approach and technical work - Parliamentary Monitoring Group
... The group’s carbon footprint make-up is similar for each entity The group shares similar carbon mitigation opportunities and/or constraints; and/or The group is organised and can work together in order to further the collective interests of the group; and/or The group could all benefit from specific ...
... The group’s carbon footprint make-up is similar for each entity The group shares similar carbon mitigation opportunities and/or constraints; and/or The group is organised and can work together in order to further the collective interests of the group; and/or The group could all benefit from specific ...
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... participation of land managers and on the level of adoption of alternative land management practices. Carbon sequestration on farms is an important aspect of climate change mitigation policy and in Australia has received bi-partisan political support. The Australian Federal Government introduced the ...
... participation of land managers and on the level of adoption of alternative land management practices. Carbon sequestration on farms is an important aspect of climate change mitigation policy and in Australia has received bi-partisan political support. The Australian Federal Government introduced the ...
Advancing Climate Action in Queensland
... The Australian Government has set a target of reducing carbon emissions by 26-28 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030. This is comparatively low when measured against the commitments of other advanced economies such as the US, Germany and the United Kingdom. The national targets are also well short of ...
... The Australian Government has set a target of reducing carbon emissions by 26-28 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030. This is comparatively low when measured against the commitments of other advanced economies such as the US, Germany and the United Kingdom. The national targets are also well short of ...
Combating Global Climate Change - University of Michigan Law
... into the United States. A carbon tax would enable the market to account for the societal costs of carbon dioxide emissions and thereby promote emission reductions, just like a cap and trade system. A carbon tax would be easier to implement and enforce, however, and simpler to adjust if the resulting ...
... into the United States. A carbon tax would enable the market to account for the societal costs of carbon dioxide emissions and thereby promote emission reductions, just like a cap and trade system. A carbon tax would be easier to implement and enforce, however, and simpler to adjust if the resulting ...
Carbon stock changes of forest land in Finland under different
... and the Economy 2010). Climate models project that temperature and precipitation will increase in Scandinavia (Jylhä et al. 2009), and such climate change (CC) will increase forest growth (Kellomäki et al. 2008). However, it will also increase the rate of decomposition of organic matter, which may c ...
... and the Economy 2010). Climate models project that temperature and precipitation will increase in Scandinavia (Jylhä et al. 2009), and such climate change (CC) will increase forest growth (Kellomäki et al. 2008). However, it will also increase the rate of decomposition of organic matter, which may c ...
Effects of a Carbon Tax on the Economy and the Environment
... Carbon Dioxide Emissions or Fossil Fuels Interest has been growing internationally and in the United States in taxing the carbon that is released into the atmosphere in the form of carbon dioxide when fossil fuels are burned. Advocates of a carbon tax in the United States cite two potential benefits ...
... Carbon Dioxide Emissions or Fossil Fuels Interest has been growing internationally and in the United States in taxing the carbon that is released into the atmosphere in the form of carbon dioxide when fossil fuels are burned. Advocates of a carbon tax in the United States cite two potential benefits ...
Corporate Responses in an Emerging Climate Regime
... Companies at the vanguard no longer question how much it will cost to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but how much money they can make doing it. Financial markets are starting to reward companies that are moving ahead on climate change, while those lagging behind are being assigned more risk. (Coga ...
... Companies at the vanguard no longer question how much it will cost to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but how much money they can make doing it. Financial markets are starting to reward companies that are moving ahead on climate change, while those lagging behind are being assigned more risk. (Coga ...
Abandoning Fossil Fuel - OxCarre
... Armon Rezai* and Frederick van der Ploeg**†‡ Abstract Climate change must deal with two market failures: global warming and learning by doing in renewable use. A third way for climate policy is therefore required consisting of an aggressive renewables subsidy in the near term and a gradually rising ...
