Getting to Zero - Forum for the Future
... their reduction through energy efficiency, the replacement of high-carbon energy sources with low- or zero-carbon alternatives, and then the use of highquality carbon offsets, as the preferred means for an organisation to address its contribution to climate change. Offsetting will play an important ...
... their reduction through energy efficiency, the replacement of high-carbon energy sources with low- or zero-carbon alternatives, and then the use of highquality carbon offsets, as the preferred means for an organisation to address its contribution to climate change. Offsetting will play an important ...
Stabilization of atmospheric carbon dioxide via zero emissions—An
... anthropogenic CO2 emissions. This final concentration is generally very low compared with the stabilization level now under discussion, i.e., 450– 550 ppm, so that the equilibrium state is supposed to be safe from sea level rise associated with thermal expansion of seawater and ice-sheet melting. Thi ...
... anthropogenic CO2 emissions. This final concentration is generally very low compared with the stabilization level now under discussion, i.e., 450– 550 ppm, so that the equilibrium state is supposed to be safe from sea level rise associated with thermal expansion of seawater and ice-sheet melting. Thi ...
THE WAY FORWARD - Canada`s Ecofiscal Commission
... sectors are vulnerable. However, most provinces and the country as a whole are not on track to achieving existing emissions-reductions targets for 2020, let alone the deeper reductions required over the longer term. Achieving meaningful reductions will require the design and implementation of more-s ...
... sectors are vulnerable. However, most provinces and the country as a whole are not on track to achieving existing emissions-reductions targets for 2020, let alone the deeper reductions required over the longer term. Achieving meaningful reductions will require the design and implementation of more-s ...
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... carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO2e).18 This represents an average reduction of 1.5 per cent each year.19 Ten per cent of this overall fall occurred during 2009, when emissions fell by 2.1 MtCO2e. This may be linked to reduced economic activity associated with the recession. 17. After the production a ...
... carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO2e).18 This represents an average reduction of 1.5 per cent each year.19 Ten per cent of this overall fall occurred during 2009, when emissions fell by 2.1 MtCO2e. This may be linked to reduced economic activity associated with the recession. 17. After the production a ...
Arimura - Viessmann European Research Centre
... The price does not reach $10 until 2019. The demand for CDM is limited during the Kyoto commitment period. However, with banking, there may be demand for CDM before 2019. ...
... The price does not reach $10 until 2019. The demand for CDM is limited during the Kyoto commitment period. However, with banking, there may be demand for CDM before 2019. ...
Asian Aerosols: Current and Year 2030 Distributions and
... biomass burning, and fossil fuels used broadly throughout diverse economic sectors. As a result of these activities aerosol emissions are high throughout large parts of Asia as shown by regional emissions of black carbon (BC, Figure 1d). Worldwide, an estimated several billion people live under ABCs ...
... biomass burning, and fossil fuels used broadly throughout diverse economic sectors. As a result of these activities aerosol emissions are high throughout large parts of Asia as shown by regional emissions of black carbon (BC, Figure 1d). Worldwide, an estimated several billion people live under ABCs ...
Why Maintaining Tropical Forests Is Essential and Urgent for a Stable Climate
... undisturbed) can and already do remove carbon from the atmosphere naturally, which is essential for meeting long-term climate targets. Action is needed immediately, especially if we are to utilize this large and natural mitigation option. Delaying action only puts more pressure on drastic changes in ...
... undisturbed) can and already do remove carbon from the atmosphere naturally, which is essential for meeting long-term climate targets. Action is needed immediately, especially if we are to utilize this large and natural mitigation option. Delaying action only puts more pressure on drastic changes in ...
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Green Paper
... Reducing carbon pollution Fundamental to the Government’s climate change strategy is a Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. It is the best way to reduce carbon pollution while minimising the impact on business and households. The Government’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme will, for the first time ...
... Reducing carbon pollution Fundamental to the Government’s climate change strategy is a Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. It is the best way to reduce carbon pollution while minimising the impact on business and households. The Government’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme will, for the first time ...
