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  1. Feb 2020
    1. Elektrificatie van gebouwenverwarming

      elektrificatie gebouwenverwarming

    2. Het is immers enkel voor deze niet-ETS sectoren -de gebouwen, transport, landbouw, afval en een klein deel van de industrie -dat de lidstaten zelf doelstellingen moeten naleven.

      niet-ets sectoren

    3. Een verlaagd btw-tarief van 6% voor het volledige Belgische grondgebied kan heropbouw na sloop stimuleren.

      verlaagd btw tarief sloop heropbouw

    4. In de periode 2005-2018, een periode van 13 jaar, zijn de niet-ETS emissies in Vlaanderen bovendien slechts met 5% gedaald.

      daling niet-ETS vlaanderen

    5. Gewesten zetten hierbij voornamelijk in op de grootschalige renovatie van de gebouwensector.

      gewesten: gebouwen renoveren

    6. Hiervoor zullen de grootste inspanningen moeten komen van de sectoren die het meeste bijdragen tot de broeikasgasemissies: de gebouwen-en de transportsector. Voor de gebouwensector ligt de nadruk op sterk verbeterde energie-efficiëntie, gekoppeld aan de vergroening van de energiedragers.

      emissiereducties gebouwensector

    7. ussen 1990 en 2017

      verandering in emissies per sector

    8. In vergelijking met de afgelopen jaren daalden de emissies van de residentiële sector en de tertiaire sector in 2017, hoewel een aantal indicatoren in stijgende lijn gaan. Voorbeelden zijn de stijging van het aantal woningen en van het aantal werknemers in de tertiaire en de institutionele sector. Dit komt door de overschakeling op een andere brandstof en betere isolatie. In de tertiaire sector blijft er een netto-stijging van emissies sinds 1990 door de ontwikkeling van de activiteit in deze sector.

      emissies residentiële sector

    9. Residential13.3%

      residentieel

    10. Sinds 1995 is het aantal gebouwen met 12% gestegen. In dezelfde periode steeg het aantal woningen met 20%. Het Belgische woningbestand kenmerkt zich door een hoog percentage oude gebouwen. Aardgas is de voornaamste verwarmingsbron. Het aandeel van huishoudelijke toestellen die energie verbruiken, blijft stijgen

      woningbestand

    11. De residentiële en tertiaire sectoren zijn de belangrijkste verbruikers van finale energie(40% in 2017 ), gevolgd door industrie (30%) en transport (30%).

      residentiële sector

  2. lexparency.org lexparency.org
    1. greenhouse gas emissions from IPCC source categories of energy, industrial processes and product use, agriculture and waste as determined pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 525/2013, excluding greenhouse gas emissions from the activities listed in Annex I to Directive 2003/87/EC.Without prejudice to Article 7 and Article 9(2) of this Regulation, this Regulation does not apply to greenhouse gas emissions and removals covered by Regulation (EU) 2018/841.For the purposes of this Regulation, CO2 emissions from IPCC source category 1.A.3.A civil aviation shall be treated as zero.

      scope ESR (Effort Sharing Regulation)

    1. Ineos said in July that it had approved construction of the PDH unit and ethane cracker at a single site. Each unit will benefit from US shale gas economics. The cracker will be designed to produce 1 million metric tons/year (MMt/y) of ethylene, and the PDH plant will have capacity for 750,000 metric tons/year of propylene.

      production

    1. Table S10. Manufacture cost.

      manufacture cost

    2. ST12.2. Sensitivity analysis on the design and cost assumptions

      sensitivity of costs

    3. Table S9. List of economic parameters

      economic parameters

    4. For the designed biorefinery, the total CAPEX was calculated at 477 MM€.

      total CAPEX

    5. 2.10.3 Economic analysis

      economic assessment

    6. Table S8. Overview of the mass and energy flows in the integrated (birch wood-to-phenol, propylene, lignin phenolic oligomers, and carbohydrate pulp) biorefinery.

      mass balance plant

    7. The unit design is based on the following core data:

      production capacity proposed facility

    8. able S13 shows that the GWP of bio-phenol from lignin in this integrated approach is 0.736 kg CO2 equivalent, which is much lower than the fossil-derived phenol (1.73 kg CO2 equivalent). The reductive catalytic fractionation process shows a negative GWP for bio-phenol as the lignocellulose feedstock is a carbon stock. The main contributor of the GWP of bio-phenol is from conversion of monomers fraction to phenol (via hydroprocessing, dealkylation and distillation), which is attributed to the non-renewable H2 (GWP=8.20 kg CO2 / kg H2) used for hydroprocessing to obtain partial deoxygenated products-alkylphenols. Similarly, bio-propylene has a GWP of 0.469 kg CO2 equivalent

