Sentences with phrase «as global emission reduction»

But it will be a powerful one, as global emission reduction commitments — that will be discussed in the following two weeks in the German city of Bonn during... Continue reading →

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As a recognized corporate leader in the area of global GHG emission reductions (see https://www.cdp.net/CDPResults/CDP-SP500-leaders-report-2014.pdf), Walmart understands the objective of the proposal.

Recently many have been willing to work toward the reduction of their carbon emissions so as to slow the process of global warming.

It has drawn the same criticism as an issues paper the government published last month before public consultation on Australia's post-2020 emissions reduction targets, which will be set before global climate talks in Paris in December.

Unison is calling on the government to impose a target of an 80 per cent cut in carbon emissions, warning a 60 per cent reduction will still see global temperatures rise by as much as five degrees.

Island nations threatened by sea level rise, such as the Marshall Islands in the western Pacific, have for years urged the IMO to push for a 100 percent emissions reduction by 2050 as the only strategy consistent with the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius relative to pre-industrial levels.

But global energy use is set to fall in 2009 for the first time since 1981 as a result of the global economic crisis, reducing the need for emission reductions by a full two billion metric tons, according to the IEA.

The Global Carbon Project's analysis, which compares the world's actual CO2 output with four generations of emissions scenarios used by the IPCC, concludes that «significant emission reductions are needed by 2020 to keep 2 degrees Celsius as a feasible goal,» echoing the recent U.N. assessment.

If nations hit their reduction targets, global carbon dioxide emissions would level off, even as electricity demand continues to rise.

A curious detail also shown by the study is a reduction in atmospheric pollution from lead during the last few decades, which, as Lozano concludes, «suggests that the global measures taken to reduce lead emissions, such as the use of lead - free gasoline, have helped to reduce the levels of this metal in the atmosphere.»

And while China is still not committed to absolute emissions reductions in global climate negotiations, experts say its «intensity - based» U.N. carbon reduction targets, which are based on improving the relative efficiency of industrial processes, could be as effective as Western - style absolute cuts in emissions.

The Kyoto Protocol is seen as an important first step towards a truly global emission reduction regime that will stabilize GHG emissions, and can provide the architecture for the future international agreement on climate change.

«Substantial reductions in emissions are possible for both the U.S. and the rest of the world, but it will take herculean efforts and transforming the global energy system into one that does not use the sky as a waste dump,» Caldeira said.

As up to 20 percent of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions result from deforestation, the reduction of emissions from deforestation and degradation of forests (REDD) is a major theme of the ongoing negotiations under the UNFCCC.

The Copenhagen Diagnosis authors used IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) projections as well as post-AR4 analysis to estimate that emissions reductions of around 40 % from industrial nations are needed to make it likely to keep global warming below 2 °C.

Altogether, this should allow a major reduction in agriculture emissions, as global food waste and loss account for 3.3 Gt of CO2 equivalent per year.

Taking into account the scientific knowledge as represented in the recent IPCC reports, global greenhouse gas emissions must stop rising, followed by substantial global emission reductions.

And then there will be the major economies leader meeting in July — that's the one I'll be going to — where we will seek agreement on a long - term global goal for emissions reductions, as well as an agreement on how national plans will be part of the post-2012 approach.

We collectively need to demand that there is no acceptable response to climate change other than strong emission reductions, ensuring that atmospheric concentrations of CO2 are returned to 350ppm levels, global temperature rise is kept (at the maximum) 2 °C and, even better, 1.5 °C — to do that, as was emphasized on numerous occasions, we need a F.A.B. climate deal: Fair, Ambitious, and (perhaps most importantly) Binding.

Taking account of their historic responsibility, as well as the need to secure climate justice for the world's poorest and most vulnerable communities, developed countries must commit to legally binding and ambitious emission reduction targets consistent with limiting global average surface warming to well below 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels and long - term stabilization of atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations at well below below 350 p.p.m., and that to achieve this the agreement at COP15 U.N.F.C.C.C. should include a goal of peaking global emissions by 2015 with a sharp decline thereafter towards a global reduction of 85 percent by 2050,

In our press statement we will be posting tomorrow morning we reaffirm our ongoing commitment to the reduction of global carbon emissions as part of our «Road to Zero» environmental plan.

Global average surface temperature anomalies, 2000 - 2100, as projected by MAGICC run with the original RCPs as well as with the set of RCPs modified to reflect the EPA 30 % emissions reductions from U.S power plants.

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.

While such advances are encouraging, further reductions in global emissions will be needed, for example through the introduction of new technologies such as hybrid and electric vehicles.

The Greenhouse Development Rights framework is, accordingly, designed to protect the right to sustainable human development, even as it drives rapid global emissions reductions.

Applying the GDRs framework, national emission reduction obligations are defined as shares of the global mitigation requirement, which is allocated among countries in proportion to their RCI.

Please try to think about ho silly is this advocacy of solar power (as being able to contribute to global GHG emissions reduction) before you post such silliness.

