Sentences with phrase «cuts total emissions»

A key question for policymakers is, which transportation technology cuts total emissions at the lowest cost — batteries or fuel cells?

Indonesia is crafting policies — in part with external help from Norway and other wealthy countries — to cut its total emissions, mainly by slowing deforestation.

For a 90 percent chance, we would need to cut total emissions before the end of the decade.

Not exact matches

This can bring overall GHG emissions cuts to a total of 780,000 tonnes compared to conventional drip brewed coffee — a 23 % GHG reduction.

It's expected to reduce emissions 240 million metric tons in 2025 — nearly half the total cuts contained in current or proposed regulations.

In addition to providing eye - popping statistics — for example, the dirtiest 3 percent of these large facilities account for 45 percent of their total emissions — the registry should put pressure on companies to cut emissions and to report them accurately.

The cap would be set, ideally with expert scientific consultation, to make an appropriately deep cut in total CO2 emissions.

According to an analysis from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), released in December, more aggressive policies like these could cut emissions from fossil fuel plants by 26 per cent, from 2005 levels, by 2020 — equivalent to an additional 10 per cent shaved off total US emissions.

Several bills pending in Congress would set a so - called cap - and - trade policy under which an overall limit on pollution would be set — and companies with low output could sell their allowances to those that fail to cut emissions as long as the total stays within the total pollution cap.

A truly strict global system, involving the majority of countries and imposing a tight cap on total emissions, would cut emissions more than the European trading scheme.

«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.

It shows the number of articles along the y - axis, the total number of citations along the x-axis, color codes whether an individual is one of the «concerned signers» who signed any of 20 declarations affirming the mainstream view of human impact on climate and the need to limit greenhouse emissions, was one of the 619 contributing authors to IPCC AR4 wg1 (2007), «non-signer» who is one of the non-AR4-wg1 authors on climate who signed neither statement a statement of concern nor skepticism, or one of the 495 individuals who signed any of 16 declaration skeptical of mainstream climate science or of the need for GHG cuts.

F - PACE's low friction technologies, lightweight body structure and cutting - edge aerodynamics help to deliver low CO2 emissions and exceptional fuel economy — contributing to a competitive total cost of ownership.

We have a total emission quota; if we keep going now, we will have to cut back more quickly later.

In a joint announcement, President Obama said the U.S. would cut its GHG emissions by 26 to 28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025 — about double the pace the U.S. had been targeting in the 2005 - 2020 period — while President Xi Jinping said China would aim to cap its emissions increases by 2030, by which time it expected to get 20 percent of its total energy consumption from zero - emissions sources.

As neatly summarized in Climate Central, they found that the Renewable Fuels Standard has cut U.S. oil demand only slightly since 2006 and has even caused a net increase in our total greenhouse gas emissions.

Given that decline, environmentalists lobbied the administration for cuts relative to a more recent baselines year, when emissions were lower than in 2005, because that would represent a greater total reduction.

Premier Li Keqiang Tuesday promised China will cut the amount of heat - trapping carbon - dioxide it emits for every dollar of economic output, augmenting existing pledges to boost renewables and for total emissions to stop rising by 2030.

RWE AG, Vattenfall AB and Mitteldeutsche Braunkohlegesellschaft mbH agreed to close plants corresponding to 12 percent of the nation's total lignite generation capacity in a 1.6 billion euro ($ 1.8 billion) accord as Germany is falling behind its target to cut carbon emissions.

To hit our 2020 target, we need to cut emissions by 170 million tonnes: approximately equivalent to the total greenhouse gas output of Alberta.

Just 17 percent of the state's total emission cuts will come from the cap - and - trade program; the rest will be achieved through other programs that, for instance, develop rooftop solar panels and push greener building construction.

According to the American Council for an Energy - Efficient Economy, the carbon intensity of the U.S. economy was cut by 17 percent between 1990 and 2000, yet total emissions increased during that time by 14 percent due to a 39 - percent increase in economic activity.

They could cut cumulative carbon dioxide emissions by 34 billion metric tons, more than the total emissions from fossil fuels in this country over six years.

