Optimal Dynamic Carbon Taxes in a Climate
... changes in agricultural productivity, sea-level rise, ocean acidi…cation, species extinctions, increased extreme weather events, disease vector changes, and others (IPCC WG II, 2007). The prices of carbon-based fuels do not currently re‡ect these external costs in all but a few countries.1 Both acad ...
... changes in agricultural productivity, sea-level rise, ocean acidi…cation, species extinctions, increased extreme weather events, disease vector changes, and others (IPCC WG II, 2007). The prices of carbon-based fuels do not currently re‡ect these external costs in all but a few countries.1 Both acad ...
Revenue Recycling - Ecofiscal Commission
... years. Soft labour markets and weakened employment insurance coverage have heightened economic insecurity, and many Canadians feel pressured financially. Promises that a carbon price, which visibly adds to the day-to-day cost of living, will be somehow offset by invisible benefits sometime far in th ...
... years. Soft labour markets and weakened employment insurance coverage have heightened economic insecurity, and many Canadians feel pressured financially. Promises that a carbon price, which visibly adds to the day-to-day cost of living, will be somehow offset by invisible benefits sometime far in th ...
Can Carbon Sinks be Operational? An RFF Workshop Summary
... relatively inexpensive and effective for carbon management. The forthcoming Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change also suggests that the potential of sinks to sequester carbon is substantial, often at a low cost. Land use and forestry projects require relatively un ...
... relatively inexpensive and effective for carbon management. The forthcoming Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change also suggests that the potential of sinks to sequester carbon is substantial, often at a low cost. Land use and forestry projects require relatively un ...
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... Received 22 February 2005; revised 15 September 2005; accepted 6 October 2005; published 24 December 2005. ...
... Received 22 February 2005; revised 15 September 2005; accepted 6 October 2005; published 24 December 2005. ...
Student Thesis: Exporting Sustainability: Reducing the Climate Impact of the Export-Import Bank of the United States
... form of loans, guarantees, and insurance to facilitate export transactions. A fairly significant amount of this support is disbursed to projects that emit significant amounts of greenhouse gases: roughly one-third of financing is for power projects alone. Other exports, such as those for transportat ...
... form of loans, guarantees, and insurance to facilitate export transactions. A fairly significant amount of this support is disbursed to projects that emit significant amounts of greenhouse gases: roughly one-third of financing is for power projects alone. Other exports, such as those for transportat ...
Global Carbon Pricing - Carbon
... pledged to do exactly what they had previously decided was required to restrain the deadly air pollution plaguing so many Chinese cities. In their announcements at the time, they made no mention of any intended benefit for the climate. But surely we did not need twenty years of negotiations to convi ...
... pledged to do exactly what they had previously decided was required to restrain the deadly air pollution plaguing so many Chinese cities. In their announcements at the time, they made no mention of any intended benefit for the climate. But surely we did not need twenty years of negotiations to convi ...
Carbon Disclosure Project
... Replacing fossil-based energy such as electricity produced from coal-fired power plants significantly reduces carbon dioxide (CO2), which could help companies and/or countries comply with regulatory schemes like cap and trade. Every megawatt (MW) of solar cell capacity that SunPower deploys is a car ...
... Replacing fossil-based energy such as electricity produced from coal-fired power plants significantly reduces carbon dioxide (CO2), which could help companies and/or countries comply with regulatory schemes like cap and trade. Every megawatt (MW) of solar cell capacity that SunPower deploys is a car ...
Module: Introduction
... i) Climate Change influence on business strategy: The influence has evolved from focusing on cost reduction, to reputation improvement, to creating new revenue streams as Sprint has matured in its understanding of the benefits of CR. This process was well-defined and understood until the 4th quarte ...
... i) Climate Change influence on business strategy: The influence has evolved from focusing on cost reduction, to reputation improvement, to creating new revenue streams as Sprint has matured in its understanding of the benefits of CR. This process was well-defined and understood until the 4th quarte ...
Carbon Management Accounting - Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
... main German companies trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, whereas the MDAX is a stock index which includes the next 50 shares from different sectors, excluding technology stocks. The aim was to obtain sufficient information from interviews of managers to derive results using the principle of co ...
