Sentences with phrase «global consumption»

Scientists knew that the oceans had absorbed some of the carbon dioxide released from the increased global consumption of fossil fuels.

Only 1800 will be built this year for global consumption.

We could promote steps to relieve human poverty and suffering without simply increasing global consumption.

It turns out there's plenty of wind energy, five times [1] greater than current global consumption at wind farms current generation of development.

The Asian country represented a whopping 30 percent of total global consumption growth in the first quarter.

Oil prices took another hit on fears over the impact on global consumption.

Even today, the richest 20 % of the population of the world accounts for 86 % of global consumption compared to 72 % in 1970.

We're a global company, so we're developing these cars for global consumption.

The global average temperature is continuing to rise as a consequence of warming driven by ever higher greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere, in response to the profligate global consumption of fossil fuels.

Efforts to curb coal use have proliferated, and for the first time since the 1990s, the growth in global consumption stalled in 2014 before falling in both 2015 and 2016.

The White House said its approach would reduce global consumption of HFCs by the equivalent of 700 million metric tons of CO2 through 2025.

(finally we're talking about it out loud) And speaking of Wilson's Law, he is the one who suggests we need four planet earth's to sustain the current global consumption habits if the rest of the world models the idea of the good life after guess who?

Rosé has taken over summertime sipping, with global consumption one of the highest growing in the wine industry, increasing by 11 per cent in 8 years.

«If the Keystone pipeline were to enable a greater rate of extraction of the oilsands, would that not increase global fuel supplies, which might then decrease prices and therefore allow a little bit more global consumption?

The team says halving global consumption of animal products by eating more insects or imitation meat would free up 1680 million hectares of land — 70 times the size of the UK.

Imposing a 50 % tax on antibiotics for food animals could decrease global consumption by more than 30 %, and at the same time generate revenues from $ 1.7 to 4.6 billion, which could be invested into research for new antibiotics or improvements to farm hygiene.

And if global consumption for cooling grows as projected to 10 trillion kilowatt - hours per year — equal to half of the world's entire electricity supply today — the climate forecast will be grim indeed.

The OECD estimates the world's middle class will drive global consumption to $ 56 trillion by 2030, up from $ 21 trillion in 2010.

They assume that KXL adds 800,000 barrels of new oil to global supply, at any price, and examine the degree to which this additional supply will affect global consumption.

Edwards says the company has witnessed growing global consumption of lemons, especially in China and India where burgeoning economies are getting stronger every year.

In terms of global consumption trends, the IWSR and Vinexpo predicts consumption will hit 3.16 bn cases by 2021, with «national spirits» such as baijiu, soju and Indian whisky retaining significant market share.

Long - beloved in Europe and North America, consumers in emerging markets now enjoy chocolate at rates that create overall global consumption gains.2 Indulgence - seekers in China and India have discovered chocolate as an everyday snack, guilty pleasure, and luxury special occasion dessert or gift item.2

The increases imposed on the price of crude oil by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) since 1973 show how global consumption can change.

Global consumption swiftly declined.

By minimizing the vertical thermal gradients, global consumption due to energy gains - losses through the façade depends less on the height of the building, preventing the upper houses to present higher or lower indoor comfort and degree of energy efficiency than the lower houses.

Presentation before the First Global Consumption Summit, Beijing, China, 19 - 20 December 2009.

Empirically, as of 2015, low fossil fuel prices are due mostly to market manipulation, and will end when the Saudis decide to quit subsidizing global consumption (esp of oil).

Containing the concentration to 480 ppm «would entail global consumption losses» of 1 percent to 4 percent in 2030.

That led to a minor controversy, with some people comparing that figure to the 3 to 11 per cent of global consumption cost estimate in a leaked version of the IPCC's report.

By this we mean that even dramatic limits to per capita global consumption would be insufficient to achieve significant climate mitigation.

Over all, the administration estimated that the agreements announced on Tuesday would reduce cumulative global consumption of HFCs by the equivalent of 700 million metric tons of carbon dioxide through 2025.

Over the last 15 years global consumption of woodfuel has remained relatively stable, at between 1.8 and 1.9 billion cubic metres.

The Verge says that, like the Galaxy Round, the G Flex isn't likely meant for global consumption and will probably only be released on a limited basis in South Korea.

Much of the harm these events cause in Europe comes from physical damage to its industrial life support system, as the global average temperature continues to rise as a consequence of warming driven by ever higher greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere, in response to the profligate global consumption of fossil fuels.

He was interested in using a consumer device — his iPhone — to turn his eye on global consumption.

Fourth, and most critically, even if we assume (1) that all 830,000 bpd of Keystone crude is additional oil in the global supply, and (2) that each additional barrel increases global consumption by 0.6 barrels, the resulting uptick in «carbon pollution» would be of no practical consequence.

The National Geographic Society's annual Greendex analysis of global consumption habits finds that Americans are least likely of all people to use public transportation — only seven percent make use of transit options for daily commuting.

He claimed that by February 2020, the electricity consumption of mining operations will be similar to the current global consumption.

In order for it to remain «likely» that the two degrees target can be achieved, the IPCC says governments will have to implement policies that will cost between 0.04 and 0.14 per cent of global consumption growth each year.

This page introduces the patterns of global consumption of resources, focusing specifically on trade and energy through a 3D animation on trade and a number of graphs and maps supported by a student worksheet.

Global consumption of avocados, now a $ 3 billion industry, has doubled in the last decade, and a third of the 3.8 million tonne annual harvest is currently traded internationally, according to data from the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations.

As emerging middle classes in places like China and India adopt Western - style diets, global consumption of animal protein skyrockets.

At the same time, global consumption is expected to increase by 1.5 million barrels a day both this year and next, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), with North America and Asia, particularly China and India, responsible for much of the growth.

Many investors believe that China is currently under - represented in global equity indices relative to its economic influence (for example, China represents roughly 17 % of global GDP, 11 % of global trade, and 9 % of global consumption but today comprises only a 3.5 % weight in the MSCI ACWI Index).1, 2 Given the size of the China A-shares market, inclusion in global indices is regarded as key to bringing China's overall representation more closely in line.