Scientific American - CMC Research Institutes
... today and in the future • Political gridlock on climate change legislation • States enacting climate policy in lieu of federal government • Fossil projects in US becoming targets if they have a large carbon footprint • Major administration thrust is through the EPA under the Clean Air Act Howard Her ...
... today and in the future • Political gridlock on climate change legislation • States enacting climate policy in lieu of federal government • Fossil projects in US becoming targets if they have a large carbon footprint • Major administration thrust is through the EPA under the Clean Air Act Howard Her ...
ITALY 2013
... The high tax-to-GDP ratio limits the possibility of further raising tax revenue in Italy. Nonetheless, expanding and restructuring environmentally related taxes and removing environmentally harmful tax concessions could help fiscal consolidation. It could also help to make the tax system more growt ...
... The high tax-to-GDP ratio limits the possibility of further raising tax revenue in Italy. Nonetheless, expanding and restructuring environmentally related taxes and removing environmentally harmful tax concessions could help fiscal consolidation. It could also help to make the tax system more growt ...
Power Switch - Environmental Defense Fund
... corner toward a safe and stable climate. For EDF, a key component of the Paris accord is language encouraging the use of markets to spur investment in clean energy and drive down pollution at the lowest cost. The agreement sent a strong signal to global investors to accelerate the transition from fo ...
... corner toward a safe and stable climate. For EDF, a key component of the Paris accord is language encouraging the use of markets to spur investment in clean energy and drive down pollution at the lowest cost. The agreement sent a strong signal to global investors to accelerate the transition from fo ...
CRS Report for Congress Climate Change: Federal Research, Technology, and Related Programs
... A major focus of efforts to address possible global climate change has been on energy use, given that carbon dioxide, the major “greenhouse gas,” is added to the atmosphere when fossil fuels are burned. Federal programs to increase energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy resources have a h ...
... A major focus of efforts to address possible global climate change has been on energy use, given that carbon dioxide, the major “greenhouse gas,” is added to the atmosphere when fossil fuels are burned. Federal programs to increase energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy resources have a h ...
Energy Efficiency Resource Standard (EERS) for Retail Electricity
... Third, control options for carbon and conventional pollutants are quite different. SOx and NOx reductions can usually be attained by emitters such as power stations through changes in fuel inputs—switching to low-sulfur coal, for example—or plant modifications, such as scrubbers. In contrast, today ...
... Third, control options for carbon and conventional pollutants are quite different. SOx and NOx reductions can usually be attained by emitters such as power stations through changes in fuel inputs—switching to low-sulfur coal, for example—or plant modifications, such as scrubbers. In contrast, today ...
light energy
... Increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases have been linked to global climate change (also called global warming), a slow but steady rise in Earth’s surface temperature. ...
... Increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases have been linked to global climate change (also called global warming), a slow but steady rise in Earth’s surface temperature. ...
From Risk to Return | Investing in a Clean
... Committee of the Risky Business Project, are united ...
... Committee of the Risky Business Project, are united ...
Aalborg Universitet Towards a New Paradigm
... Building energy consumption has been radically transformed in Denmark since the 1970's, with a large fall in heating consumption and a continuous rise in electricity consumption. In ...
... Building energy consumption has been radically transformed in Denmark since the 1970's, with a large fall in heating consumption and a continuous rise in electricity consumption. In ...
From Risk to Return | Investing in a Clean
... Committee of the Risky Business Project, are united ...
... Committee of the Risky Business Project, are united ...
the potential impact of climate change on the energy sector
... countries runs through hydroelectric and thermal electric plants (FAO, IPCC 2001). In the Caribbean, approximately 13,872 TJ of hydropower energy is consumed with Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Suriname representing the bulk of this primary energy use (de Cuba, et. al., 2008). Extended p ...
