Sentences with phrase «greenhouse gas emissions per»

Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain are big emitters of greenhouse gas emissions per capita.

There does seem to be merit to the idea of revising how we report fuel efficient, from miles per gallon to gallons per mile, or perhaps in addition reporting the greenhouse gas emissions per mile.

I think we're one - third of the national average in terms of greenhouse gas emissions per capita.

Repeated a number of times is the stat about how much improvement has been made: Greenhouse gas emissions per unit of output from tar sands production have dropped 39 % since 1990 according to official figures — with a laundry list of improvements undertaken to reduce this aspect of their environmental impact.

Tiffany Plate, a writer from Boulder, Colorado found that farm inputs result in 0.005 and 0.011 pounds of greenhouse gas emissions per pound of organic and non-organic tofu respectively.

And McDonald's France has cut greenhouse gas emissions per customer by over 40 % by a series of energy - related initiatives, including purchasing certificates guaranteeing renewable electricity sourcing.

The webinar included subsector pathways for iron and steel, electricity generation, cement, and pulp and paper subsectors based on Sector Decarbonization Approach, absolute contraction, and Greenhouse gas emissions per unit of value added («GEVA») methods.

Global greenhouse gas emissions per region / Global CO2 emissions per region from fossil - fuel use and cement production The Report includes a new systematic assessment of how various economic sectors can reduce their climate - warming emissions, focusing on the potential eductions from the wide application of already - known and cost - effective technologies.

For example, the INDC explicitly recognizes that GDP per capita, along with greenhouse gas emissions per capita, are important considerations in determining whether a contribution is fair.

... BHP was on track to beat a target of a five percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions per unit of production by end - June 2007, and had set a target of a further 6 percent cut in greenhouse gas emissions intensity by 2012.»

Greenhouse gas emissions per capita in 2015 come from combining emissions data, including LULUCF, compiled by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and population data from the World Bank.

Berman, author of This Crazy Time and co-founder of ForestEthics, pointed out that every independent study, including one from the U.S. Department of Energy, has found that the oil sands are one of the world's dirtiest forms of oil, producing three times more greenhouse gas emissions per barrel produced, and 22 per cent more than conventional oil when their full life cycle of emissions, including burning them in a vehicle, is included.

The separator equipment removes a large portion of the volatile manure solids before they go into storage, reducing the methane emissions that would otherwise be emitted and thereby eliminating 20,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year.

That's particularly true as the production of natural gas, with lower lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions per Megawatt - hour of generation, ramps up, both domestically and globally.

This project will reduce 20,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year.

This project avoids more than 339,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year, equivalent to taking 71,500 cars off the road

Biomass offset projects can be complex, but projects such as the Trellis Biomass Conversion Project in East Templeton, Massachusetts, and the Dovan Family Farm Project in Berlin, Pennsylvania, demonstrate that biomass and biogas installations can successfully save thousands of tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year.

in Berlin, Pennsylvania, demonstrate that biomass and biogas installations can successfully save thousands of tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year.

When indirect land use change is taken into account, biofuels will emit an extra 27 to 56 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions per year — the equivalent to an extra 12 to 26 million cars on Europe's roads by 2020.

And, while it is true that the developing nation's tend to have the highest RATE of growth of greenhouse gas emissions, it is still the developed world... and the U.S. in particular... that have the highest amount of greenhouse gas emissions per capita.

Altogether they have 12.1 tonnes carbon dioxide equivalent in greenhouse gas emissions per person annually.

Emissions ratings for this car haven't been posted yet, although the Department of Energy (DOE) says it puts out 9.3 tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year, right in the middle of the DOE's worst to best scale.

Changes in a variety of other factors such as operating procedures, aircraft routing, and load factors can also have significant impacts on greenhouse gas emissions per passenger mile.

For example, by utilizing electric and clean diesel power technologies, rail can result in lower pollutant and greenhouse gas emissions per passenger - mile than other modes of travel.

