CCL Monthly Conference Call, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014 Groups meet
... we thought the newspaper might consider doing an editorial about it. On September 23, leaders from around the world will gather at the UN for a one-day climate summit. They’re building momentum for a global climate treaty that nations will sign late in 2015. This is the time for the U.S. to lead wit ...
... we thought the newspaper might consider doing an editorial about it. On September 23, leaders from around the world will gather at the UN for a one-day climate summit. They’re building momentum for a global climate treaty that nations will sign late in 2015. This is the time for the U.S. to lead wit ...
Corporate greening falls short
... rolled out widely. There is no alternative, Lovins and Cohen say, because a carbon tax is not appealing to US politicians. Not so. Economic studies suggest that a carbon tax may be more costefficient than a cap-and-trade system (B. B. F. Wittneben Energy Policy 37, 2462–2464; 2009). It provides a cl ...
... rolled out widely. There is no alternative, Lovins and Cohen say, because a carbon tax is not appealing to US politicians. Not so. Economic studies suggest that a carbon tax may be more costefficient than a cap-and-trade system (B. B. F. Wittneben Energy Policy 37, 2462–2464; 2009). It provides a cl ...
U3A-ClimChange01 4442KB Oct 07 2012
... introducing a carbon tax which would impact on the standard of living of their populations • Australia is one of the few exceptions but it produces only 1.3% of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions and it remains to be seen whether the tax will be effective ...
... introducing a carbon tax which would impact on the standard of living of their populations • Australia is one of the few exceptions but it produces only 1.3% of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions and it remains to be seen whether the tax will be effective ...
Voice of Irish Concern for the Environment
... concentrations of greenhouse gases (i.e., carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and tropospheric ozone) in the atmosphere. Concentrations are expected to reach levels of 540 to 970 ppm by 2100 compared to 280 ppm in the pre-industrial era, which will cause an estimated temperature rise of 2.5 to 1 ...
... concentrations of greenhouse gases (i.e., carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and tropospheric ozone) in the atmosphere. Concentrations are expected to reach levels of 540 to 970 ppm by 2100 compared to 280 ppm in the pre-industrial era, which will cause an estimated temperature rise of 2.5 to 1 ...
Divestment from Fossil Fuel Corporations
... WHEREAS, God has created us and all that exists, given and preserves our bodies and all the necessities for life [The First Article: On Creation, Luther’s Small Catechism]; and WHEREAS, the 1993 ELCA Social Statement Caring for Creation: Vision, Hope, and Justice affirms that “we are called to care ...
... WHEREAS, God has created us and all that exists, given and preserves our bodies and all the necessities for life [The First Article: On Creation, Luther’s Small Catechism]; and WHEREAS, the 1993 ELCA Social Statement Caring for Creation: Vision, Hope, and Justice affirms that “we are called to care ...
One Climate, One World- Labour party response 2014
... Climate change is one of the most serious and complex challenges we face. We need concerted, immediate and sustained action to reduce carbon emissions and to avert the potentially serious environmental consequences of climate change. Labour has always warned that climate change threatens national se ...
... Climate change is one of the most serious and complex challenges we face. We need concerted, immediate and sustained action to reduce carbon emissions and to avert the potentially serious environmental consequences of climate change. Labour has always warned that climate change threatens national se ...
The trapped heat is warming up the Earth and causing global
... Climate change is also causing drier and hotter summers, which in the long term will mean less water available for us to use. ...
... Climate change is also causing drier and hotter summers, which in the long term will mean less water available for us to use. ...
2016 UK Consultation on Fifth carbon budget
... 3. Since the launch of Plan A, our operational Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions are down 19% on a 2006/07 baseline, but we still have responsibility for a global footprint of around 8 million tonnes, much of it associated with our supply chains and the customer use/disposal of our products. 4. We beli ...
... 3. Since the launch of Plan A, our operational Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions are down 19% on a 2006/07 baseline, but we still have responsibility for a global footprint of around 8 million tonnes, much of it associated with our supply chains and the customer use/disposal of our products. 4. We beli ...
Climate Change
... in the Earth’s temperature due to the greenhouse effect, which can cause changes in climate. However, the term “global warming” is now being used to refer to the warming predicted to occur as a result of increased emissions of greenhouse gases and other human activities. This enhanced greenhouse eff ...
... in the Earth’s temperature due to the greenhouse effect, which can cause changes in climate. However, the term “global warming” is now being used to refer to the warming predicted to occur as a result of increased emissions of greenhouse gases and other human activities. This enhanced greenhouse eff ...
beaconf_28sept09_donatusmarut
... • The People’s Movement on Climate Change – is seen as another variant of Climate Justice. Actually it is not. • People’s Protocol is intended to be an anti-thesis to the market-oriented Kyoto Protocol; an antithesis to the whole unjust mechanisms related to the climate change issue; a way to revita ...
