What is a Tonne? - CarbonSolutions
... If you would count your greenhouse gas the measure you must use is mass and when we talk, that's you and me, discuss in Tonnes of CO2e In order to permit precise discussion, The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has introduced the idea of CO2 equivalency – where greenhouse gases of different ...
... If you would count your greenhouse gas the measure you must use is mass and when we talk, that's you and me, discuss in Tonnes of CO2e In order to permit precise discussion, The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has introduced the idea of CO2 equivalency – where greenhouse gases of different ...
New Cost Estimates for Carbon Sequestration Through Afforestation
... The first studies on the cost of sequestering carbon in forests appeared in the late 1980s (Dudek and LeBlanc 1990, Marland 1988, Sedjo 1989) and provided point estimates of the average cost of forest carbon sequestration. Moulton and Richards (1990) provided the first marginal cost estimates for th ...
... The first studies on the cost of sequestering carbon in forests appeared in the late 1980s (Dudek and LeBlanc 1990, Marland 1988, Sedjo 1989) and provided point estimates of the average cost of forest carbon sequestration. Moulton and Richards (1990) provided the first marginal cost estimates for th ...
Climate phoenix - Grattan Institute
... reduce emissions: if they do more of the work, the cost and disruption of reducing emissions overall will be minimised. To make this happen, baselines should be reduced more aggressively than is strictly necessary to meet Australia’s target. The government would then auction permits – the right to e ...
... reduce emissions: if they do more of the work, the cost and disruption of reducing emissions overall will be minimised. To make this happen, baselines should be reduced more aggressively than is strictly necessary to meet Australia’s target. The government would then auction permits – the right to e ...
Thanks Jim - International Biochar Initiative
... announces that the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) has submitted a proposal to include biochar as a mitigation and adaptation technology to be considered in the post-2012-Copenhagen agenda of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). A copy of the proposal i ...
... announces that the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) has submitted a proposal to include biochar as a mitigation and adaptation technology to be considered in the post-2012-Copenhagen agenda of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). A copy of the proposal i ...
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... use less energy or use energy more efficiently; and (3) prefer products or services that are lowerpriced by virtue of incorporating less emission tax. Each of these activities would reduce GHG emissions compared to a business-as-usual track. These expected behavioral changes mirror the activities th ...
... use less energy or use energy more efficiently; and (3) prefer products or services that are lowerpriced by virtue of incorporating less emission tax. Each of these activities would reduce GHG emissions compared to a business-as-usual track. These expected behavioral changes mirror the activities th ...
The Role of Forest and Soil Carbon Sequestrations on Climate
... tons) per annum, the largest proportion of which resulting from the burning of fossil fuels and the conversion of tropical forests to agricultural production (Paustian et al., 2000). Global warming, the increase in temperature of the earth’s near surface air and oceans in recent decades, is believed ...
... tons) per annum, the largest proportion of which resulting from the burning of fossil fuels and the conversion of tropical forests to agricultural production (Paustian et al., 2000). Global warming, the increase in temperature of the earth’s near surface air and oceans in recent decades, is believed ...
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... The most important thing in carbon equality and carbon budget is how to set the starting year. Many researches confirmed that the earlier the starting year was, the more historical responsibility is reflected. But they did not provide a quantitative analysis of the various starting years’ impacts o ...
... The most important thing in carbon equality and carbon budget is how to set the starting year. Many researches confirmed that the earlier the starting year was, the more historical responsibility is reflected. But they did not provide a quantitative analysis of the various starting years’ impacts o ...
Climate change during the last 150 million years: reconstruction
... both the past 100 Ma [3,4,9,15,16] and the Phanerozoic [5–7]. This indicates a significant role of the carbon cycle on the long-term climate change. The middle to Late Cretaceous is known to have been one of the warmest periods during the Phanerozoic: the average global temperature was probably >6ºC ...
... both the past 100 Ma [3,4,9,15,16] and the Phanerozoic [5–7]. This indicates a significant role of the carbon cycle on the long-term climate change. The middle to Late Cretaceous is known to have been one of the warmest periods during the Phanerozoic: the average global temperature was probably >6ºC ...
Toward Low Carbon Cities: Madrid and London
... Environment and energy are two sides of the same coin. Cities are the major consumers of fossil fuels which have risen from 4% of global energy consumption in the early 1900 to over 86% at present, notwithstanding indirect city related activities such as air travel, intercity road freight and passen ...
