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| {{Short description|Actions to reduce climate change}} | |||
| '''Climate action''' describes various affords to prevent what is considered ]. | |||
| '''Climate action''' (or '''climate change action''') refers to a range of activities, mechanisms, policy instruments, and so forth that aim at ] of human-induced ] and its ]. "More climate action" is a central demand of the ].<ref name=":7">{{cite web |last1=Maher |first1=Julie |title=Fridays For Future: A Look Into A Climate Change Movement |date=26 March 2021 |url=https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/3947ec5373864c6ea361190220f0e27c |access-date=1 February 2022}}</ref> '''Climate inaction''' is the absence of climate action. | |||
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== Examples == | ||
| Some examples of climate action include: | |||
| ] | |||
| {{See also|Politics of global warming}} | |||
| * ] | |||
| ===Carbon sinks=== | |||
| ⚫ | * ] | ||
| {{See also|Carbon sink#Enhancing natural sequestration}} | |||
| ⚫ | * ] | ||
| ] can ] naturally or artifically. ] has the objective of mitigating climate change through reducing net emissions of greenhouse gases through enhanced ] in developing countries. | |||
| ⚫ | * ] | ||
| * ] – actions by non-governmental organizations | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
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== Obstacles == | ||
| {{See also|Energy subsidies}} | |||
| {{See also|Efficient energy use}} | |||
| ] generation has increased in recent years, i.e. with ], or ]. For instance ] can encourage faster adoption. | |||
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=== Human behaviour === | ||
| {{See also|Fossil-fuel phase-out}} | |||
| ] describes actions to withdraw investment assets including stocks, bonds, and investment funds from companies involved in extracting fossil fuels, in an attempt to reduce climate change emissions.<ref name="Fossil fuel divestment: a brief history">{{cite web|title=Fossil fuel divestment: a brief history|url=http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/08/fossil-fuel-divestment-a-brief-history|website=www.theguardian.com/|publisher=The Guardian|accessdate=25 March 2015}}</ref> | |||
| * ] | |||
| Financial experts, such as the Bank of England or Goldman Sachs, project that expensive fossil fuel projects will become worthless due to future climate actions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jan/07/much-worlds-fossil-fuel-reserve-must-stay-buried-prevent-climate-change-study-says|title=Leave fossil fuels buried to prevent climate change, study urges|year=2015|publisher=The Guardian}}</ref> According to research, to limit the climate change to a 2°C target many fossil fuels have to be left in the ground.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v517/n7533/full/nature14016.html|authors=Christophe McGlade & Paul Ekins|title=The geographical distribution of fossil fuels unused when limiting global warming to 2 °C|journal=Nature|doi=10.1038/nature14016|year=2015}}</ref> | |||
| ⚫ | * ] | ||
| ===Global agreements=== | |||
| * ] | |||
| *Effective since 2005 is the ], an international treaty, which extends the 1992 ] (UNFCCC) that commits State Parties to reduce greenhouse gases emissions.<ref>{{cite web | date=n.d. | url=http://unfccc.int/essential_background/kyoto_protocol/items/1678.php | title=Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: Annex B | publisher=United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change | accessdate=8 October 2011}} </ref> | |||
| * ] | |||
| ⚫ | ==See also== | ||
| *The ] resulted in a global agreement for the goal of limiting ] to less than 2 degrees Celsius (°C) compared to pre-industrial levels.<ref name="FCCC_CP_2015_L9_Rev1">{{cite web | title = Adoption of the Paris agreement—Proposal by the President—Draft decision -/CP.21 | work = | publisher = ] | date = 2015-12-12 | url = http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/2015/cop21/eng/l09r01.pdf |format = ] | doi = | accessdate = 2015-12-12 |archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/6djDMHZAT |archivedate= 2015-12-12 |deadurl=no}}</ref> Nations will also "pursue efforts to" limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C.<ref name="cnn">{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/12/world/global-climate-change-conference-vote/ |title=Final draft of climate deal formally accepted in Paris |last1=Sutter |first1=John D. |last2=Berlinger |first2=Joshua |date=12 December 2015 |website=CNN |publisher=Cable News Network, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. |access-date=12 December 2015}}</ref> | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] on climate action | |||
| ⚫ | ==References== | ||
| ===Negative emissions=== | |||
| ⚫ | {{reflist}} | ||
