Sentences with phrase «halving global greenhouse»

The most important agreement was on climate change: a commitment at least to â $ œconsider seriouslyâ $ the goal of halving global greenhouse - gas emissions by 2050...

No to halving global greenhouse gases by 2050; 5.

The leaders of the world's Group of Eight richest nations this week pledged to work toward halving global greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 but did not announce exactly how they plan to achieve this.

Not exact matches

The Paris Agreement is much more explicit, seeking to phase out net greenhouse gas emissions by the second half of the century and limit global warming to «well below» 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial times.

Buildings are responsible for close to half of all global greenhouse gas emissions.

Although there was disagreement on exactly what should be done, there appeared to be a consensus that action should be taken to avert a 2 - degree Celsius (3.6 - degree Fahrenheit) rise in average global temperatures and to cut emissions of greenhouse gases in half by 2050.

This is unacceptable at a time when leading scientists from all over the world are warning that greenhouse gases must be cut by at least 60 percent over the next half a century to avert the worst consequences of global warming.

The study's authors write that halving the amount of food waste and managing demand for particularly environmentally - damaging food products by changing global diets should be key aims that, if achieved, might mitigate some of the greenhouse gases causing climate change.

This is why Stott et al conclude that «Nevertheless the results confirm previous analyses showing that greenhouse gas increases explain most of the global warming observed in the second half of the twentieth century,» DESPITE their indications that HadCM3 underestimates the observed response to solar forcing.

Nonetheless, our sea - level rise projections for the first half of this century are not strongly affected by the way Antarctica is modeled, nor are they strongly tied to global greenhouse gas emissions trends.

Human induced trend has two components, namely (a) greenhouse effect [this includes global and local / regional component] and (b) non-greenhouse effect [local / regional component]-- according to IPCC (a) is more than half of global average temperature anomaly wherein it also includes component of volcanic activities, etc that comes under greenhouse effect; and (b) contribution is less than half — ecological changes component but this is biased positive side by urban - heat - island effect component as the met network are concentrated in urban areas and rural - cold - island effect is biased negative side as the met stations are sparsely distributed though rural area is more than double to urban area.

It is extremely likely that more than half of the observed increase in global average surface temperature from 1951 to 2010 was caused by the anthropogenic increase in greenhouse gas concentrations and other anthropogenic forcings together.

We are therefore committed to -LSB-...] stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system -LSB-...] we will consider seriously the decisions made by the European Union, Canada and Japan which include at least a halving of global emissions by 2050.

AR5: It is extremely likely that more than half of the observed increase in global average surface temperature from 1951 to 2010 was caused by the anthropogenic increase in greenhouse gas concentrations and other anthropogenic forcings together.

Item 8 could be confusing in having so many messages: «It is extremely likely that more than half of the observed increase in global average surface temperature from 1951 to 2010 was caused by the anthropogenic increase in greenhouse gas... The best estimate of the human - induced contribution to warming is similar to the observed warming over this period....

The only way to avoid that threshold, the scientists said, is to cut global greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2050 from their levels in 1990.

Europe, again, seeks to cut global greenhouse - gas emissions by 2050 to half of 1990 levels.

When you add up that there is more methane being emitted than E.P.A. has estimated, that methane is responsible for up to half of all the greenhouse gas emissions for the entire US, and that each unit of methane emitted is far more important in causing global climate change over the critical few decades ahead, it should be clear that bridge - fuel argument just doesn't hold up.

This is why Stott et al conclude that «Nevertheless the results confirm previous analyses showing that greenhouse gas increases explain most of the global warming observed in the second half of the twentieth century,» DESPITE their indications that HadCM3 underestimates the observed response to solar forcing.

Responding to the unequivocal scientific evidence that preventing the worst impacts of climate change will require Parties included in the Annex I to the Convention as a group to reduce emissions in a range of 25 ---- 40 per cent below 1990 levels by 2020 and that global emissions of greenhouse gases need to peak in the next 10 to 15 years and be reduced to very low levels, well below half of levels in 2000 by 2050,

Similar discussions were also held at the event Boosting Energy Efficiency Through Smart Lighting Systems, where Eric Rondolat, CEO, Philips Lighting, highlighted how the scale up of a single technology could halve global energy demand for lighting and cut global greenhouse gas emissions by 5 %.

In the entirely subjective opinion of a particular group of IPCC authors, it's «extremely likely» (95 % certain) that «more than half of the observed increase in global average surface temperature from 1951 to 2010» was caused by human - generated greenhouse gas emissions (see the bottom of p. 13 here).

In 2013, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report stated a clear expert consensus that: «It is extremely likely [defined as 95 - 100 % certainty] that more than half of the observed increase in global average surface temperature from 1951 to 2010 was caused by the anthropogenic [human - caused] increase in greenhouse gas concentrations and other anthropogenic forcings together.»

