Further delay will greatly increase the costs of making necessary emissions cuts and will risk locking in irreversible climate change.» (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
High prices, plus the added pressure of the necessary emissions standards, mean Canadian manufacturers are struggling to remain competitive against companies in China where such standards don't exist. (2020magazine.ca)
A U.N. Environment Program report released last week showed that, taken together, the NDCs only account for a third of the necessary emissions reductions needed to keep global average temperatures from heating 2 degrees C above preindustrial levels. (scientificamerican.com)