Action on Global Warming-Making Room for Tribal Governments in the New Kind of Wedge Issue英文课件.pptVIP

Action on Global Warming:Making Room forTribal Governments in the New Kind of Wedge IssueDean B. SuageeHobbs, Straus, Dean Walker, LLPWashington, DCdsuagee@ Reducing CO2 Emissions through Renewable Energy and Efficiency Carbon Dioxide and Methane concentrations temperature rise Wedges to stabilize CO2 emissions- Stephen Pacala Robert Socolow, Science (2004) Reducing U.S. CO2 Emissions by 60% to 80% by 2050 CO2 reductions from energy efficiency and renewable energy CO2 reductions from energy efficiency and renewable energy Renewables Only Scenario –  Carbon reductions by 2030 Million Metric Tons/Year Energy Efficiency 688 Concentrating Solar Power 63 Photovoltaics 63 Wind 181 Biofuels 58 Biomass 75 Geothermal 83 Total – 70% reduction from 2005 - 1211 Reducing CO2 Emissions through Renewable Energy and Efficiency “Wedges” concept as presented by the American Solar Energy Society in Solar Today magazineSee Reducing CO2 Emissions through Renewable Energy and Efficiency PHOTOVOLTAICS CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER WIND POWER BIOMASS GEOTHERMAL TRANSPORTATION BIOFUELS BULDINGS ENERGY EFFICIENCY Reducing CO2 Emissions through Renewable Energy and Efficiency Some Big Picture Strategies and Issues Laws that set goals, e.g., CaliforniaMandatory v. market-based programsEvolution of the electric utility industry Distributed generation, demand side management Land use planning to reduce transportation Smart growth, new urbanism, walkable neighborhoods Reducing CO2 Emissions through Renewable Energy and Efficiency The Big Picture of C02 Emissions Some Other Organizations American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) A coalition of renewable energy organizations 25 x ’25 – 25% RE by 2025 Union of Concerned Scientists Apollo Alliance – - Three Million New Jobs Worldwatch Institute – U.S. Climate Action Partnership – Rocky Mountain Institute – 40 million jobs by 2030American Solar Energy