Presenter: Annie Petsonk, Environmental Defense, Washington, DC.
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University of Colorado Law School Colorado Law Scholarly Commons Climate Change and the Future of the American West: Exploring the Legal and Policy Dimensions (Summer Conference, June 7-9) 2006 6-8-2006 SLIDES: In the Nick of Time: Pathways to a Post-2012 Climate Treaty Framework Annie Petsonk Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.law.colorado.edu/climate-change-and-future-of-American-west  Part of the Agricultural Science Commons, Environmental Policy Commons, International Law Commons, and the Natural Resources Management and Policy Commons Citation Information Petsonk, Annie, "SLIDES: In the Nick of Time: Pathways to a Post-2012 Climate Treaty Framework" (2006). Climate Change and the Future of the American West: Exploring the Legal and Policy Dimensions (Summer Conference, June 7-9). https://scholar.law.colorado.edu/climate-change-and-future-of-American-west/20 Reproduced with permission of the Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment (formerly the Natural Resources Law Center) at the University of Colorado Law School.     Annie Petsonk, In the Nick of Time: Pathways to a Post-2012 Climate Treaty Framework, in CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE FUTURE OF THE AMERICAN WEST: EXPLORING THE LEGAL AND POLICY DIMENSIONS (Natural Res. Law Ctr., Univ. of Colo. Sch. of Law 2006).  Reproduced with permission of the Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment (formerly the Natural Resources Law Center) at the University of Colorado Law School.     ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE    ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE In the Nick of Time    ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE In the Nick of Time “I reaffirm America's commitment to the United Nations Framework Convention and its central goal, to stabilize atmospheric greenhouse gas  concentrations at a level that will prevent dangerous human interference with the climate.”  --President George W. Bush, February 14, 2002    ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE In the Nick of Time    ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE In the Nick of Time    ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE In the Nick of Time    ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE In the Nick of Time Source: Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change (UK Met Office 2006)    ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE In the Nick of Time Gulf Stream shutdown 3°C in 100 years O’Neill & Oppenheimer 2002; Keller et al. 2004 Disintegration of West Antarctic Ice Sheet 2°C 450 ppm CO2  2-4°C, less than 550 ppm CO2  O’Neill & Oppenheimer 2002; Oppenheimer & Alley 2004, 2005 Disintegration of Greenland Ice 1° C Hansen 2004 Widespread coral reef bleaching More than 1° C Smith et al. 2001; O’Neill & Oppenheimer 2002 Source: Oppenheimer & Petsonk, Article 2 of the UNFCCC  (Climatic Change 2005), in Exeter Report 2006    ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE In the Nick of Time    ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE In the Nick of Time  2000 B DCEGlobal CO2 emissions (billion tons of carbon) Example: 450 ppm by 2100 2020 2040 2060 2080 2100    ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE In the Nick of Time    ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE In the Nick of Time Average 2000 – 2002 Average 1989 - 1991    ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE In the Nick of Time    ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE In the Nick of Time    ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE In the Nick of Time    ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE In the Nick of Time    ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE In the Nick of Time    ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE In the Nick of Time    ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE In the Nick of Time    ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE In the Nick of Time    ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE In the Nick of Time    ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE In the Nick of Time 

SLIDES: In the Nick of Time: Pathways to a Post-2012 Climate Treaty Framework

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SLIDES: In the Nick of Time: Pathways to a Post-2012 Climate Treaty Framework

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