Carbon Geography: The Political Economy of Congressional
... relative merits of a carbon tax or cap and trade regulation and the best method to inject revenues derived from pricing carbon back into the economy.7 However, economists must also take into account the constraints imposed by the existing carbon emitting infrastructure. This includes not only existi ...
... relative merits of a carbon tax or cap and trade regulation and the best method to inject revenues derived from pricing carbon back into the economy.7 However, economists must also take into account the constraints imposed by the existing carbon emitting infrastructure. This includes not only existi ...
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... climate change as well as the basis for the models scientists use to predict how the climate will behave in the future. Although they acknowledge the large degree of uncertainty that surrounds predictions of what will happen decades or even centuries in the future, they also emphasize the near certa ...
... climate change as well as the basis for the models scientists use to predict how the climate will behave in the future. Although they acknowledge the large degree of uncertainty that surrounds predictions of what will happen decades or even centuries in the future, they also emphasize the near certa ...
Climate Change and Energy: Issues and Prospect for
... While it can be said that there are existing institutions to address climate change . The Federal Ministry of Housing and Environment is a policy making body which makes it inadequate to also be the implementing body to address issues concerning climate change in the country, even though there ia ...
... While it can be said that there are existing institutions to address climate change . The Federal Ministry of Housing and Environment is a policy making body which makes it inadequate to also be the implementing body to address issues concerning climate change in the country, even though there ia ...
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... development. The compounded effects will ultimately impact sustainable development of most developing countries. Vulnerability to climate change varies across different geographic areas and social groups. Least developed countries and small island countries will be the most vulnerable. Smallholder f ...
... development. The compounded effects will ultimately impact sustainable development of most developing countries. Vulnerability to climate change varies across different geographic areas and social groups. Least developed countries and small island countries will be the most vulnerable. Smallholder f ...
Climate Change
... mitigate climate change, and may often also support the achievement of other societal goals. The discussion about possible ways of reducing carbon emissions in various land uses, such as forestry and agriculture, is gaining momentum. Given the high rates of global forest loss and associated GHG emis ...
... mitigate climate change, and may often also support the achievement of other societal goals. The discussion about possible ways of reducing carbon emissions in various land uses, such as forestry and agriculture, is gaining momentum. Given the high rates of global forest loss and associated GHG emis ...
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... Demand in GLOBIOM is modeled at the level of aggregate economic regions and income elasticities are calibrated to mimic projections of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (Alexandratos and Bruinsma 2012). Prices are endogenously determined at the regional level to establish m ...
... Demand in GLOBIOM is modeled at the level of aggregate economic regions and income elasticities are calibrated to mimic projections of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (Alexandratos and Bruinsma 2012). Prices are endogenously determined at the regional level to establish m ...
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... Climate change is one of the greatest contemporary threats to our planet's environmental, social and economic well-being, accompanied by major changes in life support systems on Earth, where the far-reaching effects will be felt in the coming decades. The Earth's climate is warming rapidly due to em ...
... Climate change is one of the greatest contemporary threats to our planet's environmental, social and economic well-being, accompanied by major changes in life support systems on Earth, where the far-reaching effects will be felt in the coming decades. The Earth's climate is warming rapidly due to em ...
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... – They lack the financial resources needed to invest in energy efficiency or upgrade energy-using appliances at home – They lack access to information on behavioural changes that can help them reduce their use of energy – Low price elasticity of necessities ...
... – They lack the financial resources needed to invest in energy efficiency or upgrade energy-using appliances at home – They lack access to information on behavioural changes that can help them reduce their use of energy – Low price elasticity of necessities ...
Essentials of a Carbon Tax for Canada
... Currently we are all paying for the cost of carbon emissions in the form of poorer health, a degraded environment, and lost economic opportunities for many (including future generations). Further, the economic risk and volatility associated with the impacts of climate change is becoming increasingly ...
