Signing up to these initiatives will help both companies to deliver on their wider climate ambitions, for example Schneider Electric's target to
achieve carbon neutrality in its ecosystem by 2030, and EDF's «Goal 2030» pledge to «go beyond the requirements of the two degrees Celsius trajectory set by COP21».
Groups such as the American Institute of Architects (AIA) have endorsed an immediate 50 % reduction in fossil fuel - generated energy and a 10 % reduction target every five years until new and renovated buildings
achieve carbon neutrality in 2030.
And Palo Alto has been able to
achieve carbon neutrality in large part because it has a set of assets and attributes that most other cities lack.
Not exact matches
The world must
achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, they write, with greenhouse gas emissions peaking by 2020 — a rate that is not
in line with the voluntary commitments made by countries
in Paris.
Most schools involved
in the workshop have made a commitment to
achieve carbon neutrality on their campuses under the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment.
The Dawson people are certainly good environmental stewards: reducing greenhouse gas emissions by more than 50 per cent
in the past six years and committed to
achieving carbon neutrality; composting 600 kilograms of cafeteria and other food waste annually; and attracting birds and insects rarely seen
in downtown Montréal back to their natural habitat.
«Cutting trees for fuel is antithetical to the important role that forests play as a sink for CO2 that might otherwise accumulate
in the atmosphere,» Schlesinger writes
in an article published yesterday
in the journal Science, adding later that
carbon neutrality «is only
achieved» if harvested forests are allowed to regrow more biomass than was lost.
Every year we calculate our Business's own
carbon footprint and offset our emissions by helping to finance high quality projects
in developing countries to
achieve carbon neutrality.
In the words of the Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance, achieving carbon neutrality «requires transformative rather than incremental approaches,» with a roadmap for long - term and deep reductions in the building, energy, and transportation sector
In the words of the
Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance,
achieving carbon neutrality «requires transformative rather than incremental approaches,» with a roadmap for long - term and deep reductions
in the building, energy, and transportation sector
in the building, energy, and transportation sectors.
In 2011 the City of Seattle commissioned a study of potential pathways to achieve its carbon neutrality goal, and in 2015 the Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance published a framework for cities on long - term deep carbon reduction plannin
In 2011 the City of Seattle commissioned a study of potential pathways to
achieve its
carbon neutrality goal, and
in 2015 the Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance published a framework for cities on long - term deep carbon reduction plannin
in 2015 the
Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance published a framework for cities on long - term deep
carbon reduction planning.
Some of Fort Collins» biggest challenges
in achieving carbon neutrality come down to your choices.
¶ While Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is busy deleting the role of humankind
in causing climate change from the state's websites, Eau Claire, the 68,000 - strong former factory town
in northwestern Wisconsin, has adopted an ambitious sustainability plan to
achieve carbon neutrality and to get 100 % of its energy from renewable sources.
Customers can now reverse the effect of unavoidable emissions and
achieve carbon neutrality through Climeworks removing an equivalent amount of CO2 emissions from the atmosphere and storing them underground via the CarbFix process
in Iceland.
«Ahead of COP21
in October 2015, our CEO already spelt out our company's commitment to
achieving carbon neutrality along our extended supply chain by 2030.
The aide would not specify how the campaign would
achieve carbon neutrality, but said the campaign would roll out specifics as they unveil the rest of their climate change plan
in the coming weeks.
In a joint statement released with Greenpeace, Enel outlined its target to
achieve «
carbon neutrality» before 2050.
Although newer vehicles will be more fuel efficient, CO2 emissions continue to rise because of the growth
in vehicle travel and the increase
in congestion and because we have not assumed
carbon neutrality for new dwellings as these have yet to be
achieved in mass market building.
This is a milestone
in the long - term goal to
achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.
Düsseldorf's development strategy was to economically meet its ambitious climate goals of
achieving carbon neutrality by the year 2050, which for this city
in western Germany means reducing CO2 emissions to just 2 tons per capita.
In 2007, then - President of Ithaca College Peggy R. Williams signed the American College and University President's Climate Commitment, pledging that the college would develop a strategy and long - range plan to
achieve carbon neutrality.
Till we re-engineer our systems to not produce waste
in the first place we will not
achieve carbon neutrality.
In September last year the company revealed its new evian bottling site in France, the largest food production site to achieve carbon neutrality and completely powered by renewable electricit
In September last year the company revealed its new evian bottling site
in France, the largest food production site to achieve carbon neutrality and completely powered by renewable electricit
in France, the largest food production site to
achieve carbon neutrality and completely powered by renewable electricity.
Renewable energy plays a key role
in achieving our ongoing commitment to
carbon neutrality, as we aim to use 100 % renewable energy to meet our global electricity needs by 2020.
I could believe that 10 % of GDP is an upper bound even
in this case, because
achieving carbon neutrality basically requires a big change to infrastructure but one that only has to be performed once (though it may take years to complete).
In a call with reporters, White House officials described the standards as «a huge deal», noting that the aviation authority has also proposed an aspirational goal to
achieve carbon neutrality by 2020.
The fee works by making the cost to
achieve carbon neutrality a line item
in the operating budgets of Microsoft's business units across more than 100 countries, establishing a powerful incentive for each group to find lower -
carbon alternatives and to invest
in carbon - saving initiatives and innovations.
The ACR Corporate Excellence award was presented to Microsoft for the company's leadership
in setting an internal price on
carbon in order to
achieve 100 percent
carbon neutrality while driving company - wide efficiency and innovation.