Sentences with phrase «if we cut carbon»

Why: We'll slow the pace of climate change if we cut carbon dioxide and potent short - acting gases like methane.

Even if we cut carbon pollution overnight, it won't save us.

Not exact matches

If the world's governments fulfil their pledges to tackle climate change by cutting carbon emissions, many fossil fuel reserves would have to be kept in the ground, potentially wasting trillions of investors» money.

If lower oil prices are as bad for Canada's economy as rate - cutting Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz insists, the central bank might consider assessing the risks to the economy in a world where constraining carbon emissions becomes less of an abstract notion and more of a daily reality.

For a net - zero building code specifically, we found the cuts to carbon pollution would grow by 121 per cent if Ontario's approach became the national standard.

If we go that route, there are plenty of smart, effective policies to choose from — including some in effect in Canadian provinces today — that will spur innovation and clean growth while we cut our carbon pollution.

If asked what the federal government is doing to cut carbon pollution, most Canadians would likely point to the policy they've heard the most about: carbon pricing.

It's essential to extend and expand tax incentives for carbon capture, update state laws to include CCUS technology in clean energy standards, and fund continued carbon capture RD&D, among other things, if we are going to reach our emissions - cutting goals.

The UK could cut the carbon emissions from passenger cars in half if the population went meat - free or vegan, according to a new report from Lancaster University.

If you look at it from a personal perspective, you can cut your own carbon footprint in half just by leaving meat off your plate for one year.

Nevertheless, there is surely a tension between the need to act urgently on plastic waste and the fact that food waste and carbon emission crises would be exacerbated significantly if society cut out plastics before developing sustainable alternatives.

If delivered in full and on time, the strategy will support deeper emissions cuts and the shift towards a low - carbon economy.

«If done right, you would see mobility improve, carbon emissions that contribute to climate change cut, and better air quality for New Yorkers.»

If the original purpose of the tax is to account for negative externalities (tobacco taxes or carbon taxes for example), then cutting the taxes would allow those externalities to fall on the public.

The UK may need to introduce carbon rationing within three years if cuts in carbon emissions are not achieved, an influential think tank has warned.

The government could come under pressure to give out extra credits if people found it too hard to reduce their emissions, the report said, and it would also be an expensive option compared to other ways of cutting emissions, like carbon taxation.

From 2016 builders will have to find ways to cut carbon emissions off - site if they can't make each property completely carbon - free.

Higher taxes on domestic flights and improved public transport are needed if Britain is to cut carbon emissions by 80 per cent before 2050, a Conservative policy group has said.

If you're dealing with an engine that's «sat» for a while and most likely has a buildup of gunk and carbon deposits, the STP 78577 Cleaner can cut through it in one treatment (although some people like to use two).

If all those lamps were LED equivalents, enough power would be saved to light 17.4 million American households and cut carbon emissions by 5.6 million metric tons annually, according to the Energy Department.

But they have to meet certain environmental standards if they are to genuinely help cut carbon emissions.

Imagine if the world's two largest polluters unilaterally decide to cut emissions of carbon dioxide, the ubiquitous gas responsible for the bulk of global warming.

We know that when we cut down forests, when we deforest various places that is a release of CO2 into the atmosphere from the decay of the twigs; or if the forests are burnt for farmland that's a release of CO2, but on the other hand places near where you and I are talking in the New York State, in Massachusetts, Vermont those places where the forests are growing, and that's being a net carbon storage.

According to the Congressional Budget Office, the average American family would pay $ 1,160 in higher prices if carbon emissions had to be cut 15 percent.

Instead, we should offer a thorough analysis of carbon budgets aimed at avoiding 2 °C and the implications for how quickly and deeply we need to cut CO2, as well as the associated climate impacts that society will need to be resilient to if policies fail to deliver.

Science has its work cut out for the next decade if we are to reach a low - carbon society.

For example, a large body of research has found switching to an entirely vegetarian diet would make a huge difference on the carbon footprint of our food system — the Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security research program reports that if the global population were to reduce or cut its meat intake, it would halve the cost of mitigation actions needed to stabilize carbon dioxide levels to 450 parts per million by midcentury — but for many people that is not in the cards.

On top of the greater safety this offers airlines if a plane gets into trouble, say, it will also let controllers pack planes in closer together along optimal flight paths, which will cut carbon emissions.

