The Paris Agreement: A New Beginning
... confirmed in Cancún, namely to recognize ‘the scientific view that the increase in global temperature should be below 2 degrees Celsius’ (2/cp.15, para 1; 1/cp.16, para 4). While Parties could not agree on a specific date at which global emissions have to peak, the Agreement states that such a peak ...
... confirmed in Cancún, namely to recognize ‘the scientific view that the increase in global temperature should be below 2 degrees Celsius’ (2/cp.15, para 1; 1/cp.16, para 4). While Parties could not agree on a specific date at which global emissions have to peak, the Agreement states that such a peak ...
heepfinalreport16 - 2 - Halon Alternatives Research Corporation
... of these chemicals for use in fire and explosion suppression applications has been instrumental in achieving the accelerated halon production phaseout mandated by the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. At the same time, the use of this class of chemicals carries with it so ...
... of these chemicals for use in fire and explosion suppression applications has been instrumental in achieving the accelerated halon production phaseout mandated by the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. At the same time, the use of this class of chemicals carries with it so ...
Climate change - what is it all about
... • As Europe gets warmer, birds, insects, animals and plants are moving northwards and to higher ground. But there is a strong risk that many will not be able to keep up with the speed of climate change or that roads, towns and other types of human construction that break up the countryside will prev ...
... • As Europe gets warmer, birds, insects, animals and plants are moving northwards and to higher ground. But there is a strong risk that many will not be able to keep up with the speed of climate change or that roads, towns and other types of human construction that break up the countryside will prev ...
PPT
... the last 50 years (and will continue to do so in the future), implying that the longer it takes to begin reducing emissions significantly, the larger the cuts needed to stabilize atmospheric CO2. • All these changes have led to an acceleration of atmospheric CO2 growth 33% faster since 2000 than in ...
... the last 50 years (and will continue to do so in the future), implying that the longer it takes to begin reducing emissions significantly, the larger the cuts needed to stabilize atmospheric CO2. • All these changes have led to an acceleration of atmospheric CO2 growth 33% faster since 2000 than in ...
Read the winning essay - UK Environmental Law Association
... World Bank to aid in reaching the targets.18 The message sent to private and public actors differs depending on the nature of the undertaking given by parties, and the reaction of the markets following the agreement is telling. In the weekend following the agreement, shares in renewable sector compa ...
... World Bank to aid in reaching the targets.18 The message sent to private and public actors differs depending on the nature of the undertaking given by parties, and the reaction of the markets following the agreement is telling. In the weekend following the agreement, shares in renewable sector compa ...
CoP4 reviews from the BBC etc.
... The agreement sets a timetable for the gradual implementation of the 5% cut in greenhouse gas emissions agreed under the Kyoto Protocol in Japan last year. There is also a framework for starting to transfer high technology and investment from the developed to the developing world. The intention is t ...
... The agreement sets a timetable for the gradual implementation of the 5% cut in greenhouse gas emissions agreed under the Kyoto Protocol in Japan last year. There is also a framework for starting to transfer high technology and investment from the developed to the developing world. The intention is t ...
PARIS COP21: KEY ISSUES FOR THE NEW CLIMATE AGREEMENT
... within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that acknowledges the different capabilities and differing responsibilities of individual countries in addressing climate ...
... within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that acknowledges the different capabilities and differing responsibilities of individual countries in addressing climate ...
senate rules committee - senate floor analysis
... from worsening. Clean Power Campaign states that AB 197 will strengthen the role of the Legislature in advising ARB and climate change policies and will direct ARB to prioritize measures that result in direct GHG emissions reductions from large sources across sectors. ARGUMENTS IN OPPOSITION: Oppone ...
... from worsening. Clean Power Campaign states that AB 197 will strengthen the role of the Legislature in advising ARB and climate change policies and will direct ARB to prioritize measures that result in direct GHG emissions reductions from large sources across sectors. ARGUMENTS IN OPPOSITION: Oppone ...
