Sentences with phrase «equivalent emissions by»

But Die Welt's Wetzel notes that doing so would mean Germany cutting it's CO2 equivalent emissions by some 40 %, or 350 million tonnes, within the next 12 years.

All told, those moves have reduced my CO2 equivalent emissions by 8 tons / yr.

An ambitious HFC agreement has the potential to avoid 100 billion CO2 - equivalent emissions by 2050 and 0.5 °C warming by 2100, significantly contributing towards the goals of the landmark Paris Agreement last year and eliminating the use of some of the most potent greenhouse gases in existence.

The stakes for full implementation are high — the agreement is expected to prevent up to 80 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent emissions by 2050, which could prevent up to 0.5 degrees Celsius in warming.

Not exact matches

Since 2015, the World Bank, via Anita Marangoly George, former senior director of Global Practice on Energy and Extractive Industries, has pushed to eliminate «a huge amount of greenhouse gas, equivalent to the emissions of 77 million cars,» by 2030.

An Environmental Defense Fund - commissioned study by consultancy ICF International found that Canada's oil and gas industry could achieve a 45 per cent methane emission reduction at an average cost of $ 2.76 per tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent.

To date, O'Brien says that Earth Angel has diverted 3,000 tons of waste from landfills, donated 90 tons of material to local charities, donated 55,000 meals to shelters and food banks, avoided over a million single - use plastic water bottles, and prevented 6,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent by using recycled paper, limiting transportation emissions, and implementing «Meatless Monday» initiatives.

Over the last year, the Carbon Trust has worked with companies including Allied Bakeries, Dairy Crest, Cadbury and Nestle to identify more energy efficient manufacturing processes with the potential to cut industry carbon emissions by some 450,000 tonnes a year: equivalent to taking more than 150,000 cars off the road.

From January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2011 (the period covered by our verification), the project removed from the atmosphere 413,000 metric tons of carbon equivalent — equal to the annual emissions of nearly 69,000 compact cars.

the US would reduce greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to 1.2 million tons of CO2, as much as produced by all of France.

International nonprofit GRAIN has revealed that the world's top 10 dairy companies emitted roughly 231Mt (million tons) of CO2 in 2016, the equivalent of half of France's total GHG footprint and a quarter of the emissions emitted by Germany.

The digester has significantly reduced methane emissions by over 1,600 metric tons of CO2e each year — equivalent to eliminating the annual greenhouse gas emissions from about 350 passenger cars.

Just by changing the way we farm, by stopping deep tilling, mono - cropping, and chemical fertilizer use — the Climate Collaborative estimates regenerative carbon farming practices could mitigate as much as 4 billion to 6 billion tons of CO2 equivalents a year or 10 percent to 12 percent of global human - caused emissions.

Only the EU Emissions Trading System and the carbon price floor were opposed by a clear majority of voters from across the political spectrum, though even then it is highly doubtful that very much political capital can be gained by abolishing measures equivalent to an annual average cost of # 13 per household, (see pie chart graph).

The party forecasts the equivalent of 9.3 million tonnes of CO2 emissions per year being cut in reductions to greenhouse gases by 2020.

Erie County and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority («NYSERDA») have announced the development of a Climate Action and Sustainability Plan for internal county operations which is expected to save more than $ 700,000 in energy costs and reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 5,300 metric tons of carbon dioxide by 2020, equivalent to taking 925 cars off the road.

If all those lamps were LED equivalents, enough power would be saved to light 17.4 million American households and cut carbon emissions by 5.6 million metric tons annually, according to the Energy Department.

House Democrats said that by 2020, the program would achieve additional emission reductions equivalent to 10 percent of U.S. emissions in 2005.

A recent report found that high - speed rail in the Midwest would reduce air travel by 1.3 million trips and car travel by 5.1 million trips per year by 2020, saving 188,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions (equivalent to taking 34,000 cars off the road while still getting everyone to and from work).

In Switzerland, the government passed a law requiring that from 1 August 2016, biofuels must cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40 % relative to fossil - fuel equivalents.

A study by the alliance, a nonprofit group supported by the banking industry, claims that if just 2 percent of American households switched from paper to electronic billing, more than 180,000 trees would be spared and greenhouse gas emissions would be reduced by the equivalent to taking 32,572 cars off the road.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that the use of landfill - gas - to - energy projects reduces greenhouse gas emissions by the equivalent of taking 16 million passenger cars off the road.

Also, the carbon dioxide emissions from powering 15 computers are equivalent to those produced by one car.

Comprehensive statistics on the system won't be available till Fall, but ITDP said that according to an accounting method being developed by the U.N. Environment Programme, Guangzhou's BRT reduces about 20,000 tons of CO2 a year — the equivalent of the emissions from about 4,000 cars in the United States.

Ultimately, the EPA estimates that the rules will reduce CO2 emissions by nearly one billion metric tons, or roughly equivalent to taking 30 million cars and light trucks off the roads.

While overall emissions of greenhouse gases from CDP's «Global 500» have shrunk from 4.2 billion to 3.6 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent since 2009, the index's 50 largest - emitting firms have actually seen greenhouse gas emissions rise by 1.65 percent over the same period, the organization has found.

