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available, technology transfers and diffusion are imperfect, some world regions may not accept to reduce their GHG emissions … challenge of climate protection and the costs of reducing GHG emissions. -- Climate Policy ; Stabilization Costs …
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Germany has committed itself to reducing its carbon emissions by 25 percent in 2005 as compared to 1990 emission levels …
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Although “cap and trade” programs for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are often discussed as a viable program … effective than cap and trade. EPA has already begun to work on regulatory programs to reduce GHG emissions from motor vehicles … will lead to dramatic reductions in GHG emissions in the short-term. Long-term reductions will require a commitment by the …
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Policies to cap emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the U.S. economy could pose significant costs on the electricity … sector, which contributes roughly 40 percent of total CO2 emissions in the U.S. Using a detailed simulation model of the … electricity sector, we evaluate alternative ways that emission allowances can be allocated. Most previous emissions trading …
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Carbon sequestration in plantation forests provides the main means by which New Zealand will meet its international climate change obligations in the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol (2008-2012). However, without active policy, forests are unlikely to contribute as much in...
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This work develops a framework for the analysis at the macro-level of the relationship between adaptation and mitigation policies. The FEEM-RICE growth model with stock pollution, endogenous Ramp;D investment and emission abatement is enriched with a planned-adaptation module where a defensive...
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The Katunggan It Ibajay (KII) Eco-Park (44.22 ha-1) in Bugtongbato, Ibajay, Aklan, Philippines was selected in this study to determine the species diversity and to quantify the soil carbon sequestration potential of mangrove species. In identifying and recording the trees in the area, five (5)...
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anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions has increased greatly in significance. The parties to the UN Climate Change Convention … capable of ensuring that greenhouse gas emissions are curbed to a significant degree.The essay explores the challenge of … mitigating China's greenhouse gas emissions. After reviewing China's significance to the problem, the essay examines the National …
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We develop and discuss the three pathways to European Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading: a top-down scheme based on the …-wide regional scheme based on the founding principles of the European Union. We review how the debate on greenhouse gas emissions … influential misconceptions in the European discussion concerning emissions trading and, while dispelling them, try to establish …
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infrastructure of energy supply, given the global average temperature increase as a result of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions …
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