Sentences with phrase «emission values by»
To convert to tonnes of CO2, one would simply multiply our emissions and cumulative emission values by a factor of 44/12.
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German car makers «gambled away» public trust by manipulating emissions values in their diesel cars, Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a Dortmund campaign speech.
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
The company «plans to reduce carbon emissions by 25 % over our entire value chain by 2025,» De Ryck said.
It aims to increase carbon emission reductions from 25 % of 2007 levels to 38 % by 2030, above Singapore's pledge of a 36 %, its CDL Future Value 2030 document states.
IRRI develops ways to add economic, nutritional, and environmental value to rice by reducing postharvest losses, improving grain quality of new rice varieties, improving value - chain linkages, investigating uses of husks and straw to produce bioenergy, cut carbon emissions, and increase carbon sequestration.
The party also advocates the substitution of council tax by a land - value tax; extra funding for the NHS and public transport; the scrapping of road - building schemes; massive investment in renewable energy; a radical reduction in carbon dioxide emissions; and opposition to GM crop initiatives and fracking.
New York State on Monday is to release an exhaustive master plan for offshore wind energy that foresees up to 5,000 people employed in and around a $ 6 billion industry by 2028, with annual health benefits from reduced emissions valued at up to $ 400 million.
«These zero emissions credits will represent the emissions - free value of energy produced by the nuclear power plants specifically,» said Scott Weiner, deputy for markets and innovation at DPS, at Thursday's meeting.
New York State today is to release an exhaustive master plan for offshore wind energy that foresees up to 5,000 people employed in and around a $ 6 billion industry by 2028, with annual health benefits from reduced emissions valued at up to $ 400 million.
Pioneering new research, carried out by the Universities of Exeter, Zurich, Stanford and Chicago, shows that existing studies have massively under - valued the risk that ongoing carbon dioxide emissions pose of triggering damaging tipping points.
The EU also offered to go further — drop its members» greenhouse - gas emissions 30 percent below 1990 values by 2030, but if and only if other industrialized nations (read Uncle Sam) would too.
In his strategy for bringing down British carbon dioxide emissions by 60 over cent over the coming 50 years, Barker envisages phasing out all British value - added taxes and replacing them with a swingeing carbon tax.
REDD + Offset Working Group (stateredd.org) was established in February 2011 as a result of a Memorandum of Understanding signed in November 2010 as part of a collaborative effort between the Governors of California, Chiapas and Acre to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (known as «REDD +») and create policies to provide economic incentives for forest conservation by placing a value on living forests and their ecosystems.
If long - term global warming is to be limited to a maximum of 2 °C elsius above preindustrial values, average annual per - capita emissions in industrialized nations will have to be reduced by around 80 - 95 % below 1990 levels by 2050.
The actions aim at a 10 % reduction in carbon emissions from fishery value chains in 10 target countries within 5 years (and 25 % within 10 years), and the reduction of overfishing by 20 % in the target countries within 5 years (50 % within 10 years).
Mazda isn't hedging its bets on electric power just yet, believing that until the worldwide electrical grid is predominantly powered by renewable energy, an electric vehicle's tailpipe emissions are too far offset by the dirtiness and high CO2 values of the fossil - fuelled coal, oil, and gas power plants that supply their electricity.
Fuel consumption and emissions in the EU test cycle are down by 4 to 7 per cent compared to their predecessors» values.
Like the larger 2.0 - litre TDI, the 1.6 - litre TDI is also characterised by noticeably quiet noise levels, low emissions (119 g / km CO2) and an extremely low combined fuel consumption value (4.5 litres per hundred kilometres).
Similar to the top values attained by the Golf GTE (1.5 l / 100 km in the NEDC and 35 g CO2 / km), the Passat as a plug - in hybrid can be expected to have a very low combined fuel consumption figure that goes along with low CO2 emissions.
Environmental Performance Polluting exhaust gas components (HC, NOx) have been reduced significantly on both types, resulting in emissions values 50 % lower than levels stipulated by 2000 regulations.
3.8 l / 100 km represent the same value with the official fuel consumption 3.8 to 4.1 l / 100 km (emissions of 99 to 109 g / km CO2) indicated by the manufacturer.
By using the Start & Stop device and the smart alternator, the Mito with TwinAir engine has the lowest value of CO2 emissions with petrol engines in its class: 98 g / km.
Talking about the car, Dr Palmer said, «The RapidE represents a sustainable future in which Aston Martin's values of seductive style and supreme performance don't merely co-exist alongside a new zero - emission powertrain, but are enhanced by it.
These tours value sustainability by serving locally inspired gourmet food to reduce the risk of introducing foreign plants into the ecosystem and minimizing carbon emissions through solar panels and wind turbines.
«Our A320neo aircraft add value to our company by reducing fuel per seat mile costs by up to 20 per cent compared to its counterparts and benefitting the environment by offering quieter operations and reduced emissions, as well as enhancing our guest experience by providing a more comfortable journey.»
While I'm not sure where «100 months» comes from, the sentiment is correct and another decade of 3 % growth of CO2 emissions will make stabilisation at any «reasonable» value (and that is a whole other debate) by 2050 or 2100 almost impossible to achieve.