... main German companies trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, whereas the MDAX is a stock index which includes the next 50 shares from different sectors, excluding technology stocks. The aim was to obtain sufficient information from interviews of managers to derive results using the principle of co ...
Two hundred fifty years of aerosols and climate: the end of the age
... that, as incomes increase, concern about traditional air pollutants rises and the ability to reduce them is improved. These effects are implemented in the GCAM at the fuel and sector levels by using emission factors that decrease as a function of income (Smith et al., 2005; Smith, 2005; see ESM). As ...
... that, as incomes increase, concern about traditional air pollutants rises and the ability to reduce them is improved. These effects are implemented in the GCAM at the fuel and sector levels by using emission factors that decrease as a function of income (Smith et al., 2005; Smith, 2005; see ESM). As ...
in ACP.
... Besides the continental eastern US and western Europe the largest emissions from air traffic also occur over the North Atlantic, though further north than the shipping maxima. In the southern hemisphere NOx emissions are largely dominated by non-traffic sources and biomass burning. The simulation pe ...
... Besides the continental eastern US and western Europe the largest emissions from air traffic also occur over the North Atlantic, though further north than the shipping maxima. In the southern hemisphere NOx emissions are largely dominated by non-traffic sources and biomass burning. The simulation pe ...
User Friendly Manual of the EX-Ante Carbon-balance Tool (EX-ACT)
... equivalent that were emitted or sequestered due to project implementation as compared to a business-asusual scenario. EX-ACT is a land-based accounting system, estimating C stock changes (i.e. emissions or sinks of CO2) as well as GHG emissions per unit of land, expressed in equivalent tonnes of CO2 ...
... equivalent that were emitted or sequestered due to project implementation as compared to a business-asusual scenario. EX-ACT is a land-based accounting system, estimating C stock changes (i.e. emissions or sinks of CO2) as well as GHG emissions per unit of land, expressed in equivalent tonnes of CO2 ...
The Fifth Carbon Budget - Committee on Climate Change
... suggests that these pledges, fully implemented, could reduce expected global temperature rise to 2.7°C by the end of the Century. That is not enough to meet the internationally agreed limit of 2°C, but much better than the 4 to 5°C to which we would be committed on a business-as-usual course. To mee ...
... suggests that these pledges, fully implemented, could reduce expected global temperature rise to 2.7°C by the end of the Century. That is not enough to meet the internationally agreed limit of 2°C, but much better than the 4 to 5°C to which we would be committed on a business-as-usual course. To mee ...
Mitigating climate change through reductions in greenhouse gas
... The 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), due to take place in Copenhagen in December 2009, will aim to agree an international framework on climate change policy that will take effect after the first period of Kyoto Protocol exp ...
... The 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), due to take place in Copenhagen in December 2009, will aim to agree an international framework on climate change policy that will take effect after the first period of Kyoto Protocol exp ...
Mitigating climate change through reductions in greenhouse gas emissions: the science and economics of future paths for global annual emissions (1 MB) (opens in new window)
... The 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), due to take place in Copenhagen in December 2009, will aim to agree an international framework on climate change policy that will take effect after the first period of Kyoto Protocol exp ...
... The 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), due to take place in Copenhagen in December 2009, will aim to agree an international framework on climate change policy that will take effect after the first period of Kyoto Protocol exp ...
Process-based modelling of biogenic monoterpene emissions
... Monoterpene emissions from plants have a variety of crucial ecological functions. They aid in defense against herbivory, either by their toxicity to herbivores or by signalling to predators (Litvak and Monson, 1998). Signalling is used for other purposes as well, e.g. to attract pollinators (Dudarev ...
... Monoterpene emissions from plants have a variety of crucial ecological functions. They aid in defense against herbivory, either by their toxicity to herbivores or by signalling to predators (Litvak and Monson, 1998). Signalling is used for other purposes as well, e.g. to attract pollinators (Dudarev ...