... Armon Rezai* and Frederick van der Ploeg**†‡ Abstract Climate change must deal with two market failures: global warming and learning by doing in renewable use. A third way for climate policy is therefore required consisting of an aggressive renewables subsidy in the near term and a gradually rising ...
federal actions for a clean growth economy
... to report regularly and transparently to Canadians on progress. The Government of Canada is making investments and taking action across all four of these pillars. ...
... to report regularly and transparently to Canadians on progress. The Government of Canada is making investments and taking action across all four of these pillars. ...
1.2 South Korea`s contribution (INDC)
... In January 2015, South Korea launched its Emissions Trading System (SK ETS) modeled on the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS). It has become the second largest ETS in operation after the EU ETS. In the Kyoto Protocol, “flexible mechanisms” were introduced to lower the overall costs of ...
... In January 2015, South Korea launched its Emissions Trading System (SK ETS) modeled on the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS). It has become the second largest ETS in operation after the EU ETS. In the Kyoto Protocol, “flexible mechanisms” were introduced to lower the overall costs of ...
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... of halving global carbon emissions from 1990 levels by up to 50% in 2030 and by up to 40% in 2050. Finally, Dixon et al. (2008) using a numerical multi-country, two-sector partial equilibrium model of the global carbon market concluded that international permit price would be reduced by 45% when, in ...
... of halving global carbon emissions from 1990 levels by up to 50% in 2030 and by up to 40% in 2050. Finally, Dixon et al. (2008) using a numerical multi-country, two-sector partial equilibrium model of the global carbon market concluded that international permit price would be reduced by 45% when, in ...
Climate Regulation and the Limits of Cost
... There is by now a broad consensus that global warming threatens significant harm to the welfare of people across the world and that national governments should take steps to curb warming and alleviate the harm caused by climate change.2 After dragging its heels, the United States has joined most oth ...
... There is by now a broad consensus that global warming threatens significant harm to the welfare of people across the world and that national governments should take steps to curb warming and alleviate the harm caused by climate change.2 After dragging its heels, the United States has joined most oth ...
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... Climate change adds another challenge to the global food system – a system that is expected to feed a world population growing from today 6.8 billion to 9.1 billion in the year 2050. Sustainable management of the natural resource base of agriculture, forestry and fisheries is the only way to deal wi ...
... Climate change adds another challenge to the global food system – a system that is expected to feed a world population growing from today 6.8 billion to 9.1 billion in the year 2050. Sustainable management of the natural resource base of agriculture, forestry and fisheries is the only way to deal wi ...
A Multi-Criteria Assessment Framework for Carbon
... allowing the rapid development of a new carbon economy. In the global arena, for example, the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol and the World Bank’s Carbon Funds (the Prototype Carbon Fund, the Bio-Carbon Fund and the Community-Development Fund) share the aim to promote investment in ...
... allowing the rapid development of a new carbon economy. In the global arena, for example, the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol and the World Bank’s Carbon Funds (the Prototype Carbon Fund, the Bio-Carbon Fund and the Community-Development Fund) share the aim to promote investment in ...
Carbon Credit Development - International Journal of Innovative
... The article also looks at the extant laws; institutional responsibility; role of the judiciary and Nigeria’s Carbon Exchange Trade Platform and how ready Nigeria is to test the waters of the international carbon trading market. The article further mentions what is obtainable in other international j ...
... The article also looks at the extant laws; institutional responsibility; role of the judiciary and Nigeria’s Carbon Exchange Trade Platform and how ready Nigeria is to test the waters of the international carbon trading market. The article further mentions what is obtainable in other international j ...
Climate Change Policies and the UK Business Sector: Overview, Impacts and Suggestions for Reform
... UK businesses are subject to a complex framework of energy and climate change policies. Policies vary substantially in terms of their design, the number and types of businesses they affect, the implicit carbon tax they levy on energy used, and their financial costs (in the case of taxes) or revenues ...
... UK businesses are subject to a complex framework of energy and climate change policies. Policies vary substantially in terms of their design, the number and types of businesses they affect, the implicit carbon tax they levy on energy used, and their financial costs (in the case of taxes) or revenues ...