      GWP new process

    9. he GWP of phenol, propylene and nonylphenol from fossil oil is 1.73, 1.47 and >1.58 kg CO2 equivalent, respectively

      GWP fossil

    10. this in plantalignin depolymerization strategy produces a select number of methoxylated and alkylated phenolic monomers in close-to-theoretical yields, viz. 20 and 50 wt.% for soft- and hardwood

      new process

    11. Industrial phenol production currently proceeds through the Hock process, involving exothermic autoxidation of cumene, obtained from benzene alkylation with propylene, followed by acid-catalyzed decomposition of cumene hydroperoxide into equimolar amounts of phenol and acetone (Fig. S2).(44, 50) Besides the fossil, non-renewable nature of the feedstock, and the use of dangerous intermediates/catalysts, such as hydroperoxide (explosive) and sulfuric acid (corrosive), the overall phenol yield (on benzene per single-pass basis) in the current process is only 5%,(51)while the overproduction of acetone is a potential market burden.(50)

      hock process

    12. Phenol is a bulk chemical in today’s industry with a global annual production projected at 13.5 million tonnes in 2026.(49) Its main downstream use comprises the production of bisphenol A (46%), phenolic resins (28%), caprolactam (13%), aniline (3%), and alkylphenols (3%) (Fig. S1).

      importance

    1. CO2 storage Through smart forest management, wood can be harvested sustainably. “Moreover, as a result of the shrinking paper industry, there is currently a surplus of wood in Europe”, Sels explains.

      oversupply of wood

    1. This implies that the Bank will phase out support to (i) the production of oil and natural gas; (ii) traditional gas infrastructure (networks, storage, refining facilities); (iii) power generation technologies resulting in GHG emissions above 250 gCO2 per kWh of electricity generated, averaged over the lifetime for gas-fired power plants seeking to integrate low carbon fuels and (iv) large-scale heat production infrastructure based on unabated oil, natural gas, coal or peat

      referentie 250 gCO2/kWh final EIB climate energy policy

    1. OnlyIn general, the Bank will only support power generation projects which emit less than 250 gCO2e per kWhe.This criterion applies to all technologies including to power generation based on low-carbon energy sources is eligible for Bank support

      mention 250 gCO2/kWh in first revised draft

    1. They derive50%or moreof theirrevenues come from electricity generation with a GHG intensityof lifecycle GHG emissionsabove 100 gCO2e/kW

      100 gCO2/kWh second mention

    2. Electricity producers with carbon intensityof lifecycle GHG emissionshigher than 100gCO2e/kWh (50%+ revenues

      100 gCO2/kWh fist mention

    1. argest absolute increase between the lowest and highest income decile is found for COICOP categories transport (07; +7.4 ton CO2-eq.)

      inkomensverschil transport

    2. transport (07; 21%)

      transport totale uitstoot

    1. 257

      european average car emission per kilometer / per passenger

    2. Emission factors

      Ducky emission factor references

  3. Jan 2020
    1. The extra cost of the hydrogen-ready boiler would be about £50, it says.

      50

    2. The firm wants the government to stipulate that by 2025, all new boilers on sale should be hydrogen-ready.

      2025

    3. The 20% proportion was chosen because it’s an optimal blend that won’t affect gas pipes and appliances.

      20 %

  4. Nov 2019
  5. elonuniversity-my.sharepoint.com elonuniversity-my.sharepoint.com
    1. To erect 10 000 wind turbines (“33 GW”) over aperiod of 10 years would require roughly 50 jack-up barges. These cost£60 million each, so an extra capital investment of £3 billion would berequired.

      jack-up barges wind construction

  6. Oct 2019
    1. To calculate the time before depletion and yearly rate of emission decrease in the case of linear decrease until the remaining budget is depleted (here a remaining carbon budget from the start of 2019 is used) [emissions(t) = emissions(2019) - slope . t(depletion)], we can start from the premise that the total budget (budget) and starting emissions (emissions_2019) are known, out of which we can calculate the slope (rate of decrease) and time before depletion (t_depletion):

      Calculation of linear decrease in budget : starting from 2019 (first year with known amount emissions to start from)

  7. Sep 2019
    1. But beware of using those end dates instead of budgets, because it is not the end date but the cumulative emissions that count! A simple illustration: if you don’t achieve reductions in the next ten years but keep emissions constant, and reduce linearly after that, the result is that you have to reach zero ten years earlier! See the next figure.

