COP21 at Paris: What to expect
... In 2005, the World Bank assembled a group of well-known economists, including Nobel Prize winner Michael Spence and the father of growth theory Robert Solow, and frontline policymakers, such as Governor Zhou Xiaochuan of the central bank of China, to discuss the future of economic growth. I was part ...
... In 2005, the World Bank assembled a group of well-known economists, including Nobel Prize winner Michael Spence and the father of growth theory Robert Solow, and frontline policymakers, such as Governor Zhou Xiaochuan of the central bank of China, to discuss the future of economic growth. I was part ...
Carbon stock accounts - UNSD
... 19. The flow based approach to accounting has encouraged policies that assume the mitigation value of carbon in different reservoirs is equal. By design, a stock-based approach can recognise that the mitigation value of carbon depends on the qualities of the reservoir in which it is embodied, namel ...
... 19. The flow based approach to accounting has encouraged policies that assume the mitigation value of carbon in different reservoirs is equal. By design, a stock-based approach can recognise that the mitigation value of carbon depends on the qualities of the reservoir in which it is embodied, namel ...
a climate change litigation precedent urgenda foundation v the state
... 2007: Mitigation of Climate Change, indicates that achieving the lowest levels assessed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to date and its corresponding potential damage limitation would require Annex I Parties as a group to reduce emissions in a range of 25–40 per cent below 1990 leve ...
... 2007: Mitigation of Climate Change, indicates that achieving the lowest levels assessed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to date and its corresponding potential damage limitation would require Annex I Parties as a group to reduce emissions in a range of 25–40 per cent below 1990 leve ...
A fair climate deal in Paris means adequate finance to deliver INDCs
... has, for the first time, taken a bottom up, or country-led approach to global climate action. To date, 150 parties, including 44 LDCs, have submitted their INDCs to the UNFCCC. Together, these nations account for around 86 per cent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. A synthesis report, publish ...
... has, for the first time, taken a bottom up, or country-led approach to global climate action. To date, 150 parties, including 44 LDCs, have submitted their INDCs to the UNFCCC. Together, these nations account for around 86 per cent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. A synthesis report, publish ...
"Climate Change and Agriculture: Agriculture's Role in Cap-and-Trade"
... Cap-and-Trade…and Opportunities for Agriculture Q: What is the role of Agricultural Offsets in Cap-and-Trade? A: Offsets are a cost-containment measure (keep costs of cap-&-trade system lower for society, for capped entities); and, A: Soil sinks, other ag reductions have multiple ancillary benefits ...
... Cap-and-Trade…and Opportunities for Agriculture Q: What is the role of Agricultural Offsets in Cap-and-Trade? A: Offsets are a cost-containment measure (keep costs of cap-&-trade system lower for society, for capped entities); and, A: Soil sinks, other ag reductions have multiple ancillary benefits ...
Will we leave the Great Barrier Reef for our children?
... change requires it to be assessed in terms of the likelihood that it will achieve its objective. This is because, in a legal context, “effectiveness” can be seen as a measure of how successful law is in solving the problem it was designed to address.4 The overall objective of environmental law and p ...
... change requires it to be assessed in terms of the likelihood that it will achieve its objective. This is because, in a legal context, “effectiveness” can be seen as a measure of how successful law is in solving the problem it was designed to address.4 The overall objective of environmental law and p ...
Climate change and agriculture in Asia: A case study for methane
... methane production. Further studies are required to delineate the coupling between gases emission from the agricultural ecosystems. It should be noted that there remain several uncertainties in the model simulation. In the present model, impacts of irrigation and human management on rice growth and ...
... methane production. Further studies are required to delineate the coupling between gases emission from the agricultural ecosystems. It should be noted that there remain several uncertainties in the model simulation. In the present model, impacts of irrigation and human management on rice growth and ...
Paper - System Dynamics Society
... Washington State University Pullman, WA 99164-4430 USA July 24, 2007 ...
... Washington State University Pullman, WA 99164-4430 USA July 24, 2007 ...
The complexity of climate change mechanisms
... and belong to Annex I nations (37 industrialised countries including the Member States of EU-15) are under legally binding commitments to reduce their emissions of four greenhouse gases: carbon ...
... and belong to Annex I nations (37 industrialised countries including the Member States of EU-15) are under legally binding commitments to reduce their emissions of four greenhouse gases: carbon ...
Climate Change Legislation in the 110 Congress
... The United States has no federal GHG reduction requirements, although there have been proposals to require such reductions.7 These proposals include “command and control” regulations and market-based techniques to limit emissions. Marketbased programs typically take as their model the Clean Air Act’ ...
... The United States has no federal GHG reduction requirements, although there have been proposals to require such reductions.7 These proposals include “command and control” regulations and market-based techniques to limit emissions. Marketbased programs typically take as their model the Clean Air Act’ ...