... countries runs through hydroelectric and thermal electric plants (FAO, IPCC 2001). In the Caribbean, approximately 13,872 TJ of hydropower energy is consumed with Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Suriname representing the bulk of this primary energy use (de Cuba, et. al., 2008). Extended p ...
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... Scientists have extensively studied the relations between human actions, accumulation of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and climate change. One of the hottest topics on the environmental agenda in the second meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP/MOP 2) Nairobi 2006) was to what extent global GH ...
... Scientists have extensively studied the relations between human actions, accumulation of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and climate change. One of the hottest topics on the environmental agenda in the second meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP/MOP 2) Nairobi 2006) was to what extent global GH ...
5 A Portfolio of Carbon Management Options
... Continuation of current trends in fossil-fuel and land use is likely to lead to significant climate change, with important adverse consequences for both natural and human systems. This has led to the investigation of various options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or otherwise diminish the impact ...
... Continuation of current trends in fossil-fuel and land use is likely to lead to significant climate change, with important adverse consequences for both natural and human systems. This has led to the investigation of various options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or otherwise diminish the impact ...
national action plan on climate change
... India is faced with the challenge of sustaining its rapid economic growth while dealing with the global threat of climate change. This threat emanates from accumulated greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere, anthropogenically generated through long-term and intensive industrial growth and high c ...
... India is faced with the challenge of sustaining its rapid economic growth while dealing with the global threat of climate change. This threat emanates from accumulated greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere, anthropogenically generated through long-term and intensive industrial growth and high c ...
Difficult Position and Outlet: China's Low-carbon Economy Road
... Low-carbon economy is attracting wide attention from the international society as a recipe to deal with global climate change. “Low-carbon economy” was first put forward in the white book named The Future of Our Energy: To Set up Low-carbon Economic Form published by the English Government in Februa ...
... Low-carbon economy is attracting wide attention from the international society as a recipe to deal with global climate change. “Low-carbon economy” was first put forward in the white book named The Future of Our Energy: To Set up Low-carbon Economic Form published by the English Government in Februa ...
Szent István University
... to determine the energy supply demand balance. For its simulation, the Model uses an energy network that is designed to trace the flow of energy from primary resource (e.g., crude oil, coal) through to final energy demand (i.e., diesel, fuel oil) and/or useful energy demand (i.e., residential hot wa ...
... to determine the energy supply demand balance. For its simulation, the Model uses an energy network that is designed to trace the flow of energy from primary resource (e.g., crude oil, coal) through to final energy demand (i.e., diesel, fuel oil) and/or useful energy demand (i.e., residential hot wa ...
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Mitigation in the United States of America
... Canadian province British Columbia, on the Pacific Coast Collaborative, an initiative to address the need for sustainability in the area. Together, these actors have released the Pacific Coast Action Plan on Climate and Energy. This document outlines unique state strategies targeting greenhouse gas ...
... Canadian province British Columbia, on the Pacific Coast Collaborative, an initiative to address the need for sustainability in the area. Together, these actors have released the Pacific Coast Action Plan on Climate and Energy. This document outlines unique state strategies targeting greenhouse gas ...
assembly floor analysis
... than 25,000 metric tons of CO2 equivalent per year, as well as distributors of fuels, including gasoline, diesel and natural gas. 3) Requires ARB, pursuant to SB 605 (Lara), Chapter 523, Statutes of 2014, to complete, by January 1, 2016, a comprehensive strategy to reduce emissions of SLCPs in the s ...
... than 25,000 metric tons of CO2 equivalent per year, as well as distributors of fuels, including gasoline, diesel and natural gas. 3) Requires ARB, pursuant to SB 605 (Lara), Chapter 523, Statutes of 2014, to complete, by January 1, 2016, a comprehensive strategy to reduce emissions of SLCPs in the s ...
Energy market impacts of nuclear power phase-out policies
... (the same absolute reduction annually within each region). This group of reactors are mainly early adoptions of the boiling water reactor and pressurized light water reactor designs. These are generation II designs, building on experience from the first round of prototype reactors and similar to the ...
