Sentences with phrase «emission reductions efforts by»

Funding delayed (p. 126 and 150): Last year, Ottawa promise $ 2 billion over two years, starting this year, for a Low Carbon Economy Fund to support emission reductions efforts by provinces and territories.

It addressed, through presentations, subsequent question and answer sessions and a general discussion, the following issues: clarification of the nature and level of the targets communicated by developed country Parties; assumptions and conditions associated with the targets; commonalities and differences of approach in measuring the progress towards the targets; comparability of emission reduction efforts by developed country Parties, and options and ways to increase the level of ambition of the pledges; relevant policies and measures to support the targets, and experience with low - emission development strategies; and possible ways forward.

Not exact matches

The release touted their efforts to advance energy efficiency and renewable energy programs alongside their aggressive greenhouse gas emission reduction targets in North America to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030, and 80 percent by 2050.

By dramatically improving the speed and efficiency of conversion over conventional approaches, these enzymes could stimulate efforts to grow crops for fuel, with implications for biodiversity in the form of increased land use for this purpose, potential shifts away from fossil fuel use and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.

But such a charismatic carbon project is all too rare these days, both because the carbon market is dominated by less robust emission reductions from heavy industry in China and India as well as development efforts that proceed with little thought of the environmental cost or co-benefits.

With all these actions, the U.S. should do what it can to leverage its efforts into emissions reductions by other countries, particularly China and India.

While I am still comfortable with my argument that «human inertia» is the prime explanation for a long response time for doing anything about greenhouse gas emissions, I am very wary of efforts by California and the U.K. to stick their necks out on carbon reductions.

Efforts to solve global warming by GHG emissions reductions strategies, rather than GHG replacement strategies, can not realistically succeed over the short - term or the long - term or any term, ever - unless the mandated reductions are so drastic that in effect they would require carbon - free alternatives for nearly all GHG sources.

Some of the low - hanging targets for reductions of greenhouse gas emissions have been highlighted in recent months in a «By Degrees» series in The Times, which explores topics like the electrical demand of our new electronic gadgets, efforts to curb methane leaks and the move to install light - colored roofs in warmer climates.

The flaw being that one thought one could address the climate threat by a combination emissions reductions, renewable energy use increase, and conservation efforts because we mistakenly thought the CO2 we emitted would stay in the atmosphere for a relatively short time - under 50 - 100 years, instead of the 500 and above years we now know a significant portion stays in the atmosphere.

Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI): Spearheaded the formation of the successful RGGI cap - and - trade program among northeast and mid-Atlantic states, led effort to reduce RGGI's carbon emission cap by 45 percent in 2014, and recently called for an additional cap reduction of at least 30 percent between 2020 and 2030.

As a frequent lurker on this site, and some others, I have been puzzled by the lack of quantitative data of the potental impact on temperature of greenhouse gas emission reduction efforts.

The domestic mitigation effort is defined so as to match the rapid decline needed to put the EU on course toward 90 % reductions relative to 1990 levels by 2050, consistent with the emission trajectory for Annex I countries presented in Figure 3 above.

By refusing to join global efforts to cut emissions and initiate policies that will begin the process of large and sustained emission reductions, the Howard Government is storing up trouble for the future.

A cornerstone of this effort is the Natura Carbon Neutral initiative, a public commitment to offset those emissions that can not be reduced internally by investing in emission - reduction projects from other institutions whose values and beliefs are aligned with their own.

The following graphs compare Section 201 with the call by some in Congress for a massive U.S. effort to build 100 new nuclear power plants in an attempt to move the country toward energy independence and significant GHG emissions reductions (click either image to enlarge):

With CO2 Solutions» efficient, cost effective and green carbon capture technology, the Company looks forward to supporting worldwide efforts by industry and governments to efficiently meet these regulatory requirements for emissions reductions.

This approach seeks reduction efforts that are fair for all industrialized countries, by equally sharing the marginal abatement costs of greenhouse gas emission reductions, aiming at a 25 percent reduction from 1990 for these countries.

Quote from the UK's CCS roadmap: «according to the International Energy Agency, CCS will play a vital role in worldwide efforts to limit global warming, delivering a fifth of the emissions reductions needed by 2050.

«Meat production represents 18 percent of global human - induced GHG emissions... While the world is looking for sharp reductions in greenhouse gases responsible for climate change, growing global meat production is going to severely compromise future efforts... a study from the University of Chicago showed that if Americans were to reduce meat consumption by 20 percent it would be as if they switched from a standard sedan to the ultra-efficient Prius.»

At the same time, «much greater emissions reductions efforts... will be required» to meet the target endorsed by the UN 195 - nation climate body, it said.

The projects are scattered across 58 countries and are slated to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 1.4 billion tons over the next five years — reductions that will only take place if buyers step up to support efforts already underway.

Requires the EPA Administrator to report to Congress by July 1, 2013, and every four years thereafter, on an analysis of: (1) key findings based on the latest scientific information relevant to global climate change; (2) capabilities to monitor and verify GHG reductions on a worldwide basis; and (3) the status of worldwide efforts for reducing GHG emission, preventing dangerous atmospheric concentrations of GHGs, preventing significant irreversible consequences of climate change, and reducing vulnerability to the impacts of climate change.

This technical document presents an overview of the quantified economy - wide emission reduction targets to be implemented by developed country Parties, as well as assumptions and conditions related to the attainment of these targets, and discusses comparison of the emission reduction efforts.

