Sentences with phrase «global measures of energy»

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Wall Street support of similar measures also has convinced energy companies including Occidental Petroleum to address the Paris climate accord's goal of keeping global temperature increases under 2 - degrees Celsius.

Addressing global warming will require a wide range of measures, including investing in public transit and renewable sources of energy.

Unfortunately, the energy rout and its effects on global financial markets originated in the commodity sector, and it would have occurred regardless the readiness of macroprudential measures (financial regulations).

Moving forward with a campaign pledge to unravel former President Obama's sweeping plan to curb global warming, Trump today is set to sign an executive order that will suspend, rescind or flag for review more than a half - dozen measures in an effort to boost domestic energy production in the form of fossil fuels.

One of the world's most ambitious laws to combat global warming survived a challenge on Tuesday as California voters overwhelmingly rejected a measure that would have put the state's plans for more renewable energy and a market to curb greenhouse gases on ice.

Because oil and gas are so intertwined with the rest of the energy system and global economy, measuring the net impacts of different price futures presents a challenge.

As mentioned in the introduction, the satellites which measure incoming and outgoing radiation at the top of Earth's atmosphere (TOA) can not measure the small planetary energy imbalance brought about by global warming.

We use Earth's measured energy imbalance, paleoclimate data, and simple representations of the global carbon cycle and temperature to define emission reductions needed to stabilize climate and avoid potentially disastrous impacts on today's young people, future generations, and nature.

We use measured global temperature and Earth's measured energy imbalance to determine the atmospheric CO2 level required to stabilize climate at today's global temperature, which is near the upper end of the global temperature range in the current interglacial period (the Holocene).

For a long time now climatologists have been tracking the global average air temperature as a measure of planetary climate variability and trends, even though this metric reflects just a tiny fraction of Earth's net energy or heat content.

We show that observed global warming is consistent with knowledge of changing climate forcings, Earth's measured energy imbalance, and the canon - ical estimate of climate sensitivity, i.e., about 3 ◦ C global warming for doubled atmospheric CO2.

As a result, the global balance of energy fluxes within the atmosphere or at Earth's surface can not be derived directly from measured fluxes, and is therefore uncertain.

A standardized unit of measure, the global warming index (GWI) namely the grams of carbon dioxide equivalent per megajoule of fuel delivered to the vehicle (gCO2e / MJ) is to be reported, adjusted, of course, for differences in the in - use energy efficiency of different fuels (e.g., gasoline versus diesel, versus natural gas or hydrogen).

A recent paper by Graeme L. Stephens, Juilin Li, Martin Wild, Carol Anne Clayson, Norman Loeb, Seiji Kato, Tristan L'Ecuyer, Paul W. Stackhouse Jr, Matthew Lebsock & Timothy Andrews An update on Earth's energy balance in light of the latest global observations, Nature Geoscience, 5, 691 — 696 (2012), which indicates significant adjustments to the energy balance MEASURED data shows how far we are from certainty.

The figures say that this 77 % of energy from renewables by 2050 can be achieved with zero impact on either global economic growth (measured in GDP per capita at purchasing power parity) or on population growth compared with the «do nothing» baseline.

That's why, the ministry says, the federal government agreed with the 2011 Energy Package to introduce compensatory arrangements for businesses competing at a global level, including measures to offset increases in the price of power stemming from the EU's carbon emissions trade, and a cap on their renewables allocation charge.

Measuring the atmospheric temperature without standardising the pressure gives little information that would help to assess global energy of the atmosphere As far as I can make out, one Bar of pressure equates to 3 degrees C roughly, So the range of variation in either would significantly relate to the other.

The «curious climate - change incident» is that there * NEVER * has been a fifteen - year - long hiatus in any measure of Earth's global energy - budget.

OHC may be one of the best measures of the top of atmosphere imbalance available - averaged over long time periods, global, representing (for the full depth of the oceans) ~ 93 % of the energy changes.

The variation of net global sensible and latent heat flux from the ocean, being impacted greatly by ENSO, the PDO, and the AMO, plays the dominant role in the fluctuations in total energy output measured at the TOA over short - term time frames.

