International Agreement On Greenhouse Gas Emissions In Massachusetts
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ISO 14064 is an international standard for quantifying and reporting greenhouse gas emissions. Part 1 guides development of a GHG inventory that can be compared to other inventories of other organizations regardless of sector or national origin. Part 3 establishes a process for verifying GHG inventory reports.
Today, 195 Parties (194 States plus the European Union) have joined the Paris Agreement. The Agreement includes commitments from all countries to reduce their emissions and work together to adapt to the impacts of climate change, and calls on countries to strengthen their commitments over time.
The Kyoto Protocol was an international agreement that called for industrialized nations to reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions significantly. Other s, like the Doha Amendment, also aimed to compel countries to mobilize against the climate crisis.
The Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA) of 2008 created a framework for reducing heat-trapping emissions to levels that scientists believe give us a reasonable chance of avoiding the worst effects of global warming.
The Paris Agreement is a legally binding international treaty on climate change. It was adopted by 196 Parties at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris, France, on 12 December 2015. It entered into force on 4 November 2016.
The Paris Agreement provides a durable framework guiding the global effort for decades to come. It marks the beginning of a shift towards a net-zero emissions world. Implementation of the Agreement is also essential for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.
In short, the Kyoto Protocol operationalizes the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change by committing industrialized countries and economies in transition to limit and reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions in ance with agreed individual targets.
The major distinction between the two, however, is that while the Convention encouraged industrialized countries to stabilize GHG emissions, the Protocol commits them to do so. The detailed rules for its implementation were adopted at COP 7 in Marrakesh in 2001, and are called the “Marrakesh s.”
Development of the Clean Energy and Climate Plan for 2050 On March 26, 2021, the Governor signed into law An Act Creating A Next-Generation Roadmap for Massachusetts Climate Policy, which requires the EEA Secretary to set statewide emissions limit and sector-specific sublimits every 5 years.