US Rejection of the Kyoto Protocol: the impact
... domestic emissions are beneath the cap. EEFSU’s excess credits exceed 300 million tons. However, with economic growth and a further tightening of the emissions constraint, the cap becomes binding by 2020. It is debatable how the excess permits generated during the first commitment period might be di ...
... domestic emissions are beneath the cap. EEFSU’s excess credits exceed 300 million tons. However, with economic growth and a further tightening of the emissions constraint, the cap becomes binding by 2020. It is debatable how the excess permits generated during the first commitment period might be di ...
What is a “covered entity?” - Texas Association of Environmental
... • EPA is tasked with developing regulations ensuring the complete, accurate, and reliable tracking of GHG emissions in the U.S • The Registry must also track the production, manufacture, and importation of fuels and other products the use of which result in GHG emissions • EPA must also develop rule ...
... • EPA is tasked with developing regulations ensuring the complete, accurate, and reliable tracking of GHG emissions in the U.S • The Registry must also track the production, manufacture, and importation of fuels and other products the use of which result in GHG emissions • EPA must also develop rule ...
DOCX 270KB - Climate Change Authority
... The Authority’s view is that the most important criteria for this review are environmental effectiveness (i.e. generating additional reductions in emissions) and economic efficiency (i.e. and doing so in cost-effective ways relative to alternative approaches). Other criteria have been referred to wh ...
... The Authority’s view is that the most important criteria for this review are environmental effectiveness (i.e. generating additional reductions in emissions) and economic efficiency (i.e. and doing so in cost-effective ways relative to alternative approaches). Other criteria have been referred to wh ...
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... well as for pricing CO2 emissions. The U.S. sulfur dioxide (SO2) cap‐and‐trade program cut U.S. power plant SO2 emissions more than 50 percent after 1990, and resulted in compliance costs one half of what they would have been under conventional regulatory mandates (Carlson, Burtaw, Cropper, and P ...
... well as for pricing CO2 emissions. The U.S. sulfur dioxide (SO2) cap‐and‐trade program cut U.S. power plant SO2 emissions more than 50 percent after 1990, and resulted in compliance costs one half of what they would have been under conventional regulatory mandates (Carlson, Burtaw, Cropper, and P ...
Voluntary Carbon Offsets
... The Kyoto Protocol (part of the Framework Convention on Climate Change) established mandatory targets for greenhouse gas emission limitations for those developed countries which ratified the Protocol. It established three mechanisms designed to help Annex 1 Parties (the industrialised countries with ...
... The Kyoto Protocol (part of the Framework Convention on Climate Change) established mandatory targets for greenhouse gas emission limitations for those developed countries which ratified the Protocol. It established three mechanisms designed to help Annex 1 Parties (the industrialised countries with ...
AN UPDATE ON: GREENHOUSE GAS REGULATION
... relative to 2006 by 2010, and then 2%/year New facilities have 3 year grace period, clean fuel standard, and then 2%/year ...
... relative to 2006 by 2010, and then 2%/year New facilities have 3 year grace period, clean fuel standard, and then 2%/year ...
revised, March 2009 - Harvard Kennedy School
... should follow principles along the following lines: They should follow guidelines multilaterally-agreed by countries participating in the emission targets of the Kyoto Protocol and/or its successors, against countries that are not doing so, rather than being applied unilaterally or by non-particip ...
... should follow principles along the following lines: They should follow guidelines multilaterally-agreed by countries participating in the emission targets of the Kyoto Protocol and/or its successors, against countries that are not doing so, rather than being applied unilaterally or by non-particip ...
UNFCCC, Kyoto Protocol and CDM
... in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent anthropogenic interference with the climate system”, through quantified emission targets within a specified time frame. ...