The report is comprised of contributions from industry leaders and experts on how to transition to a clean energy economy, navigating the transition during global economic recovery and the possibilities of market - based measures in mitigating greenhouse gases, amongst other topics.

Critics have noticed for several years that the theory of manmade global warming is dying a slow death, but the institutional delay that is attendant in any government program has immunized the rush to alternative energy from some measure of public backlash and the realities of governmental budgets in an era of declining economies and deficit spending.

To do this: measures are needed to support the integration of variable renewable energy policies need to be more comprehensive than those devised for the energy sector alone These are two key conclusions from this latest report on Renewable Energy Policies in a Time of Transition Renewables have experienced a remarkable evolution over the past decade now forming the cutting edge — with energy efficiency — of a global energy transenergy policies need to be more comprehensive than those devised for the energy sector alone These are two key conclusions from this latest report on Renewable Energy Policies in a Time of Transition Renewables have experienced a remarkable evolution over the past decade now forming the cutting edge — with energy efficiency — of a global energy transenergy sector alone These are two key conclusions from this latest report on Renewable Energy Policies in a Time of Transition Renewables have experienced a remarkable evolution over the past decade now forming the cutting edge — with energy efficiency — of a global energy transEnergy Policies in a Time of Transition Renewables have experienced a remarkable evolution over the past decade now forming the cutting edge — with energy efficiency — of a global energy transenergy efficiency — of a global energy transenergy transition.

It is rapidly expanding energy use, mainly driven by fossil fuels, that explains why humanity is on the verge of breaching planetary sustainability boundaries through global warming, biodiversity loss, and disturbance of the nitrogen - cycle balance and other measures of the sustainability of the earth's ecosystem.

Global coal consumption, which is measured in in tonnes of coal equivalent — the industry standard to reflect energy content rather than physical weight — will reach 6.2 billion tonnes in 2017, up from 5.3 billion in 2011.

Satellites have the virtue of measuring total energy content of the troposphere with a near global coverage.

• The measured «average global temperature» isn't necessarily representative of the overall thermal energy in the system, because temperatures can change in regions not part of the measurement system.

I never undestood why people admitted so easily that global temperature was a way to measure energy gain of the climate system... you have to assume first that the climate system is a very stable machine first... By saying «we can measure yet» it means their assumption were..

As we calculated our ratings — our measure of how much of each group's effort went to Energy and Environment and Global Warming / Climate Change — we sought to err on the side of Brulle.

That 150 C range of temperatures also covers a wide variety of terrains, and ground cover, even deep oceans, and the thermal energy flows in each of those different environments relate to the local temperature in totally different ways, so there is no relationship between the «average» global temperature (even if it was possible to measure such a number) and the energy balance of the planet.

In the IEA World Outlook Energy 450 ppm Scenario, as much as 44 % of the estimated global abatement potential in 2035 derives from energy efficiency measures (IEA, Energy 450 ppm Scenario, as much as 44 % of the estimated global abatement potential in 2035 derives from energy efficiency measures (IEA, energy efficiency measures (IEA, 2012).

This time period is too short to signify a change in the warming trend, as climate trends are measured over periods of decades, not years.12, 29,30,31,32 Such decade - long slowdowns or even reversals in trend have occurred before in the global instrumental record (for example, 1900 - 1910 and 1940 - 1950; see Figure 2.2), including three decade - long periods since 1970, each followed by a sharp temperature rise.33 Nonetheless, satellite and ocean observations indicate that the Earth - atmosphere climate system has continued to gain heat energy.34

Global energy imbalance (Fig. 15b) is a more meaningful measure of planetary status as well as an estimate of the climate forcing change required to stabilize climate.

Needless to say, accomplishing any one of these goals — a global carbon tax, maximized efficiency, an explosion of renewable energy, a wholesale revolution in agriculture, rapid reduction of non-CO2 GHGs, a rapid shift in global lifestyle choices, and successful measures to curb population growth — would be an enormous achievement.

