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This article shows that including offsets in climate change legislation would likely make an emissions program more cost-effective by: (a) providing an incentive for non-regulated sources to generate emission reductions; and (b) expanding emission compliance opportunities for regulated entities. Assuming the offset is legitimate—i.e.,

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egregious examples of wasted energy resources. “ since at least 2007, but wrangling between the Energy and Natural. Resources ministries has up to now rendered the target ineffective. “I policy on climate change within the past week, replacing the previous. The government has. to this disgrace. backwardness.

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AUGUST 27, 2009

Representation of damage from climate change avoided by adaptation, and damage not be adapted to (‘residual damage’) over the longer term. The amount of money on the table at Copenhagen is one of the key factors that will determine whether we achieve a climate change agreement. Source: “Assessing the costs.”

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The European Commission has published a white paper—“ Adapting to climate change: Towards a European framework for action ”—outlining the framework of a two-phase strategic approach to help the EU cope with the impacts of climate change. European Commissioner for the Environment Stavros Dimas.

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Billions of tons of carbon trapped in high-latitude permafrost may be released into the atmosphere by the end of this century as the Earth’s climate changes, further accelerating global warming, a new computer modeling study indicates. The control simulation on the left did not include permafrost processes.

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DECEMBER 4, 2009

below the 2007 total, according to the just-released report by the US Energy Information Administration, Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United States 2008. million metric tons carbon dioxide equivalent (MMTCO 2 e) in 2007 to 7,052.6 from their 2007 level. MMT lower than in 2007 but still 343.2

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Widespread climate-related impacts are occurring now in the US and are expected to increase. A product of the interagency US Global Change Research Program, the 190-page report was commissioned in 2007 and completed this spring. It is clear that climate change is happening now. Source: USGCRP. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 15, 2009

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released the national greenhouse gas inventory, which finds that overall emissions during 2007 increased by 1.4% Total emissions of the six main greenhouse gases in 2007 were equivalent to 7,150 Tg of carbon dioxide. percent from 1990 to 2007. in total between 2005 and 2007.

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Total greenhouse gas emissions (CO 2 , CH 4 , N 2 0 and HFCs) allocated to passenger cars and light trucks, 1990-2007. Overall greenhouse gas emissions in the US during 2007 increased by 1.4% Overall greenhouse gas emissions in the US during 2007 increased by 1.4% Overall, total US emissions have risen by 17% from 1990 to 2007.

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MARCH 18, 2010

The California Air Resources Board announced $3.7 million program that Governor Schwarzenegger approved in 2007 to spur technological innovation in the transportation sector. Cleaner vehicles reduce California smog and climate change emissions, and save consumers money.

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JULY 26, 2009

Together, the observations and the Hadley Centre model results provide evidence that low-level stratiform clouds may dissipate in warming climates, allowing the oceans to further heat up, which would then cause more cloud dissipation. Tags: Climate Change Climate models. a positive feedback). Clement et al. Science Vol.

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Already, Maersk’s relative CO 2 emissions (CO 2 emissions per container moved) have been reduced by 46% (baseline 2007), approximately 9% more than the shipping industry average. We will invest significant resources for innovation and fleet technology to improve the technical and financial viability of decarbonized solutions.

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The Clean Transportation Program was created in 2007 by Assembly Bill 118 (Núñez) to support the state’s climate change policies by developing and deploying alternative and renewable fuels and advanced transportation technologies. The program funds air quality improvement projects relating to fuel and vehicle technologies.

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Created by Assembly Bill 118 (Núñez, Chapter 750) in 2007 and reauthorized by Assembly Bill 8 (Perea, Chapter 401, Statutes of 2013), the Clean Transportation Program is one of the first transportation-focused funding efforts established to help advance the state’s climate change policies.

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million in Air Force Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) funding for research that would reduce emissions and lower the costs of CTL fuel production technologies to enable CTL fuel to be a competitive alternative energy resource. Aviation Climate Change Coal-to-Liquids (CTL) Emissions Fuels' Information Request.

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The study expands on findings published in 2007 in the journal Science that the American Southwest is becoming more arid as temperatures rise and rainfall patterns shift. Population growth in the Southwest is putting added pressure on regional water resources. Nature Climate Change doi: 10.1038/nclimate1787.

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Despite extremely low LME nickel exchange inventories, which are currently at the 2007 level and amount to less than 5 days of global use only, the LME nickel contract was down by 30% since the beginning of the year.

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KPMG developed 3 nexuses linked by climate change to represent the challenges of sustainable growth. The 10 global sustainability megaforces that may impact business over the next two decades are: Climate Change: This may be the one global megaforce that directly impacts all others. Source: KPMG. Click to enlarge.

