We further recognize the need to reduce
the global emission of greenhouse gases by 80 % by mid-century at the latest, in order to avert the worst impacts of global warming and to reestablish the more stable climatic conditions that have made human progress over the last 10,000 years possible.
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.
The United States, under former President Barack Obama, had pledged as part
of the Paris accord to cut U.S.
greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 28 percent from 2005 levels
by 2025 to help slow
global warming.
The Paris Agreement is much more explicit, seeking to phase out net
greenhouse gas emissions by the second half
of the century and limit
global warming to «well below» 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial times.
Before moving to Edmonton, Turpin was president
of the University
of Victoria, where he helped found the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, which «shares a
global vision
of net - zero
greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century.»
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.
China's push to become a major maker
of solar panels has driven down
global prices
by close to 90 percent over the past decade, helping international efforts to curb
emissions of planet - warming
greenhouse gases.
Greenhouse gases created
by the food system — including production, distribution, and waste — are responsible for one - third
of global emissions.
The
global energy sector is in the midst
of a significant transition, driven
by new technologies, changing consumer preferences, and efforts to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions.
And lost and wasted food consumes about one quarter
of all water used
by agriculture, requires cropland area the size
of China, and generates roughly 8 percent
of global greenhouse gas emissions.
It also consumes about one quarter
of all water used
by agriculture, requires cropland area the size
of China, and generates about eight per cent
of global greenhouse gas emissions.
Food that is ultimately lost or wasted consumes about one - quarter
of all water used
by agriculture each year, requires cropland area the size
of China to be grown, and generates about eight percent
of global greenhouse gas emissions annually.
«Food that is ultimately lost or wasted consumes about a quarter
of all water used
by agriculture, requires cropland area the size
of China, and is responsible for an estimated 8 percent
of global greenhouse gas emissions.
Climate scientists tell us that to keep the rise
of global temperature above the pre-industrial level at below 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) in order to avoid runaway
global warming, the world must cut
greenhouse gas emissions by 15 percent per year starting in 2020.
«Food that is ultimately lost or wasted consumes about a quarter
of all water used
by agriculture, requires cropland area the size
of China, and is responsible for an estimated 8 percent
of global greenhouse gas emissions.
«This Agreement, in enhancing the implementation
of the [2015 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change], including its objective, aims to strengthen the
global response to the threat
of climate change, in the context
of sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty, including
by: (a) Holding the increase in the
global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts
of climate change; (b) Increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts
of climate change and foster climate resilience and low
greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low
greenhouse gas emissions and climate - resilient development.
A study
by McKinsey and Co. last year concluded that a quarter
of the carbon reduction required to stabilize
global greenhouse gas emissions could come from energy efficiency and conservation.
The Bulletin acknowledges that the increased use
of carbon - free nuclear energy could help mitigate
global warming brought on
by fossil fuels and
greenhouse gas emissions but concludes that the possibility
of misusing enriched uranium and separated plutonium to create bombs is a «terrible trade - off» for trying to control climate change.
Global carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels will rise to a record 36 billion metric tons (39.683 billion tons) this year, a report by 49 researchers from 10 countries said, showing the failure of governments to rein in the main greenhouse gas blamed for global wa
Global carbon dioxide
emissions from burning fossil fuels will rise to a record 36 billion metric tons (39.683 billion tons) this year, a report
by 49 researchers from 10 countries said, showing the failure
of governments to rein in the main
greenhouse gas blamed for
global wa
global warming.
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.
Although there was disagreement on exactly what should be done, there appeared to be a consensus that action should be taken to avert a 2 - degree Celsius (3.6 - degree Fahrenheit) rise in average
global temperatures and to cut
emissions of greenhouse gases in half
by 2050.
Deep cuts in
greenhouse gas emissions of 40 to 70 percent
by mid-century will be needed to avert the worst
of global warming that is already harming all continents, a draft U.N. report showed.
Much
of the damage will have been done
by the year 2010, it says, and the rest
by 2070, when the predicted effects
of global warming from
emissions of greenhouse gases will have done their worst.
Earlier drafts
of the text, circulated during Friday, had stipulated that countries should ensure a 50 per cent cut in
global greenhouse gas emissions, with 80 per cent cuts
by developed nations.
The annual assessment
of global greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions by the JRC and the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) confirms that CO2
emissions have stalled for the third year in a row.
Since levels
of greenhouse gases have continued to rise throughout the period, some skeptics have argued that the recent pattern undercuts the theory that
global warming in the industrial era has been caused largely
by human - made
emissions from the burning
of fossil fuels.
