Methane - Clean Air Task Force
... Fossil fuel production accounts for the second greatest share of human-related methane—25%. Natural gas and oil systems contribute the bulk of these emissions (17%). Because CH4 makes up 87% of natural gas, leaks in natural gas pipelines or compressor stations (where the gas gets pumped through the ...
... Fossil fuel production accounts for the second greatest share of human-related methane—25%. Natural gas and oil systems contribute the bulk of these emissions (17%). Because CH4 makes up 87% of natural gas, leaks in natural gas pipelines or compressor stations (where the gas gets pumped through the ...
Maintaining Stability
... by as much as 90 percent between 2000 and 2030 if no additional climate change mitigation policies are implemented. As a result, under “business as usual” scenarios, global temperatures could increase by as much as 1.7°C by 2050 and by up to 4.0°C by 2100. Actual emissions during recent years, howev ...
... by as much as 90 percent between 2000 and 2030 if no additional climate change mitigation policies are implemented. As a result, under “business as usual” scenarios, global temperatures could increase by as much as 1.7°C by 2050 and by up to 4.0°C by 2100. Actual emissions during recent years, howev ...
argue - DLR ELIB
... conclusions about what are the most suitable metrics with which to implement that policy. It is important to stress that the metrics proposed here do not define the policy – they are tools that enable implementation of the multi-gas policy. A policy which defines the overall future emission paths of c ...
... conclusions about what are the most suitable metrics with which to implement that policy. It is important to stress that the metrics proposed here do not define the policy – they are tools that enable implementation of the multi-gas policy. A policy which defines the overall future emission paths of c ...
The representative concentration pathways: an overview
... needed as input for climate modeling and atmospheric chemistry modeling (emissions of greenhouse gases, air pollutants and land use). Moreover, they should make such information available in a geographically explicit way; 3) The RCPs should have harmonized base year assumptions for emissions and lan ...
... needed as input for climate modeling and atmospheric chemistry modeling (emissions of greenhouse gases, air pollutants and land use). Moreover, they should make such information available in a geographically explicit way; 3) The RCPs should have harmonized base year assumptions for emissions and lan ...
Direct carbon dioxide emissions from civil aircraft
... Civil aviation is a global industry, so its challenges are global in scale. The ICAO serves as the global forum for its 191 member-nations, bringing them together alongside key industry organisations and setting standards and recommended practices for the development of civil aviation. As such, the ...
... Civil aviation is a global industry, so its challenges are global in scale. The ICAO serves as the global forum for its 191 member-nations, bringing them together alongside key industry organisations and setting standards and recommended practices for the development of civil aviation. As such, the ...
INTERPRETING INDCs - World Resources Institute
... straightforward and appear to be easier for Parties to meet. This is true of all Parties assessed here, regardless of their economic development status. Details on land-sector accounting and use of market mechanisms, in particular, are generally lacking. While six of the eight Parties specified whet ...
... straightforward and appear to be easier for Parties to meet. This is true of all Parties assessed here, regardless of their economic development status. Details on land-sector accounting and use of market mechanisms, in particular, are generally lacking. While six of the eight Parties specified whet ...
intended nationally determined contribution of mongolia
... Change 2014, the impacts and consequences of climate change are eventually visible in Mongolia through environmental degradation with the change in water resources and regimes, shrinking lakes, ponds and springs in non-permafrost areas, depletion of groundwater tables, pasture and soil degradation d ...
... Change 2014, the impacts and consequences of climate change are eventually visible in Mongolia through environmental degradation with the change in water resources and regimes, shrinking lakes, ponds and springs in non-permafrost areas, depletion of groundwater tables, pasture and soil degradation d ...
F-Gas information point
... was technically not possible to shift so quickly from CFCs to alternatives, including H-CFCs ! ...
... was technically not possible to shift so quickly from CFCs to alternatives, including H-CFCs ! ...
Federal Decision-Making on the Uncertain Impacts of Climate Change
... types of decisions covered a varied and broad range of issues, including domestic legal, energy, climate, and species protection, as well as the international negotiations process. While each decision called for information on impacts, the type and threshold of information required differed. This ...
... types of decisions covered a varied and broad range of issues, including domestic legal, energy, climate, and species protection, as well as the international negotiations process. While each decision called for information on impacts, the type and threshold of information required differed. This ...
NO REASON TO WAIT: REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS
... regulation have exceeded the costs by at least 42 times. While written decades ago, the framework of the Clean Air Act can be deployed without changes to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and other forms of greenhouse pollution. As the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Massachusetts v. EPA demonstr ...
... regulation have exceeded the costs by at least 42 times. While written decades ago, the framework of the Clean Air Act can be deployed without changes to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and other forms of greenhouse pollution. As the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Massachusetts v. EPA demonstr ...
