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By Linda Hasenfratz and Hal Kvisle Published
in the Hill Times — December 13, 2010 Despite clear signs
of progress
in building an international consensus, the outcome
of the latest round
of UN climate change negotiations
in Cancun appears to have fallen short
of the target: a clear and comprehensive plan to reduce
global greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions.
But U.S. environmentalists and landowners have drawn attention to the risks
of the project and its contribution to increasing
global greenhouse gas emissions;
in late 2015, then - president Barack Obama rejected the project.
And,
of course, those commitments and associated domestic measures are just Canada's means to achieve the ends
of contributing to reducing
global greenhouse gas emissions to a level that avoids the dangerous climate change, the shared goal set out
in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and reiterated
in the Paris Agreement.
Other environmental impacts such as
greenhouse gas emissions or land use should be taken into consideration, when possible,
in order to address the environmental impacts
of the
global dairy sector
in a holistic manner.
The LCA examined the effects
of a 1 kilogram industry - average corrugated product manufactured
in 2014 on seven environmental impact indicators:
global warming potential (
greenhouse gas emissions), eutrophication, acidification, smog, ozone depletion, respiratory effects, fossil fuel depletion; and four inventory indicators: water use, water consumption, renewable energy demand, and non-renewable energy demand.
Because
of our work, 18,000 American schools are providing kids with healthy food choices
in an effort to eradicate childhood obesity; 21,000 African farmers have improved their crops to feed 30,000 people; 248 million tons
of greenhouse gas emissions are being reduced
in cities worldwide; more than 5,000 people have been trained
in marketable job skills
in Colombia; more than 5 million people have benefited from lifesaving HIV / AIDS medications; and members
of the Clinton
Global Initiative have made nearly 2,300 Commitments to Action to improve more than 400 million lives around the world.
The
global energy sector is
in the midst
of a significant transition, driven by new technologies, changing consumer preferences, and efforts to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions.
This graphic depicts the carbon intensity
of shipping wine from various
global wine regions to key U.S. cities and bases its data on a seriously flawed, two - year - old working paper that is filled with untested assumptions, has not been peer reviewed, and does not accurately reflect the complexities
of greenhouse gas emissions in the wine sector.
Methane
gas is second behind carbon dioxide
in contributing to the
greenhouse effect and
global warming; cow flatulence and excretion account for 20 percent, or 100 million tons,
of the total annual
global methane
emissions.
The marginal impact that years
of climate negotiations have made on the pace and direction
of global greenhouse gas emissions finds its roots, at least
in part,
in the successes
of the ozone negotiations.
Department
of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos said, «The Regional
Greenhouse Gas Initiative has been an incredible success in reducing greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global climate change in New York and the Northeast, while supporting thousands of jobs and billions of dollars of investments in sustainable development
Greenhouse Gas Initiative has been an incredible success in reducing greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global climate change in New York and the Northeast, while supporting thousands of jobs and billions of dollars of investments in sustainable development projec
Gas Initiative has been an incredible success
in reducing
greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global climate change in New York and the Northeast, while supporting thousands of jobs and billions of dollars of investments in sustainable development
greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global climate change in New York and the Northeast, while supporting thousands of jobs and billions of dollars of investments in sustainable development projec
gas emissions that contribute to
global climate change
in New York and the Northeast, while supporting thousands
of jobs and billions
of dollars
of investments
in sustainable development projects.
Climate scientists tell us that to keep the rise
of global temperature above the pre-industrial level at below 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit)
in order to avoid runaway
global warming, the world must cut
greenhouse gas emissions by 15 percent per year starting
in 2020.
If
global corporations are allowed to turn our state into a sacrifice zone, reap massive short - term profits, and significantly add to
greenhouse gas emissions, the true costs
of drilling
in terms
of environmental impacts, quality
of life, and long - term cleanup costs would be passed on to state residents.