This public interest in sustainability is spurring promising change, as Australia's greenhouse gas emissions per person continue to steadily decrease.

Perhaps surprising to some, lamb has fifty percent more greenhouse gas emissions per kilogram than beef.

The statement also said that China will cut its carbon intensity, or greenhouse gas emissions per unit of GDP, by 60 - 65 percent from 2005 levels by 2030, a large increase from its 40 - 45 percent goal for 2020.

Meat and seafood have the highest greenhouse gas emissions per calorie.

OSLO, Nov 10 (Reuters)- Greenhouse gas emissions per capita are falling in 11 of the Group of 20 major economies, a turning point for tackling climate change, a study showed on Tuesday.

In general, animal - based foods are responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions per pound than plant - based foods.

The blueprint also encourages urban agriculture, rethinks sewer and wastewater management and reduces greenhouse gas emissions per capita to the lowest in the world by promoting even higher - density living with smaller multifamily homes, especially along transit corridors in Vancouver's downtown peninsula.

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.

By 2025, TINE said it has the ambition to have Europe's lowest greenhouse gas emissions per liter of milk delivered to the consumer.

The disadvantages are increased greenhouse gas emissions per kilogramme of meat and milk.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia will require industrial facilities generating 50,000 tonnes or more of greenhouse gas emissions per year to report emissions under its proposed cap and trade regime, although key details such as the actual caps and their effect on consumers are yet to be released.

Nova Scotia will require industrial facilities generating 50,000 tonnes or more of greenhouse gas emissions per year to report emissions under its proposed cap and trade regime.

Overall, closing yield gaps by 50 % for crops and 25 % for livestock would lead to a 12 % savings in greenhouse gas emission per calorie produced.

Not exact matches

The commercial building sector is currently responsible for 5 per cent of Australia's total energy consumption and approximately 10 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions.

Emissions of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas, rose by an average of 0.73 percent for every 1 percent growth in gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, Richard York of the University of Oregon wrote in his report.

Suncor reports that it has cut its greenhouse - gas emissions (GHGs) per barrel by 45 % over the same period.

An assessment paid for by DuPont said that the ethanol it will produce there could be more than 100 per cent better than gasoline in terms of greenhouse gas emissions.

A peer - reviewed study performed at the Energy Department's Argonne National Laboratory in 2012 found that biofuels made with corn residue were 95 per cent better than gasoline in greenhouse gas emissions.

According to one Pembina Institute report, using data compiled by Natural Resources Canada and Environment Canada, buildings account for about 11 per cent of Canada's total greenhouse gas emissions.

We have a legal obligation to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by 33 per cent by 2020, but the B.C. Liberals are ignoring this important goal.

New Democrats have repeatedly pointed out that it is ludicrous to force the public sector, which is responsible for less than one per cent of greenhouse gases emitted in the province, to subsidize big polluters who pay no penalty for the majority of their greenhouse gas emissions.

New Democrat Leader John Horgan explains how the Liberal government promised the cleanest liquefied natural gas industry in the world, but are ignoring 70 per cent of the greenhouse gas emissions from the production.

She imposed a five - year freeze on the carbon tax, refuses to use carbon tax revenue to fund climate solutions, exempted the LNG industry from calculating greenhouse gas emissions on 70 per cent of its operations, cancelled a home retrofit program, and derailed public transit expansion plans with a built - to - fail referendum.

Even building just one LNG terminal coupled with modest oil sands growth would increase oil and gas emissions from 26 per cent of Canada's total greenhouse gas emissions in 2014 to 45 per cent by 2030.

Carbon footprints as shown in the report refer to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per unit of product and thereby allow assessments at that level.

While the bilateral deal falls short of the EU's commitment to a 40 per cent reduction in harmful greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, experts have said it will «inject a jolt of momentum» in advance of climate talks to be held in Paris next year.