... in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent anthropogenic interference with the climate system”, through quantified emission targets within a specified time frame. ...
question proforma (Word) - Committee on Climate Change
... Scottish targets for 2020 and 2050 are currently set as percentage reductions from a 1990 baseline. Annual targets have been set on an absolute (MtCO2e) basis. Annual targets allow for continued assessment of progress and provide greater certainty as to the magnitude of emission reductions that need ...
... Scottish targets for 2020 and 2050 are currently set as percentage reductions from a 1990 baseline. Annual targets have been set on an absolute (MtCO2e) basis. Annual targets allow for continued assessment of progress and provide greater certainty as to the magnitude of emission reductions that need ...
Policy Instruments and Achievement of Global Greenhouse Gas
... between developed and developing nations. These conflicts include different opinions on who should be responsible for reducing emissions, what types of emission reductions should be allowed, and what types of sequestration activities should be given credit. The question of who should be responsible ...
... between developed and developing nations. These conflicts include different opinions on who should be responsible for reducing emissions, what types of emission reductions should be allowed, and what types of sequestration activities should be given credit. The question of who should be responsible ...
Oil Shortages, Climate Change and Collective Action
... Projections made in successive editions of IEA’s World Energy Outlook (WEO) reference scenario for 2030 oil demand were 119.9 million barrels/day (mb/d, 5759 Mtoe) in 2002, 116.1mb/d in 2006, 106.4mb/d in 2008, and 105mb/d in WEO 2009. Significantly, only 26mb/d or 25% of that is projected to come f ...
... Projections made in successive editions of IEA’s World Energy Outlook (WEO) reference scenario for 2030 oil demand were 119.9 million barrels/day (mb/d, 5759 Mtoe) in 2002, 116.1mb/d in 2006, 106.4mb/d in 2008, and 105mb/d in WEO 2009. Significantly, only 26mb/d or 25% of that is projected to come f ...
G LO BA L
... bridgeÊmany key areas ofÊthe needed intellectual work, and additional essential areas are covered by other MIT departments, by collaboration with the Ecosystems Center of the Marine Biology Laboratory (MBL) at Woods Hole, and by short- and long-term visitors to the Program. The Program involves spon ...
... bridgeÊmany key areas ofÊthe needed intellectual work, and additional essential areas are covered by other MIT departments, by collaboration with the Ecosystems Center of the Marine Biology Laboratory (MBL) at Woods Hole, and by short- and long-term visitors to the Program. The Program involves spon ...
Slide 1
... Natural CO2 sinks absorb 55% of all anthropogenic carbon emissions slowing down climate change significantly. They are in effect a huge subsidy to the global economy worth half a trillion US$ annually if an equivalent sink had to be created using other climate mitigation options (based on the cost o ...
... Natural CO2 sinks absorb 55% of all anthropogenic carbon emissions slowing down climate change significantly. They are in effect a huge subsidy to the global economy worth half a trillion US$ annually if an equivalent sink had to be created using other climate mitigation options (based on the cost o ...
carbon pricing - The Climate Group
... allowances from the ETS until 2020, in order to boost short-term prices. The price fix, known as “backloading”, was rejected 334 to 315, with over 60 abstentions. Following the vote, prices fell to a new low of €2.63 and are expected to remain there for the duration of the third phase (2013-2020), i ...
... allowances from the ETS until 2020, in order to boost short-term prices. The price fix, known as “backloading”, was rejected 334 to 315, with over 60 abstentions. Following the vote, prices fell to a new low of €2.63 and are expected to remain there for the duration of the third phase (2013-2020), i ...
Data Sources and Methods for the Greenhouse Gas Emissions
... oceans), are not captured by these indicators. ...
... oceans), are not captured by these indicators. ...
DOC - Europa
... begin to be deployed. Although both of these prices remain highly uncertain, the EU climate and energy package will serve to stabilise them to some extent. The EU Emissions Trading System will recognise CO2 captured, transported and safely stored as not having been emitted. The revision to the syste ...
