coping with climate change
- Created by: Hayley Petts
- Created on: 30-12-12 19:46
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- Coping with Climate Change
- International
- Kytoto Prtocol
- legal binding agreement to cut greenhouse gas emission by 2012
- China and Indian exempt to sign
- felt it would slow the rate of their growth
- Australia and USA didn't sign
- felt it would effect their economies
- developed countries to cut emission by 5%
- developing countries to monitor and report impacts
- China and Indian exempt to sign
- legal binding agreement to cut greenhouse gas emission by 2012
- Copenhagen Accord
- agreed to limit global warming no more than 2 degrees above pre industrial levels
- rich countries agreed to give $100 billion a year to poorer countries by 2020 to help with strategies
- only 20% of targets are sufficient to keep global temperature rise below 2 degrees
- G8
- have conferences to discuss global issues such as climate change
- EU ETS
- set up in 2005 as a way of meeting the targets of the Kyoto Protocol for Europe
- world's only compulsory example of "cap" and "trade" system
- sets a cap on pollutants companies
- but companies within limit can sell credits to other companies that need to pollute more
- sets a cap on pollutants companies
- covers 50% of all EU carbon emissions
- Kytoto Prtocol
- Local
- Eastleigh Borough Council
- pledged to become carbon neutral by 2012
- give advice on how to live more environmentally friendly and to have to reduce carbon emissiions working with local communities
- 2009 -thre major bus companies (blue star, Velvet, and First)
- CarbonFREE scheme
- schme uses money to install energy saving measures in buildings throught the Borough
- continual investment in renewable energy
- Wind Turbine at Itchen Valley
- 176 kw of solar PV Panels on 10 sites arounf the Borough
- Eastleigh Borough Council
- Individual
- switch lights of when not in use
- use public transport
- turn off plugs when not in use
- car sharing to school and places
- turn thermostat down
- reduce room by 1 degree
- Businesses
- Tesco
- restrict air travel to less than 1% (aeroplane symbol on those products)
- reduce carboon footprint of existing stores and distribution of centres around the world by 50%by 2020
- green club card points
- for using your own bag
- BP
- work with car companies to product efficient fuels
- Olympics
- to highlight lower carbon mobility options
- Tesco
- National
- UK
- 10% of electricity supply to come from renewable resources by 2010
- rising to 20% by 2020 - Wind Farms
- London Cogestion Charge
- 10% of electricity supply to come from renewable resources by 2010
- UK
- International
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