Department
... - EAP6 rightly recognises the need to tackle the risks of climate change. The ensuing 2007 Energy and Climate Package with the "20/20/20 targets" constitutes an ambitious approach to tackle the challenge comprehensively. - However, the targets and priorities set risk tackling the challenge not in th ...
... - EAP6 rightly recognises the need to tackle the risks of climate change. The ensuing 2007 Energy and Climate Package with the "20/20/20 targets" constitutes an ambitious approach to tackle the challenge comprehensively. - However, the targets and priorities set risk tackling the challenge not in th ...
Federal Greenhouse Gas Regulations
... • The renewable fuels must achieve GHG emission reductions compared to the gasoline and diesel fuels they replace. • EPA is required to set renewable fuel standards each November for the following year based on gasoline and diesel projections from the Energy Information Administration, and also set ...
... • The renewable fuels must achieve GHG emission reductions compared to the gasoline and diesel fuels they replace. • EPA is required to set renewable fuel standards each November for the following year based on gasoline and diesel projections from the Energy Information Administration, and also set ...
Overview of climate science and international circumstances
... fuel burning) at an increasing rate and are accumulating in the atmosphere. Emissions of other air pollutants have a net cooling influence, partially offsetting greenhouse warming to date. • Trends in climate are also influenced by natural factors, including solar variations, volcanic eruptions and ...
... fuel burning) at an increasing rate and are accumulating in the atmosphere. Emissions of other air pollutants have a net cooling influence, partially offsetting greenhouse warming to date. • Trends in climate are also influenced by natural factors, including solar variations, volcanic eruptions and ...
Presentation by Rita van Dingenen, joint IES/JRC
... European Commission, JRC-IES Ispra (I), *JRC-IPTS Seville (E) ...
... European Commission, JRC-IES Ispra (I), *JRC-IPTS Seville (E) ...
cop21 and the paris agreement
... adopted.iii The KP served to ‘operationalise’ the convention. For the first time it committed, rather than merely encouraged, industrialised countries (called Annex 1 Parties) to stabilise GHG emissions based on the principles of the convention. For the first five-year commitment period from 2008 t ...
... adopted.iii The KP served to ‘operationalise’ the convention. For the first time it committed, rather than merely encouraged, industrialised countries (called Annex 1 Parties) to stabilise GHG emissions based on the principles of the convention. For the first five-year commitment period from 2008 t ...
Environmental Pillar Submission on Agriculture Roadmap
... proposed to reduce overall global emissions by either regulating or taxing the emissions embodied in traded foods, especially high carbon, livestock sourced products. As an exporter of these products Ireland is producing these emissions in large quantities but neither farmers in Ireland nor the prod ...
... proposed to reduce overall global emissions by either regulating or taxing the emissions embodied in traded foods, especially high carbon, livestock sourced products. As an exporter of these products Ireland is producing these emissions in large quantities but neither farmers in Ireland nor the prod ...
Polycentric systems for coping with collective action and
... individuals, families, firms, communities, and governments at multiple levels must change substantially. Many who need to change their behavior, however, have not yet accepted their need to act in a different manner. They are waiting for an agreement at a global level before taking action. As discuss ...
... individuals, families, firms, communities, and governments at multiple levels must change substantially. Many who need to change their behavior, however, have not yet accepted their need to act in a different manner. They are waiting for an agreement at a global level before taking action. As discuss ...
Climate Change Choices - Gatwick Area Conservation Campaign
... radiative forcing or global warming potential. The words appear nowhere in all 38 pages. We are, of course, well aware that the science of radiative forcing is uncertain, and it is not for us to express any view as to whether the phenomenon exists, and if so how serious it is. 6. Nevertheless we not ...
... radiative forcing or global warming potential. The words appear nowhere in all 38 pages. We are, of course, well aware that the science of radiative forcing is uncertain, and it is not for us to express any view as to whether the phenomenon exists, and if so how serious it is. 6. Nevertheless we not ...
