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... 1. Credit for non-emissive use of feedstock 2. Free allowances for Energy Intensive / Trade Exposed Industry 3. Cost Containment through Sufficient International & Domestic Off-sets 4. Policy Measures which reduce the “dash to gas” 5. Complimentary Policies (i.e. Energy Efficiency) ...
... 1. Credit for non-emissive use of feedstock 2. Free allowances for Energy Intensive / Trade Exposed Industry 3. Cost Containment through Sufficient International & Domestic Off-sets 4. Policy Measures which reduce the “dash to gas” 5. Complimentary Policies (i.e. Energy Efficiency) ...
Using Markets to Conserve Natural Capital
... this is often not reflected in the market price of the goods or services these activities produce.1 For example, industries will continue to emit excessive greenhouse gases if there is no market value placed on a stable climate system, and farming may cause land degradation if there is no market val ...
... this is often not reflected in the market price of the goods or services these activities produce.1 For example, industries will continue to emit excessive greenhouse gases if there is no market value placed on a stable climate system, and farming may cause land degradation if there is no market val ...
The dynamics of technology diffusion and the impacts of climate
... systems are made using either bottom-up cost-optimisation, or top-down general equilibrium utility optimisation (equilibrium) computational models, or a combination of both. In these models, however, dynamics result mostly from the assumptions about optimisation that underpin the modelling approache ...
... systems are made using either bottom-up cost-optimisation, or top-down general equilibrium utility optimisation (equilibrium) computational models, or a combination of both. In these models, however, dynamics result mostly from the assumptions about optimisation that underpin the modelling approache ...
Climate Change: Portfolio Analysis
... I am pleased to present BHP Billiton’s Climate Change: Portfolio Analysis. The world is facing two critical challenges. As the global population steadily grows, the continued development of emerging economies depends on access to affordable energy. At the same time, limiting climate change requires ...
... I am pleased to present BHP Billiton’s Climate Change: Portfolio Analysis. The world is facing two critical challenges. As the global population steadily grows, the continued development of emerging economies depends on access to affordable energy. At the same time, limiting climate change requires ...
The carbon cycle in a changing climate
... the Earth system. (See the article by Judith Lean, PHYSICS TODAY, June 2005, page 32.) In the past million years, Earth has cycled between cold glacial periods with low atmospheric CO2 concentrations (190 ppm) and warmer interglacial periods with higher atmospheric CO2 concentrations (280 ppm).3 The ...
... the Earth system. (See the article by Judith Lean, PHYSICS TODAY, June 2005, page 32.) In the past million years, Earth has cycled between cold glacial periods with low atmospheric CO2 concentrations (190 ppm) and warmer interglacial periods with higher atmospheric CO2 concentrations (280 ppm).3 The ...
Global mechanisms for sustaining and enhancing PES schemes ⁎ Josh Farley
... simultaneously deter carbon emissions. To disburse funds, we should adapt Brazil's ICMS ecológico, and apportion available funds to targeted countries in proportion to how well they meet specific criteria designed to measure the provision of GES. Individual countries can then develop their own polici ...
... simultaneously deter carbon emissions. To disburse funds, we should adapt Brazil's ICMS ecológico, and apportion available funds to targeted countries in proportion to how well they meet specific criteria designed to measure the provision of GES. Individual countries can then develop their own polici ...
Carbon Constrained Future - AGL Sustainability Report 2016
... AGL’s business could possibly be impacted by climate change mitigation and adaptation policy, the 44 million tonne scope 1 footprint represents the most material aspect of AGL’s response to climate change. Utilising PLEXOS1 modelling software, three scenarios of the National Electricity Market are p ...
... AGL’s business could possibly be impacted by climate change mitigation and adaptation policy, the 44 million tonne scope 1 footprint represents the most material aspect of AGL’s response to climate change. Utilising PLEXOS1 modelling software, three scenarios of the National Electricity Market are p ...
4 Anthropogenic Changes and the Global Carbon Cycle
... (uptake) and respiration (release). Similarly, 90 Gt C is emitted and 92 Gt C absorbed by the ocean each year7,11 through a combination of physical exchange and biological activity at the ocean surface. In comparison, only 6.3 Gt C/year is emitted by human combustion of fossil fuel and another 1.6 t ...
... (uptake) and respiration (release). Similarly, 90 Gt C is emitted and 92 Gt C absorbed by the ocean each year7,11 through a combination of physical exchange and biological activity at the ocean surface. In comparison, only 6.3 Gt C/year is emitted by human combustion of fossil fuel and another 1.6 t ...
