Carbon Geography: The Political Economy of Congressional
... Administration has explicitly stated that GHGs represent a threat to public health.3 ...
... Administration has explicitly stated that GHGs represent a threat to public health.3 ...
`2°c capital stock` for electricity generation
... Guivarch & Hallegatte (2011) build upon these results by including non-CO2 greenhouse gases and inertia in transportation infrastructure to conclude that future climate policies need to consider existing polluting infrastructure if the 2°C stabilisation goal is to be met. Lecocq & Shalizi (2014) con ...
... Guivarch & Hallegatte (2011) build upon these results by including non-CO2 greenhouse gases and inertia in transportation infrastructure to conclude that future climate policies need to consider existing polluting infrastructure if the 2°C stabilisation goal is to be met. Lecocq & Shalizi (2014) con ...
Airport expansion doesn`t make climate sense
... The Committee calculated the emissions reductions necessary at a global level to achieve this temperature goal, and then calculated the UK’s fair share of the total based on its share of the global population.19 The five-year budgets are designed to “reflect the most cost-effective path to achieving ...
... The Committee calculated the emissions reductions necessary at a global level to achieve this temperature goal, and then calculated the UK’s fair share of the total based on its share of the global population.19 The five-year budgets are designed to “reflect the most cost-effective path to achieving ...
All developing countries where there is any ability to measure
... This paper offers a detailed plan to set quantitative national limits on emissions of greenhouse gases, building on the foundation of the Kyoto Protocol. It attempts to fill in the most serious gaps: the absence of targets extending as far as 2100, the absence of participation by the United States a ...
... This paper offers a detailed plan to set quantitative national limits on emissions of greenhouse gases, building on the foundation of the Kyoto Protocol. It attempts to fill in the most serious gaps: the absence of targets extending as far as 2100, the absence of participation by the United States a ...
China’s Carbon Tax Gestation: Function, Theoretical Basis and Framework
... emissions will decline 7.58% in short term (first year after tax), it will decline 2.12% in the long term (2020); when the rate is 10 $/tC, CO2 emissions will drop 13.75% in the short term and 3.98% over the long term. It shows that the impact of a carbon tax on CO2 emissions is considerable in shor ...
... emissions will decline 7.58% in short term (first year after tax), it will decline 2.12% in the long term (2020); when the rate is 10 $/tC, CO2 emissions will drop 13.75% in the short term and 3.98% over the long term. It shows that the impact of a carbon tax on CO2 emissions is considerable in shor ...
Climate change I: Kyoto Protocol preferred policy package
... The package set out below contains the key elements of the Government’s policy response to climate change in order to give Parliament, industry and other stakeholders a clear outline of future policy directions. The development of the policy package was guided by the Government’s principles of ensur ...
... The package set out below contains the key elements of the Government’s policy response to climate change in order to give Parliament, industry and other stakeholders a clear outline of future policy directions. The development of the policy package was guided by the Government’s principles of ensur ...
Fertilization and Carbon Sequestration in BC Forests
... That increased accumulated stemwood sequesters approximately an extra 13.8 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO 2) per hectare for Interior forests and 27.5 tonnes on the coast. This summary provides amounts of CO2 produced through all stages of forest fertilization using urea, from fertilizer manufacture t ...
... That increased accumulated stemwood sequesters approximately an extra 13.8 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO 2) per hectare for Interior forests and 27.5 tonnes on the coast. This summary provides amounts of CO2 produced through all stages of forest fertilization using urea, from fertilizer manufacture t ...
Climate change policy in Alberta Backgrounder At a glance
... use fuel more efficiently than generating the same amount of electricity and heat separately. However, in practice the use of cogeneration increases the emissions generated at a facility. Alberta allowed existing facilities with cogeneration to use an artificial baseline emission intensity. As a res ...
... use fuel more efficiently than generating the same amount of electricity and heat separately. However, in practice the use of cogeneration increases the emissions generated at a facility. Alberta allowed existing facilities with cogeneration to use an artificial baseline emission intensity. As a res ...