8. equal per capita entitlements
... agreed to under the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Kyoto Protocol stipulates a framework for the reduction of greenhouse gases (GHG) by the developed (Annex I) countries, while allowing the developing (non-Annex I) countries space to increase their emissions ...
... agreed to under the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Kyoto Protocol stipulates a framework for the reduction of greenhouse gases (GHG) by the developed (Annex I) countries, while allowing the developing (non-Annex I) countries space to increase their emissions ...
analyses Why are we seeing “REDD”? seeing “REDD”?
... Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, has the objective to reduce GHG emissions to mitigate climate change. It started as a non-binding agreement aiming at stabilizing GHG concentration in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. The part ...
... Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, has the objective to reduce GHG emissions to mitigate climate change. It started as a non-binding agreement aiming at stabilizing GHG concentration in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. The part ...
The Impact of CO2 Emissions on Agricultural Productivity and
... 2010). Consequently, any negative shock to the agricultural sector can cause devastating impacts on the whole economy. Therefore, this study aims to investigate CO2 emissions’ impact on agricultural performance and household welfare using a recursive dynamic Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) mode ...
... 2010). Consequently, any negative shock to the agricultural sector can cause devastating impacts on the whole economy. Therefore, this study aims to investigate CO2 emissions’ impact on agricultural performance and household welfare using a recursive dynamic Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) mode ...
New Cost Estimates for Carbon Sequestration Through Afforestation
... This report provides new cost estimates for carbon sequestration through afforestation in the United States. We extend existing studies of carbon sequestration costs in several important ways, while ensuring the transparency of our approach. We clearly identify all components of our cost estimates s ...
... This report provides new cost estimates for carbon sequestration through afforestation in the United States. We extend existing studies of carbon sequestration costs in several important ways, while ensuring the transparency of our approach. We clearly identify all components of our cost estimates s ...
Tokyo - IETA
... extensions where the total floor area exceeds 5,000m2. The programme pioneered the creation of a rating and reporting system to measure environmental performance, and has spawned sister programmes, such as the Green Labeling Programme for Condominiums and the Energy Certificate Programme. To qualify ...
... extensions where the total floor area exceeds 5,000m2. The programme pioneered the creation of a rating and reporting system to measure environmental performance, and has spawned sister programmes, such as the Green Labeling Programme for Condominiums and the Energy Certificate Programme. To qualify ...
Influence of future anthropogenic emissions on climate, natural
... Fine BC and POC emissions from aircraft were obtained by applying emission factors of 0.038 g BC/kg fuel [Petzold et al., 1999] to the fuel use data from Sutkus et al. [2001] and assuming a POC/BC emission ratio of 1:1. Those from shipping were estimated by dividing the gridded monthly sulfur shippi ...
... Fine BC and POC emissions from aircraft were obtained by applying emission factors of 0.038 g BC/kg fuel [Petzold et al., 1999] to the fuel use data from Sutkus et al. [2001] and assuming a POC/BC emission ratio of 1:1. Those from shipping were estimated by dividing the gridded monthly sulfur shippi ...
National Greenhouse Accounts (NGA) Factors
... Reporting Act 2007, once the first reporting period under the Act commences on 1 July 2008. The emission factors reported here have a general application to a broader range of greenhouse emissions inventories, and are not intended to be restricted in their use to reporting under the Act. The default ...
... Reporting Act 2007, once the first reporting period under the Act commences on 1 July 2008. The emission factors reported here have a general application to a broader range of greenhouse emissions inventories, and are not intended to be restricted in their use to reporting under the Act. The default ...
a study commissioned by Sitra
... changes in White House leadership, are fixed into the irreversible Agreement as confirmed during COP22) and China and (c) the near-universal acceptance that change is needed, and needed immediately. However, it has to be noted that the Agreement entering into force is simply the first of many compli ...
... changes in White House leadership, are fixed into the irreversible Agreement as confirmed during COP22) and China and (c) the near-universal acceptance that change is needed, and needed immediately. However, it has to be noted that the Agreement entering into force is simply the first of many compli ...