WHEREAS,
in furtherance
of the united effort to address the effects
of climate change,
in 2010 the 16th Session
of the Conference
of the Parties to the UNFCC met
in Cancun, Mexico and recognized that deep cuts
in global greenhouse gas emissions were required, with a goal
of reducing
global greenhouse gas emissions so as to hold the increase
in global average temperature below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels;
«This Agreement,
in enhancing the implementation
of the [2015 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change], including its objective, aims to strengthen the
global response to the threat
of climate change,
in the context
of sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty, including by: (a) Holding the increase
in the
global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts
of climate change; (b) Increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts
of climate change and foster climate resilience and low
greenhouse gas emissions development,
in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low
greenhouse gas emissions and climate - resilient development.
From climate campaigners to high - level diplomats, those who are committed to fighting
global warming say making a strong agreement
in Paris next year that radically reduces levels
of greenhouse gas emissions is critical.
The groups said the United States should make the conservation, restoration and sustainable management
of forests
in developing nations a central goal
of federal climate legislation, as tropical deforestation and other land - use decisions account for about 20 percent
of global greenhouse gas emissions.
Even President George W. Bush, long skeptical about
global warming, acknowledged
in his 2007 State
of the Union address the importance
of curbing
greenhouse gas emissions.
The study, published online today
in Environmental Science & Technology, provides the most comprehensive set yet
of direct measurements
of emissions from the distribution system and, with a series
of partner studies, is helping to determine the natural
gas industry's contribution to U.S.
greenhouse gas emissions and to
global warming.
He also models the
global warming that would occur if concentrations
of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere were to be doubled (due to increases
in carbon dioxide and methane
emissions from dragons and the excessive use
of wildfire).
Hundreds
of global warming skeptics are
in Washington to hear attacks on mainstream climate science and responses to it, like renewable energy programs and federal initiatives to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions.
It has been suggested that climate engineering could be used to postpone cuts to
greenhouse gas emissions while still achieving the objectives
of limiting
global warming to under 2 degrees, as set
in the Paris Climate Agreement.
CO2
emissions rise as natural sinks slow, but how can scientists precisely track this
greenhouse gas, especially
in advance
of a potential
global treaty to reduce its
emissions?
«Significant» reductions needed The U.N. Environment Programme's «
Emissions Gap 2012» report cautions that even if nations meet their strictest pledges, the world will not be able to cut its output
of greenhouse gases in time to prevent runaway
global warming (ClimateWire, Nov. 21).
The ability
of the oceans to take up carbon dioxide can not keep up with the rising levels
of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, which means carbon dioxide and
global temperatures will continue to increase unless humans cut their carbon dioxide
emissions.
How critical is this transformation
of the grid to getting the amount
of renewables we need to be on track to make significant cuts
in greenhouse gas emissions, the kind
of cuts that we need to forestall or minimize
global climate change?
Reducing the
emissions of the
greenhouse gases that cause
global warming makes the most sense
in the context
of planetary boundaries, and many
of the other thresholds collapse into it, Blomqvist and his colleagues note.
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.
Global carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels will rise to a record 36 billion metric tons (39.683 billion tons) this year, a report by 49 researchers from 10 countries said, showing the failure of governments to rein in the main greenhouse gas blamed for global wa
Global carbon dioxide
emissions from burning fossil fuels will rise to a record 36 billion metric tons (39.683 billion tons) this year, a report by 49 researchers from 10 countries said, showing the failure
of governments to rein
in the main
greenhouse gas blamed for
global wa
global warming.
Although there was disagreement on exactly what should be done, there appeared to be a consensus that action should be taken to avert a 2 - degree Celsius (3.6 - degree Fahrenheit) rise
in average
global temperatures and to cut
emissions of greenhouse gases in half by 2050.
What proved possible included an extension
of the Kyoto Protocol for a period
of either five or seven years (excluding Canada, Japan and Russia but adding nitrogen trifluoride, used
in semiconductor manufacture, to the list
of gases covered — CO2, methane, nitrous oxide, sulfur hexafluoride, perfluorocarbons), a Green Climate Fund to help low - income countries cope (albeit without any actual funds yet), an Adaptation Committee to coordinate such efforts globally, rules for a
global program to reduce deforestation and how to monitor such deforestation, and a Climate Technology Center that will help launch projects to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions.
