Economic competitiveness of combined heat and power district heating (CHP-DH) for climate change mitigation: A comparative analysis of schemes in the UK

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (20) ◽  
pp. 202018
Author(s):  
Scott Kelly ◽  
M Pollitt
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
District Heating ◽  
Combined Heat And Power ◽  
Economic Competitiveness ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Change Mitigation

Economy

2020 ◽  
pp. 154-184
Author(s):  
Peter Hägel
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Think Tanks ◽  
Political Consequences ◽  
Business Interests ◽  
Political Resource ◽  
Shaping Power ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Change Mitigation

Chapter 6 presents two cases of billionaires whose pursuit of wealth in the global economy has broader political consequences. It looks at how Charles and David Koch have tried to limit climate change mitigation in order to protect the fossil fuel–based business interests of their conglomerate Koch Industries. The Koch brothers spread climate change skepticism via the funding of think tanks and public advocacy, and they finance campaigns boosting politicians that oppose climate change mitigation. In Rupert Murdoch’s case, his News Corporation has been his main political resource. He has used the opinion-shaping power of his media empire to extract favors from politicians abroad, especially in the UK, but also in Australia, by offering support (or threatening hostility) during election times.

scholarly journals BIOCHAR STANDARDIZATION AND LEGISLATION HARMONIZATION

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian MEYER ◽  
Lorenzo GENESIO ◽  
Ines VOGEL ◽  
Hans-Peter SCHMIDT ◽  
Gerhard SOJA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Soil Amendment ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Quality Standards ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Soil Improvers ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Change Mitigation ◽  
The Eu

It is a relatively new concept to use biochar as soil amendment and for climate change mitigation. For this reason, the national and supranational legislation in the EU is not yet adequately prepared to regulate both the production and the application of biochar. Driven by this “regulatory gap”, voluntary biochar quality standards have been formed in Europe with the European Biochar Certificate, in the UK with the Biochar Quality Mandate and in the USA with the IBI Standard which is intended to be used internationally. In parallel to this, biochar producers and biochar users in a number of EU countries were partly successful in fitting the new biochar product into the existing national legislation for fertilisers, soil improvers and composts. The intended revision of the EC Regulation 2003/2003 on fertilisers offers the opportunity to regulate the use of biochar at the EU level. This publication summarizes the efforts on biochar standardization which have been carried out by voluntary products standards and illustrates existing legislation in EU member states, which apply to the production and use of biochar. It describes existing and planned EU regulations, which impact biochar applications and it develops recommendations on the harmonization of biochar legislation in the EU.

scholarly journals Reframing nuclear power in the UK energy debate: nuclear power, climate change mitigation and radioactive waste

2008 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Bickerstaff ◽  
I. Lorenzoni ◽  
N.F. Pidgeon ◽  
W. Poortinga ◽  
P. Simmons
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Radioactive Waste ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Change Mitigation

scholarly journals Attribution matters: revisiting the link between extreme weather experience and climate change mitigation responses

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Adedayo Ogunbode
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Extreme Weather ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Extreme Weather Events ◽  
Necessary Condition ◽  
Limited Attention ◽  
Weather Events ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Change Mitigation

The literature suggests extreme weather experiences have potential to increase climate change engagement by influencing the way people perceive the proximity and implications of climate change. Yet, limited attention has been directed at investigating how individual differences in the subjective interpretation of extreme weather events as indications of climate change modulate the link between extreme weather experiences and climate change attitudes. This article contends that subjective attribution of extreme weather events to climate change is a necessary condition for extreme weather experiences to be translated into climate change mitigation responses, and that subjective attribution of extreme weather to climate change is determined by the psychological and social contexts in which individuals appraise their experiences with extreme weather. Using survey data gathered in the aftermath of severe flooding across the UK in winter 2013/2014, I show that personal experience of this flooding event is only directly linked to perceived threat from climate change, and indirectly linked to climate change mitigation responses, among individuals who subjectively attributed the floods to climate change. Additionally, subjective attribution of the floods to climate change is significantly predicted by pre-existing climate change belief, political affiliation and perceived normative cues. Attempts to harness extreme weather experiences as a route to engaging the public must be attentive to the heterogeneity of opinion on the attributability of extreme weather events to climate change.

scholarly journals The value of habitats of conservation importance to climate change mitigation in the UK

2020 ◽  
Vol 248 ◽  
pp. 108619
Author(s):  
R.H. Field ◽  
G.M. Buchanan ◽  
A. Hughes ◽  
P. Smith ◽  
R.B. Bradbury
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Change Mitigation

Geologic carbon storage resource requirements of climate change mitigation targets in Europe

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuting Zhang ◽  
Samuel Krevor ◽  
Chris Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Carbon Storage ◽  
North Sea ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Growth Trajectories ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
Storage Resource ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Change Mitigation ◽  
The Eu

<p>To limit global warming to well below 2<sup>o</sup>C, integrated assessment models have projected that gigaton-per-year-scale carbon capture and storage is needed by c. 2050. These scenarios are unconstrained by limiting growth rates or historical data due to the limited existing deployment of the technology. A new approach using logistic growth models identifies a coupling between storage resource base (pore space underground) and minimum growth rates necessary to meet global climate change mitigation targets (Zahasky & Krevor, 2020). However, viable growth trajectories consistent with carbon storage targets remain unexplored at the regional level. Here, we show the application of logistic modelling constrained by climate change targets and assessed storage resources for the European Union (EU), the United Kingdom (UK), and Norway. This allows us to identify plausible growth trajectories of CCS development and the associated discovered storage resource base requirement in these regions. We find that the EU storage resource base is sufficient to meet storage targets of 80 MtCO<sub>2</sub>/year and 92 MtCO<sub>2</sub>/year suggested in the European Commission climate change mitigation strategy to 2050, ‘A Clean Planet for All’. However, the more ambitious goals of 298 MtCO<sub>2</sub>/year and 330 MtCO<sub>2</sub>/year are likely to require additional storage resources based predominantly in the North Sea. Results for the UK indicate that all anticipated storage targets to achieve net-zero economy are achievable, requiring no more than 42 Gt of the storage resource base for the most ambitious target. Furthermore, the UK and the Norwegian North Sea may be able to serve as a regional CO<sub>2</sub> storage hub. There are sufficient storage resources to support combined storage targets from the EU and the UK. The tools used here demonstrate a practical approach for regional stakeholders to monitor carbon storage progress towards future stated carbon abatements goals, as well as to evaluate future storage resource needs.</p><p>Zahasky, C., & Krevor, S. (2020). Global geologic carbon storage requirements of climate change mitigation scenarios. Energy & Environmental Science. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0EE00674B</p>

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