That adds up to greenhouse gas reductions of about 400 tonnes a year, and is in - line with BC Hydro's ongoing efforts to help remote B.C. communities — too far away from the electricity system to be serviced by the 98 % clean energy generated by BC Hydro — reduce their fossil fuel emissions.

ComEd's SF6 emission reduction efforts are led by a team of representatives from the Transmission and Substation Operations (T&S) and Environmental Services departments.

The Climate Action Tracker assumes continued emissions reductions in future decades at a level of effort no more, or less, ambitious than that implied by the INDCs.

The AB 32 year 2020 greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets (year 2020 levels reduced to year 1990 measured levels) could be achieved by primarily addressing electricity generation and industrial sector greenhouse gas emission reduction efforts through increased use of renewable energy, energy efficiency and fuel substitution efforts.

To the extent that a nuclear plant's output is replaced by electricity from natural gas, the resulting emissions set back national efforts to achieve needed emissions reductions.

Queensland has adopted emission reduction targets of 30 % below 2005 levels by 2030 and zero net emissions by 2050 in order to do its «fair share in the global effort to arrest damaging climate change».

The Fairshares project then further divides climate effort into domestic emissions reductions and reductions overseas paid for by wealthier nations.

A coalition launched today at the climate talks in Lima aims to boost efforts to save billions of dollars and billions of tonnes of CO2 emissions each year by measuring and reporting reductions of greenhouse gas emissions resulting from projects and programmes that promote renewable energy and energy efficiency in developing countries.

The Company accepts its customers» instructions with respect to use of funds to support particular projects on the basis that it will use its best efforts to apply funds to those projects and that the Company may determine that it is not feasible to apply funds as instructed in which event funds will be applied to other emissions reduction projects selected by the Company acting reasonably.

The sooner that serious efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions proceed, the lower the risks posed by climate change, and the less pressure there will be to make larger, more rapid, and potentially more expensive reductions later.

Ministers now should explicitly agree that each country contribute their fair share to the globally needed mitigation effort, leading to a peak by 2015 and a reduction of global emissions of at least 80 % below 1990 by 2050.

Business also has a critical role to play in closing the gap between the efforts pledged by governments and the emission reductions required.

Alternatives such as emission reduction targets, cap and trade, cap and dividend, do not work, as proven by honest efforts of the «greenest» countries to comply with the Kyoto Protocol:

Huhne has said that: «We can do the 80 % reduction in emissions by 2050 without new nuclear, but it will require a big effort on carbon capture and storage and renewables.»

By contrast, under a «mass - based system,» states would have to meet an overall target for greenhouse - gas emissions and ensure that power plants either make those reductions at their facilities or finance efforts to achieve them in other ways, such as by reducing consumer demand or investing in carbon - free electricity generatioBy contrast, under a «mass - based system,» states would have to meet an overall target for greenhouse - gas emissions and ensure that power plants either make those reductions at their facilities or finance efforts to achieve them in other ways, such as by reducing consumer demand or investing in carbon - free electricity generatioby reducing consumer demand or investing in carbon - free electricity generation.

Academic research has shown that for the UK to meet the emissions reductions targets implied by the 2008 Climate Change Act would require an effort the equivalent of 30 new nuclear power plants by 2015, just to get part way to the target.

Geoengineering Proposals Only Come After Emissions Reductions In conclusion, the report recommends that nations make increased efforts to reduce emissions (at least 50 % below 1990 levels by 2050) as the fiEmissions Reductions In conclusion, the report recommends that nations make increased efforts to reduce emissions (at least 50 % below 1990 levels by 2050) as the fiemissions (at least 50 % below 1990 levels by 2050) as the first step.

Saying «reduction of particulate emissions is hurting efforts to reduce global warming from CO2» is nonsense (or spin from the coal lobby) equivalent to saying «turning off my air conditioner is hurting my efforts to keep my house cool by opening the doors and windows to let in cool breezes.»

The author contends, based on a recent NASA study by Drew Shindell of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York, that reduction of particulate emissions is hurting efforts to reduce global warming from CO2 — an own goal by the Green Team.

By putting a Clean Fuels Standard in place in Washington and Oregon, helping to build a viable advanced fuels market in the Northwest, and supporting international efforts to build a sustainable advanced fuels supply chain, we aim to achieve significant reduction in carbon emissions due to transportation fuels.

Paragrap 17 «Notes with concern that the estimated aggregate greenhouse gas emission levels in 2025 and 2030 resulting from the intended nationally determined contributions do not fall within least - cost 2 ̊C scenarios but rather lead to a projected level of 55 gigatonnes in 2030, and also notes that much greater emission reduction efforts will be required than those associated with the intended nationally determined contributions in order to hold the increase in the global average temperature to below 2 ̊C above pre-industrial levels by reducing emissions to 40 gigatonnes or to 1.5 ̊C above pre-industrial levels by reducing to a level to be identified in the special report referred to in paragraph 21 below;»

The statement, supposedly coming out of Washington but with the phone number of a London - based public relations firm associated with it, went on: «In an effort to encourage decisive action (at climate change talks) in Bali this week, USCAP's members have committed to a 90 % reduction in their greenhouse gas emissions by 2050,» said Matt Leopard, a spokesperson for the consortium.