The desire to evoke a change is a powerful one
... paragraph. Each Party included in Annex I shall, by 2005, have made demonstrable progress in achieving its commitments under this Protocol. The Kyoto Protocol is a treaty that emphasized reducing greenhouse gases that cause climate change. The Protocol was created by the third Conference of the Part ...
... paragraph. Each Party included in Annex I shall, by 2005, have made demonstrable progress in achieving its commitments under this Protocol. The Kyoto Protocol is a treaty that emphasized reducing greenhouse gases that cause climate change. The Protocol was created by the third Conference of the Part ...
Slide 1
... • “It is estimated that a doubling of the carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere would produce a temperature rise of 3.8 degrees C.” ...
... • “It is estimated that a doubling of the carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere would produce a temperature rise of 3.8 degrees C.” ...
Presentation to Six Sigma Association 2008-05
... part because of the involvement of states and the potential scope of the proceedings.” International law firm Allens Arthur Robinson ...
... part because of the involvement of states and the potential scope of the proceedings.” International law firm Allens Arthur Robinson ...
IIGCC Statement on EU ETS Reform
... The scientific evidence on manmade climate change is clear. Yet despite global efforts to control emissions, global CO2 concentrations are still rising, with an increase of more than 5% in 2010 – unprecedented in the past two decades1. Concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are now clo ...
... The scientific evidence on manmade climate change is clear. Yet despite global efforts to control emissions, global CO2 concentrations are still rising, with an increase of more than 5% in 2010 – unprecedented in the past two decades1. Concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are now clo ...
Carbon Market Analysis - Q3 2010 Brochure
... Brochure More information from http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/1413635/ ...
... Brochure More information from http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/1413635/ ...
Power - cloudfront.net
... individuals to constrain their greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions Voluntary reasons firms, governments, individuals and other organisations constrain emissions – carbon neutral Both domestic reductions and purchase of outside “GHG emission reductions” As GHGs settle in the atmosphere, it does not mat ...
... individuals to constrain their greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions Voluntary reasons firms, governments, individuals and other organisations constrain emissions – carbon neutral Both domestic reductions and purchase of outside “GHG emission reductions” As GHGs settle in the atmosphere, it does not mat ...
Oral Testimony on the Proposed Power Plant Rule by Bruce
... Pound for pound methane traps eighty-six times more heat than carbon dioxide when it is released into the atmosphere, and the volume of so-called “fugitive emissions” is so great that many scientists have concluded that the greenhouse gas footprint of shale gas is actually greater than that of coal ...
... Pound for pound methane traps eighty-six times more heat than carbon dioxide when it is released into the atmosphere, and the volume of so-called “fugitive emissions” is so great that many scientists have concluded that the greenhouse gas footprint of shale gas is actually greater than that of coal ...
AB 32 - National Caucus of Environmental Legislators
... adopted or will adopt California’s “Clean Car” regulations. Connecticut ...
... adopted or will adopt California’s “Clean Car” regulations. Connecticut ...
Free Webinar: Mitigating Agricultural Greenhouse Gases in the
... livestock production. Two perspectives are featured on reducing GHGs from agriculture industries from both sides of the Atlantic. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Agricultures Contribution – James Breen Managing Environmental Issues Related to Livestock – Tim McAllister Some of the questions this webina ...
... livestock production. Two perspectives are featured on reducing GHGs from agriculture industries from both sides of the Atlantic. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Agricultures Contribution – James Breen Managing Environmental Issues Related to Livestock – Tim McAllister Some of the questions this webina ...
Finding Traction for Ethical Principles to Guide Climate Change Policy
... to make calcium carbonate. ...
... to make calcium carbonate. ...
The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement linked to the
... The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The major feature of the Kyoto Protocol is that it sets binding targets for 37 industrialized countries and the European community for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions .These ...
... The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The major feature of the Kyoto Protocol is that it sets binding targets for 37 industrialized countries and the European community for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions .These ...
What is Joint Implementation (JI)?
... Additionality („reduction … is additional to any that would otherwise occur“ Art. 6 Sec. 1 (b) Kyoto Protocol), not “business as usual” Supplementarity (countries only rely on such projects to limited extent) ...
... Additionality („reduction … is additional to any that would otherwise occur“ Art. 6 Sec. 1 (b) Kyoto Protocol), not “business as usual” Supplementarity (countries only rely on such projects to limited extent) ...
Photo Album - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
... climate response parameters constrained by historical observations; and carbon cycle uncertainties constrained by emulations of individual C4MIP carbon cycle models using MAGICC6.0 (see Meinshausen, Wigley, Raper, ACPD, 2006) ...
... climate response parameters constrained by historical observations; and carbon cycle uncertainties constrained by emulations of individual C4MIP carbon cycle models using MAGICC6.0 (see Meinshausen, Wigley, Raper, ACPD, 2006) ...
Document
... • Increasing the size of global carbon markets – by expanding schemes to new sectors or countries, or linking regional schemes – can drive large flows across countries and promote action in developing countries ...
... • Increasing the size of global carbon markets – by expanding schemes to new sectors or countries, or linking regional schemes – can drive large flows across countries and promote action in developing countries ...
Climate Change Bill 2007 - IUCN Academy of Environmental Law
... Soils enriched with bio-char =150gC/kg v 20-30gC/kg in surrounding soils Could store up to 9.5 Gt C per year by 2100 Could reduce emissions from land-use change by 12% per year (if replaces slash and burn method) Also reduces emissions of methane and nitrous oxide from soils Restores degraded soils ...
