Sentences with phrase «driven by carbon emissions»

The Nov. 2 - 4 Vatican workshop titled «Health of People, Health of Planet and our Responsibility: Climate Change, Air Pollution and Health» will attempt to link up the health risks posed by air pollution with anthropogenic climate change driven by carbon emissions.

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Over the next few decades, Canada's carbon emissions will be driven by the sharp growth in bitumen production from Alberta's oil sands.

Chevrolet Volt, Ford Focus Electric and Toyota Prius Plug - in Hybrid, consumers may want to know just how much they'll be saving in fuel and carbon dioxide emissions by driving an EV in their area.

Driven by worries over energy security, for example, China has moved to boost energy efficiency, an effort that by 2020 could cut annual carbon emissions by about 300 million tons a year.

Michael Replogle of ITDP, a co-author of the report «A Global High Shift Scenario», said transport, driven by a rapid growth in car use, had been the fastest growing source of carbon dioxide emissions in the world.

EUROPE»S plans for tackling global warming by driving down emissions of carbon dioxide may have backfired in Germany, where they have encouraged energy companies to build coal - fired power stations instead of gas - fired stations, which emit less CO2.

«In particular, Mexico's target to peak its emissions by 2026 and drive them down thereafter is a landmark step in the global transition to a low - carbon economy,» the White House said in a statement.

The planet's average surface temperature has risen about 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit (1.0 degree Celsius) since the late - 19th century, a change largely driven by increased carbon dioxide and other human - made emissions into the atmosphere.

These variations originate primarily from fluctuations in carbon uptake by land ecosystems driven by the natural variability of the climate system, rather than by oceans or from changes in the levels of human - made carbon emissions.

The high mortality rate is due to ocean acidification, partly driven by carbon dioxide emissions, according to an April 2012 study.

The authors argue a carbon roadmap, driven by a simple rule of thumb or «carbon law» of halving emissions every decade, could catalyse disruptive innovation.

Also, the Clean Power Plan, proposed by the EPA in June 2014, seeks to cap carbon dioxide emissions from power plants and drive investment in renewable energy.

The close relationship between ENSO and global temperature, as described in the paper, leaves little room for any warming driven by human carbon dioxide emissions.

Hence the irony in Bob Carter's conclusion «The close relationship between ENSO and global temperature leaves little room for any warming driven by human carbon dioxide emissions».

According to one of its authors, Bob Carter, the paper found that the «close relationship between ENSO and global temperature, as described in the paper, leaves little room for any warming driven by human carbon dioxide emissions».

The study, published today in Nature, places the blame squarely on rising global temperatures driven by human carbon emissions.

This is like to say that a study on carbon emissions from transport could potentially be equally biased whether conduted from a researcher paid by Exxon or one that simply drives a car.

We all contribute to carbon dioxide emissions by driving, flying, and using electricity to heat and light our homes, run our appliances, and more.

The Evoque breaks new ground by being the first Range Rover to offer the option of front - wheel - drive for customers who do not require the brand's legendary all - terrain capability, but who wish to minimise their carbon footprint through further reduced fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.

CO2 emissions in particular continue to increase at a rapid rate; ii) the effect of these gases is to warm the climate and it is very likely that most of the warming over the last 50 years was in fact driven by these increases; and iii) the sensitivity of the climate is very likely large enough that serious consequences can be expected if carbon emissions continue on this path.

But given what I understand to be true, that greater warming has occured than in the distant past than is currently occurring, how can we be so sure we are examining all the right 20th century events, since these earlier warmings were clearly caused by events other than human driven carbon dioxide emissions?

The curent «ethanol from food» approach is going in the wrong direction by driving up the cost of food and creating more carbon emissions.

Most carbon life cycle analysis, using published computer simulations, show that the emissions given off by trying to contain fire actually exceed those from the fire itself given in order to influence fire behavior fossil fuels are used to drive logging trucks, operate machinery, air tankers, and transport wood products, including biomass to fuels.

In the long run I don't think we will succeed in getting transportation of oil by trying to stop oil production on a site - by - site basis, we are going to have to put a high price on transportation fuels that have high carbon emissions and get much more serious about driving energy innovation they can get the transportation system off carbon.

Warming driven by direct anthropogenic GHG emissions causes «natural» methane and carbon emissions, e.g. from thawing permafrost

To reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the transportation sector 14 percent from 2005 levels by 2020, the cost of driving would simply have to increase, according to a report released Thursday by researchers at Harvard's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.

