Sentences with phrase «despite increasing emissions»

Fig 2 shows the decline in the anthro share of CO2 remaining in the atmosphere despite increasing emissions during the period after 2000.

In these ways, the emissions gap report gives the questionable impression that despite increasing emissions there's always a way to reach the 2C target, it's always «five minutes to midnight.»

Not exact matches

In 2016, our value chain emissions were 16 percent lower than in 2010, despite a 19 percent increase in packages sold.

From 1990 to 2008 the US increased its CO2 emissions by 12 per cent while the EU decreased its by 9 per cent, despite broadly similar economic growth trends (see «Peak planet: Carbon dioxide emissions «-RRB-.

Despite that increase in 2014, the study concludes that China's emissions are likely to have decreased in 2015.

By tinkering with manufacturing processes, DuPont says it has already cut its greenhouse - gas emissions by 72 percent from 1990 levels, despite a 33 percent increase in production.

Ozone levels have increased in the west, as indicated by the red circles, despite a 50 percent reduction in the emission of smog - forming pollutants.

Yet despite all the complexities, a firm and ever - growing body of evidence points to a clear picture: the world is warming, this warming is due to human activity increasing levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and if emissions continue unabated the warming will too, with increasingly serious consequences.

Despite an expected increase in coal consumption in the United States this year, domestic emissions are expected to have declined by about a half a percent this year.

Empirical data for the CO2 «airborne fraction», the ratio of observed atmospheric CO2 increase divided by fossil fuel CO2 emissions, show that almost half of the emissions is being taken up by surface (terrestrial and ocean) carbon reservoirs [187], despite a substantial but poorly measured contribution of anthropogenic land use (deforestation and agriculture) to airborne CO2 [179], [216].

Despite the increase, emissions and economy are unchanged.

Despite the increased performance, fuel consumption and emissions are at a class - leading level of 7.8 l / 100 km and 179 CO2 g / km, further proving the efficiency of Volvo's Drive - E powertrain.

Despite increased performance, fuel consumption and CO2 emissions are no higher than the 225 kW Z4 sDrive35i, an excellent example of the EfficientDynamics mission of delivering typical BMW driving pleasure customers expect whilst minimising emissions.

And yet, fuel consumption and CO2 emissions are down by around 20 percent compared with its predecessor, despite the considerable increase in power (+8 %).

Despite a 10 per cent increase in engine output and a 30 per cent jump in peak torque — to 680Nm (502 lb - ft)-- fuel consumption and CO2 emissions have been reduced by over 30 per cent in both cases compared with their respective predecessors.

Despite the increase in power and performance, however, CO2 emissions are expected to fall slightly once the homologation process is complete.

The Huracán Spyder's CO2 emissions have been reduced by 14 % compared to the Gallardo Spyder, despite a significant increase in performance.

Terrell Johnson, reporting on a recent NASA publication concluding that deep ocean temperatures have not increased since 2005 (http://www.weather.com/science/environment/news/deep-ocean-hasnt-warmed-nasa-20141007): «While the report's authors say the findings do not question the overall science of climate change, it is the latest in a series of findings that show global warming to have slowed considerably during the 21st century, despite continued rapid growth in human - produced greenhouse gas emissions during the same time.»

A total rise of 0.7 C over the last century and a standstill since 1985 despite steadily increasing CO2 emissions can not be described as «catastrophic».

Despite an approximate 35 % monthly increase in human CO2 emissions subsequent to the Super El Niño, the global warming trend decelerated to a per century trend some 50 % less than that prior to the El Niño event.

Despite their recent flattening, global energy - related CO2 emissions increase slightly to 2040 in the New Policies Scenario.

It is generally accepted that there has been little or no tropospheric warming over the past 12 years despite an increase in human CO2 emissions.

But as the emissions show a constant increase, there is no new equilibrium in sight, despite a constant increasing atmospheric CO2 level (at 55 % of the emissions).

The sink swallowed up roughly 0.77 gigaton of carbon per year, persisting despite a significant increase in biomass burning emissions that occurred during the dry season of 2011, fueled by the rapid growth of vegetation that year.

The key pieces of empirical data are that average global temperature has now failed to increase for 17 years despite an accompanying increase of about 8 % in carbon dioxide which represents 34 % of all the human emissions since the start of the industrial revolution (NIPCC SPM, Figure 6).

