Sentences with phrase «cutting average emissions»

Recent data shows that exhaust carbon emissions fell 3.7 % in Europe last year, and the European Union has set a target for cutting average emissions in new cars to 130 grams per kilometer by 2015.

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The shipping sector, along with aviation, avoided specific emissions - cutting targets in a global climate pact agreed in Paris at the end of 2015, which aims to limit a global average rise in temperature to «well below» 2 degrees Celsius from 2020.

WHEREAS, in furtherance of the united effort to address the effects of climate change, in 2010 the 16th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCC met in Cancun, Mexico and recognized that deep cuts in global greenhouse gas emissions were required, with a goal of reducing global greenhouse gas emissions so as to hold the increase in global average temperature below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels;

The work by Mark Jacobson, director of Stanford University's Atmosphere / Energy program and a fellow at the university's Woods Institute, argues that cutting emissions of black carbon may be the fastest method to limit the ongoing loss of ice in the Arctic, which is warming twice as fast as the global average.

Although there was disagreement on exactly what should be done, there appeared to be a consensus that action should be taken to avert a 2 - degree Celsius (3.6 - degree Fahrenheit) rise in average global temperatures and to cut emissions of greenhouse gases in half by 2050.

According to the Congressional Budget Office, the average American family would pay $ 1,160 in higher prices if carbon emissions had to be cut 15 percent.

According to the White House, the United States will double the pace of emissions cuts from a current average 1.2 percent annually to 2.3 to 2.8 percent per year in the early part of the next decade.

Under Kyoto, the industrialized states — including the U.S., the European Union (E.U.), Japan and Russia — agreed in principle to individually tailored obligations that, if implemented, would have cut industrial emissions on average about five percent below 1990 levels.

The report warns that cuts are needed in greenhouse gas emissions to keep an increase in average global temperature below 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit (2 degrees Celsius) by 2100.

Compared to the 100PS (99 hp, 74 kW) 1.6 - liter automatic model in the previous Focus, the new Focus 1.6 with PowerShift has cut CO2 emissions by 19 % to 149g / km, and now achieves an average fuel consumption of 6.4 liters / 100 km (36.8 mpg US).

As such, we have cut our CO2 emissions by just over 1800 tons, which is equivalent to the CO2 emissions created by 700 average households (four people) in Germany.

A new report by James Boyce and Matt Riddle of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, says the CBO's numbers are low: the average family will pay $ 1,570 a year in higher prices when emissions are cut by just 7 percent.

Last month, the director of the Congressional Budget Office, Peter Orszag, told Congress that the average American household would pay $ 1,160 a year in higher prices when carbon dioxide emissions are cut 15 percent.

This could serve both the average American and business interests which would be more competitive with a lower tax if they can cut emissions.

Accordingly, unless action is taken to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, climate change could cut the projected improvement in food availability by approximately a third by 2050, which in turn would lead to average per - person reductions in food availability of 3.2 %, or 99 kcal, fruit and vegetable intake by 4.0 %, or 14.9 grams per day, and red meat consumption by 0.7 %, or 0.5 grams per day.

«According to the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, a price of $ 35 per ton of carbon that increases to $ 75 by 2030 will raise an average of $ 7 billion annually while aggressively cutting emissions and driving investment in clean energy and energy efficiency.»

Moving the current average global efficiency rate of coal - fired power plants from 33 % to 40 %, using more advanced off - the - shelf technology, could cut two gigatonnes of CO2 emissions.

[30] The United States could effectively bring all economic activity to a halt and cut carbon emissions to zero in the U.S. and still lower average temperatures by no more than 0.2 degree Celsius by 2100.

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.

In order to avoid the most devastating impacts of global warming, climate scientists have warned that emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases need to be cut in order to keep the increase in average global temperature to less than 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit (2 degrees Celsius).

An average of 194 days each year between 1981 and 2010 were at or below freezing, but that figure could be cut in half by late century if emissions continue to rise.

