Sentences with phrase «current national commitments»

The Copenhagen Accord reaffirms the importance of limiting global warming to 2 °C (3.6 °F), but current national commitments would lead to approximately 3.9 °C (7.0 °F) warming by 2100.

The steepness of these curves superimposed on actual national ghg emissions levels is an indication of the enormity of the challenge for the international community because the emissions reduction curves are much steeper than reductions that can be expected under projections of what current national commitments are likely to achieve if fully implemented.

Current national commitments to cut greenhouse gases would likely allow average global temperatures to rise by 3.5 °C by 2100, suggest new modeling results released today.

Not exact matches

The IMF, Royal Bank, and National Bank are three of the non-partisan voices that have called on the Trudeau government to put in writing its verbal commitment to contain debt at current levels.

When asked if there was nothing positive under the current NPP government six months into their administration, he said, «I will only commend them for the commitment to resource the National Identification Authority but aside that, there is nothing positive under this government I can bodily point to.

His current and former board commitments include: Board of Directors of the National Investment Company Service Association (NICSA) and the New England College of Finance; Member of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation's Asynchronous Learning Network; on Board of Trustees of J.K. Mullen High School and Urban College of Boston; Corporate eLearning Advisory Board, Council on Adult Experiential Learning (CAEL); Corporate Advisory Boardmember, Asian American Civic Association; Member, Mayor of Boston's College Success Task Force; Chairman and Founding Trustee, Dorchester Collegiate Academy; Editorial Board, Banker & Tradesman; Chaired Accreditation teams in U.S. and Europe for New England Association of Schools & Colleges (NEASC).

All -LCB- developed country Parties -RCB--LCB- all Annex I Parties and all current European Union (EU) member States, EU candidate countries and potential candidate countries that are not included in Annex I to the Convention -RCB--LCB- Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries, countries that are not OECD members but whose economic development stages are equivalent to those of the OECD members, and countries that voluntarily wish to be treated as developed countries -RCB--LCB- shall -RCB--LCB- should -RCB- adopt legally binding mitigation commitments or actions including economy - wide quantified emission limitation and reduction objectives16 for the period from -LCB- 1990 -RCB--LCB- 2013 -RCB--LCB- XXXX -RCB- until -LCB- 2017 -RCB--LCB- 2020 -RCB--LCB- XXXX -RCB-, while ensuring comparability of efforts among them, taking into account differences in their national circumstances.

This technical document provides the following information: - An update of global greenhouse gas emission estimates, based on a number of different authoritative scientific sources; - An overview of national emission levels, both current (2010) and projected (2020) consistent with current pledges and other commitments; - An estimate of the level of global emissions consistent with the two degree target in 2020, 2030 and 2050; - An update of the assessment of the «emissions gap» for 2020; - A review of selected examples of the rapid progress being made in different parts of the world to implement policies already leading to substantial emission reductions and how they can be scaled up and replicated in other countries, with the view to bridging the emissions gap.

What's needed now is a new national commitment to the development, testing, demonstration, and early stage commercialization of a broad range of new nuclear technologies — from much smaller light - water reactors to next generation ones — in search of a few designs that can be mass produced and deployed at a significantly lower cost than current designs.

In light of the fact that any attempt to reach consensus on the operationalization of equity will run into conflicts with national interest, the paper recommends a completely new approach that would fund a new carbon revolution while abandoning the current approach in which nations make individual emissions reductions commitments consistent with what equity requires of them.

There is a 15 - 22 gigatonne gap between the current climate commitments nations made in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and the respective emissions reductions needed to stay on track to limit the global temperature rise to 2C or 1.5 C. Subnational action can help bridge this gap and support national governments as they raise their climate commitments in the coming years.

We already know that current national climate commitments cover only one - third of the emissions reductions needed to achieve that target — and the IPCC report should assess the feasibility of technologies and policy options to get us there.

«even if all the commitments in the current NDCs [national pledges of action] are met — an uncertain prospect, given the lack of financial and technological resources from wealthier countries — they would lead to a warming of about 3 °C.»

«Mr. Anderson may wish to discuss: the current status of the National Energy Board's (NEB) review of the project; the Government's approach to reviewing the environmental assessment process and potential transition measures that could apply to TMX; the Government's commitment to renew its relationship with Indigenous people; and, potential developments in the company's plans related to the project.»

Rather than looking backward, this would provide a foundation from which to base a national commitment to cooperatively address current problems.

In a Periscope interview outside the PM's office, Williams said the #JustJustice team offered the book to him as a way to enliven the current National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan and to meet closing the gap targets as well as commitments under the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

At CouncilFest 2014 it was agreed that one of the most significant current opportunities for Indigenous health is to ensure that there is strong governmental commitment to an operational plan for the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan (the Health Plan).

It expresses concern about the current lack of progress on reconciliation and identifies a range of commitments to be made at the national level before meaningful reconciliation can be achieved.