IEAGHG Information Paper; 2013-IP31; Drawing Down N2O to Protect
... through education, extension and outreach, especially to farmers in developing countries; ...
... through education, extension and outreach, especially to farmers in developing countries; ...
Offset customers are not being informed as to
... 4. In January 2006, research published in Nature magazine revealed that the planet’s plant-life was responsible for far greater methane emissions than had previously been though. Methane, as one of the most potent greenhouse gases, is a serious contributor to climate change. This finding upset a lot ...
... 4. In January 2006, research published in Nature magazine revealed that the planet’s plant-life was responsible for far greater methane emissions than had previously been though. Methane, as one of the most potent greenhouse gases, is a serious contributor to climate change. This finding upset a lot ...
FACT SHEET Carbon pricing Key points
... A carbon tax is a direct fee imposed on fossil fuels and other primary products (such as refrigerators), based on the amount of greenhouse gases they emit.1 Increasingly, carbon tax is becoming an important component of a country’s carbon emission reduction scheme and part of broader environmental t ...
... A carbon tax is a direct fee imposed on fossil fuels and other primary products (such as refrigerators), based on the amount of greenhouse gases they emit.1 Increasingly, carbon tax is becoming an important component of a country’s carbon emission reduction scheme and part of broader environmental t ...
Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Emissions Trading in North America
... conference in Kyoto, Japan. 31 It called on 39 signatory industrialized nations32 (which did not include India or China) that are identified in a specific annex to reduce greenhouse gas emissions an average of 5.2 percent between 2008 and 2012 as compared to 1990 levels.33 The Protocol combines thes ...
... conference in Kyoto, Japan. 31 It called on 39 signatory industrialized nations32 (which did not include India or China) that are identified in a specific annex to reduce greenhouse gas emissions an average of 5.2 percent between 2008 and 2012 as compared to 1990 levels.33 The Protocol combines thes ...
The next 10 years - World Bank Group
... auditing CDM projects, and the CDM Executive Board (EB), which regulate them, is generating duplication and delays. In some ways, today’s situation is somewhat similar to where we were 10 years ago when the World Bank launched the Prototype Carbon Fund – the world’s first global carbon fund – at a t ...
... auditing CDM projects, and the CDM Executive Board (EB), which regulate them, is generating duplication and delays. In some ways, today’s situation is somewhat similar to where we were 10 years ago when the World Bank launched the Prototype Carbon Fund – the world’s first global carbon fund – at a t ...
Toward sustainable mitigation in agriculture and land use
... The Paris Agreement, signed by the world’s governments in 2015, and which will officially come into force in November 2016, set important long-term goals to stop climate change. These included a global goal to limit global warming to well below 2˚C while pursuing efforts to achieve 1.5˚C; and, a goa ...
... The Paris Agreement, signed by the world’s governments in 2015, and which will officially come into force in November 2016, set important long-term goals to stop climate change. These included a global goal to limit global warming to well below 2˚C while pursuing efforts to achieve 1.5˚C; and, a goa ...
The rise and rise of fluorinated greenhouse gases - Öko
... Emissions of chlorine-free F-gases, which is the collective term for HFCs and two other groups of fluorinated greenhouse gases (SF6 and PFCs), accounted for 1.5% of total direct greenhouse gas emissions in 2003. Carbon dioxide is the most important greenhouse gas , but methane and nitrous oxide also ...
... Emissions of chlorine-free F-gases, which is the collective term for HFCs and two other groups of fluorinated greenhouse gases (SF6 and PFCs), accounted for 1.5% of total direct greenhouse gas emissions in 2003. Carbon dioxide is the most important greenhouse gas , but methane and nitrous oxide also ...
Met 10
... Richer (annex 1) countries can help developing countries to achieve sustainable development and limit GHG increases and then claim some emission reductions for their own targets ...
... Richer (annex 1) countries can help developing countries to achieve sustainable development and limit GHG increases and then claim some emission reductions for their own targets ...
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... The ability of farmers to enter a GHG market depends heavily on the existence of the market and in turn on the policies that the government sets in place to limit or reduce GHG emissions plus allow market participation. As previously mentioned, the U.S. government already has a program for GHG emiss ...
... The ability of farmers to enter a GHG market depends heavily on the existence of the market and in turn on the policies that the government sets in place to limit or reduce GHG emissions plus allow market participation. As previously mentioned, the U.S. government already has a program for GHG emiss ...
carbon offset carbon offset
... A carbon credit is a financial instrument to denote a unit of reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. Carbon credits are measured in metric tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalent (CO2e) and may represent six primary categories of greenhouse gases. One carbon credit represents the reduction of one metric ...
