Sentences with phrase «if emissions»

«If emissions associated with growth in operations increase above what a member could emit in a given year, that member has to buy CFIs,» to reduce emissions to the annual reduction requirement.

Researchers from the Universities of Bremen and Innsbruck have shown in a recent study that the further melting of glaciers can not be prevented in the current century — even if all emissions were...

She noted that the modeling in the most recent IPCC report that Boutrous used estimates a 20 - to 38 - inch rise in sea levels by 2100 if emissions continue to grow, or 11 to 24 inches if they are curbed.

Further climate change is inevitable; if emissions of greenhouse gases continue unabated, future changes will substantially exceed those that have occurred so far.

«As a result of our past, present and expected future emissions of [carbon dioxide], we are committed to climate change, and effects will persist for many centuries even if emissions. . .

The IPCC has put forth several scenarios that outline a spectrum of emissions pathways.2 If emissions continue unabated — a fossil - fuel intensive scenario — the world would exhaust its carbon budget in just two decades.

As for the second option, the Liberals say a double dissolution is on the table if the Senate blocks carbon price repeal, but it is not clear whether this also applies if the Emissions Reduction Fund is blocked.

If emissions peak at 40 Gt by 2020, they need to fall to 20 Gt by 2030 under the carbon law.

For example, if emissions could be reduced after 2050 and capped at 1500 petagrams of carbon, surface ocean pH would decline by around 0.35 compared to preindustrial levels.

His scenarios projected that if emissions were X, the atmospheric percentage of CO2 would be Y, and the planet would have an avg temp in the range of Z.

If emissions were to stop or reduce substantially, CO2 levels could go down to 390 or even 380 ppm within decades because there is a natural uptake process that will continue.

If the emissions that cause global warming continue unabated, scientists expect the amount of rainfall during the heaviest precipitation events across country to increase more than 40 percent by the end of the century.

That means that if the emissions should stop, next year there would be a drop of about 3 GtC out of the atmosphere, the second year about 2.4 GtC,... etc., until a new equilibrium is reached.

If emissions are increasing at a rate over 20 times greater than the increase in concentration then it is clear that human emissions are not primarily responsible for the increase in atmospheric CO2 concentration and consequentially not primarily responsible for global warming for those who subscribe to the Greenhouse Gas hypothesis of global warming.

It's clear that the sequestration number is irrelevant if emissions are exponentially greater.

A recent report from the British government said if no action is taken to stop climate change, average global temperatures will rise by 3.6 degrees to 5.4 degrees within the next 50 years or so, and the Earth will experience several degrees more of warming if emissions continue to grow.

As a result, the Environmental Protection Agency projects that even if the emissions limits go into effect, the U.S. would use more carbon - dioxide - heavy coal in 2020 than it did in 2005.

If emissions continue to rise, then by the 2080s scientists say virtually every summer in England and Wales could be warmer than during the 1995 heatwave.

If the emissions of these gases were to continue to increase as in the IS92a scenario, then CO2 levels would have to be reduced by about 95 ppm to maintain the same level of climate change in these experiments.

«If emissions remain constant, the concentrations [of greenhouse gases] will still increase in the atmosphere for a long time,» said Don Wuebbles, a professor of atmospheric science at the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign.

The group made clear that time was not on the planet's side if emissions continued unchecked.

If emissions of heat - trapping gases continue along the recent trajectory, 21st century mean annual global warming could exceed 3.6 °F (2 °C) over most terrestrial regions during 2046 to 2065 and 7.2 °F (4 °C) during 2081 - 2100.

Now, in 100 years if emissions are not curbed we may be heading into a hell of a lot of turbulence / rough ride.

While acidic rain fall would indeed go away if emissions were reduced significantly the impact from acid rain is thought to be much longer term with recovery of soils taking some time to occur due to sulfur and nitrogen storage.

If emissions reduction had begun in 2005, reduction at 3.5 % / year would have achieved 350 ppm at 2100.

Prompt and stringent action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions globally would reduce these biodiversity losses by 60 per cent if global emissions peak in 2016, or by 40 per cent if emissions peak in 2030, showing that early action is very beneficial.

KevinM — In regards to what would happen if emissions ceased, you might want to look at the http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2010/06/climate-change-commitment-ii/ post.

If all emissions stopped as of 2010, the damage that would result from anthopogenic forcings would be simplistically less than 2.8 ºC - that is with a positive forcing of 3.3 Wm ^ -2, zero negative forcing & sensitivity 3.2 ºC on a doubling of 3.7 Wm ^ -2 — forcings as per Skeie et al 2011.

If emissions dropped to zero immediately, the concentrations would start to fall, but relatively slowly (given what we know about the half - life of carbon in the atmosphere)-- i.e. over decades.

Overall, and at least tentatively, some positive climate science - related news — albeit set in the context of atmospheric CO2 being such that even if emissions were reduced to zero today there's enough warming baked into the system that we will cruise past the critical 2 °C warming threshold.

So if the idea is that AGW is not dangerous if emissions are reduced, I agree.

Why is CO2 still accelerating, if emissions had flattened in recent years (2013 - 2017), with, among other things, a tentative peak coal (demand) in China in 2013?

However, reefs near the equator will experience annual bleaching much sooner, even if emissions reductions pledges materialize.

«Underlying the need for urgent action to cap further temperature change, a report UK Met Office report released in Durban on Monday forecast global temperature would rise between three and five degrees Celsius this century if emissions are left unchecked.»

If emissions continue down a mid-range path — one consistent with the direction current policies and market trends seem to be taking us — the new results indicate a higher likely rise of 0.7 to 1.3 meters (2.2 to 4.1 feet), compared to 0.4 to 0.8 meters (1.4 to 2.5 feet) in the IPCC - consistent estimate.

Even if our emissions were the cause of increased atmospheric CO2 my Model still works because it reduces the effect of our CO2 to an infinitesinal circulation change compared to the much larger circulation changes induced by the variable sun and ocean cycles.

It paints a vivid picture of how climate change is already impacting communities around the world, as well as where we're headed if emissions don't drop significantly.

This strategy deals with responding to harms that have not been prevented, i.e. if emissions reductions, GHGR, SRM, and adaptation are not pursued, or are unsuccessful.

And we have calculated that if emissions continue unabated, we'll exceed it entirely in about 30 years.

And wouldn't you know it, some research indicates climate change could to push the mode into the positive phase more often if emissions continue on their current trend, meaning that these wild wintertime melt events could occur more regularly as well.

Climatic changes will accelerate if emissions continue on a «business - as - usual» trajectory.

Weatherill said power prices in his state would go down if an emissions intensity scheme was adopted.

Modeling shows that if emissions of climate - warming greenhouse gases continue unabated, temperatures could rise 4 degrees C above preindustrial levels by the end of the century.

If emissions of heat - trapping gases...

The authors recognize that there «remains a range of estimates on the magnitude and regional expression of future change» but state with certainty that «[f] urther climate change is inevitable» and «if emissions of greenhouse gases continue unabated, future changes will substantially exceed those that have occurred so far.»

If emissions of greenhouse gases were stopped, would the climate return to the conditions of 200 years ago?

If an emissions quota system is adopted, decisions will be needed on the relationship of the system to the carbon dioxide tax, and on the mechanism for allocating quotas.

And if emissions are not cut, costs are going to be higher — possibly much higher.

Therefore the effect is > 100 % with more in the pipeline even if emissions stop now, as they have been saying since the beginning.

Even if emissions were the sole cause of the recent temperature rise — a dubious proposition — future increases wouldn't be as steep as the climb in emissions.»