Sentences with phrase «decline in emissions»

We need to get serious about both a rapid decline in emissions and restoring our ecosystems to absorb more CO2 from the atmosphere.

While declines in emissions have previously occurred during periods of economic crisis, this would be the first decline during a period of strong global economic growth.

It can be achieved only by means of a radical decline in the emissions intensity.

The claimed decline in emissions per person will occur not because of our extra effort but because of our higher population growth.

Just a quick note to those seeking a rapid decline in emissions of greenhouse gases (and other pollution) from coal combustion: The challenge, in a world with rising populations and energy appetites, is getting harder by the day.

New data published Monday by a global team of researchers show that sharp declines in Chinese coal burning and a continued surge of renewable energy worldwide may have contributed to the first - ever global decline in emissions during a year when the overall global economy grew.

Europe has also seen a general decline in emissions despite continued economic growth, and a small drop in global emissions in 2015 was the first that did not coincide with a worldwide economic downturn (see «Have Global CO2 Emissions Peaked?»).

Continued declines in emissions of chlorine and bromine gases are necessary for a full recovery of the ozone layer - but will occur only with strict adherence to the restrictions outlined in the fully revised and amended Protocol.

Systematic national programs of these sorts would lead to a steady and substantial decline in the emission of greenhouse gases and greatly increase our ability to lead the family of nations into international agreements on the environment.

First, the combination of abundant and cheap natural gas and tightening regulations on coal - burning power plants in the United States — along with a general intensification of efforts to conserve energy — has led with unpredicted speed to a remarkable, and likely persistent, drop in coal - based electricity generation and related decline in emissions of the most important greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide.

This is reflected in the dramatic decline in emissions of methane (CH4) from 2006 to 2012, according to EPA's Inventory of Greenhouse Gases — 39.4 percent to be exact.

Both the U.S. and the EU saw slight declines in their emissions.

Betting our carbon budget on a fast decline in emissions later will not only be costly, but may be technologically unfeasible given the inertia in our energy system (e.g. the number of years it takes to turn over a fleet of vehicles or retrofit a power plant).

This surprising «decoupling» of emissions from economic activity was led by the two largest emitters, China and the U.S., which both registered declines in emissions of about 1.5 percent.

But the hefty increase in emissions from fast - developing parts of the world like China and India had the effect of canceling out the sharp decline in emissions elsewhere.

In particular, if I falls towards zero, P x A can increase arbitrarilly consistent with a net decline in emissions.

Action on a state or local level within the US could also drive additional declines in emissions regardless of policies adopted at the federal level.

The period of 1996 to 2002 witnessed another 17 % decline in emissions despite GDP increasing.

Even if the accounting behind D.C.'s climate progress were trustworthy, it is highly unlikely that the rapid decline in emissions will continue without substantive new policy interjections.

«This is one of the first studies to show that soils are beginning to respond positively to declines in emissions of SO2 and NOx,» says Chris E. Johnson, an environmental geochemist at Syracuse University.

«Economic decline... doesn't lead to as big a decline in emissions as a comparable amount of economic growth leads to growth in emissions,» York told Reuters.

And an analysis published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that any decline in emissions in Europe has simply been outsourced to China.

A 23 % reduction in coal use and record warm temperatures were the main contributors to the decline in emissions.

Now, as skeptics noted on my previous stories about the UK's decline in emissions, we shouldn't forget that a large amount of the country's heavy industry has now been outsourced to foreign shores.

Supply of surplus AAUs comes mainly from Russia, Ukraine and eastern EU member states, where economic transformation and a slump in industrial output following the fall of communism led to a decline in emissions.

The decline in emissions from land clearing since 1990 has masked the rapid and relentless increase in emissions from all other sources, and especially the electricity and transport sectors.

They find (as do previous studies) rapid increase in sulfate emissions from mid-century until about 1975 - 1980, followed by a decline in emissions.

Temperature declines this much when greenhouse - gas concentrations fall this much; this amount of renewable energy, efficiency, nuclear, and CCS yields this decline in emissions; that sort of thing.

It should be mentioned, though, that RCP 2.6 seems extremely optimistic at present, as the decline in emissions initially is very steep, and after 2070 or so, humankind is projected not only to not be emitting any CO2, we are also projected to be actively removing CO2 from the atmosphere!

Looking across the energy sector, increased natural gas consumption accounts for 38 % of the decline in emissions attributable to cleaner energy, or 17.5 % of the overall drop in emissions relative to business - as - usual.

A 23 percent reduction in coal use and record warm temperatures were the main contributors to the decline in emissions.

«The decline in emissions during this period reflects shifts in the regional fuel mix,» the report states, «with increasing natural gas generation offsetting decreases in coal and oil - fired generation.»

The decline in emissions between 2012 and 2011 was 3.8 percent, which, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA) was the largest decline in a non-recession year since 1990 and the first time that carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell while the per capita economic output increased by more than 2 percent.

A rising carbon tax would help ensure a decline in emissions over time.

As mentioned above, much of the decline in emissions is directly connected to the rapid displacement of coal with natural gas power generation.

Such a change in generation mix should have a profound impact, although any decline in emissions from the electricity sector may or may not exceed the growth in emissions from other sectors.

In 2013 Uusimaa emissions were close to year 1995 level and in Uusimaa there was no decline in emissions since year 2007.