| {{See also|Carbon dioxide removal}} | |||
| ] (BECCS) is a ] technology which produces ]s by combining ] (energy from ]) use with ] ].<ref name=Obersteiner>{{cite journal |doi=10.1126/science.294.5543.786b |title=Managing Climate Risk |year=2001 |last1=Obersteiner |first1=M. |journal=Science |volume=294 |issue=5543 |pages=786–7 |pmid=11681318}}</ref> The ] noted, "Net negative emissions can be achieved when more GHGs are sequestered than are released into the atmosphere (e.g., by using bio-energy in combination with carbon dioxide capture and storage)."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.carbonbrief.org/two-degree-climate-target-not-possible-without-negative-emissions-scientists-warn|title=Two degree climate target not possible without ‘negative emissions’, scientists warn|year=2015|publisher=CarbonBrief}}</ref> | |||
| ⚫ | == External links == | ||
| ===Planning=== | |||
| {{See also|European Climate Change Programme}} | |||
| A ] (CAP) is a set of strategies or a framework intended to guide efforts for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=NREL|url=http://www1.eere.energy.gov/wip/solutioncenter/pdfs/breakout_climate_action_planning_david_peterson.pdf|title=Climate Action Planning|accessdate=January 23, 2016}}</ref> | |||
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| ===Taxation=== | |||
| {{Climate change}} | |||
| Climate actions can include the adoption of a ], as an incentive to reduce carbon emissions, and to adopt alternatives.<ref name="gupta taxes and charges"> {{cite book |year=2007 |contribution=13.2.1.2 Taxes and charges |title=Policies, instruments, and co-operative arrangements |series=Climate Change 2007: Mitigation. Contribution of Working Group III to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (B. Metz ''et al''. Eds.) |publisher=Print version: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K., and New York, N.Y., U.S.A.. This version: IPCC website |author=Gupta, S. |url=http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/wg3/en/ch13s13-2-1-2.html |accessdate=2010-03-18|display-authors=etal}}</ref> | |||
| ⚫ | {{Human impact on the environment}} | ||
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| ===Transportation=== | |||
| ] of the Model S at the ] in ]]] | |||
| {{See also|Electric car use by country}} | |||
| {{See also|Government incentives for plug-in electric vehicles}} | |||
| The ] and other emissions of electric vehicles varies depending on the fuel and technology used for electricity generation. | |||
| ⚫ | ] | ||
| According to ], 84% of existing vehicles could be switched over to ]s without requiring any new grid infrastructure. In terms of transportation, the net result would be a 27% total reduction in emissions of the ]es ], ], and ], a 31% total reduction in ]s, a slight reduction in nitrous oxide emissions, an increase in ] emissions, the same ] emissions, and the near elimination of ] and ] emissions (a 98% decrease in carbon monoxide and a 93% decrease in volatile organic compounds). The emissions would be displaced away from street level, where they have "high human-health implications."<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Pacific Northwest National Laboratory|url=http://energyenvironment.pnnl.gov/ei/pdf/Impact%20Assessment%20of%20PHEV%20on%20US%20Power%20Grid.pdf|title=Impacts assessment of plug-in hybrid vehicles on electric utilities and regional u.s. power grids|year=2010}}</ref> | |||
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| ⚫ | ==See also== | ||
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| ⚫ | ==References== | ||
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| ⚫ | ==External links== | ||
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| ⚫ | {{Human impact on the environment}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 05:57, 25 December 2024
Actions to reduce climate changeClimate action (or climate change action) refers to a range of activities, mechanisms, policy instruments, and so forth that aim at reducing the severity of human-induced climate change and its impacts. "More climate action" is a central demand of the climate movement. Climate inaction is the absence of climate action.
Examples
Some examples of climate action include:
- Business action on climate change
- Climate change adaptation
- Climate change mitigation
- Climate finance
- Climate movement – actions by non-governmental organizations
- Individual action on climate change
- Politics of climate change
Obstacles
Human behaviour
See also
- Causes of climate change
- Effects of climate change
- Sustainable Development Goal 13 on climate action
References
- Maher, Julie (26 March 2021). "Fridays For Future: A Look Into A Climate Change Movement". Retrieved 1 February 2022.
External links
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