Eleven countries have submitted ideas
for Emissions Reductions Programs, and three Costa Rica, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Republic of Congo have so far signed letters of intent.
Not exact matches
So, as far as I can see, essentially the same outcome as the double - credits achieves, both in terms of revenue
for Shell and cost to the CCEMF could have been achieved with a $ 15 per - ton - sequestered payment from the CCEMC without sacrificing the integrity of
emissions reduction accounting within the offset
program.
A U.N. Environment
Program report released last week showed that, taken together, the NDCs only account
for a third of the necessary
emissions reductions needed to keep global average temperatures from heating 2 degrees C above preindustrial levels.
Nationwide, if only 15 percent of residential property owners took advantage of such
programs, the
emissions reductions would contribute 4 percent of the savings needed
for the U.S. to reach 1990
emissions levels by 2020 — all at no net cost to local, state or federal governments because owners pay back the loans.
«Vessel speed
reduction does significantly reduce
emissions, and that's why we have had a vessel speed
reduction program in place at our port
for several years,» said Arley Baker, a spokesperson
for the Port of Los Angeles.
«The ability to accurately estimate greenhouse gas sources and sinks is a prerequisite
for international agreements or national
emission reduction programs to be effective,» the academies said in a joint statement.
-- Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, the Secretary shall establish an independent advisory committee, to be known as the «USDA Greenhouse Gas Emission
Reduction and Sequestration Advisory Committee», to provide scientific and technical advice on establishing, implementing, and ensuring the overall environmental integrity of an offset
program for domestic agricultural and forestry practices that reduce or avoid greenhouse gas
emissions, or sequester greenhouse gases.
In a draft of the first Review Report
for the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), the staff of the California Air Resources Board (ARB) notes that the harmonization of LCFS
programs globally will be important «
for ensuring that global GHG
emission reductions actually result from these
programs».
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI): Spearheaded the formation of the successful RGGI cap - and - trade
program among northeast and mid-Atlantic states, led effort to reduce RGGI's carbon
emission cap by 45 percent in 2014, and recently called
for an additional cap
reduction of at least 30 percent between 2020 and 2030.
The
program also allows
for the limited use of CO2 offsets, which are
reductions in
emissions from activities not subject to the RGGI cap, as a compliance option.
«With dozens of large - scale avoided deforestation
programs emerging around the world, the agreement between Acre and Germany demonstrates that payments can flow not only
for preparatory activities but also as payments
for verified
emissions reductions,» says Forest Trends President and CEO Michael Jenkins.
«These rules provide the foundation
for a new comprehensive greenhouse gas Reporting
Program that EPA is confident will spark significant interest in and support
for greenhouse gas
emissions reductions,» she wrote.
C2ES is working with cities, states, and businesses to explore cap - and - trade, carbon taxes and other market - based strategies
for cost - effective
emissions reduction, with the ultimate aim of a national market - based climate
program.
It also would advocate
for federal vehicle fuel economy standards,
for low -
emission and zero -
emission vehicle (ZEV) and GHG
reduction programs, and
for more community education on transportation electrification and mass transit.
Based on a year - long intensive study, the Governor of Tokyo submitted a bill, which was passed by Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly, introducing mandatory targets
for GHG
reductions for large - scale emitters as part of an
emissions trading
program.
At climate negotiations at COP - 13 in Bali, Indonesia in 2007, parties to the UNFCCC agreed to replace the Kyoto Protocol with an agreement that would create a second commitment period under the UNFCCC and would include binding
emissions reductions for developed countries and new
programs on adaptation
for developing countries, deforestation, finance, technology transfer, and capacity building.
The Lieberman - Warner American Climate InSecurity Act (A-CISA) has, as its core centerpiece, a poorly structured Cap and Trade
program, inadequate
for achieiving required
reductions in US (and Global) GreenHouse Gase (GHG)
emissions while giving away $ 500 billion (and likely more) to serial polluters, making the task of reducing America's fossil - fuel addiction that much more costly -LSB-...]
(Sec. 128) Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to include: (1) American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands within the definition of «state»
for the purposes of the diesel
emissions reduction program; and (2) the construction of pipelines
for renewable fuels within the loan guarantee
program.