... Environment and energy are two sides of the same coin. Cities are the major consumers of fossil fuels which have risen from 4% of global energy consumption in the early 1900 to over 86% at present, notwithstanding indirect city related activities such as air travel, intercity road freight and passen ...
Is atmospheric carbon dioxide removal a game changer for climate
... This article will explore the sensitivity of mitigation pathways to the possibility of decoupling emissions reductions in space and time by means of CDR in greater depth. Key questions are how the intertemporal and cross-sectoral profile of emissions reductions is changed, and what implications resu ...
... This article will explore the sensitivity of mitigation pathways to the possibility of decoupling emissions reductions in space and time by means of CDR in greater depth. Key questions are how the intertemporal and cross-sectoral profile of emissions reductions is changed, and what implications resu ...
Compounds, creativity and complexity in climate change
... climate change and global warming are proposed. Mapping the emergence and rhetorical use of carbon compounds might provide insights into changing trends in public perception of and attitudes to climate change. The focus is here on understanding one part of the symbolic culture on which such percepti ...
... climate change and global warming are proposed. Mapping the emergence and rhetorical use of carbon compounds might provide insights into changing trends in public perception of and attitudes to climate change. The focus is here on understanding one part of the symbolic culture on which such percepti ...
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Green Paper
... Support for households and business The Government recognises that there will be adjustment costs for Australian households arising from the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. The Government will cut fuel taxes on a cent for cent basis to offset the initial price impact on fuel associated with the i ...
... Support for households and business The Government recognises that there will be adjustment costs for Australian households arising from the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. The Government will cut fuel taxes on a cent for cent basis to offset the initial price impact on fuel associated with the i ...
View/Open
... In Canada, performance standards on coal-fired power plants now impose an upper limit on emissions of 420 kg CO2 MWh–1 – equivalent, according to the government, to new highlyefficient combined-cycle gas turbines (Government of Canada, 2012). The standard applies to combustion of coal and its deriv ...
... In Canada, performance standards on coal-fired power plants now impose an upper limit on emissions of 420 kg CO2 MWh–1 – equivalent, according to the government, to new highlyefficient combined-cycle gas turbines (Government of Canada, 2012). The standard applies to combustion of coal and its deriv ...
Ecosystem Carbon Storage Across the Grassland–Forest Transition
... A. Gibbon and others (through improved management of biosphere carbon stocks) (Denman and others 2007). The carbon stocks and fluxes in above- and belowground tropical forest components have been increasingly studied in attempts to understand their roles in the global carbon cycle (Houghton and oth ...
... A. Gibbon and others (through improved management of biosphere carbon stocks) (Denman and others 2007). The carbon stocks and fluxes in above- and belowground tropical forest components have been increasingly studied in attempts to understand their roles in the global carbon cycle (Houghton and oth ...
Carbon on the Move
... fuels—petroleum, natural gas, and coal—are created over hundreds of millions of years as layers of rock, soil, and sediment cover the remains of dead plants and animals. As this organic matter becomes compacted, pressure and heat turn the carbon into ...
... fuels—petroleum, natural gas, and coal—are created over hundreds of millions of years as layers of rock, soil, and sediment cover the remains of dead plants and animals. As this organic matter becomes compacted, pressure and heat turn the carbon into ...
The UK Climate Change Act 2008
... The parliamentary debates led to the government requesting the advice of the ‘shadow’ committee on climate change on the level of the 2050 target (specifically whether it should be higher than the 60 percent proposed in the Bill).14 The advice was published on 7 October 2008, and recommended that t ...
... The parliamentary debates led to the government requesting the advice of the ‘shadow’ committee on climate change on the level of the 2050 target (specifically whether it should be higher than the 60 percent proposed in the Bill).14 The advice was published on 7 October 2008, and recommended that t ...
Post Paris: Australia`s climate policy options
... 2009 and 2010. The Coalition had initially offered to back an emissions trading scheme, but after Tony Abbott replaced Malcolm Turnbull as leader of the Liberal Party, the Coalition withdrew its support. The Coalition subsequently announced its alternative Direct Action policy, centred around a fund ...
