Sentences with phrase «emissions reduction target of»

It ignores Australia's responsibility to lead The Government is aiming for the former government's emissions reduction target of 5 % below 2000 by 2020, and its 201...

Quebec has adopted a greenhouse gas emissions reduction target of 37.5 per cent below 1990 levels by 2030.

For example, in 2010 it was predicted that cleaner air from an emissions reduction target of 30 per cent by 2020 in the European Union would deliver savings worth 80 billion euros a year due to reductions in the incidence of respiratory and cardiovascular diseases (associated with air pollution from burning fossil fuels).»

Britain has just announced an emissions reduction target of 50 % by 2025.

The NSW government has adopted an emissions reduction target of zero net emissions by 2050.

California dairy farmers — from the nation's leading agricultural state — are facing pressure to lower methane emissions under the state's ambitious new greenhouse gas reduction laws, which include methane emission reduction targets of 40 percent below 2013 levels by 2030.

Dairy farmers in California are already facing pressure to lower methane emissions under the state's ambitious new greenhouse gas reduction laws, which include methane emission reduction targets of 40 % below 2013 levels by 2030.

One of the Korea's commitments to the international community, GHG emission reduction target of 30 % Business as Usual (BAU) by 2020, is being underestimated by the government.

Queensland has adopted emission reduction targets of 30 % below 2005 levels by 2030 and zero net emissions by 2050 in order to do its «fair share in the global effort to arrest damaging climate change».

A few states have set ghg emissions reduction targets of 80 % by 2050.

The new website includes information about the composition of the Alliance, member commitments, and guiding principles, while providing updates on the progress members are making to meet or exceed the emission reductions targets of the Paris Agreement.

Ukraine associates with Copenhagen Accord under the following conditions: - To have the agreed position of the developed countries on quantified emissions reduction targets of the Annex I countries; - To keep the status of Ukraine as a country with economy in transition and relevant preferences arising from such status; - To keep the existing flexible mechanisms of the Kyoto Protocol; - To keep 1990 as the single base year for calculating Parties commitments; - To use provisions of Article 3.13 of the Kyoto Protocol for calculation of the quantified emissions reduction of the Annex I countries of the Kyoto Protocol for the relevant commitment period.

In this context both sides believe that, while striving for final legal agreement, an agreed outcome at Copenhagen should, based on the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities, include emission reduction targets of developed countries and nationally appropriate mitigation actions of developing countries.

Also receiving kudos is the nation's long - term emission reduction target of at least 80 % below 1990 levels by 2050, though its mid-term strategy was less impressive, not going beyond the unambitious EU proposals.

``... by tying the emission reduction targets of both countries together in a bilateral deal, the President is making sure that his successor will have to weigh any desire to break these commitments against the risks of alienating America most important trading partner.»

Not exact matches

In World Bank fashion, he set out targets for 2020, 2030 and 2040, with an ultimate goal of an 80 percent reduction in carbon emissions by 2050.

Other countries now have until the beginning of February to decide whether they will join the accord; if they do, then they must also delineate their own emission - reduction targets.

An agreement recognized the province had already met Canada's target of a 30 per cent reduction in emissions from 2005 by 2030.

The British think tank Chatham House says that merely applying existing recommendations from health bodies to limit meat consumption would generate a quarter of the remaining emissions reductions needed to keep global warming below 2 degrees Celsius, a key target of the Paris talks.

However, the government added, such targets should be «ambitious enough to lead to absolute reductions in emissions and thus support the establishment of a fixed cap on emissions.»

Emissions reductions: The intensity target doesn't guarantee a reduction in the absolute level of emissions, the Pembina InstituEmissions reductions: The intensity target doesn't guarantee a reduction in the absolute level of emissions, the Pembina Instituemissions, the Pembina Institute notes.

From a climate point of view, the key expectation of Friday's meeting was that it would deliver enough emission reductions to hit Canada's 2030 target.

Opinion: The B.C. NDP's changes in the budget update still fall short of what is needed for the province to meet its emissions reduction targets

By providing a breakdown of the remaining emissions by sector, this analysis can help identify what additional GHG reduction policies are required to achieve these targets.

«This analysis highlights the extent of the gap between B.C.'s legislated emission reduction targets and where this initial plan takes us.

Japan, home to Kyoto, has proposed such a small emissions reduction target for itself that they have almost opted out of the debate.

Paul Bulcke, chief executive of Nestle, supports the move to drive the European Union to toughen greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets.

The National Energy Guarantee purports to deliver the twin goals of meeting the emissions reduction target Australia signed up to in Paris in 2005 and making energy affordable and reliable again.

