PowerPoint - RAEL Berkeley
... energy or reducing GHG emissions • Many policies and programs - comprehensive programs are needed to assist industries in reaching their goals • Target-setting can provide motivation - experience from other countries and companies shows that target-setting with explicit commitments can result in sig ...
... energy or reducing GHG emissions • Many policies and programs - comprehensive programs are needed to assist industries in reaching their goals • Target-setting can provide motivation - experience from other countries and companies shows that target-setting with explicit commitments can result in sig ...
Mitigation and Shared Vision—Review of the Science and Stakes in
... The Ultimate Objective…is to achieve, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Convention, stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. Such a level should be achieved within a ti ...
... The Ultimate Objective…is to achieve, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Convention, stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. Such a level should be achieved within a ti ...
Winning and Losing the Global Warming Debate
... Warming: YES or NO? It is rooted in science, including frequent references to computer models and scientific expertise. Yet the debate only thinly masks the associated policy prescriptions: Global Warming: YES = global emissions reductions, while Global Warming: NO = business as usual. On the Global ...
... Warming: YES or NO? It is rooted in science, including frequent references to computer models and scientific expertise. Yet the debate only thinly masks the associated policy prescriptions: Global Warming: YES = global emissions reductions, while Global Warming: NO = business as usual. On the Global ...
Gro Harlem Brundtland
... development. By designing a policy which stimulates green growth, we can reach both goals at the same time. As the Secretary General and Al Gore put it in Financial Times last month, we now need to make “growing green” our mantra. The role of forests So where do forests and sustainable forest manage ...
... development. By designing a policy which stimulates green growth, we can reach both goals at the same time. As the Secretary General and Al Gore put it in Financial Times last month, we now need to make “growing green” our mantra. The role of forests So where do forests and sustainable forest manage ...
National Climate Change Policy Review 2017
... and the Australian Energy Market Operator2 that looked at a range of potential emissionreduction policies, including extension of the existing Large-scale Renewable Energy Target (LRET) and regulated closure of fossil-fueled generators required to meet Australia’s emissions reduction target. Importa ...
... and the Australian Energy Market Operator2 that looked at a range of potential emissionreduction policies, including extension of the existing Large-scale Renewable Energy Target (LRET) and regulated closure of fossil-fueled generators required to meet Australia’s emissions reduction target. Importa ...
A just transition to 100% renewable energy for all by 2050
... reached 100% renewable energy targets. The IPCC Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources (SRREN) from 2011 acknowledged that “close to 80 per cent of the world’s energy supply could be met by renewables by midcentury if backed by the right enabling public policies” (4). Since the report’s launch, ...
... reached 100% renewable energy targets. The IPCC Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources (SRREN) from 2011 acknowledged that “close to 80 per cent of the world’s energy supply could be met by renewables by midcentury if backed by the right enabling public policies” (4). Since the report’s launch, ...
State Level Workshop on Promotion Of Climate Resilient Livelihood
... Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) organized a one day workshop on promotion of Climate Resilient livelihood under the GoI-UNDP DRR-CCA Programme on 12th May 2015 at the Conference Hall of the Circuit House, Guwahati. Over 60 participants attended the workshop. IN the workshop the rep ...
... Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) organized a one day workshop on promotion of Climate Resilient livelihood under the GoI-UNDP DRR-CCA Programme on 12th May 2015 at the Conference Hall of the Circuit House, Guwahati. Over 60 participants attended the workshop. IN the workshop the rep ...
IEA World Energy Outlook Special Briefing for COP21
... and mitigate their environmental impact, including through improved energy efficiency and development and deployment of low-carbon technologies. n Find solutions to global energy challenges through engagement and ...
... and mitigate their environmental impact, including through improved energy efficiency and development and deployment of low-carbon technologies. n Find solutions to global energy challenges through engagement and ...
MEMORANDUM TO THE PRESIDENT From: John P. Holdren
... these two imperatives—and the immense challenge arising from it—in the form of the central role played by civilization’s principal energy sources in generating the most dangerous and difficult environmental problems facing the planet. Energy supply is the source of most of human exposure to air poll ...
... these two imperatives—and the immense challenge arising from it—in the form of the central role played by civilization’s principal energy sources in generating the most dangerous and difficult environmental problems facing the planet. Energy supply is the source of most of human exposure to air poll ...
COP 18 - Ministry of Foreign Affairs
... mitigation options; safeguard people’s life and properties; ensure the sustainable development goals. strengthen human and natural system resilience to climate change; develop the low-carbon economy to protect and enhance quality of life; ensure national security and sustainable development ...
... mitigation options; safeguard people’s life and properties; ensure the sustainable development goals. strengthen human and natural system resilience to climate change; develop the low-carbon economy to protect and enhance quality of life; ensure national security and sustainable development ...
Media coverage of climate change
... patterns and devastating storms are abruptly putting an end to the long-running debate over whether or not climate change is real. Not only is it real, it's here, and its effects are giving rise to a frighteningly new global phenomenon: the man-made natural disaster.” Barack Obama, US president ...
... patterns and devastating storms are abruptly putting an end to the long-running debate over whether or not climate change is real. Not only is it real, it's here, and its effects are giving rise to a frighteningly new global phenomenon: the man-made natural disaster.” Barack Obama, US president ...
