I blogged a month ago about the G8 and the agreed target for reducing their (industrialized countries’) GHG emissions by 80% by 2050, but that there was some disagreement about what should be used as the reference year. The G8 recognized that the rise in average global temperature should be limited to 2°C, which according to scientific consensus is the upper limit if the world is to avoid catastrophic climate change. To do this, the IPCC says that industrialised countries need to cut their emissions by 25-40% by 2020. Subsequently the G8 agreed to support a global target of cutting GHG emissions by 50% by 2050, to which the industrialized countries would contribute by cutting their emissions by 80%. The base year for calculating emission reductions remains vague, the agreement saying “compared to 1990 or more recent years”. In the past the EU supported 1990 as a reference point while other countries preferred 2005 or 2006.
Geoff Zeiss
Geoff Zeiss has more than 20 years experience in the geospatial software industry and 15 years experience developing enterprise geospatial solutions for the utilities, communications, and public works industries. His particular interests include the convergence of BIM, CAD, geospatial, and 3D. In recognition of his efforts to evangelize geospatial in vertical industries such as utilities and construction, Geoff received the Geospatial Ambassador Award at Geospatial World Forum 2014. Currently Geoff is Principal at Between the Poles, a thought leadership consulting firm. From 2001 to 2012 Geoff was Director of Utility Industry Program at Autodesk Inc, where he was responsible for thought leadership for the utility industry program. From 1999 to 2001 he was Director of Enterprise Software Development at Autodesk. He received one of ten annual global technology awards in 2004 from Oracle Corporation for technical innovation and leadership in the use of Oracle. Prior to Autodesk Geoff was Director of Product Development at VISION* Solutions. VISION* Solutions is credited with pioneering relational spatial data management, CAD/GIS integration, and long transactions (data versioning) in the utility, communications, and public works industries. Geoff is a frequent speaker at geospatial and utility events around the world including Geospatial World Forum, Where 2.0, MundoGeo Connect (Brazil), Middle East Spatial Geospatial Forum, India Geospatial Forum, Location Intelligence, Asia Geospatial Forum, and GITA events in US, Japan and Australia. Geoff received Speaker Excellence Awards at GITA 2007-2009.
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