Sentences with phrase «emission economy within»

The creation of a net zero emission economy within the lifetime of a child today is the primary goal of the international community.

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The work found that the most cost effective strategy for the tourism industry to meet the United Nations» recommended targets of reducing carbon emissions, includes a combination of strategic energy saving and renewable energy initiatives within the industry and buying carbon offsets from other parts of the global economy where emission reductions can be done at less cost.

The new study, led by Professor Scott, found that the most cost effective strategy for the tourism industry to meet the United Nations» recommended targets of reducing carbon emissions, includes a combination of strategic energy saving and renewable energy initiatives within the industry and buying carbon offsets from other parts of the global economy where emission reductions can be done at less cost.

The Paris agreement seeks no less than a peaking of greenhouse - gas emissions «as soon as possible» and a de-carbonized global economy within the second half of the century.

Their vision involves narratives of moribund western economies governed by corrupt corporations collapsing under the weight of the internal contradictions — leading to less growth, less material consumption, less CO2 emissions, less habitat destruction and a last late chance to stay within the safe limits of global ecosystems.

The alternative vision involves narratives of moribund western economies governed by corrupt corporations collapsing under the weight of the internal contradictions — leading to less growth, less material consumption, less CO2 emissions, less habitat destruction and a last late chance to stay within the safe limits of global ecosystems.

The urban doofus hipster vision involves narratives of moribund western economies governed by corrupt corporations collapsing under the weight of internal contradictions — leading to less growth, less material consumption, less CO2 emissions, less habitat destruction and a last late chance to stay within the safe limits of global ecosystems.

However, as many people know, individual and familial efforts even if all of us were paragons of climate virtue within our various means, do not add up to the systemic changes required to cut emissions on a grand scale across the economy.

Tyndall, the UK's leading independent climate change research body, concludes that if aviation growth continues, it could take up the entire emissions budget for all sectors of the EU economy by 2040 and all sectors of the UK economy by 2037, if we are to keep within safe limits [2].

By contrast, the Kyoto Protocol exempted emerging economies from any climate obligations, even though they are poised to overtake industrialized nations in greenhouse gas emissions within a matter of years.

The urban doofus hipster vision involves narratives of moribund western economies governed by corrupt corporations collapsing under the weight of the internal contradictions — leading to less growth, less material consumption, less CO2 emissions, less habitat destruction and a last late chance to stay within the safe limits of global ecosystems.

The vision involves narratives of moribund western economies governed by corrupt corporations collapsing under the weight of internal contradictions — leading to less growth, less material consumption, less CO2 emissions, less habitat destruction and a last late chance to stay within the safe limits of global ecosystems.

At and since the 2009 Copenhagen Climate Summit, 42 developed countries have pledged economy - wide emissions cuts within specific timeframes and 98 developing countries have pledged to put in place specific mitigation actions between now and 2020.

In the case of carbon emissions, getting the exact emissions level we want in year one seems like it's less important than making sure we get there within a few years with the least impact on the economy.

Müller believes polycarbonates could serve as effective carbon sinks for the millions of tons of emissions spewed by coal - fired plants; assuming the price tag for any such technology is within limits - and that the capacity for economies of scale exists - it could, as he states, be a «significant contribution» towards global efforts to slash carbon emissions.