      End date versus budget

    1. Table 2.2:

      IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C - Table 2.2: The assessed remaining carbon budget and its uncertainties

    1. 2.2 Updated Methane Emissions from Natural Gas .................................................. 8

      updated methane emissions

    1. even if we add in the cost of building new network infrastructure to cope with all the new wind and/or solar capacity implied by replacing gasoline with renewables and EVs, the economics of renewables still crush those of oil

      even if we add in the cost of building new network infrastructure to cope with all the new wind and/or solar capacity implied by replacing gasoline with renewables and EVs, the economics of renewables still crush those of oil

    1. De emissies dalen ook, vooral door een lagere vraag naar het openbaar vervoer

      emissies dalen door minder OV : ?

    2. Aangezien het model alleen de tijd meet die onderweg verloren gaat, worden de bijkomende kosten om plannen te wijzigen, afspraken te verzetten, enz. (zogenaamde kosten voor plan-ningsvertraging) niet gemodelleerd. De winst door hogere productiviteit als gevolg van een betere ruimtelijke allocatie wordt ook niet opgenomen

      congestiekostberekening

  8. Aug 2019
    1. Figure 10: Impact sur le changement climatique de la production d’agneaux biologiques et conventionnels, en kg eqCO2 / 100 kg vv –dispersion des résultats et contribution des différents postes à l’impact moyen

      Figure 10 : Impact sur le changement climatique de la production d’agneaux biologiques et conventionnels, en kg eq CO2 / 100 kg vv – dispersion des résultats et contribution des différents postes à l’impact moyen

    2. Lien aux indicateurs techniques

      Lien aux indicateurs techniques

    3. Lorsque l’on tient compte du stockage de carbone annuel par les sols, les pastoraux, conventionnels et surtout bio, affichent un impact sur le changement climatique très faible à l’hectare et négatif par kg produit.

      Lorsque l’on tient compte du stockage de carbone annuel par les sols, les pastoraux, conventionnels et surtout bio, affichent un impact sur le changement climatique très faible à l’hectare et négatif par kg produit.

    4. Tableau 9: Résultats environnementaux2013(ovins viande) –ComparaisonAgneaux Bio et conventionnels (Inosys-Réseaux d'Elevage)

      Tableau 9: Résultats environnementaux2013(ovins viande) –ComparaisonAgneaux Bio et conventionnels (Inosys-Réseaux d'Elevage)

    1. Tableau 2. Consommation d’énergie finale spécifique pour deux chaînes d’approvisionnement et pour deux modes de transport dans le cas de la viande d’agneau

      Tableau 2. Consommation d’énergie finale spécifique pour deux chaînes d’approvisionnement et pour deux modes de transport dans le cas de la viande d’agneau

    1. A titre illustratif, les consommations d’énergie liées au transport et à la distribution pour un agneau élevé en Nouvelle-Zélande et commercialisé en Allemagne et pour un agneau élevé en Allemagne et commercialisé localement en vente directe « sontplutôt comparables [...] malgré de grandesdifférences dans les distances de transport. »(Schlich et al. (2006) [2]), car les transports massifiés que sont les poids lourds et les cargos réduisent considérablement les émissions par kilo transporté. L’agneau néo-zélandais est dans cette étude transporté par bateau réfrigéré sur 20 000 km (le bateau retourne ensuite en Nouvelle-Zélande à plein) puis par poids lourds avec conteneurs réfrigérés sur 400 km (retour à vide). L’agneau allemand est, lui, transporté en camionnette par le producteur sur 100 km (retour à vide).

      A titre illustratif, les consommations d’énergie liées au transport et à la distribution pour un agneau élevé en Nouvelle-Zélande et commercialisé en Allemagne et pour un agneau élevé en Allemagne et commercialisé localement en vente directe « sontplutôt comparables [...] malgré de grandesdifférences dans les distances de transport. »(Schlich et al. (2006) [2]), car les transports massifiés que sont les poids lourds et les cargos réduisent considérablement les émissions par kilo transporté. L’agneau néo-zélandais est dans cette étude transporté par bateau réfrigéré sur 20 000 km (le bateau retourne ensuite en Nouvelle-Zélande à plein) puis par poids lourds avec conteneurs réfrigérés sur 400 km (retour à vide). L’agneau allemand est, lui, transporté en camionnette par le producteur sur 100 km (retour à vide).

    1. This large datasetenabled an assessment of the relationship between farm variables and carbon footprint at a multi-farmlevel. Mean carbon footprints of 10.85, 12.85 and 17.86 kg CO2e/kg live weight finished lamb wererecorded for lowland, upland and hill farms respectively, from samples with coefficients of variation of33%, 23% and 34%.

