One report shows that Brazil, China, India, Mexico, South Africa and Turkey have reduced their greenhouse gases, while another report shows that Australia has the ability, if not the political will – at present.
The Pew Center on Global Climate Change released a new report examining measures contributing to climate change mitigation in Brazil, China, India, Mexico, South Africa, and Turkey. The report found that these measures have reduced the countries' combined greenhouse gas emissions growth by nearly 300 million tons a year.
If not for these efforts, the report concluded, emissions in the six countries could be about 19 percent higher than they are today.
Among the many efforts identified are market and energy reforms to promote economic growth; development of alternative fuels to reduce energy imports; aggressive energy efficiency programs; use of solar and other renewable energy to raise living standards in rural locations; reducing deforestation; slowing population growth; and switching from coal to natural gas to diversify energy sources and reduce air pollution.
Broader implementation of such efforts could reduce future emissions growth by an additional 300 million tons a year by 2010, the report estimates.
Full text of the report is available at:
http://www.pewclimate.org/projects/dev_mitigation.cfm
The Pew Center on Global Climate Change released a new report examining measures contributing to climate change mitigation in Brazil, China, India, Mexico, South Africa, and Turkey. The report found that these measures have reduced the countries' combined greenhouse gas emissions growth by nearly 300 million tons a year.
If not for these efforts, the report concluded, emissions in the six countries could be about 19 percent higher than they are today.
Among the many efforts identified are market and energy reforms to promote economic growth; development of alternative fuels to reduce energy imports; aggressive energy efficiency programs; use of solar and other renewable energy to raise living standards in rural locations; reducing deforestation; slowing population growth; and switching from coal to natural gas to diversify energy sources and reduce air pollution.
Broader implementation of such efforts could reduce future emissions growth by an additional 300 million tons a year by 2010, the report estimates.
Full text of the report is available at:
http://www.pewclimate.org/projects/dev_mitigation.cfm