Lecture 30 Flashcards
Cop 17’s goals and outcomes fall short of what is required to have a ___% chance of capping rise in global temperature to 2 degrees Celsius
50%
As of March 26, 2018 how much ppm of CO2 was there
409.66
If nothing changes at the end of this century we will see a how much global temperature rise
3.5 degrees C
Give an example of Climate refugees
Moloives in Australia have bought land on mainland because their island is going to flood
Where was Cop 19 in Nov 2013
Warsaw
What did Cop 19 express
serious concern that the warming of the climate system is unequivocal
Cop 19 found there is a significant gap between what
Pledges in term of global annual emissions of Greenhouse gases by 2020 and Aggregated emission pathways consistent of 1.5 or 2 degrees Celsius
Cop 19 always warned that what must happen by 2020?
Create and sign a treaty
Where and when is the most recent COP held
Cop 21 in Paris , Dec 2015
Cop 21 created a treaty that contained ___ countries and accounted for ___% of global emissions
55 countries and 55% of global emissions
As of now how many countries of the UN have signed the agreement of Cop 21
185
What does the COP 21 contain
1) Global peaking and climate neutrality
2) Long term temperature goal
3) Countries get to pick their caps
4) Must develop nationally determined contributions every 5 years and each much be better than the last
COP 21 contains what long term temperature goal
2 degrees increase and to pursue limits of 1.5 degrees
What is the global stock take in Cop 21
It is to take place in 2023 and every 5 years after to assess collective progress towards achieving the goal of COP 21
What did COP 21 dedicate about what developed countries have to do for developing countries
developed countries must support the efforts of developing countries to help build clean new technology and contribute to the green climate fund
The single largest decline in Canadas GHG was due to
the global ression
For The Paris agreement we need to reduce CO2 emissions by how many megatons by 2030
200
What are 3 issues facing Canada in reducing GHG emissions
a) Voluntary actions will not be enough
b) Massive National Effort needed
c) Many stakeholders needed at all levels of government
Achieving reductions will have 4 impacts which are
1) Societal costs
2) Regional and industry impact
3) Issues of equity
4) Competitiveness issues
In 2016 what was the leading sector of GHG emissions
Oil and gas
What sector Increased the most in regards to GHG emissions from 1990 to 2016
Transportation and oil and gas
What sector decreased the most in regards to GHG emissions from 1990 to 2016
Emissions intensive
What are 4 ways Canada is fighting emissions
1) Alberta’s carbon levy, 2030 phase-out of coal-fired electricity and put 100 megatons cap on oil sands
2) Quebec’s Regulation for mandatory new building codes
3) Domestic reductions from Ontario joining Quebec and California in the western climate initiative (WCI) cap and trade Regine in 2017
4) Government of Canada measures to increase efficiency of residential and commercial equipment and appliances