As part of its efforts to cut total greenhouse gas emissions 70 percent by 2030, the city is aiming for 30 percent of electricity to be produced from renewable sources and 70 percent from ultra-efficient trigeneration (combined cooling heat and power).

In total, 13 of its companies have now committed to cut their emissions in line with the Paris Agreement goals by signing - up to a science - based target.

That alone is over 60 % of the total emissions cuts pledged by countries in the Paris Agreement through their own Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).

The transport sector accounts for around 16 % of total greenhouse gas emissions in Australia and must be part of the solution in cutting emissions.

The coal revival, they say, has alarming implications for air pollution and Japan's ability to meet its pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions, which account for 4 % of the world's total.

In fact, a global agreement for a 15 per cent cut on 2000 emissions totals by 2020 may be overly optimistic given the world financial situation.

Especially when the program doesn't actually cut emissions, it merely provides a mechanism whereby companies can continue with their current emissions without increasing total emissions by buying credits.

The frequency and intensity of forest fires in the region have been increasing along with rising temperatures.5, 7,13 An average of around 9.9 million acres (4 million hectares) of boreal forest burned annually in Russia from 1975 to 2005 — and that rate more than doubled in the 1990s.15 One of West Siberia's largest forest fires on record occurred in 2003, claiming some 47 million acres (20 million hectares) of land7, 15 and emitting heat - trapping emissions equal to the total cuts in emissions the European Union pledged under the Kyoto Protocol.2, 7,16 Higher temperatures and thawing permafrost are probably contributing to the rising frequency and severity of forest fires in West Siberia.5, 7,14

A total of 18 states, representing 45 percent of the nation's auto market, have either adopted or pledged to implement California's proposed tailpipe emissions rules, which seek to cut vehicles» greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent between 2009 and 2016.

Effectively banning fossil - fuel combustion or substantially cutting it back looks hideously expensive; for a fraction of the cost (say $ 100B in total) it might be a lot easier to plug a volcano or sequester it's CO2 emissions.

It shows the number of articles along the y - axis, the total number of citations along the x-axis, color codes whether an individual is one of the «concerned signers» who signed any of 20 declarations affirming the mainstream view of human impact on climate and the need to limit greenhouse emissions, was one of the 619 contributing authors to IPCC AR4 wg1 (2007), «non-signer» who is one of the non-AR4-wg1 authors on climate who signed neither statement a statement of concern nor skepticism, or one of the 495 individuals who signed any of 16 declaration skeptical of mainstream climate science or of the need for GHG cuts.

Those reductions would be beyond a baseline of total emissions from 1990, so in fact would represent much deeper cuts compared to today's emissions levels.

UNEP pointed out in its report that the 44 GtCO2e target by 2020 is necessary to have any hope of achieving even greater cuts needed after 2020 when total emissions must be limited to sharply declining total emissions limitations.

He also seems to have missed the recent revelation that what really matters to climate is the total ultimate slug of emitted CO2, implying that unfettered emission today dooms us to more drastic cuts in the future or a higher ultimate atmospheric CO2 concentration, which will persist not just for «possibly centuries», but almost certainly for millennia.

Indonesia, whose rapid clearing of rainforests accounts for about one - quarter of all carbon emissions from deforestation globally, has said that it will pledge to cut its emissions by 40 % from 2005 levels by 2030, if it receives international support: Currently deforestation is the source of 80 % of Indonesia's carbon emissions, and when these emissions are included in the nation's total (they aren't always, on some charts of highest emitting nations) it is in the top ten emitters — right up there with the US, China, and other industrial nations.

If successfully fulfilled, this pledge alone would cut 1 % of Britain's total CO2 emissions in just one year.

We don't need more tax revenue in order to cut CO2 emissions, we need to shift more of the total tax burden onto dirty energy, and to do so without harming low - and middle - income families.

And of course Australia and California's cuts would have even less effect on global temperatures, as they have smaller populations and thus lower total emissions.

Tree mortality and a general loss of biomass has cut the carbon storage capacity of Canada's boreal forests by around 7.28 million tons of carbon annually, equal to nearly 4 percent of Canada's total yearly carbon emissions.