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded 2015 Climate Leadership Awards to 16 organizations and one individual representing a wide array of industries from finance and manufacturing to retail and technology for showing what the agency said was exemplary corporate, organizational, and individual leadership in response to climate change.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2013

The UK government’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) approved the field development plan put forward by Statoil and its co-venturers for the Mariner heavy oil field. —UK Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey. Statoil acquired 44.44% and operatorship for Mariner from Chevron in 2007.

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Under the MoU, the UK and China will each commit £10 million of matched resources over the next three years and there will be approximately £6.6 million (US$11 million) available each year. The agreement, is the latest collaboration in a series of joint research programmes stretching over the last five years.

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—Dabo Guan, professor in climate change economics at UEA’s School of International Development and co-author on both studies. Successfully mitigating climate change therefore urgently depends on decarbonizing not only energy systems in developed countries but also the entire process of industrialization.

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The study determined that ozone levels in some major US cities are increasing by that amount, due in part to climate change. 2019) “Association Between Long-term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Change in Quantitatively Assessed Emphysema and Lung Function.” Wang M, Aaron CP, Madrigano J, et al.

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Dan Sperling, director of the Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Davis, and member of the California Air Resources Board, has been appointed the 2015 chair of the Transportation Research Board’s Executive Committee, which provides independent scientific advice to the nation on transportation issues.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2009

The Yangtze River Basin Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation Report, released in Beijing, not only describes the impact of climate change but also offers specific adaptation strategies for the Yangtze. of its forest area in 2007. Some 400 million people depend upon the basin. The Yangtze Basin.

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The California Air Resources Board approved $27 million for its Air Quality Improvement Program, a statewide effort to provide incentives for the purchase of advanced-technology passenger cars and heavy-duty trucks.

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MAY 28, 2009

An understanding of the rate of carbon release is necessary to estimate the strength of positive feedback to climate change, a likely consequence of permafrost thaw. Aixue Hu, Gerald Meehl, Weiqing Han, and Jianjun Yin (2009) Transient Response of the MOC and Climate to Potential Melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet in the 21 st Century.

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APRIL 17, 2009

After a thorough scientific review ordered in 2007 by the US Supreme Court, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a proposal with two distinct findings regarding greenhouse gases. In both magnitude and probability, climate change is an enormous problem. harm to water resources, agriculture, wildlife and ecosystems.

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Just over 90 per cent of the increase in the energy demand from 2007 to 2030 is projected to come from non-OECD countries. The Green Climate Fund set up in Cancun marked one way in achieving this. A strong move towards a green economy and global equity is central to the debate.

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MARCH 10, 2009

Speaking at the International Scientific Congress on Climate Change (ISCCC), which opened today in Copenhagen, Yale University president Richard Levin announced that the university’s new Yale Climate and Energy Institute (YCEI) will be led by Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, who has headed the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) since 2002.

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JANUARY 29, 2010

It found that 65% of respondents spontaneously selected emissions from road transport as a cause of climate change. Most respondents said they think cars or aeroplanes are the transport modes mainly responsible for climate changing emissions. In 2008, 64% agreed with that; in 2007, 63%; and in 2006, 62% agreed.

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However, the slow pace of negotiations spurred UNFCCC delegates to publish a “roadmap to Copenhagen” in December 2007 at the 13 th Congress in Bali, in an effort to accelerate the progress of those negotiations. Climate Change And The IPCC Fourth Assessment Report. by Jack Rosebro.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

The fraction of total CO 2 emissions remaining in the atmosphere has likely increased from 40 to 45% since 1959; models suggests this is due to the response of the natural CO 2 sinks to climate change and variability. Tags: Climate Change Emissions. over the previous seven years. over the previous seven years.

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The report’s findings for the period 1997–2007 present a mixed picture, with some improvements in air pollutants and serious concerns regarding persistent growth in transport’s greenhouse gas emissions. Air travel within the EU remained the fastest growth area, increasing 48% between 1997 and 2007.

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Fossil fuel subsidies amount to hundreds of billions of dollars worldwide, and removing them has been held up as a key answer to climate change mitigation. The study received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Programme FP7/2007-2013 Nº 308329 (ADVANCE).

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MAY 25, 2009

The Climate Disclosure Standards Board ( CDSB ) introduced for public consultation a set of proposals designed to assist directors in the inclusion of climate change-related information in companies’ annual reports. CDSB was founded in January 2007 at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

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EPA’s final findings respond to the 2007 US Supreme Court decision that GHGs fit within the Clean Air Act definition of air pollutants. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Policy. EPA also finds that GHG emissions from on-road vehicles contribute to that threat. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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