OVB - PolicyInteractive
... Oregon Pride: Oregon is a special place which has attracted people who care for the land and natural resources. We have long been a leader in green practices and we can leverage this reputation to set an example for other states. We need to continue to build on our leadership through smart environme ...
... Oregon Pride: Oregon is a special place which has attracted people who care for the land and natural resources. We have long been a leader in green practices and we can leverage this reputation to set an example for other states. We need to continue to build on our leadership through smart environme ...
Regional
... (allows the approach to be replicated for use in other regions with only minor modifications ) ...
... (allows the approach to be replicated for use in other regions with only minor modifications ) ...
Long-term climate goals Decarbonisation, carbon
... refers to a process during which emissions of CO2 from human activities are reduced. The ultimate end state of this process is a ‘decarbonised’ global economy in which no fossil CO2 is emitted to the atmosphere. As we argue below, decarbonisation is also the essential means of achieving a carbon-neu ...
... refers to a process during which emissions of CO2 from human activities are reduced. The ultimate end state of this process is a ‘decarbonised’ global economy in which no fossil CO2 is emitted to the atmosphere. As we argue below, decarbonisation is also the essential means of achieving a carbon-neu ...
Advancing agricultural greenhouse gas quantification ∗ PERSPECTIVE
... • Increase understanding of which mitigation practices result in more resilient systems. • Improve understanding of the GHG tradeoffs of expanding fertilizer use. While data sources and methods are improving and research and operational monitoring are increasing, the international community can be s ...
... • Increase understanding of which mitigation practices result in more resilient systems. • Improve understanding of the GHG tradeoffs of expanding fertilizer use. While data sources and methods are improving and research and operational monitoring are increasing, the international community can be s ...
Chapter Eight United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
... atmosphere at a low enough level to prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.” The UNFCCC is a significant step because it documents international recognition that climate change is a problem that needs to be addressed by the global community. Moreover, the Convention est ...
... atmosphere at a low enough level to prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.” The UNFCCC is a significant step because it documents international recognition that climate change is a problem that needs to be addressed by the global community. Moreover, the Convention est ...
PowerPoint-presentation
... • No doubts – emissions of greenhouse gases the most reasonable explanation • A global solution is needed –in the end all countries and all greenhouse gases must participate • A very long time perspective must be applied - 100 years • Convergence towards a common goal should be prioritised - 2 degre ...
... • No doubts – emissions of greenhouse gases the most reasonable explanation • A global solution is needed –in the end all countries and all greenhouse gases must participate • A very long time perspective must be applied - 100 years • Convergence towards a common goal should be prioritised - 2 degre ...
20 - Department of Economics
... Environment Agency 2009). Without any further increase in greenhouse gases, the current level of greenhouse gases already implies a long-term warming of 2-4C. Table 2 summarizes the various scenarios of climate stabilization. Under Scenario I, atmospheric concentration of CO2 eventually stabilizes ...
... Environment Agency 2009). Without any further increase in greenhouse gases, the current level of greenhouse gases already implies a long-term warming of 2-4C. Table 2 summarizes the various scenarios of climate stabilization. Under Scenario I, atmospheric concentration of CO2 eventually stabilizes ...
The risky promise of `negative emissions`
... Our analysis suggests that the potential for negative emissions is limited, at least from land-based measures using existing technologies. Yet a recent meta-analysis of some 200 modelled scenarios found negative emissions requirements of up to 1,000 Gt CO2 for scenarios that limit warming to 1.5°C, ...
... Our analysis suggests that the potential for negative emissions is limited, at least from land-based measures using existing technologies. Yet a recent meta-analysis of some 200 modelled scenarios found negative emissions requirements of up to 1,000 Gt CO2 for scenarios that limit warming to 1.5°C, ...
Out of the Bunker: Time for a fair deal on shipping emissions
... made innovative financing for climate change and development a high priority for the summit in Cannes in November 2011 on the eve of the Durban COP. France and Germany both called this July for revenues from a carbon price for ships to be used to compensate developing countries and as climate financ ...
... made innovative financing for climate change and development a high priority for the summit in Cannes in November 2011 on the eve of the Durban COP. France and Germany both called this July for revenues from a carbon price for ships to be used to compensate developing countries and as climate financ ...
Responsibility for Our Climate MAN`s Climate Strategy
... European Union member states are applying increasingly stringent Euro emissions standards for trucks, while the United Nations has issued Tier III standards for marine engines. Our CO2efficient product and service portfolio facilitates compliance with climate protection targets and regulatory requir ...
... European Union member states are applying increasingly stringent Euro emissions standards for trucks, while the United Nations has issued Tier III standards for marine engines. Our CO2efficient product and service portfolio facilitates compliance with climate protection targets and regulatory requir ...
Introduction to mitigation assessments
... – to assist NA1 Parties in meeting their reporting requirements; – to encourage the presentation of information in a consistent, transparent, comparable and flexible manner; – to facilitate the presentation of information on support required for the preparation of national communications; – to serve ...
... – to assist NA1 Parties in meeting their reporting requirements; – to encourage the presentation of information in a consistent, transparent, comparable and flexible manner; – to facilitate the presentation of information on support required for the preparation of national communications; – to serve ...
senate rules committee - senate floor analysis
... AB 32 requires ARB, among other things, to inventory GHG emissions in California; implement regulations that achieve the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective reduction of GHG emissions and impose fees for administrative implementation costs; adopt discrete early action measures; prepa ...
... AB 32 requires ARB, among other things, to inventory GHG emissions in California; implement regulations that achieve the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective reduction of GHG emissions and impose fees for administrative implementation costs; adopt discrete early action measures; prepa ...