Report Gas Greenhouse
... “Greenhouse Effect,” is responsible for maintaining a habitable climate. However, anthropogenic emissions of these GHGs in excess of natural ambient concentrations are responsible for the enhancement of the “Greenhouse Effect”, and have led to a trend of unnatural warming of the Earth’s natural c ...
... “Greenhouse Effect,” is responsible for maintaining a habitable climate. However, anthropogenic emissions of these GHGs in excess of natural ambient concentrations are responsible for the enhancement of the “Greenhouse Effect”, and have led to a trend of unnatural warming of the Earth’s natural c ...
AN OVERVIEW OF GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND
... of any particular policy intervention we might undertake. Despite the difficulty there are myriad mitigation models available for comparison, of which this study takes a small cross-section. Which sectors contribute to emissions reductions and by how much depends heavily on the level of reduction so ...
... of any particular policy intervention we might undertake. Despite the difficulty there are myriad mitigation models available for comparison, of which this study takes a small cross-section. Which sectors contribute to emissions reductions and by how much depends heavily on the level of reduction so ...
countryside council for wales
... recent assessment of the total global warming potential (GWP) effect of rewetting and restoring wetlands, based on Europe’s largest wetland restoration project in Belarus, has shown an initially very high level of methane emissions and low C sequestration rate resulting in a net negative effect on c ...
... recent assessment of the total global warming potential (GWP) effect of rewetting and restoring wetlands, based on Europe’s largest wetland restoration project in Belarus, has shown an initially very high level of methane emissions and low C sequestration rate resulting in a net negative effect on c ...
Towards Climate-Friendly Farming
... The overriding challenge for governments, industries and the whole community is to decouple economic prosperity and food production from the growth in carbon pollution. Crucially, we do not have the luxury of time. As a society, the costs of early action on climate change on Australia’s standard of ...
... The overriding challenge for governments, industries and the whole community is to decouple economic prosperity and food production from the growth in carbon pollution. Crucially, we do not have the luxury of time. As a society, the costs of early action on climate change on Australia’s standard of ...
Policy Instruments for Climate Change: How Can National Governments Address RESOURCES
... by individual nations only to the degree that those nations perceive that positive net benefits -including international transfers -- will be forthcoming (Carraro and Siniscalco 1993; Heal 1994). The general point has been made in the starkest terms by Nordhaus and Yang: "It is single nations, not t ...
... by individual nations only to the degree that those nations perceive that positive net benefits -including international transfers -- will be forthcoming (Carraro and Siniscalco 1993; Heal 1994). The general point has been made in the starkest terms by Nordhaus and Yang: "It is single nations, not t ...
A New Approach to Climate Change: A Consideration of Ancillary
... emissions permits with other Annex I countries, reduce carbon emissions in other Annex I countries in the Joint Implementation program, or invest in emissions reductions in developing countries through the Clean Development Mechanism, or CDM (Selin and VanDeveer, 2015: 13). The agreement to a transn ...
... emissions permits with other Annex I countries, reduce carbon emissions in other Annex I countries in the Joint Implementation program, or invest in emissions reductions in developing countries through the Clean Development Mechanism, or CDM (Selin and VanDeveer, 2015: 13). The agreement to a transn ...
CRS Report for Congress Global Climate Change: The Role for Energy Efficiency
... even more energy efficiency improvements than have occurred through past programs, regulation, and price effects. Thus, in a recent context of low energy prices and rising fossil fuel use, the Clinton Administration has proposed increased government support for energy efficiency programs as its prim ...
... even more energy efficiency improvements than have occurred through past programs, regulation, and price effects. Thus, in a recent context of low energy prices and rising fossil fuel use, the Clinton Administration has proposed increased government support for energy efficiency programs as its prim ...
Climate Change, Energy and South Africa`s Foreign Policy
... agreement may be accepted at Level I, without ‘ratification’, or the endorsement of an agreement from Level II, negotiations will stall or cease altogether at Level I.3 For example, in considering whether to accede to the Kyoto Protocol, tension between the domestic and international levels ultimate ...
... agreement may be accepted at Level I, without ‘ratification’, or the endorsement of an agreement from Level II, negotiations will stall or cease altogether at Level I.3 For example, in considering whether to accede to the Kyoto Protocol, tension between the domestic and international levels ultimate ...
Independent Review of the Climate Change Act 2010 [MS Word
... long-term commitment to low-carbon transition. It will also provide a clear policy and planning objective for decision makers at all levels. A long-term target gives the direction and certainty needed to create a positive, low carbon future for Victoria. A long-term target will bolster confidence fo ...
... long-term commitment to low-carbon transition. It will also provide a clear policy and planning objective for decision makers at all levels. A long-term target gives the direction and certainty needed to create a positive, low carbon future for Victoria. A long-term target will bolster confidence fo ...