Agricultural Net Carbon Effect and Agricultural Carbon Sink
... in which agricultural greenhouse gas emissions were 4.13×108 tons of carbon equivalent, but the greenhouse gas emissions absorbed by the entire agricultural system was 10.63×108 tons of carbon equivalent, which not only completely offset agricultural greenhouse gas emissions but also reduced the net ...
... in which agricultural greenhouse gas emissions were 4.13×108 tons of carbon equivalent, but the greenhouse gas emissions absorbed by the entire agricultural system was 10.63×108 tons of carbon equivalent, which not only completely offset agricultural greenhouse gas emissions but also reduced the net ...
Arranging deck chairs on the Titanic
... Australia emitted in 2000. 12 Yet Australia's relatively small population plus inefficiencies in land transportation and energy production mean Australians rank high amongst the worst per capita emitters of GHGs in the world; 13 on the other hand, shipping is touted as the lowest emitting mode of tr ...
... Australia emitted in 2000. 12 Yet Australia's relatively small population plus inefficiencies in land transportation and energy production mean Australians rank high amongst the worst per capita emitters of GHGs in the world; 13 on the other hand, shipping is touted as the lowest emitting mode of tr ...
... the IPCC, global atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases have increased markedly as a result of human activities over the past 200 years, contributing to a warming of the earth’s climate. Climate change is a long-term and global issue because greenhouse gases disperse widely in the atmosphere ...
Short-Lived Promise? - Oxford Martin School
... time. Immediate reductions in CO2 emissions would also deliver a more substantial climate benefit to future generations. Discussions of climate policy often focus exclusively on carbon dioxide (CO2), but these emissions are only one of the ways in which human activities affect global climate. Methan ...
... time. Immediate reductions in CO2 emissions would also deliver a more substantial climate benefit to future generations. Discussions of climate policy often focus exclusively on carbon dioxide (CO2), but these emissions are only one of the ways in which human activities affect global climate. Methan ...
Carbon pricing: how best to use the revenue?
... economy in a market-friendly way (Bowen, 2011). It can also raise considerable amounts of revenue for governments, which in turn raises a crucial question: how should these new revenues be spent? This question matters because the potential level of revenue from pricing carbon, whether by taxation or ...
... economy in a market-friendly way (Bowen, 2011). It can also raise considerable amounts of revenue for governments, which in turn raises a crucial question: how should these new revenues be spent? This question matters because the potential level of revenue from pricing carbon, whether by taxation or ...
Low Emissions Diet
... animal agriculture. This booklet focuses on such impacts, as it is critical that we mitigate the relevant risks in an effort to avoid climate change tipping points, where a small change in human activity can lead to abrupt and significant changes in earth systems. Even in the absence of clear tippin ...
... animal agriculture. This booklet focuses on such impacts, as it is critical that we mitigate the relevant risks in an effort to avoid climate change tipping points, where a small change in human activity can lead to abrupt and significant changes in earth systems. Even in the absence of clear tippin ...
A Low Carbon Route Map - Keep Scotland Beautiful
... WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT? As can be seen from the information above, there are lots of different sources of emissions associated with food, from agriculture through to waste disposal. It is not always easy to say which foods are more climate friendly because there are so many factors to take into acc ...
... WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT? As can be seen from the information above, there are lots of different sources of emissions associated with food, from agriculture through to waste disposal. It is not always easy to say which foods are more climate friendly because there are so many factors to take into acc ...
Effects of a Carbon Tax on the Economy and the Environment
... Interest has been growing internationally and in the United States in taxing the carbon that is released into the atmosphere in the form of carbon dioxide when fossil fuels are burned. Advocates of a carbon tax in the United States cite two potential benefits from such a tax: It could serve as an im ...
... Interest has been growing internationally and in the United States in taxing the carbon that is released into the atmosphere in the form of carbon dioxide when fossil fuels are burned. Advocates of a carbon tax in the United States cite two potential benefits from such a tax: It could serve as an im ...