PPT
... Loss of suitable trout habitat and an overall reduction in biodiversity Increased concentrations of smog and pollution from particulates Adverse public health impacts ...
... Loss of suitable trout habitat and an overall reduction in biodiversity Increased concentrations of smog and pollution from particulates Adverse public health impacts ...
International Progress on Kyoto - Law Associates Ltd Consultants
... The US has lead a process outside the UN discussions - the ‘Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate’. It has concentrated on technology. The US may have wished this to be an alternative to the UN process, but this is not happening. The US line for a time has been that new technolog ...
... The US has lead a process outside the UN discussions - the ‘Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate’. It has concentrated on technology. The US may have wished this to be an alternative to the UN process, but this is not happening. The US line for a time has been that new technolog ...
Presentation
... ■ Push EU to adopt market-based policy that relies on trading permits or taxing emissions based on polluterpays principle PRO: Most effective, cheap and equitable way of sharing costs of reducing CO2 emissions between developed countries CON: - Challenge of establishing new international framework t ...
... ■ Push EU to adopt market-based policy that relies on trading permits or taxing emissions based on polluterpays principle PRO: Most effective, cheap and equitable way of sharing costs of reducing CO2 emissions between developed countries CON: - Challenge of establishing new international framework t ...
CLIMATE_NRE_480_L13_International_Policy_20160310
... • Kyoto Protocol (December, 1997, binding limits on or reduction of emissions) – Must be signed (155 signers (?186)) and ratified • At least 55 countries • That represent 55 % or more of emissions ...
... • Kyoto Protocol (December, 1997, binding limits on or reduction of emissions) – Must be signed (155 signers (?186)) and ratified • At least 55 countries • That represent 55 % or more of emissions ...
The Regional Greeenhouse Gas Initiative: The National Setting
... Kyoto Protocol- 1997 - US a signatory but has not ratified – Established firm schedule for CO2 reductions by industrialized countries – from 2008-2012 those parties will reduce their green house gas emissions by an average of 5.2 percent as against a 1990 base line. Specific targets were set for eac ...
... Kyoto Protocol- 1997 - US a signatory but has not ratified – Established firm schedule for CO2 reductions by industrialized countries – from 2008-2012 those parties will reduce their green house gas emissions by an average of 5.2 percent as against a 1990 base line. Specific targets were set for eac ...
United Nations – Framework Convention for Climate Change
... • Around 75% of global carbon emissions had been caused by the developed countries (the “Annex 1 Countries” of the Kyoto Protocol) • Annex 1 countries responsible to cut back carbon emissions, and to provide assistance to non Annex 1 to sustainably develop and mitigate suffering from the adverse imp ...
... • Around 75% of global carbon emissions had been caused by the developed countries (the “Annex 1 Countries” of the Kyoto Protocol) • Annex 1 countries responsible to cut back carbon emissions, and to provide assistance to non Annex 1 to sustainably develop and mitigate suffering from the adverse imp ...
Climate is the average meteorological conditions—temperature
... The international community is addressing the challenges posed by global climate change through the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). • The Convention seeks to stabilize atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHG's) at safe levels. Covered gases include ...
... The international community is addressing the challenges posed by global climate change through the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). • The Convention seeks to stabilize atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHG's) at safe levels. Covered gases include ...
Carbon Market Framework (Nared)
... around 5% below their 1990 levels (for many countries, such as the EU member states, this corresponds to some 15% below their expected GHG emissions in 2008). Reduction targets expire in 2013. Kyoto Protocol includes "flexible mechanisms" which allow Annex 1 economies to meet their GHG targets by pu ...
... around 5% below their 1990 levels (for many countries, such as the EU member states, this corresponds to some 15% below their expected GHG emissions in 2008). Reduction targets expire in 2013. Kyoto Protocol includes "flexible mechanisms" which allow Annex 1 economies to meet their GHG targets by pu ...
