Sentences with phrase «emissions result from»

They note that the company, «calculated its carbon emissions across every stage in the product lifecycle,» and that «this comprehensive, supply chain view is important because approximately 75 % of FIJI Water's emissions result from the operations of supply chain partners, e.g. raw materials suppliers, rather than from the company's own operations.»
The country is among the world's top five emitters of carbon dioxide when emissions from land use are included — roughly sixty percent of its emissions result from deforestation.
10 % of global CO2 emissions result from swamp destruction December 10, 2007 More than 10 percent of annual carbon dioxide emissions result from the degradation and destruction of peat swamps, reports the first comprehensive global assessment on the links between peatland degradation and climate change.
Production activities are responsible for significant social and environmental impacts — for example, over 50 % of global greenhouse gas emissions result from the cradle - to - factory journey...
Addressing the atmospheric concentrations of GHGs, Saudi Arabia cautioned against «giving policy makers the message that CO2 drives global warming» and further highlighted that not all CO2 emissions result from fossil fuel combustion.
As up to 20 percent of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions result from deforestation, the reduction of emissions from deforestation and degradation of forests (REDD) is a major theme of the ongoing negotiations under the UNFCCC.
With regard to the PRC, a considerable proportion of current emissions result from manufacture for export to the rich world; and more fundamentally, it is arguable that China is now an integral part of the capitalist world - system (although the USSR was not).
Some 15 % of global carbon emissions result from deforestation and forest degradation, which releases carbon dioxide to the atmosphere as trees are destroyed.
Recognizing that carbon emissions resulting from consumption of these fuels is driving catastrophic global climate change, my role as leader of the company is to ensure that Virgin provides financial support to non-profit groups that are exploring renewable energy and seeking market - based solutions to climate change, like the Carbon War Room.
This reflects the use of petroleum products, biomass combustion, fertilizer and other emissions resulting from the farm's operation.
«However, an exact figure for global CO ₂ emissions resulting from the infant formula industry is not known,» says Alison Linnecar, author of the report, «partly because the CO ₂ emissions per liter vary between countries.
However, for the period 2010 - 2012, more than half of China's export emissions resulted from the growth in foreign trade to developing countries.
The authors call for more attention to be paid to emissions resulting from increasing trade between developing countries, largely due to the rapid development in south - south trade — trade with and among developing countries — which has seen the share of developing economies in international trade grow.
A 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report stated that 19 percent of greenhouse gas emissions resulted from industry in 2004, according to the Environmental Protection Agency's website.
Sparrow calls the spot «ground zero» for oceanic methane emissions resulting from ocean warming.
Programs and policies to reduce tropical deforestation, and the global warming emissions resulting from deforestation, are seeing broad success in 17 countries across four continents, according to a new report from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS).
The region also has vast areas of forest land that are converted each year to agricultural and other uses, making land use change and reduction of emissions resulting from deforestation a top priority for the region.
Carbon sequestration is a promising strategy for mitigating carbon dioxide emissions resulting from human activity.
The scores are tabulated by combining a vehicle's tailpipe emissions, with the emissions resulting from the vehicle's manufacturing process, and factors related to how its fuel source (s) are produced and delivered.
««A user that purchasers fewer than 22.5 books per year would take longer to neutralize the emissions resulting from the e-reader, and even longer to help reduce emissions attributed to the publishing industry,» according to the study.»
The Cleantech Group argues that the electronic reader industry can make a significant impact once people start transitioning from paper media en masse: «A user that purchasers fewer than 22.5 books per year would take longer to neutralize the emissions resulting from the e-reader, and even longer to help reduce emissions attributed to the publishing industry,» according to the study.
I once pointed out to an academic from a developed nation that the emissions resulting from their country's two - car households had been accumulating in the atmosphere for decades.
The talk of CO2 emissions plateauing over the last few years concerns only the emissions resulting from fossil - fuel use.
The UT study, which only deals with the extraction phase of the natural gas supply chain, is the opening chapter in this broader scientific effort designed to advance the current understanding of the climate implications of methane emissions resulting from the U.S. natural gas boom.
