Slide 1
... emissions across all sectors for 2007 totalled 75.6 Mt CO2-e. • That was 22 per cent higher than the 1990 level of 61.9 Mt CO2-e • Removals of greenhouse gases in the Land Use, Land-use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) sector amounted to 24.6 Mt CO2-e in 2007. This is an increase of 35 per cent above re ...
... emissions across all sectors for 2007 totalled 75.6 Mt CO2-e. • That was 22 per cent higher than the 1990 level of 61.9 Mt CO2-e • Removals of greenhouse gases in the Land Use, Land-use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) sector amounted to 24.6 Mt CO2-e in 2007. This is an increase of 35 per cent above re ...
Policy goals and common metrics implications
... • Basket of gases and basket of sectors – Emissions from a gas have the same influence from the atmosphere point of view regardless of the anthropogenic source – From the equity point of view, anthropogenic sources ...
... • Basket of gases and basket of sectors – Emissions from a gas have the same influence from the atmosphere point of view regardless of the anthropogenic source – From the equity point of view, anthropogenic sources ...
Reducing CO2 from Coal-Fired Utilities: State and Local
... pay other organization for offsets • Washington: similar requirement just adopted for all new power plants and all existing power plants increasing CO2 emissions by 15 percent or more ...
... pay other organization for offsets • Washington: similar requirement just adopted for all new power plants and all existing power plants increasing CO2 emissions by 15 percent or more ...
Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Upfront Magazine
... 6. What are some ways a country might reduce its emissions of greenhouse gases? 7. Many of the nations hit hard by climate change, like the Marshall Islands, have very low greenhouse gas emissions. How does that affect your view of how we should respond to climate change? Do you think major greenhou ...
... 6. What are some ways a country might reduce its emissions of greenhouse gases? 7. Many of the nations hit hard by climate change, like the Marshall Islands, have very low greenhouse gas emissions. How does that affect your view of how we should respond to climate change? Do you think major greenhou ...
Ratification of the Kyoto Protocol to Improve
... Ratification of the Kyoto Protocol will improve Canada’s productivity and stimulate innovation. Implementation of the Protocol can be designed to ensure that no industry or sector suffers disproportionately. We can design a response that improves competitiveness, not hurt it. I urge your council to ...
... Ratification of the Kyoto Protocol will improve Canada’s productivity and stimulate innovation. Implementation of the Protocol can be designed to ensure that no industry or sector suffers disproportionately. We can design a response that improves competitiveness, not hurt it. I urge your council to ...
Nine Steps to Make Kyoto a Success
... and other greenhouse gas emissions. WWF calls on all countries that have ratified Kyoto to exert all possible pressure on both these governments to contribute meaningfully and to work closely with the various progressive stakeholders and business actors in the countries that are willing to move proa ...
... and other greenhouse gas emissions. WWF calls on all countries that have ratified Kyoto to exert all possible pressure on both these governments to contribute meaningfully and to work closely with the various progressive stakeholders and business actors in the countries that are willing to move proa ...
Y11GeUC7.8 Kyoto PPwk18
... Keep to assigned amounts of GHG with overall worldwide reduction by at least 5% below 1990 levels by 2008-2012 This article states that countries will stick to their agreed commitments, but does not specify what the penalties will be if you don’t. The EU and others wanted real penalties for failure, ...
... Keep to assigned amounts of GHG with overall worldwide reduction by at least 5% below 1990 levels by 2008-2012 This article states that countries will stick to their agreed commitments, but does not specify what the penalties will be if you don’t. The EU and others wanted real penalties for failure, ...
The Kyoto Protocol
... - Annex 1 countries receive ERUs for emissions reductions in developing countries - must certify reductions (they would not have happened without action by Annex 1) PROS: - For countries that are ultra-efficient, Kyoto would be cost prohibitive. Such countries can ‘buy their way out’ by buying carbo ...
... - Annex 1 countries receive ERUs for emissions reductions in developing countries - must certify reductions (they would not have happened without action by Annex 1) PROS: - For countries that are ultra-efficient, Kyoto would be cost prohibitive. Such countries can ‘buy their way out’ by buying carbo ...
The Politically Possible
... The idea of developing countries committing only to business-as-usual targets will be met with loud objections from both environmentalists and U.S. business interests because it doesn’t obligate China or other developing countries to cut emissions. But this commitment is far more important than it m ...
... The idea of developing countries committing only to business-as-usual targets will be met with loud objections from both environmentalists and U.S. business interests because it doesn’t obligate China or other developing countries to cut emissions. But this commitment is far more important than it m ...
Environmental Linkages and Climate Change Part Two
... income and business taxes. • The legislation requires the government to table annually, a plan to ensure the carbon tax remains revenue neutral. • To help offset the cost of the carbon tax, lower income households receive a Climate Action Credit of $100 per adult and $30 per child per year. People w ...
... income and business taxes. • The legislation requires the government to table annually, a plan to ensure the carbon tax remains revenue neutral. • To help offset the cost of the carbon tax, lower income households receive a Climate Action Credit of $100 per adult and $30 per child per year. People w ...
Free Webinar: Mitigating Agricultural Greenhouse Gases in the
... these areas expand to satisfy future demands, their environmental sustainability will be questioned. Expansion of meat production will require sustainable intensification with more meat being produced using less land; as opportunities to expand arable land globally is limited. Steps are being taken ...
... these areas expand to satisfy future demands, their environmental sustainability will be questioned. Expansion of meat production will require sustainable intensification with more meat being produced using less land; as opportunities to expand arable land globally is limited. Steps are being taken ...
