Sentences with phrase «emissions targets if»

With federal Labor promising to lift the emissions targets if it wins office at the next federal election, state Labor governments in Victor...

Also implied is that, even if we give them everything we say we will, developing countries may simply forget about their emission targets if they interfere with their «first and overriding priorities» of «economic and social development and poverty eradication.»

Emissions from the current approach of using natural gas to firm the power and «follow the load» (matching fluctuating demand with supply) could, on its own, exceed the emission target if California elects to rely predominantly on renewable energy.

Not exact matches

Of course, if oil companies don't take steps to reduce emissions, then their prediction that governments won't meet their targets is self - fulfilling.

Even if the ambitious targets of the world's biggest economies are met, and internal combustion engines give way to electric or other zero - emission vehicles by 2040, the total impact on global carbon dioxide emissions will be minimal, according to a new study released Tuesday.

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.

The Conservative majority suggests a business - as - usual trajectory for Canada's climate change ambitions: rapid oil sands expansions, soaring greenhouse gas emissions, reductions targets on paper, if nowhere else.

In December 2015, the world agreed to the Paris Accord; to slash greenhouse gas emissions to hold global average temperature increase to 1.5 degrees C (over what it was before the Industrial Revolution), and, if we miss that target, to as far below 2 degrees as possible.

No doubt about it: if they're built and filled, new pipelines would grow Canada's emissions and make it harder to hit our targets.

The B.C. Climate Leadership Team appointed by Christy Clark highlighted that increases to the carbon tax are necessary if B.C. is going to have a good shot at achieving its 2050 emissions reduction target (80 per cent below 2007 levels by 2050).

Reducing energy waste in manufacturing and improving production line efficiency is essential if manufacturers are to comply with mandatory greenhouse gas emissions regulations and EU targets - and it'll also help lower energy bills.

Caroline Lucas, leader of the Green party, said: «If we are serious about meeting UK and EU targets on climate emissions, we must halt airport expansion and say no to new airports - the government urgently needs to change its position on an extra runway at Heathrow and expansion at Stansted.»

More than a quarter of carbon emissions are emitted from homes and reducing individuals» carbon footprints will be crucial if the government is to meet targets - set down in the climate change bill - for reducing carbon emissions.

If the government is going to meet its emissions targets, it must get more people out of their cars and on to the railways.

«It's already too late for our breaking the European legal limits, but if we are to clean up London's dirty air we need this zone now, with a zero emission target.

«If we have as a result of this meeting Brazil announcing it will make an absolute emissions target, I don't think it will be a small thing,» Rittl said.

If nations hit their reduction targets, global carbon dioxide emissions would level off, even as electricity demand continues to rise.

Even if the United States implements all current and proposed policies, it would miss its 2025 target by as much as 1.5 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide per year — roughly 20 % of the nation's total emissions, according to the analysis published today in Nature Climate Change.

Houghton suggests this target could be met if developed countries cut their emissions by 20 per cent over the coming 25 years, while developing countries double theirs, to allow room for population growth and economic development.

A new study quantifies for the first time what happens to long - term policy options if mid-term emissions targets are not met

«We must expand our focus and devise strategies that target the biogenic emissions of these other greenhouse gases if we are to change the course of climate change.»

Butler showed that if every person in the world ate 50 g of red meat and 40 g of white meat per day by 2050, greenhouse gas emissions from meat production would stabilise at 2005 levels — a target cited in national plans for agricultural emissions.

But if world leaders will not accept new targets for cutting emissions — and timetables to achieve them — then many believe that political progress is impossible.

The numerous rules will address issues such as how countries will track and report their emissions and have them verified, all in a transparent way; how countries will be required to communicate their future emissions - reduction plans as well as their pledges for funding adaptation efforts; and if and how market mechanisms, such as emissions trading between countries, will be applied to national targets.

* A study published in Nature Climate Change earlier this month suggests that if the UK increased farm yields in line with what experts believe is possible, and turned spared land into forest and wetland, the resulting carbon «sink» could balance out the nation's agricultural emissions by 2050 — in line with government targets.

A new study, published today in Nature Climate Change, suggests that — if current trends continue — food production alone will reach, if not exceed, the global targets for total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2050.

