Sentences with phrase «based emissions reduction policy»

The position presented by the Great Barrier Reef Climate Change Alliance was that a 25 per cent reduction in emissions was needed by 2020, and that a market - based emissions reduction policy should be the central approach.

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We lead a game - changing legal campaign seeking systemic, science - based emissions reductions and climate recovery policy at all levels of government.

They further question the claims that a pre-industrial or «below 350 ppm [carbon dioxide]» climate is necessarily more benign or less affected by extreme weather, and they warn that «unachievable» CO2 emissions reduction policies are at risk of being classified as «ill advised, ineffective, and disingenuous» if and / or when the public eventually recognizes how flimsy the evidence is upon which these policies are based.

In addition to the Base Policy case, EIA's analysis includes several sensitivity cases encompassing different interpretations or implementations of the proposed rule as well as a scenario in which further emissions reductions are required beyond 2030, all of which use the AEO2015 Reference case as their baseline.

The provisions will seek to ensure that credits from Community projects do not result in double - counting of emission reductions nor impede other policy measures to reduce emissions not covered by the ETS, and that they are based on simple, easily administered rules.

This technical document provides the following information: - An update of global greenhouse gas emission estimates, based on a number of different authoritative scientific sources; - An overview of national emission levels, both current (2010) and projected (2020) consistent with current pledges and other commitments; - An estimate of the level of global emissions consistent with the two degree target in 2020, 2030 and 2050; - An update of the assessment of the «emissions gap» for 2020; - A review of selected examples of the rapid progress being made in different parts of the world to implement policies already leading to substantial emission reductions and how they can be scaled up and replicated in other countries, with the view to bridging the emissions gap.

In support of the Paris Agreement, science - based targets from leading companies demonstrate to policy - makers the scale of emission reductions that are achievable to positively influence international climate negotiations and domestic climate policy.

This entry makes recommendations on how to respond to arguments against climate policies based on claims that it would be unfair or ineffective if a nation makes significant reductions in ghg emissions if other nations such as China or India does not act,

I then made my pitch for a carbon fee - bate policy which would place a carbon price on oil sands and other sources of carbon emissions equivalent to that paid by firms in the EU and which, if implemented worldwide, would allow the world to meet science - based emissions reduction targets.

None of the companies — BP Plc, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Total SA, Statoil ASA, Eni SpA and BG Group — is based in the U.S. Still, their argument should resonate in Washington: «Clear, stable, long - term» policies that make carbon more expensive (the letter never uses the word «tax») are necessary to reduce uncertainty, stimulate investment and encourage the most efficient reductions in emissions.

Australia's policies in the last six years have been based on two demonstrably wrong propositions: (1) we can lead the world: show them the way and they will follow; and / or (2) the whole world will undertake serious emissions reduction programs, we can't stand aside from that.

In concert with other BC emissions reduction policies, the tax seems to have been successful in reducing fuel use, which has fallen by 19 % relative to the rest of Canada on a per - capita basis.

«Differentiating the Burden World Wide - Global Burden Differentiation of GHG Emissions Reductions Based on the Triptych Approach: A Preliminary Assessment,» Energy Policy, Vol.

Strategies to curtail noxious emissions before and during the Games presented an opportunity to study emissions reduction physics and provide policy makers a basis of information to make future public health decisions.

The basis of our disagreement with the majority report is its failure to recognise the importance of the constraint put on all future emission reduction targets and policies by Australia's carbon budget.

Climate models are being used to support emissions reduction policies and as the basis for projection of future regional climate variation for use in model - based decision support systems.