Source: Oregon Strategy for Greenhouse Gas Reductions
The Oregon Governor’s Advisory Group on Global Warming prepared the Oregon Strategy for Greenhouse Gas Reductions in 2004. It makes the following projections for GHG emissions in a business-as-usual scenario (MMTCO2E):
This nearly 60% increase in GHG emissions is primarily predicted to come from carbon dioxide, which is predicted to comprise 85% of total GHG emissions in 2025.
The advisory group set the following goals to avoid the business-as-usual scenario:
- 10% below 1990 emissions by 2020
- 75% below 1990 emissions by 2050
The advisory group concluded to achieve these goals the following actions (or slices) need to be executed:
