Sentences with phrase «emissions accounting practice»

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«Current emission inventories do not account for cultural burning practices in Asia as aerosol sources,» said Chakrabarty, who is originally from the Northeastern region of India.

Tesla has never posted a quarterly profit, at least when calculating with standard accepted accounting practices, and much of its revenues have come from selling zero - emission credits to other automakers.

In practice the growth in emissions is likely to be considerably less than this, because the IEA Reference Scenario does not take account of new policies that are under consideration in many countries.

As was decided during their Nov. 14 - 15 Meeting, Presidents Obama and Hu agreed that the U.S. EPA will assist China in developing its national greenhouse gas inventory, providing a greater level of assurance that the Chinese are accurately accounting for emissions using best - practices and sound methodologies.

While the greenhouse gas footprint of the production of other foods, compared to sources such as livestock, is highly dependent on a number of factors, production of livestock currently accounts for about 30 % of the U.S. total emissions of methane.316, 320,325,326 This amount of methane can be reduced somewhat by recovery methods such as the use of biogas digesters, but future changes in dietary practices, including those motivated by considerations other than climate change mitigation, could also have an effect on the amount of methane emitted to the atmosphere.327

Topics can examine low - carbon rural development strategies, ridge - to - reef adaptation plans, reduced emissions from agricultural practices, vertical cultivation and agro-forestry, LULUCF accounting frameworks and so on.

The default emission factors are averages based on the most extensive data sets available and they are largely identical to those used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Chage (IPCC), the premier authority on accounting practices at the national level.

By participating in networks and partnerships, policymakers and institutions not only develop awareness and understanding, but also share knowledge about the best practices for incorporating HFC emissions into GHG accounting, and best implement integrated emission reduction plans that include HFCs.

This study research provides the first estimate of premature deaths attributable to aircraft emissions at cruise altitudes; current regulatory practice is to account only for landing and takeoff cycle (LTO) emissions — conventionally up to an altitude of 3000 ft or approximately 1 km.»

The study highlights the need for global efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (as in the initiative known as REDD +) to take into account carbon emissions lost through changing land - use practices and the challenges of reforesting and restoring degraded tropical peatlands.