Sentences with phrase «emissions intensity goal»
The United States needs to develop strong new post-2020 targets; the European Union will decide on its 2030 targets later this year; and China needs to move from its current emissions intensity goal to setting a year in which absolute emissions will peak.
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The statement also said that China will cut its carbon intensity, or greenhouse gas emissions per unit of GDP, by 60 - 65 percent from 2005 levels by 2030, a large increase from its 40 - 45 percent goal for 2020.
An assessment belied by the fact that quite a few nations met their Kyoto goals and have already achieved significant emissions reductions; that Paris NDCs are much more inclusive and ambitious, and there is already visible action toward meeting them; and that beyond treaty obligations and commitments, carbon intensity is falling over much of the world including the US and China.
He then described Mr. Bush's chosen way of measuring progress — by tracking the amount of carbon dioxide emissions per unit of gross domestic product (tons per dollar)-- and said the country was on track to reach Mr. Bush's goal, set in 2002, of an 18 percent drop in greenhouse «intensity» by 2012.
Because we had to set a deadline for ourselves so that we could actually get our recommendations in the hands of the Chinese, our analysis unfortunately does not include China's most recent announcement regarding its target to reduce its carbon intensity per unit GDP by 40 - 45 percent by 2020 (see previous post «China to adopt «binding» goal to reduce CO2 emissions per unit GDP by 40 to 45 % of 2005 levels by 2020 «-RRB-.
-LSB-...] to reduce its carbon intensity per unit GDP by 40 - 45 percent by 2020 (see previous post «China to adopt «binding» goal to reduce CO2 emissions per unit GDP by 40 to 45 % of 2005 levels b... «-RRB-.
HP worked with WWF specialists to develop a science - based target for Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions and a supply chain GHG emissions intensity reduction goal for Scope 3 emissions.
To reconcile a century of 3 percent growth with the more ambitious goal of reducing resource consumption and pollutant emissions, the abatement of resource and emissions intensity would have to be even more drastic.
The four main elements were the carbon intensity goal, the emissions peak and forestry and clean energy targets outlined in November by Chinese President Xi Jinping in a joint announcement with Obama.
Defines «reporting entity» to mean: (1) a covered entity; (2) an entity that would be covered if it had emitted, produced, imported, manufactured, or delivered in 2008 or any subsequent year more than the applicable threshold level of carbon dioxide; (3) other entities that EPA determines will help achieve overall goals of reducing global warming pollution; (4) any vehicle fleet with emissions of more than 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent on an annual basis, if its inclusion will help achieve such reduction; (5) any entity that delivers electricity to a facility in an energy - intensive industrial sector that meets the energy or GHG intensity criteria.
China, advancing on its 2030 goals, has shown more than 40 percent progress toward its emissions intensity, forest stock volume and clean energy goals a quarter of the way through the implementation period.
When China announced its carbon intensity targets (see previous post «China to adopt «binding» goal to reduce CO2 emissions per unit GDP by 40 to 45 % of 2005 levels by 2020 «-RRB-, it was careful to make clear that it was an «autonomous action» (some translated this as «voluntary action»).
China may achieve its goal of reducing the carbon intensity of its economy (the ratio of carbon dioxide emissions per unit of output) by 45 percent below its 2005 level by 2020.
The company has set goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions intensity by 25 %, reduce carbon emissions from Fox feature film productions by 15 % per shoot day, and reduce emissions from scripted television productions by 10 % per episode, all by 2020.
It compares the United States goal of reducing emissions by 17 % and the China goal of reducing emissions intensity by 40 - 45 %.
Third, my view is that if the goal is to reduce global GHG emisisons we need technologies that can reduce the emissions intensity of electricity by 90 % (as France has done and been demonstrating safely and reliably and at ow cost for the past 30 years..