Climate change act briefing note (467 kB) (opens in new window)
... evidence on the impacts of climate change and on economic costs, and used a number of different techniques to assess the costs and risks. It main conclusion was that “The benefits of strong and early action far outweigh the economic costs of not acting”. Among its other conclusions were: “Using the ...
... evidence on the impacts of climate change and on economic costs, and used a number of different techniques to assess the costs and risks. It main conclusion was that “The benefits of strong and early action far outweigh the economic costs of not acting”. Among its other conclusions were: “Using the ...
A KEY TO AVERTING CLIMATE CHANGE
... • 1997:Kyoto Protocol was adopted • An important step towards stabilization of GHG concentration to prevent dangerous impacts on climate system • Industrialized countries are required to reduce their combined GHG emissions by at least 5.2% compared to 1990 levels by the first commitment period(2008- ...
... • 1997:Kyoto Protocol was adopted • An important step towards stabilization of GHG concentration to prevent dangerous impacts on climate system • Industrialized countries are required to reduce their combined GHG emissions by at least 5.2% compared to 1990 levels by the first commitment period(2008- ...
Newsletter 2. Jan-March 2011
... The Markala project, located in the Office du Niger area, is the first public-private partnership between the African Development Bank, the Mali and ILLOVO Sugar Company. It will help to cover the country’s sugar needs and transform the country in a sugar exporter in the long term by planting 14 132 ...
... The Markala project, located in the Office du Niger area, is the first public-private partnership between the African Development Bank, the Mali and ILLOVO Sugar Company. It will help to cover the country’s sugar needs and transform the country in a sugar exporter in the long term by planting 14 132 ...
Bio-Energy with Carbon Storage (BECS)
... raised energy efficiency and non-fuel renewables – it leads also to the potential to return rapidly to pre-industrial CO2 levels (Obersteiner et al, op cit). Negative emissions energy systems are key to responding to ACC because – taking account of rising levels on non-CO2 greenhouse gases, for whic ...
... raised energy efficiency and non-fuel renewables – it leads also to the potential to return rapidly to pre-industrial CO2 levels (Obersteiner et al, op cit). Negative emissions energy systems are key to responding to ACC because – taking account of rising levels on non-CO2 greenhouse gases, for whic ...
Aarhus
... • The Road Map includes the Bali Action Plan, which charts the course for a new negotiating process designed to tackle climate change, with the aim of completing this by the end of 2009 at the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (COP-15) ...
... • The Road Map includes the Bali Action Plan, which charts the course for a new negotiating process designed to tackle climate change, with the aim of completing this by the end of 2009 at the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (COP-15) ...
Developing Low Carbon Cities in Asia: A Study of Bhopal, India
... activities, prioritize investments in urban infrastructure, and provide incentives for use of innovative technologies to improve efficiency. Another important contribution will be to promote behavioral and lifestyle changes in cities. Methodologies to work out a broad framework would be needed to de ...
... activities, prioritize investments in urban infrastructure, and provide incentives for use of innovative technologies to improve efficiency. Another important contribution will be to promote behavioral and lifestyle changes in cities. Methodologies to work out a broad framework would be needed to de ...
statistics for climate change policy and data availability
... In The Gambia, there has been decreasing rainfall and increasing temperatures from the mid-forties to date. The average temperatures of the Gambia range from 18o to 30 oC during the dry season and 23 o to 33 oC during the wet season. The moisture quality in the atmosphere which is indicated as relat ...
... In The Gambia, there has been decreasing rainfall and increasing temperatures from the mid-forties to date. The average temperatures of the Gambia range from 18o to 30 oC during the dry season and 23 o to 33 oC during the wet season. The moisture quality in the atmosphere which is indicated as relat ...
Document
... Science Focus: Science, Politics, and Climate • 2006-2010: increase from 30% to 48% of Americans who think global warming is exaggerated • Fossil fuel industries • Play on public’s lack of knowledge of • How science works • Difference between weather and climate ...
... Science Focus: Science, Politics, and Climate • 2006-2010: increase from 30% to 48% of Americans who think global warming is exaggerated • Fossil fuel industries • Play on public’s lack of knowledge of • How science works • Difference between weather and climate ...
Climate Change
... The overall goal in Denmark is to establish an ambitious global climate agreement for the period from 2012 when the first commitment period under the Kyoto protocol expires. President Obama and other world leaders have decided to put off the difficult task of reaching a climate change agreement in t ...
... The overall goal in Denmark is to establish an ambitious global climate agreement for the period from 2012 when the first commitment period under the Kyoto protocol expires. President Obama and other world leaders have decided to put off the difficult task of reaching a climate change agreement in t ...
• An archipelago of 1200 Islands with a geographical territory of 99
... couple years, more than 90 islands have been flooded at least once, and 37 islands have started to flood at least once a year. Saline Aquifers - The freshwater lenses of many islands have been eroded and the recent floods have resulted in the salinization of ground water leading to greater water sca ...
... couple years, more than 90 islands have been flooded at least once, and 37 islands have started to flood at least once a year. Saline Aquifers - The freshwater lenses of many islands have been eroded and the recent floods have resulted in the salinization of ground water leading to greater water sca ...