ENVR POL 336 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, Financial Crisis Of 2007–2008, Clean Development Mechanism
23 Oct 2016
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Climate-challenged society chapter 4 john dryzek, richard norgaard, david schlosberg. Solving climate change will involve multifaceted action and continuous policy adjustment in order to overcome powerful political interests that have prevented effective policies in the past. Climate change action is divided among two approaches: mitigation and adaptation: mitigation: curbing the effect of ghgs on the climate especially through emissions reduction, adaptation: coping with the consequences of climate change. Mitigation: co2 emissions depend on the size of the economy and its carbon intensity (the amount of co2 emissions accompanying a unit of economic output, two approaches to mitigation. Population control to restrict the size of the economy (china"s (cid:862)o(cid:374)e (cid:272)hild(cid:863) poli(cid:272)(cid:455)(cid:895) this is controversial and unlikely to be a viable path toward solving climate change. Ghg emission reductions to decrease carbon intensity this is the popular option: policy instruments for reducing emissions.