In fact, the report shows that we can achieve big reductions at low cost, using flexible solutions that drive investment in clean energy to reduce carbon emissions 26 percent by 2020, saving lives and creating clean energy jobs across the country.

He added that 2012 emissions cuts could turn out to be temporary — EIA projects energy - related carbon emissions to tick up 2.4 percent this year, driven mainly by coal, Lindstrom explained, since natural gas prices have risen recently.

The scientistsâ $ ™ predictions also undermine the standard climate computer models, which assert that the warming of the Earth since 1900 has been driven solely by man - made greenhouse gas emissions and will continue as long as carbon dioxide levels rise.

In a press release boldly titled «Nature, Not Man, is Responsible for Recent Global Warming,» study coauthor Bob Carter claimed that the findings left «little room for any warming driven by human carbon dioxide emissions».

Ice loss is driven by emissions of long - lived gases like carbon dioxide and short - lived climate pollutants like methane and black carbon, or soot.

The flattening of the world's carbon emissions since 2014 has been driven in large part by this falling energy intensity, it adds.

«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.»

The ocean uptake of excess atmospheric carbon dioxide, the excess above preindustrial levels driven by human emissions, causes well - understood and substantial changes in seawater chemistry that can affect marine organisms and ecosystems.

At the same time, evidence shows that rising atmospheric carbon dioxide, partly driven by industrial emissions, is boosting forest growth.

We must also take steps to minimize the risks of climate change in the future by taking immediate action to reduce the carbon emissions that are driving up the planet's temperature.

Global upper - ocean chemistry trends driven by human carbon dioxide emissions are more rapid than variations in the geological past.

They include: reliance on industry innovation that has been the driving force behind America's energy renaissance — innovation that launched the surge in shale energy production, prompting increased natural gas use and resulting in lower carbon emissions; embracing the successful, free - market approach to energy and economic growth while lowering emissions by basing decisions on sound science; and allowing more opportunities for energy exploration and development.

SciDev.Net: LIMA - Rising levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere caused by human - driven emissions might lead to larger sweet potatoes, a staple food for many African and Asian countries, research reveals.

Yet RGGI hasn't induced a robust enough carbon price to drive down emissions, primarily because the initial emissions «cap» was set 45 % higher than actual emissions by the covered power plants and wasn't tightened enough to actually «bind» until four years later.

His analysis shows that despite receiving hundreds of millions of dollars from green energy schemes driven by the renewable energy target, Victoria's wind - farm developments have saved virtually zero carbon dioxide emissions in the state.

The most recent report of the International Panel on Climate Change says it is extremely likely that human influence has been the dominant cause of this warming which is driven by the build up of carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion, cement production, and land use changes.

It is not particularly surprising that they could not find one to argue against the reality of carbon emissions - driven global warming, but it still seems a bit of an unfair difference in stature to have the position backed up by corporate - sponsored pseudoscience be represented by a member of Congress, against a man known primarily for shouting «science!»

The former head of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) helped lead Britain's vote to leave the European Union (EU) and is famous for saying last year «I haven't got a clue whether climate change is being driven by carbon - dioxide emissions.»

3) By moving to electric drive cars, we're in a much better position to dramatically reduce carbon emissions as more people understand the real implications of climate change.

Starting at $ 12.50 per metric ton of CO2 (equivalent to $ 11.34 per U.S. ton), the McDermott carbon tax would rise by that same amount each year to reach triple digits before the decade is out — a trajectory that would drive down U.S. emissions by about one third in that time, according to CTC's carbon tax model.

In the study, Monier and his co-authors applied the IGSM framework to assess climate impacts under different climate - change scenarios — «Paris Forever,» a scenario in which Paris Agreement pledges are carried out through 2030, and then maintained at that level through 2100; and «2C,» a scenario with a global carbon tax - driven emissions reduction policy designed to cap global warming at 2 degrees Celsius by 2100.

We'd driving the models with the GHG concentrations, and using carbon cycle models within the climate models to simulate the natural carbon fluxes (atmosphere - land and atmosphere - ocean), which themselves are affected by the simulated climate change, and the residual needed to balance the carbon budget then indicates the anthropogenic emissions that would give the prescribed scenario of CO2 rise.

Driven by increasing man - made emissions, the level of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere has been rising consistently for decades.

The current political cycle is dominated by shrill attacks on anyone who questions whether man - made emissions of carbon dioxide are driving global warming.