contribute to cooling the climate It would be helpful if we could develop a tool for measuring the strength of the various warming and cooling factors. The Radiative Forcing calculation is a tool for measuring how climate will cha ...
... Some of these contribute to warming the climate Some of these contribute to cooling the climate It would be helpful if we could develop a tool for measuring the strength of the various warming and cooling factors. The Radiative Forcing calculation is a tool for measuring how climate will cha ...
Compressed Natural Gas Conversion of Motor Vehicles in Dhaka
... arising from the policy (the dashed box in Fig. 1). The significant challenge lies in collecting all the ...
... arising from the policy (the dashed box in Fig. 1). The significant challenge lies in collecting all the ...
Climate change, development, poverty and economics
... fundamentally redraw the map of the planet, and where and how humans and other species can live. Climate change is also unique in the scale of the response that is needed. Reducing climate risks requires cooperation from all countries, developed and developing, to reorient their economic systems awa ...
... fundamentally redraw the map of the planet, and where and how humans and other species can live. Climate change is also unique in the scale of the response that is needed. Reducing climate risks requires cooperation from all countries, developed and developing, to reorient their economic systems awa ...
ALEC Quote - Union of Concerned Scientists
... recent climate science findings in periodic reports. In 2014, IPCC concluded that “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal” and that “It is extremely likely [95-100% probability] that more than half of the observed increase in global average surface temperature from 1951 to 2010 was caused by t ...
... recent climate science findings in periodic reports. In 2014, IPCC concluded that “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal” and that “It is extremely likely [95-100% probability] that more than half of the observed increase in global average surface temperature from 1951 to 2010 was caused by t ...
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.