Sentences with phrase «comparing national emissions»

«(B) except as provided in paragraph (5) or (6), the quantity of the international offset credits is determined by comparing the national emissions from deforestation relative to a national deforestation baseline for that country established, in accordance with an agreement or arrangement described in subsection (b)(2)(A), pursuant to paragraph (4);

As Professor Green mentioned, the singular focus on emissions is pervasive, and in some cases understandable (for instance, comparing national emissions accounts — measured in MTCO2 — is often much easier than harmonizing and comparing trade - adjusted energy consumption — measured variously in Mtoe, GWhs, bbls, EJs, etc etc).

«(B) except as provided in paragraph (5) or (6), the quantity of the international offset credits is determined by comparing the national emissions from deforestation relative to a national deforestation baseline for that country established, in accordance with an agreement or arrangement described in subsection (b)(2)(A), pursuant to paragraph (4);

Not exact matches

Indonesia's national plan to cut emissions, officially called an intended nationally determined contribution, or INDC, committed the country to reduce emissions 29 percent by 2030 compared with business - as - usual projected emissions and a conditional 41 percent reduction with international support.

«The gap between the scale of global ambitions and the scale of national offerings has been clear to the research community for a long time, but the Kyoto Protocol's focus on near - term emissions reductions... coupled with the scientific focus on long - term stabilization of climate at some unspecified point in the future has long given negotiators an out: they have been able to compare near - term actions without having to square them with long - term goals, rather like guys in a pub arguing about whose round it is while never actually having to settle up the bill,» Frame said in an email.

We will need to wait until the 16 academic - lead studies are completed to compare them with the national top - down emissions rate reported by Miller et al. for fossil fuel related emissions, including end uses and natural leakage, neither of which is being measured in these studies.

The number of ERCs each NGCC can produce is based on a complex combination of factors, including how much better the NGCC unit's emission rate is compared to the national fossil steam emission performance rate, the distribution of the total possible incremental generation across all NGCC units, and the total net energy output from the NGCC unit in the year for which ERCs are being calculated.

At Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Conservancy researchers monitored carbon dioxide emissions at a restored site and compared that data to emissions from a site that was not restored.

Compared to the first national communications, there were no significant changes in diverging assumptions regarding differentiating natural and anthropogenic activities and the manner of reporting emissions from these activities.

• characterize national emissions • explore alternative emission reduction scenarios • calculate country - level health, agriculture and global climate benefits • compare results across alternative scenarios • inform nationally appropriate action on SLCPs

California, which leads the «union» states in carbon - reducing policies, cut emissions by 1.5 million metric tons in 2013 (compared with 2012); at the same time, its economy grew at a faster pace than the national average.

In 2006, the European Union (EU), which consists of 27 members, committed to reducing its global warming emissions by at least 20 percent of 1990 levels by 2020, to consuming 20 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2020, and to reducing its primary energy use by 20 percent from projected levels through increased energy efficiency.1 The EU has also committed to spending $ 375 billion a year to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80 percent by 2050 compared to 1990 levels.2 The EU is meeting these goals through binding national commitments which vary depending on the unique situation of a given country but which average out to the overall targets.

However, the National Energy Technical Laboratory's (or NETL) just released «Life Cycle GHG Perspective on Exporting LNG from the U.S.» found that there are 50 percent more emissions from the natural gas export supply chain compared to coal's supply chain, offsetting the gains due to lower pollution from combustion.

The research, led by Australian researchers from the CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology, predicts that Australia's national average temperature will increase by 2.8 - 5.1 °C by 2090 in a high emissions scenario, compared to 0.6 - 1.7 °C under a low global emissions scenario.

A key point to recognize is that negotiating the minimum price would be much simpler compared to negotiating a complete set of individual national emissions caps.

In this regard media coverage that compares national commitments with other nations» commitments without acknowledging that equity and justice considerations could lead to morally different emissions reductions should be avoided because these comparisons are potentially misleading

National emissions changed substantially in 2017 compared to 2016 for several countries (see figure).

What, after all, should a national emissions pledge be compared to?

The ultimate goal is to achieve a 35 % reduction in national emissions by 2030 compared to 2005 levels.

Even sticking with gas - only scooters, the survey findings, when compared to Department of Energy national averages on fuel consumption, found that more extensive scooter use could save up to 14 million gallons of gas per day and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 324 million pounds per day.

First, the national pledges of action that countries — northern and southern, large and small — have committed to deliver to the UN Secretariat, the pledges in which they lay out their emission - reduction action plans, have to get a whole lot easier to read and compare and interpret.

For example, according to the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), a new pulverized - coal plant (operating at lower, «subcritical» temperatures and pressures) reduces the emission of NOx (nitrogen oxides) by 86 percent, SO2 (sulfur dioxide) by 98 percent, and particulate matter by 99.8 percent, as compared with a similar plant having no pollution controls.