... (the same absolute reduction annually within each region). This group of reactors are mainly early adoptions of the boiling water reactor and pressurized light water reactor designs. These are generation II designs, building on experience from the first round of prototype reactors and similar to the ...
Review of existing emissions pathways and evaluation of
... IPAC, and China MARKAL). RoSE assesses the feasibility and costs of climate mitigation goals across different models, different policy regimes, and different reference assumptions [18]. The scenarios and policies within RoSE that are currently available and published are similar to the AMPERE ones; ...
... IPAC, and China MARKAL). RoSE assesses the feasibility and costs of climate mitigation goals across different models, different policy regimes, and different reference assumptions [18]. The scenarios and policies within RoSE that are currently available and published are similar to the AMPERE ones; ...
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DEPARTEMENT D`ECONOMIE
... stop using the non-renewable resource before depletion and switch towards the energy substitute? Furthermore, what factors influence the timing of the switch? To answer these questions we suggest to take a combined look at two problems that lie at the heart of modern environmental economics: energy ...
... stop using the non-renewable resource before depletion and switch towards the energy substitute? Furthermore, what factors influence the timing of the switch? To answer these questions we suggest to take a combined look at two problems that lie at the heart of modern environmental economics: energy ...
energy storage: the missing link
... business. Some were also fully state-owned or at least with a significant sovereign state participation in their ownership. Their approach to ensuring sufficient generation capacity was to build more, often carrying a significant surplus capacity over maximum system demand. Energy utilities operated ...
... business. Some were also fully state-owned or at least with a significant sovereign state participation in their ownership. Their approach to ensuring sufficient generation capacity was to build more, often carrying a significant surplus capacity over maximum system demand. Energy utilities operated ...
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... bioenergy and is a recursive dynamic, multi-region and multi-sector CGE model. The model projects the global economy, energy use, agricultural activity, and biofuels production and land use from 2010 to 2050 at 5-year time steps. Agriculture consists of eight crop categories, one livestock sector, a ...
... bioenergy and is a recursive dynamic, multi-region and multi-sector CGE model. The model projects the global economy, energy use, agricultural activity, and biofuels production and land use from 2010 to 2050 at 5-year time steps. Agriculture consists of eight crop categories, one livestock sector, a ...
Naturalizing capitalism: The next Great Transformation
... and implementation of sophisticated technologies, will lead to an enhanced sense of responsibility and moderation. The shift to renewable energy sources is under way, but it could be accelerated by more potent use of capitalist instruments, such as financial instruments that allow numerous small rene ...
... and implementation of sophisticated technologies, will lead to an enhanced sense of responsibility and moderation. The shift to renewable energy sources is under way, but it could be accelerated by more potent use of capitalist instruments, such as financial instruments that allow numerous small rene ...
Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
... A cap and trade system functions by placing a ceiling or “cap” on the annual amount of greenhouse gas that can be released in a state or region. Emission allowances then are distributed to emitting industries, which can sell or buy them as needed. Each year, the amount of allowances given or auctio ...
... A cap and trade system functions by placing a ceiling or “cap” on the annual amount of greenhouse gas that can be released in a state or region. Emission allowances then are distributed to emitting industries, which can sell or buy them as needed. Each year, the amount of allowances given or auctio ...
Appendix 1 - Carbon Emissions Reduction Policy
... addition, it calls for all households to have benefitted from some energy efficiency measures by 2030. The Low Carbon Transition Plan (2009)11 sets out details of how the UK will meet its 34% emissions reduction target by 2020. The Plan covers getting more than 1.2 million people into green jobs, s ...
... addition, it calls for all households to have benefitted from some energy efficiency measures by 2030. The Low Carbon Transition Plan (2009)11 sets out details of how the UK will meet its 34% emissions reduction target by 2020. The Plan covers getting more than 1.2 million people into green jobs, s ...