Sentences with phrase «cent of global emissions»

Health officials say the move could see the harmful greenhouse gases associated with meat eating reduced by the equivalent of 1.5 per cent of global emissions.

Whilst they represent just two per cent of global emissions today, this is expected to rise to 20 per ent by 2020 under a business - as - usual scenario.

The US is the world's second largest emitter, responsible for 16 per cent of global emissions.

By comparison Canada is a bit player, accounting for only 1.7 per cent of global emissions.

Finally, with the UK responsible for less than two per cent of global emissions, action at home is not enough.

However, it is clear that since we produce only two per cent of global emissions, there is not much point acting unilaterally.

After next year, the protocol will cover only around 15 per cent of global emissions.

The agreement will come into force after it is ratified by 55 countries representing at least 55 per cent of global emissions.

The maritime sector is responsible for 2 - 3 per cent of global emissions, but this is predicted to rise by 50 - 250 per cent by 2050 as global trade grows, according to a report by the IMO in 2014.

Since we account for less than 2 per cent of global emissions, it can have no relevance whatever to the temperature of the planet.

Transportation accounts for about 14 per cent of global emissions and is now the largest source of CO2 emissions in the U.S., mostly from cars and trucks.

98 per cent of those dying and otherwise seriously affected live in the poorest countries, and yet their countries only account for 8 per cent of global emissions.

And an estimated five per cent of global emissions are due to tourism?