Sentences with phrase «additional emissions reductions»

Burke EJ, Chadburn SE, Huntingford C, Jones CD (2018) CO2 loss by permafrost thawing implies additional emissions reductions to limit warming to 1.5 or 2 °C.

Demand - side solutions avoid emissions from land clearing for agriculture and provide additional emissions reductions as well.

And we've developed some of the most robust reporting and monitoring systems that ensure carbon credits represent real, measurable and additional emissions reductions,» said Simon Henry, program director at the International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance (ICROA), which funded the research for this article.

States will withhold allowances from circulation to secure additional emissions reductions if prices fall below established trigger prices.

Selin cautions that after a certain point, most of the health benefits have already been reaped, and additional emissions reductions won't translate into greater improvements.

House Democrats said that by 2020, the program would achieve additional emission reductions equivalent to 10 percent of U.S. emissions in 2005.

These have the potential to deliver additional emission reductions by 2020, but it's difficult to estimate just how much they would impact Massachusetts incremental to state programs.

Offsets are only considered to be an option for companies wanting to contribute to finance additional emission reductions beyond their science - based target / net - zero.

We find that the additional emission reductions from the 65 percent RES target in Germany will leave the carbon price $ 4 / t lower in 2030; down from $ 25 / t.

That decline is even sharper than in the EU which does have economy - wide climate policy, and where CO2 emissions in the first half of 2012 are down 11 % from 2005 levels (though the EU has an international offset program that yields additional emission reductions).

This is because under a nationwide cap - and - trade system, any additional emission reductions achieved in California will be offset by fewer reductions in other states.

«We do know many members of Congress are concerned about the economic impact of these rules, and more time will help mitigate the economic impact of making additional emission reductions,» a spokeswoman from the utility American Electric Power told the Wall Street Journal.

With tar sands in the fuel mix, achieving the additional emission reductions will cost more money.

Not exact matches

Also, the model offers companies the possibility of buying others» emissions reductions — now, making sure that such GHG cuts are additional, i.e. would not have happened even without regulation, is tricky, argues the Pembina Institute.

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.

Prudent spending cuts would allow the government to focus on policies to lift productivity, including STEM training, large infrastructure projects, additional revenue for the emissions reduction fund and ongoing defence investment, the group said.

Additional action to achieve the 2025 target represents a substantial acceleration of the current pace of greenhouse gas emission reductions.

Noting that the United States is already on a path to cutting emissions 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020, the plan argues that additional action «represents a substantial acceleration of the current pace of greenhouse gas reductions.»

«The Commission is concerned that over-reliance on international offsets — given the practical difficulty of assuring that emissions reductions claimed in other countries are real, permanent, additional, and verifiable — could undermine program goals and political support, especially if substantial U.S. funds are leaving the country to support abatement efforts abroad rather than at home,» it states.

To earn credits, a project should owe its existence to the prospective earnings from carbon credits: the emissions reductions from the project should be additional to what would have happened in the absence of the CDM.

To achieve the 70 - percent reduction target for carbon dioxide emissions used in the study, additional steps would be needed — and before 2023.

In 2020, activities supported under part E shall provide greenhouse gas reductions in an amount equal to an additional 10 percentage points of reductions from United States greenhouse gas emissions in 2005.

(1) ensure that offset credits represent verifiable and additional greenhouse gas emission reductions or avoidance, or increases in sequestration; and

«(2) ensure that such offset credits represent verifiable and additional greenhouse gas emission reductions or avoidance, or increases in sequestration;

Reduced fuel consumption in homes and industry was responsible for an additional 12 % of the overall emissions reductions.

The scheme allows the sector's CO2 emissions to grow unchecked until 2020, after which most additional growth should be compensated through emission reductions in other sectors.

This is assuming that we don't achieve any significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions - after all, our goal of limiting warming an additional two degrees Celsius (3.6 °F) is likely utterly unattainable.

Contributing an additional weight reduction of 75 kg * and improving the overall driveline efficiency, the front - wheel - drive version enables the Range Rover Evoque coupé to achieve class - leading CO2 emissions of sub 130g / km *.

* Horsepower and torque expected to top previous model (testing is ongoing — check media.gm.com for updates) * NOx emissions reduced at least 63 percent over 2010 models * Quieter operation * High - pressure (30,000 psi / 2, 000 bar) Piezo - actuated fuel system for greater fuel efficiency, improved performance and reduced emissions * Exhaust brake system that enables controlled vehicle slowdown on downhill grades without actuating the brakes * Selective catalytic reduction after - treatment system using diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) injection to provide the best overall diesel characteristics and performance — with a range of about 5,000 miles (8,000 km) between DEF refills * Combustion and after - treatment have been optimized to provide about 700 miles (1,125 km) between diesel particulate filter regenerations — a 75 - percent improvement over the previous system and significant contributor to improved fuel efficiency, as the regeneration process requires additional fuel * B20 biodiesel capability for an alternative fueling option * Internal revisions that improve durability

Environmental friendly features The new model achieved an additional 50 % reduction in emissions from the levels of the 2005 exhaust emission regulations set forth by Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.