... 2009 and 2010. The Coalition had initially offered to back an emissions trading scheme, but after Tony Abbott replaced Malcolm Turnbull as leader of the Liberal Party, the Coalition withdrew its support. The Coalition subsequently announced its alternative Direct Action policy, centred around a fund ...
Carbon Cycling, Climate Regulation, and Disturbances in Canadian
... lines, railways, and power lines) that fragment forests and influence much more land than the area they cover [8,12,15,16,38,46]. Other less prominent activities related to resource extraction also provide goods and income to Canadians [14,38,47]. In particular, the extraction of non-timber forest p ...
... lines, railways, and power lines) that fragment forests and influence much more land than the area they cover [8,12,15,16,38,46]. Other less prominent activities related to resource extraction also provide goods and income to Canadians [14,38,47]. In particular, the extraction of non-timber forest p ...
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... Protocol at the end of the first commitment period in 2012. With ratification of the Kyoto Protocol at Bali its first official act, the new Australian Government signalled a major policy shift, with Australia taking on a leadership role internationally and committing to a long term domestic target o ...
... Protocol at the end of the first commitment period in 2012. With ratification of the Kyoto Protocol at Bali its first official act, the new Australian Government signalled a major policy shift, with Australia taking on a leadership role internationally and committing to a long term domestic target o ...
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... significant costs in terms of forgone timber harvest and financial returns. Boscolo and Buongiorno (1997) explored forest management with financial, carbon-storage and biodiversity objectives. Each objective was maximized in isolation, with compromise policies derived by maximizing carbon uptake or ...
... significant costs in terms of forgone timber harvest and financial returns. Boscolo and Buongiorno (1997) explored forest management with financial, carbon-storage and biodiversity objectives. Each objective was maximized in isolation, with compromise policies derived by maximizing carbon uptake or ...
The carbon jigsaw AccountAncy futures
... available to them for each phase overall. Under the EU allocation plans, Member States currently allocate the majority of emission allowances free of charge to participants, with the remaining minority auctioned in the marketplace. During the current commitment period (2008–12), Member States are al ...
... available to them for each phase overall. Under the EU allocation plans, Member States currently allocate the majority of emission allowances free of charge to participants, with the remaining minority auctioned in the marketplace. During the current commitment period (2008–12), Member States are al ...
A New Approach to Climate Change: A Consideration of Ancillary
... “regional” period, is marked by the adoption of the European Union Emissions Trading System in 2005. Regional initiatives began to develop, even in countries like the U.S. who had refused a binding global treaty. The Northeast Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), conceived of in 2003 and imple ...
... “regional” period, is marked by the adoption of the European Union Emissions Trading System in 2005. Regional initiatives began to develop, even in countries like the U.S. who had refused a binding global treaty. The Northeast Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), conceived of in 2003 and imple ...
potential economic value of carbon sequestration
... APPENDIX II: Estimation Results of Tobit model for the determinants of amount of carbon sequestered by trees in farms. .............................................................................. 46 APPENDIX III: Descriptive Statistics of the determinants of amount of carbon sequestered by trees i ...
... APPENDIX II: Estimation Results of Tobit model for the determinants of amount of carbon sequestered by trees in farms. .............................................................................. 46 APPENDIX III: Descriptive Statistics of the determinants of amount of carbon sequestered by trees i ...
The Carbon Neutral Myth
... warming, British Airways is tackling the issue full on,” proclaimed the director of Climate Care, while Elliot Morley MP, the UK Government minister for climate change and environment, urged all air travellers to consider offsetting their flights.8 In the time that British Airways has been in partne ...
... warming, British Airways is tackling the issue full on,” proclaimed the director of Climate Care, while Elliot Morley MP, the UK Government minister for climate change and environment, urged all air travellers to consider offsetting their flights.8 In the time that British Airways has been in partne ...
The Carbon Neutral Myth - Offset Indulgences for your Climate Sins
... to ‘neutralise’ an equivalent amount of emissions by energy-saving, or through carbon absorption in trees. The consumer pays according to the claimed project costs and the amount of emissions to be ‘neutralised’. Most carbon offset companies cater to both individuals and corporations. Corporations c ...
... to ‘neutralise’ an equivalent amount of emissions by energy-saving, or through carbon absorption in trees. The consumer pays according to the claimed project costs and the amount of emissions to be ‘neutralised’. Most carbon offset companies cater to both individuals and corporations. Corporations c ...