If relationships between emissions and concentrations change in the future, assumptions that
global emission mitigation regimes depend on could fall apart.
Not exact matches
Coffee, especially shade coffee, is a
global crop that has a relatively lower impact on greenhouse gas
emissions and a more positive impact on carbon sequestration than many other crops.There is potential for shade coffee farms to contribute to the
mitigation of climate change and generate income for farmers at the same time; I have a previous post that outlines the basics.
Establishing a single
global standard for reporting greenhouse gas
emissions will empower local governments to accelerate their actions and access funding for
mitigation and adaptation projects,» said New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, chairman of C40.
Authors project with high confidence that continued growth in
emissions from
global passenger and freight activity could «outweigh future
mitigation measures,» says a preliminary version of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) study obtained by ClimateWire.
In fact, the
mitigation pledges collected under the ongoing Cancun Agreements, conceived during the 2010 climate talks, would lead to
global average temperature rise of more than 2 degrees Celsius, according to multiple analyses — and may not lead to a peaking of greenhouse gas
emissions this decade required to meet that goal.
According to Princeton University scientists Stephen Pacala and Robert Socolow's «wedge» strategy of climate change
mitigation — which quantifies as a wedge on a time series graph various sets of efforts to maintain flat
global carbon
emissions between now and 2055 — at least two million megawatts of new renewable energy will have to be built in the next 40 years, effectively replacing completely all existing coal - fired power plants as well as accounting for increases in energy use between now and mid-century.
The authors of this new research paper analysed data and models from the USEPA's updated
global non-CO2 GHG
mitigation assessment to investigate the potential for GHG reductions from agricultural
emissions from seven regions globally, offsetting costs against social benefit of GHG
mitigation (e.g. human health, flood risk and energy costs).
-- If however, the (almost inconceivable) abrupt
global total cessation of (fossil) C
emissions were to occur, then we could expect warming to stop without further need for
mitigation.
A large ensemble of Earth system model simulations, constrained by geological and historical observations of past climate change, demonstrates our self ‐ adjusting
mitigation approach for a range of climate stabilization targets ranging from 1.5 to 4.5 °C, and generates AMP scenarios up to year 2300 for surface warming, carbon
emissions, atmospheric CO2,
global mean sea level, and surface ocean acidification.
The CDP Climate Change Report 2016, in collaboration with the We Mean Business coalition, presents carbon
emissions and climate change
mitigation data from a
global sample of 1,089 companies.
Without
mitigation of
emissions, we may generate greenhouse gas concentrations and
global temperatures more akin to those of the early Paleogene, over forty million years ago, than those of the current geological period, the Neogene.
Mitigation — reducing
emissions fast enough to achieve the temperature goal A transparency system and
global stock - take — accounting for climate action Adaptation — strengthening ability of countries to deal with climate impacts Loss and damage — strengthening ability to recover from climate impacts Support — including finance, for nations to build clean, resilient futures As well as setting a long - term direction, countries will peak their
emissions as soon as possible and continue to submit national climate action plans that detail their future objectives to address climate change.
It thus seems reasonable to suggest that if we continue to fail to achieve a commensurate binding international
mitigation treaty, we shall not see the end of a «lumpy plateau» in
global emissions before the 2040s.
«Limiting
global warming to 1.5 or 2.0 °C requires strong
mitigation of anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions.
On the other side, while there will undoubtedly be high costs to any serious attempt at
mitigation, this would also require something like a
global agreement (covering at least the rich world, India and China, and probably other states with large and currently poor populations) which would inevitably have to bring in issues other than greenhouse gas
emissions — such as those you mention — if only because these states will say, reasonably enough, that they can not bring their populations on board without serious help in those other areas.
Global Warming The experts considered four solutions in this area: investing only in
mitigation of greenhouse - gas
emissions; investing in
mitigation and research and development into low ‐ carbon energy technology; investing only in research and development into low ‐ carbon energy technology; investing in a combination of
mitigation, research and development and adaptation.
By committing to targets for
emissions cuts and financing for developing countries for
mitigation, forest protection and adaptation, G8 countries can build trust and confidence and lead the way on
global climate action - both for the MEF as well as for the UN negotiations which will culminate in Copenhagen in December.
In 2014 alone, reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the International Energy Agency, the UN Sustainable Solutions Network and the
Global Commission on the Economy and Climate argued for a doubling or trebling of nuclear energy — requiring as many as 1,000 new reactors or more in view of scheduled retirements — to stabilize carbon
emissions e.g. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Working Group III —
Mitigation of Climate Change, http://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar5/wg3/, Presentation, slides 32 - 33; International Energy Agency, World Energy Outlook 2014, p. 396; UN Sustainable Solutions Network, «Pathways to Deep Decarbonization» (July 2014), at page 33;
Global Commission on the Economy and Climate, «Better Growth, Better Climate: The New Climate Economy Report» (September 2014), Figure 5 at page 26.
