Sentences with phrase «as global energy use»

on the need to stabilize atmospheric GHG concentrations, even as global energy use continues to grow.

Not exact matches

You may not think much about this, but a tremendous amount of global resources — such as energy, minerals, chemicals and water — are used to make a single item of clothing, electronic gadget, or household item.

The U.S. could take stronger initiative in the global development of nuclear power; we are regarded as the creators of atomic energy, but so far military uses have been more impressive than peaceful ones.

As the global population increases and ages, and the amount of energy used per person increases, the world is facing an energy crisis.

The judges observed a pronounced, global, industrywide commitment to sustainability, with innovations around source reduction, lowering energy use during manufacturing, reusability, reducing food waste, and much more, as reported in the fourth of a six - part series of video interviews on industry trends, released today.

The investment in truly clean and green energy production such as wind, solar, and biofuels, and offering incentives to encourage Smart Energy use by consumers would drastically reduce our contributions to global warming and reduce our dependency on nuclear energy production such as wind, solar, and biofuels, and offering incentives to encourage Smart Energy use by consumers would drastically reduce our contributions to global warming and reduce our dependency on nuclear Energy use by consumers would drastically reduce our contributions to global warming and reduce our dependency on nuclear power.

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.

«For example, in the future methane levels could increase as a result of increased natural gas and energy use, climate change feedbacks and / or a decrease in the global abundance of the hydroxyl radical, which chemically removes methane from the atmosphere.»

According to Princeton University scientists Stephen Pacala and Robert Socolow's «wedge» strategy of climate change mitigation — which quantifies as a wedge on a time series graph various sets of efforts to maintain flat global carbon emissions between now and 2055 — at least two million megawatts of new renewable energy will have to be built in the next 40 years, effectively replacing completely all existing coal - fired power plants as well as accounting for increases in energy use between now and mid-century.

4 Global Warming Makes the Arctic Hot Property Countries from Russia to Canada are eyeing Arctic territory that are expected to thaw in the future, freeing up its methane riches, which could be used as an alternative energy source.

The AAAS analysis also traces global scientific output, breaks down R&D spending by sectors such as health and energy, looks at the balance of R&D spending between the civil and defense sectors and weighs the use and impact of tax policies to spur R&D spending.

They used the Community Earth System Model, funded primarily by the Department of Energy and NSF, to simulate global climate as well as atmospheric chemistry conditions.

December 8, 2017 India's steel industry, like America's, is dominated by electric - based processes November 20, 2017 Link between growth in economic activity and electricity use is changing around the world November 16, 2017 Growth in global energy - related carbon dioxide emissions expected to slow November 8, 2017 EIA forecasts growth in world nuclear electricity capacity, led by non-OECD countries October 25, 2017 China leads the growth in projected global natural gas consumption October 10, 2017 Buildings energy consumption in India is expected to increase faster than in other regions October 4, 2017 Global gas - to - liquids growth is dominated by two projects in South Africa and Uzbekistan September 27, 2017 Chinese coal - fired electricity generation expected to flatten as mix shifts to renewables September 19, 2017 Beyond China and India, energy consumption in non-OECD Asia continues to grow September 14, 2017 EIA projects 28 % increase in world energy use bglobal energy - related carbon dioxide emissions expected to slow November 8, 2017 EIA forecasts growth in world nuclear electricity capacity, led by non-OECD countries October 25, 2017 China leads the growth in projected global natural gas consumption October 10, 2017 Buildings energy consumption in India is expected to increase faster than in other regions October 4, 2017 Global gas - to - liquids growth is dominated by two projects in South Africa and Uzbekistan September 27, 2017 Chinese coal - fired electricity generation expected to flatten as mix shifts to renewables September 19, 2017 Beyond China and India, energy consumption in non-OECD Asia continues to grow September 14, 2017 EIA projects 28 % increase in world energy use bglobal natural gas consumption October 10, 2017 Buildings energy consumption in India is expected to increase faster than in other regions October 4, 2017 Global gas - to - liquids growth is dominated by two projects in South Africa and Uzbekistan September 27, 2017 Chinese coal - fired electricity generation expected to flatten as mix shifts to renewables September 19, 2017 Beyond China and India, energy consumption in non-OECD Asia continues to grow September 14, 2017 EIA projects 28 % increase in world energy use bGlobal gas - to - liquids growth is dominated by two projects in South Africa and Uzbekistan September 27, 2017 Chinese coal - fired electricity generation expected to flatten as mix shifts to renewables September 19, 2017 Beyond China and India, energy consumption in non-OECD Asia continues to grow September 14, 2017 EIA projects 28 % increase in world energy use by 2040

«(VII) standards for practices and materials to achieve cool roofs in residential buildings, taking into consideration reduced air conditioning energy use as a function of cool roofs, the potential reduction in global warming from increased solar reflectance from buildings, and cool roofs criteria in State and local building codes and in national and local voluntary programs, without reduction of otherwise applicable ceiling insulation standards; and

Future global demand for metals is expected to increase further as a result of urbanization and new infrastructure construction in developing countries, widespread use of electronics, and transitions in energy technologies [3].

