Mitigation of Climate Change and supporting policies
The wealth of evidence on climate change and its impact demands that immediate steps are taken to try to control it including:
- reduction of greenhouse gas emissions
- recycling
- planting forests
- energy saving
- transport measures
- renewable energy
Full text e-Journals Exclusive to RSC members in the Virtual Library: Environmental Engineering and Policy; Global Environmental Politics; International Review for Environmental Strategies
Information from the RSC Science and Technology Department is in "Also of interest" links
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Climate Change Strategies
U.S. Climate Change Technology Program Strategic Plan including sequestration of carbon dioxide and reduction of non carbon dioxide emissions
De-carbonisation and emissions cuts
These measures take priority in the reduction of climate change. The Tyndall Centre works with the research community, business leaders, policy advisors, the media and the public for the development of sustainable responses to decrease dependence on carbon fuels and cut emissions
Economic considerations of mitigating climate change in the Stern Report
Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change - one of the most significant and best known reports on this topic.
Energy Saving
The UK Government established The Energy Saving Trust and set a target for reducing UK emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), one of the greenhouse gases responsible for climate change, by 20 per cent of 1990 levels by 2010.
EU activities at the UN Climate Change Conference 2007 in Bali
A page with links to some EU presentations at one of the latest UN Climate Conferences
Planting Forests
Forests can help to reduce climate change by taking up carbon dioxide through photosynthesis. They can help to reduce the effects of climate change and prevent floods and landslides by holding on to the soil with their roots. This is described in detail in slides from Forest Research the research agency of the Forestry Commission
Renewable Energy
One of the most sustainable ways forward for energy needs are renewable sources such as wind, geothermal and solar power and hydrogen and fuel cell technology. The US Department of Energy's Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has links to detailed pages on each of these.
The Kyoto Protocol
A landmark step in tackling global warming where a number of countries adopted the Framework Convention on Climate Change so they would reduce their greenhouse gas emissions below levels specified for each of them in the Treaty.
Transport Measures
Transport is a major cause of greenhouse gas emissions. The Department of Transport has set targets to reduce these.
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Also of interest
In a Nutshell - Topical Digests
LIC Digests and Behind the Hype - fundamental information sources on current issues including biofuels and nuclear power
Chemical science and sustainable energy solutions
The importance of chemistry for designing technologies that reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and provide sustainable energy solutions for the future
Climate change, sustainable energy and the chemical sciences
Climate change, sustainable energy and the chemical sciences
Harnessing light: Solar energy for a low carbon future
Report from an RSC policy seminar looking at the development of the field of photochemistry from Einstein's work in the early 20th century to modern technologies.
Renewable Electricity Generation Technologies
15 January 2008
24 May 2006
Molecular sponges mop up carbon dioxide
US researchers have made zeolite-like materials using a new technique that speedily screens thousands of compounds
RSC policy on energy, the environment and sustainability
