climate change: the case for a carbon tariff/tax
... obviously would be greater the larger environmental free riding will not be by tax measures. These could include the number of participating counrewarded. such disparate measures as Kyoto-style tries. Applied globally, it would make reductions, cap-and-trade systems, a major contribution to meeting ...
... obviously would be greater the larger environmental free riding will not be by tax measures. These could include the number of participating counrewarded. such disparate measures as Kyoto-style tries. Applied globally, it would make reductions, cap-and-trade systems, a major contribution to meeting ...
DETR - Climate Change
... foundation of action that has been taken over the last decade. The UK’s greenhouse gas emissions fell to about 9%1 below 1990 levels in 1998, and are projected to reach about 13.5% below by the end of 2000. This reflects the positive action that has been taken by Government in partnership with other ...
... foundation of action that has been taken over the last decade. The UK’s greenhouse gas emissions fell to about 9%1 below 1990 levels in 1998, and are projected to reach about 13.5% below by the end of 2000. This reflects the positive action that has been taken by Government in partnership with other ...
Greenhouse Gases
... Materiality is a concept used in accounting and auditing to minimise time spent verifying amounts and figures that do not impact a company’s accounts or inventory in a material way. The exact materiality threshold that is used in greenhouse gas emissions accounting and auditing is subjective and dep ...
... Materiality is a concept used in accounting and auditing to minimise time spent verifying amounts and figures that do not impact a company’s accounts or inventory in a material way. The exact materiality threshold that is used in greenhouse gas emissions accounting and auditing is subjective and dep ...
Do international factors influence the passage of climate change
... 1997 to almost 500 at the end of 2013. The passage of these laws is influenced by both domestic and international factors. This paper reviews the main international factors, drawing on a powerful new dataset of climate legislation in 66 national jurisdictions. We find that the propensity to legislat ...
... 1997 to almost 500 at the end of 2013. The passage of these laws is influenced by both domestic and international factors. This paper reviews the main international factors, drawing on a powerful new dataset of climate legislation in 66 national jurisdictions. We find that the propensity to legislat ...
Cap and Trade or a Carbon Tax? How to Reduce CO Emissions
... Must Developing Nations be included in Climate Change Policy? Should the U.S. still pursue Cap and Trade if China and India are unwilling to agree to mandatory emissions caps? ...
... Must Developing Nations be included in Climate Change Policy? Should the U.S. still pursue Cap and Trade if China and India are unwilling to agree to mandatory emissions caps? ...
Climate Change and the HFC-Based Clean Extinguishing Agents
... as the HFCs, hence, HFCs are not subject to the provisions of the Montreal Protocol. The Kyoto Protocol and F-Gas Regulations are related to the reduction of GHG emissions, but are solely concerned with emissions reductions and do not limit or prohibit the use of HFCs in fire suppression application ...
... as the HFCs, hence, HFCs are not subject to the provisions of the Montreal Protocol. The Kyoto Protocol and F-Gas Regulations are related to the reduction of GHG emissions, but are solely concerned with emissions reductions and do not limit or prohibit the use of HFCs in fire suppression application ...
Observed Climate Change and the Negligible Global Effect of
... Lake Erie water levels have slightly risen over the past 50 years The state’s agricultural yields have been rising Ground level ozone concentrations have been declining The population’s sensitivity to heat waves has been declining Diseases such as West Nile Virus have not been spreading du ...
... Lake Erie water levels have slightly risen over the past 50 years The state’s agricultural yields have been rising Ground level ozone concentrations have been declining The population’s sensitivity to heat waves has been declining Diseases such as West Nile Virus have not been spreading du ...
The time lag between a carbon dioxide emission and maximum
... If the time-horizon of the analysis is limited to 100 years (as in R&C), the maximum warming occurs at year 11, in agreement with the median of R&C. For pulse emissions of 1000 GtC, the double-peak shape remains but is less pronounced and the maximum warming occurs 31 years after the emission. For v ...
... If the time-horizon of the analysis is limited to 100 years (as in R&C), the maximum warming occurs at year 11, in agreement with the median of R&C. For pulse emissions of 1000 GtC, the double-peak shape remains but is less pronounced and the maximum warming occurs 31 years after the emission. For v ...
Carbon footprinting on farms
... so that they are the responsibility of the party involved at any particular level. This means that the farmer at the end of the chain of production does not accumulate responsibility for emissions higher up the chain and is only responsible for emissions associated with their own activities The lack ...
... so that they are the responsibility of the party involved at any particular level. This means that the farmer at the end of the chain of production does not accumulate responsibility for emissions higher up the chain and is only responsible for emissions associated with their own activities The lack ...
Crossing the Chasm - Power-Under: Trauma and Nonviolent Social
... will happen), I see no reason to believe that this by itself would be close to sufficient, among other things because of corporate tendencies to reinvest savings from efficiencies into expanded production, and corresponding tendencies by individuals to invest efficiency savings into further consumpt ...
... will happen), I see no reason to believe that this by itself would be close to sufficient, among other things because of corporate tendencies to reinvest savings from efficiencies into expanded production, and corresponding tendencies by individuals to invest efficiency savings into further consumpt ...
