Paying for carbon emissions reduction
... Firstly, with the water sector schemes, people expect everyone else to pay as well. Because the premium will be borne by all households who use water, the premium paid would be similar to a tax. Thus, the difference seems to be a microcosm of the global free-rider problem. This emphasises the import ...
... Firstly, with the water sector schemes, people expect everyone else to pay as well. Because the premium will be borne by all households who use water, the premium paid would be similar to a tax. Thus, the difference seems to be a microcosm of the global free-rider problem. This emphasises the import ...
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... the three fossil fuels – coal, petroleum, and natural gas), governments defer to private firms and individuals to find and exploit the lowest cost ways to reduce emissions and invest in the development of new technologies, processes, and ideas that could further mitigate e ...
... the three fossil fuels – coal, petroleum, and natural gas), governments defer to private firms and individuals to find and exploit the lowest cost ways to reduce emissions and invest in the development of new technologies, processes, and ideas that could further mitigate e ...
BMW Media Website Wed, Mar 29, 2017 12:18:18 EDT BMW BMW
... • Electric cars should be credited with 0 gr/km CO2 within the context of regulations on fleet consumption, since the automobile manufacturers have no control over the origin of the electricity. In the longer term, an efficiency factor (i.e. MJ/km) can be used that rates the car's energy consumption ...
... • Electric cars should be credited with 0 gr/km CO2 within the context of regulations on fleet consumption, since the automobile manufacturers have no control over the origin of the electricity. In the longer term, an efficiency factor (i.e. MJ/km) can be used that rates the car's energy consumption ...
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... Early win / certainty – no technological innovation required Safety benefits – 60mph limit would halve deaths on motorways Cost effectiveness – immediate carbon savings are cheaper = net benefit to society Equity – reduce the differential between the fast and the slow, the rich and the poor ...
... Early win / certainty – no technological innovation required Safety benefits – 60mph limit would halve deaths on motorways Cost effectiveness – immediate carbon savings are cheaper = net benefit to society Equity – reduce the differential between the fast and the slow, the rich and the poor ...
Kate Meyer and David Merry
... other severe weather events all of which are predicted for the following decades – even if we are successful in capping global warming at 2˚C. An economy tied heavily to agriculture is one that is very vulnerable to these impacts. As such alternative economic activity should also be considered. As g ...
... other severe weather events all of which are predicted for the following decades – even if we are successful in capping global warming at 2˚C. An economy tied heavily to agriculture is one that is very vulnerable to these impacts. As such alternative economic activity should also be considered. As g ...
2004 community excellence awards
... reduction projects to reduce our overall emissions and to minimize our offset liability first, and then to purchase offsets (if necessary). The establishment of a Carbon Fund allows Dawson Creek to earmark $100 per tonne (based on our annual corporate inventory) that will be used to implement emissi ...
... reduction projects to reduce our overall emissions and to minimize our offset liability first, and then to purchase offsets (if necessary). The establishment of a Carbon Fund allows Dawson Creek to earmark $100 per tonne (based on our annual corporate inventory) that will be used to implement emissi ...
heepfinalreport16 - 2 - Halon Alternatives Research Corporation
... use of this class of chemicals carries with it some environmental concern and, therefore, the need to minimize emissions. While HFCs are not ozone-depleting substances, they have been identified by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change as potent greenhouse gases with long atmospheric lifetim ...
... use of this class of chemicals carries with it some environmental concern and, therefore, the need to minimize emissions. While HFCs are not ozone-depleting substances, they have been identified by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change as potent greenhouse gases with long atmospheric lifetim ...
Greenhouse Policy Architectures and Institutions
... governments, and emissions permits, initially allocated to governments but tradable between any parties to which governments allocate or sell them. This distinction is not important for my purposes, and I will refer to these ...
... governments, and emissions permits, initially allocated to governments but tradable between any parties to which governments allocate or sell them. This distinction is not important for my purposes, and I will refer to these ...
Ch 10 – Climate Change
... relationship, the EPA refused to regulate GHGs (here, carbon dioxide). Last, the Court found redressability since reducing emissions would slow the rate of change of global emissions. Having found that the EPA had the statutory authority to regulate GHG, the Court needed to decide whether the EPA’s ...
