Fighting Fossil Fuels First
... reductions target of just 40 per cent by 2030. Repeated warnings from international institutions indicate that the world is on the path to catastrophic climate change, with temperature increases of 4˚C–6˚C degrees possible this century.12 We must therefore make steep and swift reductions in our foss ...
... reductions target of just 40 per cent by 2030. Repeated warnings from international institutions indicate that the world is on the path to catastrophic climate change, with temperature increases of 4˚C–6˚C degrees possible this century.12 We must therefore make steep and swift reductions in our foss ...
Gray v Minister for Planning: The Rising Tide, of Climate Change
... practical implications for it whatsoever.’23 This is true. The decision did not prevent or halt the mine’s approval.24 It did make the Director General, and by extension, the Minister, consider Scope 3 greenhouse emissions from the mine. However, as Pain J stated, ‘ESD principles do not require that ...
... practical implications for it whatsoever.’23 This is true. The decision did not prevent or halt the mine’s approval.24 It did make the Director General, and by extension, the Minister, consider Scope 3 greenhouse emissions from the mine. However, as Pain J stated, ‘ESD principles do not require that ...
Climate Change Position Statement and 2020 Action Plan
... 17 Target is based on current policy and regulatory frameworks. Note the emissions intensity of the National Electricity Market for the year ending 30 June 2016 equates to 0.90 tCO2e/MWh. The emissions intensity of Westpac’s power generation portfolio as at 30 September 2016 was 0.88 tCO2e/MWh. 18 ...
... 17 Target is based on current policy and regulatory frameworks. Note the emissions intensity of the National Electricity Market for the year ending 30 June 2016 equates to 0.90 tCO2e/MWh. The emissions intensity of Westpac’s power generation portfolio as at 30 September 2016 was 0.88 tCO2e/MWh. 18 ...
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... The Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX): A fledgling trading operation is emerging that is based on a voluntary association of a number of emitters and offset suppliers. The CCX has set up guidelines for soil carbon participation. For cropland, an entering group has to represent a minimum of 10,000 tons ...
... The Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX): A fledgling trading operation is emerging that is based on a voluntary association of a number of emitters and offset suppliers. The CCX has set up guidelines for soil carbon participation. For cropland, an entering group has to represent a minimum of 10,000 tons ...
Climate change and global justice
... take ‘into account that economic development is essential for adopting measures to address climate change’. These principles guide the course of subsequent deliberation with the net effect that acceptable additional treaties under the auspices of the UNFCCC must lay heavier burdens on developed coun ...
... take ‘into account that economic development is essential for adopting measures to address climate change’. These principles guide the course of subsequent deliberation with the net effect that acceptable additional treaties under the auspices of the UNFCCC must lay heavier burdens on developed coun ...
GEOENGINEERING AND THE NEW CLIMATE DENIALISM
... be convinced that a climate-neutral planet is some distant, improbable fantasy world. It's not. We know, already, right now, how to dramatically slash emissions using currently available technologies, and make a profit. Economists (like Lord Nicholas Stern, former Chief Economist at the World Bank) ...
... be convinced that a climate-neutral planet is some distant, improbable fantasy world. It's not. We know, already, right now, how to dramatically slash emissions using currently available technologies, and make a profit. Economists (like Lord Nicholas Stern, former Chief Economist at the World Bank) ...
Use Green Taxes and Market Instruments to Reduce Greenhouse Gas
... major trading countries must be included in a consensus on climatechange policy. This means that all major emitting countries (including not only the United States, but China and India, as well) should be part of any international agreement on climate change. As the Stern Review pointed out, in the ...
... major trading countries must be included in a consensus on climatechange policy. This means that all major emitting countries (including not only the United States, but China and India, as well) should be part of any international agreement on climate change. As the Stern Review pointed out, in the ...
Further action needed on carbon pricing
... recession, however they remain far higher per capita than the world average and are projected to rise into the foreseeable future (2030). More stringent policy is required for Canada to achieve the target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 30% below 2005 levels by 2030. Establishing a well-desi ...
... recession, however they remain far higher per capita than the world average and are projected to rise into the foreseeable future (2030). More stringent policy is required for Canada to achieve the target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 30% below 2005 levels by 2030. Establishing a well-desi ...
PNUD MCTI - Sumário Executivo_inglês.indd - Sirene
... of all greenhouse gases (GHG) not controlled by the Montreal Protocol. Moreover, it presents scientific advances on the regional modeling of climate change and the current status of public policies toward GHG emissions and adaptation to climate change. The first point to be highlighted in the method ...
... of all greenhouse gases (GHG) not controlled by the Montreal Protocol. Moreover, it presents scientific advances on the regional modeling of climate change and the current status of public policies toward GHG emissions and adaptation to climate change. The first point to be highlighted in the method ...
Climate Change Mitigation«WHAT DO WE DO?
... early 1980s, but without applying any other policies to reduce emissions. While such an R&D-led approach clearly yields some results, OECD estimates suggest that these are not nearly enough to stabilise GHG concentration levels by the end of the century. In fact, even a 30-fold increase in worldwide ...
... early 1980s, but without applying any other policies to reduce emissions. While such an R&D-led approach clearly yields some results, OECD estimates suggest that these are not nearly enough to stabilise GHG concentration levels by the end of the century. In fact, even a 30-fold increase in worldwide ...