Stern is referring to an eventual target of a
global figure of one tonne
emissions average per person per year, a reduction of 80 % by developed countries by 2050, and assumes all countries will join in with varying degrees of carbon
mitigation (this was before the Copenhagen summit).
Since the early 1990's, at least, scientists, environmentalists and world leaders have called repeatedly for climate
mitigation — that is, reductions in
emissions of heat - trapping greenhouse gases in order to stave off
global warming.
Due to past
emissions, and taking into account the most aggressive
mitigation strategies, peak mean
global warming in the 21st Century can limited close to 1.5 C, with warming dropping to below 1.5 by 2100.
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It assumes that all nations of the world undertake
emissions mitigation simultaneously and effectively, and share a common
global price that all
emissions to the atmosphere must pay with
emissions of different gases priced according to their hundred - year
global warming potentials (Schimel et al. 1996).
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In other cases — for example, national
emissions baselines and
global mitigation pathways — they are projected from or based upon authoritative, externally - sourced data.
[In 2001, scientists at Princeton's Carbon
Mitigation Initiative became famous for proposing a set of «climate stabilization wedges» — efficiency, wind, solar, etc. — to bring
emissions down beneath
global targets.]
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First, the
emissions mitigation targets that the nations have tabled (but will as a technical matter only submit formally by January 31, 2010) will not get us on the path to the accord's stated objective of avoiding a
global temperature rise of more than 2 degrees Celsius, unless they are miraculously strengthened over the next 5 weeks.
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Applying the GDRs framework, national
emission reduction obligations are defined as shares of the
global mitigation requirement, which is allocated among countries in proportion to their RCI.
In most models that show the world reducing
emissions enough to hit the 2 °C climate target, «solar energy emerges only as a minor
mitigation option» — around 5 to 17 percent of
global electricity supply in one representative study used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
The COP, by decision 1 / CP.17, noted with grave concern the significant gap between the aggregate effect of Parties»
mitigation pledges in terms of
global annual
emissions of greenhouse gases by 2020 and aggregate
emission pathways consistent with having a likely chance of holding the increase in
global average temperature below 2 °C or 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels.
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I am trying to make the point that estimating the
global economic impact of
global warming GHG
emissions and
mitigation policies is extremely important.
I am trying to make the point that estimating the
global economic impact of
global warming GHG
emissions and
mitigation policies is critically important for justifying public expenditure on policies.
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-- by examining the question from different vantage points: from that of
global integrated assessment models, from bottom - up studies of individual economic sectors, and from published work on the
mitigation potential in international aviation and shipping
emissions.
At the same time, the
global climate change
mitigation effort will reduce the CO2
emissions per unit of electricity and steel inputs, further limiting life - cycle greenhouse gas
emissions.
We find that across - the - board
emissions reductions in domestic fuel burning in developing Asia and in surface transportation in North America are likely to offer the greatest potential for substantial, simultaneous improvement in local air quality and near - term
mitigation of
global climate change.
Abstract Recent estimates of the
global carbon budget, or allowable cumulative CO2
emissions consistent with a given level of climate warming, have the potential to inform climate
mitigation policy discussions aimed at maintaining
global temperatures below 2 ° C.
Their purpose is to assist in the
mitigation of
global warming by compensating or «offsetting» an
emissions - producing activity by investing into offsets that improve efficiency, conserve energy and biodiversity, and change in behaviour.
