Sentences with phrase «by reducing carbon emissions»

Many of these candidates believe that among our top priorities is to address global warming by reducing carbon emissions.

At the same time, we must work to minimize these risks in the future by reducing the carbon emissions that are causing climate change and its accompanying impacts.

Current strategies of a 50 % risk of 2 degrees by reducing carbon emissions by 80 % are not good enough.

Advocates also contend that using clean, renewable solar energy benefits everyone by reducing carbon emissions.

Get some green in your life by reducing your carbon emissions and saving money on your travel costs.

True to the old adage, «better late than never,» the aviation sector is readying a rapid transition to sustainable fuels to fight off the threat of climate change by reducing carbon emissions from the use of fossil fuels.

However, if we choose a different path — if we act aggressively to both adapt to the changing climate and to mitigate future impacts by reducing carbon emissions — we can significantly reduce our exposure to the worst economic risks from climate change, and also demonstrate global leadership on climate.

The real threat, the existential threat, is that climate change will gain so much momentum that humanity loses what remaining power it has to slow or stop it, even by reducing carbon emissions to zero.

By reducing carbon emissions through renewable fuel sources, we can reduce environmental degradation; by planting campuses with native trees, shrubs, groundcover, and grasses, we can reduce the use of fertilizers and pesticides that pollute our streams and watersheds.

Simply put, Climate Security Index argues that the United States can increase its national security by reducing carbon emissions and pushing for other nations to do the same:

It then discusses how to restructure the energy economy and eliminate this deficit by reducing carbon emissions.

The UNFCCC will meet in Copenhagen in December of 2009 to complete an agreement to slow global warming by reducing carbon emissions caused by deforestation.

The world is far bigger and more complicated than these people can imagine, as evidenced by their simplistic notion that they achieved something by reducing some carbon emissions — arguable if they even did that, given that most of those passengers will still need to fly anyway.

the article is an approachable, highly readable treatment of a topic that is frequently in the news and will likely remain the subject of discussion and debate as policies evolve to address climate change by reducing carbon emissions.

The benefits are essentially the damage avoided by preventing a certain amount of climate change from happening (by reducing carbon emissions).

And, of course, by reducing carbon emissions, solar power helps mitigate climate change, making disasters less likely for everyone.

«The signing of the Accord demonstrates the determination and moral obligation by architects and planners, both Chinese and internationally, to shoulder this huge responsibility to tackle climate change by reducing carbon emissions and moving toward zero.»

We're already working with some of those communities to provide solutions, such as efficient irrigation systems, safe water, solar and clean cooking programmes, that improve livelihoods and at the same time help tackle climate change by reducing carbon emissions.

The President today announced new measures to address climate change by reducing carbon emissions, encouraging investment in renewable resources, updating energy efficiency standards, and modernizing the nation's transportation infrastructure.

A poll conducted by Benenson Strategy Group for the Sierra Club and the Union of Concerned Scientists in March found that 72 percent of likely 2016 voters support President Obama «signing an international agreement committing all countries to address climate change by reducing their carbon emissions.»

Mitigation means that we seek to reduce the damages from climate change by reducing carbon emissions.

The main proposed strategy to combat climate change is by reducing carbon emissions.