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Climate Change: Climate Change: A Primer on Carbon Offsets A Primer on Carbon Offsets
and Trading and Trading
Cypress Swamp CafeDec 12, 2007
Mark van SoestbergenICBE
We are here
Temperatures are projected to rise an additional 2 – 5°C in the 21st Century
What does What does thisthis Change in Climate mean? Change in Climate mean?
Summer Arctic Sea Summer Arctic Sea IceIce
19791979
20002000
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
What does What does thisthis Change in Climate mean? Change in Climate mean?
http://www.climatechoices.org/ne/
“Many of the world's climate zones may disappear by 2100, leaving new ones in their place unlike any that exist today”
“..we are going to be seeing climates that certainly are completely outside the range of modern human experience.."
26 March Scientific American article27 March Guardian article27 March IOL Reuters article
What does What does thisthis Change in Climate mean? Change in Climate mean?
Summers will be scorchersSummers will be scorchers
These maps show the projected increase in average daily July heat index relative to the present.
The largest increases are in the southeastern states, where the Canadian model projects increases of more than 25°F.
FloridaFlorida
- Reversal of summer-wet, winter-dry
- Brand new animal, plant and human disease vectors
- Sea level rise
- Super storms
Expected sea level increase 21st Century: ~ 1.2 meter
Featured, Treasure Island + 1 meter
Featured, St. Petersburg + 1.25 meter
Featured, Tampa + 1.5 meter
Yikes, Climate Change!Yikes, Climate Change!
What to do?What to do?
- Nothing- Adapt- Engage
Man invents the Kyoto Protocol!Man invents the Kyoto Protocol!
The Kyoto Protocol (KP) sets legally binding emissions targets for a basket of six greenhouse gases (GHG) for Annex I countries2.
Together, they must reduce their emissions by 5.2% below 1990 levels over the commitment period 2008-2012.
Rich leads, poor followsRich leads, poor follows
The Kyoto Protocol allows for project-based transactions in the form of Joint Implementation (JI) in Annex I countries, and for the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) in non-Annex I countries. It also allows for direct emission trading between Annex I countries.
JI, CDM, IET
Kingdom of MoroccoKingdom of Morocco
Ministry of Land-Use Management, Water and the Ministry of Land-Use Management, Water and the EnvironmentEnvironment
The First Carbon Exhibition in North Africa and Middle East Region
Djerba, 22-24 September 2004
Moroccan CDM projectsMoroccan CDM projectsEnergy Efficiency projectsEnergy Efficiency projects
faouzi senhaji
GERERE
CD4CDM Project
The first Carbon exhibition in North Africa and Middle East region – Djerba, September 22-24, 2004
ONE-Street lighting projectONE-Street lighting project
Technical features :
– Installed capacity : 3 MW (15,000 x 200 W)
– Expected saving : 3 GWh / yr (200 W bulbs to replace 250 W bulbs)
– Components : 15,000 LCB of 200 W & PM
Financial issues :
– Total cost of the project : US $ 0.5 million
(Cost per bulb: US $ 27.3)
– Timing :
– Starting date : 2005
– Crediting period : 2006-2015
Project descriptionProject description
Gasoline is 85.5% carbonGasoline is 85.5% carbon
1 gallon of conventional gasoline becomes172 cubic feet / 4.87 cubic meters of CO2
To sustain one person, the United States produces 20 tonne of CO2 per year.
The atmosphere now holds 30% more The atmosphere now holds 30% more carbon than a century ago.carbon than a century ago.
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4.7
Humanemission rate in billiontC/yr
time
equilibrium
Latent atmospheric Carbon isabout 188 billion ton
Earth absorption ratein billiontC/yr de-carbonization pathway
Recommended links:
http://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/products/vis/gallery/index.html
http://www.vets.ucar.edu/vg/categories/globalchange.shtml
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NPP/npp.html
http://cdiac.ornl.gov/trends/emis/em_cont.htm
http://climatechange.unep.net/jcm/
http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc_tar/wg1/index.htm
Mark van [email protected]
352 367 1144 tel
352 335 9140 fax
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