But we don't yet have a national emissions reduction target that any credible expert believes is capable of delivering on our Paris commitments for the machinery to deliver.

The Low Emissions Technology Roadmap provides an independent, science - based analysis of the technology options in the energy sector that can help Australia meet its 2030 emissions reduction target and create new opportunities for local Emissions Technology Roadmap provides an independent, science - based analysis of the technology options in the energy sector that can help Australia meet its 2030 emissions reduction target and create new opportunities for local emissions reduction target and create new opportunities for local industry.

An independent, science - based analysis of the technology options in the energy sector that can help Australia meet its 2030 emissions reduction target

They include: high levels of degraded soils; reductions in irrigation quotas to restore the health of the Murray - Darling system; the re-forestation of some agricultural land to meet emissions reductions targets; the impacts of peak oil, such as the diversion of food crops into feed - stock for biofuels; and the price and crop yield implications of peak phosphorous, given Australia's dependence on imported fertilisers.

Achieved and made significant progress in natural resource reduction targets including meeting its normalized greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction goal and nearly meeting its energy use reduction target four years ahead of its 2020 deadline.

The Climate Change Act 2008 sets legally binding emission reduction targets for 2020 (reduction of 34 % in greenhouse gas emissions) and for 2050 (reduction of at least 80 percent in greenhouse gas emissions); the Act also introduces five - yearly carbon budgets to help ensure these targets are met.

The aim of the mechanism is to stimulate sustainable development and emissions reductions, whilst at the same time giving industrialised countries flexibility to meet their emission reduction limitation targets.

It adds: «This target may therefore be seen as a litmus test of the government's determination to meet the reductions in carbon emissions to which the UK is currently statutorily committed».

While New York is on track to meet its federal emissions reduction target, the loss of two or more reactors would make it considerably more difficult.

Additional action to achieve the 2025 target represents a substantial acceleration of the current pace of greenhouse gas emission reductions.

Achieving the 2025 target will require a further emission reduction of 9 - 11 % beyond our 2020 target compared to the 2005 baseline and a substantial acceleration of the 2005 - 2020 annual pace of reduction, to 2.3 - 2.8 percent per year, or an approximate doubling;» Substantial global emission reductions are needed to keep the global temperature rise below 2 degrees Celsius, and the 2025 target is consistent with a path to deep decarbonization.

Based on this work, Erie County will set GHG reduction targets and develop a Climate Action & Sustainability Plan (CASP) to incorporate GHG emission reduction into the daily culture of County operations.

This target is consistent with a straight line emission reduction pathway from 2020 to deep, economy - wide emission reductions of 80 % or more by 2050.

They have not been included in the Bill's target of an 80 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, however.

Unison is calling on the government to impose a target of an 80 per cent cut in carbon emissions, warning a 60 per cent reduction will still see global temperatures rise by as much as five degrees.

Second, the Kyoto Protocol takes the long - term objective of stabilization of GHG concentrations and transforms it into a short - term target on emissions reductions, with no clear link between the two.

Worldwide, carbon storage has the capability to provide more than 15 percent of the emissions reductions needed to limit the rise in atmospheric CO2 to 450 parts per million by 2050, an oft - cited target associated with a roughly 50 - percent chance of keeping global warming below 2 degrees, but that would involve 3,200 projects sequestering some 150 gigatons of CO2, says Juho Lipponen, who heads the CCS unit of the International Energy Agency in Paris.

This decrease is about five times larger than the annual emissions reduction target for the first commitment period (2008 - 2012) of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change.

The work found that the most cost effective strategy for the tourism industry to meet the United Nations» recommended targets of reducing carbon emissions, includes a combination of strategic energy saving and renewable energy initiatives within the industry and buying carbon offsets from other parts of the global economy where emission reductions can be done at less cost.

The new study, led by Professor Scott, found that the most cost effective strategy for the tourism industry to meet the United Nations» recommended targets of reducing carbon emissions, includes a combination of strategic energy saving and renewable energy initiatives within the industry and buying carbon offsets from other parts of the global economy where emission reductions can be done at less cost.

«Only a plan that combines carbon pricing with ambitious regulations in every sector of the economy will result in emissions reductions deep enough to reach our current climate targets and put Canada on a path to exceeding those targets.»

And while China is still not committed to absolute emissions reductions in global climate negotiations, experts say its «intensity - based» U.N. carbon reduction targets, which are based on improving the relative efficiency of industrial processes, could be as effective as Western - style absolute cuts in emissions.