responses to climate change
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- Created on: 30-03-14 10:51
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- Response to Climate Change
- Local Scale Responses
- Schools
- Livesimply
- Provides resources for schools to make students think about the environment and sustainability
- Was initiated by the Catholic Church
- Schools are introducing water and central heating systems which are sustainable for example wind turbines and solar panels.
- Livesimply
- Local Councils
- UK's target = cur carbon emissions by 20% of 1990 levels by 2020
- Gov, gave £4m to Local Councils to use to cut carbon emissions from homes
- 15% of UK's carbon emissions are from homes
- Local Councils introduced small as well as complicated schemes
- Small Scheme: giving away free low energy light bulbs
- Gov, gave £4m to Local Councils to use to cut carbon emissions from homes
- UK's target = cur carbon emissions by 20% of 1990 levels by 2020
- Local Interest Groups
- "Manchester is my planet"
- Encourages individuals to reduce their carbon footprint and become involved in a number of green energy projects
- works with the local council
- There are now +20,000 people wgi have pledged to work towards a low carbon future
- Green Badge Parking Permit
- People with low carbon emitting cars can apply for a GBPP so they can buy annual parking permits for NCP car parks within Greater Manchester for 25% off.
- "Manchester is my planet"
- Schools
- Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs)
- Are focusing their campaigns against climate change on the use of fossil fuels
- They try to convince governments to produce energy in a sustainable way
- E.G. Greenpeace
- Has a number of solutions on their website www.green peace..org.uk
- "Greenpeace quit coal" initiatice aims to reduce CO2 emissions and preserve the environmen
- CCS (carbon, capture, storage) - absorb carbon emissions and store underground BUT technology is not available for another 20 years
- Why? Because coal fired power plants are the biggest sources of CO2 emissions
- CCS (carbon, capture, storage) - absorb carbon emissions and store underground BUT technology is not available for another 20 years
- E.G. Greenpeace
- They try to convince governments to produce energy in a sustainable way
- Are focusing their campaigns against climate change on the use of fossil fuels
- Global Scale Responses - Global agreements between Nations
- The United Nations provides a centre for discussion and decision making
- In 1991: UN made first international environment treaty aiming to stabilise greenhouse gas emissions
- This treaty lead to the Kyoto Protocol signed in 1997 and came into force in 2005
- Countries that signed agreed to cut global greenhouse gas emissions by 5.2% compared with 1990 global levels
- AND each country agreed on a limit of emissions: EU = 8% USA = 7% Japan = 6%
- In order to achieve their targets, countries would either cut their emissions or buy carbon credits from each other. e,g, Iceland could sell 2% of its carbon credit to the EU in order to allow the EU to reach its target of 8%
- By 2008 - 181 countries had signed the Kyoto Protocol
- This treaty lead to the Kyoto Protocol signed in 1997 and came into force in 2005
- In 1991: UN made first international environment treaty aiming to stabilise greenhouse gas emissions
- 2007 Bali Conference in Indonesia - representative of over 180 countries were present
- Result = Bali Roadmap: initiatives were agree to try to reach a secure future climate
- The United Nations provides a centre for discussion and decision making
- Local Scale Responses
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