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== Numbers that matter ==
== Numbers that matter ==


we can contribute in reducing/offsetting CO2 emissions <br>
I think at the beginning we should say, that almost all issues were addressed, such as poverty, education, HIV, so the world now is not so bad as it was one week ago :)
One of the millennium development goals is to ensure environmental sustainability <br>
We know that one of the millennium development goals is to ensure environmental sustainability <br>
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1) Addressing deforestation <br>
1) Addressing deforestation <br>
2) Reducing per capita CO2 emissions (i think maybe we should get rid of this and just focus on the deforestation issue and how to fund the $14 billion (CR)<br>  
Forests are the most important repositories of terrestrial biological biodiversity, housing up to 90 per cent of known terrestrial species. <br>
 
Forests cover 30% of the billion hectares. <br>
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, an area the size of Greece. <br>
It is estimated that to restore biodiversity at sustainable levels, we need to restore forest land lost in 10 years i.e. 130 million hectares.<br>
Which is equivalent to 14 billion trees a year for 10 years.<br>
Which is equivalent to 14 billion trees a year for 10 years.<br>
One hectare of tree on average absorbs 6 tonnes of CO2 <br>
13 million hectares = 78 million tonnes of CO2 = 0.08 ppm reduction in CO2 of atmosphere which is 0.02% of today level i.e. 390 ppm <br>
Current Atmospheric CO2 390 ppm (growing at 0.3% 0.6% every year)<br>
350 is desirable <br>
14 billion trees require '''$14 billion/year''' (UN - 1 $ a tree) <br>
14 billion trees require '''$14 billion/year''' (UN - 1 $ a tree) <br>
Two ways Conors calculations <br>


One method is to get down it to people:
Population of world 6.9 billion <br>
Population of BOP (below poverty line) = (32.6% of total population) = 2.3 billion <br>
Not BOP = 4.6 billion <br>
3 trees per person/year <br>
-Problem with this method is that trees needed to be planted in such countries as Brasil, Russia, USA, etc. so how we imagine each person in the world will go there and plant? :)
Second method:
Cost to cancel out deforestation: $14 billion/year <br>
Cost to cancel out deforestation: $14 billion/year <br>
Where can the money come from??<br>
Where can the money come from??<br>
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Total revenue from taxing marijuana in USA: '''$2.2-6.4 billion/year'''<br>
Total revenue from taxing marijuana in USA: '''$2.2-6.4 billion/year'''<br>
Total revenue generated: '''$13.7/year - $20.1/year'''<br>
Total revenue generated: '''$13.7/year - $20.1/year'''<br>
Population of world 6.9 billion <br>
Population of BOP (below poverty line) = (32.6% of total population) = 2.3 billion <br>
Not BOP = 4.6 billion <br>
3 trees per person/year <br>
2) Reducing per capita CO2 emissions - Car pooling <br>
A commuter travelling for 20 miles a day emits 107 tonnes of CO2 a year <br>
If 100 people pair up into daily car pools, they would save 1070 tonnes a year <br>
Current stats show that there is one car for every ten people, roughly 690 million cars. <br>
200 million people (Population of Brazil) pair up, they would save 2.2 billion tonnes a year ~~ 8% of yearly CO2 emission <br>


== Research Questions ==
== Research Questions ==

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