... Soils enriched with bio-char =150gC/kg v 20-30gC/kg in surrounding soils Could store up to 9.5 Gt C per year by 2100 Could reduce emissions from land-use change by 12% per year (if replaces slash and burn method) Also reduces emissions of methane and nitrous oxide from soils Restores degraded soils ...
Impact of transport emissions on the lower atmosphere
... disruption of the atmosphere’s composition. Positive RF leads to a warming and negative RF causes a cooling. Road emissions and aircraft emissions both caused positive forcing overall, with road emissions having the largest impact. Shipping’s effect on OH and methane caused negative RF, indicating t ...
... disruption of the atmosphere’s composition. Positive RF leads to a warming and negative RF causes a cooling. Road emissions and aircraft emissions both caused positive forcing overall, with road emissions having the largest impact. Shipping’s effect on OH and methane caused negative RF, indicating t ...
The Trillion-Ton Cap: Allocating the World`s Carbon Emissions by
... about keeping global warming below 2°C. That cap was set last month at a trillion tons of carbon. We are something over half way there, with time fast running out. But where did this figure come from? Why has a measure of cumulative emissions suddenly emerged as the new touchstone for dealing with c ...
... about keeping global warming below 2°C. That cap was set last month at a trillion tons of carbon. We are something over half way there, with time fast running out. But where did this figure come from? Why has a measure of cumulative emissions suddenly emerged as the new touchstone for dealing with c ...
Climate Change
... In a feedback loop, rising temperatures on the Earth change the environment in ways that affect the rate of warming. Feedback loops can be positive (adding to the rate of warming), or negative (reducing it). The melting of Arctic ice provides an example of a positive feedback process. As the ice on ...
... In a feedback loop, rising temperatures on the Earth change the environment in ways that affect the rate of warming. Feedback loops can be positive (adding to the rate of warming), or negative (reducing it). The melting of Arctic ice provides an example of a positive feedback process. As the ice on ...
Glossary for Patterns in Resource consumption
... CFCs The short name for chlorofluorocarbons - a family of gases that have contributed to stratospheric ozone depletion, but which are also potent greenhouse gases. Emissions of CFCs around the developed world are being phased out due to an international control agreement, the 1989 Montreal Protocol. ...
... CFCs The short name for chlorofluorocarbons - a family of gases that have contributed to stratospheric ozone depletion, but which are also potent greenhouse gases. Emissions of CFCs around the developed world are being phased out due to an international control agreement, the 1989 Montreal Protocol. ...
To see the U.S. Public Interest Research Group Fact Sheet on
... or (2) refine or import petroleum products for use in transportation that, when combusted, will release more than 10,000 metric tons of greenhouse gases per year. 2012: Emissions reduced to 2004 levels. 2020: 1990 levels. 2030: 22% below 1990 levels. ...
... or (2) refine or import petroleum products for use in transportation that, when combusted, will release more than 10,000 metric tons of greenhouse gases per year. 2012: Emissions reduced to 2004 levels. 2020: 1990 levels. 2030: 22% below 1990 levels. ...
Paying for Climate Change
... Outside such catastrophic events as melting of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, human societies are likely to adapt to most of these changes, although at a cost. How to minimize those costs, and how governments can best help, is not always clear. Typically, it will not be optimal to adapt so fully as t ...
... Outside such catastrophic events as melting of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, human societies are likely to adapt to most of these changes, although at a cost. How to minimize those costs, and how governments can best help, is not always clear. Typically, it will not be optimal to adapt so fully as t ...
Background informattion on carbon cycles
... Temperatures changes are representative for Antarctica. They are based on Antarctic ice core records (oxygen isotopes). Scaling factors apply to convert it into global mean (active research) ...
... Temperatures changes are representative for Antarctica. They are based on Antarctic ice core records (oxygen isotopes). Scaling factors apply to convert it into global mean (active research) ...
Additional presentation on Climate Change
... - Least cost emissions reductions - certainty of environmental impact - through cap on emissions • New approach to environmental legislation to meet global challenge of climate change. ...
... - Least cost emissions reductions - certainty of environmental impact - through cap on emissions • New approach to environmental legislation to meet global challenge of climate change. ...
Testimony - Competitive Enterprise Institute
... The Pew study notes that, “Unlike Whirlpool, which seeks to retain credits for the improvements in energy consumption its products may offer, Alcoa does not lobby for gaining credits for emission reductions by users of its products.”17 Well, bravo to that! But the Committee should be aware that not ...
... The Pew study notes that, “Unlike Whirlpool, which seeks to retain credits for the improvements in energy consumption its products may offer, Alcoa does not lobby for gaining credits for emission reductions by users of its products.”17 Well, bravo to that! But the Committee should be aware that not ...
Dealing with Climate Myths Gordon J. Aubrecht, II
... 11. N. Oreskes, “The scientific consensus on climate change,” Science 306, 1686 (2004). P. T. Doran and M. K. Zimmerman, “Examining the scientific consensus on climate change,” 11os 90(3), 22-23 (2009). W. R. L. Anderegg et al., “Expert credibility in climate change,” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 107, 121 ...
... 11. N. Oreskes, “The scientific consensus on climate change,” Science 306, 1686 (2004). P. T. Doran and M. K. Zimmerman, “Examining the scientific consensus on climate change,” 11os 90(3), 22-23 (2009). W. R. L. Anderegg et al., “Expert credibility in climate change,” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 107, 121 ...
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.