Drivers for the renaissance of coal
... since 1901 to demonstrate long-term trends in coal use and related emissions (note that from the beginning of industrialization to 1900 the share of coal was nearly 100%). Fig. 2A shows total emissions from solid fuels on a double-logarithmic scale. Fig. 2B shows the share and development of coal in ...
... since 1901 to demonstrate long-term trends in coal use and related emissions (note that from the beginning of industrialization to 1900 the share of coal was nearly 100%). Fig. 2A shows total emissions from solid fuels on a double-logarithmic scale. Fig. 2B shows the share and development of coal in ...
Climate Change News 13 July 10
... The commitments came at the second meeting of the so-called Paris-Oslo process, initiated by France and Norway to build on the progress made at the Copenhagen climate conference last December towards an international mechanism to fund forest protection. With money on the table and an urgency to stem ...
... The commitments came at the second meeting of the so-called Paris-Oslo process, initiated by France and Norway to build on the progress made at the Copenhagen climate conference last December towards an international mechanism to fund forest protection. With money on the table and an urgency to stem ...
Trace Gases and Their Effects
... After estimating the human damage to the planet, the most effective mitigation strategies were researched. We ran the model to find the most feasible amount of carbon dioxide emission reduction. Although the most drastic reduction would be the most beneficial, such a cutback would not be feasible du ...
... After estimating the human damage to the planet, the most effective mitigation strategies were researched. We ran the model to find the most feasible amount of carbon dioxide emission reduction. Although the most drastic reduction would be the most beneficial, such a cutback would not be feasible du ...
All developing countries where there is any ability to measure
... China and other developing countries start at the same time, and China won’t start until after the rich countries have gone first. There seems to me only one possible solution. At the same time that the US agrees to binding emission cuts in the manner of Kyoto, China and other developing countries a ...
... China and other developing countries start at the same time, and China won’t start until after the rich countries have gone first. There seems to me only one possible solution. At the same time that the US agrees to binding emission cuts in the manner of Kyoto, China and other developing countries a ...
2020: The Climate Turning Point
... Already, more global capacity for renewable power is being added each year than coal, natural gas and oil combined, and in 2015 the sector overtook coal in terms of cumulative installed capacity20. The latest modeling indicates that by 2020, demand for coal and oil will have peaked21. The signs are ...
... Already, more global capacity for renewable power is being added each year than coal, natural gas and oil combined, and in 2015 the sector overtook coal in terms of cumulative installed capacity20. The latest modeling indicates that by 2020, demand for coal and oil will have peaked21. The signs are ...
The risks of relying on tomorrow`s `negative emissions` to guide
... about the extent to which removing emissions from the atmosphere may be necessary to achieve this. Some negative emission technologies are still considered speculative – such as direct air capture (an “immature” technology with “high technical and environmental risk” (National Research Council 2015) ...
... about the extent to which removing emissions from the atmosphere may be necessary to achieve this. Some negative emission technologies are still considered speculative – such as direct air capture (an “immature” technology with “high technical and environmental risk” (National Research Council 2015) ...
Study on the Opportunities, Challenges and Relevant Strategies
... achieving sustainable development in China. We can use opportunities of low-carbon economy to make some key industries gain a competitive advantage in energy saving technology. Second, China's emissions space is larger. At present our industrial structure and consumption structure is in the stage of ...
... achieving sustainable development in China. We can use opportunities of low-carbon economy to make some key industries gain a competitive advantage in energy saving technology. Second, China's emissions space is larger. At present our industrial structure and consumption structure is in the stage of ...
Download: ACI2015 - Summary for Policy-makers
... Tropospheric ozone from anthropogenic precursors has a smaller impact on Arctic temperature than either methane or black carbon. Ozone also raises different concerns depending on its altitude. Surface levels appear to be influenced primarily by pollution from Europe. Ozone higher up in the troposphe ...
... Tropospheric ozone from anthropogenic precursors has a smaller impact on Arctic temperature than either methane or black carbon. Ozone also raises different concerns depending on its altitude. Surface levels appear to be influenced primarily by pollution from Europe. Ozone higher up in the troposphe ...
unburnable carbon: why we need to leave fossil fuels in the ground
... temperature to no more than 2°C. If we are to have any chance of meeting this target, we need to rapidly reduce our carbon emissions and transition towards a decarbonised society. This report describes an approach - the carbon budget – to track progress against this goal. The carbon budget is a simp ...