... Currently we are all paying for the cost of carbon emissions in the form of poorer health, a degraded environment, and lost economic opportunities for many (including future generations). Further, the economic risk and volatility associated with the impacts of climate change is becoming increasingly ...
INDC Chile english version
... such as health and education, improving the quality of such services remains an issue. In this regard, reducing the high levels of inequality in the Chilean economy as well as providing security to vulnerable groups with little social protection are still pending tasks. These are important challenge ...
... such as health and education, improving the quality of such services remains an issue. In this regard, reducing the high levels of inequality in the Chilean economy as well as providing security to vulnerable groups with little social protection are still pending tasks. These are important challenge ...
The European framework for energy and climate policies
... unified European energy market. Energy would flow freely across borders, so that customers would be indifferent as to the source of their supplies, and suppliers would compete across the entire European market for customers, and source their electricity and gas from competing generators and upstream g ...
... unified European energy market. Energy would flow freely across borders, so that customers would be indifferent as to the source of their supplies, and suppliers would compete across the entire European market for customers, and source their electricity and gas from competing generators and upstream g ...
executive summary - Global Environment Facility
... consisting of forest reserves and national parks covering approximately 17,084 ha (41,000 acres). The island’s legally defined forests reserves and national parks together incorporate 20 percent of the country’s forest base. Dominica is also host to the most diverse assemblage of wildlife species re ...
... consisting of forest reserves and national parks covering approximately 17,084 ha (41,000 acres). The island’s legally defined forests reserves and national parks together incorporate 20 percent of the country’s forest base. Dominica is also host to the most diverse assemblage of wildlife species re ...
related paper by Mann (PDF)
... published just after the 1991 Mount Pinatubo volcanic eruption in the Philippines, Hansen and his collaborators also used a climate model to successfully predict that global surface temperatures would cool by roughly one half degree Celsius for the two years following the eruption.2 F. Earth’s clima ...
... published just after the 1991 Mount Pinatubo volcanic eruption in the Philippines, Hansen and his collaborators also used a climate model to successfully predict that global surface temperatures would cool by roughly one half degree Celsius for the two years following the eruption.2 F. Earth’s clima ...
Discussion Paper - Economics E
... © Author(s) 2011. Licensed under a Creative Commons License - Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Germany ...
... © Author(s) 2011. Licensed under a Creative Commons License - Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Germany ...
This is an author produced version of a paper published in
... climate metric can be used [17]. Climate metrics that consider the temporal variations in GHG emissions have been used previously in LCAs [3,18,19]. Bioenergy can be considered carbon neutral in the sense that the carbon emitted from the combustion process will be recaptured once again in new plant ...
... climate metric can be used [17]. Climate metrics that consider the temporal variations in GHG emissions have been used previously in LCAs [3,18,19]. Bioenergy can be considered carbon neutral in the sense that the carbon emitted from the combustion process will be recaptured once again in new plant ...
Carbon Capture and Storage
... separation process easier to achieve. Oxyfuel combustion uses high purity oxygen, which results in high CO2 concentrations in the gas stream and results in easier separation of CO2. However, this technology is in the demonstration phase and requires further development before it can be used at full ...
... separation process easier to achieve. Oxyfuel combustion uses high purity oxygen, which results in high CO2 concentrations in the gas stream and results in easier separation of CO2. However, this technology is in the demonstration phase and requires further development before it can be used at full ...
Atlantic Region Adaptation Science Activities Report
... projections to the end of this century for Atlantic Canada, and more specifically New Brunswick, based on the results of statistical downscaling of global climate models. The subsequent section provides an overview of the changes already being observed in Atlantic Canada based on the examination of ...
... projections to the end of this century for Atlantic Canada, and more specifically New Brunswick, based on the results of statistical downscaling of global climate models. The subsequent section provides an overview of the changes already being observed in Atlantic Canada based on the examination of ...
