Sentences with phrase «achieve emission reductions»

For the UK to be on track to achieve the emission reductions required by the Climate Change Act, it would have to become as carbon efficient as France by about 2015; which magnitudinous challenge would require the equivalent of the UK constructing and putting into service about 30 new nuclear power stations in the next five years, while retiring an equal amount of coal - fired generation!

Current policies must be augmented to achieve the emission reductions required under the Kyoto Protocol and even more action will be required to stabilise greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere.»

Carbon pricing instruments are a policy option that a growing number of countries and regions are utilizing to implement new and complement existing national climate and energy policies and to achieve emission reductions.

We also recognize that they help to achieve emission reductions in a cost effective manner and to stimulate long - term innovation.

By putting a price on each ton of pollution emitted, the market sends a strong signal to innovate to achieve emission reductions through methods that cost less than the cost of emitting the pollution.

However, EPA's power plant regulations are likely the last major step toward achieving emissions reductions by 2020.

«What a cap - and - trade tries to accomplish is the most cost - effective way to achieve emissions reductions,» says Eric Klein, a senior broker with the New York office of the emissions trading company TFS Green.

A Brookings Institution expert wrote that setting aside some of the carbon tax revenue — $ 30 billon is the suggested starting point — to be used for clean energy research and development might help the plan achieve its emissions reduction goals.

FCPF's Carbon Fund, which will offer payments for achieved emissions reductions, now amounts to $ 470 million.

«The president has to push as hard as possible to achieve emissions reductions.

However, to truly complement the Paris Agreement, the aviation sector will have to improve upon this foundation — by ramping up its ambition to achieve emissions reductions that are in line with the Paris Agreement's stated goals.

It is the fastest way to achieve emissions reductions and the only way to achieve carbon neutrality.

The document also provides new modelling analysis to demonstrate the crucial benefits that an international carbon market established under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement could provide in reducing the costs to countries of achieving their emission reduction targets.

This technical document informs on management and finance options to achieve emissions reductions and enhance other vital ecosystem services from peatlands.

A clear pathway exists for achieving the emission reductions that you and many other environmental activists say are desperately needed.

Carbon pricing achieves emission reductions at the lowest overall cost to society (i.e., it is economically efficient).

Provincial governments are urging Ottawa to focus its effort on spending in areas that achieve emissions reductions and on regulation, rather than intruding in the carbon - pricing field.

After the Paris Agreement, a major challenge will be achieving emissions reductions while promoting sustainable development and allowing nations flexibility to...

This provision will be critical as at least 65 nations indicated that they will use carbon trading to achieve their emission reduction pledges and an additional 24 will consider the use of carbon trading for this purpose in the future.

When you inject capital from a program like the GreenON Industries program, it allows companies to achieve the emission reduction targets stipulated by the legislative requirements as well as allowing them to invest their capital into a project that might not otherwise have a reasonable return on investment (ROI).

ClimateCare has helped hundreds of clients achieve emissions reductions at scale, at a competitive price, and report measurable impacts such as environmental protection, improved health, employment generation and much more.

After the Paris Agreement, a major challenge will be achieving emissions reductions while promoting sustainable development and allowing nations flexibility to meet targets.

Fatih Birol, chief IEA economist, said the [2008] fall was «surprising» and would make it «much less difficult» to achieve the emissions reductions scientists say are needed to avoid dangerous global warming.

During the first Kyoto Protocol commitment period, NEDO assisted with Japan's effort to achieve its emission reduction target using the CDM.

For the United States to do its full and essential part to avoid the worst risks of climate change, and to achieve emissions reductions that will take many decades, and occur among economic and technology changes we can not yet anticipate, Congress must act.

In 2001, the US leaving took a lot of oomph out of the Kyoto Protocol and was a major blow to achieving the emissions reductions it targeted.

Modi and Macron pledged to achieve emissions reductions beyond their nations» commitments under the Paris Agreement, and Macron announced he will visit India later this year for a summit on solar power.

At least a dozen governors have joined the United States Climate Alliance, committing their states to achieve emissions reductions consistent with President Barack Obama's Paris pledge.

In order to achieve emissions reductions consistent with international climate objectives, we need to balance these issues, recognising the importance of low - cost energy and the need to widen the deployment of all low emission technologies.