Title V: Agricultural and Forestry Related Offsets - Subtitle A: Offset Credit
Program From Domestic Agricultural and Forestry Sources -(Sec. 502) Requires the Secretary to establish a program governing the generation of offset credits from domestic agricultural and forestry sources to ensure that: (1) offset credits represent verifiable and additional GHG emission reductions or avoidance, or increased sequestration; and (2) offset credits issued for sequestration offset projects are only issued for GHG reductions that result in a permanent net reduction in atmospheri
Program From Domestic Agricultural and Forestry Sources -(Sec. 502) Requires the Secretary to establish a
program governing the generation of offset credits from domestic agricultural and forestry sources to ensure that: (1) offset credits represent verifiable and additional GHG emission reductions or avoidance, or increased sequestration; and (2) offset credits issued for sequestration offset projects are only issued for GHG reductions that result in a permanent net reduction in atmospheri
program governing the generation of offset credits from domestic agricultural and forestry sources to ensure that: (1) offset credits represent verifiable and additional GHG
emission reductions or avoidance, or increased sequestration; and (2) offset credits issued
for sequestration offset projects are only issued
for GHG
reductions that result in a permanent net
reduction in atmospheric GHGs.
Requires the EPA Administrator to issue regulations allowing: (1) any person to exchange instruments in the nature of offset credits issued before January 1, 2009, by an approved state or a voluntary offset
program for emission allowances; and (2) the EPA Administrator to provide compensation in the form of
emission allowances
for other documented early
reductions or avoidance of GHG
emissions or GHGs sequestered before January 1, 2009, that meet specific conditions.
Requires the EPA Administrator to promulgate regulations establishing a
program for the issuance of offset credits that: (1) ensure that such offset credits represent verifiable and additional GHG
emission reductions or avoidance, or increases in sequestration; (2) ensure that offset credits issued
for sequestration offset projects are only issued
for GHG
reductions that are permanent; and (3) include as
reductions in GHGs
reductions achieved through the destruction of methane and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) or other ozone depleting substances.
Although some progress was made on a few issues in the two year lead - up to Copenhagen, little progress was made on the major issues and particularly on commitments
for GHG
emissions reductions and funding
for adaptation, deforestation
programs, and technology transfer.
And we've developed some of the most robust reporting and monitoring systems that ensure carbon credits represent real, measurable and additional
emissions reductions,» said Simon Henry,
program director at the International Carbon
Reduction and Offset Alliance (ICROA), which funded the research
for this article.
Subtitle B: USDA Greenhouse Gas Emission
Reduction and Sequestration Advisory Committee -(Sec. 531) Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish an independent USDA Greenhouse Gas Emission
Reduction and Sequestration Advisory Committee to provide scientific and technical advice on establishing, implementing, and ensuring the overall environmental integrity of an offset
program for domestic agriculture and forestry practices that reduce or avoid GHG
emissions or sequester GHGs.
-- Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, the Secretary shall establish an independent advisory committee, to be known as the «USDA Greenhouse Gas Emission
Reduction and Sequestration Advisory Committee», to provide scientific and technical advice on establishing, implementing, and ensuring the overall environmental integrity of an offset
program for domestic agricultural and forestry practices that reduce or avoid greenhouse gas
emissions, or sequester greenhouse gases.
(B) effective and cost - effective control technologies, operations, and strategies
for additional domestic and international black carbon
emissions reductions, such as diesel retrofit technologies on existing on - road, non-road, and stationary engines and
programs to address residential cookstoves, and forest and agriculture - based burning;
They concluded that «after the introduction of RGGI in 2009 the region's
emissions would have been 24 percent higher without the
program, accounting
for about half of the region's
emissions reductions during that time».
(2) work with foreign governments towards a global agreement that reconciles foreign carbon
emissions reduction programs to minimize duplicative requirements and avoids unnecessary complication
for the aviation industry, while still achieving the environmental goals.
Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) promulgate performance standards (limiting
emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, and mercury)
for new boilers, integrated gasification combined cycle plants, and combustion turbines; and (2) conduct a comprehensive research and environmental assessment
program to enhance understanding of health and environmental effects of particulate matter and mercury and to demonstrate the efficacy of
emission reductions under this Act.
Green - e ® Climate is an independent certification
program for greenhouse gas
emissions reductions (offsets) sold in the voluntary market.
The Commercial and Industrial Carbon Challenge is a pilot
program to determine whether providing flexible uses of funding
for clean energy projects can be more cost effective and increase the amount of carbon
emission reductions over traditional state supported
programs.
