Sentences with phrase «cent of the total emissions»

«If we are serious about climate change, the 10 per cent of the global population responsible for 50 per cent of total emissions need to make deep and immediate cuts in their use of energy — and hence their carbon emissions,» says Anderson.

The lifespan of existing power plants and factories commits us to 80 per cent of the total emissions that will take us to 2 °C.

Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition of more than 200 organisations calls for expansion of carbon pricing to cover 25 per cent of total emissions by 2020

Not exact matches

The commercial building sector is currently responsible for 5 per cent of Australia's total energy consumption and approximately 10 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions.

According to one Pembina Institute report, using data compiled by Natural Resources Canada and Environment Canada, buildings account for about 11 per cent of Canada's total greenhouse gas emissions.

Even building just one LNG terminal coupled with modest oil sands growth would increase oil and gas emissions from 26 per cent of Canada's total greenhouse gas emissions in 2014 to 45 per cent by 2030.

If China's use of renewable and nuclear energy grows at a plausible rate, and the country captures some of its emissions from coal - burning power stations and keeps making improvements in energy efficiency, by 2050 its total emissions could end up 4 per cent lower than today, says Zhou.

Britain, said Hogg, would participate in the forth - coming negotiations on new commitments and it has agreed that all developed countries should be asked to commit themselves to achieving a target for total greenhouse gas emissions of between 5 and 10 per cent below 1990 levels by the year 2010.

The team's results show that foreign GHG mitigation — i.e. other countries implementing policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (such as the 2015 Paris Agreement)-- contributed 15 per cent of the total PM2.5 - related and 62 per cent of the total O3 - related deaths avoided.

We have a total of 500 climate laws that cover about 90 per cent of emissions.

Every year the average Australian household produces 14 tonnes of carbon dioxide; that's 20 per cent of our total carbon emissions.

Since non-domestic buildings are responsible for about 20 per cent of total UK CO2 emissions, according to leading authority on the built environment BRE, it's good PR to be seen to be doing something to improve that statistic.

So, to recap, the U.S. — which has one of the best CO2 - emissions - reduction track records in the world — is being held up as the bad guy, while the countries busily increasing their CO2 emissions, including number one culprit China (now responsible for around 30 per cent of the world's total emissions) get a free pass.

Steelmaking is energy intensive and one of the world's leading industrial sources of greenhouse gases, generating nearly two tonnes of CO2 emissions per tonne of steel produced and accounting for about five per cent of total GHG emissions.

At least 55 countries, which together are responsible for at least 55 per cent of the total global greenhouse gas emissions — these were the requirements for a successful ratification of the Paris Agreement.

Again, interestingly, the cumulative emissions of the US too will be exactly 16 per cent of the world's total by 2030.

We note that figure 4c only contains three likelihood profiles, as we only consider three emission pathways with a hard emissions floor and a cumulative total to 2200 of within 1 per cent of 1 TtC.

Emissions from all fuel sources have grown in the African region over time with liquid and solid fuels now each accounting for approximately 35 per cent and gas fuels accounting for 17 per cent of the regional total.

In the simulated case below, the «Low Carbon US» achieves a 56.7 per cent reduction in normalized greenhouse gas emissions with the bonus of an extra 7.8 per cent in total returns compared to the original index over the time period January 1, 2008 to August 31 2014.

Assuming emissions are allocated on a per capita basis using 2000 population levels, by 2010 Australia is likely to have consumed nearly half of our total allowed emissions for the entire century, leaving 54 per cent to be distributed over the remaining 90 years.

He said that oil sands currently represent only 5 per cent of total Canadian emissions.

The annual average of 2.05 million tonnes amounts to 0.4 per cent of Australia's total greenhouse gas emissions in 2006, according to the study, which was conducted by researchers at Melbourne University's Department of Forest and Ecosystem Science, and the NSW Department of Primary Industries, for Forest & Wood Products Australia.

The Pembina Institute calculated that only 4 per cent of Alberta's total emissions were affected.

«Few people realize that residential, commercial and institutional buildings represent more than 33 per cent of our total greenhouse gas emissions,» says Elden Freeman, NAGAB founder and executive director, in a news release.