A Critique of the Coal Divestment Campaign
... There is no sign of concerted global action in meeting the 2°C target. The International Energy Agency (IEA) in a 2013 report indicated that: “The world is not on track to meet the target agreed by governments to limit the long term rise in the average global temperature to 2 degrees Celsius (°C).” ...
... There is no sign of concerted global action in meeting the 2°C target. The International Energy Agency (IEA) in a 2013 report indicated that: “The world is not on track to meet the target agreed by governments to limit the long term rise in the average global temperature to 2 degrees Celsius (°C).” ...
Report
... observed in May of 2013. Greenhouse gas emissions are likely responsible for increasing temperatures and resulting climate change. In October of 2013, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published a report stating, “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, and since the 1950s, many of ...
... observed in May of 2013. Greenhouse gas emissions are likely responsible for increasing temperatures and resulting climate change. In October of 2013, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published a report stating, “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, and since the 1950s, many of ...
The Carbon Cycle: Implications for Climate Change and Congress June 25, 2007
... In short, the oceans, vegetation, and soils cannot consume carbon released from human activities quickly enough to stop CO2 from accumulating in the atmosphere. Humans tap the huge pool of fossil carbon for energy, and affect the global carbon cycle by transferring fossil carbon — which took million ...
... In short, the oceans, vegetation, and soils cannot consume carbon released from human activities quickly enough to stop CO2 from accumulating in the atmosphere. Humans tap the huge pool of fossil carbon for energy, and affect the global carbon cycle by transferring fossil carbon — which took million ...
Less pain, more gain: the potential of carbon pricing to reduce Europe’s fiscal deficits (3 MB) (opens in new window)
... environmental tax reform appeared to have saved 6.4 million tonnes of carbon dioxide by 2003, which is around 0.7 per cent of its 1999 emission levels (Prognos and IER, 2004). A much larger effect was reported for Sweden, where it was estimated that its environmental tax reform led to a decrease in ...
... environmental tax reform appeared to have saved 6.4 million tonnes of carbon dioxide by 2003, which is around 0.7 per cent of its 1999 emission levels (Prognos and IER, 2004). A much larger effect was reported for Sweden, where it was estimated that its environmental tax reform led to a decrease in ...
Biomass offsets little or none of permafrost carbon release from soils
... from ocean POC delivery with downscaled global ratio of 0.75 for sedimentation. POC from coastal erosion is the sum of Vonk et al (2012) and McGuire et al (2009). Considerable uncertainty remains around many of these estimates. ...
... from ocean POC delivery with downscaled global ratio of 0.75 for sedimentation. POC from coastal erosion is the sum of Vonk et al (2012) and McGuire et al (2009). Considerable uncertainty remains around many of these estimates. ...
Transitiong to a low-carbon energy system
... central role in driving non-ETS reductions, cognisant that the policy response must be framed in the context of declining future emissions budgets. A discussion on how Ireland can achieve an energy transition could not be more pertinent given the need to decouple emissions and economic growth. Irela ...
... central role in driving non-ETS reductions, cognisant that the policy response must be framed in the context of declining future emissions budgets. A discussion on how Ireland can achieve an energy transition could not be more pertinent given the need to decouple emissions and economic growth. Irela ...
Read our full comments here. - Wildlife Conservation Society Canada
... layer in drier conditions, resulting in greater emissions than would otherwise occur, as well as loss of litter carbon (Terrier et al. 2014). All these studies indicate that there is high uncertainty for any potential CO2 fertilisation effect in boreal forests. Even if warming and fertilisation coup ...
... layer in drier conditions, resulting in greater emissions than would otherwise occur, as well as loss of litter carbon (Terrier et al. 2014). All these studies indicate that there is high uncertainty for any potential CO2 fertilisation effect in boreal forests. Even if warming and fertilisation coup ...