The company estimates customer savings of approximately $ 20 million and 220 million kilowatt - hours in 2010 and 2011 combined, the equivalent of annual CO2 emissions resulting from energy use of more than 10,000 home.»
U.S. carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions resulting from energy use during the first quarter of 2012 were the lowest in two decades for any January - March period.
But it adds an even greater financial disadvantage to solar and cancels out a part of the reduction in CO2 emissions resulting from the solar plant.
This is a detailed quantification of all greenhouse gas emissions resulting from the Orchestra's activities.
Their analyses, first published in 2008 and recently updated, underscored the importance of accounting for greenhouse gas emissions resulting from:
This WRI / WBCSD report explains how to quantify reductions in greenhouse gas emissions resulting from projects that either generate or reduce the consumption of electricity transmitted over power grids.
Solvent and Other Product Use Emissions resulting from the use of solvents and other products containing volatile compounds.
In 2014, the Council measured its emissions and adopted the Emissions Management and Reduction Plan to reduce the emissions resulting from the Council's own operations.
The category «National Total» does not include emissions resulting from fuel sold for use in ships or aircrafts engaged in international transport (international bunker fuel emissions).
Authorizes the EPA Administrator to study: (1) the extent to which petroleum - based or coal - based liquid or gaseous fuel, petroleum coke, natural gas liquid, or natural gas are used as feedstocks in manufacturing processes to produce products; and (2) the GHG emissions resulting from such uses.
International Bunkers Emissions resulting from fuel use in ships or aircrafts engaged in international transport.
This technical document aims to harmonize the methodology for calculating all direct and indirect greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions resulting from postal activities.
2) If you're using your car to go to the supermarket, start shopping online, since the carbon emissions resulting from the drive, and more specifically from maintaining the energy - guzzling environment of a retail shop are far greater than the emissions from home delivery.
-- For a covered entity described in section 700 (13)(F), (G), or (H), 1 emission allowance for each ton of carbon dioxide equivalent of greenhouse gas that such covered entity emitted in the previous calendar year, excluding emissions resulting from --
-- For a covered entity described in section 700 (13)(A), 1 emission allowance for each ton of carbon dioxide equivalent of greenhouse gas that such covered entity emitted in the previous calendar year, excluding emissions resulting from the combustion of --
-- For a covered entity described in section 700 (13)(I), 1 emission allowance for each ton of carbon dioxide equivalent of greenhouse gas that the devices emitted in the previous calendar year, excluding emissions resulting from the combustion of --
«(A) The Administrator may conduct a study to determine the extent to which petroleum - based or coal - based liquid or gaseous fuel, petroleum coke, natural gas liquid, or natural gas are used as feedstocks in manufacturing processes to produce products and the greenhouse gas emissions resulting from such uses.
A carbon footprint is a detailed quantification of of the greenhouse gas emissions resulting from particular activity.
For the compensation, First Climate calculated the team's carbon footprint, taking into account the emissions resulting from the journeys of the young players and their supporters to their outward games and back home during the season 2016/2017.
While oil palm can be grown sustainably, this is rarely the case in Indonesia, where Wetlands International estimates that production of one metric ton of palm oil will result in an average emission of 20 tons of carbon dioxide from peat decomposition alone, not including emissions resulting from production or combustion.
We use carbon neutral gas to offset unavoidable emissions resulting from the consumption of natural gas.
A coalition launched today at the climate talks in Lima aims to boost efforts to save billions of dollars and billions of tonnes of CO2 emissions each year by measuring and reporting reductions of greenhouse gas emissions resulting from projects and programmes that promote renewable energy and energy efficiency in developing countries.
«According to the Clathrate Gun Hypothesis (Kennett et al., submitted) episodic atmospheric CH4 emissions resulting from instability of the marine sedimentary methane hydrate (clathrate) reservoir contributed significantly to the distinctive behavior of late Quaternary climate on orbital (Milankovitch) and millennial time scales.
According to the GHG Protocol Corporate Standard, emissions resulting from the use of sold products may be included as Scope 3 emissions in an inventory.
The achievement is the first for a postsecondary - education facility in Canada, and means the carbon emissions resulting from the operations of the educational facility have been quantified, audited and offset.
Carbon credits have been purchased to offset carbon emissions resulting from this trip.
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