Egypt Country Report
... Based on current rice cultivation, projections for CH4 emissions predict an increase of about 35% during the period 1997 to 2017. In this regard, a number of mitigation measures and scenarios offer an opportunity for the reduction of CH4 emissions from rice production by 0.055 to 0.087 Tg by 2017. T ...
... Based on current rice cultivation, projections for CH4 emissions predict an increase of about 35% during the period 1997 to 2017. In this regard, a number of mitigation measures and scenarios offer an opportunity for the reduction of CH4 emissions from rice production by 0.055 to 0.087 Tg by 2017. T ...
Climate Change Policy: Actions and Barriers in New Zealand
... the use of carbon ‘sinks’, and the issue of supplementarity. Debate over ‘sinks’ centred on the extent to which CO2 uptake by plant matter, largely forests, might be counted towards emission reductions. Critics pointed to the fundamentally different nature of reduction by sinks, raising qualificatio ...
... the use of carbon ‘sinks’, and the issue of supplementarity. Debate over ‘sinks’ centred on the extent to which CO2 uptake by plant matter, largely forests, might be counted towards emission reductions. Critics pointed to the fundamentally different nature of reduction by sinks, raising qualificatio ...
Climate chance and energy
... Fuel shares of district heating and CHP in different areas of Finland year 2007 ...
... Fuel shares of district heating and CHP in different areas of Finland year 2007 ...
The Politics of Climate Change in Germany
... Prepared for the EUSA Tenth Biennial International Conference, Montreal, Canada, May 17-19, 2007. Draft paper: please do not quote without permission of the author. ...
... Prepared for the EUSA Tenth Biennial International Conference, Montreal, Canada, May 17-19, 2007. Draft paper: please do not quote without permission of the author. ...
IPCC estimates for emissions from land
... emissions from deforestation go down percentage wise, since the anthropogenic emissions go so rapidly up (e.g. Raupach et al., 2007). Another trend which is visible from above table is the tendency of the deforestation rates to slightly slow down, which is also stated by IPCC (Fischlin et al, 2007, ...
... emissions from deforestation go down percentage wise, since the anthropogenic emissions go so rapidly up (e.g. Raupach et al., 2007). Another trend which is visible from above table is the tendency of the deforestation rates to slightly slow down, which is also stated by IPCC (Fischlin et al, 2007, ...
Tracking Greenhouse Gas Emissions on College Campuses in the U.S.
... its Honor Roll. These green rankings are an indicator of a growing interest in what institutions of higher education are doing to reduce its contribution to global climate change, and how they educate future generations of leaders to take on the economic, social, and environmental challenges of clim ...
... its Honor Roll. These green rankings are an indicator of a growing interest in what institutions of higher education are doing to reduce its contribution to global climate change, and how they educate future generations of leaders to take on the economic, social, and environmental challenges of clim ...
In the Post-2012 Climate Regime
... on the Human Development Index, 44% of its population has a higher per capita income and Human Development lives without access to electricity, and an estimated 80% of its Index ranking than India, classified as a developing country. population lives on less than US$2 a day. By most objective Severa ...
... on the Human Development Index, 44% of its population has a higher per capita income and Human Development lives without access to electricity, and an estimated 80% of its Index ranking than India, classified as a developing country. population lives on less than US$2 a day. By most objective Severa ...
Three Key Elements of a Post-2012 International Climate Policy
... total emissions. Indeed, ChinaÕs CO2 emissions have surpassed those of the United States (Gregg, Andres, and Marland, 2008), and ChinaÕs emissions are expected to continue to grow much faster than U.S. emissions (Blanford, Richels, and Rutherford, 2010). Even if all of the Annex I countries, includi ...
... total emissions. Indeed, ChinaÕs CO2 emissions have surpassed those of the United States (Gregg, Andres, and Marland, 2008), and ChinaÕs emissions are expected to continue to grow much faster than U.S. emissions (Blanford, Richels, and Rutherford, 2010). Even if all of the Annex I countries, includi ...
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.