How carbon sinks could cost the Earth
... Bioenergy forests with carbon capture: Rather than trying to create carbon-sink forests that hold carbon forever, an alternative approach is to make productive use of them, by harvesting the timber and burning it in power stations as a substitute for fossil fuels. If the emissions from burning the t ...
... Bioenergy forests with carbon capture: Rather than trying to create carbon-sink forests that hold carbon forever, an alternative approach is to make productive use of them, by harvesting the timber and burning it in power stations as a substitute for fossil fuels. If the emissions from burning the t ...
臺灣氣候變遷議題推動成果
... emissions. Although high oil prices and the economic downturn caused by the global financial crisis played a role in this development, the government’s policies aimed at promoting energy conservation and emission reductions also made important contributions. ...
... emissions. Although high oil prices and the economic downturn caused by the global financial crisis played a role in this development, the government’s policies aimed at promoting energy conservation and emission reductions also made important contributions. ...
The Fifth Carbon Budget - Call for Evidence Question and Response
... that moving to a -30% target in 2020, with -25% delivered domestically, would involve cancelling 1.4 billion allowances from the EU Emissions Trading Scheme.4 How might this package change, specifically its targeted emissions reduction, either before the end of Paris or after Paris? As indicated in ...
... that moving to a -30% target in 2020, with -25% delivered domestically, would involve cancelling 1.4 billion allowances from the EU Emissions Trading Scheme.4 How might this package change, specifically its targeted emissions reduction, either before the end of Paris or after Paris? As indicated in ...
Significant Climate Mitigation Is Available from Bio
... could store up to 9.5 [GtC or 34.83 GtCO2-eq.] per year—more than emitted by all of today’s fossilfuel use,” which is 8.4 GtC or 30.8 GtCO2-eq.2 Such soil sequestration schemes have the potential to be implemented quickly and at scale in developing countries.3 Bio-char application to soil also reduc ...
... could store up to 9.5 [GtC or 34.83 GtCO2-eq.] per year—more than emitted by all of today’s fossilfuel use,” which is 8.4 GtC or 30.8 GtCO2-eq.2 Such soil sequestration schemes have the potential to be implemented quickly and at scale in developing countries.3 Bio-char application to soil also reduc ...
How Environmental Pollution from Fossil Fuels can be included in
... The first to warn that an increase in the global temperature could be something to worry about was Gilbert Plass in 1956: “...the temperature from this cause may be so large in several centuries that it will present a serious problem to future generations.” It would take several decades, however, un ...
... The first to warn that an increase in the global temperature could be something to worry about was Gilbert Plass in 1956: “...the temperature from this cause may be so large in several centuries that it will present a serious problem to future generations.” It would take several decades, however, un ...
POSITION Choosing between stagnation and change – Why the EU Summary
... and the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). According to the provisions of the Emissions Trading Directive, the exact amount of these extended use options depends partly on the actual development of emissions and partly on EU legislative procedures provided for in the Emissions Trading Directive. We ...
... and the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). According to the provisions of the Emissions Trading Directive, the exact amount of these extended use options depends partly on the actual development of emissions and partly on EU legislative procedures provided for in the Emissions Trading Directive. We ...
Earth 104 Activity: Modeling the Economics of Climate Change
... warming will entail costs that will burden the economy, there are costs associated with reducing carbon emissions, and policy decisions about regulating emissions will affect the climate. These interconnections make for a complicated system — one that is difficult to predict and understand — thus th ...
... warming will entail costs that will burden the economy, there are costs associated with reducing carbon emissions, and policy decisions about regulating emissions will affect the climate. These interconnections make for a complicated system — one that is difficult to predict and understand — thus th ...
Ruddell et al. 2006
... transactions are measured and traded in standard units representing a quantity of CO2 equivalent (metric tons of CO2 equivalent = MTCO2). The goal of any tradeable permit program is to allow market forces to efficiently allocate emission mitigation resources so that the overall emission reduction go ...