What is meant by `balancing sources and sinks of greenhouse gases
... which emissions can be expressed in a common currency, and has therefore been found to be convenient for policy making, e.g. in the development of the Kyoto Protocol. However, the calculation of GWP is sensitive to the time period chosen, and whether or not the effects of the reactions with other at ...
... which emissions can be expressed in a common currency, and has therefore been found to be convenient for policy making, e.g. in the development of the Kyoto Protocol. However, the calculation of GWP is sensitive to the time period chosen, and whether or not the effects of the reactions with other at ...
SAf Science Conference
... Sense of the Senate (Vote 54-43) • Congress finds that— (1) greenhouse gases accumulating in the atmosphere are causing average temperatures to rise at a rate outside the range of natural variability and are posing a substantial risk of rising sea-levels, altered patterns of atmospheric and oceanic ...
... Sense of the Senate (Vote 54-43) • Congress finds that— (1) greenhouse gases accumulating in the atmosphere are causing average temperatures to rise at a rate outside the range of natural variability and are posing a substantial risk of rising sea-levels, altered patterns of atmospheric and oceanic ...
Emissions de gaz à effet de serre dans le contexte d`un
... If emissions continue to grow as projected to 2019 and then continue at the 2019 rate, the remaining budget would be used up about 22 years from 2019 Source: Friedlingstein et al 2014 ...
... If emissions continue to grow as projected to 2019 and then continue at the 2019 rate, the remaining budget would be used up about 22 years from 2019 Source: Friedlingstein et al 2014 ...
The Researches on China
... Carbon finance results from the change of the global climate policy as well as two significant international convention—the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)and the Kyoto Protocol. The UNFCCC is an international environmental treaty with the goal of achieving stabilizati ...
... Carbon finance results from the change of the global climate policy as well as two significant international convention—the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)and the Kyoto Protocol. The UNFCCC is an international environmental treaty with the goal of achieving stabilizati ...
Outcome of Paris Climate Negotiations
... importance given to adaptation, as well as the amount of finance and other means of implementation provided to support the implementation of adaptation in developing countries. The Agreement includes language that addresses both issues by establishing a global goal for adaptation, and calling on dev ...
... importance given to adaptation, as well as the amount of finance and other means of implementation provided to support the implementation of adaptation in developing countries. The Agreement includes language that addresses both issues by establishing a global goal for adaptation, and calling on dev ...
NAMAs seeking International Support: Selected cases from
... Challenges in NAMA Uptake International negotiation on NAMA is still ongoing at the UNFCCC. Its role in the new international agreement on climate change, which is expected to be agreed by 2015, is uncertain. To domestic stakeholders, NAMA is still a rather new issue. Without a prescriptive def ...
... Challenges in NAMA Uptake International negotiation on NAMA is still ongoing at the UNFCCC. Its role in the new international agreement on climate change, which is expected to be agreed by 2015, is uncertain. To domestic stakeholders, NAMA is still a rather new issue. Without a prescriptive def ...
STERN REVIEW: The Economics of Climate
... will require deeper international co-operation in many areas - most notably in creating price signals and markets for carbon, spurring technology research, development and deployment, and promoting adaptation, particularly for developing countries. Climate change presents a unique challenge for econ ...
... will require deeper international co-operation in many areas - most notably in creating price signals and markets for carbon, spurring technology research, development and deployment, and promoting adaptation, particularly for developing countries. Climate change presents a unique challenge for econ ...
Why do Portuguese Railways Languish? An Application of
... level, namely at transport sector which includes domestic aviation. Aviation is one of the fastest-growing sources of greenhouse gas emissions roughly accounting for more than 2% of global GHG emissions (EC Climate Action). Even crediting that long range flights contributes for around 80% of total w ...
... level, namely at transport sector which includes domestic aviation. Aviation is one of the fastest-growing sources of greenhouse gas emissions roughly accounting for more than 2% of global GHG emissions (EC Climate Action). Even crediting that long range flights contributes for around 80% of total w ...
Stern Review
... wide range of opportunities for growth and development along the way. For this to work well, policy must promote sound market signals, overcome market failures and have equity and risk mitigation at its core. That essentially is the conceptual framework of this Review. The Review considers the econo ...
... wide range of opportunities for growth and development along the way. For this to work well, policy must promote sound market signals, overcome market failures and have equity and risk mitigation at its core. That essentially is the conceptual framework of this Review. The Review considers the econo ...
How carbon sinks could cost the Earth
... emissions in the past 150 years, though the proportion now is only around 10 per cent and continues to fall as fossil-fuel emissions grow and many countries adopt targets for “zero deforestation”.15 If, as the Paris Agreement implies, the world wants to soak up 500 billion tonnes before the end of t ...
... emissions in the past 150 years, though the proportion now is only around 10 per cent and continues to fall as fossil-fuel emissions grow and many countries adopt targets for “zero deforestation”.15 If, as the Paris Agreement implies, the world wants to soak up 500 billion tonnes before the end of t ...
ENV_GIACC3_final
... Bali COP/13 Bali roadmap: the process to Rio Earth Summit CBDR (Common But work on the key UNFCCC Signed Differentiated Responsibilities): building blocks Annex I countries agreed to of a post-Kyoto Objective is the stabilization of reduce their emissions of six climate change greenhouse gas concent ...
... Bali COP/13 Bali roadmap: the process to Rio Earth Summit CBDR (Common But work on the key UNFCCC Signed Differentiated Responsibilities): building blocks Annex I countries agreed to of a post-Kyoto Objective is the stabilization of reduce their emissions of six climate change greenhouse gas concent ...