080312lvo_Slides_Energy
... Sets GHG emissions cap for 2020 at 1990 level, an 11% reduction from 2006 levels Points way toward 80% reduction by 2050 Scoping Plan provides framework to meet GHG emissions reduction target • 14 of 30 ARB measures approved to date, reducing GHG emissions by 78 MMTCO2e in 2020 ...
... Sets GHG emissions cap for 2020 at 1990 level, an 11% reduction from 2006 levels Points way toward 80% reduction by 2050 Scoping Plan provides framework to meet GHG emissions reduction target • 14 of 30 ARB measures approved to date, reducing GHG emissions by 78 MMTCO2e in 2020 ...
“A View From the Capitol” CLEAN AIR: Law, Policy, and Practice
... Change in Leadership in the House • “as long as I am subcommittee chairman, [regulating ...
... Change in Leadership in the House • “as long as I am subcommittee chairman, [regulating ...
Chapter 8
... Carbon model is required to figure out how much CO2 stays in the atmosphere. Recall time scales for removal of carbon: about 50% removed within one year, about 80% removed after a few centuries, all removed after a few tens of thousands of years CO2 projections = economic + demographic model + carbo ...
... Carbon model is required to figure out how much CO2 stays in the atmosphere. Recall time scales for removal of carbon: about 50% removed within one year, about 80% removed after a few centuries, all removed after a few tens of thousands of years CO2 projections = economic + demographic model + carbo ...
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... • Reducing emissions is not the same as stabilizing concentrations of CO2 – According to global carbon emission projections, emission levels in 2010 are still expected to be more than 30 percent higher than 1990 levels even with the agreement. • The emission cuts by industrialized countries will be ...
... • Reducing emissions is not the same as stabilizing concentrations of CO2 – According to global carbon emission projections, emission levels in 2010 are still expected to be more than 30 percent higher than 1990 levels even with the agreement. • The emission cuts by industrialized countries will be ...
Climate is the average meteorological conditions—temperature
... "greenhouse" gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O)—due to ...
... "greenhouse" gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O)—due to ...
Global Warming and Gaia
... Starley’s Grand Challenge Existing climate models: Assumed CO2 levels Climate change Models we need: Assumed human emissions CO2 levels and climate change ...
... Starley’s Grand Challenge Existing climate models: Assumed CO2 levels Climate change Models we need: Assumed human emissions CO2 levels and climate change ...
Beckt_EnviroSci_FinalAssignment - G-Beckt
... The Earth's climate has changed throughout history. Just in the last 650,000 years there have been seven cycles of glacial advance and retreat, with the abrupt end of the last ice age about seven thousand years ago, marking the beginning of the modern climate era —and of human civilization. Most of ...
... The Earth's climate has changed throughout history. Just in the last 650,000 years there have been seven cycles of glacial advance and retreat, with the abrupt end of the last ice age about seven thousand years ago, marking the beginning of the modern climate era —and of human civilization. Most of ...
Durban Climate Treaty Where are we now?
... • A new "road map" (the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action) will guide countries towards a legal deal to cut carbon in 2015, but it will only come into affect after 2020. • EU and a few other developed countries have signed on to an extension of Kyoto that will cover until new treaty takes hold in ...
... • A new "road map" (the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action) will guide countries towards a legal deal to cut carbon in 2015, but it will only come into affect after 2020. • EU and a few other developed countries have signed on to an extension of Kyoto that will cover until new treaty takes hold in ...
Professor Lance Endersbee on the Climate
... cut itself off from Russian oil and gas. Europe is concerned about this, but helpless. It has all been a Russian geopolitical victory, made possible by the popular delusion in the west about climate change. The Russian incursion into Georgia, and their confident rejection of EU and US criticism, rev ...
... cut itself off from Russian oil and gas. Europe is concerned about this, but helpless. It has all been a Russian geopolitical victory, made possible by the popular delusion in the west about climate change. The Russian incursion into Georgia, and their confident rejection of EU and US criticism, rev ...
Carbon tax could alter course of climate change
... “cheap” fossil fuels. from countries without similar carbon pricing It’s time to talk real solutions. The solution would protect American businesses and offered by former Secretary of State George encourage ...
... “cheap” fossil fuels. from countries without similar carbon pricing It’s time to talk real solutions. The solution would protect American businesses and offered by former Secretary of State George encourage ...
Introduction Irish Woodworkers for Africa Ltd, T/A Just Forests has
... The programme for government committed to provide ‘certainty surrounding government policy and a clear pathway for emission reductions’. Short and long term targets provide the certainty needed by investors, both businesses and householders, to invest now in lowcarbon technology knowing that the pa ...
... The programme for government committed to provide ‘certainty surrounding government policy and a clear pathway for emission reductions’. Short and long term targets provide the certainty needed by investors, both businesses and householders, to invest now in lowcarbon technology knowing that the pa ...
Att to 168 Hart
... Australia is lagging in its energy efficiency particularly in transport. Regulation may need strengthening if voluntary measures are not effective. Regulation may also have role in reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases other than carbon dioxide, such as methane and nitrous oxide. However, most ...