[3] Each state has interim targets it must meet beginning in 2020, and the EPA proposed that states use a combination of four «building blocks» to achieve the emissions reductions: (1) improving the efficiency (heat rate) of existing coal - fired power plants; (2) switching from coal - fired power by increasing the use and capacity factor, or efficiency, of natural - gas combined - cycle power plants; (3) using less carbon - intensive generating power, such as renewable energy or nuclear power; and (4) increasing demand - side energy - efficiency measures.

On the other hand, he has committed himself to achieving the emissions reductions promised by Labor.

Achieving emissions reductions for environmental justice communities through climate change mitigation policy by Nicky Sheats, PhD This paper focuses on emissions reductions for EJ communities under the Clean Power Plan in particular as well as climate change mitigation policy in general and argues that these reductions should be both mandatory and planned.

(a) that the economic cost of «business as usual» (as a result of the impacts of global warming) is likely to be far greater in the long term than the cost of achieving emissions reductions at the required scale,

Dallas Burtraw and Nathan Richardson already have produced a number of useful insights — for instance, showing how the plan might cost - effectively achieve emissions reductions within striking distance of the US Copenhagen pledge.

To both achieve emissions reduction goals and fully displace nuclear power, renewable energy would need to scale up from 17 % of the country's power supply today to a full 57 % of total electricity generation in just nine years» time.

EMISSION REDUCTIONS At the European level the EU is considering proposed amendments to the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) Directive (the subject of a new consultation exercise by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs), a draft decision allocating among member states the responsibility for achieving emissions reductions outside the EU ETS sectors and a new Directive and communication relating to carbon capture and storage.

Not exact matches

Saudi Arabia is also a signatory to the Paris Agreement on climate change, but it has not been clear as to how it intends to achieve its carbon emissions reduction targets.

An Environmental Defense Fund - commissioned study by consultancy ICF International found that Canada's oil and gas industry could achieve a 45 per cent methane emission reduction at an average cost of $ 2.76 per tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent.

Build on its record as the first government to achieve an absolute reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by working with provinces to reduce emissions from the oil and gas sectors while ensuring Canadian companies remain competitive.

To be honest, the emissions reductions from our power sector — in many ways the heart of the Paris Agreement — may not make much difference in achieving temperature stabilization in any event.

So, as far as I can see, essentially the same outcome as the double - credits achieves, both in terms of revenue for Shell and cost to the CCEMF could have been achieved with a $ 15 per - ton - sequestered payment from the CCEMC without sacrificing the integrity of emissions reduction accounting within the offset program.

RESOLVED: That Berkshire Hathaway Inc. («Berkshire») establish reasonable, quantitative goals for reduction of greenhouse gas and other air emissions at its energy - generating holdings; and that Berkshire publish a report to shareholders by January 31, 2015 (at reasonable cost and omitting proprietary information) on how it will achieve these goals — including possible plans to retrofit or retire existing coal - burning plants at Berkshire - held companies.

By providing a breakdown of the remaining emissions by sector, this analysis can help identify what additional GHG reduction policies are required to achieve these targets.

To achieve economic growth, diversification and reduction of GHG emissions in the province required action in a number of key areas, including the following:

The B.C. Climate Leadership Team appointed by Christy Clark highlighted that increases to the carbon tax are necessary if B.C. is going to have a good shot at achieving its 2050 emissions reduction target (80 per cent below 2007 levels by 2050).

Today, I am pleased to announce another important building block in our Climate Change plan — designed to help us achieve our targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to generate real emission reduction opportunities across the economy.

There is probably no practical way to achieve the necessary reduction in greenhouse emissions without population control.

There is probably no practical way to achieve the necessary reduction in greenhouse emissions (chiefly carbon dioxide and methane) without controlling the numbers of people in the world (Ehrlich & Ehrlich 1990).

«Reducing greenhouse gas emissions while still growing as a company is one of the defining business challenges of the 21st century, and we're proud to be addressing that challenge head - on, starting with our new 2025 goal to achieve absolute reductions of no less than three percent year - over-year,» said Dean Scarborough, Avery Dennison's chairman and CEO, who will travel to Paris this December to discuss climate change with other business leaders at COP21.

Critics say the electricity sector must do more to meet Australia's economy - wide emissions reduction target because emissions cuts are easier and cheaper to achieve in electricity than in agriculture, transport or industry.