New Zealand - Environmental Defense Fund
... for a description of ‘net position’).8 New Zealand also signed the Copenhagen Accord, in which it pledged a conditional emissions target range of 10 to 20 per cent below 1990 levels by 2020. However, in August 2013, Climate Change Minister Tim Grosser announced that it would adopt a 5% reduction tar ...
... for a description of ‘net position’).8 New Zealand also signed the Copenhagen Accord, in which it pledged a conditional emissions target range of 10 to 20 per cent below 1990 levels by 2020. However, in August 2013, Climate Change Minister Tim Grosser announced that it would adopt a 5% reduction tar ...
O A RIGINAL RTICLE
... Climate change is one of the major global challenges and concerns to the world community due to its short and long term impacts on the environmental degradation. In this context, Bangladesh has been facing a great havoc for her existence in this land including health hazards, ecosystems and biodiver ...
... Climate change is one of the major global challenges and concerns to the world community due to its short and long term impacts on the environmental degradation. In this context, Bangladesh has been facing a great havoc for her existence in this land including health hazards, ecosystems and biodiver ...
G8 Impact on International Climate Change Negotiations – Good or
... Examples for G8 decisions with wide-ranging impacts on further political developments include, for example, multilateral debt relief initiatives for developing countries. At the 1999 G8 Summit in Cologne/Germany, the G8 committed to the Cologne Debt Initiative of debt relief for heavily indebted dev ...
... Examples for G8 decisions with wide-ranging impacts on further political developments include, for example, multilateral debt relief initiatives for developing countries. At the 1999 G8 Summit in Cologne/Germany, the G8 committed to the Cologne Debt Initiative of debt relief for heavily indebted dev ...
Part VI: International Collective Action
... agricultural production, the costs of administering and enforcing forest protection, and some transitional costs. Research commissioned by the Review, suggests that the direct yields from land converted to farming, including proceeds from the sale of timber, are equivalent to less than $1 per tonne ...
... agricultural production, the costs of administering and enforcing forest protection, and some transitional costs. Research commissioned by the Review, suggests that the direct yields from land converted to farming, including proceeds from the sale of timber, are equivalent to less than $1 per tonne ...
Climate Change Case Law Update
... taken that the best way for aviation to contribute to the “goal of climate stabilisation” would be through “a well-designed emissions trading regime” (para 3.39). 14 In October 2006 the Stern Review on “the Economics of Climate Challenge” was published. In the words of the claimants' expert (Mr Lock ...
... taken that the best way for aviation to contribute to the “goal of climate stabilisation” would be through “a well-designed emissions trading regime” (para 3.39). 14 In October 2006 the Stern Review on “the Economics of Climate Challenge” was published. In the words of the claimants' expert (Mr Lock ...
Bilateral Cooperation between China and the United States
... Determined Contributions (INDCs) the two countries submitted to the UNFCCC in 2015, in preparation for COP-21 in Paris.7 (INDCs are the voluntary [“nationally-determined”] commitments that countries submitted for inclusion in the Paris Agreement.)8 China and the United States made a second joint ann ...
... Determined Contributions (INDCs) the two countries submitted to the UNFCCC in 2015, in preparation for COP-21 in Paris.7 (INDCs are the voluntary [“nationally-determined”] commitments that countries submitted for inclusion in the Paris Agreement.)8 China and the United States made a second joint ann ...
Calculating the Environmental Impact of Aviation
... It is widely acknowledged that man-made emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are causing major changes to the planet’s climate. The global average surface temperature of the earth has increased by 0.6 ºC during the 20th century and is predicted to increase by between 1.8 and 5.8 ºC ...
... It is widely acknowledged that man-made emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are causing major changes to the planet’s climate. The global average surface temperature of the earth has increased by 0.6 ºC during the 20th century and is predicted to increase by between 1.8 and 5.8 ºC ...
Carbon Budget and Trends
... the highest IPCC emission scenarios. • Atmospheric CO2 has grown at 1.9 ppm per year (compared to about 1.5 ppm during the previous 30 years) ...
... the highest IPCC emission scenarios. • Atmospheric CO2 has grown at 1.9 ppm per year (compared to about 1.5 ppm during the previous 30 years) ...
Implications of the Paris Agreement for Carbon Dioxide Removal
... experience climates closer to preindustrial conditions with SRM compared to what they would experience without it (Kravitz et al., 2014). In other words, SRM may be efficacious in reducing the dimensions of climate change more broadly, not just global average surface temperature. Fourth, and finall ...
... experience climates closer to preindustrial conditions with SRM compared to what they would experience without it (Kravitz et al., 2014). In other words, SRM may be efficacious in reducing the dimensions of climate change more broadly, not just global average surface temperature. Fourth, and finall ...
Special Report on Emission Scenario’s
... (5-65 if “induced technological change” happens) • At these carbon prices large shifts of investments into low carbon technologies can be expected IPCC ...
... (5-65 if “induced technological change” happens) • At these carbon prices large shifts of investments into low carbon technologies can be expected IPCC ...