Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization
... depleted and wheat production would be phased out entirely by 2016 • Will be importing nearly all the grain needed to feed its 30 million people Saudi Arabia is the first country to publicly project how overpumping will shrink its grain harvest. Photo Credit: NASA ...
... depleted and wheat production would be phased out entirely by 2016 • Will be importing nearly all the grain needed to feed its 30 million people Saudi Arabia is the first country to publicly project how overpumping will shrink its grain harvest. Photo Credit: NASA ...
False Solutions - Rising Tide North America
... behind schedule and billions over budget. No nuclear reactor has been built anywhere in the world without massive public financing. Without numerous subsidies, including limits on liability in the event of an accident, the nuclear industry could not exist. Despite all the hype, known uranium reserve ...
... behind schedule and billions over budget. No nuclear reactor has been built anywhere in the world without massive public financing. Without numerous subsidies, including limits on liability in the event of an accident, the nuclear industry could not exist. Despite all the hype, known uranium reserve ...
Plan B 4.0 - Earth Policy Institute
... depleted and wheat production would be phased out entirely by 2016 • Will be importing nearly all the grain needed to feed its 30 million people Saudi Arabia is the first country to publicly project how overpumping will shrink its grain harvest. Photo Credit: NASA ...
... depleted and wheat production would be phased out entirely by 2016 • Will be importing nearly all the grain needed to feed its 30 million people Saudi Arabia is the first country to publicly project how overpumping will shrink its grain harvest. Photo Credit: NASA ...
Global fossil energy markets and climate change mitigation – an
... costs and distributional effects largely depend on baseline assumptions of energy demand (GDP, population, technological change) and fossil fuel supply that are highly uncertain (Weyant 2001). Climate change mitigation costs are constituted to a large part by the opportunity costs of not using fossi ...
... costs and distributional effects largely depend on baseline assumptions of energy demand (GDP, population, technological change) and fossil fuel supply that are highly uncertain (Weyant 2001). Climate change mitigation costs are constituted to a large part by the opportunity costs of not using fossi ...
05-14-13
... depleted and wheat production would be phased out entirely by 2016 • Will be importing nearly all the grain needed to feed its 30 million people Saudi Arabia is the first country to publicly project how overpumping will shrink its grain harvest. Photo Credit: NASA ...
... depleted and wheat production would be phased out entirely by 2016 • Will be importing nearly all the grain needed to feed its 30 million people Saudi Arabia is the first country to publicly project how overpumping will shrink its grain harvest. Photo Credit: NASA ...
here - Biofuelwatch
... ‘It is widely assumed that biomass combustion would be inherently ‘carbon neutral because it only releases carbon taken from the atmosphere during plant growth. However, this assumption is not correct and results in a form of double-counting, as it ignores the fact that using land to produce plants ...
... ‘It is widely assumed that biomass combustion would be inherently ‘carbon neutral because it only releases carbon taken from the atmosphere during plant growth. However, this assumption is not correct and results in a form of double-counting, as it ignores the fact that using land to produce plants ...
Presentation on the IRP & IEP
... economy, across transport, energy, water systems and cities, are estimated at around US$90 trillion, or an average of US$6 trillion per year over the next 15 years. By combining renewable energy with reduced fossil fuel investment, more compact cities, and more efficiently managed energy demand, low ...
... economy, across transport, energy, water systems and cities, are estimated at around US$90 trillion, or an average of US$6 trillion per year over the next 15 years. By combining renewable energy with reduced fossil fuel investment, more compact cities, and more efficiently managed energy demand, low ...
Slide 1 - climateknowledge.org
... • Dominates transportation (cars), but also used for home/building heating • Proven reserves are ~40 years of conventional oil. After that, another ~100 years of unconventional oil (tar sands etc.) • U.S. dependency on imported oil is a major national security concern ...
... • Dominates transportation (cars), but also used for home/building heating • Proven reserves are ~40 years of conventional oil. After that, another ~100 years of unconventional oil (tar sands etc.) • U.S. dependency on imported oil is a major national security concern ...
The Case for Fossil Fuel Divestment
... cumulative asset base of $50 billion from fossil fuel investments over the next 3-5 years. Other city councils, including San Francisco, Seattle and Oxford, have also committed to divest. The Fossil Free campaign is now the fastest growing divestment movement of all time. The Climate science: 25 yea ...