Dak.) energy bill, where the USNA provides the findings necessary to induce new fuel economy measures and prohibit drilling for domestic oil — all in the name of global warming and its pernicious effects on America.

We use measured global temperature and Earth's measured energy imbalance to determine the atmospheric CO2 level required to stabilize climate at today's global temperature, which is near the upper end of the global temperature range in the current interglacial period (the Holocene).

TCS as measured by tropospheric sensible heat as a way to evaluate global warming as a way to measure climate change as a way to measure the energy imbalance caused by increasing anthropogenic greenhouse gases is a very poor and round - about way of measuring.

The more direct measure of global warming provided by measuring the energy content of the climate system avoids many of these problems, although the observational record is shorter and less complete (e.g. Church et al 2011).

As you say, the total energy content of the climate is a more direct measure of global warming.

It might be helpful if you studied James Hansen's recent Earth's Energy Imbalance and Implications with particular attention to Hansen's deliberate emphasis upon high - accuracy measures, that are global in extent, and long - term in duration, of thermodynamically conserved quantities (chiefly enEnergy Imbalance and Implications with particular attention to Hansen's deliberate emphasis upon high - accuracy measures, that are global in extent, and long - term in duration, of thermodynamically conserved quantities (chiefly energyenergy).

Given the bounds of the errors in the Global Energy Budget, such an answer is not inconsistent with the measured data.

WWF's report, produced with researchers at Dutch organizations Ecofys and the Office for Metropolitan Architecture, says the share of oil, coal, gas and nuclear in the global energy mix could be cut down to 5 % by 2050, and energy saving measures can cut total demand by 15 % from 2005 levels, starting from an assumed baseline of 520EJ / a.

In the 66 % 2 °C Scenario, aggressive efficiency measures would be needed to lower the energy intensity of the global economy by 2.5 % per year on average between 2014 and 2050 (three - and - a-half times greater than the rate of improvement seen over the past 15 years); wind and solar combined would become the largest source of electricity by 2030.

The Trump administration's proposal to repeal the carbon - cutting Clean Power Plan likely won't have a big effect on the global carbon equation, but together with other pro-coal measures, as well as a lack of attention to energy conservation, could bump United States emissions beyond the limits targeted by the Paris climate agreement.

If we could land a man on the moon, why can't we measure the damn ocean heat content, before turning over control of the global energy economy to R. Gates, fan and Jim D?

Global energy intensity, a measure of energy use per unit of economic output, would improve to 2030 at a rate almost three times faster than the rate seen since 2000.

In this statement Brian Williams of the UNHABITAT Chief Energy and Transport Section explains the interlinkages between urbanisation and climate change and outlines a number of measures to be taken, including stricter energy efficiency standards in fuel consumption from transport; energy efficiency in building construction and use; as well as improving global standards for appliance manufacturing and importEnergy and Transport Section explains the interlinkages between urbanisation and climate change and outlines a number of measures to be taken, including stricter energy efficiency standards in fuel consumption from transport; energy efficiency in building construction and use; as well as improving global standards for appliance manufacturing and importenergy efficiency standards in fuel consumption from transport; energy efficiency in building construction and use; as well as improving global standards for appliance manufacturing and importenergy efficiency in building construction and use; as well as improving global standards for appliance manufacturing and importation.

Here's a link to the pdf of Kiehl and Trenberth's «Earth's Annual Global Mean Energy Budget» to see where the numbers for the various energy fluxes came from and how they were measured (mostly) or estiEnergy Budget» to see where the numbers for the various energy fluxes came from and how they were measured (mostly) or estienergy fluxes came from and how they were measured (mostly) or estimated.

That's because Californian voters yesterday rejected Proposition 23, a measure that sought to suspend the state's Global Warming Act of 2006 and threatened to cast a shadow over California's growing clean energy sector.

• Accept that the energy - balance models are the strong part of climate - science, being founded on thermodynamics, calibrated by paleo data, and verified by the secular rise in global energy - balance measures.