Whether we look at the steady increase in global temperature; the buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere to the highest level in a half - million years; the march of warmest - ever years (9 of the10 hottest on record have occurred since 2000); the dramatic shrinking of mountain glaciers and Arctic sea ice; the accelerating rise in sea level; or the acidification of our oceans; the tale told by the evidence is consistent and it is compelling.

The Paris agreement seeks no less than a peaking of greenhouse - gas emissions «as soon as possible» and a de-carbonized global economy within the second half of the century.

The accord also calls for a «balance» between greenhouse gas emissions sources and sinks in the second half of the century, equivalent to reaching global net - zero emissions.

I'm puzzled by your assignment of only a 30 percent probability to the proposition that «Global climate model simulations that include anthropogenic forcing (greenhouse gases and pollution aerosol) provide better agreement with historical observations in the second half of the 20th century than do simulations with only natural forcing (solar and volcanoes).»

This backs up the IPCC attribution statement «It is extremely likely [95 percent confidence] more than half of the observed increase in global average surface temperature from 1951 to 2010 was caused by the anthropogenic increase in greenhouse gas concentrations and other anthropogenic forcings together.»

Global climate model simulations that include anthropogenic forcing (greenhouse gases and pollution aerosol) provide better agreement with historical observations in the second half of the 20th century than do simulations with only natural forcing (solar and volcanoes).

Greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) should be calculated on a per capita basis from 1900 to ensure fair play as nations strive to halve global emissions by 2050... developed countries, which are home to just 20 percent of the world's population, have contributed 75 percent of all global GHGs emissions since the Industrial Revolution, according to the website of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Again IPCC attribution statement: «It is extremely likely [95 percent confidence] more than half of the observed increase in global average surface temperature from 1951 to 2010 was caused by the anthropogenic increase in greenhouse gas concentrations and other anthropogenic forcings together.»

If global greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise at the same pace that they did in the first decade of this century, ski resorts could see half as many sub-freezing days compared to historical averages by late century.

He said that more than 40 countries, representing over half of all global greenhouse gas emissions, have so far submitted their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions to U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Together they emit more than half of total global greenhouse gases.

Although many people have accepted with half - believing and half - doubting the view that the emission of greenhouse gases is the primary factors in global climate change, many scientists are skeptical about this view, they have refuted this view with plenty of evidence.»

«It is extremely likely -LCB- 95 % + certainty -RCB- that more than half of the observed increase in global average surface temperature from 1951 to 2010 was caused by the anthropogenic increase in greenhouse gas concentrations and other anthropogenic forcings together.»

90 % of respondents with more than 10 climate - related peer - reviewed publications (about half of all respondents), agreed that anthropogenic greenhouse gases (GHG) are the dominant driver of recent global warming.

90 % of respondents with more than 10 climate - related peer - reviewed publications (about half of all respondents), explicitly agreed with anthropogenic greenhouse gases (GHGs) being the dominant driver of recent global warming.

LONDON, 1 November, 2015 − If global greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, the outlook for at least half the inhabited planet looks arid.

But fewer than half said they were working to reduce greenhouse gases that cause global warming.»

All of these studies find that humans are responsible for close to 100 % of the observed global warming over the past 50 years, and human greenhouse gas emissions are responsible for close to 150 % of the observed warming, with human aerosol (sulfur dioxide - SO2) emissions offsetting approximately one - third to one - half of that greenhouse warming.

Note China is responsible for half of the annual global coal consumption and is the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, followed by the United States.

The top three greenhouse gas emitters — China, the European Union and the United States — contribute more than half of total global emissions, while the bottom 100 countries only account for 3.5 percent.1 Collectively, the top 10 emitters account for nearly three - quarters of global emissions.

that more than half of the observed increase in global average surface temperature from 1951 to 2010 was caused by the anthropogenic increase in greenhouse gas concentrations and other anthropogenic forcings together.»

The text states that to achieve the temperature goal: «Parties aim to reach global peaking of greenhouse gas emissions as soon as possible, recognizing that peaking will take longer for developing country Parties, and to undertake rapid reductions thereafter in accordance with best available science, so as to achieve a balance between anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases in the second half of this century».

More than half of the observed increase in global mean surface temperature (GMST) from 1951 to 2010 is very likely1 due to the observed anthropogenic increase in greenhouse gas concentrations.

Countries responsible for more than half of global greenhouse gas emissions have now released their post-2020 climate action plans.

The phrase «It is extremely likely that more than half of the observed increase in global average surface temperature from 1951 to 2010 was caused by the anthropogenic increase in greenhouse gas concentrations and other anthropogenic forcings together.»

More than half of the global warming observed since 1950 has a human cause, largely from the greenhouse gas effects of gases such as carbon dioxide emitted from burning fossil fuels.

For over two years since the signing of the Paris Agreement, governments and businesses have shared an ambition to hold global warming well below 2 °C, and to reach net zero global greenhouse gas emission in the second half of this century.