... cumulative asset base of $50 billion from fossil fuel investments over the next 3-5 years. Other city councils, including San Francisco, Seattle and Oxford, have also committed to divest. The Fossil Free campaign is now the fastest growing divestment movement of all time. The Climate science: 25 yea ...
Coal Equals More Poverty
... Tackling poverty and inequality means bringing an end to the fossil fuel era, beginning with no new coal and supporting renewable energy for all. More coal will drive more people into poverty through the devastating consequences of climate change and the direct toll of coal mining and burning on loc ...
... Tackling poverty and inequality means bringing an end to the fossil fuel era, beginning with no new coal and supporting renewable energy for all. More coal will drive more people into poverty through the devastating consequences of climate change and the direct toll of coal mining and burning on loc ...
More coal equals more poverty: Transforming our world
... Tackling poverty and inequality means bringing an end to the fossil fuel era, beginning with no new coal and supporting renewable energy for all. More coal will drive more people into poverty through the devastating consequences of climate change and the direct toll of coal mining and burning on loc ...
... Tackling poverty and inequality means bringing an end to the fossil fuel era, beginning with no new coal and supporting renewable energy for all. More coal will drive more people into poverty through the devastating consequences of climate change and the direct toll of coal mining and burning on loc ...
Two degrees of separation: ambition and reality
... (AR5) has reinforced the message that, without the rapid decoupling of GDP and emissions, climate change will present widespread threats to business and society. AR5 sets out four carbon budgets that correspond to different degrees of warming by the end of the 21st century. The current consensus tar ...
... (AR5) has reinforced the message that, without the rapid decoupling of GDP and emissions, climate change will present widespread threats to business and society. AR5 sets out four carbon budgets that correspond to different degrees of warming by the end of the 21st century. The current consensus tar ...
Two degrees of separation: ambition and reality
... (AR5) has reinforced the message that, without the rapid decoupling of GDP and emissions, climate change will present widespread threats to business and society. AR5 sets out four carbon budgets that correspond to different degrees of warming by the end of the 21st century. The current consensus tar ...
... (AR5) has reinforced the message that, without the rapid decoupling of GDP and emissions, climate change will present widespread threats to business and society. AR5 sets out four carbon budgets that correspond to different degrees of warming by the end of the 21st century. The current consensus tar ...
A Critique of the Coal Divestment Campaign
... • The 2°C constraint is binding. • The permissible amount of emissions. Then there are implicit assumptions: • The existence of a stock market bubble. • The relationship between scientific discovery and stock market valuation. There is no sign of concerted global action in meeting the 2°C target ...
... • The 2°C constraint is binding. • The permissible amount of emissions. Then there are implicit assumptions: • The existence of a stock market bubble. • The relationship between scientific discovery and stock market valuation. There is no sign of concerted global action in meeting the 2°C target ...
Financing Climate Chaos
... environmentally sustainable and just economy and help mitigate the harms caused by fossil fuel production which they have funded in the past. The transformation to a sustainable and just economy will require trillions of dollars of investment.17 That investment has yet to surface; current clean ener ...
... environmentally sustainable and just economy and help mitigate the harms caused by fossil fuel production which they have funded in the past. The transformation to a sustainable and just economy will require trillions of dollars of investment.17 That investment has yet to surface; current clean ener ...
Stop Funding Fossils: World Bank Group Funds Fossil Fuel
... exploration are no more defensible than ...
... exploration are no more defensible than ...
Challenges in Mitigating Indonesia`s CO2 Emission: The Importance
... amount of CO2 emitted from fossil fuel combustion. There are two important facts related to this increase. First, in terms of CO2 emission per capita from fossil fuel combustion, Indonesia’s emission per capita are still low in comparison with other countries, well below the world average and also ...
... amount of CO2 emitted from fossil fuel combustion. There are two important facts related to this increase. First, in terms of CO2 emission per capita from fossil fuel combustion, Indonesia’s emission per capita are still low in comparison with other countries, well below the world average and also ...
FAQs - The Climate Talks Project
... reserves that must remain unused to avert catastrophic climate change. The UK financial research firm Carbon Tracker, for example, has estimated that fossil fuel companies will be investing nearly $700 billion a year to explore for new fuel that is highly expensive, volatile, and difficult to extra ...