The 2.0 - L DOHC turbo engine has achieved an additional 50 % reduction in emissions from the 2005 levels.

The 2.0 - L DOHC naturally aspired engine meets the standards of Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, which call for an additional 75 % reduction in emissions from the levels of the 2005 exhaust emission regulations.

This Taurus engine benefits from the addition of twin independent variable camshaft timing, achieving better fuel economy, additional horsepower and a reduction in part - throttle emissions compared to the previous standard Taurus V6.

An additional 1 % reduction in fuel consumption and an important emissions contribution can be achieved through the integration of a thermal management module.

Although emissions are projected to continue decreasing until 2020 in all 27 members of the EU, the 20 % reduction target compared with 1990, endorsed by European leaders in 2007, will remain out of reach without the implementation of additional measures, such as the EU energy and climate change package proposed by the European Commission in January 2008, the agency said.»

Indeed, it was a «cap» and a «floor» — emission reductions were held to 50 % even though the economic national benefit of additional reductions exceeded the cost by a factor of 25.

-- Targeted energy efficiency measures in buildings, industry and transport account for nearly half the emissions reduction in 2020, with the additional investment required being more than offset by reduced spending on fuel bills.

Future projections show that, for most scenarios assuming no additional GHG emission reduction policies, atmospheric concentrations of GHGs are expected to continue climbing for most if not all of the remainder of this century, with associated increases in average temperature.

The committee's model calculations, while exploratory and highly uncertain, indicate that the benefits of making the transition, i.e. energy cost savings, improved vehicle technologies, and reductions in petroleum use and greenhouse gas emissions, exceed the additional costs of the transition over and above what the market is willing to do voluntarily.»

This answers the question whether there will in fact be a near term reduction in carbon emissions, giving us all a chance to avoid dangerous warming that triggers significant additional carbon releases.

Here's just one case in point: As the New York Times reports, the nine Northeastern states (Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont) that make up the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) have announced an additional 30 % reduction in power plant greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, on top of the 40 % reduction already achieved since the initiative launched in 2009.

However, the U.S. has pledged to reduce emissions by 26 - 28 % from 2005 levels by 2025 in its internationally determined contribution (INDC) to the UN process, meaning that the US must make more than an additional 16 % reduction from fuel efficiency standards, energy efficiency programs, non-CO2 greenhouse gas (e.g. methane, hydrofluorocarbons) reductions, and other components of Obama's climate action plan in order to meet its INDC.

A breakdown of the costs revealed that whereas carbon emission reduction policies contributed 16 % of the overall rise in prices, 84 % was due to VAT (an additional # 20), the price of gas (# 290) and the expenses involved in delivering it to homes.

Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI): Spearheaded the formation of the successful RGGI cap - and - trade program among northeast and mid-Atlantic states, led effort to reduce RGGI's carbon emission cap by 45 percent in 2014, and recently called for an additional cap reduction of at least 30 percent between 2020 and 2030.

In addition to Sony's operational emission reduction targets, the company is also announcing additional 2020 commitments including a goal to reduce the annual energy use of their products by 30 per cent on average (compared to 2013 levels), a goal to increase the use of renewable energy, a target to reduce logistic - related emissions by 10 per cent, and a program to engage suppliers and contract manufacturers to reduce their GHG emissions.

In the near term, federal policy could: i) level the playing field between air captured CO2 and fossil - fuel derived CO2 by providing subsidies or credits for superior carbon lifecycle emissions that account for recovering carbon from the atmosphere; ii) provide additional research funding into air capture R&D initiatives, along with other areas of carbon removal, which have historically been unable to secure grants; and iii) ensure air capture is deployed in a manner that leads to sustainable net - negative emissions pathways in the future, within the framework of near - term national emissions reductions, and securing 2 °C - avoiding emissions trajectories.

In particular, BECI can play a critical role in catalyzing the additional multidisciplinary academic work around carbon removal needed to address the growing scientific consensus (from institutions, such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the National Research Council, and the Global Carbon Project) that preventing further climate change likely requires carbon removal in addition to reductions in carbon emissions.

By rejecting the Coalition's plan, Labor will be pilloried for setting up the addition of some $ 15 billion to power consumers» bills by way of the shortfall charge levied on retailers — but doing so with: NO additional renewable energy; NO «break - through» on - demand renewable energy technologies; and NO reduction in CO2 emissions.

Beyond the climate benefits of reduced CO2 emissions, reduction in these pollutants is of additional importance at the local and regional level to address air quality and related health concerns.

What additional measures could be put in place quickly to close the gap in emission reductions within the next 52 months?