Sentences with phrase «emissions peaking soon»

The imperative for carbon reduction is urgent — In order to limit the global mean temperature increase over historical norms to about 2 degrees Celsius (the temperature at which there is a high probability of catastrophic impacts), global emissions need to be reduced approximately 40 - 70 % below 2010 levels by 2050, with CO2 emissions peaking soon (IPCC, 2014).

The details of this pathway are that: 1) global emissions peak soon (about 2020) and decline by 2050 to 50 percent below 1990 levels; and 2) Northern emissions simultaneously decline to 80 percent below 1990 levels.

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Based on a unique model that links China's energy system and economy, the study finds that China's coal use, a major source of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, should peak some time around the year 2020, while the country's overall CO2 emissions would peak around 2030, or perhaps sooner.

«Carbon reductions won't hinder Chinese growth: Professor sees coal use peaking within next decade, emissions dropping soon after.»

Mitigation — reducing emissions fast enough to achieve the temperature goal A transparency system and global stock - take — accounting for climate action Adaptation — strengthening ability of countries to deal with climate impacts Loss and damage — strengthening ability to recover from climate impacts Support — including finance, for nations to build clean, resilient futures As well as setting a long - term direction, countries will peak their emissions as soon as possible and continue to submit national climate action plans that detail their future objectives to address climate change.

Updated, 11:28 a.m. With climate treaty negotiations expected to intensify next year, China is signaling that it may soon set the timetable for hitting an eventual peak in its emissions of carbon dioxide, the most important human - generated greenhouse gas.

Despite positive progress in Chinese climate policy, the reality is that, to be consistent with two degrees, a peak and decline in Chinese emissions will have to occur sooner and faster.

The peaking of global and national emissions should take place as soon as possible, recognizing that the time frame for peaking will be longer in developing countries.

So, even conservative estimates of committed warming indicate that we have to urgently reduce radiative forcing, in other words peak global GHG emissions as soon as possible and then reduce them as quickly as possible by reducing our use of fossil fuels drastically, if we want to have a chance at keeping warming under 2C.

Main findings are: (1) energy consumption will peak at 5200 — 5400 million tons coal equivalent (Mtce) in 2035 — 2040; (2) CO2 emissions will peak at 9200 — 9400milliontons (Mt) in 2030 — 2035, whilst it can be potentially reduced by 200 — 300Mt; (3) China ׳ s per capita energy consumption and per capita CO2 emission are projected to peak at 4tce and 6.8 t respectively in 2020 — 2030, soon after China steps into the high income group.

The turning point must come soon: If global warming is to be limited to a maximum of 2 °C above preindustrial values, global emissions need to peak between 2015 and 2020 and then decline rapidly.

And his co-author Carl - Friedrich Schleussner said: «The Paris Agreement calls for emissions to peak as soon as possible.

For both pathways, keeping within budget means that a sustainable emissions peak has to come very soon.

«Parties aim to reach global peaking of greenhouse gas emissions as soon as possible, recognizing that peaking will take longer for developing country parties.»

To understand emissions reductions necessary to have a good chance of limiting warming to 2 °C, the climate community has focused largely on emissions pathways — that is, when greenhouse gas emissions peak and the rate at which they must decline (e.g. peak sooner and then reduce less steeply versus peak later and then reduce more steeply).

The Paris agreement seeks no less than a peaking of greenhouse - gas emissions «as soon as possible» and a de-carbonized global economy within the second half of the century.

A question was asked about if and when China would consider peaking its carbon emissions (see previou spost «Peaking Duck: Beijing's growing appetite for climate action «-RRB- Mr. Su basically reiterated how unfair he felt it was to talk about developing country peak emissions at this point and that developed countries should shoot for achieving their pick as soon as popeaking its carbon emissions (see previou spost «Peaking Duck: Beijing's growing appetite for climate action «-RRB- Mr. Su basically reiterated how unfair he felt it was to talk about developing country peak emissions at this point and that developed countries should shoot for achieving their pick as soon as poPeaking Duck: Beijing's growing appetite for climate action «-RRB- Mr. Su basically reiterated how unfair he felt it was to talk about developing country peak emissions at this point and that developed countries should shoot for achieving their pick as soon as possible.

Most notably, China's vice-premier Zhang Gaoli promised his country would peak its carbon dioxide emissions «as soon as possible,» and President Obama said that next year he would publish a plan to cut U.S. emissions after 2020.

Even if the world can break its addiction to fossil fuels and peak carbon emissions soon, it could still be too late to prevent devastating climate change.