... • The People’s Movement on Climate Change – is seen as another variant of Climate Justice. Actually it is not. • People’s Protocol is intended to be an anti-thesis to the market-oriented Kyoto Protocol; an antithesis to the whole unjust mechanisms related to the climate change issue; a way to revita ...
Intro/review to climate change webquest
... 10. Click on "carbon dioxide" the slide shows the global concentration and distribution of carbon dioxide from 2002-2014 slide the bar from 2002 to 2014. What is happening to the global levels of carbon dioxide? _______________________________________________________________________________________ ...
... 10. Click on "carbon dioxide" the slide shows the global concentration and distribution of carbon dioxide from 2002-2014 slide the bar from 2002 to 2014. What is happening to the global levels of carbon dioxide? _______________________________________________________________________________________ ...
Carbon Offset Cooperative for PNW Non-Industrial Private
... For NIPFs can probably receive enough to pay for project and annual property taxes Will not be most economically attractive, but small NIPFs often aren’t managing solely to optimize money (or they would already have developed land!) ...
... For NIPFs can probably receive enough to pay for project and annual property taxes Will not be most economically attractive, but small NIPFs often aren’t managing solely to optimize money (or they would already have developed land!) ...
Global Warming Is Natural, Not Man-Made
... should not come back with a “guilty” verdict convicting humanity of forcing recent climatological changes. Even the most ardent supporters of global warming will not argue this point. Instead, they argue that humans are only partially responsible for the observed climate change. If one takes a hard ...
... should not come back with a “guilty” verdict convicting humanity of forcing recent climatological changes. Even the most ardent supporters of global warming will not argue this point. Instead, they argue that humans are only partially responsible for the observed climate change. If one takes a hard ...
Slide 1
... • Nitrous oxide (N2O), which represents 4.3% of Australia’s emissions and comes from the production and use of nitrogen fertilizer • Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), halocarbons and other manufactured gases, which represent 1.1% of Australia’s emissions and are used in refrigeration ...
... • Nitrous oxide (N2O), which represents 4.3% of Australia’s emissions and comes from the production and use of nitrogen fertilizer • Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), halocarbons and other manufactured gases, which represent 1.1% of Australia’s emissions and are used in refrigeration ...
THINK GLOBAL, WORK LOCAL
... anthroposphere, is one of the most complex and non-linear systems in science. Its study is based on extensive global observing networks and on increasingly comprehensive mathematical models which are integrated on the most powerful supercomputers and used to understand the history and future evoluti ...
... anthroposphere, is one of the most complex and non-linear systems in science. Its study is based on extensive global observing networks and on increasingly comprehensive mathematical models which are integrated on the most powerful supercomputers and used to understand the history and future evoluti ...
Global Carbon Markets Team - March 2010
... only deliver, at most, 50% of what is needed to keep global temperature increases to within 2 degrees •For the UK, this is an economic as much as an environmental issue: Cost-effective transition to a low-carbon economy Global competition for oil and gas Fast-growing markets for low-carbon goods ...
... only deliver, at most, 50% of what is needed to keep global temperature increases to within 2 degrees •For the UK, this is an economic as much as an environmental issue: Cost-effective transition to a low-carbon economy Global competition for oil and gas Fast-growing markets for low-carbon goods ...
2Documentary Two_Climate Wars The Battle
... that has surrounded it since the 1950s. It attempts to answer the questions: how do we know that climate is warming up, how do we know humans are causing it, and how do we know what’s going to happen next. Question 1 (5 Points) – The global climate dialog shifted in the 1970s from predictions of an ...
... that has surrounded it since the 1950s. It attempts to answer the questions: how do we know that climate is warming up, how do we know humans are causing it, and how do we know what’s going to happen next. Question 1 (5 Points) – The global climate dialog shifted in the 1970s from predictions of an ...
Assessing Scientific Knowledge about Climate Change
... Fourth Assessment completed in 2006 followed by a discussion of some areas of active scientific interest and research since 2006, including polar ice sheets and sea level rise, ocean acidification and its impacts, geoengineering, and ways of accounting for non-carbon dioxide greenhouse gases ("metri ...
... Fourth Assessment completed in 2006 followed by a discussion of some areas of active scientific interest and research since 2006, including polar ice sheets and sea level rise, ocean acidification and its impacts, geoengineering, and ways of accounting for non-carbon dioxide greenhouse gases ("metri ...
PDF
... flow pollutant, and its relationship to damaged ecosystem services. Stock pollution is concentration -- the accumulated carbon in the atmosphere, like water in a bathtub. Flow pollution is emissions -- the annual rate of emission, like water flowing into the tub. Because risk comes from the total st ...
... flow pollutant, and its relationship to damaged ecosystem services. Stock pollution is concentration -- the accumulated carbon in the atmosphere, like water in a bathtub. Flow pollution is emissions -- the annual rate of emission, like water flowing into the tub. Because risk comes from the total st ...