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Pressures affecting Australia’s climate 2016
2016 , At a glance... sector continues to be the dominant source of Australia’s GHG emissions, accounting for 76 per cent of net emissions in 2015. Within ... oxide emissions. Between 1990 and 2015, Australia’s GHG emissions decreased by 27 per cent per person, and, in 2012, Australia ...
Kyoto Protocol targets
2016 , Report Content... in 2007, Australia committed to limiting increases in net GHG emissions to 108 per cent of its 1990 levels from 2008 to 2012. The
... in 2007, Australia committed to limiting increases in net GHG emissions to 108 per cent of its 1990 levels from 2008 to 2012. The
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Climate: 2011–16 in context
2016 , Report Content... 2013a ). As in SoE 2011, Australia’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per person remain the largest of any country in the Organisation ... in 2015. The energy sector continues to dominate GHG emissions, increasing from 74 per cent of net emissions in SoE 2011 to ...
Management outputs and outcomes
2016 , Report Content Reductions in GHG emissions are essential to minimise the amount of global warming and ... outcomes
Management outputs and outcomes
Reductions in GHG emissions are essential to minimise the amount of global warming and ...
Selected socio-economic and environmental measures, Australia, 1996–97 to 2012–13
2016 Graph... Gross value added Population size Energy Consumption GHG emissions Water consumption Waste generation 1996-97 100 100 100 100 100 ...
Figure OVW3 Selected Socio-economic and environmental measures, 1996-97 to 2013-14
2016 Graph... to 2013-14 Gross value added Population Energy Consumption GHG emissions Water consumption Waste generation 1996-97 100 100 100 100 100 ...
Planning and strategy
2016 , Report Content... plans. Emissions Significant international action to reduce GHG emissions is now afoot. The international political response to climate ... in Australia if the international community achieves its GHG goals. As its contribution to the international effort, the Australian ...
Pressures affecting Australia’s climate
2016, 2011 , Assessment summary... Effects of increased greenhouse gases Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have increased since the industrial age, causing positive ... nations; however, emissions decreased between 1990 and 2015 GHG emissions will continue to place pressure on the climate, with changes in ...
Outlook for Australia’s climate 2016
2016 , At a glance... by the global climate outlook. Without mitigation to reduce GHG emissions, modelling suggests that growth in population and economic ... 2100. This would require a reduction in global anthropogenic GHG emissions of 40–70 per cent by 2050 compared with 2010, and near zero ...
Direct (primary) effects of pressures on climate
2016 , Report Content... around 0.6 °C between 1910 and 1990. By 2070, if growth in GHG emissions continues in line with past trends, projected warming will be in the range of 2.2–5.0 °C. For low GHG emissions scenarios (which assume a significant reduction in global ...
Trends in emissions
2016 , Report Content Between 1990 and 2015, Australia’s national GHG inventory suggested that emissions decreased 0.1 per cent ( Figure ATM10 ... emissions Between 1990 and 2015, Australia’s national GHG inventory suggested that emissions decreased 0.1 per cent ( Figure ATM10 ...
Effectiveness of management 2016
2016 , At a glance... economy and environment. Without strong action to reduce GHG emissions, the world is likely to warm by 4 °C by 2100 ( Sherwood et al. ... as it is by CO 2 emitted within Australia. Reducing GHG emissions will therefore require coordinated action by all countries, ...
Urban environmental efficiency: Energy efficiency
2016 Report Content... Program, 2010–14 Benefit Economic benefits, excluding GHG reductions (NPV $m) Economic benefits, including GHG reductions (NPV $m) Reduction in end-use energy consumption (TJ) Reduction ...
Decoupling population change and economic activity from environmental harm
2016 Report Content... Gross value added Population size Energy Consumption GHG emissions Water consumption Waste generation 1996-97 100 100 100 100 100 ...
Drivers of environmental change
2016 Report Content... to 2013-14 Gross value added Population Energy Consumption GHG emissions Water consumption Waste generation 1996-97 100 100 100 100 100 ...
Australia’s emissions in context
2016 , Report Content... GHGs using a common unit. For any quantity and type of GHG, CO 2 -e signifies the amount of carbon dioxide that would have the ...
Increases in greenhouse gases
2016 , Report Content... effect on the climate ( Figure ATM2 ). The CSIRO global GHG-observing network recorded a global CO 2 atmospheric concentration of ... Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs). RCPs are 4 GHG concentration trajectories (RCP2.6, RCP4.5, RCP6 and RCP8.5) adopted by the ...
Understanding and research
2016 , Report Content... changes the precise temperature response to future GHG concentrations, because climate model projections under different GHG emissions scenarios can only estimate temperature increases within a ...
Resilience of our environment and society
2016 , Report Content... mean that Indigenous people are well situated to provide GHG abatement and carbon sequestration services, which may also support their ...
Emission sources
2011 , Report Content... fuels) continues to be the dominant source of Australia’s GHG emissions, accounting for 74% of net emissions, including those associated ... fuels) continues to be the dominant source of Australia’s GHG emissions, accounting for 74% of net emissions, including those associated ...
Pressures affecting Australia's climate
2011 , At a glance... dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and water vapour (a major GHG ), and natural and industrial aerosols. Since the start of the industrial ... Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station in Tasmania, show GHG concentrations continuing to increase in line with long-term trends and ...
Drivers Introduction
2011 At a glance... growth will need to be largely decoupled from increased GHG emission, consumption and waste. There is no question that human activity, ... the control of Australia. If the collective effect of the GHG emission reduction policies and actions of other nations largely determines ...
Understanding and research
2011 , Report Content... then, Australia’s system for measuring and reporting on GHG emissions and energy use by major industry sectors and for estimating ... underpins Australia’s commitment under the protocol to a GHG emissions target of 108% above 1990 levels for the first commitment period ...
Climate change
2011 Report Content... as the uncertainties in their predictions of climate and GHG emissions. The IPCC’s scientific undertaking to produce and review the ... represent alternative development pathways and resulting GHG emissions under current policies, but with varying rates of population ...
Direct (primary) effects of pressures on climate
2011 , Report Content... rise of around 0.7 °C since 1960. By 2070, if growth in GHG emissions continues in line with past trends, projected warming will be in ...
Resilience of our climate
2011 , Report Content... concern among climate scientists that, unless the growth in GHG emissions is soon slowed and reversed, continued increase in water ... concern among climate scientists that, unless the growth in GHG emissions is soon slowed and reversed, continued increase in water ...
3 Atmosphere | 3 Ambient air quality and other atmospheric issues | 3.2 Pressures affecting Australia's atmosphere
2011 , At a glance... oxide, an ozone depleting substance and a greenhouse gas (GHG), is produced by a variety of natural and human-related sources (notably ...
3 Atmosphere | 2 Climate | 2.6 Outlook for Australia's climate
2011 , At a glance... climate change’. Projections of Australia’s growth in GHG emissions to 2020 based on policy settings applying before the release of ... industries), projections of Australia’s growth in GHG emissions to 2020, based on policy settings applying before the release of ...
Stratospheric ozone
2011 , Report Content... (notably agricultural processes). As well as being a potent GHG, nitrous oxide from human sources is currently the single most important ...
Economic growth
2011 Report Content... resources (including energy and water). Table 2.3 shows the GHG emissions avoided, and the amount of energy and water saved by recycling a ... materials. The connections among energy use, water use, GHG emissions and waste production are complex, changeable and sometimes ...
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