Sentences with phrase «emissions growth last»

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Last night, Obama plugged gas development and use more directly than he ever had before, bundling job growth, energy security and emissions reductions.

The U.S. saw a period of rapid economic growth and increased consumption of fossil fuels over the last few decades, leading to a corresponding large increase in carbon dioxide emissions.

Last November, China pledged to halt the growth in its emissions by 2030.

According the new research, last year global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels and industry grew by just 0.6 % — compared to 2.4 % annual growth for the decade before.

The emission trend of the last 55 years shows an unintentional decreasing emission growth.

Since emissions in the last 40 years have been 3 times higher than in the period from 1924 to 1963 and 30 times higher than 1844 to 1883 it is not too hard to believe that the rapid growth in atmospheric partial pressure has forced such a change in airborne fraction

China's massive growth in emissions last year was linked to higher coal consumption in the economically booming nation.

Last year the underlying multi-year average growth rate was higher than ever because the rate of emissions from the burning of coal, oil, and natural gas has experienced a steady upward trend.

Indeed, global CO2 emissions have plateaued the last two years, which suggests the multi-trillion-dollar global shift in investment from high - carbon growth to low - carbon has already begun.

The annualised average growth rate in global CO2 emissions over the last three years of the credit crunch, including a 1 % increase in 2008 when the first impacts became visible, is 1.7 %, almost equal to the long - term annual average of 1.9 % for the preceding two decades back to 1990.

Their vision involves narratives of moribund western economies governed by corrupt corporations collapsing under the weight of the internal contradictions — leading to less growth, less material consumption, less CO2 emissions, less habitat destruction and a last late chance to stay within the safe limits of global ecosystems.

The International Energy Agency last week sounded an unusually positive note, with one piece of data at the center: global growth is now possible without increased carbon emissions.

The alternative vision involves narratives of moribund western economies governed by corrupt corporations collapsing under the weight of the internal contradictions — leading to less growth, less material consumption, less CO2 emissions, less habitat destruction and a last late chance to stay within the safe limits of global ecosystems.

In the 2000s, we had tremendous growth in emissions, not much in the way of policy efforts to control those emissions, and so when we got to the last IPCC report we were asked by the diplomats to study the feasibility and cost of meeting widely discussed goals, not just 2 degrees — also 1.5 degrees.

Each person on the planet produced 1.3 tons of carbon last year — an all - time high — despite a global recession that slowed the growth of fossil fuel emissions for the first time this decade, according to a report published this week in the journal Nature Geoscience.

«The new figures confirm last year's surprising but welcome news: we now have seen two straight years of greenhouse gas emissions decoupling from economic growth,» said IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol.

Last year we saw global economic growth without an increase in carbon emissions, which suggests it's possible to «decouple» oil and economic growth.

The urban doofus hipster vision involves narratives of moribund western economies governed by corrupt corporations collapsing under the weight of internal contradictions — leading to less growth, less material consumption, less CO2 emissions, less habitat destruction and a last late chance to stay within the safe limits of global ecosystems.

The first concluded that global carbon emissions over the last decade have risen, thanks mostly to rapid economic growth in China and India.

IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol said: «The new figures confirm last year's surprising but welcome news: we now have seen two straight years of greenhouse gas emissions decoupling from economic growth.»

Last year's growth came after three years of flat emissions and contrasts with the sharp reduction needed to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement on climate change.

From 2012 to 2013, the top 10 emitters cumulatively increased their emissions by 2.2 percent, compared to the average annual growth of 2.4 percent over the last 10 years.

The urban doofus hipster vision involves narratives of moribund western economies governed by corrupt corporations collapsing under the weight of the internal contradictions — leading to less growth, less material consumption, less CO2 emissions, less habitat destruction and a last late chance to stay within the safe limits of global ecosystems.

\ n. \ nCurrently, the United States, China, and the UK are responsible for most CO2 emissions, with China showing the largest growth in emissions for the last few years.

The vision involves narratives of moribund western economies governed by corrupt corporations collapsing under the weight of internal contradictions — leading to less growth, less material consumption, less CO2 emissions, less habitat destruction and a last late chance to stay within the safe limits of global ecosystems.

Meanwhile, the North American market saw a growth in both volume and value last year, driven by trade in California and the resurrection of emissions trading in North Eastern states.

At last month's Paris climate summit, there was increasing focus on India's development plans as a driver of greenhouse gas emissions growth.

After filtering out the emotional (i.e. irrational) hysteria from your last post, I'm left with your statement that the added CO2 from human emissions is likely to a) increase global temperature b) reduce ocean pH c) increase plant growth

Nobody forsaw the explosive growth in emissions that took place over the last half - century.

During the last half decade or so, a more traditional positive correlation between GDP growth and GHG emissions has re-established itself.

The policy from global warming progressives involves tales of the collapse of western civilisation and capitalism leading to less growth, less material consumption, less CO2 emissions, less habitat destruction and a last late chance to stay within the safe limits of global ecosystems.

New data published by the International Energy Agency extends the surprising finding, discovered last year, that global carbon dioxide emissions have stopped growing despite continued economic growth.

We are proud that last year, we announced the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change that demonstrates the commitment of the federal government and the provinces to work with Indigenous peoples, business, environmentalists and all Canadians to grow the economy, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help our communities adapt to the changing climate.