Process-based simulation of seasonality and
... The second seasonal emissions driver is drought stress. Mild drought stress does not affect the light dependent emission of isoprene and monoterpenes or reduces it only moderately (e.g. Bertin and Staudt, 1996; Brilli et al., 2007; Staudt et al., 2008). Strong, long-lasting drought, however, decreas ...
... The second seasonal emissions driver is drought stress. Mild drought stress does not affect the light dependent emission of isoprene and monoterpenes or reduces it only moderately (e.g. Bertin and Staudt, 1996; Brilli et al., 2007; Staudt et al., 2008). Strong, long-lasting drought, however, decreas ...
Module: Introduction
... 2. to maximise the use of gas as a fuel of choice in a scenario of decarbonisation, particularly for electricity generation, but also increasingly for transport. Natural gas comes is the fossil fuel with the lowest carbon content and has a flexibility in electricity production that allows it to be c ...
... 2. to maximise the use of gas as a fuel of choice in a scenario of decarbonisation, particularly for electricity generation, but also increasingly for transport. Natural gas comes is the fossil fuel with the lowest carbon content and has a flexibility in electricity production that allows it to be c ...
IPCC SPECIAL REPORT EMISSIONS SCENARIOS
... A1, A2, B1, and B2. Altogether 40 SRES scenarios have been developed by six modeling teams. All are equally valid with no assigned probabilities of occurrence. The set of scenarios consists of six scenario groups drawn from the four families: one group each in A2, B1, B2, and three groups within the ...
... A1, A2, B1, and B2. Altogether 40 SRES scenarios have been developed by six modeling teams. All are equally valid with no assigned probabilities of occurrence. The set of scenarios consists of six scenario groups drawn from the four families: one group each in A2, B1, B2, and three groups within the ...
Module: Introduction
... Ford Motor Company, a global automotive industry leader based in Dearborn, Mich., manufactures or distributes automobiles across six continents. With about 187,000 employees and 66 plants worldwide, the company's automotive brands include Ford and Lincoln. The company provides financial services thr ...
... Ford Motor Company, a global automotive industry leader based in Dearborn, Mich., manufactures or distributes automobiles across six continents. With about 187,000 employees and 66 plants worldwide, the company's automotive brands include Ford and Lincoln. The company provides financial services thr ...
Saving Kyoto - Graciela Chichilnisky
... industrialized countries, one by one. It also created an innovative new financial mechanism, the carbon market and its Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), which has the potential both to reduce the emissions responsible for climate change and to transfer wealth and clean technology to poor countries. ...
... industrialized countries, one by one. It also created an innovative new financial mechanism, the carbon market and its Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), which has the potential both to reduce the emissions responsible for climate change and to transfer wealth and clean technology to poor countries. ...
Victoria Policy Institute- Air Pollution Costs
... greenhouse gases that promote warming, while emitting few aerosols that counteract it. Putting a value on GHG emissions is difficult due to uncertainty and differences in human values concerning ecological damages and impacts on future generations. In addition, climate changes impacts are not necess ...
... greenhouse gases that promote warming, while emitting few aerosols that counteract it. Putting a value on GHG emissions is difficult due to uncertainty and differences in human values concerning ecological damages and impacts on future generations. In addition, climate changes impacts are not necess ...
Securities Trading Policy
... Securities (or any financial products associated with the Group's Securities) while in possession of price sensitive information. In addition, the General Trading Policy for Restricted Persons (see section 1.2 above) sets out additional restrictions which apply to Restricted Persons. The law imposes ...
... Securities (or any financial products associated with the Group's Securities) while in possession of price sensitive information. In addition, the General Trading Policy for Restricted Persons (see section 1.2 above) sets out additional restrictions which apply to Restricted Persons. The law imposes ...
Forests and carbon: valuation, discounting and risk management
... While the standard approach in economics is to assume complete comparability of costs and benefits, this tends to overlook the disputed nature of value judgements implicit in methods used to value carbon and non-market impacts such as loss of life, habitat destruction and biodiversity loss. For some ...
... While the standard approach in economics is to assume complete comparability of costs and benefits, this tends to overlook the disputed nature of value judgements implicit in methods used to value carbon and non-market impacts such as loss of life, habitat destruction and biodiversity loss. For some ...