3.8 - Mitigating Climate CHnag e Flashcards
Local Scale Management
Carbon Taxation
Renewables Switching
Energy Efficiency
Afforestation
Carbon Capture & Storage
Carbon Taxation
Requires companeis to pay for anything CO2, which should reduce emissions. Tax reliefs have been expanded to support fossil fuel, ULEZ has also been expanded.
Renewables Switching
Increasingly less intermittment but energy generation is discenentivised because it’s ore expesnve than gas
Energy Efficiency
Government subsidies for boilers, lighting and ground source heat pumps in appropriate buildings
Carbon Capture And Storage
UK has huge potential but not started.
International Scale
Agreements e.g. Kyoto protocol/Paris agreement
Systems e.g. carbon trading
Debt Relief - Funding of technology changes for developing countries
Development of GM crops with drought tolerance to cope with changing weather patterns.
Why Is Action At Both Scales Needed
No single solution is sufficient
Everyone is affected so needs to be solved together.
Economies - Some countries can’t afford to make changes.
Political Viewpoint - Some government have other prioritise so international frameowrks may not ahve been adapted everywher
National success will increase without collaboration as countries will compete.
Why Mitigate
A rise of more than 2c will create positive feedback cycles
Mitigation could prevent carbon/hydrological cycle degradtion if implemented on a global cycle
Short term ecnomic costs often outweighed by long term economic benefits
EU emissions trade scheme and UK carbon tax already effective
Mitigation is the only way to achieve global scale.
Concerns With Mitigation
Mitigation doesn’t address immediate risks to hydrological cycle
Few European countries met their Kyoto/Paris agrements as they aren’t enforceable by law.
Although targets are set, they could be at a disadvantage if key signatories leave e.g. US in Paris Agreement