Kennesaw State University High School Model United Nations
... . Eric is an active member of the KSU Model UN team. He previously served as president of the KSU Young Democrats as a freshman. Now a junior and politically independent, he edges closer to graduating in Political Science with a concentration in Global Studies. He aspires to one day work as a pub ...
... . Eric is an active member of the KSU Model UN team. He previously served as president of the KSU Young Democrats as a freshman. Now a junior and politically independent, he edges closer to graduating in Political Science with a concentration in Global Studies. He aspires to one day work as a pub ...
March 2010 (meeting notes) - Fire Suppression Systems Association
... – EU - 20-30% reduction from 1990 levels by 2020 – China - 40-45% reduction in carbon intensity by 2020 (carbon emissions per unit GDP) ...
... – EU - 20-30% reduction from 1990 levels by 2020 – China - 40-45% reduction in carbon intensity by 2020 (carbon emissions per unit GDP) ...
mexico: an emissions trading case study
... One factor that is likely to dampen the growth of the CDM in Mexico, as well as several other host countries, is that, as of 2013, the only newly-registered projects that can supply CERs to the EU ETS are those based in least-developed countries (LDCs).26 Mexico's ...
... One factor that is likely to dampen the growth of the CDM in Mexico, as well as several other host countries, is that, as of 2013, the only newly-registered projects that can supply CERs to the EU ETS are those based in least-developed countries (LDCs).26 Mexico's ...
Carbon Budgets - National Assembly for Wales
... At the Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister on 26 June 2014, the First Minister stated that the Welsh Government were not considering changing the 40% target although a ‘refresh’ of the Climate Change Strategy for Wales27 would take place in the coming months28. With regards to carbon bu ...
... At the Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister on 26 June 2014, the First Minister stated that the Welsh Government were not considering changing the 40% target although a ‘refresh’ of the Climate Change Strategy for Wales27 would take place in the coming months28. With regards to carbon bu ...
gcc policy
... are likely to increase rather than decrease the estimated rate of climate change. The last few years provide many examples of how scientists have underestimated the effects of climate change; atmospheric CO2 concentrations, global temperatures, and the rate at which polar ice caps are melting have a ...
... are likely to increase rather than decrease the estimated rate of climate change. The last few years provide many examples of how scientists have underestimated the effects of climate change; atmospheric CO2 concentrations, global temperatures, and the rate at which polar ice caps are melting have a ...
Hot Cities: battle-ground for Climate CHange - UN
... Furthermore, urban areas in Europe have higher levels of densification and lower levels of sprawl in comparison to North American cities. • London’s overall CO2 emissions in 2006 were 44.3 million tonnes – representing 8 per cent of the UK’s total emissions, and a slight decline from the 45.1 mill ...
... Furthermore, urban areas in Europe have higher levels of densification and lower levels of sprawl in comparison to North American cities. • London’s overall CO2 emissions in 2006 were 44.3 million tonnes – representing 8 per cent of the UK’s total emissions, and a slight decline from the 45.1 mill ...
Reducing abrupt climate change risk using the Montreal Protocol
... the demand for products that would otherwise have used either high-GWP HFCs or HCFCs. The Montreal Protocol Parties started a dialogue with the UNFCCC and other stakeholders in 2008 to ‘‘discuss technical and policy issues related to alternatives for ozone-depleting substances, with a particular foc ...
... the demand for products that would otherwise have used either high-GWP HFCs or HCFCs. The Montreal Protocol Parties started a dialogue with the UNFCCC and other stakeholders in 2008 to ‘‘discuss technical and policy issues related to alternatives for ozone-depleting substances, with a particular foc ...
K Mitigation mitigation_ipcc
... development paths can make a major contribution to climate change mitigation, but implementation may require resources to overcome multiple barriers. There is a growing understanding of the possibilities to choose and implement mitigation options in several sectors to realize synergies and avoid con ...
... development paths can make a major contribution to climate change mitigation, but implementation may require resources to overcome multiple barriers. There is a growing understanding of the possibilities to choose and implement mitigation options in several sectors to realize synergies and avoid con ...