This is despite an increase in emissions from several other sources, including an increase in the use of specialty research gases, increases in the carbon - intensity of purchased grid electricity, more severe weather, and new campus buildings added to the academic building portfolio.

Despite much (valid) concern about amplifying climate - methane feedbacks and leaks from «fracking» activity, the isotopic data suggest that the increase of CH4 emissions is more a result of agricultural emissions.

As global population rises and more people move into cities, global cement production is set to grow by 12 to 23 % by 2050, and despite increasing efficiencies, direct carbon emissions from the cement industry are expected to increase by 4 % globally by 2050 under the IEA Reference Technology Scenario (RTS).

Despite more than one hundred years with man - made carbon emissions, the long term temperature trend has increased by only 1 °C.

In the meantime, despite already obviously real global climate change, global emissions are still on the increase.

According to the International Energy Agency, energy - related CO2 emissions were flat that year, despite an increase of around 3 % in global GDP.

Further, due to growing output, total emissions from the oil sands continue to increase despite the reduced CI; total upstream emissions were roughly 65 MtCO2e, or 9 % of Canada's emissions, in 2010.

Despite this, South Africa is the 14th highest emitter of CO2 in the world with emissions likely to rise sharply as energy demands increase.

One of the problems with the EPA's Endangerment TSD is the nearly complete disregard of observed trends in a wide array of measures which by and large show that despite decades of increasing anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions the U.S. population does not seem to have been adversely affected by any vulnerabilities, risks, and impacts that may have arisen (to the extent that any at all have actually occurred as the result of any human - induced climate changes).

-- http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jun/08/five-g7-nations-increased-their-coal-use-over-a-five-year-period-research-shows Five of the world's seven richest countries have increased their coal use in the last five years despite demanding that poor countries slash their carbon emissions to avoid catastrophic climate change, new research shows.

Second, and more embarrassing for the «experts,» despite a huge increase in human CO2 emissions over recent decades our planet stubbornly refuses to get any warmer.

There is no effect to pulling out except giving people excuses to put sanctions on US exports, giving Trump an excuse to try to increase emissions via coal despite it dying a natural death economically, and getting back at people like US green industry, scientists and Tillerson who wanted to stay in.

Murray Salby also shows that mankind's CO2 does not dominate atmospheric CO2 increases, in fact in some years, despite our emissions, CO2 levels fail to increase at all!

Despite the capacity increase of fossil fuel power plants in this example, did the CO2 emissions increase or not?

Finally NOAA 2016 updated coastal sea level rise tide gauge data shows no acceleration in sea level rise along the California coastline or anywhere else despite false claims by the UN IPCC that man made emissions have been increasing rates of sea level rise since the 1970's.

In contrast to the sophisticated climate model predictions of runaway («tipping point») global warming, in reality, real - world global warming, as measured by satellites, has disappeared for over 16 years despite the gargantuan increases in CO2 emissions... (Ramez Naam denies this)

Despite those who want to strictly regulate carbon dioxide emissions and increase the cost of energy for all Americans, there is a great amount of uncertainty about climate science.

For example, the LN trend of growth of GST in the BEST data from 1978 - 2009 is in fact negative and statistically significantly so, with a high but negative t - statistic, despite the ever - increasing growth of emissions.

If each nation had to reduce their ghg emissions only to conform to the rates described in the reduction curves in the above chart despite their steepness, it would lead to grossly unfair results because of great differences among countries in per capita and historical emissions levels and urgent needs to increase energy consumption to escape grinding poverty in poor developing countries.

But EPA methane worries come as their own reports show emissions falling in recent years despite massively increasing oil and natural gas production.

GAT failed to rise from 2000 onward despite a huge accelerating increase in anthropogenic CO2 emission during that time.

The industrial sector's CO2 emissions, which fell by 3.9 % (56 MMmt) in 2016, have remained essentially flat in recent years despite increasing industrial output.

These emissions were highest in 2007, prior to the recession, and have not returned to those levels, despite increasing every year since 2012.

Yet despite all the complexities, a firm and ever - growing body of evidence points to a clear picture: the world is warming, this warming is due to human activity increasing levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and if emissions continue unabated the warming will too, with increasingly serious consequences.

Yet, despite efforts over the past 30 years to do something about it, emissions keep increasing.