      This large datasetenabled an assessment of the relationship between farm variables and carbon footprint at a multi-farmlevel. Mean carbon footprints of 10.85, 12.85 and 17.86 kg CO2e/kg live weight finished lamb wererecorded for lowland, upland and hill farms respectively, from samples with coefficients of variation of33%, 23% and 34%.

    1. The carbon footprint averaged 19 kg of CO2 eq./kg of lamb meat, with 80% from the cradle-to-farm-gate (mainly animal methane and nitrous oxide emissions), 3% from processing, 5% from all transportation stages (predominantly from shipping), and 12% from retailer/consumer/waste stages (dominated by retail storage and home cooking; Figure 2; Ledgard et al., 2009a, 2010)

      The carbon footprint averaged 19 kg of CO2 eq./kg of lamb meat, with 80% from the cradle-to-farm-gate (mainly animal methane and nitrous oxide emissions), 3% from processing, 5% from all transportation stages (predominantly from shipping), and 12% from retailer/consumer/waste stages (dominated by retail storage and home cooking; Figure 2; Ledgard et al., 2009a, 2010)

    1. the current policy pathway — maximising the development of renewable electricity — is unlikely to get us to net zero by 2050.

      the current policy pathway — maximising the development of renewable electricity — is unlikely to get us to net zero by 2050

      --> it will be even less if this path is chosen, because CCS needs a lot of energy:

      "The energy needed to run direct air capture machines in 2100 is up to 300 exajoules each year, according to the paper. This is more than half of overall global demand today, from all sources, and despite rising demand this century, it would still be a quarter of expected demand in 2100."

      https://hyp.is/fePRPrUgEemmKQs-1J8psA/www.carbonbrief.org/direct-co2-capture-machines-could-use-quarter-global-energy-in-2100

    1. The energy needed to run direct air capture machines in 2100 is up to 300 exajoules each year, according to the paper. This is more than half of overall global demand today, from all sources, and despite rising demand this century, it would still be a quarter of expected demand in 2100.

      The energy needed to run direct air capture machines in 2100 is up to 300 exajoules each year, according to the paper. This is more than half of overall global demand today, from all sources, and despite rising demand this century, it would still be a quarter of expected demand in 2100.

  9. Jul 2019
    1. Toewijzen van een coördinerende bevoegdheid aan de federale overheid

      coordinating role of the federal government in climate policy and strengthening the tasks of the National Climate Commission

    1. Hittestress is een probleem op en rond de Groenplaats in de zomer

      Hittestress is een probleem op en rond de Groenplaats in de zomer

    1. Include climate changeimpacts in the calculation method forcompensation

      Include climate changeimpacts in the calculation method forcompensation

    2. Ban third party funding

      Ban third party funding

    3. Allow counterclaims and ensure full participation for affected third parties

      Allow counterclaims and ensure full participation for affected third parties

    4. Require exhaustion of local remedies

      Require exhaustion of local remedies

    5. Option 2 –Adoptinga legal tool-b

      Adopting legal toolbox

    6. These proposalsmay sound radical, but in reality, a substantial amount of termination and removal of ISDS from treaties is already occurring

      Sounds radical, but already occurring.

    7. Working Group III shoulddevelop a mechanismto allow countries to easily move away from traditional investment treaties and ISDS

      Working Group III should develop a mechanism to allow countries to easily move away from traditional investment treaties and ISDS

    8. he issues of the asymmetry of the system, the relationship of ISDS with national courts and regulatory chill must all be properly addressed

      The issues of the asymmetry of the system, the relationship of ISDS with national courts and regulatory chill must all be properly addressed

    9. discussions have failed to systematically address the potential for inconsistency between investment treaty protections and broader societal objectives and commitments found in other areas of domestic and international law

      discussions have failed to systematically address the potential for inconsistency between investment treaty protections and broader societal objectives and commitments found in other areas of domestic and international law

    10. t the majority of claims are brought by investors from high-income countries (86.25%) against upper–middle-income (42.15%) and lower–middle-income (24.26%) countries.

      Majority of claims are brought by investors from high-income countries (86.25%) against upper–middle-income (42.15%) and lower–middle-income (24.26%) countries.

