Trade implications of the Kyoto Protocol
... as Parties seek to fulfil their obligations to reduce emissions. It is highly likely that governments with differentiated legal and political commitments will implement these obligations in ways that favour their domestic industries. Policies and measures with potential conflict for the multilateral ...
... as Parties seek to fulfil their obligations to reduce emissions. It is highly likely that governments with differentiated legal and political commitments will implement these obligations in ways that favour their domestic industries. Policies and measures with potential conflict for the multilateral ...
Slide 1 - climateknowledge.org
... • Projects generate “certified emission reductions” (CERs), which developed countries can use to meet emission targets ...
... • Projects generate “certified emission reductions” (CERs), which developed countries can use to meet emission targets ...
Convention on Climate Change
... • The CDM aims to direct private sector investment into emissions-reduction projects in developing countries while promoting sustainable development in these countries. • Kyoto Parties with emission targets for 2008-2012 are eligible to apply certified emission reduction units from CDM-funded certif ...
... • The CDM aims to direct private sector investment into emissions-reduction projects in developing countries while promoting sustainable development in these countries. • Kyoto Parties with emission targets for 2008-2012 are eligible to apply certified emission reduction units from CDM-funded certif ...
Is the 2°C World a Fantasy? by Jeff Tolleson Nov. 24, 2015
... because the plants absorb CO2 as they grow. The CO2 created when the plants are processed is captured and pumped underground, and the process as a whole eats up more emissions than it creates. A consortium sponsored by the US Department of Energy has tested such a system at one facility that produc ...
... because the plants absorb CO2 as they grow. The CO2 created when the plants are processed is captured and pumped underground, and the process as a whole eats up more emissions than it creates. A consortium sponsored by the US Department of Energy has tested such a system at one facility that produc ...
Monitoring Trends in Renewable Energy
... Estimated economic GHG emission reduction potentials by sector and region in 2030 (IPCC, AR4 2007). ...
... Estimated economic GHG emission reduction potentials by sector and region in 2030 (IPCC, AR4 2007). ...
Glossary for Patterns in Resource consumption
... ETS A scheme set up to allow the trading of emissions permits between business and/or countries as part of a cap and trade approach to limiting greenhouse gas emissions. The bestdeveloped example is the EU's trading scheme, launched in 2005. See Cap and trade A political agreement that was reached t ...
... ETS A scheme set up to allow the trading of emissions permits between business and/or countries as part of a cap and trade approach to limiting greenhouse gas emissions. The bestdeveloped example is the EU's trading scheme, launched in 2005. See Cap and trade A political agreement that was reached t ...
Slide 1
... – Although Kyoto has entered into force, won’t have much effect on global emissions – Reluctance to negotiate for post-2012 period ...
... – Although Kyoto has entered into force, won’t have much effect on global emissions – Reluctance to negotiate for post-2012 period ...
Climate Change
... temperatures and drought. A fund for projects and programmes that help developing countries cope with the adverse effects of climate change. It is financed by a share of proceeds from emission-reduction programmes such as the Clean Development Mechanism. Man-made climate change - climate change caus ...
... temperatures and drought. A fund for projects and programmes that help developing countries cope with the adverse effects of climate change. It is financed by a share of proceeds from emission-reduction programmes such as the Clean Development Mechanism. Man-made climate change - climate change caus ...
Climate change and State responsibility
... Emissions trading is permitted between the countries listed in Annex I and allows for the sale of a reduction surplus on the international market. One country can sell reductions exceeding its specified target to another Annex I country which has not managed to meet its reduction target. Joint Imple ...
... Emissions trading is permitted between the countries listed in Annex I and allows for the sale of a reduction surplus on the international market. One country can sell reductions exceeding its specified target to another Annex I country which has not managed to meet its reduction target. Joint Imple ...
Hot topics Global warming and climate change
... to protect the climate system ‘on the basis of equality and in accordance with their common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities’. The principle of ‘common but differentiated responsibility’ comprises two ...
... to protect the climate system ‘on the basis of equality and in accordance with their common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities’. The principle of ‘common but differentiated responsibility’ comprises two ...
Kevin Anderson, EcoCities
... is the right thing to do as part of the global effort to combat climate change …” “ Radical action on carbon emissions is needed in order to pass a viable and safe climate onto future generations …” ...
... is the right thing to do as part of the global effort to combat climate change …” “ Radical action on carbon emissions is needed in order to pass a viable and safe climate onto future generations …” ...
CCL Media Packet Paris Talks
... preferred means of powering our lives and moving goods and people from one place to another. However, these fuels remain artificially cheap, with their immediate price not reflecting their actual costs. Those true costs are instead borne by our whole society in the form of medical bills to treat res ...
... preferred means of powering our lives and moving goods and people from one place to another. However, these fuels remain artificially cheap, with their immediate price not reflecting their actual costs. Those true costs are instead borne by our whole society in the form of medical bills to treat res ...
Greenland is melting!
