scholarly journals Significance of Community-Held Territories in 24 Countries to Global Climate

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Keyword(s):  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
International Development ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Legal Recognition ◽  
The World ◽  
Timely Reminder

This research provides a timely reminder of the global significance of community-held lands and territories; their importance for the protection, restoration, and sustainable use of tropical forestlands across the world; and the critical gaps in the international development architecture that have so far undermined progress towards the legal recognition of such lands and territories. Our findings indicate that Indigenous Peoples, Afro-Descendant Peoples, and local communities customarily hold and use at least 958 million hectares (mha) of land in the 24 reviewed countries but have legally recognized rights to less than half of this area (447 mha). Their lands are estimated to store at least 253.5 Gigatons of Carbon (GtC), playing a vital role in the maintenance of globally significant greenhouse gas sinks and reservoirs. However, the majority of this carbon (52 percent, or 130.6 GtC) is stored in community-held lands and territories that have yet to be legally recognized.

scholarly journals The Trump Administration's Assault on California's Global Climate Leadership

AJIL Unbound ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 112 ◽  
pp. 269-273
Author(s):  
Ann Carlson
Keyword(s):  
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Environmental Protection Agency ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Catalytic Converter ◽  
Green Technology ◽  
The State ◽  
Gas Emissions ◽  
The World ◽  
Trump Administration

The Trump Administration is taking direct aim at California's global leadership on climate change. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to revoke the most effective tool California has to exercise climate leadership: its special authority under federal law to regulate tailpipe emissions more stringently than the federal government. California's use of this authority has led to the invention of automotive technology now standard around the world, including the catalytic converter. The state also used this power in 2002 to enact the globe's first greenhouse gas standards for automobiles. If the Trump Administration succeeds in revoking California's authority, California will find it very difficult to meet its ambitious 2030 greenhouse gas target. The attack on the state's authority will also undermine other states’ efforts to cut their greenhouse gas emissions as well as conventional air pollutants, since thirteen states follow California's standards in whole or in part. And the Trump Administration's revocation will undercut California's role as a green technology innovator by eliminating the strongest regulatory signal the state sends to automotive entrepreneurs. The last result is perhaps the most pernicious of all, because the state's role as a green technology leader has the capacity to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions around the world.

scholarly journals Recognition of Customary Law and Institutions and Community Protocols of Indigenous People in Domestic ABS Legislation or Policies in Accordance with the Provisions of Nagoya Protocol

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-82
Author(s):  
Hasrat Arjjumend
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous People ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Customary Law ◽  
Benefit Sharing ◽  
Access And Benefit Sharing ◽  
Nagoya Protocol ◽  
Customary Laws

The Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) provides for the rights of Indigenous people and local communities in accordance with United Nations Declaration of Rights of Indigenous People. The Parties are obliged to take legislative, administrative and technical measures to recognize, respect and support/ensure the customary laws & institutions and community protocols of Indigenous peoples and local communities (ILCs). Within the ambit of contemporary debates encompassing Indigenous peoples’ right to self-determination, this paper examines the effectiveness of international law (i.e. Nagoya Protocol) to influence existing or evolving domestic laws, policies or administrative measures of Parties on access and benefit sharing. Through opinion surveys of Indigenous organizations and national authorities of CBD’s Parties, the findings indicate that the space, recognition and respect created in existing or evolving domestic ABS measures for rights of Indigenous communities are too inadequate to effectively implement the statutory provisions related to customary laws & institutions and community protocols, as envisaged in Nagoya Protocol. As the bio-cultural rights of Indigenous people are key to conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, the domestic ABS laws need reorientation to be sufficiently effective in translating the spirit of international ABS laws into domestic policies.

scholarly journals Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shelton H. Davis
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
International Development ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Poor People ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
The World Bank

There has been a growing attention on the need to take into account the effects of global climate change. This is particularly so with respect to the increasing amount of green house gas emissions from the Untied States and Europe affecting poor peoples, especially those in developing countries. In 2003, for example, the experts of several international development agencies, including the World Bank, prepared a special report titled “Poverty and Climate Change: Reducing the Vulnerability of the Poor through Adaptation” (OECD 2003). This report followed the Eighth Session of the Conference of Parties (COP8) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in New Delhi, India in October 2002. It showed that poverty reduction is not only one of the major challenges of the 21st century, but also that climate change is taking place in many developing countries and is increasingly affecting, in a negative fashion, both the economic conditions and the health of poor people and their communities.

