Sentences with phrase «call for curbing emissions»

The Paris targets call for curbing emissions 33 to 35 percent per unit of economic output from 2005 levels by 2030.

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Its diplomats noted that the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's fourth assessment calls for developed countries to curb emissions 25 to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2020, a goal they will likely miss.

This strange saga began in 1990, when California's Air Resources Board, in an attempt to curb the state's smog, issued a mandate calling for 10 percent of California's vehicles to be emission - free by 2003.

The legislation called for the country to curb emissions 30 percent below business - as - usual growth by 2030 and 50 percent by midcentury, but those targets were conditional upon international assistance.

He also called for the U.S. government to tax or put a price on carbon emissions in order to encourage private investment in clean energy and curb climate change.

Participants agreed on a statement pointing out the disruption caused by fossil fuel use and calling for cooperative, collective action to curb greenhouse gas emissions.

It calls for phasing out a wide range of mercury products and curbing emissions from major sources.

Aimed at curbing the growing climate impact of plane travel, it calls for international aviation to address and offset its emissions through the reduction of emissions elsewhere, outside of the international aviation sector.

The lack of a shared long - term goal for cutting emissions represents a mixed result for President Bush, who had pledged last year to bring together most of the world's biggest economic powers — later called «major economies» by the White House — and produce a shared long - term goal for curbing greenhouse - gas emissions by the end of 2008.

The latest comes as basic flaws have been exposed in a panel finding on thawing Asian glaciers that, while buried in the back matter of the panel's 2007 report on impacts of warming, had become a prime talking point among campaigners calling for action to curb emissions of greenhouse gases.

The National Academy of Sciences specifically called for a carbon tax on fossil fuels or a cap - and - trade system for curbing greenhouse gas emissions, calling global warming an urgent threat.

Well, Republicans were completely wrong about the Affordable Care Act («Obamacare»), and now, wisely, are quickly abandoning their attacks on it in advance of the 2014 election, so why not double - down and call conservative, flexible, market - based, state - controlled regulations to curb emissions «Obamacare for the environment»?!

In a sharp change from its cautious approach in the past, the National Academy of Sciences on Wednesday called for taxes on carbon emissions, a cap - and - trade program for such emissions or some other strong action to curb runaway global warming.Such actions, which would increase the cost of using coal and petroleum — at least in the immediate future — are necessary because «climate change is occurring, the Earth is warming... concentrations of carbon dioxide are increasing, and there are very clear fingerprints that link [those effects] to humans,» said Pamela A. Matson of Stanford University, who chaired one of five panels organized by the academy at the request of Congress to look at the science of climate change and how the nation should respond.

Eroding confidence in climate science punctuated by a pair of blizzards has global warming skeptics across the United States calling for a sharp rollback to years of political and industrial efforts to curb greenhouse emissions thought to contribute to global warming.

Texas representative Ralph Hall, the chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, along with 10 of his Republican colleagues, also called for budget cuts and program terminations that directly targeted climate - science research, efforts to curb emissions, and preparations for climate - change impact at the National Science Foundation, the EPA and the Department of Energy.

Almost 100 organizations Thursday launched a worldwide petition that calls for dramatically curbing greenhouse - gas emissions and helping vulnerable communities prepare for rising sea levels, more - frequent storms, longer droughts and other effects of global warming.

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The companies have criticized the Obama administration for waging a so - called «war on coal,» arguing that the president's policies to curb emissions from power plants are harming energy companies and their customers.

The seven countries renewed their own commitments and called for higher levels of ambition to curb emissions in line with the Paris Agreement and protect the planet from devastating climate change.

Los Angeles Times: Pope Francis, in leaked draft letter, calls for curbing global warming Earth Ministry's LeeAnne Beres and Jessie Dye were interviewed by Bill Yardley of the LA Times regarding the Pope's encyclical and cutting carbon emissions, and a quote from Jessie was included in the story.

called for an «armed and dangerous» revolution against measures to curb greenhouse - gas emissions and move away from fossil fuels.

Nature said UK climate meeting calls for action; New Scientist said Climatologists pursue greenhouse gas danger levels and Only huge emissions cuts will curb climate change.

Academics today threw their weight behind calls for a strong climate deal in Paris later this year, urging governments to take immediate action to curb greenhouse gas emissions.