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3,641,114
MILLION TONS OF CO₂E IN THE ATMOSPHERE IN 2009
Atmospheric concentrations of CO₂e are rising due to increasing anthropogenic emissions. Unchecked, rising concentrations of CO₂e in the atmosphere will lead to catastrophic climate change.
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6,682,199
THOUSAND TONS OF CO₂E EMISSIONS IN 2007
Public electricity and heating in Annex I countries accounted for over 6.68 billion tons of CO₂e emissions annually in 2007.
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4,626,841
THOUSAND TONS OF CO₂E IN 2007
Transport is responsible for approximately 20% of global anthropogenic emissions, or more than 4.63 billion tons of CO₂e annually. Source: UNFCCC, 2009.
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1,449,778
THOUSAND TONS OF CO₂E IN 2007
Buildings are responsible for an estimated 1.45 billion tons of CO₂e in Annex I nations and over 20% of global anthropogenic emissions annually. Source: UNFCCC, 2009.
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1,301,663
THOUSAND TONS OF CO₂E EMITTED ANNUALLY IN 2007
Annex I industry emissions are over 1.3 billion tons of CO₂e annually. Global industry emissions account for approximately 24% of annual anthropogenic emissions. Source: UNFCCC, 2009.
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1,304,628
THOUSAND TONS OF CO₂E IN 2007
Emisisons from agriculture in Annex I countries totaled more than 1.43 billion in 2007 CO₂e emissions.
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7,613,844
THOUSAND TONS OF CO₂E IN 2006 FROM INDIA AND CHINA
The EIA estimates that 2006 energy-related emissions from non-OECD countries accounted for approximately 30%, of global anthropogenic CO₂e emissions, or 15.4 billion tons. Source: EIA, 2009.
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1,000,000
THOUSAND TONS OF CO₂E EMISSIONS
Biochar could potentially remove over 1 billion tons of CO₂e annually. In general, carbon management solutions could remove billions of tons of CO₂e from the atmosphere annually.
The Carbon War Room has identified 25 battles across 7 theaters that are material to winning the war against climate change. Each battle accounts for over 1 billion tons (or more than 2%) of global anthropogenic CO2e emissions annually.
The battles encompass the full spectrum of challenges that must be met to implement a post-carbon economy, from energy to agriculture to carbon storage. Once the determinants of a battle’s outcome are understood, the Carbon War Room plans targeted operations to achieve victory.
Our agents of change are entrepreneurs of all kinds – including business entrepreneurs, corporate intrapreneurs, and non-profit/ social entrepreneurs. Critical to our success, entrepreneurs will be directed to engage all means and tools necessary to disable and replace business-as-usual systems. They will drive the innovation establish new sustainable practices, while unlocking wealth, security, and wellbeing for the world’s inhabitants.
The tactics deployed by the Carbon War Room include the following:
- Convening Power bringing together decision-makers; collective voices
- Market Interventions supply chain activity; direct meetings; media campaigns
- Technology Acceleration speed & scale discovery; incubation & promotion
- Access to Capital mobilizing the good; cutting off flow to the bad
- Policy educating policy-makers; regulatory interventions
- Access to Capital mobilizing the good; cutting off flow to the bad
The Carbon War Room strategy relies on state-of-the-art-intelligence and convening power to guide active operations in each battle:
- Intelligence & Reconnaissance: As we gather data, knowledge, and expertise across
theaters and battles, we will produce a reliable, independent source of global research on the current carbon-industrial complex as well as leading innovation opportunities. - Communications & Logistics: Our core practice of convening expertise and deploying
operational battles will require an advanced communications and logistics apparatus
operating world-wide under a common goal and vision. Utilizing technology and new media tools efficiently will be central to effective knowledge and process sharing. - Battle Operations: Operations are the engine of the Carbon War Room and the driver of the innovation that will remake the carbon-industrial complex into a post-carbon economy.