... begin to be deployed. Although both of these prices remain highly uncertain, the EU climate and energy package will serve to stabilise them to some extent. The EU Emissions Trading System will recognise CO2 captured, transported and safely stored as not having been emitted. The revision to the syste ...
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... countries have been forced to enact actual emissions limits in Europe, their National Allocation Plans have focused on levels at, or slightly above, current levels (Forrester 2004). The proposal by the National Commission on Energy Policy similarly suggests a gradual deflection from an otherwise bus ...
... countries have been forced to enact actual emissions limits in Europe, their National Allocation Plans have focused on levels at, or slightly above, current levels (Forrester 2004). The proposal by the National Commission on Energy Policy similarly suggests a gradual deflection from an otherwise bus ...
The São Paulo Proposal for an Improved International Climate Agreement
... expected to negotiate annual national emissions commitments for each of the next six years. These commitments are then extended annually using the procedure described above. A developing country that did not adopt an emissions limitation commitment when it reached its transfer limit would be deemed ...
... expected to negotiate annual national emissions commitments for each of the next six years. These commitments are then extended annually using the procedure described above. A developing country that did not adopt an emissions limitation commitment when it reached its transfer limit would be deemed ...
PPT
... • This sink removes annually 0.7 Pg of anthropogenic carbon. • The decline is attributed to the strengthening of the winds around ...
... • This sink removes annually 0.7 Pg of anthropogenic carbon. • The decline is attributed to the strengthening of the winds around ...
Design of the future framework (continued)
... -Hot air actually seen in countries in economic transition is enormous as follows: Russia 1.2 billion tons; Ukraine 0.4 billion tons; and Central and Eastern European countries 0.5billion tons (compared to Japan’s overall annual emissions of 1.3 billion tons). ...
... -Hot air actually seen in countries in economic transition is enormous as follows: Russia 1.2 billion tons; Ukraine 0.4 billion tons; and Central and Eastern European countries 0.5billion tons (compared to Japan’s overall annual emissions of 1.3 billion tons). ...
EU action against climate change - Leading global action to 2020
... internationally to keep global warming to less than 2°C above the pre-industrial temperature and by committing to significant cuts in its own greenhouse gas emissions. To put the world on track to reduce global emissions by at least half of 1990 levels by 2050, the IPCC’s AR4 shows that developed co ...
... internationally to keep global warming to less than 2°C above the pre-industrial temperature and by committing to significant cuts in its own greenhouse gas emissions. To put the world on track to reduce global emissions by at least half of 1990 levels by 2050, the IPCC’s AR4 shows that developed co ...
Emissions - CARBOOCEAN
... Moxnes, Erling and Saysel, Ali Kerem, 2009. Misperceptions of global climate change: information policies. Climatic Change, 93(1-2), 15-37. Sterman, J. D., 2008. Economics - Risk communication on climate: Mental models and mass balance. Science, 322(5901), 532-533. Sterman, J. D. and Booth Sweeney, ...
... Moxnes, Erling and Saysel, Ali Kerem, 2009. Misperceptions of global climate change: information policies. Climatic Change, 93(1-2), 15-37. Sterman, J. D., 2008. Economics - Risk communication on climate: Mental models and mass balance. Science, 322(5901), 532-533. Sterman, J. D. and Booth Sweeney, ...
The Promise and Problems of Pricing Carbon: Theory and
... well as for pricing CO2 emissions. The U.S. sulfur dioxide (SO2) cap‐and‐trade program cut U.S. power plant SO2 emissions more than 50 percent after 1990, and resulted in compliance costs one half of what they would have been under conventional regulatory mandates (Carlson, Burtaw, Cropper, and P ...
... well as for pricing CO2 emissions. The U.S. sulfur dioxide (SO2) cap‐and‐trade program cut U.S. power plant SO2 emissions more than 50 percent after 1990, and resulted in compliance costs one half of what they would have been under conventional regulatory mandates (Carlson, Burtaw, Cropper, and P ...