College greenhouse gas inventory
... This report brings together the work of several students from the Pomona Campus Climate Challenge (CCC) group and the EA 99: “Carbon-neutrality at Pomona College” class, supervised by Professor Richard Elderkin. The Pomona-College CCC group was founded in August 2006 by Praween Dayananda (’07) and A ...
... This report brings together the work of several students from the Pomona Campus Climate Challenge (CCC) group and the EA 99: “Carbon-neutrality at Pomona College” class, supervised by Professor Richard Elderkin. The Pomona-College CCC group was founded in August 2006 by Praween Dayananda (’07) and A ...
A Tale of Two Provinces: Imposing Greenhouse
... responses to reducing emissions on a provincial level. This article provides an overview of the “tale” of two provinces grappling with some of the thorniest greenhouse gas regulatory issues, including the establishment of emission limits, developing frameworks to govern processes and practice for ca ...
... responses to reducing emissions on a provincial level. This article provides an overview of the “tale” of two provinces grappling with some of the thorniest greenhouse gas regulatory issues, including the establishment of emission limits, developing frameworks to govern processes and practice for ca ...
151725 Public Policy Text - A Convention For Persons Displaced By
... individually or jointly, ensure that their aggregate anthropogenic carbon dioxide equivalent emissions of the greenhouse gases listed in Annex A do not exceed their assigned amounts, calculated pursuant to their quantified emission limitation and reduction commitments inscribed in Annex B ... with a ...
... individually or jointly, ensure that their aggregate anthropogenic carbon dioxide equivalent emissions of the greenhouse gases listed in Annex A do not exceed their assigned amounts, calculated pursuant to their quantified emission limitation and reduction commitments inscribed in Annex B ... with a ...
Climate Role Play
... A future global climate agreement The climate negotiations take place within the UN’s Framework Convention on Climate Change, UNCCC, where the principle of common but differentiated responsibility is central. The new agreement will above all push for considerably reduced emissions from industrial co ...
... A future global climate agreement The climate negotiations take place within the UN’s Framework Convention on Climate Change, UNCCC, where the principle of common but differentiated responsibility is central. The new agreement will above all push for considerably reduced emissions from industrial co ...
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
... caused by the same mass of CO2. Thus, GHG emissions are typically measured in terms of pounds or tons of CO2 equivalents (CO2e). Global Emissions Worldwide emissions of GHGs in 2004 were 30 billion tons of CO2e per year 7 (including both ongoing emissions from industrial and agricultural sources, bu ...
... caused by the same mass of CO2. Thus, GHG emissions are typically measured in terms of pounds or tons of CO2 equivalents (CO2e). Global Emissions Worldwide emissions of GHGs in 2004 were 30 billion tons of CO2e per year 7 (including both ongoing emissions from industrial and agricultural sources, bu ...
Climate Engineering under the Paris Agreement
... which carry with them human rights concerns and trade-offs against other sustainability goals. SRM technologies involve greater scientific uncertainty and also involve significant risks. For example, changes to global average temperatures would not be uniform and could have consequential impacts on ...
... which carry with them human rights concerns and trade-offs against other sustainability goals. SRM technologies involve greater scientific uncertainty and also involve significant risks. For example, changes to global average temperatures would not be uniform and could have consequential impacts on ...
Warming the world : economic models of global
... and decision makers understand likely future outcomes as well as the implications of alternative policies. This book presents the details of a pair of integrated-assessment models of the economics of climate change. The models, called RICE-99 (for the Regional Dynamic Integrated model of Climate and ...
... and decision makers understand likely future outcomes as well as the implications of alternative policies. This book presents the details of a pair of integrated-assessment models of the economics of climate change. The models, called RICE-99 (for the Regional Dynamic Integrated model of Climate and ...
states and cities as actors in global climate regulation: unitary vs
... has agreed to reduce CO2 emissions through a regional cap-and-trade program for power plants.13 In 2006, Arizona and New Mexico launched the Southwest Climate Change Initiative, an agreement to collaborate on emissions reductions, promote clean technology, and advocate for regional and national clim ...
... has agreed to reduce CO2 emissions through a regional cap-and-trade program for power plants.13 In 2006, Arizona and New Mexico launched the Southwest Climate Change Initiative, an agreement to collaborate on emissions reductions, promote clean technology, and advocate for regional and national clim ...
Post Paris: Australia`s climate policy options
... The global climate is warming and it is extremely likely that greenhouse gases produced by human activity since the middle of last century are the main cause.1 The international community is committed to avoiding the dangerous consequences of climate change. To that end, the world’s governments have ...
... The global climate is warming and it is extremely likely that greenhouse gases produced by human activity since the middle of last century are the main cause.1 The international community is committed to avoiding the dangerous consequences of climate change. To that end, the world’s governments have ...
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.