As an example of the possible extreme change in radiative forcing in a 50 - year time horizon for Isaken et al (2011)'s 4 x CH4 (i.e. quadrupling the current atmospheric methane burden) case of additional emission of 0.80 GtCH4 / yr is 2.2 Wm - 2, and as the radiative forcing for the current methane emissions of 0.54 GtCH4 / yr is 0.48 Wm - 2, this give an updated GWP for methane, assuming the occurrence of Isaksen et al's 4 x CH4 case in 2040, would be: 33 (per Shindell et al 2009, note that AR5 gives a value of 34) times (2.2 / [0.8 + 0.48]-RRB- divided by (0.54 / 0.48) = 50.
Only if this is wrong, and the true value is lower, can we escape the fact that unabated emissions of greenhouse gases will lead to the warming projected by the IPCC.
I had talked, in part, about recent studies concluding that programs offering family planning information and services to women seeking smaller families, in essence, had a climate value by avoiding emissions of greenhouse gases that would come with more kids.
Thus, given the height and value of the emission temperature, we can get a simple estimate for the surface temperature: 255K + 5.5 km * 6K / km = 288K (= 15oC; close to the global mean estimated from observations given by NCDC of ~ 14oC).
Yet, these large values for required negative - emissions are not set out in Anderson & Peters (2016) which only show a projected total of roughly 145Gt (C) by 2100, reaching 4Gt (C) annually.
You stated: «Thus, given the height and value of the emission temperature, we can get a simple estimate for the surface temperature: 255K + 5.5 km * 6K / km = 288K (= 15oC; close to the global mean estimated from observations given by NCDC of ~ 14oC).»
By taking responsibility throughout the value chain beyond our own production, we create change and highlight the potential for emission reductions across sectors.
It is misleading to refer to CO2 emissions that do not increase atmospheric concentration by 100 percent of their value as «missing».
Nicholson (2004) reported that the projects BP undertook to lower its CO2 emissions by 10 % increased shareholder value by US$ 650 million.
For someone who has done so much for rational analysis of the impacts of GHG emissions, and some 20 years ago were left by you IPCC colleagues to explain and justify to India's delegates (and others) using a value of statistical life, how can you support emotive, meaningless comments like this:
By setting clear and ambitious goals, we want to inspire others to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions while creating business value and growth.
Sofidel has not limited itself to analyse the greenhouse gas emissions generated by its activities, but it has also identified opportunities to reduce emissions released by third parties that operate along its value chain.
This value finances forestry that naturally reduces or avoids 32.7 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions, according to the State of the Forest Carbon Markets 2014 report released this week by Forest Trends» Ecosystem Marketplace.
Kellogg Company is also engaging its suppliers to achieve its goal of reducing absolute value chain emissions 50 percent by 2050, compared to 2015.
Since 1991, tens of thousands of businesses and organizations have worked with EPA's ENERGY STAR program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and create financial value by improving the energy efficiency of their buildings and plants.
«Being the first of a kind emission reductions from sustainable rice production, Microsoft valued the innovation by farmers and the investment in technology to catalyze measuring and monitoring emission reductions», said Rob Bernard, Chief Environmental Strategist, Microsoft.
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.
Called the social cost of carbon (SCC), it is an estimate of the economic value of the extra (or marginal) impact caused by the emission of one more tonne of carbon (in the form of carbon dioxide) at any point in time; it can, as well, be interpreted as the marginal benefit of reducing carbon emissions by one tonne.
This value is the government's best estimate of how much society gains over the long haul by cutting each ton of the heat - trapping carbon - dioxide emissions scientists have linked to global warming.
One Planet Living principle Masdar Target ZERO CARBON 100 per cent of energy supplied by renewable energy — Photovoltaics, concentrated solar power, wind, waste to energy and other technologies ZERO WASTE 99 per cent diversion of waste from landfill (includes waste reduction measures, re-use of waste wherever possible, recycling, composting, waste to energy) SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT Zero carbon emissions from transport within the city; implementation of measures to reduce the carbon cost of journeys to the city boundaries (through facilitating and encouraging the use of public transport, vehicle sharing, supporting low emissions vehicle initiatives) SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS Specifying high recycled materials content within building products; tracking and encouraging the reduction of embodied energy within material sand throughout the construction process; specifying the use of sustainable materials such as Forest Stewardship Council certified timber, bamboo and other products SUSTAINABLE FOOD Retail outlets to meet targets for supplying organic food and sustainable and or fair trade products SUSTAINABLE WATER Per capita water consumption to be at least 50 per cent less than the national average; all waste water to be re-used HABITATS AND WILDLIFE All valuable species to be conserved or relocated with positive mitigation targets CULTURE AND HERITAGE Architecture to integrate local values.
The combination of needing to limit carbon dioxide emissions and having fossil fuel companies that are valued by their proven reserves is what Carbon Tracker, a non-profit organization, is calling the «Carbon Bubble» in their new report, «Unburnable carbon 2013: Wasted capital and stranded assets.»
But the value of cumulative emission budgets as strategic communications tools has been recognized by many groups.
However modelling also indicates that if we continue with our emissions today, by the end of the 21st century, CO2 levels could be between three and four times the pre-industrial values, and global average temperature as much as 6 °C higher.