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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}} | |||
| * ] | |||
| ===Agriculture=== | |||
| ⚫ | * ] | ||
| According to the ], agricultural ] practices can lead to production and emission of ] (N2O), a major ] and air pollutant. Activities that can contribute to N2O emissions include ] usage, ] and ]. The management of soils accounts for over half of the emissions from the Agriculture sector. Cattle livestocks account for one third of emissions, through methane emissions. Manure management and rice cultivation also emit emissions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www3.epa.gov/climatechange/ghgemissions/sources/agriculture.html|title=Agriculture: Sources of Greenhouse Gas Emissions|year=2015|publisher=EPA}}</ref> | |||
| ⚫ | * ] | ||
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| * ] – actions by non-governmental organizations | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
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== Obstacles == | ||
| {{See also|Carbon sink#Enhancing natural sequestration}} | |||
| ] can ] naturally or artificially. ] has the objective of mitigating climate change through reducing net emissions of greenhouse gases through enhanced ] in developing countries. | |||
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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> | |||
| ⚫ | * ] | ||
| ===Energy=== | |||
| * ] | |||
| {{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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==See also== | ||
| * ] | |||
| *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> | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] on climate action | |||
| ⚫ | ==References== | ||
| *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> | |||
| ⚫ | {{reflist}} | ||
| ⚫ | == External links == | ||
| ===Negative emissions=== | |||
| {{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> | |||
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| ===Planning=== | |||
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{{Climate change}} | ||
| ⚫ | {{Human impact on the environment}} | ||
| 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 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> | |||
| ⚫ | ] | ||
| ===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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| ⚫ | ==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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