climate policy: separating fact from fantasy
... included in any future climate change treaties. The G8 nations committed to cutting their greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2050, but the agreement was short on details, such as the baseline year from which reductions would be achieved and how they would be achieved. This was the first time that P ...
... included in any future climate change treaties. The G8 nations committed to cutting their greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2050, but the agreement was short on details, such as the baseline year from which reductions would be achieved and how they would be achieved. This was the first time that P ...
Climate policy convergence in Europe: an assessment based on
... 2 of the UNFCCC defines the ultimate goal of the climate regime: ‘the stabilization of the atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases at levels which avoid a dangerous interference with the climate system’ (UNFCCC 1992). Since this stabilization goal is not yet clearly defined as scientists disag ...
... 2 of the UNFCCC defines the ultimate goal of the climate regime: ‘the stabilization of the atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases at levels which avoid a dangerous interference with the climate system’ (UNFCCC 1992). Since this stabilization goal is not yet clearly defined as scientists disag ...
3.7 Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change
... SB 375 provides for a new planning process that coordinates land use planning, regional transportation plans, and funding priorities in order to help California meet the GHG reduction goals established in AB 32. SB 375 requires regional transportation plans, developed by metropolitan planning organi ...
... SB 375 provides for a new planning process that coordinates land use planning, regional transportation plans, and funding priorities in order to help California meet the GHG reduction goals established in AB 32. SB 375 requires regional transportation plans, developed by metropolitan planning organi ...
Sanctions and penalties in environmental treaties
... As with the Cartagena Protocol the primary triggers for the non-compliance procedure is limited to reservations expressed by other Parties or a Party itself concludes it is not in compliance and reports itself to the Secretariat. There is no direct right for NGOs or other third parties to raise rese ...
... As with the Cartagena Protocol the primary triggers for the non-compliance procedure is limited to reservations expressed by other Parties or a Party itself concludes it is not in compliance and reports itself to the Secretariat. There is no direct right for NGOs or other third parties to raise rese ...
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)
... Real Reductions – Activity must be lower aggregate emissions from an agreed-upon baseline emissions level in the past Permanence – Activity cannot be easily undone (efficiency upgrades, reforestation projects) Quantifiability and Verifiability – Detailed monitoring and verification plan specific to ...
... Real Reductions – Activity must be lower aggregate emissions from an agreed-upon baseline emissions level in the past Permanence – Activity cannot be easily undone (efficiency upgrades, reforestation projects) Quantifiability and Verifiability – Detailed monitoring and verification plan specific to ...
New York, 1 August (Martin Khor) -
... The Third World Network said that critical time had been lost while the industrialized world “woke up” to the science of climate change. At the same time, developing countries’ response had lagged because many of them were struggling with other immediate problems, such as low commodity prices, AIDS ...
... The Third World Network said that critical time had been lost while the industrialized world “woke up” to the science of climate change. At the same time, developing countries’ response had lagged because many of them were struggling with other immediate problems, such as low commodity prices, AIDS ...
Arranging deck chairs on the Titanic
... In 1992, the United Nations (UN) proposed a framework for dealing with climate change, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which entered into force in 1994. 4 UNFCCC segregates UN member states into developed (Annex I) and developing (non-Annex I) nations. 5 In 1997, ...
... In 1992, the United Nations (UN) proposed a framework for dealing with climate change, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which entered into force in 1994. 4 UNFCCC segregates UN member states into developed (Annex I) and developing (non-Annex I) nations. 5 In 1997, ...
Outcome of Paris Climate Negotiations
... importance given to adaptation, as well as the amount of finance and other means of implementation provided to support the implementation of adaptation in developing countries. The Agreement includes language that addresses both issues by establishing a global goal for adaptation, and calling on dev ...
... importance given to adaptation, as well as the amount of finance and other means of implementation provided to support the implementation of adaptation in developing countries. The Agreement includes language that addresses both issues by establishing a global goal for adaptation, and calling on dev ...
Energy and technology lessons since Rio
... from the Montreal Protocol in that it had neither clear, specific manageable objectives, nor enforcement mechanisms. Those were left for a set of subsequent meetings referred to as the Conference of the Parties (COP) to hammer out. Those details have proven far tougher to work out than the framers of ...
... from the Montreal Protocol in that it had neither clear, specific manageable objectives, nor enforcement mechanisms. Those were left for a set of subsequent meetings referred to as the Conference of the Parties (COP) to hammer out. Those details have proven far tougher to work out than the framers of ...
Update on CCS in the Global Climate Picture Tim Dixon 23 January 2015
... SBI – Subsidiary Body for Implementation ...
