Sentences with phrase «emissions from this sector»

We believe the best approach is a carbon tax, which would address greenhouse gas emissions from all sectors of the economy.

With a carbon tax, laws or regulations are enacted that establish a fee per ton of carbon emissions from a sector or the whole economy.

The report estimates potential land - sector climate mitigation from each of the largest countries, making up 57 % of global emissions from the sector.

To do this, countries and their oil and gas industry partners need to significantly improve measurement and accounting of methane emissions from the sector.

To dramatically cut emissions from this sector, a comprehensive solution must include improved vehicle fuel efficiency, smart growth policies that reduce vehicle miles traveled, and clean fuel alternatives.

We can reduce human warming impacts most rapidly by tackling emissions from these sectors.

Whoever forms the next government after the general election, they must prioritise a plan for reducing emissions from all sectors.»

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).

• Land Use, Land - Use Change, and Forestry (17 % of 2004 global greenhouse gas emissions)-- Greenhouse gas emissions from this sector primarily include carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from deforestation, land clearing for agriculture, and fires or decay of peat soils.

Nothing to Fear, Chapter 14, Impossible Objective, provides data on the quantity of CO2 emissions from each sector of the U.S. economy, and why it's impossible to cut CO2 emissions enough by 2050 to stop climate change, if it really is caused by CO2.

• Transportation (13 % of 2004 global greenhouse gas emissions)-- Greenhouse gas emissions from this sector primarily involve fossil fuels burned for road, rail, air, and marine transportation.

UCS found that the U.S. and EU INDCs fall short in describing what they will do to reduce land use emissions, but that Mexico's contribution ambitiously addresses emissions from this sector.

The aviation industry has come in for plenty of criticism at the UN climate summit in Paris thanks to the slow progress of parallel International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) efforts to introduce new mechanisms for curbing emissions from the sector.

In 2016, the three nations announced the North American Climate, Clean Energy, and Environment Partnership Action Plan, which includes commitments to reduce methane emissions from the sector by 40 — 45 percent by 2025 and collaborate on implementation of the World Bank's Zero Routine Flaring by 2030 Initiative.

The European Commission is currently investigating the merits of bringing intra-EU aviation into the existing EU emissions trading scheme (ETS) its key policy to reduce climate emissions from the sector.

For the first two quarters of 2012 - 13, national emissions from this sector were around 14 million tonnes lower, on an annualised basis, compared with emissions for the same period in the previous year.

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.

The transportation study shows how a combination of electrification and increase in vehicle efficiency could significantly lower emissions from this sector.

At the recent Paris climate summit, the United States pledged to cut its greenhouse gas emissions from all sectors up to 28 percent below the 2005 levels by 2025.

I don't have up to date information on what the effect of the subsidy would be on increasing overall emissions from the sector, but in the context of mechanization of agriculture, it's possible that getting rid of the clunkers and changing up for new vehicles will help in the short term, at least.

• Commercial and Residential Buildings (8 % of 2004 global greenhouse gas emissions)-- Greenhouse gas emissions from this sector arise from on - site energy generation and burning fuels for heat in buildings or cooking in homes.

With the United States on the cusp of finalizing the Clean Power Plan, state and federal policy makers should take a closer look at what actions they can take over time to rein in emissions from all sectors while generating health, economic and quality - of - life benefits.

The alliance plans to promote the sharing of information, environmental best practices and also «implement new programs to reduce carbon emissions from all sectors of the economy.»

«How their future development goes and what they do or don't do to improve the performance of existing plants is going to determine the global emissions from this sector,» Bernstein says.

According to the U.S. EPA's Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks, the electricity and industrial sectors combined account for 52 % of all GHG emissions in the U.S. CCS technologies possess great potential to permanently store CO2 emissions from these sectors, and this methodology aims to provide a first of its kind incentive designed to spur increased investment in CCS projects.

It now includes 30 countries, led by New Zealand, and is dedicated to reducing emissions from a sector that currently produces around 15 % of the world's annual greenhouse gas emissions.

LONDON, April 9 - The United Nations» shipping agency is under pressure this week to agree on a plan to cut carbon emissions from the sector, following years of slow progress, but the strategy could fall well short of what is required to limit global warming.

Environmental advocates said China's participation in the first six years of the system, when countries are expected to voluntarily opt in, would be necessary if the deal were to cover 80 percent of emissions from the sector.

If the world hopes to head off potentially dangerous temperature rises of above 2 degrees Celsius, emissions from the sector will have to be sharply curtailed by midcentury, scientists say.

But carbon emissions from the sector could triple by 2050 if left unchecked, the International Coalition for Sustainable Aviation, which represents a half dozen non-profit groups, warned in a statement.

Thus, emissions from these sectors were aggregated to one global figure.

Detailed emissions from GCAM were aggregated into the 12 RCP reporting sectors for the 14 GCAM regions at each 15 - year model time period.2 Emissions from each sector were downscaled to a country level for 231 countries using the methodology outlined in Van Vuuren et al. (2007).

The research looked at growth trends in the aviation industry and calculated that emissions from the sector would rise rapidly between now and 2050, assuming these trends continued.

Emissions from sectors covered by the ETS are falling, so the market is delivering argues Korolec, who will preside over the UN climate change talks in Warsaw later this year.

One very interesting point to note about Australian livestock methane emissions is the fact that emissions from this sector have not changed since about 1910.