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Gaia Education At the Cutting-Edge of Sustainability Education

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Catalyzing Carbon Consciousness An Alterna3ve to Carbon Offse7ng

July 15, 2014 Presented by Daniel Greenberg

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Catalyzing Carbon Consciousness • Climate change 101

• Future scenarios

• Governmental and corporate responses

• Personal response

• Carbon offse7ng overview and challenges

• Onse7ng and Earth Deeds

h"p://www.ecy.wa.gov/climatechange/wha4s.htm

The Carbon “Bathtub”

SOURCES: Fossil Fuel Combus6on

Deforesta6on

SINKS: Ocean Uptake Land Uptake

CO2 Levels

Global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels 1900 -‐ 2008

CO2 E

missions (T

eragrams C

O2)

h"p://www.epa.gov/climatechange/ghgemissions/global.html

h"p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keeling_Curve

h"p://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/

www.epa.gov/climatechange/science/pastcc_fig1.html

CO2 and Global Temperature

h"p://www.climatechange2013.org/images/uploads/WGI_AR5_SPM_brochure.pdf

IPCC Es3mates

~37°C – Normal

+1-‐2°C – Fever • Headache • Weakness

+2-‐3°C – High Fever • Hallucina6ons • Convulsions

+4-‐5°C – Very High Fever • Brain Damage • Death?

Is 4-‐5°C a big deal?

~14°C – Normal

+1-‐2°C – Fever

+2-‐3°C – High Fever

+4-‐5°C – Very High Fever

Is 4-‐5°C a big deal? 19° 18° 17° 16° 15° 14°

• Collapse of ocean circula6on (50%) • Greenland ice sheet melt (60%) • 40-‐70% species ex6nc6on risk

• Increased ex6nc6on risk • Global crop decline

• Glacial melt

h"p://www.greenpeace.org/interna4onal/Global/ interna4onal/publica4ons/climate/2013/PointOfNoReturn.pdf

• Widespread coral reef mortality • Extreme weather

• Environmental refugees

h"p://www.greenpeace.org/interna4onal/Global/interna4onal/publica4ons/climate/2013/PointOfNoReturn.pdf

Where Are We Heading?

2011 Durban Plaborm for

Enhanced Ac6on adopted

82% have emissions targets

Most are short term

Average ~1% per year

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Inefficient transfer of funds Neutrality = “Indulgences”

Market Incen6ves

Inadequate market-‐based pricing Addi6onality difficult to prove Large, non-‐local projects

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Neutrality = “Indulgences” Inadequate market-‐based pricing Addi6onality difficult to prove Large, non-‐local projects

Efficient transfer of funds

Onse7ng

Posi6ve “pay-‐it-‐forward” story

Social Cost of Carbon

Price based on scien6fic evidence Support exis6ng projects Small, local projects

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Inefficient transfer of funds

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Neutrality = “Indulgences”

Addi6onality difficult to prove Large, non-‐local projects

Efficient transfer of funds Posi6ve “pay-‐it-‐forward” story Price based on scien6fic evidence Support exis6ng projects Small, local projects

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Daniel Greenberg, Ph.D. "Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible." -‐ St. Francis of Assisi

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