SCI1300 Study Guide - Final Guide: Emission Intensity, Emissions Trading, Carbon Tax
17 Oct 2018
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The process of adjustment to actual or expected climate and its effects. Climate change commitment- some climate change is inevitable. Climate change may occur more rapidly than currently expected. Proactive adaptation may be cheaper than reactive adaptation. Action taken by individuals, industries or businesses. E. g. building or strengthening coastal and river flood barriers. E. g. crop diversification, reinforcing natural defences e. g. dunes and wetlands. Damage risk is a function of hazard, exposure and vulnerability. Human intervention to reduce the sources or enhance the sinks of greenhouse gases. May not be able to adapt to rapid climate change. Adaptation to all climate change may be too expensive. Some systems may not be able to adapt: ecosystems, coastal settlements, poor and vulnerable communities. Total co2 emissions= cieigpp: ci= carbon intensity (emissions/energy, ei= energy intensity (energy/gdp, gp= per-capita gdp (gdp/population, p= population. Improvements in carbon intensity: more carbon-free energy, slowing population growth (unlikely, slowing wealth growth (unlikely), as emissions are closely linked to wealth.