The UNFCCC Convention and the Kyoto Protocol fact sheet
... enjoys near-universal membership. The ultimate objective of the Convention is to stabilise greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that will prevent dangerous human interference with the climate system. The Convention is complemented by the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which has 192 Parti ...
... enjoys near-universal membership. The ultimate objective of the Convention is to stabilise greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that will prevent dangerous human interference with the climate system. The Convention is complemented by the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which has 192 Parti ...
THE GLOBL POLITICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
... UNFCCC reports: GHG emissions over the last 100 years has increased global temperature by 0.74*C and will rise by 3*C in this century if it follows the “business as usual” path of conventional development; During 1970-2004 GHG emissions under Kyoto Protocol have increased by 70% due to increase in i ...
... UNFCCC reports: GHG emissions over the last 100 years has increased global temperature by 0.74*C and will rise by 3*C in this century if it follows the “business as usual” path of conventional development; During 1970-2004 GHG emissions under Kyoto Protocol have increased by 70% due to increase in i ...
Opportunities for the Caribbean in the Kyoto Protocol Negotiations
... My presentation will focus on the Kyoto Protocol, in particular, the Clean Development Mechanism. I will also speak about the status of the current climate change negotiations. I will start that discussion with the outcome of the negotiations that was held in Bali, Indonesia in December 2007 and ar ...
... My presentation will focus on the Kyoto Protocol, in particular, the Clean Development Mechanism. I will also speak about the status of the current climate change negotiations. I will start that discussion with the outcome of the negotiations that was held in Bali, Indonesia in December 2007 and ar ...
Honors Seminar - Advanced Presentation
... Annex I Parties that find it easier to meet their emissions targets. An assigned amount refers to the “total emissions that an Annex I Party may emit over the commitment period and still meet its emissions target”.3 Every Party has its own individual assigned amount based on their 1990 emissions ...
... Annex I Parties that find it easier to meet their emissions targets. An assigned amount refers to the “total emissions that an Annex I Party may emit over the commitment period and still meet its emissions target”.3 Every Party has its own individual assigned amount based on their 1990 emissions ...
Climate change mitigation Down Under Legislative responses in a
... Baseline and credit ETS (NSW, ACT) Energy efficiency/low emissions and renewable energy targets Subsidies for the deployment of low emissions or renewable energy and energy efficiency measures ...
... Baseline and credit ETS (NSW, ACT) Energy efficiency/low emissions and renewable energy targets Subsidies for the deployment of low emissions or renewable energy and energy efficiency measures ...
Dealing with Global Warming
... A Caveat However, the UNFCCC agrees that any actions taken to stabilize emissions: • must not threaten global food production • must not threaten economic interests • must support sustainable development . . . which is ironic since climate change itself threatens food production and economic intere ...
... A Caveat However, the UNFCCC agrees that any actions taken to stabilize emissions: • must not threaten global food production • must not threaten economic interests • must support sustainable development . . . which is ironic since climate change itself threatens food production and economic intere ...
Tackling Climate Change: The role of the engineer
... Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) • Agreed at Rio Earth Summit in 1992 • Aim: ‘to prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system’ • Method: control of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions ...
... Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) • Agreed at Rio Earth Summit in 1992 • Aim: ‘to prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system’ • Method: control of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions ...
Regulatory Uncertainty in Climate Change Initiatives
... third mechanism is Joint Implementation allowing flexibility for countries to limit their GHGs. Joint Implementation provides for an Annex I country to earn emission reduction units (ERUs) from an emission-reduction or emission removal project in another Annex I country, which can be counted towards ...
... third mechanism is Joint Implementation allowing flexibility for countries to limit their GHGs. Joint Implementation provides for an Annex I country to earn emission reduction units (ERUs) from an emission-reduction or emission removal project in another Annex I country, which can be counted towards ...
Business Perspectives on International Climate Policy
... IEA, World Energy Outlook, 2004 and 2006 ...
... IEA, World Energy Outlook, 2004 and 2006 ...
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.