Sentences with phrase «curbing emissions growth»

Those targets apply to developed countries: The draft speaks of the developing world, including China, curbing emissions growth by 15 % or 30 % in the near term from what they would otherwise be — not compared to past levels.

Not exact matches

The RGGI program also might not actually curb emissions, because power plants are already emitting less than the proposed cap — due to take effect on January 1, 2009, and based on projections from 2005 — thanks to slower than anticipated growth in electricity generation.

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.

I'm not sure this bodes well for the global thinking, and interaction, that'd have to take place if the world were to get serious about curbing the growth of greenhouse gas emissions.

The agency chose these actions because it said they all meet these criteria: They can result in significant near - term emissions reductions, do not curb economic growth, rely only on existing technologies and proven policies and produce significant benefits beyond climate change mitigation.

Target 3: Cut the Carbon - Intensity of GDP by 17 %: Slower energy demand growth combined with increased non-fossil energy supply curbed Chinese emissions growth in 2012.

At the same time, some of the largest developing countries sent strong signals that they were willing to accept outside auditing, in essence, of their efforts to curb the growth in greenhouse gas emissions.

Two - thirds of Americans support the United States joining a binding international agreement to curb growth of greenhouse gas emissions....

One of the major drivers of renewables» growth in recent decades has been policymakers» recognition that countries need to curb emissions to tackle climate change.

IF the past is any indicator of the future, then curbing emissions will have no impact on the carbon growth rate heading into the future.

What i mean is that since the carbon growth rate has been tracking temperature, then the future should see the same... (if we curb emissions and this (temp / growthrate) correlation still holds true, then our efforts will have no impact on the carbon growth rate)

afonzarelli, You said: «IF the past is any indicator of the future, then curbing emissions will have no impact on the carbon growth rate heading into the future.»

Already the planet's largest energy consumer and polluter, China has long taken the position that it is the industrialised nations who should be taking up the biggest burden of emissions cuts, so it is to be welcomed that the Ministry of Environmental Protection has announced plans to curb the growth in some major pollutants by 1.5 % annually from 2011.

As smog re-envelopes Beijing, the capital is reinstating a modified set of traffic measures to curb the growth of auto emissions that will, among other things, ban corporate and private cars from taking to the roads one day per week depending on their license plate number.

It also is one of the most powerful levers available for avoiding emissions by curbing population growth.»

NOVEMBER 13, 2017 Tobias Buck in Berlin and Lucy Hornby in Beijing 58 comments Stronger Chinese economic growth will push global greenhouse gas emissions to a record high in 2017 after remaining flat for three years, dashing tentative hopes of a turning point in the world's efforts to curb climate change.

It evaluates possible ways of reducing global carbon emissions while not curbing rapid economic growth in developing countries.

The second is the evident fantasy that China, India and other major developing nations are going to go anything to curb their own growth in emissions.

See for example Snubbed In Copenhagen, EU Weighs Climate Options, a Reuters piece that told us that «Officials acknowledge privately that the mandatory system for enforcing emissions curbs created by the 1997 Kyoto protocol is doomed because China won't accept any constraints on its future economic growth, and the United States won't join any agreement that is not binding on Beijing.»

See for example Snubbed In Copenhagen, E.U. Weighs Climate Options, a Reuters piece that told us that «Officials acknowledge privately that the mandatory system for enforcing emissions curbs created by the 1997 Kyoto protocol is doomed because China won't accept any constraints on its future economic growth, and the United States won't join any agreement that is not binding on Beijing.»

Still, these hard numbers demonstrate that the U.N. climate talks have failed to curb the growth in emissions.

In general, rich nations have wanted to curb emissions, while poor nations have worried about restrictions that might limit economic growth.

The RGGI program also might not actually curb emissions, because power plants are already emitting less than the proposed cap — due to take effect on January 1, 2009, and based on projections from 2005 — thanks to slower than anticipated growth in electricity generation.

India's booming growth has meant that it has come under recent pressure to find ways to curb emissions that will not impede its economic development.