Moving the current average global efficiency rate of coal - fired power plants, which supply the heat to convert water (or CO2) to steam, from today's 33 percent to 40 percent by deploying more advanced technology could cut CO2 emissions every year by 2 gigatons, which is equivalent to India's annual CO2 emissions, according to the World Coal Association.

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that a 15 percent cut in emissions from a base year would raise annual average household energy costs by almost $ 1,300 (in 2006 «constant» dollars), or roughly 3 percent of income for the bottom four fifths of the population.

These 21 nations show an average emissions reduction of 15 percent, but cuts in the industrial share of GDP are just 3 percent.

(UNEP, 2010) UNEP concluded that if the highest ambitions of all countries associated with the Copenhagen Accord are implemented and supported, annual emissions of greenhouse gases could be cut, on average, by around 7 gigatons (Gt) of CO2 equivalent by 2020.

Parties [shall][agree to] to take urgent action and enhance [cooperation][support] so as to (a) Hold the increase in the global average temperature [below 2 °C][below 1.5 °C][well below 2 °C][below 2 °C or 1.5 °C][below 1.5 °C or 2 °C][as far below 2 °C as possible] above pre-industrial levels by ensuring deep cuts in global greenhouse gas [net] emissions.

If the world as a whole cut all emissions tomorrow the average temperature of the planet is not going to drop in several hundred years, perhaps as much as a thousand years because the system is overburdened with CO2 that has to be absorbed and that only happens slowly.

If countries instead abide by the pledges to cut carbon emissions after 2020 that they each made voluntarily ahead of the Paris climate summit, the average temperature will likely go up by at least two degrees Celsius, a less - than - catastrophic situation that could «still destroy most coral reefs and glaciers and melt significant parts of the Greenland ice cap, bringing major rises in sea levels,» according to The Guardian.

It agreed to cut its greenhouse gas emissions, and to limit global average temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2030.

An average family of four that decides to cut their meat intake in half could avoid roughly three tons of emissions annually.

As both the House and the Senate grapple with proposed carbon - cutting measures — carbon taxes and «cap - and - trade» schemes for big CO2 emitters such as coal - fired power plants; increased Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for cars, SUVs, and trucks; and mandatory set - asides for clean renewable energy in the mix of energy generation options — emissions from aircraft seem, at least for the time being, to have gone over the heads of most policymakers engaged in the rush to cut carbon emissions.

A recent study found that Australia could cut emissions from its energy sector to zero by 2050 and still grow GDP by an average of 2.4 percent over that period.

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

The 30 percent reduction represents an average, so states can cut carbon emissions at levels either greater or less than that overall figure.

California emissions have actually declined less over the last 15 years than the U.S. average, while German emissions actually rose slightly during the period of intensive solar and wind deployment, and it has recently cut back on subsidies for renewables.

All Pledges Fall Short of the Science Ultimately, though the emission cuts proposed for 2020 by the Kyoto Protocol members are dramatically more robust than those being mulled over in the Washington, none are in the 25 - 40 % range which scientists say is required to keep global average temperature rise below the critical threshold of 2 °C.

That's a staggering amount, compared to the average farmer at my local market, and it is precisely this volume that makes farmers like Muller a prime target for environmentalists who want to see a cut in greenhouse gas emissions, pollution and depletion of aquifers.

In a landmark deal struck in December, countries agreed to cut emissions enough to keep the global average rise in temperatures below 2C.

THE KYOTO PROTOCOL - Binds industrialised nations except the United States to cut emissions on average by at least 5 percent below 1990 levels by 2008 - 12.

Its data indicates that if we don't begin to take steps to cut down on carbon emissions immediately, your average summer afternoon in Poughkeepsie by 2100 will resemble a sticky July day in South Carolina now — meaning we better start stocking up on the fixings for mint juleps.

Since British emissions per capita are way above the world average, a fair system would require much heavier cuts there than elsewhere.

Although benefits can vary widely from house to house, the U.S. Green Building Council estimates energy - efficient buildings can, on average, cut carbon emissions by about one - third while reducing energy use by about one - fourth.