I asked Robert Socolow of Princeton, who is one of the authors of the paper on the super-polluters and a developer of the popular «wedges» approach to
defining emissions goals, what he would say about the idea if he were in an elevator (in a tall building) with climate negotiators from the United States and China.
Not exact matches
«Reducing greenhouse gas
emissions while still growing as a company is one of the
defining business challenges of the 21st century, and we're proud to be addressing that challenge head - on, starting with our new 2025
goal to achieve absolute reductions of no less than three percent year - over-year,» said Dean Scarborough, Avery Dennison's chairman and CEO, who will travel to Paris this December to discuss climate change with other business leaders at COP21.
The final Erie County plan will summarize results of greenhouse gas
emission inventories, set short - term and long - term energy
goals,
define new operations policies and changes to existing policies, identify implementation strategies and projects, present a detailed timeline for implementation and identify funding opportunities.
In Stefan's words: «Once an overall long - term
goal has been
defined, it is a matter of science to determine what
emissions trajectories are compatible...» By separating the decision on «long - term»
goal from the «matter of science» to turn the crank and determine trajectories misunderstands how real
goals function in nearly every area of complex and expensive policy coordination.
Defines «reporting entity» to mean: (1) a covered entity; (2) an entity that would be covered if it had emitted, produced, imported, manufactured, or delivered in 2008 or any subsequent year more than the applicable threshold level of carbon dioxide; (3) other entities that EPA determines will help achieve overall
goals of reducing global warming pollution; (4) any vehicle fleet with
emissions of more than 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent on an annual basis, if its inclusion will help achieve such reduction; (5) any entity that delivers electricity to a facility in an energy - intensive industrial sector that meets the energy or GHG intensity criteria.
We have to limit cummulative
emissions and aiming for a trillion - tonne carbon target provides us with a technically sound and clearly -
defined goal that is measurable and achievable.
The final Erie County plan will summarize results of greenhouse gas
emission inventories, set short - term and long - term energy
goals,
define new operations policies and changes to existing policies, identify implementation strategies and projects, present a detailed timeline for implementation and identify funding opportunities.
They have not only set a clearly -
defined pathway to reduce
emissions in line with the
goals of the Paris Agreement, but can help drive innovation, ensure regulatory certainty, strengthen investor confidence and improve their profitability and competitiveness.
Mitigation scenarios (also known as climate intervention or climate policy scenarios) are
defined in the TAR (Morita et al., 2001), as scenarios that «(1) include explicit policies and / or measures, the primary
goal of which is to reduce GHG
emissions (e.g., carbon taxes) and / or (2) mention no climate policies and / or measures, but assume temporal changes in GHG
emission sources or drivers required to achieve particular climate targets (e.g., GHG
emission levels, GHG concentration levels, radiative forcing levels, temperature increase or sea level rise limits).»