Greenhouse gas emissions: Risks and challenges for
... An additional issue is that companies typically report the emissions from operations they control, irrespective of the ownership of the operation. In addition, they do not report emissions from operations they do not control even though they may own a significant proportion of these non-controlled o ...
... An additional issue is that companies typically report the emissions from operations they control, irrespective of the ownership of the operation. In addition, they do not report emissions from operations they do not control even though they may own a significant proportion of these non-controlled o ...
Economic Growth and Climate Change: A Cross
... linearly with development [3]. However, Jorgenson and Clark [13] have found that the relationship between economic development (measured as GDP per capita) and total carbon dioxide emissions weakened slightly between 1960 and 2005 in developed (i.e., high-income) countries, providing some evidence o ...
... linearly with development [3]. However, Jorgenson and Clark [13] have found that the relationship between economic development (measured as GDP per capita) and total carbon dioxide emissions weakened slightly between 1960 and 2005 in developed (i.e., high-income) countries, providing some evidence o ...
... release of carbon dioxide.8 Carbon dioxide is the principle concern accounting for fifty percent of all anthropogenic greenhouse gases.9 The carbon cycles, photosynthesis and respiration, are significant to climate change.10 During photosynthesis plants “fix” carbon when sunlight is absorbed by chlo ...
European Union Emissions Trading Scheme: Institutional Lessons
... • Uncertainty of CDM future in post-2012 • International political pressure for mandatory emission reductions • Urgent need to establish China’s own rules, improving negotiation capacity and international influences on price • Improve energy use efficiency and acquire economic benefits by the implem ...
... • Uncertainty of CDM future in post-2012 • International political pressure for mandatory emission reductions • Urgent need to establish China’s own rules, improving negotiation capacity and international influences on price • Improve energy use efficiency and acquire economic benefits by the implem ...
Climate and carbon dioxide - World Rainforest Movement
... a given. It assumes that because the rich industrialized countries have historically overused the atmosphere, they have a right to have done so, and to continue doing so. Not only does this approach ignore the history of unequal use of carbon stocks and sinks. It would actually worsen world inequali ...
... a given. It assumes that because the rich industrialized countries have historically overused the atmosphere, they have a right to have done so, and to continue doing so. Not only does this approach ignore the history of unequal use of carbon stocks and sinks. It would actually worsen world inequali ...
Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Seafood
... when fresh products are transported over short or long distances by air, or frozen products are transported over long distances. It is important that both the distance and the mode of transport are considered. • Processing and packaging generally make very small contributions to overall emissions ( ...
... when fresh products are transported over short or long distances by air, or frozen products are transported over long distances. It is important that both the distance and the mode of transport are considered. • Processing and packaging generally make very small contributions to overall emissions ( ...
Untangling the confusion around land carbon science and
... being negotiated. There are parallel negotiations underway on the development of policies for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) — a voluntary scheme to mitigate land carbon emissions from developing countries. Negotiated policy decisions involve political compromises to ac ...
... being negotiated. There are parallel negotiations underway on the development of policies for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) — a voluntary scheme to mitigate land carbon emissions from developing countries. Negotiated policy decisions involve political compromises to ac ...
Calculating the Environmental Impact of Aviation
... It is widely acknowledged that man-made emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are causing major changes to the planet’s climate. The global average surface temperature of the earth has increased by 0.6 ºC during the 20th century and is predicted to increase by between 1.8 and 5.8 ºC ...
... It is widely acknowledged that man-made emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are causing major changes to the planet’s climate. The global average surface temperature of the earth has increased by 0.6 ºC during the 20th century and is predicted to increase by between 1.8 and 5.8 ºC ...
Nota di lavoro 1998.010 - Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei
... options that affect the choice of climate change strategy may only be available in particular time windows in particular nations. A plausible scenario for the existence of limited time windows would be if mitigation costs varied substantially with the installation of energy or transportation infrast ...