Experts’ Workshop on Financing Environmental Global Public Goods: How to Raise the Money? 15(Wed.)‐16(Thurs.) May 2013
... Some statistics deserve attention. In Jan 2013, the IMF published a major report on fossil fuel subsidies based on surveys of 176 countries. They amounted to about $1.9 trillion. Removing them could lead to a 13% decline in CO2 emissions. Furthermore, a carbon price of ...
... Some statistics deserve attention. In Jan 2013, the IMF published a major report on fossil fuel subsidies based on surveys of 176 countries. They amounted to about $1.9 trillion. Removing them could lead to a 13% decline in CO2 emissions. Furthermore, a carbon price of ...
State Action - Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
... In this way, states and regions are acting as both leaders and innovators of climate change policy. State and regional efforts are wide ranging, including high-profile policies such as cap-and-trade programs, renewable portfolio standards, and climate action plans. The states and regions are acting ...
... In this way, states and regions are acting as both leaders and innovators of climate change policy. State and regional efforts are wide ranging, including high-profile policies such as cap-and-trade programs, renewable portfolio standards, and climate action plans. The states and regions are acting ...
Bio-Energy with Carbon Storage (BECS)
... raised energy efficiency and non-fuel renewables – it leads also to the potential to return rapidly to pre-industrial CO2 levels (Obersteiner et al, op cit). Negative emissions energy systems are key to responding to ACC because – taking account of rising levels on non-CO2 greenhouse gases, for whic ...
... raised energy efficiency and non-fuel renewables – it leads also to the potential to return rapidly to pre-industrial CO2 levels (Obersteiner et al, op cit). Negative emissions energy systems are key to responding to ACC because – taking account of rising levels on non-CO2 greenhouse gases, for whic ...
Brazil - Climate Transparency
... the Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) sector. The INDC also has an “indicative contribution” to reduce emissions by 43% below 2005 levels by 2030, including LULUCF. It outlined steps to help meet the targets, including a share of 45% renewables in the total energy mix by 2030. After ex ...
... the Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) sector. The INDC also has an “indicative contribution” to reduce emissions by 43% below 2005 levels by 2030, including LULUCF. It outlined steps to help meet the targets, including a share of 45% renewables in the total energy mix by 2030. After ex ...
strawman_ccac_plan_of_action_103108
... main features to the work: 1. Establishing reduction goals (targets) and timeframes, and 2. Developing and evaluating GHG Reduction Options We encourage the CCAC to at least set some preliminary targets that can frame the development of reduction options. Targets, of course, can be revisited and ref ...
... main features to the work: 1. Establishing reduction goals (targets) and timeframes, and 2. Developing and evaluating GHG Reduction Options We encourage the CCAC to at least set some preliminary targets that can frame the development of reduction options. Targets, of course, can be revisited and ref ...
Climate Change - Tufts Office of Sustainability
... Both developed and developing countries accept a number of general commitments. All parties will develop and submit "national communications" containing inventories of greenhouse-gas emissions by sources and greenhouse-gas removals by "sinks.” They will adopt national programs for mitigating climat ...
... Both developed and developing countries accept a number of general commitments. All parties will develop and submit "national communications" containing inventories of greenhouse-gas emissions by sources and greenhouse-gas removals by "sinks.” They will adopt national programs for mitigating climat ...
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... the certificates and will seek to obtain exceptions from the necessity to purchase certificates. This in turn will further strengthen the power of the UN bureaucracy. Possibly a worldwide black market for carbon will arise with a Mafia-style counter force arising that escapes democratic controls. Th ...
... the certificates and will seek to obtain exceptions from the necessity to purchase certificates. This in turn will further strengthen the power of the UN bureaucracy. Possibly a worldwide black market for carbon will arise with a Mafia-style counter force arising that escapes democratic controls. Th ...
2. The Irish Response to Climate Change
... There was little reluctance in signing up to the UNFCCC or the Kyoto Protocol. Ireland, as part of the European Union, ratified the Kyoto Protocol in 2002.4 This came long before the 55% emissions threshold was reached and offered fresh impetus to the ratification process. Ireland is listed as an An ...
... There was little reluctance in signing up to the UNFCCC or the Kyoto Protocol. Ireland, as part of the European Union, ratified the Kyoto Protocol in 2002.4 This came long before the 55% emissions threshold was reached and offered fresh impetus to the ratification process. Ireland is listed as an An ...
The Uses and Misuses of Technology Development as a Component... Abstract Henry D. Jacoby
... much worse. Thus, whatever one’s position regarding the current conflict over near-term emission controls, we should, in my view, be able to agree that we are taking considerable risks with global climate in the long term. Unfortunately, even the emergence of universal consensus that the problem is ...
... much worse. Thus, whatever one’s position regarding the current conflict over near-term emission controls, we should, in my view, be able to agree that we are taking considerable risks with global climate in the long term. Unfortunately, even the emergence of universal consensus that the problem is ...
Is it Warm in Here? The Intractable Challenges of Climate
... So the economy has more than doubled and pollution has been cut in half – On that basis, I will tentatively conclude that economic growth and the environment can be friends. (Slides 7 & 8) If you didn’t follow the squiggly lines on the last couple slides, the map of US sulfate deposit ...
... So the economy has more than doubled and pollution has been cut in half – On that basis, I will tentatively conclude that economic growth and the environment can be friends. (Slides 7 & 8) If you didn’t follow the squiggly lines on the last couple slides, the map of US sulfate deposit ...
