PPT-Dealing with climate change – carbon offsetting

WORLD AT RISK Lesson Aims To understand the concept of carbon offsetting To evaluate the ETS Use example to demonstrate carbon offsetting feedback Q3c was a question about gases and which are responsible for the enhanced greenhouse effect . Earth Temperature Anomaly. Left click below for video. “Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere warm the world - if there were none, the world would be some . 30C . colder, and there would be no human life. But while some concentration of atmospheric greenhouse gases is essential to life, too high a level could spell disaster. “ . Impacts and Responses . Topic . 8:. Climate Change Mitigation. Introduction. Sources and sinks of greenhouse gases. Sector . specific mitigation . opportunities. Sustainable development and mitigation. When you complete this module, you will be able to. Explain natural causes of global climate change.. Trace the flow of carbon through the carbon cycle.. Explain the natural and human-related processes that cause increases and decreases in the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.. Catherine . Thomasson, MD . 9/20/15. Germany-. Energiewende. 25% energy from renewables 2013. >50% renewable last summer. High demand for solar-reduced production costs. 3% reduction in CO2 despite since 2011 despite closing 8 nuclear reactors. The Terrestrial Carbon . Cycle. P. Lewis. Professor of Remote Sensing. UCL Geography . & NERC NCEO. Aims of . lecture. In this lecture, we will:. consider the importance of understanding the science of climate change. (. i. ) Climate Science. (ii) Integrated Assessment . Models of Climate Change. (iii) DICE/RICE Models. Climate vs Weather. Weather – conditions of the atmosphere (e.g., temperature, humidity) over a short period of time. GtC. Fossil Carbon. Dead Organisms. The carbon cycle. 1. The. oceans hold . about. 40,000 . GtC. Vegetation holds . about. 600 . GtC. Soils hold about 1600GtC. The active carbon cycle . GtC. = . William West, Ph.D.. Kellogg Biological Station. The Lesson Plan will . Include these . Topics:. Carbon cycle. Sources and sinks of greenhouse gases. Discussion of Human Impact on Climate. What is your carbon foot print?. Paul Hooper & Rachel Dunk. Centre for Aviation, Transport and the Environment. Manchester Metropolitan University. 8. th. International Conference on Responsible Tourism . MMU 4. th. April 2014. WORLD AT RISK. How many do you know?. I would like you to come up with a list of schemes or ways that people have tried to tackle climate change?. Do you think these were effective?. The stern review. AIThis annex should be cited asIPCC 2019 Annex I Glossary van Diemen R ed In Climate Change and Land an IPCC special report on climate change deserti31cation land degradation sustainable land manageme Global Carbon Cycle and . Greenhouse Gases. What do you know about greenhouse gases?. Accessing Prior Knowledge. Nitrogen. 78.1%. Oxygen. 20.9%. Argon. 0.9%. Earth's Atmosphere. A brew of trace gases accounts for the other 0.03 percent, including the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and ozone. . the Carbon . Mitigation . Initiative. Steve Pacala and . Rob Socolow. April . 15, 2014. Co-Directors. : . S. . Pacala. R. . Socolow. BP. : . F. . Bayon. G. . . Hill. Advisory Council. :. S. Benson/F. Orr, Stanford. March 1, 2021. Outline. Why recent work in economics (integrated assessment markets) underestimates urgency and scope of what has to be done, and lead to too low a price of carbon. Children’s suit to protect interests of future generations.