«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.

«The increased use of clean energy sources that do not emit greenhouse gases or conventional air pollutants... would be doubly beneficial to global food security, as they do not contribute to either climate change or increased surface - ozone concentrations,» she said.

Reducing the energy consumed by greenhouses has become a priority as the global use of greenhouses for food production has increased six-fold over the past 20 years to more than 9 million acres today — roughly twice the size of New Jersey, according to Loik.

Many regions of the world are already tapping geothermal energy as an affordable and sustainable solution to reducing dependence on fossil fuels, and the global warming and public health risks that result from their use.

1) The global energy infrastructure and investment is such that it will be impossible to switch fast enough away from fossil if we are going to meet 550ppm CO2 stabilisation (I actually think we should go for 450ppm but most policy uses double pre-industrial as the desired stabilisation) in time.

I know some here will decry that I am not talking about the issues because I do not try to obsfuscate with a discussion of the spot market price of coal vs long - term contracts, or use of coal in locations other than Kansas, or Al Gore's footprint, but the issue of Global Warming IS politics (non-ratification of Kyoto and negative flag - waving ads about politicians who oppose coal), it IS public relations («Clean Coal», cleanest coal - fired plants, surface mining and mountain - top reoval rather than strip mining, etc.), and it IS about misrepresentation (Peobody framing the debate as coal vs NG when it is really coal vs every other energy source), and it IS about greed (the coal industry doing everything it can to scuttle every other energy alternative).

While there will be no single technological silver bullet, the time has come for those who take the threat of global warming seriously to embrace the development and deployment of safer nuclear power systems as one among several technologies that will be essential to any credible effort to develop an energy system that does not rely on using the atmosphere as a waste dump.

Drawing on global best practice policies, we undertake to remove barriers, establish incentives, and implement standards to aggressively accelerate deployment and transfer of key existing and new low - carbon technologies, such as energy efficiency; solar energy; smart grids; carbon capture, use, and storage; advanced vehicles; and bio-energy.

[INSERTED 4/6, 12:45 p.m.] There clearly is a vast array of low - hanging fruit ready to be harvested — much at a profit — by cutting the energy used in buildings, transportation, appliances and the like, as the McKinsey Global Institute has repeatedly pointed out.

According to a new report published by the International Energy Agency (IEA), TreeHugger has been right to promote the use of compact fluorescent (here, here and here as well) and other energy - efficient lighting: a global switch to efficient lighting systems would trim the world's electricity bill by nearly one - Energy Agency (IEA), TreeHugger has been right to promote the use of compact fluorescent (here, here and here as well) and other energy - efficient lighting: a global switch to efficient lighting systems would trim the world's electricity bill by nearly one - energy - efficient lighting: a global switch to efficient lighting systems would trim the world's electricity bill by nearly one - tenth.

Many of those promoting stasis in the face of a clear need for a global energy quest have used this saga as a kind of «blackwash» that will long linger like a cloud, tainting public appreciation of even the undisputed basics of science pointing to a rising human influence on climate.

• Anyone who doubts that the threat of large hurricanes is still being used as part of global warming campaigns should look no further than the energy and climate platform of a presidential candidate [pdf alert], who writes, «Global warming is real, is happening now and is the result of human activglobal warming campaigns should look no further than the energy and climate platform of a presidential candidate [pdf alert], who writes, «Global warming is real, is happening now and is the result of human activGlobal warming is real, is happening now and is the result of human activities.

Nothing in Mr. Svec's response (as it's written in the headline post) sufficiently addresses the central issue, i.e., that global warming is a very big problem and that continued use of carbon dioxide - emitting energy sources is the biggest part of the problem.

As for his question, if you use the forcings from AR5 AII Table 1.2 (which are a little higher than CO2 forcing alone), & the global numbers@359 (but assuming 0.86 W / m2 imbalance) you get an ECS = 2.8 ºC but most folk consider energy balance methods do underestimate ECS.

We will then proceed to describe the underlying socioeconomic assumptions that shape RCP4.5 and its associated reference scenario and discuss the characteristics of RCP4.5, highlighting the global energy, economic, land use, and land cover systems, as well as the mechanisms employed to limit radiative forcing to 4.5 W m − 2 and contrast RCP4.5 to its reference scenario.

EESI advances policy solutions that will result in decreased global warming and air pollution; improvements in public health, energy security and rural economic development opportunities; increased use of renewable energy sources and improved energy efficiency; and the protection of areas such as the Arctic and coastal regions.»

