Balancing the Global Carbon Budget for 2 degrees Must stay below accumulated total CO2 emissions of 1 Trillion tons Based on the last 20 years average emissions we will reach that limit ID: 802276
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Slide5Balancing the
Global Carbon Budget for 2 degrees
Must stay below accumulated total CO2 emissions
of
1
Trillion tons
Based on the last 20 year’s average emissions,
we will reach that limit
on August 17, 2037
www.trillionthtonne.org
Slide6Slide7Balancing
the
Global Carbon Budget for 2 degrees
This requires cutting our emissions
by
2.7%
/
yr
But in
2016
emissions
were static over 2015
At an annual rate
of
30
billion tons
We’re Building a Huge and Growing
Carbon
Budget Deficit
Slide8Global Carbon Budget
and Fossil Fuel Reserves
600
GT
of carbon have already been pumped into the atmosphere
Current Fossil Fuel reserves world wide are estimated to be
2800 GT
or …
Almost 5
times
the amount required to burn through 1 TT limit
Slide9Slide10Slide11Nationally Canada's
new Liberal
government
retained the old Harper regime's GHG targets but
promised
to treat them as a floor not a
ceiling
Slide12Slide13Slide14Slide15Gordon Laxer
*founding
Director and former head of
Parkland Institute
at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. Parkland is a non-corporate research institute that does
public interest policy research
*a
Political Economist and professor emeritus at the University of Alberta. He is the author of
After the Sands. Energy and Ecological Security for Canadians
(Sept 2015) Douglas &
McIntyre.
He is also author or editor of five other books, including
Open for Business: The Roots of Foreign Ownership in
Canada
*a
socially-engaged, public
intellectual, his op
eds
have appeared across the country in publications ranging from the
Globe
and Mail
, the
Toronto Star
, the
Edmonton Journal
, the
Calgary Herald
,
to
Canadian Dimension
*served
on the board of the Council of Canadians from 2004 to 2009.
Slide16Slide17Upcoming Enviro-Cafes
? The Buzz About Biochar
? Hydro Rates, Renewable Energy, and the Climate Crisis
Slide18Tony Weis, April ?? 2017
Environment Haliburton AGM
Slide19DR
. DIANNE
SAXE
Environment Commissioner of Ontario
Thursday July 6, 2017
7pm
Minden Community Centre
EH Annual Keynote and Fundraiser
Slide20Planet Haliburton
New Environmental Radio
Program
co-Hosted
by Greg Roe and
myself
First show aired on January 30, 2017, 7pm – 8pm
Last Monday of each month – next show February 27, 2017, 7pm – 8pm
Ted Spence from the CEWF on the TSW, Water Management and Climate Change
In the Works:
The Haliburton Forest’s Biochar Project
Shoreline health and water
quality
Septic systems and inspection proposals,
septage
and waterless toilet options
Agal
blooms
Local Food quality, security and sustainability
Industrial Agricultural and Climate
Change
Endangered and Invasive species
Email comments and suggestions to Greg and I at
planethaliburton@canoefm.com
Slide21Thank You For Joining Us Tonight!
Please pass tonight’s conversation on to family and friends
Join us on again on March 14, 2017
7:30pm
Haliburton United Church