Sentences with phrase «growing emission gaps»

Illustration of rapidly growing emission gaps that will enforce carbon negative solutions later this century.

Not exact matches

We speculate that this truncation of the outer disk may be the signpost of a developing gap due to the effects of a growing protoplanet; the gap is still presumably evolving because material still resides in it, as indicated by the silicate emission, the molecular hydrogen emission, and by the continued accretion onto the central star (albeit at a much lower rate than typical of younger T Tauri stars).

If a policy prescription does not account for the real complexity in the climate system, and real gaps in knowledge about aspects of global warming that matter most, is it likely that the public and lawmakers will pursue a big transformation of lifestyles and economic norms to curb CO2 emissions in a growing world still more than 85 percent dependent on burning fossil fuels to drive economies?

Work Towards 25 - 40 % Emissions Reductions by 2020 On the subject of emission reductions targets — another area where there's a growing gap between what developing nations (and scientists) say is required and what wealthy nations seem politically willing to do — Mr De Boer said that emissions reductions in the range of 25 - 40 % by 2020 are something all nations should be workingEmissions Reductions by 2020 On the subject of emission reductions targets — another area where there's a growing gap between what developing nations (and scientists) say is required and what wealthy nations seem politically willing to do — Mr De Boer said that emissions reductions in the range of 25 - 40 % by 2020 are something all nations should be workingemissions reductions in the range of 25 - 40 % by 2020 are something all nations should be working towards.

To make our cities more healthy, prosperous and sustainable, while reducing carbon emissions, we must close the gap between cities» growing demand for more sustainable urban services and their ability to access innovative solutions and financing options.

This «emissions gap» between the reductions pledged and those needed to keep the climate under control is growing larger, based on new data to be released this week by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Hare's group.

The gap between production and consumption grew rapidly from 1990 to 2008, and explains the focus on climate policy in papers published around that time, as the growth in the gap between consumption and production more than offset emission reductions in Annex B countries.

During this period, there was growth in imported emissions, and hence the gap between production and consumption grew.

Forecast emissions are 10 % above both budgets, and this policy gap has grown.

To be sure, there's still plenty of federally unregulated greenhouse gas pollution within American borders — perhaps most notably, growing methane emissions from the shale gas boom — but the rule helps plug a big regulatory gap.

ACEEE's graphic analysis of this «Carbon Gap» (see http://www.aceee.org/press/2003/02/bushs-climate-agreements-business-usual-widens-carbon-ga) shows that U.S. carbon emissions grew about 15 % from 1990 to 2001, while European emissions declined slightly.