... A carbon credit is a financial instrument to denote a unit of reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. Carbon credits are measured in metric tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalent (CO2e) and may represent six primary categories of greenhouse gases. One carbon credit represents the reduction of one metric ...
Giving Definition to Indefinite Contracts for the Trading, Storage and
... Reduction (CER) instruments sanctioned under the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). This mechanisms contained in the Kyoto Protocol have spawned a variety of derivative markets where 'carbon credits', or 'carbon offsets', are issued through an exchange in return for a reduction of a ...
... Reduction (CER) instruments sanctioned under the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). This mechanisms contained in the Kyoto Protocol have spawned a variety of derivative markets where 'carbon credits', or 'carbon offsets', are issued through an exchange in return for a reduction of a ...
How Will Climate Change Affect the Stillaguamish Watershed?
... snowline and increasing winter rain will cause greater erosion, increasing the sediment supply to rivers. Although future landslides are difficult to predict, several studies indicate that future conditions will favor an increase in landslide risk for the Stillaguamish.[1][2] ...
... snowline and increasing winter rain will cause greater erosion, increasing the sediment supply to rivers. Although future landslides are difficult to predict, several studies indicate that future conditions will favor an increase in landslide risk for the Stillaguamish.[1][2] ...
10 Point Climate Action Work Program
... variability and trends over time, as well as provide more specific local data for the regional GHG inventory. 4. Develop Regional Climate Action Strategy – Identify policy gaps between the 2050 GHG goal and interim GHG reduction targets and local climate action plans, Plan Bay Area, federal and stat ...
... variability and trends over time, as well as provide more specific local data for the regional GHG inventory. 4. Develop Regional Climate Action Strategy – Identify policy gaps between the 2050 GHG goal and interim GHG reduction targets and local climate action plans, Plan Bay Area, federal and stat ...
Center for Biological Diversity v. County of San Bernardino
... Significance Thresholds Needed Administrative overload if every project considered significant. No other issue area uses “zero increase”. Threshold should be consistent statewide. – Impacts are not tied to specific locale. – Poor policy to encourage development to gravitate to area with most ...
... Significance Thresholds Needed Administrative overload if every project considered significant. No other issue area uses “zero increase”. Threshold should be consistent statewide. – Impacts are not tied to specific locale. – Poor policy to encourage development to gravitate to area with most ...
Alliance of Small Island States
... Brazil is a rapidly developing country. It has the 10th largest economy in the world but still has widespread poverty with many people living in slums in the big cities of Sao Paulo and Rio De Janeiro. Brazil’s main exports include timber, steel, cars, aircraft and petrochemicals. It has also just d ...
... Brazil is a rapidly developing country. It has the 10th largest economy in the world but still has widespread poverty with many people living in slums in the big cities of Sao Paulo and Rio De Janeiro. Brazil’s main exports include timber, steel, cars, aircraft and petrochemicals. It has also just d ...
Overview of climate science and international circumstances
... • The world is acting to tackle climate change. The internationally-agreed 2°C limit requires substantial global emissions reductions by 2030. The UK should continue to play its part. • The EU’s Member States have agreed to reduce EU emissions by at least 40% below 1990 levels in 2030. Our best es ...
... • The world is acting to tackle climate change. The internationally-agreed 2°C limit requires substantial global emissions reductions by 2030. The UK should continue to play its part. • The EU’s Member States have agreed to reduce EU emissions by at least 40% below 1990 levels in 2030. Our best es ...
The Importance of Carbon Footprint Estimation
... suggest reporting emissions for each of the Kyoto Protocol greenhouse gases (GHGs): carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrous oxide (N2O), methane (CH4), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6), although CCAR allows firms to begin with just CO2 emissions. Similarly, the ...
... suggest reporting emissions for each of the Kyoto Protocol greenhouse gases (GHGs): carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrous oxide (N2O), methane (CH4), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6), although CCAR allows firms to begin with just CO2 emissions. Similarly, the ...
climate change mitigation
... implemented. Rather, it offers a menu of practical and proven options for cutting GHGs. A municipality can develop and evaluate different mitigation scenarios to help it design a unique strategy or action plan, applying only those technologies and policy options that best meet local realities and as ...
