Sentences with phrase «extremely high emissions»

The issue is that concurrent with the pause in temperatures are extremely high emissions — one third of all human emissions having occurred since 1998.

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Hours earlier, Gregory Jaczko, the head of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, told Congress that spent fuel rods in Unit 4 of the plant had been exposed, resulting in the emission of «extremely high» levels of radiation.

In addition to the new engine, Mazda has also announced that it will begin electrifying its cars in 2019 but focus on markets it calls «regions that use a high ratio of clean energy for power generation or restrict certain vehicles to reduce air pollution» (read: markets with extremely strict emissions standards).

There isn't another solution because in a global world the development costs are extremely high due to the more and more severe standards regarding safety and emissions.

With the hybrid drive system offering this wide range of individual modes and applications, the 918 Spyder is able either to achieve lap times comparable to those of a thoroughbred racing car, or the extremely low emissions and high fuel economy figures of a plug - in hybrid.

Although turnover data from reservoir systems is extremely sparse (but see Bastien et al. 2011, Demarty et al. 2011, Beaulieu et al. 2014), in lakes, turnover flux may account for an average of 35 % (and a range of less than 1 % to 70 %) of annual CH4 emissions, with the highest contribution from small systems (Michmerhuizen et al. 1996, Bastviken et al. 2004, Jammet et al. 2015).

The problem that automakers face is that the market, the customer base, has little desire for vehicles which get extremely high gas mileage and / or extremely low carbon emissions; especially if they cost more or suffer a reduction in size.

To sum up: a rise in temperature of 2 degrees C (3.6 degrees F) will be extremely dangerous; a rise of 4 degrees C (7.2 degrees F) or higher could threaten civilization; the only way to avoid 2 degrees C — or even 4 degrees C — is a massive crash program that will likely involve, for the rich, industrialized countries of the world, peaking emissions in 2015 and declining them 10 percent year - on - year after that.

The essence of the declaration is a recognition by financial institutions from around the globe that anthropogenic climate change is real, the cost of inaction will be extremely high, financial institutions must take greater action and integrate climate change into their everyday decision - making, and governments need to do more, namely set ambitious, long - term targets for emissions reduction.

At this point enough is settled to justify regarding the risk of continued emissions over the next 50 years as extremely high.

The most recent International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report states that «leveraging the mitigation potential in the [forest and agriculture] sector is extremely important in meeting emission reduction targets (robust evidence; high agreement).»

The 10 % per year front end emissions reductions of Hansen's half - reforestation plan or Anderson's base plan (even though it is based on the 2 C political target) will result in GDP reductions on the order of 6 - 7 % per year initially, which will decline EXTREMELY gradually as high carbon sources are replaced by low carbon sources.