... temperature to no more than 2°C. If we are to have any chance of meeting this target, we need to rapidly reduce our carbon emissions and transition towards a decarbonised society. This report describes an approach - the carbon budget – to track progress against this goal. The carbon budget is a simp ...
global 500 greenhouse gases performance 2010
... a manner consistent with warming less than 2° C. Finally, we will also provide an update on the latest planetary trends to put the private sector progress, or lack thereof, in a planetary frame of reference. It is important to note that the underlying data landscape for GHG emissions is complex and ...
... a manner consistent with warming less than 2° C. Finally, we will also provide an update on the latest planetary trends to put the private sector progress, or lack thereof, in a planetary frame of reference. It is important to note that the underlying data landscape for GHG emissions is complex and ...
Legislation in the UK energy industry
... renewable energy sources. The European Union Biofuels Directive was introduced to cut the European transport market’s dependence on oil and to help reduce the expected growth in carbon emissions associated with the European transport sector. The directive promotes the use of biofuels in all member s ...
... renewable energy sources. The European Union Biofuels Directive was introduced to cut the European transport market’s dependence on oil and to help reduce the expected growth in carbon emissions associated with the European transport sector. The directive promotes the use of biofuels in all member s ...
Lead–lag relationships between global mean temperature and the
... in Petoukhov et al. (1998), Mokhov et al. (2002), Mokhov et al. (2005b), Eliseev (2011), Eliseev and Mokhov (2011), Eliseev (2012), Mokhov and Eliseev (2012), Eliseev and Sergeev (2014), Eliseev et al. (2014a), Eliseev et al. (2014b), Eliseev et al. (2014c), and Eliseev (2015). In brief, the model c ...
... in Petoukhov et al. (1998), Mokhov et al. (2002), Mokhov et al. (2005b), Eliseev (2011), Eliseev and Mokhov (2011), Eliseev (2012), Mokhov and Eliseev (2012), Eliseev and Sergeev (2014), Eliseev et al. (2014a), Eliseev et al. (2014b), Eliseev et al. (2014c), and Eliseev (2015). In brief, the model c ...
english - Sustainable Development of Tourism
... Tourism – business and leisure travel - is a significant global industry making positive contributions to growth, trade and development, with particular potential for poor countries. Tourism is both affected fundamentally by climate change and a significant contributor to the global emissions of gre ...
... Tourism – business and leisure travel - is a significant global industry making positive contributions to growth, trade and development, with particular potential for poor countries. Tourism is both affected fundamentally by climate change and a significant contributor to the global emissions of gre ...
Environment Business Australia
... Internalising the economic costs of negative externalities The biggest challenge is monetising tomorrow's value to galvanise action today, and this is why an enabling framework is so important3. It does not 'pick winners' per se, but it does create better opportunities for winners to emerge by rewar ...
... Internalising the economic costs of negative externalities The biggest challenge is monetising tomorrow's value to galvanise action today, and this is why an enabling framework is so important3. It does not 'pick winners' per se, but it does create better opportunities for winners to emerge by rewar ...
The Kyoto Protocol - Berkeley Law Scholarship Repository
... among some industrialized nations such as Australia, which argued that they had not historically produced greenhouse gases in the same proportions as other nations and as a result, they were not as responsible for the greenhouse gas crisis.3 5 These countries insisted that, in fairness, they should ...
... among some industrialized nations such as Australia, which argued that they had not historically produced greenhouse gases in the same proportions as other nations and as a result, they were not as responsible for the greenhouse gas crisis.3 5 These countries insisted that, in fairness, they should ...
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... on participating countries to achieve a given environmental goal. Moreover, emitters that avoid abatement action may gain a competitive advantage by free-riding on the abatement efforts of other countries. This could induce movement of emission intensive industries to these countries from countries ...
... on participating countries to achieve a given environmental goal. Moreover, emitters that avoid abatement action may gain a competitive advantage by free-riding on the abatement efforts of other countries. This could induce movement of emission intensive industries to these countries from countries ...
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... environmental performance of the agreement, and worse yet, push developing countries onto more carbon-intensive growth paths than they would otherwise have taken, rendering it more difficult for these countries to join the coalition of action later. A third concern centers on the nature of the Kyoto ...
... environmental performance of the agreement, and worse yet, push developing countries onto more carbon-intensive growth paths than they would otherwise have taken, rendering it more difficult for these countries to join the coalition of action later. A third concern centers on the nature of the Kyoto ...