Deep cuts
in greenhouse gas emissions of 40 to 70 percent by mid-century will be needed to avert the worst
of global warming that is already harming all continents, a draft U.N. report showed.
When the world's governments gather
in December 2009
in Copenhagen to negotiate a treaty to restrain
global greenhouse gas emissions, the science on which they base their decision could be as much as four years out
of date.
And with
global emissions of greenhouse gases rising ever faster, there's no end
in sight to the grim trend.
James Hansen, director
of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies
in New York City and a vociferous advocate for lowering
global greenhouse gas emissions, was chosen for his work modeling Earth's climate, predicting
global warming, and warning the world about the consequences.
Earlier drafts
of the text, circulated during Friday, had stipulated that countries should ensure a 50 per cent cut
in global greenhouse gas emissions, with 80 per cent cuts by developed nations.
The annual assessment
of global greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions by the JRC and the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) confirms that CO2
emissions have stalled for the third year
in a row.
Since levels
of greenhouse gases have continued to rise throughout the period, some skeptics have argued that the recent pattern undercuts the theory that
global warming
in the industrial era has been caused largely by human - made
emissions from the burning
of fossil fuels.
«Many impacts respond directly to changes
in global temperature, regardless
of the sensitivity
of the planet to human
emissions of CO2 and other
greenhouse gases,» says geoscientist Katharine Hayhoe
of Texas Tech University
in Lubbock, a co-author
of the report, excluding effects such as ocean acidification and CO2 as a fertilizer for plants.
The report is based on the JRC's
Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR), which is not only unique in its space and time coverage, but also in its completeness and consistency of the emissions compilations for multiple pollutants: the greenhouse gases (GHG), air pollutants and
Emissions Database for
Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR), which is not only unique
in its space and time coverage, but also
in its completeness and consistency
of the
emissions compilations for multiple pollutants: the greenhouse gases (GHG), air pollutants and
emissions compilations for multiple pollutants: the
greenhouse gases (GHG), air pollutants and aerosols.
The models also include the
greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants that result from these processes, and they incorporate all
of that information within a
global climate model that simulates the physical and chemical processes
in the atmosphere, as well as
in freshwater and ocean systems.
«
Global deployment of advanced natural gas production technology could double or triple the global natural gas production by 2050, but greenhouse gas emissions will continue to grow in the absence of climate policies that promote lower carbon energy sources.&
Global deployment
of advanced natural
gas production technology could double or triple the
global natural gas production by 2050, but greenhouse gas emissions will continue to grow in the absence of climate policies that promote lower carbon energy sources.&
global natural
gas production by 2050, but
greenhouse gas emissions will continue to grow
in the absence
of climate policies that promote lower carbon energy sources.»
A new analysis
of global energy use, economics and the climate shows that without new climate policies, expanding the current bounty
of inexpensive natural
gas alone would not slow the growth
of global greenhouse gas emissions worldwide over the long term, according to a study appearing today
in Nature.
The results
of this work open up the possibility
of reducing methane
emissions and
of contributing to a reduction
in global temperatures which is caused by
greenhouse gases.
These aquatic environments are relevant
in the context
of climate change because they are responsible for much
of global greenhouse gas emissions.
As roughly 30 percent
of global permafrost carbon is concentrated within 7 percent
of the permafrost region
in Alaska, Canada, and Siberia, this study's findings also renew scientific interest
in how carbon uptake by thermokarst lakes offsets
greenhouse gas emissions.
If only modest action is taken to reign
in greenhouse gas emissions, the model predicts that pikas will disappear from about 75 percent
of sites by 2070 (51 to 88 percent, depending on the
global climate model used).
But land, water and fertilisers are already
in short supply
in many areas, and expansion
of agricultural land will put further pressure on biodiversity, increase
greenhouse gas emissions, and perhaps bring us closer to ecological tipping points that could strain the
global life - support systems upon which agriculture itself depends.