Legal Framework on Adaptation - European Capacity Building
... Parties to protect climate system for benefit of future generations of humankind (intergenerational equity) (Art. 3.1) Parties to protect the climate system in accordance with their common but differentiated responsibilities and respective ...
... Parties to protect climate system for benefit of future generations of humankind (intergenerational equity) (Art. 3.1) Parties to protect the climate system in accordance with their common but differentiated responsibilities and respective ...
the Presentation
... The Scottish Government is committed to developing and implementing a framework and set of tools to assess the carbon impact of individual Scottish Government policies, programmes and projects, and the carbon impact of total Government spend. ...
... The Scottish Government is committed to developing and implementing a framework and set of tools to assess the carbon impact of individual Scottish Government policies, programmes and projects, and the carbon impact of total Government spend. ...
Slide 1
... CAN WE DELAY BUT THEN MAKE HEAVIER CUTS? Median temperature increase (above present) by 2100, for different reduction rates and peak emissions dates ...
... CAN WE DELAY BUT THEN MAKE HEAVIER CUTS? Median temperature increase (above present) by 2100, for different reduction rates and peak emissions dates ...
... CO2 emissions. In the period 1980 - 2006 non-Annex I countries represented 44% of the total but this contribution increased in the period 1990 - 2006 to 48%. If we extrapolate present trends to 2020 they will represent 56% in the period 1990 - 2020. The "historical responsibility" of Annex I countri ...
Kyoto Protocol
... between a party included in Annex I of UNFCCC and a party which is not on the list of Annex I (developed countries – developing countries) at this moment Romania has no projects in this direction • Emissions Trade(ET) between parties included in Annex I of UNFCCC at this moment it is not an ...
... between a party included in Annex I of UNFCCC and a party which is not on the list of Annex I (developed countries – developing countries) at this moment Romania has no projects in this direction • Emissions Trade(ET) between parties included in Annex I of UNFCCC at this moment it is not an ...
The need for mitigation
... Along with adaptation, mitigation is one of the two central approaches in the international climate change process. Mitigation involves human interventions to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases by sources or enhance their removal from the atmosphere by “sinks”. A “sink” refers to forests, vege ...
... Along with adaptation, mitigation is one of the two central approaches in the international climate change process. Mitigation involves human interventions to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases by sources or enhance their removal from the atmosphere by “sinks”. A “sink” refers to forests, vege ...
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... were causing climate change and that the policies should not exempt developing countries In 2008, President Bush declared that the U.S. would take action on its own to reduce its GHG emissions, without entering into international agreements. He stated that actions on climate change had to respect th ...
... were causing climate change and that the policies should not exempt developing countries In 2008, President Bush declared that the U.S. would take action on its own to reduce its GHG emissions, without entering into international agreements. He stated that actions on climate change had to respect th ...
03.1 Steps in Clean Development Mechanis
... countries, referred to as Annex I countries (who have accepted greenhouse gas emission reduction obligations and must submit an annual greenhouse gas inventory); and developing countries, referred to as Non-Annex I countries (who have no greenhouse gas emission reduction obligations but may particip ...
... countries, referred to as Annex I countries (who have accepted greenhouse gas emission reduction obligations and must submit an annual greenhouse gas inventory); and developing countries, referred to as Non-Annex I countries (who have no greenhouse gas emission reduction obligations but may particip ...
6 July 2012 - United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
... from direct human-induced land use, land-use change and forestry activities • It is mandatory for Annex 1 Parties to account for changes in carbons stocks resulting from deforestation, reforestation and afforestation and voluntary to account for emissions from forest management, cropland management, ...
... from direct human-induced land use, land-use change and forestry activities • It is mandatory for Annex 1 Parties to account for changes in carbons stocks resulting from deforestation, reforestation and afforestation and voluntary to account for emissions from forest management, cropland management, ...
Does the climate change benefit to Lithuania
... Kyoto protocol The Kyoto Protocol is an international environmental treaty produced at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 3–14 June 1992. The treaty is intended to achieve stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the a ...
... Kyoto protocol The Kyoto Protocol is an international environmental treaty produced at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 3–14 June 1992. The treaty is intended to achieve stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the a ...
Keeping Kyoto`s Rules and Obligations
... As more is known about the science and speed of climate change, it has become clear that developing countries will also have to take action to reduce projected emissions from this group. This action must be based on a country’s historical responsibility for emissions and its capability and potentia ...
... As more is known about the science and speed of climate change, it has become clear that developing countries will also have to take action to reduce projected emissions from this group. This action must be based on a country’s historical responsibility for emissions and its capability and potentia ...
The EU is seeking an ambitious international agreement – including
... adaptation and mitigation; Agreement both on the need for a legally binding outcome of the negotations in the form of a single treaty, and on the process and a deadline for finalising it by mid2010. According to the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (I ...
... adaptation and mitigation; Agreement both on the need for a legally binding outcome of the negotations in the form of a single treaty, and on the process and a deadline for finalising it by mid2010. According to the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (I ...
Post-2012 Issues under the UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol
... of climate change and/or the impact of the implementation of response measures - includes actions related to funding, insurance and technology transfer; • Art. 4.9: Parties are to take full account of the specific needs and special situations of LDCs in their actions with regard to funding and trans ...
... of climate change and/or the impact of the implementation of response measures - includes actions related to funding, insurance and technology transfer; • Art. 4.9: Parties are to take full account of the specific needs and special situations of LDCs in their actions with regard to funding and trans ...