PDF Publication Title:
Text from PDF Page: 009
Figure 3. Latin America and the Caribbean’s regional greenhouse gas emissions distribution of the countries in the region needs to analyse carefully the economic impact of climate change over the medium and long term and to design and implement a strategy to minimise further carbon emissions (this is known as ‘mitigation’) and make communities resilient to the impacts of climate change already taking place (this is known as ‘adaptation’). Several countries have made progress conducting studies or implementing mitigation measures such as using clean technologies or promoting energy saving and energy efficiency, and are actively searching for alternatives to improve their sustainability through national policies. For example, the Dominican Republic has set a target to source 25% of its energy from renewable sources by 2025, and is fostering renewable energy generation from wind farms and solar plants, which currently represent 2% of national power generation.27 However, greater efforts are necessary to increase the share of renewable energies in the region. Nevertheless, the regional energy model faces other determinants. For example, in recent years some Latin American and Caribbean countries have experienced significant increases in the consumption of natural gas for power generation. The implementation of these projects was justified by the argument that natural gas would replace power plants based on oil and coal. 11% Other 4% Peru 4% Chile 5% Colombia 11% Argentina 12% Venezuela 27% Mexico 26% Brazil Energy use practices and deforestation are interconnected. As shown in Figure 4, the main regional GHG source is land-use change and forestry (47%), followed by energy (22%), agriculture (20%) and waste (3%).23 Land-use change and forestry is worsening as deforestation rates increase, in particular in the Amazon rainforest which is shared by Brazil, Peru, and to a lesser extent Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, Guyana, French Guyana and Bolivia. It is estimated that between 2000 and 2010, 6% of the Amazon rainforest was deforested.24 According to economic forecasts such as one carried out by the Inter-American Develoment Bank (IDB), a potentially subdued level of economic growth will continue in the coming years.25 Growth generally means a rise in energy consumption, primarily of fossil fuels, and consequently the region’s GHG emissions are likely to increase in absolute terms if measures to reduce them are not implemented. Figure 5 shows projections of energy consumption and GHG emissions to the year 2100, based on a business-as-usual model. These projections of future emissions stand in direct opposition to the global climate change goals which are being discussed in international negotiations, which aim to limit the global increase in temperature to 2°C26 by limiting the concentration of GHGs in the atmosphere. This implies that global GHG emissions must reach a turning point by 2020. Consequently, each Source: Prepared by Practical Action, Latin America, using information from the World Bank Database.22 However, over time the natural Low-Carbon Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: Evolution, experiences and challenges 9PDF Image | Low-Carbon Development in Latin America
PDF Search Title:
Low-Carbon Development in Latin AmericaOriginal File Name Searched:
Low_carbon_development_LAC_November_2014.pdfDIY PDF Search: Google It | Yahoo | Bing
NFT (Non Fungible Token): Buy our tech, design, development or system NFT and become part of our tech NFT network... More Info
IT XR Project Redstone NFT Available for Sale: NFT for high tech turbine design with one part 3D printed counter-rotating energy turbine. Be part of the future with this NFT. Can be bought and sold but only one design NFT exists. Royalties go to the developer (Infinity) to keep enhancing design and applications... More Info
Infinity Turbine IT XR Project Redstone Design: NFT for sale... NFT for high tech turbine design with one part 3D printed counter-rotating energy turbine. Includes all rights to this turbine design, including license for Fluid Handling Block I and II for the turbine assembly and housing. The NFT includes the blueprints (cad/cam), revenue streams, and all future development of the IT XR Project Redstone... More Info
Infinity Turbine ROT Radial Outflow Turbine 24 Design and Worldwide Rights: NFT for sale... NFT for the ROT 24 energy turbine. Be part of the future with this NFT. This design can be bought and sold but only one design NFT exists. You may manufacture the unit, or get the revenues from its sale from Infinity Turbine. Royalties go to the developer (Infinity) to keep enhancing design and applications... More Info
Infinity Supercritical CO2 10 Liter Extractor Design and Worldwide Rights: The Infinity Supercritical 10L CO2 extractor is for botanical oil extraction, which is rich in terpenes and can produce shelf ready full spectrum oil. With over 5 years of development, this industry leader mature extractor machine has been sold since 2015 and is part of many profitable businesses. The process can also be used for electrowinning, e-waste recycling, and lithium battery recycling, gold mining electronic wastes, precious metals. CO2 can also be used in a reverse fuel cell with nafion to make a gas-to-liquids fuel, such as methanol, ethanol and butanol or ethylene. Supercritical CO2 has also been used for treating nafion to make it more effective catalyst. This NFT is for the purchase of worldwide rights which includes the design. More Info
NFT (Non Fungible Token): Buy our tech, design, development or system NFT and become part of our tech NFT network... More Info
Infinity Turbine Products: Special for this month, any plans are $10,000 for complete Cad/Cam blueprints. License is for one build. Try before you buy a production license. May pay by Bitcoin or other Crypto. Products Page... More Info
| CONTACT TEL: 608-238-6001 Email: greg@infinityturbine.com | RSS | AMP |