... relationship, the EPA refused to regulate GHGs (here, carbon dioxide). Last, the Court found redressability since reducing emissions would slow the rate of change of global emissions. Having found that the EPA had the statutory authority to regulate GHG, the Court needed to decide whether the EPA’s ...
A Cost-benefit Analysis of the Australian Carbon Tax
... and the economy are significant. Outlined below is a brief literature review of the dangers associated with climate change. Admittedly, the following discussion does not encompass the nearly boundless list of potential dangers associated with anthropogenic global warming. Instead, it is designed to ...
... and the economy are significant. Outlined below is a brief literature review of the dangers associated with climate change. Admittedly, the following discussion does not encompass the nearly boundless list of potential dangers associated with anthropogenic global warming. Instead, it is designed to ...
Reducing Global Carbon: Creating an American Policy
... The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) first assessment report, released in 1990, calculated that carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions had been responsible for more than half of the greenhouse gas effect. As of 2006, the United States, China, and European Union (EU) consume ...
... The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) first assessment report, released in 1990, calculated that carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions had been responsible for more than half of the greenhouse gas effect. As of 2006, the United States, China, and European Union (EU) consume ...
Global Green Policy Insights
... Obama delivered a landmark speech in which he set out the nation’s Climate Action Plan. The following week, the European Union (EU) Parliament narrowly approved the ‘backloading’ proposal which may limit some of the oversupply of carbon permits in the EU emissions trading scheme (ETS). Some suggest ...
... Obama delivered a landmark speech in which he set out the nation’s Climate Action Plan. The following week, the European Union (EU) Parliament narrowly approved the ‘backloading’ proposal which may limit some of the oversupply of carbon permits in the EU emissions trading scheme (ETS). Some suggest ...
IATA CO2 Calculator Guidelines
... Governments, businesses and individuals are all responsible for reducing the carbon emissions they create. You can compensate for your own emissions by paying someone to make an equivalent greenhouse gas saving. This is known as “carbon offsetting” and includes investment in projects, such as renewa ...
... Governments, businesses and individuals are all responsible for reducing the carbon emissions they create. You can compensate for your own emissions by paying someone to make an equivalent greenhouse gas saving. This is known as “carbon offsetting” and includes investment in projects, such as renewa ...
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... Another important feature of the Kyoto Protocol, the clean development mechanism (CDM), allows Northern firms to buy emission credits from Southern firms when the latter commit to adopting cleaner production techniques. Essentially, a Northern firm pays a Southern firm to reduce emissions and the cr ...
... Another important feature of the Kyoto Protocol, the clean development mechanism (CDM), allows Northern firms to buy emission credits from Southern firms when the latter commit to adopting cleaner production techniques. Essentially, a Northern firm pays a Southern firm to reduce emissions and the cr ...
Oil Shortages, Climate Change and Collective Action
... 2. Oil: exhaustible resource theory and practice 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, ...
... 2. Oil: exhaustible resource theory and practice 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, ...
Comment on ``Carbon farming dry coastal areas``
... (Forster et al., 2007). The model is driven by the historical anthropogenic emissions reaching 9.3 PgC yr−1 during the recent decade (Le Quéré et al., 2013). Figure 1 shows the effect of abruptly adding a sink of 4.3 PgC yr−1 in the year 2010 (green line), while increasing the anthropogenic emission ...
... (Forster et al., 2007). The model is driven by the historical anthropogenic emissions reaching 9.3 PgC yr−1 during the recent decade (Le Quéré et al., 2013). Figure 1 shows the effect of abruptly adding a sink of 4.3 PgC yr−1 in the year 2010 (green line), while increasing the anthropogenic emission ...
A What Is the Right Price for Carbon Emissions?
... capacity to safely absorb carbon emissions can usefully be viewed as a scarce, nonrenewable resource. The economics of pricing emissions are very similar to those of pricing other valuable nonrenewable resources. How much should society charge its members for using up this resource? Carbon dioxide e ...
