Sentences with phrase «ghg emissions reduction plan»

Even though the Dutch government already had a reasonably ambitious GHG emissions reduction plan in place, the court held that it was insufficient given international recognition at COP16 in 2010 that developed countries need to reduce their emissions 25 to 40 per cent below 1990 levels by 2020 in order to avoid 2 C of warming.

What happens next in California after Governor Brown's GHG emission reduction plan is published in September 2015 will give us an indication as to whether or not the Californians are as truly serious about moving their state into a renewable energy future as they claim they are.

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How else could he argue, as he did recently in a Maclean's opinion piece, that blocking the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion — and along with it, increased GHG emissions from Alberta's oil sands — would jeopardize Canada's climate change plan and make it impossible to meet our emissions reduction target under the UN Paris Agreement?

Based on this work, Erie County will set GHG reduction targets and develop a Climate Action & Sustainability Plan (CASP) to incorporate GHG emission reduction into the daily culture of County operations.

Seven case studies focus on the broad transportation planning process, strategies and other actions selected, and GHG emission reductions accomplished or projected.

This report evaluates how states and local areas might contribute to GHG emission reduction through transportation planning.

Reductions in America's GHG emissions which might achieve a measurable slowdown in the rate of rise of the Keeling Curve are not currently a part of the President's climate action plan.

Any successful EPA - administered plan to enforce serious GHG emission reductions must be its own separate program managed according to its own separate criteria, with its own uniquely - tailored regulatory enforcement framework.

the dramatic reduction in global fossil fuel consumption and GHG emissions of the built environment by changing the way cities, communities, infrastructure, and buildings, are planned, designed, and constructed and;

But rather than ask for an equitable distribution of the pain that goes with substantial across - the - board reductions in carbon emissions, what the Obama Administration did instead was to bundle GHG reductions with reductions in other kinds of pollutants such as mercury and sulfur into a single plan targeted mostly at the coal industry — thus guaranteeing that their plan would be highly vulnerable to lawsuits of the kind that Lawrence Tribe is now leading.

Above: the projected emissions gap in 2030 in the UNEP report shows that countries are not planning to make the necessary GHG emissions reductions to avoid overshooting our carbon «budget», meaning that large - scale CDR would be necessary to fill the gap and prevent climate change.

Under the City's plan to reduce citywide GHG emissions 30 % by the year 2030, increasing the efficiency of its buildings is projected to reduce emissions by 12.7 million metric tons — or roughly two - thirds of the total reduction needed.

Requires each metropolitan planning organizations (MPO) and state to develop surface transportation - related GHG emission reduction targets, as well as strategies to meet such targets.

Requires such assessment to examine the contribution to emission reductions attributable to improvements in vehicle efficiency, GHG performance of transportation fuels, increased efficiency in utilizing transportation systems, and the effects of local and state planning.

Requires the President, if the NAS report finds that emission reduction targets are not on schedule or that global actions will not maintain safe global average surface temperature and atmospheric GHG concentration thresholds, to submit a plan by July 1, 2015, to Congress identifying domestic and international actions that will achieve necessary additional GHG reductions.

Ecuador's FIP investment plan for an indicative $ 24 million in grants and concessional financing aims to contribute to Ecuador's REDD + Action Plan for reducing deforestation and forest degradation through conservation, sustainable forest management, and the optimization of other land uses, and contributing to GHG emissions reductiplan for an indicative $ 24 million in grants and concessional financing aims to contribute to Ecuador's REDD + Action Plan for reducing deforestation and forest degradation through conservation, sustainable forest management, and the optimization of other land uses, and contributing to GHG emissions reductiPlan for reducing deforestation and forest degradation through conservation, sustainable forest management, and the optimization of other land uses, and contributing to GHG emissions reductions.

• Emissions Reductions: The Copenhagen Accord provides for countries to voluntarily commit to GHG mitigation plans in two separate annexes, one for developed country targets and the other for the voluntary pledges of major developing countries.

The most noteworthy of the Obama administration rulemakings that focused on baseload power production was the Clean Power Plan (CPP), a substantial rule designed to impose global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction requirements on the existing fleet of fossil fuel power generators.

By participating in networks and partnerships, policymakers and institutions not only develop awareness and understanding, but also share knowledge about the best practices for incorporating HFC emissions into GHG accounting, and best implement integrated emission reduction plans that include HFCs.

It will be essential for countries to integrate better measurement and management of oil and gas methane emissions into the development, assessment and implementation of long - term GHG mitigation plans to maximize GHG reductions from those policies.

What's your RC 2014 project plan of your role in communicating the critical importance to the politicians and the world at large that immediate reductions in GHG emissions are critical now?

to achieve the dramatic reduction in global fossil fuel consumption and GHG emissions of the built environment by changing the way cities, communities, infrastructure, and buildings, are operated, planned, designed, and constructed and;

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