The smart response would be to secure the low - and - rising carbon price and then start pushing
other emission reduction policies, namely sector - specific regulations, industrial policies focused on capacity building, and large - scale investments in RD&D.
Not exact matches
Other downstream implications of CCS or other policy will depend on how they affect the relative price of electricity... and more expensive emissions reductions will make electricity more expensive than it needs to be, thereby limiting potential uptake of electrifica
Other downstream implications of CCS or
other policy will depend on how they affect the relative price of electricity... and more expensive emissions reductions will make electricity more expensive than it needs to be, thereby limiting potential uptake of electrifica
other policy will depend on how they affect the relative price of electricity... and more expensive
emissions reductions will make electricity more expensive than it needs to be, thereby limiting potential uptake of electrification.
Lower rates of asthma and
other health problems are frequently cited as benefits of
policies aimed at cutting carbon
emissions from sources like power plants and vehicles, because these
policies also lead to
reductions in
other harmful types of air pollution.
-- It is the
policy of the United States to work proactively under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and in
other appropriate fora, to establish binding agreements, including sectoral agreements, committing all major greenhouse gas - emitting nations to contribute equitably to the
reduction of global greenhouse gas
emissions.
In the near term, federal
policy could: i) level the playing field between air captured CO2 and fossil - fuel derived CO2 by providing subsidies or credits for superior carbon lifecycle
emissions that account for recovering carbon from the atmosphere; ii) provide additional research funding into air capture R&D initiatives, along with
other areas of carbon removal, which have historically been unable to secure grants; and iii) ensure air capture is deployed in a manner that leads to sustainable net - negative
emissions pathways in the future, within the framework of near - term national
emissions reductions, and securing 2 °C - avoiding
emissions trajectories.
If you select an annual 1.5 % energy savings target, building codes (high), combined heat and power (medium), ESCO programs, and utility - scale solar PV (high), the results show that those
policies together can achieve a 20 %
reduction in 2012
emissions, at a lower cost than many
other compliance options.
The provisions will seek to ensure that credits from Community projects do not result in double - counting of
emission reductions nor impede
other policy measures to reduce
emissions not covered by the ETS, and that they are based on simple, easily administered rules.
This technical document provides the following information: - An update of global greenhouse gas
emission estimates, based on a number of different authoritative scientific sources; - An overview of national
emission levels, both current (2010) and projected (2020) consistent with current pledges and
other commitments; - An estimate of the level of global
emissions consistent with the two degree target in 2020, 2030 and 2050; - An update of the assessment of the «
emissions gap» for 2020; - A review of selected examples of the rapid progress being made in different parts of the world to implement
policies already leading to substantial
emission reductions and how they can be scaled up and replicated in
other countries, with the view to bridging the
emissions gap.
This technical document presents the latest estimates of the
emissions gap in 2020 and provides plentiful information, including about current (2010) and projected (2020) levels of global greenhouse gas
emissions, both in the absence of additional
policies and consistent with national pledge implementation; the implications of starting decided
emission reductions now or in the coming decades; agricultural development
policies that can help increase yields, reduce fertilizer usage and bring about
other benefits, while reducing
emissions of greenhouse gases; and, international cooperative initiatives that, while potentially overlapping with pledges, can complement them and help bridge the
emissions gap.
Declares that it is the
policy of the United States to work proactively under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and in
other appropriate fora to establish binding agreements, including sectoral agreements, committing all major GHG - emitting nations to contribute equitably to the
reduction of global GHG
emissions.
-- It is the
policy of the United States to work proactively under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and in
other appropriate fora, to establish binding agreements, including sectoral agreements, committing all major greenhouse gas - emitting nations to contribute equitably to the
reduction of global greenhouse gas
emissions.
-- The term «Climate Registry» means the greenhouse gas
emissions registry jointly established and managed by more than 40 States and Indian tribes in 2007 to collect high - quality greenhouse gas
emission data from facilities, corporations, and
other organizations to support various greenhouse gas
emission reporting and
reduction policies for the member States and Indian tribes.
The energy sector and
other industry sectors often have significant
emission reduction obligations under national climate
policies.
Global climate projections for 2050 and 2100 have, amongst
other purposes, been used to inform potential mitigation
policies, i.e. to get a sense of the challenge we are facing in terms of CO2
emission reductions.
«(3) an analysis of the status of worldwide greenhouse gas
reduction efforts, including implementation of the Safe Climate Act and
other policies, both domestic and international, for reducing greenhouse gas
emissions, preventing dangerous atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases, preventing significant irreversible consequences of climate change, and reducing vulnerability to the impacts of climate change.