-- If the Secretary finds that a metropolitan planning organization has failed to develop, submit or publish its emission reduction targets and strategies, the Secretary shall not certify that the requirements of this section are met with respect to the metropolitan planning process of such organization.».

In their paper, Brown and Zarin further conclude that reducing gross deforestation will usually result in better outcomes «if the intent is to reduce carbon emissions, conserve biodiversity, and protect hydrological services» because net deforestation targets are often ambiguous in these areas.

-- If the Secretary finds that a State has failed to develop, submit or publish its emission reduction targets and strategies, the Secretary shall not certify that the requirements of this section are met with respect to the statewide planning process of such State.».

Resource - conserving cropping practices from WHEAT, such as more targeted use of nitrogen fertilizers or sowing wheat into untilled soils and crop residues, can raise wheat farmers» incomes while curbing greenhouse gas emissions, if widely adopted, he added.

«Highly scalable negative emission technologies are crucial if we are to stay below the 2 °C target of the international community,» he said.

The longevity of global warming (Fig. 9) and the implausibility of removing the warming if it is once allowed to penetrate the deep ocean emphasize the urgency of slowing emissions so as to stay close to the 500 GtC target.

According to Hans - Otto Pörtner, co-coordinator of BIOACID, marine ecophysiologist at Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research and Co-Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group II, all countries would need to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions drastically by the middle of this century if they wish to reach the Paris climate targets.

It will basically allocate a certain amount of carbon emissions to corporations, and if they come in under their targets, they will be able to sell these credits to corporations that need more carbon.

I honestly believe more auto - makers would provide a manual option if emissions targets weren't so difficult to reach and the monetary cost - benefit was a little better.

Although adding electric powertrains to the mix might seem a bit risky, it's necessary if Aston wants to meet emissions targets and still offer its trademark V - 12 engines.

There may also be upfront and ongoing costs for the project and financial penalties payable to the aggregator if the agreed or expected emission reduction targets are not met.

If countries negotiate targets and timetables for emissions curbs based on their quotient of super-polluters, using whatever means each prefers, that might get around some of the political barriers that rise when simply comparing countries, the authors say.

In a distributed statement, Fatih Birol, chief economist at the energy agency and the director of the annual World Energy Outlook, said that trends in emissions meant the world was running out of time if leaders were serious about meeting targets pledged in recent sessions of climate treaty negotiations.

I'm convinced that if the U.S. had come to Copenhagen with science - based emission targets, it would have been a game changer.

-- We have made a factual error by asserting, «If the world is to avoid climate calamity, it needs to reduce its carbon emissions by 80 percent by the middle of this century — a target that is simply out of reach with existing technology.»

Question: If we do model future temperatures based on CO2 emission scenarios, then how can we target a future temperature without targeting CO2 emissions at the same time?

Ma also calculated the expected number of premature deaths in China in the future if the country meets its current targets to restrict coal combustion and emissions through a combination of energy policies and pollution controls.

If it is China, then all the more reason to support China's low - carbon growth policies, to demand more nuclear / hydro / CCS / wind etc and to work as hard as possible at crafting a truly global emissions treaty that will include targets of some sort for all major emitters.

But if we fail to reduce at the required rate — and the inadequate emissions targets indicate this is the intention — then we will be left with no option but to scrub the excess CO2 back out of the atmosphere in future.

Furthermore, if you are talking about a 70 % reduction in CO2 emissions over 1990 levels (a reasonable target, but I do look forward to seeing the new IPCC outcomes for different emissions scenarios) then you can still use fossil fuels to meet that 30 % demand.

He said the targets were in line with a long - term trajectory for emissions that scientists had defined as avoiding the worst risks, but only if all countries — including emerging economic powers among developing countries — did their part, as well.

The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) set a target of 50 per cent cut in carbon emissions compared to if the Olympics was built business as usual.

Holding concentrations or temperature (more remotely) to a particular target therefore means limiting cumulative emissions of, say, carbon over time... a limited amount of time if we are talking about an iterative approach, and over a long period of time if we are talking about reducing the likelihood of some very nasty consequences well after we (but not our grandchildren — if we are lucky enough to have some) are gone.

We included it in our analysis and observed that many of the temperature targets that negotiators contemplate would be impossible if no action were taken to limit emissions of heat trapping gasses before 2035.