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KICK THE HABIT
THE CYCLE – ACT
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National / International scale
Awareness-raising
/
educational campaigns
GHG assessments
of public sector and
local authorities
Chemical industries
(ammonia, hydrogen, ethylene, ethanol, etc.)
Iron and steel manufacturing
Gas processing
plants
Refineries
Power plants
Wind
Solar
Geothermal
Biomass
Hydro-energy
Ocean
Set clear priorities in
Research and Development
allocation of funds
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Subisidize
renewable energy
projects, in all fields
Subisidize
energy efficiency
improvement projects
Energy
High-emitting facilities
Land use competition with food production, intensive agriculture
Equity problem
(weighs more heavily on poor population)
Cement factories
Nuclear waste management highly problematic, remaining risks of nuclear accidents
Expand the national public transport network
Develop rail and river freight alternatives
Apply fossil fuel taxes to air traffic and shipping
Advocate speed limits for international bunker freight shipping
Increase taxes for trucking freight
Transport
Vehicle design
Type of fuel
Nuclear
Operational measures for ships and planes
Hull shape and propellers of ships
Plane engines and wings
Better routing and timing for ships
Better air traffic management (no waiting for landing)
Engines and exhaust systems of cars
Biofuels
From heavy fuel oil to marine diesel oil for ships
Stop fossil fuel subsidies
Increase taxes on vehicle purchase and registration, and on use of roads and car parks
Technological improvements
Freight
Agriculture and forestry
Limit / control the use of fertilizers and pesticides
Produce for the local market (”food sovereignty” vs. global market)
Promote sustainable logging (labelling)
Preserve biological sinks such as forests (stop deforestation)
Stop subsidies to intensive farming
Control peat fires
Subsidize greener farming practices and organic agriculture
Carbon Capture and Storage
Control them
Set performance standards
Switch to cleaner technologies
Subsidize possibilities of industrial reconversion for sectors inherently emitting too much