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Climate Change Mitigation Saadullah Ayaz Climate Change Coordinator, IUCN- Pakistan

Climate Change Mitigation Saadullah Ayaz Climate Change Coordinator, IUCN- Pakistan. MITIGATION. Definition:

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Climate Change Mitigation Saadullah Ayaz Climate Change Coordinator, IUCN- Pakistan

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  1. Climate ChangeMitigationSaadullah AyazClimate Change Coordinator, IUCN- Pakistan

  2. MITIGATION Definition: Mitigation of climate change refers to the actions taken by individuals or corporations to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions in order to minimize their effects on global climate change. This usually works in conjunction with national and international policies that minimize greenhouse gas production and release into the atmosphere. Instead of trying to adapt to global warming, mitigation of global warming refers more to the prevention and control of the products and actions that cause climate change.

  3. MITIGATION OPTIONS 1. Energy Efficiency and Management - urban planning and building design - changing attitudes and choices - transportation - technological measures - fuel switching 2. Alternate energy sources - solar, hydel, wind and alternate options like biofuels etc. 3. Reforestation and avoided defoforestation 4. Geoengineersing - carbon capture and storage - solar radiation management (global dimming) - ocean storage (use of iron)

  4. ECONOMICS CLIMATE CHANGESterns Review. Sir Nicholas Stern- 2006 proposes stabilising the concentration of greenhouse-gas emissions in the atmosphere at a maximum of 550ppm CO2e by 2050. The Review estimates that this would mean cutting total greenhouse-gas emissions to three quarters of 2007 levels. The cost of these cuts would be in the range -1.0 to +3.5% of GDP The costs of stabilizing the climate are significant but manageable; delay would be dangerous and much more costly The cost of in- action will be more that action

  5. MITIGATION MECHANISMS- THE KYOTO PROTOCOL • Adopted in Kyoto, Japan in 1997 under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change • The Kyoto Protocol: Aims to reduce GHG emissions by 2012 and distinguish two types of countries: • - Annex-I countries: With binding emission targets • (41 industrialised countries): • - Non-Annex I countries: With voluntary participation • (151 developing countries): • The Kyoto Protocol legally binds the Annex- I countries to reduced there greenhouse gas emissions by 5.2 % (in average) below the 1992 levels, by Year 2012

  6. THE KYOTO PROTOCOL MITIGATION OPTIONS • - Source oriented measures • Energy conservation and efficiency improvement • Fossils fuel switching • Renewable energy • - Sink enhancement measures • Capture and disposal of CO2 (under discussion) • Enhancement of forest sinks (limited options)

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