... transactions are measured and traded in standard units representing a quantity of CO2 equivalent (metric tons of CO2 equivalent = MTCO2). The goal of any tradeable permit program is to allow market forces to efficiently allocate emission mitigation resources so that the overall emission reduction go ...
the 4 per mil concept - Agriculture and agricultural soils facing
... organic carbon stock for some of the documented examples. • Over a meaningful depth for carbon sequestration, i.e. 0-40 cm, the 4‰ target would result in a carbon sequestration that could peak at 3.5 billion tons C per year (Gt C/ yr) when considering soils from all biomes. • Agricultural soils have ...
... organic carbon stock for some of the documented examples. • Over a meaningful depth for carbon sequestration, i.e. 0-40 cm, the 4‰ target would result in a carbon sequestration that could peak at 3.5 billion tons C per year (Gt C/ yr) when considering soils from all biomes. • Agricultural soils have ...
Anthropogenic CO2 emissions
... of direct atmospheric measurements. This makes application to a different period risky, particularly if processes are changing as a result of environmental change. Similarly, the problem with using an ensemble of process models to estimate trends in natural sinks is the absence of bottomup informati ...
... of direct atmospheric measurements. This makes application to a different period risky, particularly if processes are changing as a result of environmental change. Similarly, the problem with using an ensemble of process models to estimate trends in natural sinks is the absence of bottomup informati ...
Environmental Pillar Submission on Agriculture Roadmap
... proposed to reduce overall global emissions by either regulating or taxing the emissions embodied in traded foods, especially high carbon, livestock sourced products. As an exporter of these products Ireland is producing these emissions in large quantities but neither farmers in Ireland nor the prod ...
... proposed to reduce overall global emissions by either regulating or taxing the emissions embodied in traded foods, especially high carbon, livestock sourced products. As an exporter of these products Ireland is producing these emissions in large quantities but neither farmers in Ireland nor the prod ...
Climate Change Consultation Contribution
... New Zealand’s pastoral production system draws upon a long heritage in farming and is recognised throughout the world as utilising our natural advantages of water, soil, sunshine and grass. New Zealand pastoral agriculture has forged an international reputation for our productivity, innovation in an ...
... New Zealand’s pastoral production system draws upon a long heritage in farming and is recognised throughout the world as utilising our natural advantages of water, soil, sunshine and grass. New Zealand pastoral agriculture has forged an international reputation for our productivity, innovation in an ...
Climate Change Consultation Contribution
... New Zealand’s pastoral production system draws upon a long heritage in farming and is recognised throughout the world as utilising our natural advantages of water, soil, sunshine and grass. New Zealand pastoral agriculture has forged an international reputation for our productivity, innovation in an ...
... New Zealand’s pastoral production system draws upon a long heritage in farming and is recognised throughout the world as utilising our natural advantages of water, soil, sunshine and grass. New Zealand pastoral agriculture has forged an international reputation for our productivity, innovation in an ...
The Climate Change Benefits of Reducing Methane Emissions
... horizon chosen, as the results for methane show. They do not allow impacts that occur soon to be valued more highly than those that occur in the distant future, and they are relative, rather than absolute, measures. Knowing the GWP of a gas does not necessarily help very much in deciding how much ef ...
... horizon chosen, as the results for methane show. They do not allow impacts that occur soon to be valued more highly than those that occur in the distant future, and they are relative, rather than absolute, measures. Knowing the GWP of a gas does not necessarily help very much in deciding how much ef ...
Carbon Emission Accounting – Balancing the books for the UK
... 1990. On the surface this sounds like good news, and indicates that the UK government has achieved the target established under the Kyoto Protocol. But these headline figures do not tell the whole story. ...
... 1990. On the surface this sounds like good news, and indicates that the UK government has achieved the target established under the Kyoto Protocol. But these headline figures do not tell the whole story. ...
Kyoto Protocol - Earth and Architecture
... A company/ industry are issued emission permits and are required to hold an equivalent number of allowances ( credits). Total amount of allowances and credits can not exceed the cap. The transfer of allowances and credits is referred as a trade. Buyer is paying a charge for polluting while s ...
... A company/ industry are issued emission permits and are required to hold an equivalent number of allowances ( credits). Total amount of allowances and credits can not exceed the cap. The transfer of allowances and credits is referred as a trade. Buyer is paying a charge for polluting while s ...