C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, 12 California, 7, 68, 102, 128, 169 - 170, 187, 196, 232 - 234, 245 California Energy Commission, 232 Cambridge Media Environment Programme (CMEP), 167 - 168 Cambridge University, 102 Cameron, David, 11, 24, 218 Cameroon, 25 Campbell, Philip, 165 Canada, 22, 32, 64, 111, 115, 130, 134, 137, 156 - 157, 166, 169, 177, 211, 222, 224 - 226, 230, 236, 243 Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS), 15 Cap - and - trade, 20, 28, 40 - 41, 44, 170, 175 allowances (permits), 41 - 42, 176, 243 Capitalism, 34 - 35, 45 Capps, Lois, 135 Car (see vehicle) Carbon, 98, 130 Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), 192 Carbon Capture and Storage Association, 164 Carbon credits (offsets), 28 - 29, 42 - 43, 45 Carbon Cycle, 80 - 82 Carbon dioxide (CO2), 9, 18, 23, 49 - 51, 53, 55, 66 - 67, 72 - 89, 91, 98 - 99, 110, 112, 115, 118, 128 - 132, 137, 139, 141 - 144, 152, 240
emissions, 12, 18 - 25, 28 - 30, 32 - 33, 36 - 38, 41 - 44, 47, 49, 53, 55, 71 - 72, 74, 77 - 78, 81 - 82, 108 - 109, 115, 132, 139, 169, 186, 199 - 201, 203 - 204, 209 - 211, 214, 217, 219, 224, 230 - 231, 238, 241, 243 - 244 Carbon Dioxide Analysis Center, 19 Carbon Expo, 42 Carbon, footprint, 3, 13, 29, 35, 41, 45, 110, 132 tax, 20, 44, 170 trading, 13, 20, 40, 43, 44, 176, 182 Carbon monoxide (CO), 120 Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC), 44 Carlin, George, 17 Carter, Bob, 63 Carter, Jimmy, 186, 188 Cato Institute, 179 CBS, 141, 146 Center for Disease Control, 174 Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and
Global Change, 62, 139 Centre for Policy Studies, 219 CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research), 96 Chavez, Hugo, 34 Chicago Tribune, 146 China, 29, 32 - 33, 60 - 62, 120, 169, 176, 187 - 188, 211, 216, 225 - 226, 242 - 243 China's National Population and Planning Commission, 33 Chinese Academy of Sciences, 60 Chirac, Jacques, 36 Chlorofluorocarbons, 42 - 43, 50 Choi, Yong - Sang, 88 Christy, John, 105 Churchill, Winston, 214, 220 Chu, Steven, 187 Citibank (Citigroup), 40, 176 Clean Air Act, 85, 128 - 129 Clean Development Mechanism, 42 Climate Action Partnership, 14 Climate alarm, 4, 13, 21, 32, 35, 38, 56, 102 - 103, 115 - 117, 120, 137, 156, 168, 173, 182 Climate Audit, 66 Climate change, adaptation, 39, 110, 112
mitigation, 16, 39, 110 Climate Change and the Failure of Democracy, 34 Climate Change: Picturing the Science, 121 Climate Change Reconsidered, 242 Climate conference, 38 Cancun, 18, 29, 36 - 37, 124 - 125, 242 Copenhagen, 33, 36, 109, 125, 156, 158, 175, 241 - 242 Durban, 13, 36 - 37, 166, 242 - 243 Climategate, 2, 67, 152, 158 - 170, 180, 182, 242 Climate Protection Agreement, 12 Climate Research Unit (CRU), 48, 67, 120, 147, 152 - 153, 158 - 160, 162 - 163, 165 - 167, 169 Climate Science Register, 142 Climatism, definition, 2, 7 Clinton, Bill, 176, 178 Clinton
Global Initiative, 176 CLOUD project, 96 Club of Rome, 21, 186 CO2Science, 59, 61 - 62, 66, 131 Coal, 19 - 20, 39 - 41, 80, 126, 128 - 129, 175, 185 - 186, 188 - 190, 192 - 196, 199 - 201, 209, 214, 217, 219, 222, 229 Coase, Ronald, 145 Coca - Cola, 138 Cogley, Graham, 156 Cohen, David, 220 Colorado State University, 117, 181 Columbia University, 7 Columbus, Christopher, 58 Computer models, 16, 51 - 53, 56, 67, 72, 74,77 - 79, 82, 87, 89 - 91, 94, 105, 110 - 111, 120, 124, 138 - 140, 168, 171,173, 181, 238, 240, 246 Conference on the Changing Atmosphere, 15 Consensus, scientific, 12 Copenhagen Business School, 134 Coral, 53 Corporate Average Fuel Economy, 22 - 23 Cosmic Rays, 72, 93 - 99, 180 Credit Suisse, 176 Crow, Cheryl, 30 Crowley, Tom, 167 Cuadrilla Resources, 224 - 225 Curry, Judith, 164, 167 Cycles, natural, 3, 16, 57, 62 - 63, 66 - 69, 72, 80, 99, 103, 138, 238, 240 Milankovich, 62, 67, 80 Cyprus, 134 Czech Republic, 12, 37
Unlike the
global stocktake, the facilitative dialogue's scope is primarily
mitigation (specifically, the Paris Agreement's long - term goals of peaking
global emissions as soon as possible, and achieving zero net
emissions in the second half of the century).
-LSB-...] a new Coal fired power plant, their plans must include
mitigation of CO2
emissions to address the
global warming fraud.