... implemented. Rather, it offers a menu of practical and proven options for cutting GHGs. A municipality can develop and evaluate different mitigation scenarios to help it design a unique strategy or action plan, applying only those technologies and policy options that best meet local realities and as ...
European Union Emissions Trading Scheme: Institutional Lessons
... The National Leading Group Dealing with Climate Change, Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction under State Council; ...
... The National Leading Group Dealing with Climate Change, Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction under State Council; ...
Globalisation, Transport and the Environment
... With new developments to remove bottlenecks, combined with operational improvements, there is scope for considerable improvement in the efficiency of international road and rail freight in many regions. Of course, it is not simply a question of transit time and reliability, it is also a question of ...
... With new developments to remove bottlenecks, combined with operational improvements, there is scope for considerable improvement in the efficiency of international road and rail freight in many regions. Of course, it is not simply a question of transit time and reliability, it is also a question of ...
... Researchers from Stockholm University publishing in Nature Geoscience also suggest the global methane increase “is mostly a northern hemisphere problem, most likely due to leaks from natural gas wells, and distribution systems, which is a relatively easy to solve problem”. However they go on to sugg ...
Voluntary Carbon Offsets
... wood as a building material instead of other materials which use more energy.7 Trees also affect climate in other ways, for example by altering the reflectivity of the land surface and by changing the amount of water vapour released to the atmosphere. The contributions of these other positive and ne ...
... wood as a building material instead of other materials which use more energy.7 Trees also affect climate in other ways, for example by altering the reflectivity of the land surface and by changing the amount of water vapour released to the atmosphere. The contributions of these other positive and ne ...
Switzerland
... Base year for gases covered: all 1990 (not relevant where reference level is applied) Sectors covered: energy; industrial processes and product use; agriculture; land-use, land-use change and forestry; waste Switzerland supports the inclusion of international aviation and shipping on the basis of fu ...
... Base year for gases covered: all 1990 (not relevant where reference level is applied) Sectors covered: energy; industrial processes and product use; agriculture; land-use, land-use change and forestry; waste Switzerland supports the inclusion of international aviation and shipping on the basis of fu ...
The role of EIA in greenhouse gas mitigation Abstract The role of EIA
... New Zealand Situation New Zealand Government Greenhouse Gas Policy The New Zealand Government’s provisional gross emission target for 2030 is 30% below 2005 emissions (a target which is only 10% below 1990 levels). The Emissions Trading Scheme is the principal means that is currently in place to gen ...
... New Zealand Situation New Zealand Government Greenhouse Gas Policy The New Zealand Government’s provisional gross emission target for 2030 is 30% below 2005 emissions (a target which is only 10% below 1990 levels). The Emissions Trading Scheme is the principal means that is currently in place to gen ...
Emissions trading
Emissions trading or cap and trade (""cap"" meaning a legal limit on the quantity of a certain type of chemical an economy can emit each year) is a market-based approach used to control pollution by providing economic incentives for achieving reductions in the emissions of pollutants. Various countries, groups of companies, and states have adopted emission trading systems as one of the strategies for mitigating climate-change by addressing international greenhouse-gas emission.A central authority (usually a governmental body) sets a limit or cap on the amount of a pollutant that may be emitted. The limit or cap is allocated and/or sold by the central authority to firms in the form of emissions permits which represent the right to emit or discharge a specific volume of the specified pollutant. Permits (and possibly also derivatives of permits) can then be traded on secondary markets. For example, the EU ETS trades primarily in European Union Allowances (EUAs), the Californian scheme in California Carbon Allowances, the New Zealand scheme in New Zealand Units and the Australian scheme in Australian Units. Firms are required to hold a number of permits (or allowances or carbon credits) equivalent to their emissions. The total number of permits cannot exceed the cap, limiting total emissions to that level. Firms that need to increase their volume of emissions must buy permits from those who require fewer permits.The transfer of permits is referred to as a ""trade"". In effect, the buyer is paying a charge for polluting, while the seller gains a reward for having reduced emissions. Thus, in theory, those who can reduce emissions most cheaply will do so, achieving the pollution reduction at the lowest cost to society.There are active trading programs in several air pollutants. For greenhouse gases the largest is the European Union Emission Trading Scheme, whose purpose is to avoid dangerous climate change. Cap and trade provides the private sector with the flexibility required to reduce emissions while stimulating technological innovation and economic growth. The United States has a national market to reduce acid rain and several regional markets in nitrogen oxides.