Selecting climate change policy instruments for Australia
... Introduction Presently, most developed nations acknowledge the need to deal with climate change. The question is how to accomplish this task best. A range of policy options have been considered by various countries around the world to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Some of the most impo ...
... Introduction Presently, most developed nations acknowledge the need to deal with climate change. The question is how to accomplish this task best. A range of policy options have been considered by various countries around the world to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Some of the most impo ...
Carbon impact - Electricity North West
... project emissions accounting. This sets out principles in general for accounting for the impact of defined activities, rather than businesses and organisations as a whole, which will guide development of the methodology. Numerous examples of project based calculations of this type are found in the p ...
... project emissions accounting. This sets out principles in general for accounting for the impact of defined activities, rather than businesses and organisations as a whole, which will guide development of the methodology. Numerous examples of project based calculations of this type are found in the p ...
Is it Warm in Here? The Intractable Challenges of Climate
... (Slide 3) Let’s start with economic growth. It seems clear that higher income levels tend to be associated with some desirable outcomes. The slide shows figures from the World Bank’s World Development Indicators. High income countries have higher incomes (of course), longer life expectan ...
... (Slide 3) Let’s start with economic growth. It seems clear that higher income levels tend to be associated with some desirable outcomes. The slide shows figures from the World Bank’s World Development Indicators. High income countries have higher incomes (of course), longer life expectan ...
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, ...
11. Tax and climate change
... the accumulation will stabilize if no corrective action is taken, and the economic and social damage that will result. The choice of appropriate policy has to be framed in the context of this uncertainty. The quantity of GHGs in the atmosphere is generally measured in terms of parts per million (ppm ...
... the accumulation will stabilize if no corrective action is taken, and the economic and social damage that will result. The choice of appropriate policy has to be framed in the context of this uncertainty. The quantity of GHGs in the atmosphere is generally measured in terms of parts per million (ppm ...
Designing a Programme to Address Evidence Gaps in Greenhouse
... Informing restoration and management of peatlands – both the impacts of restoration of peatlands for biodiversity, archaeological, access or other purposes on their release of greenhouse gases and carbon flux; and to ensure we have an sound evidence base for demonstrating the greenhouse gas and carb ...
... Informing restoration and management of peatlands – both the impacts of restoration of peatlands for biodiversity, archaeological, access or other purposes on their release of greenhouse gases and carbon flux; and to ensure we have an sound evidence base for demonstrating the greenhouse gas and carb ...
Overview of climate science and international circumstances
... timescales and at smaller spatial scales. Large volcanic eruptions, when they occur, will lower global temperature for a year or two. A major downswing in solar activity over several decades, considered possible but unlikely, would also lower global temperature by a few tenths of a degree. There is ...
... timescales and at smaller spatial scales. Large volcanic eruptions, when they occur, will lower global temperature for a year or two. A major downswing in solar activity over several decades, considered possible but unlikely, would also lower global temperature by a few tenths of a degree. There is ...
Japan: A Case Study - Environmental Defense Fund
... The goals enumerated above are ambitious compared to those of other industrialized countries. However, Japan’s 2020 target is contingent upon ample international action, as defined by the Japanese government, and, according to a 2011 World Bank report, “in the absence of such an agreement, it appear ...
... The goals enumerated above are ambitious compared to those of other industrialized countries. However, Japan’s 2020 target is contingent upon ample international action, as defined by the Japanese government, and, according to a 2011 World Bank report, “in the absence of such an agreement, it appear ...
Global Carbon Policy Handbook 2010 - Policies Driving the Growth... Trading Markets Brochure
... 4.5 Various Regulatory Frameworks and Regional Initiatives in the US 4.5.1 American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 4.5.2 Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative in the US 4.5.3 California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 AB 32 4.5.4 Western Climate Initiative 4.5.5 Midwestern Regional GHG Redu ...
... 4.5 Various Regulatory Frameworks and Regional Initiatives in the US 4.5.1 American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 4.5.2 Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative in the US 4.5.3 California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 AB 32 4.5.4 Western Climate Initiative 4.5.5 Midwestern Regional GHG Redu ...