... options that affect the choice of climate change strategy may only be available in particular time windows in particular nations. A plausible scenario for the existence of limited time windows would be if mitigation costs varied substantially with the installation of energy or transportation infrast ...
V. Conclusion - Motu Economic and Public Policy Research
... In combination, the outcomes of this research show the breadth of information needed to understand and predict the policy response of landowners to carbon farming. Carbon farming in New Zealand is only one example of a complex environmental challenge that requires a combination of approaches to be a ...
... In combination, the outcomes of this research show the breadth of information needed to understand and predict the policy response of landowners to carbon farming. Carbon farming in New Zealand is only one example of a complex environmental challenge that requires a combination of approaches to be a ...
Anthropogenic CO2 emissions in Africa
... been on the developed world and emerging economies in Asia which together account for over 80% of the cumulative CO2 emissions and growth (Raupach et al., 2007). With a population of 943 M (UNSD, 2008), Africa’s economy is dominated by Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Developing Countries (DCs), ...
... been on the developed world and emerging economies in Asia which together account for over 80% of the cumulative CO2 emissions and growth (Raupach et al., 2007). With a population of 943 M (UNSD, 2008), Africa’s economy is dominated by Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Developing Countries (DCs), ...
GHG Market Sentiment Survey 2015
... mechanism could stimulate private investment in green infrastructure while there was demand for the credits generated.” But have these markets delivered meaningful emissions reductions to date? The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) stimulated low-carbon investment in developing countries. There has ...
... mechanism could stimulate private investment in green infrastructure while there was demand for the credits generated.” But have these markets delivered meaningful emissions reductions to date? The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) stimulated low-carbon investment in developing countries. There has ...
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... agro-ecosystems. It was the first carbon fund established in the world to focus on land use. It has been a pioneer in this sector, developing the infrastructure needed to pilot transactions and paving the way for the growing land-use carbon market established to date. BioCarbon Fund projects generat ...
... agro-ecosystems. It was the first carbon fund established in the world to focus on land use. It has been a pioneer in this sector, developing the infrastructure needed to pilot transactions and paving the way for the growing land-use carbon market established to date. BioCarbon Fund projects generat ...
Full Report
... weather forecasting that are now used, among other purposes. to estimate the sensitivity y of global climate to various hypothesized increases in greenhouse gas concentrations. Some GCMs involve coupled representations of the ocean and the atmosphere. A fourth, less developed class of models seeks t ...
... weather forecasting that are now used, among other purposes. to estimate the sensitivity y of global climate to various hypothesized increases in greenhouse gas concentrations. Some GCMs involve coupled representations of the ocean and the atmosphere. A fourth, less developed class of models seeks t ...
Report
... potentially the most important global problem that humans face today, government action is needed to find a solution. The Act, introduced into the United States legislative system in 2009, is comprehensive legislation composed of five titles, which together take a multi-dimensional approach to addre ...
... potentially the most important global problem that humans face today, government action is needed to find a solution. The Act, introduced into the United States legislative system in 2009, is comprehensive legislation composed of five titles, which together take a multi-dimensional approach to addre ...
A Harsh Climate for Trade TRADE POL YSIS ANAL
... under the WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures. Second, the imposition of import restrictions in the form of an “international reserve allowance program” may violate the nondiscrimination requirements of Article I and Article III of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. Befor ...
... under the WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures. Second, the imposition of import restrictions in the form of an “international reserve allowance program” may violate the nondiscrimination requirements of Article I and Article III of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. Befor ...
Climate-change policy: why has so little been achieved?
... stock turns over a bit faster, and there are significant fuel economies that can be made (and some scope for hybrid and electric cars), these trends are swamped by the increased demand for cars. Chamon et al. (2008) suggest that car ownership remains low up to a per capita annual income of about US$ ...
... stock turns over a bit faster, and there are significant fuel economies that can be made (and some scope for hybrid and electric cars), these trends are swamped by the increased demand for cars. Chamon et al. (2008) suggest that car ownership remains low up to a per capita annual income of about US$ ...