Decarbonizing Development : Planning Ahead for a Future with Zero Emissions

Stabilizing climate change entails bringing net emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) to zero. CO2 stays in the atmosphere for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. As long as we emit more than we capture or offset through carbon sinks (such as forests...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Brief
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	WASTE PUBLIC TRANSIT TRAFFIC CONGESTION ELECTRICITY SECTOR CARBON DIOXIDE SUBWAY FORESTRY SECTOR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS CARBON INCOME EMISSION TARGET VEHICLES ACTIVITIES GREENHOUSE GASSES GENERATION EMISSIONS ATMOSPHERE EMISSION REDUCTION GLOBAL CARBON EMISSIONS GAS TRAFFIC EMISSION REDUCTIONS ACIDIFICATION AIR GREENHOUSE GAS TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE BIOMASS CARBON FOOTPRINT CO2 ENERGY BUILDINGS TRANSPORT CARBON CAPTURE POWER SECTOR PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEMS SMALL HYDROPOWER ELECTRIFICATION CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS OPTIONS ELECTRIC VEHICLES POLLUTION FORESTRY GAS EMISSIONS ROUTE ENERGY EXPENDITURES ABATEMENT COST CARBON EMISSIONS INFRASTRUCTURE LAND USE BUS EMISSION GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM CONGESTION TRANSPORTATION TRANSIT HEAT CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES CARS POWER ELECTRICITY CEMENT DEFORESTATION CLIMATE TRAINS ABATEMENT FORESTS HYDROPOWER BIO- ENERGY ELECTRICITY GENERATION FOSSIL FUEL PUBLIC TRANSPORT TRAM ENERGY BILLS CO EMISSION-REDUCTION SOLAR POWER ENERGY EFFICIENCY HYBRID VEHICLES SPRAWL LAND CARBON PRICES COMBUSTION CARBON INTENSITY CARBON SINKS COAL NUCLEAR POWER FUEL LESS LOW-CARBON INVESTMENTS CARBON NEUTRALITY RENEWABLE SOURCES CLIMATE POLICY TRANSIT SYSTEMS REFINERIES ZERO EMISSIONS URBAN SPRAWL REDUCED CO2 FOSSIL PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER APPROACH PRICES BENEFITS HEAT PUMPS WINDMILLS ENERGY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/05/24470473/decarbonizing-development-planning-ahead-future-zero-emissions http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21887

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Decarbonizing Development : Planning Ahead for a Future with Zero Emissions

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