While the Climate Change pundits agree that energy efficiency and renewables are in the long term, «the most sustainable solutions both for security of supply and climate,» they argue that «global greenhouse gas emissions can not be reduced by at least 50 % by 2050, as they need to be, if we do not also use other options such as carbon capture and storage.»

In most models that show the world reducing emissions enough to hit the 2 °C climate target, «solar energy emerges only as a minor mitigation option» — around 5 to 17 percent of global electricity supply in one representative study used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

As a private citizen, Ettling works to educate Congress about climate change, including bringing Republicans and Democrats to the table to work out consensus solutions to controversial issues such as climate change, global warming and energy usAs a private citizen, Ettling works to educate Congress about climate change, including bringing Republicans and Democrats to the table to work out consensus solutions to controversial issues such as climate change, global warming and energy usas climate change, global warming and energy use.

Such policies would encourage economic growth as the foundation for a cleaner environment, responsible development and use of fossil fuels until superior energy sources are found, and repeal of many of the regulations, subsidies, and taxes passed at the height of the man - made global warming scare.

As the scientific case for a climate - change catastrophe wanes, proponents of big - ticket climate policies are increasingly focused on punishing dissent from an asserted «consensus» view that the only way to address global warming is to restructure society — how it harnesses and uses energy.

Air conditioning use emerges as one of the key drivers of global electricity - demand growth New IEA analysis shows urgent need to improve cooling efficiency as global energy demand for ACs to triple by 2050 15 May 2018

Whether or not we are causing global warming is irrelevant to whether or not we should limit pollution, it is just used as a distraction and crux for major energy companies and industries that have the entire republican party and those that worship it in their pocket.

As the world seeks to make more efficient use of its energy resources, increase energy security and meet global climate targets, it is essential that cities take a leading role in the energy transition.

The document looks at major global drivers of change and focuses on water as a decisive natural capital that if managed and used effectively can contribute to economic growth, sustainable development and increased food and energy production in Africa.

Incorporation of information typically used as input assumptions by integrated assessment models of the global energy - economy - land use system, or by global - scale climate impact models of different sectors.

Global Green's initiatives also include greening of affordable housing, schools, and cities, as well as reducing waste in NY, energy use in California, and water use in New Orleans.

The Clinton Global Initiative posted the energy chapter from Plan B 2.0 on its website, using it as background material for participants.

«Global Warming: Data Centres to Consume Three Times as Much Energy in Next Decade, Experts Warn --»... this level of data centre growth is not sustainable beyond the next 10 to 15 years... We need to be more responsible about what we use the Internet for... it's driven by social media and mobile phones.

There are other issues that are important to a lot of people and their numbers are increasing as they learn about the other issues: health for humans and animals, job creation, protection of the environment, balance of trade deficit due to imports of oil, preservation of natural resources that have better uses than just being burned, energy independence, global warming, the prestige that early adopters enjoy and the good feeling some people get from knowing that they have made a decision that is good in some way.

Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), the international trade association for the wind power industry, says Kenya is setting the pace in the region in the use of wind as a renewable source of energy by initiating the generationEnergy Council (GWEC), the international trade association for the wind power industry, says Kenya is setting the pace in the region in the use of wind as a renewable source of energy by initiating the generationenergy by initiating the generation of...

«We are proud to have been chosen as Community Ambassadors to implement the Energy Upgrade California educational outreach grant and look forward to working with individuals in our community to provide them with tools and resources they can use to reduce their energy consumption and save money in the process,» said Gina Goodhill Rosen, Senior Policy Associate at Global GreeEnergy Upgrade California educational outreach grant and look forward to working with individuals in our community to provide them with tools and resources they can use to reduce their energy consumption and save money in the process,» said Gina Goodhill Rosen, Senior Policy Associate at Global Greeenergy consumption and save money in the process,» said Gina Goodhill Rosen, Senior Policy Associate at Global Green USA.

Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), the international trade association for the wind power industry, says Kenya is setting the pace in the region in the use of wind as a renewable source of eneEnergy Council (GWEC), the international trade association for the wind power industry, says Kenya is setting the pace in the region in the use of wind as a renewable source of energyenergy...

«(VII) standards for practices and materials to achieve cool roofs in commercial buildings, taking into consideration reduced air conditioning energy use as a function of cool roofs, the potential reduction in global warming from increased solar reflectance from buildings, and cool roofs criteria in State and local building codes and in national and local voluntary programs, without reduction of otherwise applicable ceiling insulation standards.

Studies of the global carbon cycle often identify biomass energy as being among the most important potential benefits associated with the forest industry value chain...» They then go on to worry that the use of paper fiber (biomass) for fuel would cause ``... - market - distorting public policies that disproportionately favor the use of these materials for their fuel value, - public policies that fail to recognize the direct and indirect economic and social benefits associated with using biomass as a feed stock for forest products manufacturing,...».