carbon emissions factor News
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EPA publishes annual US greenhouse gas inventory report
The US Environmental Protection Agency has released the national greenhouse gas inventory, which finds that overall emissions during 2007 increased by 1.4 percent from the previous year. The report, Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2007, is the latest annual report that the United States has submitted to the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on ...
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US greenhouse gas emissions fall by 1.1%
The US Environmental Protection Agency has released the national greenhouse gas inventory, which finds that overall emissions during 2006 decreased by 1.1 percent from the previous year. The report, Inventory of US Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2006, is the latest in an annual set of reports that the United States submits to the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on ...
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EU emission reforms slow global warming
The world is on course for a 4˚C temperature increase above pre-industrial levels, according to research by Schroders, down from the 4.1˚C rise predicted by the company at the end of 2017. The investment firm said reforms made last November to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide that can be emitted in the EU helped slow the expected pace of global warming. It is the first ...
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Climate meeting to discuss future of fossil fuels
After concluding that global warming almost certainly is man-made and poses a grave threat to humanity, the U.N.-sponsored expert panel on climate change is moving on to the next phase: what to do about it. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, will meet next week in Berlin to chart ways in which the world can curb the greenhouse gas emissions that scientists say are ...
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Keep within 1 trillion tonne carbon budget to avoid 2 ºC rise
The total accumulation of carbon in the atmosphere should not exceed one trillion tonnes if dangerous climate change is to be avoided. A new study suggests the amount of carbon collected over time, rather than short-term emissions changes, is crucial to restrict rising temperatures. Most countries around the world accept that temperatures should not rise by more than 2 ºC above pre-industrial ...
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U.S. economic progress stagnant, says new report
Global Warming, Income Gap, Urban Sprawl, and Debt Reduce America's Economic Welfare New analysis of the Genuine Progress Indicator shows that U.S. economic progress has been stagnant since the late 1970s. Oakland, Calif.--The U.S. economy has actually stagnated since the late 1970s as income inequality, environmental degradation, and our flailing international position take their toll ...
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Water and soil muddy carbon budget thinking
Climate scientists, struggling with the enduring problem of the carbon budget, may have to think again as a result of new research findings. One experiment, in the UK, has shown that the ponds, lakes and standing waterthat cover 4% of the Earth that isn’t glaciated could release perhaps twice as much greenhouse gas as they warm this century. And a second study, in the US, has demonstrated ...
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What would it take to limit climate change to 1.5°C?
A new study analyzes the required climate policy actions and targets in order to limit future global temperature rise to less than 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2100. This level is supported by more than 100 countries worldwide, including those most vulnerable to climate change, as a safer goal than the currently agreed international aim of 2 degrees Celsius – an aim which would already imply ...
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Delaying climate policy would triple short-term mitigation costs
Further delay in the implementation of comprehensive international climate policies could substantially increase the short-term costs of climate change mitigation. Global economic growth would be cut back by up to 7 percent within the first decade after climate policy implementation if the current international stalemate is continued until 2030 – compared to 2 percent if a climate agreement ...
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