    11. risk of ISDS is particularly acute for developing countries which haveless capacityand resourcesto fight lengthy and expensive ISDS cases

      risk of ISDS is particularly acute for developing countries which havel ess capacityand resourcesto fight lengthy and expensive ISDS cases

    12. Canadian oil and gas company Vermilion did just that in 2017, when it threatenedto sue France under ISDS if it pushed ahead with the law to phase-out fossil fuel extraction in all French territories draftedthe French Environment Minister

      Example of possible hijack: Canadian oil and gas company Vermilion did just that in 2017, when it threatened to sue France under ISDS if it pushed ahead with the law to phase-out fossil fuel extraction in all French territories drafted by the French Environment Minister

    13. Researchalso increasingly indicatesthat foreign investors may want to use ISDS mechanisms as a strategic tool to challenge and delay emission-reduction policies

      Research also increasingly indicates that foreign investors may want to use ISDS mechanisms as a strategic tool to challenge and delay emission-reduction policies

    14. here is a growing body of evidence demonstrating this “regulatory chill”effect of ISDS on public interest measures

      growing body of evidence demonstrating this "regulatory chill" effect of ISDS on public interest measures

    15. equirementforgovernmentsto pay compensationto aggrievedinvestors that are protected by international treaties will significantly increase the cost of the energy transition. Even the cost of participating in, and subsequently winning an ISDScase,can be very highfor governments, especially in developing countries

      cost of compensation and only participating in legal cases in the context of ISDS's increases the cost of the energy transition and can be very high for governments in developing countries

    16. n estimated USD1-4 trillion worth of assets in the energy sector that may become stranded prior to 2050

      1-4 trillion USD estimated stranded in the energy sector by 2050

    1. Cette disposition est applicable à partir du 15 juin 2017 pour autant que l'acte législatif devant être adopté à la suite de la proposition sur le marché de gros de l'itinérance, visée à l'article 19, paragraphe 2, dudit règlement soit applicable à cette date.

      disposition applicable a partir du 15 juin 2017

    1. Les règles de l'UE limitent également le montant que l'on peut vous facturer lorsque vous appelez ou envoyez un SMS à partir de chez vous vers un autre pays de l'UE. Le montant maximum qui peut vous être facturé est de 0,19 euro (hors TVA) par minute d'appels vers un autre pays de l'UE et de 0,06 euro (hors TVA) par SMS envoyé vers un autre pays de l'UE.

      prix appels pays contrat emis vers pays de l'EU maximales :

      • 0.19 EUR/min
      • 0.06 EUR/texto
    1. DE

      Germany average emissions and exergy-based energy emissions

    2. mean cradle-to-gate emission intensities per country are in a narrow range around the generation-weighted global mean of 1.13kgof

      mean global cradle-to-gate emission intensity

    1. Participantswillberesponsibleforcoordinatingtheirowntransportationtoandfromtheairport.

      no train information 2

    2. AirportParticipants are recommended to arrive at the Genève Cointrin Airport

      no train information

  10. www.auvergne-rhone-alpes.developpement-durable.gouv.fr www.auvergne-rhone-alpes.developpement-durable.gouv.fr
    1. certains secteurs sontplacés en vigilance (Drôme, Isère et Savoie), en alerte (Rhône) ou alerte renforcée (Ain).Pour plus de détails, vous pouvez consulter le site PROPLUVIA

      Reinforced alert for regions around Clermont-Ferrand and Lyon

    2. souterrainesSur l’est de la région dans le bassin du Rhône, peu de changement par rapport au mois précédent avec en conséquence d’unerecharge faible à très faible une situation qui reste particulièrement préoccupante sur l’Est lyonnais, la Dombes, le couloir deCertines, le Val de Saône, les Vallées de Vienne ainsi que la plaine de Valloire. Sur l’ouest de la région, dans le bassin de laLoire, les niveaux des nappes alluviales de la Loire et de l’Allier restent au plus bas. Au niveau des aquifères volcaniques lesniveaux restent particulièrement bas sur la chaîne des Puys et bas sur la nappe du Devès et le Trias sédimentaire

      low groundwater levels in majority of the region

    3. Moyennée sur la région, la pluvio-métrie mensuelle est inférieure à la normale de 31 % et se classe au 13e rang des plus faibles pour un mois de mai depuis 1959

      Monthly precipitation is 13 % below the long-term average, 13th driest month since 1959

  11. Jun 2019
    1. The EU has a domestic emissions reduction target and does not currently envisage continuing use of international credits after 2020.

      EU not lining up with international carbon markets at the moment

    1. A group suggested an explicit focus on opportunities for capacity building and technology transfer. While some parties supported identifying eligible activities, others urged avoiding any limitations on scope.

      Note: Article 6 = Education, training and public awareness on climate change in the UNFCCC framework.

      Twitter reflection-suggestion-thread on non-monetary measures : to edit