scholarly journals Report: Status of Legal Recognition of Indigenous Peoples’, Local Communities’ and Afro-descendant Peoples’ Rights to Carbon Stored in Tropical Lands and Forests

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Tropical Forests ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Subtropical Forest ◽  
Emissions Reductions ◽  
Legal Recognition ◽  
Carbon Offset ◽  
The Status ◽  
Natural Climate

This study reviews the status of the legal recognition of the rights of Indigenous Peoples, local communities, and Afro-descendant Peoples to the carbon in their lands and territories across 31 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Together, these countries hold almost 70 percent of the world’s tropical forests and represent at least 62 percent of the total feasible natural climate solution potential, and thus the bulk of nature-based emissions reductions and carbon offset opportunities in tropical and subtropical forest countries.

scholarly journals ENERGY EFFICIENCY, RENEWABLES AND ECONOMY

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Momir Đurović
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Climate Changes ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Global Climate Changes ◽  
The World ◽  
The Impact

The paper gives results of the investigation of the impact of energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy sources on the economy in the world. In relation to this, it is also noted that energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy sources play a vital role in meeting the needs for energy and global climate changes worldwide. Furthermore, a survey is presented of the measures that are being taken in promoting the use of renewable energy sources and the increase of the energy efficiency in Europe and other countries in the world.

scholarly journals Bitcoin and Global Climate Change: Emissions Beyond Borders

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nuri Onat ◽  
Rateb Jabbar ◽  
Murat Kucukvar ◽  
Noora Fetais
Keyword(s):  
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Carbon Footprint ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Global Supply Chain ◽  
Mining Equipment ◽  
Significant Discrepancy ◽  
Gas Emissions ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
The World

Abstract Bitcoin is a virtual, decentralized currency based on Blockchain technology. Regardless of where you send Bitcoin, the greenhouse gas emissions stemming from these transactions are distributed around the world. Furthermore, with the increasing public and institutional interest in Bitcoin, the value, complexity of Bitcoin mining, Blockchain networks, as well as the energy required for Bitcoin mining have been rapidly increasing. Here we show the global distribution of greenhouse gas emissions resulting from Bitcoin mining across the globe. We also estimated the carbon footprint of Bitcoin mining per transaction, per country, and per year for the last six years. The carbon footprint estimations of Bitcoin mining are calculated with consideration of the global supply-chain of Bitcoin mining around the world. According to our systematic estimations, carbon emissions are in rapid increase and there is a significant discrepancy between the locations of Bitcoin holders and the locations of emissions. China plays a major role both in emissions due to overall global mining and as a major manufacturer/supplier of Bitcoin mining equipment for all Bitcoin mining countries.

scholarly journals Remote Sensing and Controlling of Co2 and Greenhouse Parameters Based on Iot

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 4551-4557
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Open Field ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Light Weight ◽  
Observation Station ◽  
Sensors And Actuators ◽  
The World ◽  
Remote Observation

:The world global climate[6] change has caused unpredictable climatic conditions that have resulted within the international food shortage being knowledgeable about. A greenhouse can ordinarily turn out a lot of crops per square measure when put next to open field cultivation since the microclimatic parameters that confirm crop yieldareunendinglymonitoredAssociateinmanage and controlto confirm that an optimum surroundings is formed. The machinedriven greenhouse system achieves observation and management of a greenhouse[4] surroundings by exploitation sensors and actuators that are underneath the management of a microcontroller running a bug. The system consists of 2 stations. Remote observation station and therefore the Actuators/Sensors Station. The controller utilized in the actuators/ sensors station that ensures that the microclimatic parameters keep among pre-defined values as determined and set by the user is that the Arduino prototyping platform. The planned system is a remote sensing of agriculture parameters and system to the greenhouse agriculture. The arrange is to regulate greenhouse air, soil wet, temperature, and light, supported the soil wet the dominant action is accomplished for the greenhouse windows/doors supported crops once 1/4 complete around the year. The target is to extend the yield and to supply organic farming. The result shows the remote of greenhouse gas, soil wet, temperature, and light-weight for the inexperiencedhouse.

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