Sentences with phrase «emission reduction commitments while»

By boosting green energy production capacity across the EU by at least 250MW, it is hoped that this newly - released funding will go some way towards helping the bloc hit its ambitious emission reduction commitments while also creating and supporting thousands of new jobs across the member states.

Not exact matches

While the bilateral deal falls short of the EU's commitment to a 40 per cent reduction in harmful greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, experts have said it will «inject a jolt of momentum» in advance of climate talks to be held in Paris next year.

Industrialized countries like the United States will report on the progress of their emission reduction commitments, while developing countries will report on their mitigation actions — a slight distinction, but an important one.

All -LCB- developed country Parties -RCB--LCB- all Annex I Parties and all current European Union (EU) member States, EU candidate countries and potential candidate countries that are not included in Annex I to the Convention -RCB--LCB- Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries, countries that are not OECD members but whose economic development stages are equivalent to those of the OECD members, and countries that voluntarily wish to be treated as developed countries -RCB--LCB- shall -RCB--LCB- should -RCB- adopt legally binding mitigation commitments or actions including economy - wide quantified emission limitation and reduction objectives16 for the period from -LCB- 1990 -RCB--LCB- 2013 -RCB--LCB- XXXX -RCB- until -LCB- 2017 -RCB--LCB- 2020 -RCB--LCB- XXXX -RCB-, while ensuring comparability of efforts among them, taking into account differences in their national circumstances.

While mainstream greens praised Obama for ditching the United Nations and getting China and other developing countries to discuss making their own climate commitments, they continue to imagine that the final disposition of that process will be binding emissions - reduction agreements among major emitting countries.

The official Chinese explanation is that while they acknowledge the importance of the long - term view, the focus should be on near and medium - term action rather than deliberating on long - term targets («中方认为 ， 应对气候变化既要着眼长远 ， 更要立足当前 ， 要把精力和重点放在完成近期和中期减排目标上 ， 不能让长期目标上的分歧影像谈判进程» and he repeated this in his December 18th speech: «To determine a long - term direction is necessary, even more important is to focus on the completion of the short and medium - term emission reduction targets, and on to honor commitments already made, and on action.

While there have been negotiations under way on the new agreement, there has also been an attempt to increase national commitments on greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions reductions in the short - term because mainstream science is telling nations that much greater reductions in emissions are necessary in the next few years to maintain any hope of keeping warming below 20 C, a warming limit that all nations have agreed should not be exceeded to give some hope of preventing catastrophic warming.

In light of the fact that any attempt to reach consensus on the operationalization of equity will run into conflicts with national interest, the paper recommends a completely new approach that would fund a new carbon revolution while abandoning the current approach in which nations make individual emissions reductions commitments consistent with what equity requires of them.

The new website includes information about the composition of the Alliance, member commitments, and guiding principles, while providing updates on the progress members are making to meet or exceed the emission reductions targets of the Paris Agreement.

«This is a significant commitment that will lead to measurable reductions in P&G's greenhouse gas emissions while inspiring other companies to step up and take action.

While making legally binding commitments to reduce emissions is hard, promising to achieve those reductions decades in the future is not.

Invites Parties included in Annex I and listed in Annex 1 to this decision to submit information on their quantified emission limitation or reduction objectives for the second commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol by 1 May 2012 for consideration by the Subsidiary Body on Implementation at its thirty - sixth session and requests the Subsidiary Body for Implementation to deliver the results of its work to the Conference of the Parties title of decision on AWG - LCA serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol with a view to the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol adopting them as amendments to Annex B of the Kyoto Protocol at its eighth session, while ensuring coherence with the implementation of decision -LCB--RCB-;

Peter Wittoeck, a spokesperson for the European Union, made it clear that while the E.U. was resolutely undecided on extending the protocol for a second commitment period with a new set of emission reduction targets, the Japanese calculations were correct: «If it is only the E.U. that is under such a commitment without the rest of the world... [then] that would not be a solution for the global climate problem.»