... Australia is lagging in its energy efficiency particularly in transport. Regulation may need strengthening if voluntary measures are not effective. Regulation may also have role in reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases other than carbon dioxide, such as methane and nitrous oxide. However, most ...
Climate change and Pope Francis` visit with Congress
... related to warming, and their means of subsistence are largely dependent on natural reserves and ecosystemic services such as agriculture, fishing and forestry.” Our current business-as-usual pace of burning fossil fuels places us on a trajectory of warming that ensures the current nightmare of the ...
... related to warming, and their means of subsistence are largely dependent on natural reserves and ecosystemic services such as agriculture, fishing and forestry.” Our current business-as-usual pace of burning fossil fuels places us on a trajectory of warming that ensures the current nightmare of the ...
CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENT ADVISORY
... Green building consultancy e-Waste disposal Green building business initiatives Live cycle assessment Carbon credits and related issues ...
... Green building consultancy e-Waste disposal Green building business initiatives Live cycle assessment Carbon credits and related issues ...
TO: _____ Corporate Headquarters _____ USA ______, is the
... http://www.climatechange2013.org/images/uploads/WG1AR5_Headlines.pdf These impacts include: "...unequivocal warming since the 1950s" "atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide have increased to levels unprecedented in at least the last 800,000 years" "It is extre ...
... http://www.climatechange2013.org/images/uploads/WG1AR5_Headlines.pdf These impacts include: "...unequivocal warming since the 1950s" "atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide have increased to levels unprecedented in at least the last 800,000 years" "It is extre ...
Can we do this? - Georgia Climate Change Summit 2008
... 2020: emissions peak 2050: emissions down by ~ 60% 2100: emissions down by ~ 80% ...
... 2020: emissions peak 2050: emissions down by ~ 60% 2100: emissions down by ~ 80% ...
Making the case for a revenue-neutral carbon tax
... recently studied the economic impact that a revenue-neutral carbon tax would have on the state of California over 20 years. It found that if the state had such a tax, after 20 years Californians would pay $1.80 per gallon more for gas because of it, while decreasing its carbon dioxide emissions by 3 ...
... recently studied the economic impact that a revenue-neutral carbon tax would have on the state of California over 20 years. It found that if the state had such a tax, after 20 years Californians would pay $1.80 per gallon more for gas because of it, while decreasing its carbon dioxide emissions by 3 ...
PowerPoint slides
... in carbon dioxide concentration is largely irreversible for 1,000 years after emissions stop. Following cessation of emissions, removal of atmospheric carbon dioxide decreases radiative forcing, but is largely compensated by slower loss of heat to the ocean, so that atmospheric temperatures do not d ...
... in carbon dioxide concentration is largely irreversible for 1,000 years after emissions stop. Following cessation of emissions, removal of atmospheric carbon dioxide decreases radiative forcing, but is largely compensated by slower loss of heat to the ocean, so that atmospheric temperatures do not d ...
Proxy Climate Data
... The stated target is for Annex B country emissions to be, on average, 5% below their 1990 emissions level by around 2010 In the absence of policies (i.e., under ‘Business As Usual’), Annex B emissions would increase substantially by 2010 A 5% reduction relative to 1990 represents, on average, ...
... The stated target is for Annex B country emissions to be, on average, 5% below their 1990 emissions level by around 2010 In the absence of policies (i.e., under ‘Business As Usual’), Annex B emissions would increase substantially by 2010 A 5% reduction relative to 1990 represents, on average, ...
Russell Marsh Presentation
... • Use of revenues from auctioning of power sector allowances in the third phase of the ETS post 2012. It’s a political choice. ...
... • Use of revenues from auctioning of power sector allowances in the third phase of the ETS post 2012. It’s a political choice. ...
The energy imbalance cause by human and natural activities
... Reduced by between 40% and 70% relative to 2010 levels by 2050 ...
... Reduced by between 40% and 70% relative to 2010 levels by 2050 ...
PART I: OUR CONVERGING CRISES Pollution
... have come faster than scientists have forecast, but we don’t know whether future impacts will adhere more closely to the experts’ models or continue to accelerate. Also there are uncertainties about how to best account for and assign responsibility for greenhouse gas emissions. For example, if China ...
... have come faster than scientists have forecast, but we don’t know whether future impacts will adhere more closely to the experts’ models or continue to accelerate. Also there are uncertainties about how to best account for and assign responsibility for greenhouse gas emissions. For example, if China ...
Cool It - Ning.com
... – Total cap is allocated among regulated facilities as allowable emissions permit that allow GHG emissions by ton per year – Or, part of the cap is allocated “free” and part is auctioned by government with proceeds used to: • Invest in research and development • Reduce individual income taxes or pro ...
... – Total cap is allocated among regulated facilities as allowable emissions permit that allow GHG emissions by ton per year – Or, part of the cap is allocated “free” and part is auctioned by government with proceeds used to: • Invest in research and development • Reduce individual income taxes or pro ...
Sample Organizational Statement on Climate Change
... 195 nations, including the United States, have agreed pursuant to the Paris Accords to "Hold the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above preindustrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above preindustrial levels, recognizing that thi ...
... 195 nations, including the United States, have agreed pursuant to the Paris Accords to "Hold the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above preindustrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above preindustrial levels, recognizing that thi ...