Sentences with phrase «global carbon emissions result»

Some 15 % of global carbon emissions result from deforestation and forest degradation, which releases carbon dioxide to the atmosphere as trees are destroyed.

Annual mangrove carbon stocks are quantified (2000 — 2012) at global, national and sub-national levels, together with global carbon emissions resulting from deforestation.

Not exact matches

Recognizing that carbon emissions resulting from consumption of these fuels is driving catastrophic global climate change, my role as leader of the company is to ensure that Virgin provides financial support to non-profit groups that are exploring renewable energy and seeking market - based solutions to climate change, like the Carbon War Room.

The team compared their results to four inventories of global carbon emissions to see if the same trend held.

Greenpeace's goal in India is to stop all new coal - fired power plants because the resulting carbon emissions would contribute to global warming, even though scientists caution that renewable energy has not yet matured enough to supplant future coal - fired generation.

Ricke and Caldeira sought to correct that by combining the results from two large modeling studies one about the way carbon emissions interact with the global carbon cycle and one about the effect of carbon on the Earth's climate used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

One of the interesting results by Tony and others working on the NY and similar national studies was that even the majority of those who expressed apocalyptic connotations with global warming far beyond anything supported by the science were unwilling to pay more at the pump for gas to reduce carbon emissions.

Finally, to revisit the question originally posed @ 203: Assuming the IEO2011 Reference case of «1 trillion metric tons of additional cumulative energy - related carbon dioxide emissions between 2009 and 2035», and given that this case equates to following RCP8.5 until 2035 as previously demonstrated @ 408, what increase in average global surface temperature relative to pre-industrial would result by 2035?

ESTIMATING THE PERMAFROST - CARBON FEEDBACK ON GLOBAL WARMING A key uncertainty is the fraction of carbon that might be decomposed under anaerobic conditions — resulting potentially in methane emissions to the atmosCARBON FEEDBACK ON GLOBAL WARMING A key uncertainty is the fraction of carbon that might be decomposed under anaerobic conditions — resulting potentially in methane emissions to the atmoscarbon that might be decomposed under anaerobic conditions — resulting potentially in methane emissions to the atmosphere.

Assuming the IEO2011 Reference case of «1 trillion metric tons of additional cumulative energy - related carbon dioxide emissions between 2009 and 2035», and given that this case equates to following RCP8.5 until 2035 as previously demonstrated @ 408, what increase in average global surface temperature relative to pre-industrial would result by 2035?

A new study by Stanford University atmospheric scientist Mark Jacobson has revealed that worsening air pollution and higher carbon dioxide emissions go hand - in - hand - the results suggest intensifying global warming will increase the number of smog - related deaths.

As a result, as Steve Sorrell concludes his post, «we may be systematically underestimating the already formidable challenge of reducing global carbon emissions.»

From the above results, human emission of carbon has no effect on the global warming rate.

The Fifth Assessment Report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)-- the world's leading climate science body — projected a number of scenarios, each plotting amounts of carbon emissions and the resulting future global average temperatures.

These are the folks who came up with the Kyoto Protocols that were intended to reduce «greenhouse gas» emissions, primarily carbon dioxide (CO2), in order to save the Earth from becoming a crispy desert as the result of global warming.

But the IPCC concerns itself with consideration of anthropogenic (i.e. man - made) global warming (AGW) as a result of emissions of greenhouse gases (notably carbon dioxide, CO2) from human activities.

Our results suggest that if a 2.0 Ã «Â warming is to be avoided, direct CO2 capture from the air, together with subsequent sequestration, would eventually have to be introduced in addition to sustained 90 % global carbon emissions reductions by 2050.

CBAT allows those interested in developing a global solution to visualize the otherwise complex interactions of international carbon budgets, atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations, ghg emissions reductions commitments, the effect of a nation taking its ethical obligations seriously, resulting temperature, ocean acidification, and seal level rise,

«The human impact on global climate is small, and any warming that may occur as a result of human carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gas emissions is likely to have little effect on global temperatures, the cryosphere (ice - covered areas), hydrosphere (oceans, lakes, and rivers), or weather.

