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Climate change poses serious, wide-ranging threats to human societies and natural ecosystems around the world. The general consensus is that in order to avoid the most severe consequences, global average temperatures should not be allowed to rise more than two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Limiting the Magnitude of Future Climate Change, examines the most effective options for reducing atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations by analysing and assessing strategies for reducing the net human influence on the climate. The book identifies several principles to guide climate policy and strategy, including environmental and cost effectiveness, innovation, consistency, transparency, and global participation, among others.
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Climate change poses serious, wide-ranging threats to human societies and natural ecosystems around the world. The general consensus is that in order to avoid the most severe consequences, global average temperatures should not be allowed to rise more than two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Limiting the Magnitude of Future Climate Change, examines the most effective options for reducing atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations by analysing and assessing strategies for reducing the net human influence on the climate. The book identifies several principles to guide climate policy and strategy, including environmental and cost effectiveness, innovation, consistency, transparency, and global participation, among others.
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Limiting the Magnitude of Future Climate Change (America's Climate Choices)
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National Academies Press, 2010
ISBN 10 : 030914597X
ISBN 13 : 9780309145978
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National Academies Press, Washington, DC., 2010
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Limiting the Magnitude of Future Climate Change
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National Academies Press, 2011
ISBN 10 : 030914597X
ISBN 13 : 9780309145978
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Paperback. Etat : New. Climate change, driven by the increasing concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, poses serious, wide-ranging threats to human societies and natural ecosystems around the world. The largest overall source of greenhouse gas emissions is the burning of fossil fuels. The global atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide, the dominant greenhouse gas of concern, is increasing by roughly two parts per million per year, and the United States is currently the second-largest contributor to global emissions behind China. Limiting the Magnitude of Future Climate Change, part of the congressionally requested America's Climate Choices suite of studies, focuses on the role of the United States in the global effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The book concludes that in order to ensure that all levels of government, the private sector, and millions of households and individuals are contributing to shared national goals, the United States should establish a "budget" that sets a limit on total domestic greenhouse emissions from 2010-2050. Meeting such a budget would require a major departure from business as usual in the way the nation produces and uses energy-and that the nation act now to aggressively deploy all available energy efficiencies and less carbon-intensive technologies and to develop new ones. With no financial incentives or regulatory pressure, the nation will continue to rely upon and "lock in" carbon-intensive technologies and systems unless a carbon pricing system is established-either cap-and-trade, a system of taxing emissions, or a combination of the two. Complementary policies are also needed to accelerate progress in key areas: developing more efficient, less carbon-intense energy sources in electricity and transportation; advancing full-scale development of new-generation nuclear power, carbon capture, and storage systems; and amending emissions-intensive energy infrastructure. Research and development of new technologies that could help reduce emissions more cost effectively than current options is also strongly recommended. N° de réf. du vendeur 0021870
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