Sentences with phrase «gas emission targets»

The most useful thing in the entire issue is part of one of the figures in the article «Greenhouse - gas emission targets for limiting global warming to 2 °C» — which I've extracted and added to my must - have Powerpoint collection:

But it goes to show that we have a long way to go before any serious accord is reached on greenhouse gas emission targets — and Copenhagen is coming fast.

The disaster will substantially affect California's ability to meet greenhouse gas emission targets for the year, the researchers noted.

The CARB is also collaborating with both the CPUC and the Energy Commission to establish greenhouse gas emission targets, identify and adopt appropriate policies, rules, or regulations to achieve SB 350 goals, and make recommendations on how to make zero - emission and near - zero emission transportation options accessible to low - income customers.

This in itself may be reason enough for nuclear contractors to rub their hands with glee, as countries looking to meet greenhouse gas emission targets rush for their services.

After all, the country burns more coal than five years ago, has some of the highest household electricity bills in the developed world and will miss its 2020 greenhouse gas emission targets.

Banding together, a loose coalition has been formed, whose intent is to try and meet US greenhouse gas emission targets set by the pact without Washington, D.C.

This includes setting ambitious greenhouse gas emission targets across our entire value chain — operations, supply chain and products.

One of the European Union's most polluted members, Italy, in spite of various efforts to reduce emissions, is expected to exceed greenhouse gas emission targets.

The disaster will substantially impact California's ability to meet greenhouse gas emission targets for the year, the researchers said.

Regardless, the team emphasized that meeting upcoming greenhouse gas emission targets will require deeper emissions cuts than just building natural gas plants with low methane leakage.

What's more, the disaster will substantially affect California's ability to meet greenhouse gas emission targets for the year, the researchers noted.

VICTORIA — Premier Christy Clark admitted this week that she has steered British Columbia into failure when it comes to her government's greenhouse gas emission targets.

«The Trudeau administration still refuses to update Canada's Harper - era greenhouse gas emissions targets, which are among the weakest the developed world.

To spice things up, they'd include promises of a new pipeline training facility, a new school curriculum, a new relationship with Ottawa, new greenhouse gas emissions targets and better bitumen sands environmental performance.

The Obama administration is quietly working on new greenhouse gas emissions targets to deliver to the United Nations, even as it struggles to craft regulations that will enable the United States to meet its current carbon - cutting goals.

Without CCS, Hirst says, the UK will have to gradually shut down its gas - fired power stations, or risk missing its greenhouse gas emissions targets.

In Chile's case, the economic benefits of going green have also been heightened by a recent push from the presidency to meet the country's greenhouse gas emissions targets.

GCAM uses market forces to reach a specified greenhouse gas emission target by allowing global economics to put a price on carbon.

It is a first step, but what good is a temperature target without an accompanying greenhouse gas emissions target?

However, the government has not taken on a greenhouse gas emissions target, and its current energy efficiency targets don't qualify as particularly ambitious.

(05/18/2012) The palm oil industry has hired lobbying powerhouse Holland & Knight to help overturn the Environmental Protection Agency's finding that palm oil - based biodiesel fails to meet greenhouse gas emissions targets under the country's Renewable Fuels Standard, reports The Hill.

Utilities serving air quality nonattainment or maintenance areas, and utilities in states with greenhouse gas emissions targets, will find additional value in the potential environmental benefits of transportation electrification.

WASHINGTON — A draft of a climate bill that Senate Democrats will formally introduce on Wednesday suggests that the legislation will include a more ambitious greenhouse gas emissions target than one passed by the House.

As a developing country, India is not bound to set a greenhouse gas emissions target, but Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh said India has adopted what he called an «ambitious» National Action Plan on Climate Change with eight national missions covering both mitigation and adaptation.

«Current projections show that Canada is halfway to meeting» its 2020 greenhouse gas emissions target.

This paper evaluates the transparency of the greenhouse gas emissions targets presented in the INDCs of eight major emitters — Brazil, China, the European Union, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, and the United States — which, together, contribute nearly two - thirds of annual global emissions.

The only greenhouse gas emission target that really matters for climate change is the global emissions target.

The White House called its approach a crucial step to achieving the ambitious greenhouse - gas emissions targets President Obama announced last November in Beijing, but some environmental advocates said the plan, which relies heavily on voluntary efforts, failed to go far enough.

Among other things, says the CFR, we must «create a global consensus regarding the creation of major greenhouse gas emissions targets and isolating intransigent countries.»

As a result, the combination of APA and ACELA achieves less energy savings than ACES and increases the cost of meeting the greenhouse gas emissions targets in both bills.

Diane Holdorf, Chief Sustainability Officer, Kellogg Company, said: «As one of the first ten companies to have approved science - based greenhouse gas emissions targets in 2015, we've already invested in energy efficiency and low carbon technologies.

Specifically, Turkey needs a strategy that allows it to assume a concrete greenhouse gas emissions target no later than the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol.

(01/19/2010) A study issued by Indonesian government recommends a moratorium on peatlands conversion in order to meet its greenhouse gas emissions target pledged for 2020, reports the Jakarta Post.

Not exact matches

McDonald's has announced its first targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, claiming it will «prevent 150 million metric tons of emissions by 2030.»

«Without rapid cuts in CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions, we will be heading for dangerous temperature increases by the end of this century, well above the target set by the Paris climate change agreement,» Petteri Taalas, the WMO's secretary - general, said in a statement.

Subsidies were introduced to help Canada meet its greenhouse gas emission (GHG) targets.

How much the agreement reduces greenhouse gas emissions, and through that reduces warming, will depend on whether countries meet their targets for curbing emissions and deploying renewable energy and whether they ramp up their ambition in the years ahead.

New retailers to commit to reducing greenhouse gas emissions include Best Buy (BBY), IKEA USA, Starbucks (SBUX), and Target (TGT).

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.

According to the Pembina Institute, federal oil and gas emissions regulations crafted after Alberta's system would have to set the fee for contributing to the fund at least $ 100 per tonne in order for Canada to be able to meet its 2020 target.

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.

This INDC puts forward «an economy - wide target to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by 30 % below 2005 levels by 2030.»

By Linda Hasenfratz and Hal Kvisle Published in the Hill Times — December 13, 2010 Despite clear signs of progress in building an international consensus, the outcome of the latest round of UN climate change negotiations in Cancun appears to have fallen short of the target: a clear and comprehensive plan to reduce global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Furthermore, according to the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, «The government's approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions is unlikely to meet Canada's target for 2020.»

The company, Canada's No. 2 pipeline operator, released a letter sent to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and other department officials saying that increased carbon levies for Alberta oil sands producers and new Canadian targets for greenhouse - gas emission cuts should serve to help assuage U.S. concerns that approving the C$ 8 billion ($ 6.41 billion) project would increase climate change.

Alberta's 19 coal plants produce as much greenhouse gas as the major oilsands producers, though the oilsands are often targeted in the province's battle to reduce its share of carbon emissions.

Today, I am pleased to announce another important building block in our Climate Change plan — designed to help us achieve our targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to generate real emission reduction opportunities across the economy.

The Lovins believe that the targets for reduced emission of greenhouse gases set at Kyoto can be met on a voluntary basis as Clinton proposes.

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.