http://www.sunflower-alliance.org/new_climate_metrics_raise_the_bar

Originally posted by Nick Despota of the Sunflower Alliance, July 15, 2015

The methods for measuring effects of climate change are critical to dialogs about climate change. They are at the heart of treaty negotiations and government policies. However, the currently used metrics date back to the Kyoto Protocol in 1997. This new report outlines more stringent metrics for evaluating climate forcing gases.

The addendum to the report evaluates the EPA’s GHG Emissions Reduction Report. That report estimated the effects of conversion from coal to natural gas and continuing implementation of the Clean Air Act, for 2035, 2050, and 2100. According to the EPA, under the Kyoto metrics, CO2e emissions would decrease by 14%. However, under the new climate metrics, these emissions would increase by 135%.

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