Sentences with phrase «emission reduction goals by»

Working together, we can reach our greenhouse gas emission reduction goals by 2025.

EnergyVision 2030 recommends a path to meet emissions reduction goals by using market - ready technologies to build a cleaner, more modern energy system.

Ben & Jerry's early seed funding was essential in getting this NativeEnergy Help Build project launched, and the resulting certified carbon offsets help Ben & Jerry's reach their emissions reduction goals by taking emissions out of their supply chain.

Not exact matches

Mascarenhas estimates that applying her company's technology to the methane that's currently vented or flared could reduce Alberta's GHG emissions by 60 megatonnes — 35 % of Canada's 2020 reduction goal — at a cost of less than $ 1.70 per tonne.

In World Bank fashion, he set out targets for 2020, 2030 and 2040, with an ultimate goal of an 80 percent reduction in carbon emissions by 2050.

RESOLVED: That Berkshire Hathaway Inc. («Berkshire») establish reasonable, quantitative goals for reduction of greenhouse gas and other air emissions at its energy - generating holdings; and that Berkshire publish a report to shareholders by January 31, 2015 (at reasonable cost and omitting proprietary information) on how it will achieve these goals — including possible plans to retrofit or retire existing coal - burning plants at Berkshire - held companies.

Economic value of energy efficiency can drive reductions in global CO2 emissions End - use energy efficiency can deliver a third of the CO ₂ savings necessary by 2050 to meet climate goals 17 April 2018

McVitie's has already seen a 38 % reduction in carbon emissions and a 37 % reduction in water consumption, with a goal of a 45 % reduction for both by 2020.

The executive order signed by Cuomo on Thursday affirms New York state's climate and clean energy goals, including a 40 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 levels by 2030 and an 80 percent reduction in emissions by 2050.

The carbon emission reductions goal of the draft Energy Plan — an 80 percent reduction in carbon emissions below 1990 levels by 2050 — is too little too late.

The draft Energy Plan affirms Governor Paterson's 2009 Executive Order 24 committing New York to the consensus goal of the International Panel on Climate Change at that time of an 80 percent reduction in carbon emissions by 2050 below 1990 levels.

Island nations threatened by sea level rise, such as the Marshall Islands in the western Pacific, have for years urged the IMO to push for a 100 percent emissions reduction by 2050 as the only strategy consistent with the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius relative to pre-industrial levels.

The Global Carbon Project's analysis, which compares the world's actual CO2 output with four generations of emissions scenarios used by the IPCC, concludes that «significant emission reductions are needed by 2020 to keep 2 degrees Celsius as a feasible goal,» echoing the recent U.N. assessment.

Researchers at Oxford University recently proposed demolishing 80,000 inefficient homes a year — many of them century - old structures in town and city centers — to achieve the British goal of a 60 percent reduction in greenhouse - gas emissions by 2050.

The dairy industry has set a goal of 25 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.

There are multiple mitigation pathways to achieve the substantial emissions reductions over the next few decades necessary to limit, with a greater than 66 % chance, the warming to 2 degrees C — the goal set by governments.

In parallel to the renewables target, the commission proposes to cut Europe's carbon emissions by 40 % by 2030 compared with 1990 levels, up from the existing 20 % reduction goal for 2020.

We are not making the investments needed to meet a long - term goal of 80 % reductions in CO2 emissions by mid century.

The administration has embraced a goal of 17 percent reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, but it hasn't told us how that would be achieved.

According to an analysis done by the council that accompanied the new plan, the carbon tax - and - dividend system would «allow the United States to meet the upper end of its 2025 Paris commitment,» meaning it would achieve the goal of a 28 percent emissions reduction that the U.S. promised under the major international Paris climate agreement.

The ambitious goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees compared to pre-industrial levels may be compromised merely due to the warming caused by the reduction of fine emission particles.

Carbon footprint quantification, analysis and reduction are key to preventing this, for example, by enhancing energy efficiency, mitigating carbon emissions by means of green energy and then compensating for remaining GHG emissions by investing in carbon offsets, with a final goal to becoming carbon neutral......

... There is a clear need to reach consensus on how to carry out LCAs on biofuels, driven by national and international legislation which include GHG emission reduction goals.

The goal of a 50 - percent cut by 2050 leaves out the baseline, meaning it's presumably a reduction from today's emission levels.

The declaration states: «In setting a global goal for emissions reductions in the process we have agreed today involving all major emitters, we will consider seriously the decisions made by the European Union, Canada and Japan which include at least a halving of global emissions by 2050.»

In setting a global goal for emissions reductions in the process we have agreed today involving all major emitters, we will consider seriously the decisions made by the European Union, Canada and Japan which include at least a halving of global emissions by 2050.

We seek to share with all Parties to the UNFCCC the vision of, and together with them to consider and adopt in the UNFCCC negotiations, the goal of achieving at least 50 % reduction of global emissions by 2050, recognizing that this global challenge can only be met by a global response, in particular, by the contributions from all major economies, consistent with the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities.