Secondly, and more importantly, nature could provide humans with a helping hand to reach those lofty CO2 concentration targets through the combination of natural terrestrial sinks becoming less effective, along with new sources of carbon emissions appearing as a result of rising global temperatures.

10 % of global CO2 emissions result from swamp destruction December 10, 2007 More than 10 percent of annual carbon dioxide emissions result from the degradation and destruction of peat swamps, reports the first comprehensive global assessment on the links between peatland degradation and climate change.

In 2006, Aviva became the first global insurance group to offset its entire operational emissions, so this month as it announces its 2016 annual sustainability results, the company celebrates 10 years as a carbon neutral organisation.

Humans will have to not only stop emitting greenhouse gases by 2085, but also develop technology that will result in negative emissions — the removal of 15 billion tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere each year by the end of the century — in order to prevent global warming from exceeding 2 °C (3.6 °F), according to a new study.

Thus, the hypothesis of current global warming as a result of increased emission of carbon dioxide (greenhouse gases) into the atmosphere is not true.

Nitrogen fertilizers represent one of the largest sources of GHG emissions from global agricultural production resulting in significant emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O), a GHG with approximately 300 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide (CO2).

Because the isotopic signatures measured in the study are lower than the values typically entered into global climate change models, the results of this study suggest the models may be underestimating the change to atmospheric carbon - 13 for each simulated emissions scenario.

Reductions in emissions of black carbon since the late 1980s, mostly from diesel engines as a result of air quality programs, have resulted in a measurable reduction of concentrations of global warming pollutants in the atmosphere, according to a first - of - its - kind study — which Berkeley Lab participated in — examining the impact of black carbon on California's climate.

Sacramento — Reductions in emissions of black carbon since the late 1980s, mostly from diesel engines as a result of air quality programs, have resulted in a measurable reduction of concentrations of global warming pollutants in the atmosphere, according to a first - of - its - kind study examining the impact of black carbon on California's climate.

They have told the public, politicians, and the press that «global warming» (alias «climate change») is primarily due to human - caused emissions of carbon dioxide, and that if this continues at current levels that this will result in catastrophic global warming.

«Today's announcement is another powerful signal of just how bleak the outlook for nuclear in the United States is, a result of a hollowed - out nuclear industry, cheap gas, falling renewable costs and inadequate policies to account for the climate change costs of carbon emissions,» said Jason Bordoff, director of the Columbia University Center on Global Energy Policy.

THE proliferation of renewables unreliables over the past decade has not, and will not, result in statistically significant reductions in global carbon dioxide emissions.

There are two primary externalities that result from our emissions of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere — 1) an enhancement of the greenhouse effect, which results in an alteration of the energy flow in the earth's climate and a general tendency to warm the global average surface temperature, and 2) an enhancement of the rate of photosynthesis in plants and a general tendency to result in more efficient growth and an overall healthier condition of vegetation (including crops).

Velasco dismissed computer models that are used to predict global warming as a result of man - made carbon dioxide emissions, noting that «today we are experiencing a scientific revolution in which on one side there are are supercomputers and on the other, human intelligence.

For example, a carbon tax designed to smoothly reduce our greenhouse gas emissions from their current level to zero by the year 2100 would result in only about 0.1 °C of global temperature «savings» — an amount, on its own, not worth pursuing.

You may wonder why the government finds the need to pursue such action since 1) U.S. carbon dioxide emissions have already topped out and have generally been on the decline for the past 7 - 8 years or so (from technological advances in natural gas extraction and a slow economy more so than from already - enacted government regulations and subsidies); 2) greenhouse gases from the rest of the world (primarily driven by China) have been sky - rocketing over the same period, which lessens any impacts that our emissions reduction have); and 3) even in their totality, U.S. carbon dioxide emissions have a negligible influence on local / regional / global climate change (even a immediate and permanent cessation of all our carbon dioxide emissions would likely result in a mitigation of global temperature rise of less than one - quarter of a degree C by the end of the century).