«
Global deployment of advanced natural gas production technology could double or triple the global natural gas production by 2050, but greenhouse gas emissions will continue to grow in the absence of climate policies that promote lower carbon energy sources.&
Global deployment
of advanced natural
gas production technology could double or triple the
global natural gas production by 2050, but greenhouse gas emissions will continue to grow in the absence of climate policies that promote lower carbon energy sources.&
global natural
gas production
by 2050, but
greenhouse gas emissions will continue to grow in the absence
of climate policies that promote lower carbon energy sources.»
The results
of this work open up the possibility
of reducing methane
emissions and
of contributing to a reduction in
global temperatures which is caused
by greenhouse gases.
As roughly 30 percent
of global permafrost carbon is concentrated within 7 percent
of the permafrost region in Alaska, Canada, and Siberia, this study's findings also renew scientific interest in how carbon uptake
by thermokarst lakes offsets
greenhouse gas emissions.
If only modest action is taken to reign in
greenhouse gas emissions, the model predicts that pikas will disappear from about 75 percent
of sites
by 2070 (51 to 88 percent, depending on the
global climate model used).
For the industrial era, Lovejoy's analysis uses carbon - dioxide from the burning
of fossil fuels as a proxy for all man - made climate influences - a simplification justified
by the tight relationship between
global economic activity and the
emission of greenhouse gases and particulate pollution, he says.
There is a great post at the Council on Foreign Relations blog where
by Michael Levi boils down
global climate change in to two overarching unknowns: (1) extent
of damage
by an accumulation
of greenhouse gases, and (2) an uncertainty around which policies, or set
of policies, will succeed in reducing
emissions.
They also show that a full decarbonization
of the
global power sector
by scaling up these technologies would induce only modest indirect
greenhouse gas emissions — and hence not impede the transformation towards a climate - friendly power system.
About one - fifth
of the
emissions reductions needed to cut the
global output
of greenhouse gases 50 percent
by 2050 would have to come from CCS technology at coal - fired power plants, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).
Tiny ponds play a disproportionately large role in
global greenhouse gas emissions from inland waters, according to a new study
by Yale's School
of Forestry & Environmental Studies.
In fact, flying now accounts for some 2 percent — and growing fast —
of global greenhouse gas emissions, although the industry has pledged to stop that growth
by 2020.
As part
of its strategy to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions to prevent
global warming from exceeding 2 °C (3.6 °F), the Obama administration unveiled a plan in September to build wind farms off
of nearly every U.S. coastline
by 2050 — enough turbines to generate zero - carbon electricity for more than 23 million homes.
Greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and land degradation accounted for 12 percent
of global emissions between 2000 and 2005, according to a report
by the Congressional Budget Office.
The IPCC has determined that in order to keep Earth's average temperature from rising more than 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial times
by the end
of the century,
global greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced between 40 percent and 70 percent
by 2050.
The leaders
of the world's Group
of Eight richest nations this week pledged to work toward halving
global greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 but did not announce exactly how they plan to achieve this.
The key conclusions were that: It is «unequivocal» that
global warming is occurring; the probability that this is caused
by natural climatic processes is less than 5 %; and the probability that this is caused
by human
emissions of greenhouse gases is over 90 %.
Frustrated
by the ongoing diplomatic stalemate, a number
of urban leaders have decided to take matters into their own hands, adopting solutions that already exist or inventing new ones for limiting
greenhouse gas emissions and preparing for the effects
of ongoing
global warming.
The first report concludes that
global warming is happening, and is very likely caused
by human
emissions of greenhouse gases.
A study published today,
by a group led
by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), indicates that eliminating fossil fuel subsidies could curb
global greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 5 % through 2030 while saving hundreds
of billions
of dollars in public money.
About 90 percent
of global trade in goods travels
by ship, and the vessels together emit about as much
greenhouse gases as Germany, the nation with the sixth - highest
emissions in the world.
To derive the climate projections for this assessment, we employed 20 general circulation models to consider two scenarios
of global carbon
emissions: one where atmospheric
greenhouse gases are stabilized
by the end
of the century and the other where it grows on its current path (the stabilization [RCP4.5] and business - as - usual [RCP8.5]
emission scenarios, respectively).
Cattle Ranching Intensification in Brazil Can Reduce
Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sparing Land from Deforestation, A. S. Cohn, A. Mosnier, P. Havlik, H. Valin, M. Herrero, E. Schmid, M. O'hare, M. Obersteiner, Proceedings
of the National Academy
of Sciences
of the United States
of America, doi: 10.1073 / pnas.1307163111, April 30, 2014.
Nonetheless, our sea - level rise projections for the first half
of this century are not strongly affected
by the way Antarctica is modeled, nor are they strongly tied to
global greenhouse gas emissions trends.
The warm waters across the central and eastern tropical Pacific are boosting
global temperatures, which is on top
of the long - term warming driven
by human
greenhouse gas emissions.
The effects
of global warming are the ecological and social changes caused (directly or indirectly)
by human
emissions of greenhouse gases.