Climate Change Adaptation Plan
... The average temperature of the planet has increased by 0.74 °C since 1900. A similar trend is seen right here in the City of Windsor. “And now our world is different. The climate has been permanently altered and is on an escalating vector of change, not because of what we are going to put into the a ...
... The average temperature of the planet has increased by 0.74 °C since 1900. A similar trend is seen right here in the City of Windsor. “And now our world is different. The climate has been permanently altered and is on an escalating vector of change, not because of what we are going to put into the a ...
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... The important differences in economic structure between the Spanish regions limits the extrapolation of Kyoto cost from the national to regional level. Although greenhouse gas abatement objectives are normally decided by national governments, insight into regional impacts is highly relevant for futu ...
... The important differences in economic structure between the Spanish regions limits the extrapolation of Kyoto cost from the national to regional level. Although greenhouse gas abatement objectives are normally decided by national governments, insight into regional impacts is highly relevant for futu ...
Carbon Credit 30 Dec 2013
... These targets are expressed as levels of allowed emissions, or “assigned amounts,” over the 2008-2012 commitment period. The allowed emissions are divided into “assigned amount units” (AAUs). • Emissions trading, as set out in Article 17 of the Kyoto Protocol, allows countries that have emission uni ...
... These targets are expressed as levels of allowed emissions, or “assigned amounts,” over the 2008-2012 commitment period. The allowed emissions are divided into “assigned amount units” (AAUs). • Emissions trading, as set out in Article 17 of the Kyoto Protocol, allows countries that have emission uni ...
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is
... emissions at 5.4 mt (metric tons). In comparison, Norway’s per capita emissions are 8.7 mt; the USA’s are 19.18 mt; South Korea’s are 11.2 mt; and Malta’s are 7.9 mt.23 Looking at the per capita emission of these states, the lesson is unclear. South Korea is the newcomer on this list. In 1975 South ...
... emissions at 5.4 mt (metric tons). In comparison, Norway’s per capita emissions are 8.7 mt; the USA’s are 19.18 mt; South Korea’s are 11.2 mt; and Malta’s are 7.9 mt.23 Looking at the per capita emission of these states, the lesson is unclear. South Korea is the newcomer on this list. In 1975 South ...
Climate counseling – new governance in Swedish agriculture
... underpinning environmental governance (Blackstock et al., 2010; McCrum et al., 2009). Hence, AE incorporates a great degree of voluntarism, both in farmers’ decision to receive extension and, ultimately, in their adherence to the provided advice. In Sweden there are cases where AE is mandatory, for ...
... underpinning environmental governance (Blackstock et al., 2010; McCrum et al., 2009). Hence, AE incorporates a great degree of voluntarism, both in farmers’ decision to receive extension and, ultimately, in their adherence to the provided advice. In Sweden there are cases where AE is mandatory, for ...
NRDC: Boosting the Benefits - Improving Air Quality and Health by
... soot-driven warming may have contributed to global warming of the past century, including the trend toward early springs in the Northern Hemisphere, thinning Arctic sea ice, and melting land ice and permafrost.” Other work suggests that if all black carbon emissions were eliminated, net warming coul ...
... soot-driven warming may have contributed to global warming of the past century, including the trend toward early springs in the Northern Hemisphere, thinning Arctic sea ice, and melting land ice and permafrost.” Other work suggests that if all black carbon emissions were eliminated, net warming coul ...
Management & Engineering The Design of Carbon Tax Framework in China
... could possibly appear in production field and consumption process. Negative externalities of production leads to social costs greater than the private cost of producers, negative externalities of production leads to social costs less than the private cost of producers; Negative externalities of cons ...
... could possibly appear in production field and consumption process. Negative externalities of production leads to social costs greater than the private cost of producers, negative externalities of production leads to social costs less than the private cost of producers; Negative externalities of cons ...
Climate change in Canada
In Canada mitigation of anthropogenic climate change is being addressed more seriously by the provinces than by the federal government.