This fact sheet is one of a broad range addressing issues of global warming and climate change: defintions,causes, effects and strategies for reducing human impact on Earth
 

WHAT CAN NATIONS DO ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE?

Tackling a complex global issue such as climate change ideally requires responses at many levels: individuals, industries and nations. Governments are in an excellent position to formulate policy and implement many strategies that can reduce the effects of climate change in the following areas:

• Energy efficiency and conservation

• Alternative energy sources

• Carbon capture/storage and geoengineering

• Governmental and Intergovernmental Action.

 

Energy efficiency and conservation

Energy efficiency and conservation
The energy landscape
Connecting smart growth and energy efficiency
Transport

Alternative energy sources

Renewable energy
Solar Power
Wind power
Biofuels
Nuclear energy
Decentralized generation.

 

Carbon capture and storage

Geoengineering
Carbon sequestration
Seeding oceans with chalk
Seeding oceans with iron
Screening out sunlight

 

Governmental and Intergovernmental Action

Kyoto Protocol
Encouraging use changes
Carbon emissions trading
Carbon tax
Legal action
Encouraging personal choices by consumers
Support for mitigation strategies in developing countries.

 

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