KEY FINDINGS

input tableWe have developed a downloadable interactive climate change calculator that allows the user to change input data and thus see for themselves how bio-agriculture can work for any country in the world. 

NEGOTIATION TOOL       PART GRAPHThe calculator can be used as tool for the negotiators involved in creating a world agreement. It enables them to very quickly see the mitigation and financial effects of their proposals; on individual countries as well as on the world as a whole.

budget The calculator’s extensive database is taken from many sources, including: Scientific research on bio-agriculture, Statistical data from The World Bank, UNEP, FAO, US Census figures and Australian Government Treasury figures

 

An Interactive Climate Change Calculator

  A tool to support the Governments of the World emission reduction offers

 

We have developed a powerful interactive calculator that enables the user to clearly see the results of government emission reduction measures and the major role that bio-agriculture can play in the fight against climate change. By changing input data on the calculator the user can see how efforts to halt climate change affect: reduction of emissions, water and food shortages, the rate of land degradation as well as benefits and costs. Projected results are shown for the next fifty years.

 

DOWNLOAD THE CALCULATOR HERE


Emphasis has been placed on showing what can be achieved by the years 2020 and 2050 - the two major goals in climate change negotiations

 

The following table is the core results table of the calculator. It shows emission reduction percentages for 2020 and 2050 as well as the projected temperature rises that would result from these reductions. The temperature rise figure is based on published IPCC categories.

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As you change inputs to the calculator - such as government emission reductions or amount of land converted to bio-agriculture - then the percentages for 2020 and 2050 will alter accordingly. If any of the three results cells change in colour from green to red, as in the example below, this means IPCC conditions for a 2 degree maximum temperature rise have not been met.

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Once the desired emission reduction targets have been achieved, ie all three cells being green, one can explore other graphs and tables in the calculator for more detailed information.

 

The Climate Change Calculator works for most nations of the world, giving the user an understanding of the way each country can participate in reducing emissions.

 

For instructions on using the calculator go to How to Use

 

The calculator can be downloaded here in versions for most countries of the world.

The national integrity of a country’s borders loses its significance, because air, water and temperature do not recognise borders. Our attitudes and decision making processes haven't kept up with this new need for a world orientation which reflects our interdependency.

       The Calculator as a Tool for Negotiators

 

We often point to the large emitters - China, The US, India and The European Union and say, they have to reduce emissions, otherwise there can’t be an agreement. We also know that The poorer nations are highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change and usually have little spare wealth to deal with their CO2 emissions.

Each individual country needs to consider a great variety of facts, problems and possibilities in order to understand how it can contribute to the combined world effort.

The national integrity of a country’s borders loses significance, because air, water and temperature do not recognise borders. Our attitudes and decision making processes haven't kept up with this new need for a world orientation that reflects our interdependency. Our new problems need new solutions.

 

The climate change calculator has been designed to reflect these needs.

 

                  The Tool for World Negotiation

 

There is a special download we have named the tool for world negotiation

This version of the calculator shows figures for the world as a whole and for the world's four main income groups (as classified by the World Bank) It includes a special table that links together financial benefits/costs for all these groups.

 

This allows an objective sharing of costs/benefits according to the real capacity of each country and can become a strong basis for negotiations.  If the input figures in the calculator are changed for any one group, then not only the results of that income category will automatically change, but the figures of the World total will correspondingly change. This gives a clear indication of whether the negotiations are achieving the right level of commitments.

Download the Tool for World Negotiation here

 

The calculator’s extensive database is related to all aspects of Global Climate Change and Agriculture, including scientific, statistical and economic data and findings, with references and links to all sources.

      Data Sources for the Climate Change Calculator

 

The calculator’s extensive database is taken from many sources, including;

  • Scientific research on bio-agriculture
  • Statistical data from The World Bank, UNEP, FAO, US Census figures.
  • Australian Government Treasury figures,

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