Policy And Solutions Flashcards
Holding the Increase in the global average temp below 2°c & limit temo increase to 1.5°C (pre industrial levels)
Increase ability to adapt to adverse impacts of climate change, foster climate resilience, and low green House emissions in a way that doesn’t threaten food production.
Finance flows consistent w/ low greenhouse gas emissions and climate resilient development
The Paris agreement
Incentive for and driver of fossil fuel divestment
Paris agreement
2 countries responsible for?% of worlds carbon emissions
China and US. 40%
When did countries agree to cut emissions
Dec 2015
How many countries needed to ratify Paris deal
55 (produce 55% of global carbon emissions)
As of Oct 2016 how many countries joined?l and when did it go into effect?
73 and 4 Nov 2016
When did US withdrawal and rejoin
June 2017
Feb 19 2021
Nothing we can do
Gloom and doom
Ignore the problem
Rosy optimism
Nature will provide solutions
Frontier
Someone else will fix it
Technological fix
We have options
Evaluate and respond
Options for mitigating climate?
Energy supply
Transport
Buildings ( efficient lighting, appliances, heating)
Industry ( efficient equipment, recycling)
Agriculture ( increased crop and land management)
Forestry ( reforestation)
Waste ( methane recovery, waste incineration, recycling)
To stabilize emissions world must reduce emissions by
7 gigatons of carbon
Researchers identified how many stabilization wedges to reduce emissions by 1 gigaton
15