... SBI – Subsidiary Body for Implementation ...
slides - Harvard Kennedy School
... “An Elaborated Proposal For Global Climate Policy Architecture: Specific Formulas and Emission Targets for All Countries in All Decades” (2009) ...
... “An Elaborated Proposal For Global Climate Policy Architecture: Specific Formulas and Emission Targets for All Countries in All Decades” (2009) ...
hot air - United Nations Interpreters
... companies) and between developed and developing countries (and their companies). AIJ is intended to allow Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to gain experience in jointly implemented project activities. There is no crediting for AIJ activity during the pilot phase. ...
... companies) and between developed and developing countries (and their companies). AIJ is intended to allow Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to gain experience in jointly implemented project activities. There is no crediting for AIJ activity during the pilot phase. ...
AerChemMIP (Aerosols and Chemistry MIP)
... is large, the climate response differs from the globally equivalent ERF – i.e., there is some regional response to regional ERF. NTCF emissions are also responsible for driving regional and local air quality (AQ). This has led to the recognition that a combined strategy of mitigating climate change ...
... is large, the climate response differs from the globally equivalent ERF – i.e., there is some regional response to regional ERF. NTCF emissions are also responsible for driving regional and local air quality (AQ). This has led to the recognition that a combined strategy of mitigating climate change ...
The Obama Administration`s Clean Air Act Legacy and the UNFCC
... President acknowledged, the U.S. has “a unique responsibility.”2 A single statute—the Clean Air Act—provides critical executive authority for advancing the President’s climate change goals. The Clean Air Act of 1970 was the first comprehensive federal environmental regulatory program.3 Today, it rem ...
... President acknowledged, the U.S. has “a unique responsibility.”2 A single statute—the Clean Air Act—provides critical executive authority for advancing the President’s climate change goals. The Clean Air Act of 1970 was the first comprehensive federal environmental regulatory program.3 Today, it rem ...
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 ...
US Climate Change Policy Under President Clinton
... transportation and buildings sectors, and established the Climate Change Technology Initiative (CCTI), a $6.3 billion, five-year package of spending and tax incentives designed to stimulate the use of energy efficient technologies in building, industrial processes, vehicles, and power generation. It ...
... transportation and buildings sectors, and established the Climate Change Technology Initiative (CCTI), a $6.3 billion, five-year package of spending and tax incentives designed to stimulate the use of energy efficient technologies in building, industrial processes, vehicles, and power generation. It ...
2006 IPCC Guidelines on National Greenhouse Gas - ipcc
... This approach is consistent with the IPCC Special Report on CCS No “Tier 1” Methods available for storage – this must be based on site specific evaluation There are demonstration projects but no wide scale use of CCS. Some technologies are well known Use of CO2 pipelines and associated equip ...
... This approach is consistent with the IPCC Special Report on CCS No “Tier 1” Methods available for storage – this must be based on site specific evaluation There are demonstration projects but no wide scale use of CCS. Some technologies are well known Use of CO2 pipelines and associated equip ...
Kyoto Protocol
The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty, which extends the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that commits State Parties to reduce greenhouse gases emissions, based on the premise that (a) global warming exists and (b) man-made CO2 emissions have caused it. The Kyoto Protocol was adopted in Kyoto, Japan, on 11 December, 1997 and entered into force on 16 February 2005. There are currently 192 Parties (Canada withdrew effective December 2012) to the Protocol. The Kyoto Protocol implemented the objective of the UNFCCC to fight global warming by reducing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere to ""a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system"" (Art. 2). The Protocol is based on the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities: it puts the obligation to reduce current emissions on developed countries on the basis that they are historically responsible for the current levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.The Protocol’s first commitment period started in 2008 and ended in 2012. A second commitment period was agreed on in 2012, known as the Doha Amendment to the protocol, in which 37 countries have binding targets: Australia, the European Union (and its 28 member states), Belarus, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland, and Ukraine. Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine have stated that they may withdraw from the Protocol or not put into legal force the Amendment with second round targets. Japan, New Zealand and Russia have participated in Kyoto's first-round but have not taken on new targets in the second commitment period. Other developed countries without second-round targets are Canada (which withdrew from the Kyoto Protocol in 2012) and the United States (which has not ratified the Protocol). As of July 2015, 36 states have accepted the Doha Amendment, while entry into force requires the acceptances of 144 states.Negotiations were held in Lima in 2014 to agree on a post-Kyoto legal framework that would obligate all major polluters to pay for CO2 emissions. China, India, and the United States have all signaled that they will not ratify any treaty that will commit them legally to reduce CO2 emissions.