This entry makes recommendations on how to respond to arguments against climate
policies based on claims that it would be unfair or ineffective if a nation makes significant
reductions in ghg
emissions if
other nations such as China or India does not act,
These questions are organized according to the most frequent arguments made against climate change
policies which are claims that climate change
policies: (a) will impose unacceptable costs on a national economy or specific industries or prevent nations from pursuing
other national priorities, (b) should not be adopted because of scientific uncertainty about climate change impacts, or (c) are both unfair and ineffective as long as high emitting nations such as China or India do not adopt meaningful ghg
emissions reduction policies.
I then made my pitch for a carbon fee - bate
policy which would place a carbon price on oil sands and
other sources of carbon
emissions equivalent to that paid by firms in the EU and which, if implemented worldwide, would allow the world to meet science - based
emissions reduction targets.
Discussions will focus on the role that indigenous peoples and local communities can play in developing projects and
policy, the contribution of indigenous peoples to
emissions reductions in the Amazon, and the discussions taking place between the State of California and various
other states throughout the world.
Coming in under the target had less to do with effective
emission reduction policies than the extraordinarily generous deal Australia extracted at the Kyoto conference in 1997 (concessions
other leaders called a «disgrace»).
www.climateark.org» ClimateArk is a climate change portal and search engine dedicated to promoting public
policy that addresses global climate change through
reductions in carbon dioxide and
other emissions, renewable energy, energy conservation and ending deforestation.
In
other words, when
policies on
emissions reductions require reduced economic welfare, public tolerance for such
policies will be extremely limited.
Even if switching to natural gas in the short term reduces the US carbon footprint somewhat, it is still not sufficient by itself to put the US on an
emissions reduction pathway consistent with its ethical obligations without
other policy interventions including putting a price on carbon or rapid ramp up of renewable energy.
The Clean Air Act lacks any
other mechanism for economy - wide CO2 regulation, and the Administration will say it is legally and politically justified by both the inability of existing
policy to meet either the specific U.S. commitment at Paris, an 80 percent
emissions reduction, or the longer - term, 2 - degree goal to which the world is collectively committed.
Non-Climate
Policies: Other policies not specifically directed at emissions reduction but which may have significant climate - related
Policies:
Other policies not specifically directed at emissions reduction but which may have significant climate - related
policies not specifically directed at
emissions reduction but which may have significant climate - related effects.
In concert with
other BC
emissions reduction policies, the tax seems to have been successful in reducing fuel use, which has fallen by 19 % relative to the rest of Canada on a per - capita basis.
If the rationale for subsidizing renewables and
other clean energy sources is
reduction of greenhouse gas
emissions, then these
policies are largely redundant.
the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition (CPLC) and several
other high level
policy fora, we work with representatives of governments, the private sector, and civil society to promote effective carbon pricing
policies that deliver
emissions reductions while encouraging innovation and protecting the rights of those affected.
A strong ethical case can be made that if nations have duties to limit their ghg
emissions to their fair share of safe global
emissions, a conclusion that follows both as a matter of ethics and justice and several international legal principles including, among
others, the «no harm principle,» and promises nations made in the 1992 UNFCCC to adopt
policies and measures required to prevent dangerous anthropocentric interference with the climate system in accordance with equity and common but differentiated responsibilities, nations have a duty to clearly explain how their national ghg
emissions reductions commitments arguably satisfy their ethical obligations to limit their ghg
emissions to the nation's fair share of safe global
emissions.
As a member of the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition (CPLC) and several
other high level
policy fora, we work with representatives of governments, the private sector, and civil society to promote effective carbon pricing
policies that deliver
emissions reductions while encouraging innovation and protecting the rights of those affected.
According to a new report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, «Economic Assessment of Biofuel Support
Policies», not only is public support of biofuels costly it has little impact on reducing greenhouse gas emissions: All the tax incentives, blending targets and other public support policies in the EU, US, and Canada total $ 25 billion per year, but will ultimately result in less than a 1 % reduction in emissions from transport
Policies», not only is public support of biofuels costly it has little impact on reducing greenhouse gas
emissions: All the tax incentives, blending targets and
other public support
policies in the EU, US, and Canada total $ 25 billion per year, but will ultimately result in less than a 1 % reduction in emissions from transport
policies in the EU, US, and Canada total $ 25 billion per year, but will ultimately result in less than a 1 %
reduction in
emissions from transport by 2015.
When combined, these
policies would yield a smaller, less powerful government; a tax code more conducive to investment and growth; and the
emissions reductions the law says we must achieve... [R] eform must devote every dime of carbon - tax revenue to reducing
other tax rates or abolishing
other taxes altogether.
In its report the IPCC emphasises the futility of subsidies for renewable energy parallel to an
emissions trading system: «The addition of a CO2
reduction policy to a second
policy does not necessarily lead to greater CO2
reductions,» it says in a literal translation of the IPCC's Technical Summary: «In an
emissions trading scheme with a sufficiently stringent cap
other measures such as subsidising renewable energy have no further influence on total CO2
emissions.»