FHWA Workshop 3 GHG Mitigation Strategies DT
... *Construction emissions are not included in the baseline. 15-18 million metric tons corresponds to 0.7-0.8% of U.S. transport GHGs. **These values are from the Moving Cooler Study. The DOT report did not quantify these strategies as more work is underway at FHWA. ...
... *Construction emissions are not included in the baseline. 15-18 million metric tons corresponds to 0.7-0.8% of U.S. transport GHGs. **These values are from the Moving Cooler Study. The DOT report did not quantify these strategies as more work is underway at FHWA. ...
Workplan
... targets that set out where the EU should be in 2020. One of them relates to reduce GHG emissions by 20% by 2020. While the major GHG issue for the total economy in industrialized countries is CO2, mainly related to energy production and use, for agriculture the most important GHG is nitrous oxide (N ...
... targets that set out where the EU should be in 2020. One of them relates to reduce GHG emissions by 20% by 2020. While the major GHG issue for the total economy in industrialized countries is CO2, mainly related to energy production and use, for agriculture the most important GHG is nitrous oxide (N ...
Climate Change - Important Decisions Between Late
... 25. The Minister for Climate Change Issues is considering options for targets [3] . He may bring a paper to Cabinet in November 2014. It would be advantageous to have an early discussion with the Minister for Climate Change Issues and other senior Ministers about the issues covered in this report. [ ...
... 25. The Minister for Climate Change Issues is considering options for targets [3] . He may bring a paper to Cabinet in November 2014. It would be advantageous to have an early discussion with the Minister for Climate Change Issues and other senior Ministers about the issues covered in this report. [ ...
Out of the Bunker: Time for a fair deal on shipping emissions
... Champions for such a deal are emerging. As G20 chair, France has made innovative financing for climate change and development a high priority for the summit in Cannes in November 2011 on the eve of the Durban COP. France and Germany both called this July for revenues from a carbon price for ships to ...
... Champions for such a deal are emerging. As G20 chair, France has made innovative financing for climate change and development a high priority for the summit in Cannes in November 2011 on the eve of the Durban COP. France and Germany both called this July for revenues from a carbon price for ships to ...
Removing Climate Change as a Barrier to Economic Progress
... unmitigated climate change would be higher for Australia than for any other developed country. The initial costs of effective global mitigation would also be relatively high for Australia, principally because other countries especially in Asia would reduce their demand for fossil fuels, especially t ...
... unmitigated climate change would be higher for Australia than for any other developed country. The initial costs of effective global mitigation would also be relatively high for Australia, principally because other countries especially in Asia would reduce their demand for fossil fuels, especially t ...
Greenhouse Policy Architectures and Institutions
... reducing global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) well below current levels.5 At the very least, since most anthropogenic CO2 emissions are produced by combustion of fossil fuels, reducing global emissions would likely prevent today’s poor nations from becoming wealthy using currently-known technol ...
... reducing global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) well below current levels.5 At the very least, since most anthropogenic CO2 emissions are produced by combustion of fossil fuels, reducing global emissions would likely prevent today’s poor nations from becoming wealthy using currently-known technol ...
The Effects of the Kyoto Protocol on Taiwan
... knowledge on similar experiences, the process for reducing emissions takes longer and is more costly. This not only wastes money, but also slows the development of domestic environmental policies and strategies. For instance, the Bank created and administers the Prototype Carbon Fund (hereinafter “F ...
... knowledge on similar experiences, the process for reducing emissions takes longer and is more costly. This not only wastes money, but also slows the development of domestic environmental policies and strategies. For instance, the Bank created and administers the Prototype Carbon Fund (hereinafter “F ...
3.1. Greenhouse gases and climate change
... N2O since pre-industrial times. The so-called ‘new greenhouse gases’ (the halogenated substances HFC, PFC and SF6) entered the atmosphere only after mankind started using them in the past few decades. Table 3.1.1 shows the estimated contributions of these gases to global warming. In addition to thes ...
... N2O since pre-industrial times. The so-called ‘new greenhouse gases’ (the halogenated substances HFC, PFC and SF6) entered the atmosphere only after mankind started using them in the past few decades. Table 3.1.1 shows the estimated contributions of these gases to global warming. In addition to thes ...
Reduced Work Hours as a Means of Slowing Climate Change
... Heading off more serious climate change will require a variety of policy changes. In this paper, we produce some rough estimates for the impact on the climate due to one possible important policy change—a gradual reduction in work hours. The direct cost of a reduction in work hours is at worst very ...
... Heading off more serious climate change will require a variety of policy changes. In this paper, we produce some rough estimates for the impact on the climate due to one possible important policy change—a gradual reduction in work hours. The direct cost of a reduction in work hours is at worst very ...
Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs)
... proposals to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The concept of NAMAs emerged as part of the Bali Road Map that was agreed at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali in December 2007. They are a set of government prioritized actions aimed at reducing or l ...
... proposals to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The concept of NAMAs emerged as part of the Bali Road Map that was agreed at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali in December 2007. They are a set of government prioritized actions aimed at reducing or l ...
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.