Unlike the global stocktake, the facilitative dialogue's scope is primarily mitigation (specifically, the Paris Agreement's long - term goals of peaking global emissions as soon as possible, and achieving zero net emissions in the second half of the century).

Emissions need to peak soon and approach zero by 2050.»

The «initial strategy» aims to peak and decline shipping greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as soon as possible, and to reduce them by «at least» 50 % by 2050 compared to 2008 levels.

Because this global challenge can only be met by a global response, we reiterate our willingness to share with all countries the goal of achieving at least a 50 % reduction of global emissions by 2050, recognizing that this implies that global emissions need to peak as soon as possible and decline thereafter.

You said here that carbon concentrations will peak at 400 ppm in 2025 under the ideal situation, but it's only 2015 and we're already at 400 ppm, and I see no signs of global emission reductions happening soon.

To limit future temperature increase to 2 °C, emissions must peak soon, as shown by the blue line on the right.

China already committed in a declaration last month with 15 other large emitting countries at the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate in Italy to peak global and national emissions «as soon as possible.»

The entire world will need to peak its ghg emissions as soon as possible followed by emissions reductions at extraordinarily ambitious rates over the next 30 years.

Mr. Su again revisited this question from Tuesday's (Day 2) press briefing, this time taking less of the defensive and saying that China hopes their emissions can peak early and sooner than current predictions (echoing Ambassador Yu's statements in August, see Julian's post «Peaking Duck: Beijing's growing appetite for climate action «-RRB-.

The language on emissions peaking did not specify a 2020 target year, as some countries were pushing hard for, but instead strove for peaking «as soon as possible,» and even then, with very elaborate and unambiguous qualifying language on developing countries» right to develop («recognizing that the time frame for peaking will be longer in developing countries and bearing in mind that social and economic development and poverty eradication are the first and overriding priorities of developing countries and that a low - emission development strategy is indispensable to sustainable development»).

China's prime minister has announced the government would take actions to peak the country's carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 or sooner, doubling down on a promise he made with U.S. President Barack Obama late last year.

The text states that to achieve the temperature goal: «Parties aim to reach global peaking of greenhouse gas emissions as soon as possible, recognizing that peaking will take longer for developing country Parties, and to undertake rapid reductions thereafter in accordance with best available science, so as to achieve a balance between anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases in the second half of this century».

Global emissions are peaking now or soon at around 40 GtCO2 per year.

Pushing China to peak its greenhouse - gas emissions too soon could damage global efforts to tackle climate change by driving industry to less efficient countries, a Chinese climate economist has argued.

Forcing an emissions peak in China too soon could damage global efforts to tackle climate change, says climate economist Guan Dabo

Of course, if the country's economy grows more slowly or quickly, then its carbon emissions will peak sooner or later.

Even so, its commitment to reach peak emissions as soon as that year is significant.

A 2020 peaking year in global emissions, essential to restrain temperatures to 2C, was removed and replaced by woolly language suggesting that emissions should peak «as soon as possible».

The answer lies in arithmetic: The remaining global emissions budget is so small that, despite a relatively ambitious program of northern emission reductions, southern emissions must still peak soon, and then drop almost as rapidly as global emissions themselves.

The L'Aquila text is ambiguous in several key ways, as it specifies only that the peak must be «as soon as possible» and omits the reference year against which goal the 50 % reduction in «global emissions» by 2050 is to be calculated.

The IMO called on shipping companies to reduce emissions by the year 2050 to 50 percent of their 2008 level, with emissions growth peaking as soon as possible.

Only by peaking GHG emissions in the year 2020 or sooner, and phasing out conventional fossil fuel burning around 2080, can we stay beneath the total of one trillion tons of carbon burned, which represents the threshold of catastrophic climate change, as shown in the following graphs:

The peaking of global and national emissions should take place as soon as possible, recognizing that the timeframe for peaking will be longer in developing countries, bearing in mind that social and economic development and poverty eradication are the first and overriding priorities in developing countries and that low - carbon development is indispensible to sustainable development.

Meanwhile, China said that its emissions would peak by 2030 (or sooner) and 20 percent of its energy would come from clean sources.

Ensuring that global CO2 emissions peak as soon as possible is crucial for limiting sea - level rises, even if global warming is limited to well below 2 °C.

Any carbon reduction pathway that limits temperature rise to 2 degrees C shows global emissions peaking extremely soon and declining extremely quickly.

If we are to see different headlines from the Global Carbon Project in the coming years and avoid the most dangerous climate impacts, countries have to peak their emissions as soon as possible, and keep emissions levels moving steadily downward.