International responses Flashcards
Copenhagen, Osterbro
Green streets, green urban squares and cloudburst streets - divert water from houses to prevent flooding and water damage - expected 30% more rainfall in the future and sewers cannot cope with the excess water and are very expensive to upgrade
Blue Green solutions - disconnect 30% of rainwater from sewers
20% of asphalted areas are now to become green spaces
Tasinge Plads - green square replacing asphalt
Green courtyards - uses collected rainwater to create more courtyards
Citizens own climate projects - creating urban gardens
California
Retiring fossil fuel power stations - No new coal powered plants will be built - 60% of electricity is produced in gas powered power stations
Cap-and-trade - state scheme introduced in 2013 - Market Based - covers 85% of carbon polluters in the state - proving a success
Vehicle emissions - stringent laws introduced to limit carbon emissions - 15% of cars powered by electricity, compressed natural as and hydrogen fuel cells
Renewables - generated 33.35% of its electricity from renewables in 2020 an to achieve 50% in 2050
The UK
Net Zero by 2050 - 5 strategic pillars to achieve this
-increasing support to clean growth and climate adaptation
-reducing portfolio greenhouse gas emissions
-understanding and mitigating climate-related financial risks
-transparency and disclosure
-provide international leadership on climate change
- launched a £2 billion Clean Growth Direct Lending Facility in 2020 and a Transition Export Development Guarantee in 2021.
- taking into account climate change in all policy and decision making
- UK has been an Equator Principles Financial Institution since 2016.
- UK released an annual report alongside Task Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)
- 2020 - second term in Equator Principles Steering Committee, performing a management support role, working with like-minded agencies