The original analysis of U.S. and state by state carbon dioxide 2010 emissions relative to global emissions quantifies the relative numbers and the potential «savings» in future global temperature and global sea level rise from a complete cessation of all CO2 emissions in the RGGI region as well as the proposed 30 % reduction.

In addition, because each national emission reduction target commitment must be understood as an implicit position of the nation on safe ghg atmospheric concentration levels, setting national ghg emissions goals must be set with full knowledge of how any national target will affect the global problem.

But the draft agreement out of Lima doesn't yet answer big questions about how the world will address global warming, such as who will pay for emissions reductions and how much each individual country will cut back.

A new website should be of great value to policy - makers to view and understand the relationship between their national emissions reduction strategies and the global climate change problem, issues that must be considered in setting national ghg targets as a matter of ethics.

As previously discussed by Carbon Brief, the later that global emissions peak the more rapid the reductions must be to limit warming to 2C.

AXIOM: Current global business - as - usual carbon emissions reductions are nowhere near what they need to be to achieve the 2C climate target.

Much of the slowdown in the growth of global emissions in recent years has been driven by a combination of reductions in the US and China, as well as relatively little growth in emissions in other countries.

«Meat production represents 18 percent of global human - induced GHG emissions... While the world is looking for sharp reductions in greenhouse gases responsible for climate change, growing global meat production is going to severely compromise future efforts... a study from the University of Chicago showed that if Americans were to reduce meat consumption by 20 percent it would be as if they switched from a standard sedan to the ultra-efficient Prius.»

The Lieberman - Warner American Climate InSecurity Act (A-CISA) has, as its core centerpiece, a poorly structured Cap and Trade program, inadequate for achieiving required reductions in US (and Global) GreenHouse Gase (GHG) emissions while giving away $ 500 billion (and likely more) to serial polluters, making the task of reducing America's fossil - fuel addiction that much more costly -LSB-...]

This agreement is referred to as the Bali Roadmap which also called for articulating a «shared vision for long - term cooperative action,» including a long - term global goal for emission reductions.

But as global concern about climate change has grown in recent years, REDD + has taken on an explicit climate focus, with an emphasis on reducing emissions and compensation linked to verified reductions.

He also gained hands - on experience in the design of emission reduction projects as a climate change economist for the Global Environment Facility and the World Bank.

As a number of scientific articles have shown, most recently by Kevin Anderson and Alice Bows in the Journal of the Royal Society, limiting the world to 2 °C warming most likely requires peaking total global carbon emissions in the next 5 - 10 years followed by immediate reductions to near - zero by 2050 (see Anderson and Bows emission trajectory options here, via David Roberts, and by David Hone here).

As a result there is a huge gap between national commitments to reduce greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions that have been made thus far under the UNFCCC and global ghg emissions reductions that are necessary to limit warming to 2 oC, a warming limit that has been agreed to by the international community as necessary to prevent very dangerous climate changAs a result there is a huge gap between national commitments to reduce greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions that have been made thus far under the UNFCCC and global ghg emissions reductions that are necessary to limit warming to 2 oC, a warming limit that has been agreed to by the international community as necessary to prevent very dangerous climate changas necessary to prevent very dangerous climate change.

[i] And yet, California has firmly established itself as both a national and global leader in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions.

And while China is still not committed to absolute emissions reductions in global climate negotiations, experts say its «intensity - based» U.N. carbon reduction targets, which are based on improving the relative efficiency of industrial processes, could be as effective as Western - style absolute cuts in emissions.

As a check, the Climate Sensitivity factor for the reduction in tropospheric aerosol emissions was also calculated: Global totals of SO2 emissions in 1975 were 131 Megatonnes.

Because this global challenge can only be met by a global response, we reiterate our willingness to share with all countries the goal of achieving at least a 50 % reduction of global emissions by 2050, recognizing that this implies that global emissions need to peak as soon as possible and decline thereafter.

Reductions in emissions of black carbon since the late 1980s, mostly from diesel engines as a result of air quality programs, have resulted in a measurable reduction of concentrations of global warming pollutants in the atmosphere, according to a first - of - its - kind study — which Berkeley Lab participated in — examining the impact of black carbon on California's climate.

Sacramento — Reductions in emissions of black carbon since the late 1980s, mostly from diesel engines as a result of air quality programs, have resulted in a measurable reduction of concentrations of global warming pollutants in the atmosphere, according to a first - of - its - kind study examining the impact of black carbon on California's climate.

This is consistent with ICAO's push to cap global emissions of civil aircraft at 2020 levels, as specified in its Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA), that requires offsets for every year that an airline operator exceeds emissions from 2019 - 2020 levels.

Building on decades of experience in the field, the report offers six lessons the authors believe are critical if REDD and REDD + (which includes REDD plus more controversial measures such as sustainable forest management) are going to generate offsets that truly represent emission reductions and that a global carbon regime will accept.

This agreement was referred to as the Bali Roadmap, which also called for articulating a «shared vision for long - term cooperative action,» including a long - term global goal for emission reductions.