Optimal Global Dynamic Carbon Abatement
... function. If, on the other hand, the global planner can redistribute income in a lump-sum fashion between countries in addition to setting emission taxes, she would equalize emission tax rates between countries (thus reducing emissions at lowest cost) and implement the utilitarian distributional goa ...
... function. If, on the other hand, the global planner can redistribute income in a lump-sum fashion between countries in addition to setting emission taxes, she would equalize emission tax rates between countries (thus reducing emissions at lowest cost) and implement the utilitarian distributional goa ...
Climate change going beyond dangerous
... as individuals, companies, nations and a global community and what is actually happening in terms of absolute emissions. Buying a slightly more efficient car or improving the performance of supermarket refrigerators has nothing to do with solutions to climate change if we subsequently drive further ...
... as individuals, companies, nations and a global community and what is actually happening in terms of absolute emissions. Buying a slightly more efficient car or improving the performance of supermarket refrigerators has nothing to do with solutions to climate change if we subsequently drive further ...
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... them tens of thousands of times more powerfully.10 When taking into account various gases’ global warming potential—defined as the amount of actual warming a gas will produce over the next one hundred years—it turns out that gases other than CO2 make up most of the global warming problem.11 Even thi ...
... them tens of thousands of times more powerfully.10 When taking into account various gases’ global warming potential—defined as the amount of actual warming a gas will produce over the next one hundred years—it turns out that gases other than CO2 make up most of the global warming problem.11 Even thi ...
Chapter 2: Framework for analysis - Australia`s Low Pollution Future
... Government’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Green Paper was the primary domestic mitigation mechanism applied to Australia (Box 2.3) (DCC, 2008). This report assumes that Australia links its emissions trading scheme into the world trading scheme. Australia is a small economy representing around 1 ...
... Government’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Green Paper was the primary domestic mitigation mechanism applied to Australia (Box 2.3) (DCC, 2008). This report assumes that Australia links its emissions trading scheme into the world trading scheme. Australia is a small economy representing around 1 ...
CDP and GRI to Coordinate Reporting Guidelines
... Recently, GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) and CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project) have produced a document showing the similarities and differences between the GRI’s indicators and the CDP questionnaire. At least 2500 organizations globally use CDP’s questionnaire to report climate change data, while ...
... Recently, GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) and CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project) have produced a document showing the similarities and differences between the GRI’s indicators and the CDP questionnaire. At least 2500 organizations globally use CDP’s questionnaire to report climate change data, while ...
Climate Change Law and Policy - IUCN Academy of Environmental
... Climate change raises significant social, environmental and legal challenges. This course focuses on international law and policy on climate change, touching upon selected Asian jurisdictions as domestic examples. The first part of the course will examine the rules, institutions and procedures estab ...
... Climate change raises significant social, environmental and legal challenges. This course focuses on international law and policy on climate change, touching upon selected Asian jurisdictions as domestic examples. The first part of the course will examine the rules, institutions and procedures estab ...
U Climate Change: Bridging Texas and São Paulo
... on maintaining or increasing the addiction to oil. This is not an easy task. Texas produces and consumes more electricity than any other state, and per capita residential use is significantly higher than the national average (Pew Center 2007). In São Paulo, massive oil and gas fields were recently d ...
... on maintaining or increasing the addiction to oil. This is not an easy task. Texas produces and consumes more electricity than any other state, and per capita residential use is significantly higher than the national average (Pew Center 2007). In São Paulo, massive oil and gas fields were recently d ...
on the side
... and outlined a group action plan for Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions reduction. Stephan Herbst, Toyota Motor Europe, presented his company’s environmental management approaches, including efforts to produce a zero emission car and research on clean diesel technology. Jean-Yves Caneill, Eléctricité de ...
... and outlined a group action plan for Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions reduction. Stephan Herbst, Toyota Motor Europe, presented his company’s environmental management approaches, including efforts to produce a zero emission car and research on clean diesel technology. Jean-Yves Caneill, Eléctricité de ...
Negative greenhouse gas emissions
... would have to be cut by 40-70% between 2010 and 2050, and become zero or negative by 2100. Emission reductions on such a scale would require a radical transformation ('decarbonisation') of the economy, and notably of the energy system which accounts for about two-thirds of global GHG emissions. Whil ...
