CSB Ireland Policies to Lower the Atmosphere Concentration of Carbon Dioxide Essay

Suppose that a time traveler takes you forward into the future to the year 2250. Much to your
delight, you discover that the atmosphere’s concentration of carbon dioxide has fallen to less than
300 ppm CO2e. Write a hypothetical history from the perspective of the country you studied in your
assignments to explain how this was accomplished.
Start in the year 2020 by explaining the problems your country faced due to global warming, climate
change, and ocean acidification impacts in the year 2020 and events and policies that were put into
place to solve the problem. If you are a small country, you will need to consider the actions of other
larger countries and may consider how your country was able to influence the rest of the world to
abate through global agreements, for example.
Topics you may wish to discuss in your essay include but are not limited to temperature and
concentration targets, recommended emissions reduction trajectories, representative concentration
pathways (RCPs), the Kaya Identity drivers, externalities, policies used, and the climate change
denial problem, whether international offsetting was allowed, and whether carbon border tariffs were
necessary. Be creative!