... Current negotiations under UNFCCC: Lima 2014 => Paris 2015 • Expand long-term mitigation aim (based on IPCC) – Pathway to zero net emissions by 2050? ...
... Current negotiations under UNFCCC: Lima 2014 => Paris 2015 • Expand long-term mitigation aim (based on IPCC) – Pathway to zero net emissions by 2050? ...
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... Protocol require 55 Parties to the Convention to ratify (or approve, accept, or accede to) the Protocol, including Annex I Parties accounting for 55% of that group’s carbon dioxide emissions in 1990. (See Article 25 of the Protocol) ...
... Protocol require 55 Parties to the Convention to ratify (or approve, accept, or accede to) the Protocol, including Annex I Parties accounting for 55% of that group’s carbon dioxide emissions in 1990. (See Article 25 of the Protocol) ...
International mechanisms for addressing energy subsidies
... systems compatible with sustainable development through the use of improved market signals and by removing market distortions, including restructuring taxation and phasing out harmful subsidies, where they exis t, to reflect their environmental impacts, with such policies taking fully into account t ...
... systems compatible with sustainable development through the use of improved market signals and by removing market distortions, including restructuring taxation and phasing out harmful subsidies, where they exis t, to reflect their environmental impacts, with such policies taking fully into account t ...
Draft Ann Arbor Protocol to the
... sell or buy credits. Once a missed target is achieved, this limitation on trading shall be lifted. Article 5: Adaptation Fund The adaptation fund shall function under modalities agreed to by the Conference of the Parties subject to the following restrictions: 1. Expenditures for the benefit of smal ...
... sell or buy credits. Once a missed target is achieved, this limitation on trading shall be lifted. Article 5: Adaptation Fund The adaptation fund shall function under modalities agreed to by the Conference of the Parties subject to the following restrictions: 1. Expenditures for the benefit of smal ...
FCCC/AWGLCA/2008/6 Page 1 UNITED NATIONS Distr. GENERAL
... The ultimate objective of this Convention and any related legal instruments that the Conference of the Parties may adopt is to achieve, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Convention, stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangero ...
... The ultimate objective of this Convention and any related legal instruments that the Conference of the Parties may adopt is to achieve, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Convention, stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangero ...
Climate change: Driving forces
... Not much experience with use Could conserve industry structure – reduce rate of technological progress? Unilateral use can lead to ‘carbon leakage’ ...
... Not much experience with use Could conserve industry structure – reduce rate of technological progress? Unilateral use can lead to ‘carbon leakage’ ...
Science-Based Targets Key to Private-Sector
... Science-Based Target Initiative. Their methodology, the Sectoral Decarbonization Approach, aligns a company’s emissions targets to its sector’s projected level of economic activity and potential for emissions reductions. The Initiative’s website serves as a clearinghouse of information on alternativ ...
... Science-Based Target Initiative. Their methodology, the Sectoral Decarbonization Approach, aligns a company’s emissions targets to its sector’s projected level of economic activity and potential for emissions reductions. The Initiative’s website serves as a clearinghouse of information on alternativ ...
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... to house long-term funds for developing country support 2) Technology Mechanism Technology Committee and Climate Technology Centre 3) Adaptation Framework + Committee 4) Registry (at UN Climate Change Secretariat) For developing countries to detail voluntary emission reduction plans and the su ...
... to house long-term funds for developing country support 2) Technology Mechanism Technology Committee and Climate Technology Centre 3) Adaptation Framework + Committee 4) Registry (at UN Climate Change Secretariat) For developing countries to detail voluntary emission reduction plans and the su ...
Presentation
... ■ Push EU to adopt market-based policy that relies on trading permits or taxing emissions based on polluterpays principle PRO: Most effective, cheap and equitable way of sharing costs of reducing CO2 emissions between developed countries CON: - Challenge of establishing new international framework t ...
... ■ Push EU to adopt market-based policy that relies on trading permits or taxing emissions based on polluterpays principle PRO: Most effective, cheap and equitable way of sharing costs of reducing CO2 emissions between developed countries CON: - Challenge of establishing new international framework t ...
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
... 1992: countries joined an international treaty, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, to cooperatively consider what they could do to limit average global temperature increases and the resulting climate change, and to cope with whatever impacts were, by then, inevitable 1995: co ...
... 1992: countries joined an international treaty, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, to cooperatively consider what they could do to limit average global temperature increases and the resulting climate change, and to cope with whatever impacts were, by then, inevitable 1995: co ...
AWG Kyoto Protocol Intervention
... All new proposals must be brought to the table by Bonn, so they can be fairly considered by all Parties. In Copenhagen, we need to have come to an agreement that will enable us to avoid dangerous climate change, not just on paper, but in the real economy. The Copenhagen decisions must ensure that we ...
... All new proposals must be brought to the table by Bonn, so they can be fairly considered by all Parties. In Copenhagen, we need to have come to an agreement that will enable us to avoid dangerous climate change, not just on paper, but in the real economy. The Copenhagen decisions must ensure that we ...