Sentences with phrase «global mitigation effort»

Saving Forests Page Content These nature - based initiatives aid in global mitigation efforts by preserving or restoring standing forests, which absorb massive amounts of carbon from the atmosphere.

The Economist was echoing the warnings of critics who had identified one of the major risks associated with pursuit of CCS as the way in which it would undermine global mitigation efforts by giving national governments an excuse to do nothing in the hope that coal plants could be rendered safe.

From this point forward, there are now large uncertainties in global mitigation efforts over the coming years and the long - term evolution of the climate hinges on what other countries, and agents both within and outside of the US do in response to the US departure from the agreement.

The mitigation pathway also implies an annual global mitigation effort, which drives society to diverge rapidly from business - as - usual emissions growth.

This analytical report shows the wide range of adverse impacts of climate change in Africa and assesses the balance of economic costs, as a function of a range of scenarios including both successful and failed global mitigation efforts, and strong compared to weak implementation of adaptation measures.

So, while I agree with you that PUP's voting according to Palmer's vested interests after 1 July, will likely result in the complete alienation of Australia from global mitigation efforts, this result would not be the worst ever outcome.

In particular, this analysis finds that a nation's fair share of the global mitigation effort can be quite different from its domestic mitigation potential.

These settings are then used, together with standard demographic and macroeconomic indicators (e.g., national population, GDP and carbon - intensity) to calculate implied national fair shares of the global mitigation effort.

This interpretation is then used, together with standard demographic and macroeconomic indicators, to determine each country's implied fair share of the global mitigation effort.

It is assumed that they use international support to undertake mitigation in excess of their own fair shares of the global mitigation effort, and by so doing exploit their full national mitigation potentials.

Each country's share of global responsibility and capacity determines its fair share of the global mitigation effort.

If we delay «all hands on deck» global mitigation efforts any more than 10 years, that goal too will be out - of - touch with reality.

The authors use the Climate Equity Reference Calculator, which they developed, to determine what could be considered a country's «fair share» of the global mitigation effort, using flexibly defined national «responsibility and capacity indicators».

This may have helped remind developed countries that, as part of their fair share of the global mitigation effort, they need to support (through finance, technology and capacity building) ambitious mitigation actions by developing countries.

Given the severe carbon budget restraints we are facing, developing countries too must contribute to global mitigation efforts.

Hence, global mitigation efforts can enhance sustainable development prospects in part by reducing the risk of adverse impacts of climate change.

This global mitigation requirement can be allocated to individual countries, in proportion to their Responsibility and Capability Index, to determine their fair share of the global mitigation effort.