... capacity to safely absorb carbon emissions can usefully be viewed as a scarce, nonrenewable resource. The economics of pricing emissions are very similar to those of pricing other valuable nonrenewable resources. How much should society charge its members for using up this resource? Carbon dioxide e ...
... ranked second in the world in CO2 emissions in 2009 (Thompson, 2009). There are many sources of CO2 emissions, including transportation, electricity, industrial energy, residential and commercial energy. But, it is obvious that driving is the main transportation method in the U.S. because of its ext ...
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... Prisoners’ Dilemma and Free Riders • Australia’s best course of action is to be a free rider. On our own we can have no impact on “climate change” (even if the ACT Greens believe the ACT can on its own prevent global climate change!). • China cannot be a free rider. Without its total support, there ...
... Prisoners’ Dilemma and Free Riders • Australia’s best course of action is to be a free rider. On our own we can have no impact on “climate change” (even if the ACT Greens believe the ACT can on its own prevent global climate change!). • China cannot be a free rider. Without its total support, there ...
Common Misconceptions in the Climate Change Debate
... be the case. In determining the cost of emission reductions, the key test is not the relative amount of fossil fuel burnt but how efficiently a country burns it. As an economy reduces its emissions it will start with the cheapest abatement measures (energy savings) and then move to the more expensiv ...
... be the case. In determining the cost of emission reductions, the key test is not the relative amount of fossil fuel burnt but how efficiently a country burns it. As an economy reduces its emissions it will start with the cheapest abatement measures (energy savings) and then move to the more expensiv ...
Carbon Budget and Trends
... • The growth of carbon emissions from fossil fuels has tripled compared to the 1990s and is exceeding the predictions of the highest IPCC emission scenarios. • Atmospheric CO2 has grown at 1.9 ppm per year (compared to about 1.5 ppm during the previous 30 years) ...
... • The growth of carbon emissions from fossil fuels has tripled compared to the 1990s and is exceeding the predictions of the highest IPCC emission scenarios. • Atmospheric CO2 has grown at 1.9 ppm per year (compared to about 1.5 ppm during the previous 30 years) ...
The Promise and Problems of Pricing Carbon: Theory and
... the three fossil fuels – coal, petroleum, and natural gas), governments defer to private firms and individuals to find and exploit the lowest cost ways to reduce emissions and invest in the development of new technologies, processes, and ideas that could further mitigate e ...
... the three fossil fuels – coal, petroleum, and natural gas), governments defer to private firms and individuals to find and exploit the lowest cost ways to reduce emissions and invest in the development of new technologies, processes, and ideas that could further mitigate e ...
What Trees Can Do to Reduce Atmospheric C02
... Well documented increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N20) have occurred over the last 200 years. Collectively, these gases are referred to as ‘greenhouse gases’ (GHG), because they absorb longwave radiation emitted from the Earth and this leads to the heati ...
... Well documented increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N20) have occurred over the last 200 years. Collectively, these gases are referred to as ‘greenhouse gases’ (GHG), because they absorb longwave radiation emitted from the Earth and this leads to the heati ...
CARBON NEUTRAL STRATEGY 2015–2025
... I am passionate about local government’s role in addressing climate change and embracing the transition to a low carbon economy to attract investment, drive innovation and create jobs. We are perfectly positioned to engage with the public and stimulate local action, and this Carbon Neutral Strategy ...
... I am passionate about local government’s role in addressing climate change and embracing the transition to a low carbon economy to attract investment, drive innovation and create jobs. We are perfectly positioned to engage with the public and stimulate local action, and this Carbon Neutral Strategy ...
Combining multiple climate policy instruments: how not to do it - Working Paper 38 (598 kB) (opens in new window)
... When it comes to climate change, governments are apt to think that more policy instruments are better than fewer. Often, multiple policy instruments are considered or introduced in tandem – including carbon taxes, permit trading schemes, technology-specific subsidies and regulatory standards. Occasi ...
... When it comes to climate change, governments are apt to think that more policy instruments are better than fewer. Often, multiple policy instruments are considered or introduced in tandem – including carbon taxes, permit trading schemes, technology-specific subsidies and regulatory standards. Occasi ...