Mitigation of global greenhouse gas emissions from waste: conclusions and strategies from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report. Working Group III (Mitigation)

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change established clear and solids conclusions on the 2013 report, it says that has been scientifically demonstrated with 95% of certainty, that human activities are the main cause of the global warming, observed since the middle of the XX century. The Orizaba Valley is a Mexican region, located at the geographic center of Veracruz State, having Orizaba City as the main demographic population surrounded by other municipalities, becoming the fourth metropolitan populated area of Veracruz State. This region has the third position on economic, historic and cultural relevance at Veracruz State, just after the Veracruz Port and Xalapa City. It was one of the main places with a vast economic growing during the Viceroyalty of the New Spain, being an obligatory passing route and resting place between Veracruz Port and Mexico City. This project estimates the magnitude of the Greenhouse Gas emissions coming from mobile sources at the Orizaba Valley. It includes the urban region of the municipalities of Ixtaczoquitlan, Orizaba, Río Blanco, Camerino de Mendoza and Nogales. The collected data was processed according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change methodology and it was possible to make the following projections: 1) One baseline scenario and 2) Three scenarios under hypothetical mitigation strategies that promise to achieve a reduction of GHG emission of 30 % from the year 2020 to 2050. Beyond this, also there is a significant reduction in fossil fuels consumption due to the efficient use of energy. All projections were made by using the Long-range Energy Alternatives Planning system software. In addition of the achievement on the GHG emissions reduction goal, it is possible to glimpse an economic recovery, if and only if, the decision makers of the governments decide to participate in the international trade of carbon market.

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The Netherlands v. Stichting Urgenda

International Law Reports ◽

10.1017/ilr.2021.16 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 193 ◽

pp. 478-534

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Human Rights ◽

United Nations ◽

Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽

Greenhouse Gas ◽

European Convention ◽

Intergovernmental Panel ◽

Gas Emissions ◽

United Nations Framework Convention ◽

Greenhouse Gases Emissions

478Environment — Treaties — Interpretation — Climate change — United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 1992 — Annex I — Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change — Greenhouse gases — Emissions reduction targets — Whether Netherlands obliged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in line with Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change scenario — Treaty interpretationHuman rights — Treaties — Interpretation — Application — European Convention on Human Rights, 1950 — Article 2 — Right to life — Article 8 — Right to private and family life — Climate change — Greenhouse gases — Emissions reduction targets — Whether Netherlands having positive obligation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions — Principle of effective interpretation of treaties — Right to effective protectionState responsibility — Partial responsibility — Climate change — Human rights — Global problem — Treaties — United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 1992 — Paris Agreement, 2015 — Whether Netherlands partially responsible for reducing global greenhouse gas emissions — Individual responsibilityRelationship of international law and municipal law — Treaties — United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 1992 — Decisions of Conference of the Parties — Whether having effect in interpretation and application of domestic law — European Convention on Human Rights, 1950 — Right to life — Right to private and family life — The law of the Netherlands

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Global Impacts of Climate Change

Climate Change, Supply Chain Management and Enterprise Adaptation ◽

10.4018/978-1-61692-800-1.ch003 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 66-92

Author(s):

Costas P. Pappis

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Global Warming ◽

Working Group ◽

Physical Science ◽

Intergovernmental Panel ◽

Assessment Report ◽

Fourth Assessment Report ◽

Global Impacts ◽

Basic Facts

In the previous chapter, the basic facts regarding global warming have been presented, summarizing mainly the latest scientific findings reported by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), particularly in Working Group I’s Fourth Assessment Report on the Physical Science Basis of Climate Change (Forster et al., 2007).

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The fourth assessment report of the intergovernmental panel on climate change: Working group II contribution

Russian Meteorology and Hydrology ◽

10.3103/s1068373907090014 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 32 (9) ◽

pp. 551-556 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Yu. A. Izrael ◽

S. M. Semenov ◽

O. A. Anisimov ◽

Yu. A. Anokhin ◽

A. A. Velichko ◽

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Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Working Group ◽

Intergovernmental Panel ◽

Assessment Report ◽

Fourth Assessment Report ◽

Group Ii

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Book reviews : Bruce, J.P., Hoesung, L. and Haites, E.F., editors, 1996: Climate change 1995 - economic and social dimensions of climate change: contribution of Working Group III to the second assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. x + 454 pp. £55.00, US$74.95 cloth; £19.95, US$29.95 paper. ISBN: 0 521 56051 9 cloth; 0 521 56854 4 paper

Progress in Physical Geography Earth and Environment ◽

10.1177/030913339702100411 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 21 (4) ◽

pp. 612-614

Author(s):

C.R. de Freitas

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Working Group ◽

Social Dimensions ◽

Intergovernmental Panel ◽

Assessment Report ◽

Cambridge University ◽

Group Iii

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Sources of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Agriculture, with Particular Emphasis on Emissions from Energy Used

Energies ◽

10.3390/en14133784 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (13) ◽

pp. 3784

Author(s):

Piotr Gołasa ◽

Marcin Wysokiński ◽

Wioletta Bieńkowska-Gołasa ◽

Piotr Gradziuk ◽

Magdalena Golonko ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽

Greenhouse Gas ◽

Energy Use ◽

Ghg Emissions ◽

Farm Income ◽

Minor Importance ◽

Intergovernmental Panel ◽

Gas Emissions ◽

Emission Volume

The relationship between agriculture and climate change is two-sided. Agriculture is the branch of the economy most affected by the ongoing processes. It is also a large emitter of greenhouse gases and there are more and more voices about the need to reduce emissions. The purpose of the study was, based on FADN (Farm Accountancy Data Network) data, to determine the structure of greenhouse gas emissions in farms and to identify types of farms where it is possible to reduce GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions through better energy use. The emission volume was determined on the basis of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) methodology modified for the FADN data. The emissions related to the production of energy were found to be of minor importance compared to other emission sources. Only in the horticultural crop type is the emission from the Energy section the dominant stream of GHG emission. The greatest emissions come from livestock production. Therefore, the emphasis on reducing emissions should not be placed on the Energy sector because, except for the type of horticultural farm, there is not much potential for reduction. The introduction of taxes for GHG emissions at the level of 27.31 EUR/t would reduce farm income from 21% for the type of field crops to 40% for the type of herbivorous animals. The exception is low-emission permanent crops, where the decrease in income would be only 3.85%.

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