... reserves that must remain unused to avert catastrophic climate change. The UK financial research firm Carbon Tracker, for example, has estimated that fossil fuel companies will be investing nearly $700 billion a year to explore for new fuel that is highly expensive, volatile, and difficult to extra ...
Carbon Capture and Storage Factfile
... CCS is flexible in that it can be applied to a range of fuels, including gas, coal and biomass [2]. In theory, CCS power plants could be flexible in their output of electricity, although in practice, given the large investment cost, plant operators will want to run CCS power stations as much as p ...
... CCS is flexible in that it can be applied to a range of fuels, including gas, coal and biomass [2]. In theory, CCS power plants could be flexible in their output of electricity, although in practice, given the large investment cost, plant operators will want to run CCS power stations as much as p ...
our submission - Southern Oregon Climate Action Now
... Project, and is not addressed…” This claim is unreasonable for two reasons: 1) If increased production is not an implicit reason for the project, and “existing transmission pipelines in the western states are underutilized” (FERC 2014, P1–21) there is prima facie no need for this project. The logica ...
... Project, and is not addressed…” This claim is unreasonable for two reasons: 1) If increased production is not an implicit reason for the project, and “existing transmission pipelines in the western states are underutilized” (FERC 2014, P1–21) there is prima facie no need for this project. The logica ...
China Climate Pledge
... 2 National Development and Reform Commission of China, Department of Climate Change, “China Intended Nationally Determined Contribution,” June 30, 2015, http://www4.unfccc.int/ submissions/INDC/Published%20Documents/China/1/China’s%20INDC%20-%20on%2030%20June%202015.pdf. 3 Depuy, M., and W. Xuan, ...
... 2 National Development and Reform Commission of China, Department of Climate Change, “China Intended Nationally Determined Contribution,” June 30, 2015, http://www4.unfccc.int/ submissions/INDC/Published%20Documents/China/1/China’s%20INDC%20-%20on%2030%20June%202015.pdf. 3 Depuy, M., and W. Xuan, ...
Environmental and Ecological Effects of Energy Production and
... The ecosystem is a rather loose concept that refers to a subdivision of the landscape or a geographic region that is relatively homogeneous. An ecosystem is made up of organisms, environmental factors, and physical or ecological processes. Hence, the concept of ecosystem comprises organisms, species ...
... The ecosystem is a rather loose concept that refers to a subdivision of the landscape or a geographic region that is relatively homogeneous. An ecosystem is made up of organisms, environmental factors, and physical or ecological processes. Hence, the concept of ecosystem comprises organisms, species ...
Financing Reef Destruction
... its 2011 Corporate Social Responsibility report that “will govern our business lending to sensitive social and environmental sectors8.” These policies have failed to shift ANZ off its perch as the biggest commercial lender to coal and gas export facilities in the Great Barrier Reef. Commonwealth Ban ...
... its 2011 Corporate Social Responsibility report that “will govern our business lending to sensitive social and environmental sectors8.” These policies have failed to shift ANZ off its perch as the biggest commercial lender to coal and gas export facilities in the Great Barrier Reef. Commonwealth Ban ...
CASE STUDY India’s Solar Mission
... of CO2 emissions – roughly 1 per cent of the overall Indian emissions or 2.2 per cent of emissions from the electricity sector. In just two years after grid parity, solar installations are expected to take off and could reduce CO2 emissions by 95 million tons (over 6 per cent of emissions from the e ...
... of CO2 emissions – roughly 1 per cent of the overall Indian emissions or 2.2 per cent of emissions from the electricity sector. In just two years after grid parity, solar installations are expected to take off and could reduce CO2 emissions by 95 million tons (over 6 per cent of emissions from the e ...
Slide 1
... • If the U.S. adopts S. 280 and no other countries adopt emissions caps, then CO2 concentrations in 2095 are 23 ppm lower than the reference scenario. • If the U.S. does not cap emissions, and all other countries take on the targets from the Senate scenario, then CO2 concentrations in 2095 are 25 pp ...
... • If the U.S. adopts S. 280 and no other countries adopt emissions caps, then CO2 concentrations in 2095 are 23 ppm lower than the reference scenario. • If the U.S. does not cap emissions, and all other countries take on the targets from the Senate scenario, then CO2 concentrations in 2095 are 25 pp ...