... would have to be cut by 40-70% between 2010 and 2050, and become zero or negative by 2100. Emission reductions on such a scale would require a radical transformation ('decarbonisation') of the economy, and notably of the energy system which accounts for about two-thirds of global GHG emissions. Whil ...
i. enhanced actions on climate change
... an agreement at the Conference of the Parties to the Convention in Paris at the end of 2015. This will open up a new prospect for green and low-carbon development across the globe and promote sustainable development worldwide. As a developing country with a population of more than 1.3 billion, Chin ...
... an agreement at the Conference of the Parties to the Convention in Paris at the end of 2015. This will open up a new prospect for green and low-carbon development across the globe and promote sustainable development worldwide. As a developing country with a population of more than 1.3 billion, Chin ...
Governments support for climate targets Governments support for
... For governments to end all fossil fuel subsidies, and to shift this capital to help scale affordable renewable energy solutions to enable a wider economic transformation. For both businesses and governments to ensure the benefits of responses to climate change flow to vulnerable and impoverished com ...
... For governments to end all fossil fuel subsidies, and to shift this capital to help scale affordable renewable energy solutions to enable a wider economic transformation. For both businesses and governments to ensure the benefits of responses to climate change flow to vulnerable and impoverished com ...
THE SCIENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE Senate Floor Statement by
... significant costs on the economy in the form of welfare losses. Welfare losses are real costs to the economy in that they would not be recovered elsewhere in the form of higher income. Those losses would be borne by people in their roles as shareholders, consumers, and workers.” Now some might respo ...
... significant costs on the economy in the form of welfare losses. Welfare losses are real costs to the economy in that they would not be recovered elsewhere in the form of higher income. Those losses would be borne by people in their roles as shareholders, consumers, and workers.” Now some might respo ...
"shared vision", at heart of climate talks by Meena Raman (11 June
... differentiated responsibilities, parties will not be able to organize a joint effort directed towards the ultimate objective of the Convention. Brazil reiterated that it considers a long term global goal an important orientation for national and international mitigation actions and believed it shoul ...
... differentiated responsibilities, parties will not be able to organize a joint effort directed towards the ultimate objective of the Convention. Brazil reiterated that it considers a long term global goal an important orientation for national and international mitigation actions and believed it shoul ...
A Cost-benefit Analysis of the Australian Carbon Tax
... suitable for the survival of its inhabitants is a public good. Therefore, It follows that actions taken by any individual that jeopardize the Earth’s role as a public good are the creators of negative externalities. Similar to other public goods, such as protection from criminal activity by the poli ...
... suitable for the survival of its inhabitants is a public good. Therefore, It follows that actions taken by any individual that jeopardize the Earth’s role as a public good are the creators of negative externalities. Similar to other public goods, such as protection from criminal activity by the poli ...
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... inhabitants were forced to leave their homes for reasons beyond their control or the control of others. These people however, do not have the right of access to other states of which they are not citizens. In the 1960s, Montserrat declined independence and opted to remain part of the United Kingdom. ...
... inhabitants were forced to leave their homes for reasons beyond their control or the control of others. These people however, do not have the right of access to other states of which they are not citizens. In the 1960s, Montserrat declined independence and opted to remain part of the United Kingdom. ...
The Path to Carbon Neutrality – CEIBS
... third world countries, where this can be done to much lower costs than at home. The Kyoto Protocol approves this compensation abroad for two reasons: transfer of technology from industrialized to developing countries and foreign investments in the developing world. But many critics say, this procedu ...
... third world countries, where this can be done to much lower costs than at home. The Kyoto Protocol approves this compensation abroad for two reasons: transfer of technology from industrialized to developing countries and foreign investments in the developing world. But many critics say, this procedu ...
DOCX 270KB - Climate Change Authority
... The CFI and ERF are specific examples of a broad type of policy called ‘baseline and credit schemes’. These schemes take many different forms, but they all share some basic features, including setting a baseline, and issuing credits when the outcome is better than the baseline. Australia has impleme ...
... The CFI and ERF are specific examples of a broad type of policy called ‘baseline and credit schemes’. These schemes take many different forms, but they all share some basic features, including setting a baseline, and issuing credits when the outcome is better than the baseline. Australia has impleme ...
Our Strategy for Climate Action
... Since 2011, Teck has reduced GHG emissions by over 200,000 tonnes—the equivalent of taking more than 40,000 cars off the road. We are focused on continuing to work to drive our emissions even lower and have set ambitious targets to further cut emissions and improve energy efficiency at our operation ...
... Since 2011, Teck has reduced GHG emissions by over 200,000 tonnes—the equivalent of taking more than 40,000 cars off the road. We are focused on continuing to work to drive our emissions even lower and have set ambitious targets to further cut emissions and improve energy efficiency at our operation ...