At the COP - 13 negotiations in Bali, Indonesia in 2007, parties to the UNFCCC agreed to replace the Kyoto Protocol with an agreement that would create a second commitment period under the UNFCCC and would include binding
emissions reductions for developed countries and new
programs on adaptation
for developing countries, deforestation, finance, technology transfer, and capacity building.
And with greens and establishment Democrats fully lost in the magical idea that we can achieve massive
emissions reductions through conservation, efficiency, and existing renewable technologies, there was scarcely any constituency inside the Beltway
for the kind of big energy - technology
program that Chu had hoped to launch.
Urge their state governments, and the federal government, to enact policies and
programs to meet or beat the greenhouse gas
emission reduction target suggested
for the United States in the Kyoto Protocol — 7 %
reduction from 1990 levels by 2012; and
The agreement would therefore include common international accounting and reporting standards
for countries taking on targets in four key areas: 1) comprehensive reporting and review of national GHG
emissions; 2) common standards
for quantifying, reporting, and reviewing
emission reductions, including from changes in land use, land - use change, and forestry; 3) common standards
for national GHG registries and 4) common methodologies
for estimating
emission reductions from developing country projects or
programs funded by developed countries (known as offsets).
Price, L., 2005: Voluntary agreements
for energy efficiency or GHG
emission reduction in industry: An assessment of
programs around the world.
The booth has received many awards and has been tipped by the United Nation's Low Carbon Leadership
program as a leading idea
for global
reduction of carbon dioxide
emissions and has also passed Responsible Recycling (R2) regulations and ISO14011 certification.
SACRAMENTO, CA, February 17, 2017 - The American Carbon Registry (ACR), a nonprofit enterprise of Winrock International, is proposing updates to the following
Program documents and is soliciting public comments: 1) The American Carbon Registry (ACR) Standard v4.0, which details ACR's requirements and specifications
for the quantification, monitoring, and reporting of project - based GHG
emissions reductions and removals, verification, project registration, and issuance of offsets Stakeholders are invited to review the proposed changes to the ACR Standard posted on the ACR website and submit comments to
[email protected] by March 20, 2017.
Clean Development Mechanism (CDM): A Kyoto Protocol
program that enables industrialized countries to finance
emissions - avoiding projects in developing countries and receive credit
for reductions achieved against their own
emissions limitation targets.
He also reiterated the federal government's longstanding view that international funding
for programs that slow deforestation («REDD +») should be performance - based, but not offset - based — meaning that foreign governments can fund REDD initiatives within Brazil, but they can not use
emission -
reductions achieved to offset their own
emissions.
Those of us who contested the case
for costly and ineffective
emissions reduction programs are not evil «deniers.»
Without a functional democracy, there can be no federal role in responding to voter demand, not only
for a clean energy economy that is less dependent on fossil fuels, but also
for clean air, water, large
reductions in greenhouse gas
emissions, and a robust federal climate change science
program.
In 2006, Boulder voters approved a carbon tax to fund
programs that would help Boulder meet the Kyoto Protocol, which calls
for a 7 percent
reduction in greenhouse gas
emissions below 1990 levels.
Hence my support
for a limited first step like Kyoto rather than a radical
program of
emissions reduction in the short term.
In a draft of the first Review Report
for the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), the staff of the California Air Resources Board (ARB) notes that the harmonization of LCFS
programs globally will be important «
for ensuring that global GHG
emission reductions actually result from these
programs».
WRI will continue to support cities and companies in contributing to national climate targets, offering input to Chengdu's strategy
for emission reductions after 2025 and expanding the India GHG
Program.
The understanding reached in Kyoto was that this first commitment period would be temporary, as a matter of design, only beginning the process of reducing
emissions under a legally binding agreement and implementing various
programs that could make a global system of
emission reductions workable such as the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), which allows
for a system of offsets.
An examination of morning and evening news
programs on ABC, CBS and NBC since Nov. 20 yielded zero mentions of the scandal, even in the Nov. 25 reports about Obama going to Copenhagen to discuss the need
for emissions reductions.
Airlines
for America (A4A), the trade organization
for the major U.S. passenger and cargo carriers, was honored with the ACR Commitment to Quality award
for the organization's leadership in helping to shape the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) GHG
emissions reduction program and offsetting mechanism
for airlines in a way that ensures quality, rigor and transparency.
You have committed to a cap - and - trade
program for GHG
emissions reductions and an immediate cancellation of the Accelerated Capital Cost Allowance
program, with permit auction and increased tax revenues slated to be re-invested in improving the environmental performance of the industry.