Sentences with phrase «greenhouse gas emissions come»

But 70 percent of greenhouse gas emissions come from 10 countries, both developed and developing, according to a report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

And for good measure, let's add to the bad news list the fact that around 75 percent of Brazil's annual greenhouse gas emissions come from Amazon deforestation.

Twenty percent of the world's annual greenhouse gas emissions come from the destruction of tropical forests.

In the United States, more than 90 % of greenhouse gas emissions come from the combustion of fossil fuels.

Moreover, 14.5 % of all human - caused greenhouse gas emissions come from livestock supply chains.

More than half of the world's greenhouse gas emissions come from urban areas.

In Indonesia, 60 percent of national greenhouse gas emissions come from land - use change, in part, fuelled by the growing demand for palm oil and agricultural crops.

Nearly a third of Oregon's greenhouse gas emissions come from heating, cooling, and powering our homes and businesses.

And in terms of this program today, there's an enormous benefit in terms of the long - term transition to a carbon - free economy, because while — out here in California half of our greenhouse gas emissions come from transportation.

For example, Holmstead referenced a section in the draft that estimates that about 1 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions come from the U.S. transportation sector.

About 30 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions come from the electric power sector.

Poloncarz pointed out only half a percent of Erie County's greenhouse gas emissions come from government operations.

One recommendation by the alliance takes aim at Ontario government energy policy that could also double as climate policy, as the province has curtailed greenhouse gas emissions coming from the electricity sector by closing coal - fired power plants, invested in costly solar and wind energy projects, and instituted a cap - and - trade system that requires businesses to buy permits to cover their carbon emissions.

One big challenge to U.S. efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions comes this week, as a federal circuit court hears arguments over a challenge to the White House's major climate change initiative, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) regulations targeting emissions from power plants.

As shown in Carbon Brief's interactive infographic above, only around 15 % of Brazil's overall greenhouse gas emissions came from transport in 2014, and the sector's emissions fell slightly in 2015 and 2016.

The new paper, published last week in the journal Climatic Change, builds on earlier research finding that nearly two - thirds of historical greenhouse gas emissions came from the products and operations of just 90 companies — mostly fossil fuel producers, plus a few cement companies.

In 2013, 28 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions came from China, and the country was responsible for 58 per cent of the emissions increase compared to a year before.

A chart removed from the IPCC summary but published in Science shows that much of the growth in recent greenhouse gas emissions comes from Asia, with smaller contributions from the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America.

Not exact matches

Insects are even more efficient when it comes to water consumption, and they produce far fewer greenhouse gas emissions than livestock.

The latest economic impacts of the pipeline constraints come amid an intensifying spat between Alberta and British Columbia over the construction of the Trans Mountain project, pitting arguments of economic impact against the importance of protecting coastlines and limiting greenhouse gas emissions.

Now a new analysis shows that B.C.'s efforts to limit greenhouse gas emissions is compatible with growing jobs and a strong economy in coming decades.

The move came after Canada's National Energy Board announced a broader review of the Energy East project, including its impact on upstream and downstream greenhouse gas emissions.

VICTORIA — Premier Christy Clark admitted this week that she has steered British Columbia into failure when it comes to her government's greenhouse gas emission targets.

The report, hinged on the implications of climate change, came at a time when energy experts were insisting that unless countries drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions by moving away from fossil fuels, climate change would remain inevitable.

Given that agriculture, along with the deforestation associated with it, drives 24 percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming, we are dependent upon farmers to do the heavy lifting when it comes to fighting climate change.

Renewable energy: Commit to 100 percent renewable power The Climate Collaborative states that about one - third of all the greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. come from the burning of fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas to produce electricity.

The Trump administration is expected to launch an effort in coming days to weaken greenhouse gas emissions and fuel economy standards for automobiles, handing a victory to car manufacturers and giving them ammunition to potentially roll back industry standards worldwide.

De Blasio has sought to position New York City as a leader in the fight against climate change, but even as he has committed to quickly come up with an aggressive plan to further reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, the agency that is supposed to lead that effort is in flux.

We'll need to come back to this at the next conference of the climate change convention, to be held in Doha this December — a curious choice, given Qatar's position close to the top of the league table for greenhouse gas emissions per head.

In giving her the nod, the group pointed to Niccoli's support for efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and pushing the state to have 50 percent of its power coming from renewable energy sources by 2030.

The Kyoto Protocol, the global pact that aims to curb greenhouse gas emissions, finally came into force today.

Alongside this, a new Climate Change Bill will be introduced in the coming year that will set out «even more ambitious» targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, Ms Sturgeon said.

Controlling greenhouse gas emissions in the coming decades could substantially reduce the consequences of carbon releases from thawing permafrost during the next 300 years, according to a new paper published this week in the Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences.

Since the Kyoto protocol came into force in 2005, companies in the developing world can generate greenhouse gas emission reductions and sell them as «carbon credits» in the developed world through such mechanisms as the European Union's Environmental Trading Scheme (EU ETS), which is similar to schemes in Japan and New Zealand.

Of that total, 21 billion gallons must come from sources that reduce greenhouse - gas emissions by 50 percent or more — a goal that algae neatly achieve.

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.

In a frantic late night rush, a plan to come up with a plan for reducing the greenhouse gas emissions of all countries passed muster at the U.N.'s annual climate negotiations

In December leaders from around the world will meet in Copenhagen to try to agree on cutting back greenhouse gas emissions for decades to come.

As some of the incentives for fracking come from the lower carbon emissions produced by gas - fired power stations, a key question is whether the extraction of shale gas has an additional impact on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

To safeguard against that outcome, the report authors recommend that countries reduce greenhouse gas emissions, provide more eco-friendly methods to farmers and workers, and come up with plans to make sure those most vulnerable to climate change — especially the poor — will retain rights and security.

They show that when it comes to reducing extreme heat, for example, the benefits of lowering greenhouse gas emissions are clear and substantial.

The high spatial and temporal resolution of the SWITCH model permits an assessment of the energy generation, resource demands, and greenhouse gas emissions that come with different mixes of energy generation and distribution choices» says Daniel Kammen.

That has squeezed out the Quino checkerspot butterfly's habitat, and with the climate changes coming as a result of human greenhouse gas emissions, its listing as an endangered species by the U.S. government may not be enough to save the pretty little butterfly from extinction.

Britain, said Hogg, would participate in the forth - coming negotiations on new commitments and it has agreed that all developed countries should be asked to commit themselves to achieving a target for total greenhouse gas emissions of between 5 and 10 per cent below 1990 levels by the year 2010.

The Senate vote will likely set the tone for the coming fight on the so - called American Power Act, which would limit greenhouse gas emissions.

But this comfort comes with a considerable environmental cost — it's responsible for up to a third of the world's total greenhouse gas emissions.

The bigger savings come in mitigated methane emissions; around 100 Heartland - scale anaerobic digestion facilities can eliminate about 0.41 percent annually of the approximately seven billion tons of overall US greenhouse gas emissions.

The biggest news coming out of the one - day U.N. General Assembly summit on climate change was President Hu Jintao's announcement that China will seek to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by a «notable margin» relative to the 2005 level by 2020.

From an op - ed McCain wrote for The Financial Times March 19, 2008: «Americans and Europeans need to get serious about substantially reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the coming years or we will hand over a much - diminished world to our grandchildren.

And a new study shows that biochar could have an impact on agriculture's other greenhouse gas emission: nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, which is no laughing matter when it comes to climate change.