Sentences with phrase «emissions from sectors such»

Continuously celebrated for its success, RGGI's coverage is limited to the electric sector and emissions from sectors such as transportation and agriculture remain beyond its reach.

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This report outlines where such advantages exist within the energy sector and demonstrates where Australia can benefit from a domestic and global transition to low emissions energy.

It is likely that the pledge relates to a scheme to limit emissions from specific industries, such as the energy sector.

The International Energy Agency first said two years ago that global energy - sector emissions had declined while the world expanded economically, though critics point out that the measurement excludes emissions from other sources, such as agriculture (ClimateWire, March 17).

Before Trump's reversal of both the domestic and international climate plans, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change had recommended a 70 - percent cut in carbon dioxide emissions from industrialized nations such as the U.S., where nearly half of emissions come from the electric and automotive sectors.

The most recent U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates for greenhouse gas emissions from the oil and natural gas sector, released last week, show that as the number of such facilities have increased in the U.S. between 2011 and 2014, total greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas operations have risen by about 6.2 percent.

They pledged to cut such emissions 40 to 45 percent below 2012 levels by 2025 from the oil and gas sector.

Emissions within the transportation sector are primarily from fuel used by on - road vehicles, such as passenger cars and trucks.

A portion of each national target is allocated to the installations in the four sectors with the remainder available to cover emissions from sectors not covered (such as transport).

It considers the potential benefits that could arise from the interaction of these sectors in areas such as mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions, environmental preservation (soil restoration), and availability of clean, affordable and reliable energy sources (for example biogas).

Soon after this, terrapass expanded its focus to address greenhouse gas emissions from other important sectors, such as flying and energy consumption.

Right now, hopes for such policies are largely represented by the Obama administration's Clean Power Plan, which aims to reduce emissions from the power sector 32 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030.

«(3) to eliminate or reduce distribution of emission allowances under subpart 1 when such distribution is no longer necessary to prevent carbon leakage from eligible industrial sectors.

The reliability of supply provided by our nation's network of storage and distribution facilities has contributed to the increased use of natural gas in many sectors of the U.S. economy, which has led to reductions in air emissions — ranging from criteria pollutants, such as sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides, to greenhouse gases.

Of special importance is the summer 2017 reauthorization of cap - and - trade, the market - based scheme for addressing greenhouse gas emissions from stationary sources such as the refinery sector in California.

The broadening of the conversation on forests beyond carbon has been absolutely necessary since «there are no carbon gains from REDD + until X is solved» — where X represents all the thorny issues that prevent a particular country from administering a credible REDD program, such as disputes over tenure, uncertain governance and technical capacity, and competition between food and forest.In essence, REDD + has been asked to sort out all issues of sustainable development and equity that have plagued the forestry sector for decades, before it can begin its job of reducing emissions.

It covers carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from key industry sectors, such as energy, paper, metal and cement and regulates approximately 11,400 installations owned by ca. 5,000 companies across Europe.

It is conceivable that such enhanced actions, repeated across willing states and cities across the U.S., and with support from independent consumers in non-participating states, could achieve substantial reductions of emissions, particularly within the electricity and transportation sectors.

Despite the growth in renewables, carbon emissions from the electricity sector continue remain high because the market is allowed to favour the most polluting fuels such as coal and peat to generate electricity.

Emission metrics such as Global Warming Potential (GWP) and Global Temperature change Potential (GTP) can be used to quantify and communicate the relative and absolute contributions to climate change of emissions of different substances, and of emissions from regions / countries or sources / sectors.

The European Parliament's environment committee voted today to limit loopholes in the EU's key climate legislation, preventing European countries from stalling emissions reductions in sectors such as agriculture and transport.

These initiatives put aviation on a path to address its climate impact, but are heavily opposed by the industry, which demands continued exemptions from such efforts to reduce the sector's greenhouse gas emissions.

For a nation with such a storied history, the UK has been all about the future of energy in recent years, cutting power sector carbon emissions almost 50 percent from 2010 - 2016 alone and announcing a phase out of coal power by 2025.

And yet now they submit that this same private sector is utterly incapable of coping with a limit on overall emissions, even though such a cap would, from the private sector's point of view, operate very much like a limited supply of a resource, like land.

The potential benefits of greater energy efficiency in the household sector are large; a 2009 study by Thomas Dietz and colleagues found that annual greenhouse gas emissions from the residential sector could be reduced by 20 % within 10 years by employing 17 types of behavioral interventions, such as weatherizing houses or properly maintaining vehicles and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning equipment.