Sentences with phrase «aggregate emissions reduction»

A more forgiving temperature target, like those implied by the EU's 20 % and even its 30 % aggregate emissions reduction goal, would not yield such daunting numbers.

Not exact matches

The resulting emissions increases from this could be of the same magnitude as the reductions expected, in aggregate, from countries» NDCs, which were agreed to at the Paris climate conference last year.

Aggregated INDCs [nations» intended contributions of emission reductions] mean that 75 % of remaining carbon budget for a 2C target will be consumed by 2030, the whole budget before 2040.

The aggregated removals of this sub-category represent a reduction of 9 percent of the total CO2 emissions of the reporting Annex I Parties for the year 1990.

Those payments, however, could be aggregated to fund larger - scale education campaigns, with the payments based in part of estimated emission - reductions from farms or even from avoided deforestation.

Although a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from ships is forecasted over time, the rate of these reductions has to be increased so that the aggregate emissions from international shipping can be controlled.

The large majority of «environmental taxes» are raised from measures which either long pre-date concerns about emissions reduction, ie fuel duty, road tax, VAT or have nothing to do with reducing CO2 (landfill tax, aggregates levy).

Disturbing figures presented by AOSIS in the AWG - KP last year demonstrated that the actual reduction in aggregate Annex I emissions pledged in Copenhagen ranged from a feeble -1 to -7 %.

An example of strong multilateralism is a targets - and - timetables approach, which sets aggregate quantitative emissions - reduction targets over a fixed period of time and allocates responsibility for this reduction among countries, based on principles jointly accepted.

In May 2016, the courts found that Massachusetts law unambiguously directs the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to set sector - specific, declining emissions caps which lead to an aggregate 25 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.

The aggregate cumulative emissions for the U.S., EU, and China are shown in Figure 2, subject to the further (pessimistic) assumption that there are no further reductions in U.S. and EU emissions past 2030.

Article 3 of the Kyoto Protocol states targets for emissions reductions in terms of «aggregate anthropogenic carbon dioxide equivalent emissions of the greenhouse gases listed in Annex A.» Using this approach, Australia's net greenhouse gas emissions across all sectors in 2004 totalled 564.7 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent.

The UNFCCC in its «Synthesis report on the aggregate effect of the intended nationally determined contributions» describes the central results as emission reductions achieved in 2025 and 2030, not further.

The proposed ERF also focuses on identifying levels of effort for different countries without clearly specifying the individual or aggregate level of emission reductions for the developed countries.

There is no aggregate overall emissions reduction target.

They also commit to implement individually or jointly the quantified economy - wide emissions targets for 2020 as listed in appendix l, yielding in aggregate reductions of greenhouse gas emissions of X per cent in 2020 compared to 1990 and Y per cent in 2020 compared to 2005.

Paragrap 17 «Notes with concern that the estimated aggregate greenhouse gas emission levels in 2025 and 2030 resulting from the intended nationally determined contributions do not fall within least - cost 2 ̊C scenarios but rather lead to a projected level of 55 gigatonnes in 2030, and also notes that much greater emission reduction efforts will be required than those associated with the intended nationally determined contributions in order to hold the increase in the global average temperature to below 2 ̊C above pre-industrial levels by reducing emissions to 40 gigatonnes or to 1.5 ̊C above pre-industrial levels by reducing to a level to be identified in the special report referred to in paragraph 21 below;»

The projected aggregate reduction in GHG emissions from these is 799 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO2e).