E.g., research assumes greenhouse gas emissions cause warming without explicitly stating humans are the cause»... carbon sequestration in soil is important for mitigating global climate change» (4a) No position Does not address or mention the cause of global warming (4b) Uncertain Expresses position that human's role on recent global warming is uncertain / undefined «While the extent of human - induced global warming is inconclusive...» (5) Implicit rejection Implies humans have had a minimal impact on global warming without saying so explicitly E.g., proposing a natural mechanism is the main cause of global warming»... anywhere from a major portion to all of the warming of the 20th century could plausibly result from natural causes according to these results» (6) Explicit rejection without quantification Explicitly minimizes or rejects that humans are causing global warming»... the global temperature record provides little support for the catastrophic view of the greenhouse effect» (7) Explicit rejection with quantification Explicitly states that humans are causing less than half of global warming «The human contribution to the CO2 content in the atmosphere and the increase in temperature is negligible in comparison with other sources of carbon dioxide emission»»

It claims that passive smoking is no more dangerous than «eating 50g of mushrooms a week», and attacks «politically correct» beliefs such as «passive smoking causes lung cancer» and «mankind's emissions of carbon dioxide will result in runaway global warming».

«Every # 4 spent on family planning over the next four decades would reduce global CO2 emissions by more than a ton, whereas a minimum of # 19 would have to be spent on low - carbon technologies to achieve the same result, the research says.

This warming is largely the result of emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from human activities... — Global Warming Basics World Wildlife Fund

The IPCC report defines four timeline scenarios (Representative Concentration Pathways or RCPs) plotting amounts of carbon burned and resulting global average temperatures, depending on when global greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) peak and then decline.

You mentioned a punitive fee against China which attributes 100 % of all global carbon emissions and the resulting damage to China alone.

the report argues that up to 86 % of agriculture's potential for climate change mitigation lies in carbon sequestration in soils; that organic farming results in 20 % -28 % higher levels of soil carbon compared to non-organic farming; and that a global conversion to organic farming could sequester up to 11 % of global greenhouse gas emissions.

This doesn't include the avoided methane emissions — a gas with 30 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide — that result from trash decomposing in a landfill.

For example, early global chemical modelling results argued that global tropospheric ozone, a greenhouse gas, was controlled by emissions of the highly reactive gases nitrogen oxides (NOx), carbon monoxide (CO) and non-methane hydrocarbons (NMHC, also known as volatile organic compounds, VOC).

In what his aides called one of the most significant policy addresses of his second and final term, the mayor argued that directly taxing emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change will slow global warming, promote economic growth and stimulate technological innovation — even if it results in higher gasoline prices in the short term.

The Carbon Majors website is based on ground - breaking research on 90 entities (investor - owned, state - owned, and government - run fossil fuel and cement producers) that are responsible for producing the fuels that have resulted in 63 percent of the global cumulative emissions of industrial carbon dioxide and methane between 1751 and 2010.

(1) Because of a growing concern over the possible consequences of global warming, which may be caused in part by increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide (a major greenhouse gas), and also because of the need for accurate estimates of carbon dioxide emissions, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) has developed factors for estimating the amount of carbon dioxide emitted as a result of U.S. coal consumption.

First, substantial global warming is already «baked in,» as a result of past emissions and because even with a strong climate - change policy the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is most likely to continue rising for many years.

Davey made the comments at the UN's climate change summit in Lima in December, saying that some analysts estimated that the action needed to cut carbon emissions and tackle climate change could result in the global fossil fuel industry losing as much as $ 28tn (# 18tn) in the next 20 years.

Significant progress in reducing emissions and limiting climate change could be achieved if companies 1) unequivocally communicate to the public, shareholders, and policymakers the climate risks resulting from continued use of their products, and therefore the need for restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions consistent with the 2 °C global temperature target; 2) firmly reject contrary claims by industry trade associations and lobbying groups; and, 3) accelerate their transition to the production of low - carbon energy.