In particular, John McCain's goal of a 60 % reduction by 2050 is a reminder of just how out of touch with current technology he is — I can't for the life of me figure out how in 42 years we could emit 40 % of our current emissions if we tried.

I will start reducing emissions immediately by establishing strong annual reduction targets with an intermediate goal of reducing emissions to 1990 levels by 2020.

So by all means, let's make ambitious long - term emissions reduction goals.

Emission pathways towards the long - term global goal for emission reductions require that global GHG emissions peak -LCB- between 2010 and 2013 -RCB--LCB- by 2015 -RCB--LCB- by 2020 at the latest -RCB--LCB- in the next 10 - 15 years -RCB--LCB- in the next 10 - 20 years -RCB- and decrease thereafter.

An assessment belied by the fact that quite a few nations met their Kyoto goals and have already achieved significant emissions reductions; that Paris NDCs are much more inclusive and ambitious, and there is already visible action toward meeting them; and that beyond treaty obligations and commitments, carbon intensity is falling over much of the world including the US and China.

An assessment belied by the fact that quite a few nations met their Kyoto goals and have already achieved significant emissions reductions...; that Paris NDCs are much more inclusive and ambitious, and there is already visible action toward meeting them... the global energy economy is visibly changing now.

Taking account of their historic responsibility, as well as the need to secure climate justice for the world's poorest and most vulnerable communities, developed countries must commit to legally binding and ambitious emission reduction targets consistent with limiting global average surface warming to well below 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels and long - term stabilization of atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations at well below below 350 p.p.m., and that to achieve this the agreement at COP15 U.N.F.C.C.C. should include a goal of peaking global emissions by 2015 with a sharp decline thereafter towards a global reduction of 85 percent by 2050,

In light of the president's goal to reduce emissions 83 percent by 2050, the expected pathway set forth in this pending legislation would entail a 30 percent reduction below 2005 levels in 2025 and a 42 percent reduction below 2005 in 2030.

Tesco has also become one of 44 international companies to have had its emissions reduction goals approved by the Science - Based Targets (SBT) initiative.

But the president's move to expand such controls to existing plants can, all by itself, get Obama a long way toward his goal of a 17 percent reduction in US greenhouse gas emissions — from 2005 levels — by 2020.

In addition to Sony's operational emission reduction targets, the company is also announcing additional 2020 commitments including a goal to reduce the annual energy use of their products by 30 per cent on average (compared to 2013 levels), a goal to increase the use of renewable energy, a target to reduce logistic - related emissions by 10 per cent, and a program to engage suppliers and contract manufacturers to reduce their GHG emissions.

A more forgiving temperature target, like those implied by the EU's 20 % and even its 30 % aggregate emissions reduction goal, would not yield such daunting numbers.

11/19/17 — Despite its stated goal of dramatically reducing carbon emissions by aggressively pursing clean energy technologies and phasing out fossil fuels, Germany is still burning lots of an especially dirty form of coal and is likely to badly miss its upcoming emission - reduction targets.

Maryland's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act of 2009 requires the state to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 25 percent by 2020 and directs the Maryland Department of the Environment to develop a plan to accomplish that goal.

However, to truly complement the Paris Agreement, the aviation sector will have to improve upon this foundation — by ramping up its ambition to achieve emissions reductions that are in line with the Paris Agreement's stated goals.

Even more gob smacking is the NYS Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) goal of a 40 % reduction of 1990 emissions by 2030.

The plan's immediate goal is to achieve 35 percent carbon emissions reductions citywide by 2025, establishing a pathway for New York City to reach 80 percent reductions by 2050.

Peaking global emissions by 2015 and adopting a long - term reduction goal -LRB--80 % globally by 2050) are issues of survival.

The target sets the goal of 40 % greenhouse gases emission reduction and 27 % renewable energy generation by 2030.

Renovating New York City's buildings to high - performance standards when they change hands is crucial to the City reaching its ambitious goals of an 80 % reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

The International Road transport Union (IRU), representing the commercial road users of the world, e.g. trucking companies, published a report called «the Commercial Vehicle of the Future» which listed road electrification as the most significant lever to reach the 2050 emission reduction goals and stated that 40 - 45 % of long haul road freight needed to run on renewable electricity by that year.

These flexibility needs are rapidly expanding as a result of numerous industry trends: (a) recognition by policymakers that renewable energy resources are needed to meet long - term emissions reductions goals; (b) customers» increasing desire to voluntarily procure renewable energy or generate electricity on - site; and (c) substantial technological improvements that have driven down the cost of renewable resources to the point where, even before accounting for tax incentives, they are the lowest - cost option for new generating plants in some regions of the country.

At Chevron, a similar resolution sought to make the oil company's current carbon emissions reduction goals more challenging by syncing the targets with the global emissions limits needed to prevent runaway global warming.