Sentences with phrase «emissions trading initiatives»

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This year, China may unveil its own emissions trading system, which could be the largest carbon pricing initiative in the world.

Even the typically sluggish United States seems poised to adopt some form of emissions trading scheme, with all three presidential candidates stating their support for some permutation of a carbon trading initiative.

After graduation and a decade - long stint in management consulting, Drayton was appointed the assistant administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, where he led an initiative to institute an emissions trading policy, also known as «cap - and - trade.»

CAP AND TRADE: Proceeds from the cap - and - trade system — which is designed to reduce Ontario's greenhouse gas emissions — are projected to be $ 1.9 billion in 2017 — up from last year's projection of $ 1.3 billion — and will be used to invest in green projects and climate change initiatTRADE: Proceeds from the cap - and - trade system — which is designed to reduce Ontario's greenhouse gas emissions — are projected to be $ 1.9 billion in 2017 — up from last year's projection of $ 1.3 billion — and will be used to invest in green projects and climate change initiattrade system — which is designed to reduce Ontario's greenhouse gas emissions — are projected to be $ 1.9 billion in 2017 — up from last year's projection of $ 1.3 billion — and will be used to invest in green projects and climate change initiatives.

Basically acting as a policy instrument, this sort of cap - and - trade initiative provides economic incentives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

And it's underwriting the program with some of the fees collected through the state's cap and trade program and placed in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF), so the initiative is essentially turning industry emissions into low carbon energy.

Taken together, these initiatives to combat global warming now cover areas that include half the U.S. population, and state governments are already considering how to harmonize regional trading systems with each other, as well as with the European Union's emissions - trading scheme.

Based on Scenario A we are already about 10 % over the predicted emissions if we did nothing in spite of the fact that $ billions have been spent on Kyoto initiatives and carbon trading, so in spite of our efforts to slow down the rate of emissions because China and other rapidly developing economies are politically excluded from Kyoto; this has served no purpose in reducing CO2 emissions.

One Planet Living principle Masdar Target ZERO CARBON 100 per cent of energy supplied by renewable energy — Photovoltaics, concentrated solar power, wind, waste to energy and other technologies ZERO WASTE 99 per cent diversion of waste from landfill (includes waste reduction measures, re-use of waste wherever possible, recycling, composting, waste to energy) SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT Zero carbon emissions from transport within the city; implementation of measures to reduce the carbon cost of journeys to the city boundaries (through facilitating and encouraging the use of public transport, vehicle sharing, supporting low emissions vehicle initiatives) SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS Specifying high recycled materials content within building products; tracking and encouraging the reduction of embodied energy within material sand throughout the construction process; specifying the use of sustainable materials such as Forest Stewardship Council certified timber, bamboo and other products SUSTAINABLE FOOD Retail outlets to meet targets for supplying organic food and sustainable and or fair trade products SUSTAINABLE WATER Per capita water consumption to be at least 50 per cent less than the national average; all waste water to be re-used HABITATS AND WILDLIFE All valuable species to be conserved or relocated with positive mitigation targets CULTURE AND HERITAGE Architecture to integrate local values.

Leonard had long supported unsuccessful efforts to get Congress to adopt some form of carbon cap and trade initiative, where the federal government would enforce a slowly lowering cap on emissions, with some companies selling reductions beyond their cap levels to others that were likely to violate the cap.

The measures include a cap and trade program covering 85 percent of the state's emissions, incentives for utilities to generate electricity from renewable sources, funding for a high - speed rail, deployment of a massive solar power initiative, and new building codes to reduce waste and improve energy efficiency.

The effect of these initiatives and policies on mitigation is currently also small, but there is some evidence that trade pacts that are accompanied by environmental agreements have had some impact on reducing emissions within the trading bloc.

I watched Penny Wong on the 7:30 report defending the government's emissions trading scheme against the criticism, made here and elsewhere, that initiatives such as the government's home insulation scheme will have no effect except to reduce the price of permits and therefore the costs faced by large emitters.

The European Union launched the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) in 2005 to reduce emissions in the bloc, also providing a mechanism for handling offsets — mostly anticipating the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), which came into effect in 2008, but also to handle offsets from other cap - and - trade iniEmissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) in 2005 to reduce emissions in the bloc, also providing a mechanism for handling offsets — mostly anticipating the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), which came into effect in 2008, but also to handle offsets from other cap - and - trade iniemissions in the bloc, also providing a mechanism for handling offsets — mostly anticipating the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), which came into effect in 2008, but also to handle offsets from other cap - and - trade initiatives.

Unlike the LCFS, California's Cap - and - Trade Program generates significant revenue, which can be used for various initiatives to reduce emissions, including transportation projects aimed at communities burdened by pollution from nearby refineries and roads.

Other topics covered during the meeting included options to reform the European Emissions Trading System (ETS) to ensure strong signals are in place to incentivise energy investment and the need to foster multilateral technology cooperation through initiatives such as Mission Innovation.

Based upon it's conclusions, governments have implemented expensive carbon taxes and new overbearing regulations designed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, cap and trade schemes, a phased - in ban on incandescent light bulbs, the forced relocation of whole populations of people to make room for carbon credit producing plantations and numerous other far reaching and expensive initiatives.

Even the typically sluggish United States seems poised to adopt some form of emissions trading scheme, with all three presidential candidates stating their support for some permutation of a carbon trading initiative.