On Twitter, Peters posted a graph comparing India's projected
emissions under current policies (the purple line) with what'd be required under «inertia» or «equity» scenarios for staying below 2 °C:
Not exact matches
Incorporating a pricing mechanism into our climate
policy would likely be more efficient at driving down greenhouse gas
emissions at a lower cost than the
current policy of regulating such
emissions under the Clean Air Act.
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Under current policies, we estimate that energy use and CO2
emissions would increase by a third by 2020 and almost double by 2050.
The analysis finds that a single
policy tool — fossil fuel subsidy removal — could deliver
emissions reductions equivalent to one - quarter of all
current country commitments
under the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change.
It provides an outlook for global development and carbon
emissions for the 21st century
under current policy, including the pledges that were made for the Paris Climate Conference in December.
Jim D, let's review the respective roles, as identified
under current environmental law, of the EPA, the Executive Branch, and the Congress in setting public
policy as it applies to managing the
emissions of substances identified as pollutants.
Current policies must be augmented to achieve the
emission reductions required
under the Kyoto Protocol and even more action will be required to stabilise greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere.»
The latter are taken from projections of what future
emissions will be
under «business as usual» or
under current policies.
The report suggests looking at
emissions by the industrial sector — the third - largest emitter — which
under current policies are expected to increase by 18 percent by 2025.
Note that the red line shows what Canada's
emissions would be
under an imaginary government that had even less climate - friendly
policies than the
current Conservative government.
The figure represents the difference between the estimated $ 4.8 tn of investment needed to meet global fossil fuel demand between 2018 and 2025
under current climate
policies and the $ 3.3 tn that would be required if the Paris agreement on reducing carbon
emissions was fully implemented.