On top of all this, Azolla has the capacity to trap an astounding amount of carbon, at maximum rates sequestering 60 tons a year of CO2 per hectare, equivalent to the emissions of almost two hours of flight by a Boeing 747.

EMISSIONS of sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides from shipping in the English Channel are «almost equivalent to those of Denmark», according to a study of marine pollution by Lloyd's Register.

«We show that even if deforestation had completely halted in 2010, time lags ensured there would still be a carbon emissions debt equivalent to five to ten years of global deforestation and an extinction debt of more than 140 bird, mammal, and amphibian forest - specific species, which, if paid, would increase the number of 20th century extinctions in these groups by 120 percent,» says Isabel Rosa (@isamdr86) of the Imperial College of London.

As supercritical technology becomes more mainstream and power generators normally improve on the efficiency of even their oldest plants over the course of operations, the loophole allows plants requesting CDM credits to exaggerate the calculated emissions avoided by millions of tons of CO2 - equivalent gases, the panel warns.

If Americans in the highest - impact group shifted their diets to align with the U.S. average — by consuming fewer overall calories and relying less on meat — the one - day greenhouse - gas emissions reduction would be equivalent to eliminating 661 million passenger - vehicle miles, according to the researchers.

According to an analysis from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), released in December, more aggressive policies like these could cut emissions from fossil fuel plants by 26 per cent, from 2005 levels, by 2020 — equivalent to an additional 10 per cent shaved off total US emissions.

Launched in mid-2010 after 3 years of technical consultation, the Yasuni ITT project was lauded by foreign governments and environmental groups as an innovative way to fight global warming: Not exploiting the Ishpingo - Tambococha - Tiputini (ITT) oilfields in Yasuni National Park will, according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), prevent the emissions of around 410 million metric tons of carbon dioxide — equivalent to the annual emissions of France and accounting for 20 % of Ecuador's known oil reserves.

Together, these measures could reduce emissions from energy use by about 3.1 gigatons of carbon - dioxide equivalent by 2020, the authors argue.

I criticized this statement, noting that the actual emissions from U.S. coal - burning power plants declined only from 16.1 million tons to 12.4 million tons between 1980 and 1998 in the case of sulfur dioxide and from 6.1 million tons to 5.4 million tons between 1980 and 1998 in the case of nitrogen oxides (mostly emitted as NO, not NO2, but by convention measured as tons of NO2 - equivalent).

The environmental group estimates that if all Americans adopted 14 such steps over the next decade the country would avoid one billion metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 — or the equivalent of the entire annual greenhouse gas emissions of Germany.

-- For a covered entity described in section 700 (13)(C), 1 emission allowance for each ton of carbon dioxide equivalent of fossil fuel - based carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, or any other fluorinated gas that is a greenhouse gas (except for nitrogen trifluoride), or any combination thereof, produced or imported by such covered entity during the previous calendar year for sale or distribution in interstate commerce.

If we embark on a path that is equivalent to setting emissions to zero now (say by having a period of negative emissions in the 2035 to 2050 time frame), and call the sequestration we accomplish mitigation then mitigation can arrest climate change, make adaptation unneeded and bring us to a safe concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere as Hansen has pointed out.

The amount of carbon that could be released to the atmosphere by this savannization process is significantâ equivalent to several years of worldwide carbon emissions â and could accelerate climate change processes already in place.

In turn, this renewable fuel could reduce emissions in the state by the equivalent of 4.6 trillion tons of carbon dioxide.

More than a third of the EU's 2020 climate target will be delivered by cities, equivalent to 240 million tonnes of CO2 emission reductions (JRC, 2016).

Help reduce agriculture - related greenhouse gas emissions in rice - based farming systems by at least 28.4 megatons carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent / year by 2022 and by a further 28.4 megatons CO2 equivalent / year by 2030, compared to business - as - usual scenarios.

Over what time period might this savannization process release carbon «equivalent to several years of worldwide carbon emissions», and how does that affect the assessment offered by Gore, Hansen and others that we have perhaps ten years in which to substantially reduce CO2 emissions to avoid irreversible catastrophic warming?

A 46 % reduction in methane by 2050 would have an equivalent climate forcing benefit of eliminating all CO2 emissions until 2050.

The school will use up to 80 per cent less energy than a conventionally built equivalent facility, reducing carbon emissions by 60 per cent without the use of renewable energy.

As auto makers, federal policy makers and environmentalists get ready to craft the next round of U.S. corporate average fuel economy, Tonkin raps an Environmental Protection Agency proposal to improve fuel - economy and carbon - dioxide - emissions reductions equivalent by as much as 62 mpg (3.9 L / 100 km).

Carbon dioxide emissions have fallen by 1,521 metric tons, which is equivalent to removing 279 cars from the road annually.

Engine efficiency, optimised aerodynamics and weight reduced by an average of 100 kilograms compared to the equivalent outgoing models mean that fuel consumption and emissions have been reduced by up to 11 per cent, depending on the engine variant.

This incredible hatchback is powered by an advanced electric motor that creates zero emissions and gives you the equivalent of 106mpg.

In addition, the ARB says this Honda model has lower greenhouse gas emissions than the fleet average standard required by all cars in 2025, the equivalent of a 50 - percent reduction from current required levels.