Sentences with phrase «cost emissions reduction opportunities»

By providing a mechanism to capture more of these low - cost emissions reduction opportunities, this innovative tool — the first - of - its - kind in emissions trading markets — could potentially get to the even deeper emissions reductions that NRDC and other groups urged the states to adopt.

Not exact matches

I don't mean to say there are no good opportunities for CCS, or cases in which CCS represents the most cost - effective means of emissions reductions.

We have factors limiting our development, and the price and opportunity costs of energy saving and emissions reduction must be taken into account and stable development continued.

Anna led the first project for ClimateWorks, the award - winning Low Carbon Growth Plan for Australia, working with McKinsey & Co and the Australian and Victorian Governments to identify the least cost opportunities for emissions reduction across the major sectors of the Australian economy, with a roadmap for implementation.

Had we locked ourselves into a specific emissions - reduction pathway then, we would have missed the opportunity these cost reductions represent.

In the absence of effective policy, by 2020 Australia's emissions are expected to be 17 % higher than they were in 2000, so cutting them to 15 % below by 2020 is a considerable task, but one the Authority, after examining the emissions reduction opportunities available, believes is achievable at modest cost.

As companies and the country continues to modernize the natural gas infrastructure base and connect homes and businesses to this system, new opportunities arise to lower consumer bills, improve energy efficiency, and achieve low - cost emissions reductions by leveraging this existing infrastructure and the nation's abundant natural gas resources.

The Department of Commerce, in consultation with the Washington State University (WSU) Extension Energy Program, will analyze carbon reduction opportunities which may include a marginal abatement cost curve providing guidance on the cost to reduce emissions in various sectors with various technologies.

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced an ambitious acceleration of energy efficiency in New York, including a comprehensive plan to achieve a new target for significant greenhouse gas emission reductions, decrease consumer energy costs and create job opportunities.

[Response: Also, the relationship between carbon tax and reduction is nonlinear, since the different opportunities for reducing emissions come with different costs.