A new report published today by researchers from Imperial College London and the University of Sheffield shows that global carbon emissions could be cut by one gigatonne per year (3 % of global emissions) in less than five years if other countries followed the same strategy.

«If we are serious about climate change, the 10 per cent of the global population responsible for 50 per cent of total emissions need to make deep and immediate cuts in their use of energy — and hence their carbon emissions,» says Anderson.

Saudi Arabia gave a taste of the «carbon wars» to come if the world becomes serious about cutting consumption of fossil fuels.

«If we don't stop burning fossil fuel and cutting down our tropical forests — all those human activities that maintain our society — we're going to reach incredibly high levels of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere.

Fearsome grin, a huge carbon wing so sharp it'd cut you if you called it ugly, and two - pair of alloy wheels (size XL): that's the XFR - S.

A saloon body style was introduced soon afterwards, and this autobahn monster was produced for 3 years before someone realised that they could cut the VW group's carbon emissions in half if they put something smaller under the bonnet.

Late last week, Stavins distributed a link to «Both Are Necessary, But Neither is Sufficient: Carbon - Pricing and Technology R&D Initiatives in a Meaningful National Climate Policy,» a defense of the primacy of a rising price on carbon if the goal is deep emissions cuts by mid-century.

If we are to achieve the 80 - 90 percent reduction in carbon emissions by mid century that Dr. Hansen and other scientists tell us are necessary, we need to be cutting emissions a very doable 2 - 3 percent per year.

This means those eight years aren't actually eight years we can gain by cutting soot emissions; rather, our results suggest that we need to accelerate carbon dioxide emissions by about eight years relative to these scenarios if we don't also act to reduce soot emissions.»

But if we want our children to enjoy a healthy ocean, we need to start cutting carbon emissions now.»

In both cases, if you really care about cutting risks of the kind of human - driven warming that could last centuries, if not millennia, you also would do well to support research in technologies or practices that could suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere (See Cao and Caldeira's paper for relevant background).

I've always thought that CCS was an inelegant way to lick the carbon problem — because it involves burning fuels and then corralling a huge mass of pollution rather than avoiding the pollution in the first place — but if gas is to be a real «bridge» to a low emission future rather than a nice - looking dead end then we must seriously explore ways to further cut emissions from gas plants.

Trouble for the US (and Europe where I live) is only if the first world is to take a cut (or «cut») in our living standards (what ever that means) will the third world play ball with carbon reduction.

A corporation will not operate if it does not generate profit, and the process of installing a tax or increasing prices on input materials like carbon emissions cuts into profits.

I asked Lewis if California is a worst case or best case for carbon dioxide cuts compared to the rest of the country, given its success in energy thrift in recent decades.

I was wondering for some time now, how much the findings of the work of scientists, be it the IPCC, be it the PIK in Potsdam or what have you, can be taken for granted in order for policy makers to make valuable decisions (e.g. cutting carbon emissions by half by 2050) and if the uncertainties in the models might outweigh certain decisions to reduce carbon emissions so that in the end it might happen that these uncertainties make these decisions obsolete, because they do not suffice to avoid «dangerous climate change»?

If you've cut back every way you know how on your personal emissions but continue to lament that there are still residual emissions from your existence as a member of this society, buying offsets can provide funding for worthy projects while you also work to continue to wring carbon emissions out of societal functioning and your own personal behavior.

The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) set a target of 50 per cent cut in carbon emissions compared to if the Olympics was built business as usual.

So, if you add up every car, airplane, ship, train, and every mode of transportation on the planet and the emissions from those vehicles, it's equal to the amount of carbon released when trees are cut down.

If you cut back not at all (see Algore) and then flaunt your indulgences (green credits, renewable energy purchases, carbon offsets or whatever) then you've done nothing and her performance piece is aimed directly at you.

The IPCC estimates that global investment in low carbon energy sources will need to increase by $ 147 billion a year if the world is going to cut emissions enough to prevent warming of more than two degrees.

Even if CO2 Scorecard is correct that the effect of natural gas on emissions has been less than previously believed, delivering one quarter of U.S. carbon cuts is still «pretty significant,» said Michael Tubman, a senior fellow at the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES), a nonprofit policy organization.