Sentences with phrase «impacts by reducing carbon emissions»

However, if we choose a different path — if we act aggressively to both adapt to the changing climate and to mitigate future impacts by reducing carbon emissions — we can significantly reduce our exposure to the worst economic risks from climate change, and also demonstrate global leadership on climate.

Not exact matches

Impact on oil and gas production: compared to a carbon tax, Alberta's policy offers emitters less of an incentive to reduce production in order to cut GHGs, notes Leach: «assuming that the facility reduced production by 10 percent, and that emissions decreased proportionately (a simplifying assumption), the facility's emissions intensity would not change, so its carbon liability per barrel of oil produced would also remain constant.»

A spokesperson said they would reduce the impact of transport on the environment and that the obligation's gradual introduction would cut carbon emissions by around 2.5 million tonnes a year.

The decision has no direct impact on key U.S. regulations on power plants and car rules aimed at reducing carbon emissions, although those are under review by Trump.

Fossil fuels cost a lot of money and [have] a lot of climate impact; that's something we haven't covered either, but this plan will also reduce carbon dioxide emissions to about a third of what they are now [by] 2050, assuming some level of growth as well.

Many of his mistakes are big ones: he bungles the issues involving reserves and resources that are critical to his core argument about oil remaining cheap; he drastically misleads his readers about the extent to which sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions from coal - burning have been reduced; he trivializes the climate - change risks from coals carbon dioxide emissions by suggesting we know the impacts will be worth only 0.64 cents per kilowatt - hour.

· Coal - or gas - fired systems with carbon capture and storage (CCS) reduce GHG emissions, but increase other pollution problems by 5 - 80 per cent, and create higher human health and environmental impacts.

o a target of cutting CO2 emissions by 25 % (now 35 %) per passenger journey by 2012 o a 10 - point plan to reduce all other environmental impacts o a commitment to neutralise the carbon from all passenger journeys from the date of Eurostar's move to St Pancras International (14 November 2007), by offsetting them through investment in projects that reduce the same amount of CO2

New research published today by Imperial College London adds to the growing base of evidence that funding low carbon projects in the developing world is one of the most cost effective ways of both reducing emissions and delivering positive impacts on people's lives.

At the same time, we must work to minimize these risks in the future by reducing the carbon emissions that are causing climate change and its accompanying impacts.

Called the social cost of carbon (SCC), it is an estimate of the economic value of the extra (or marginal) impact caused by the emission of one more tonne of carbon (in the form of carbon dioxide) at any point in time; it can, as well, be interpreted as the marginal benefit of reducing carbon emissions by one tonne.

NextGen should also reduce the aviation industry's environmental impact, saving more than 1.4 billion gallons of fuel from air traffic operations alone, and cutting carbon emissions by nearly 14 million tons by 2018, the FAA says

If not, you'll need to look toward socially progressive and higher impact offsets that simultaneously reduce carbon emissions and improve the quality of life of people who are most threatened by the impacts of climate change.

-- Not later than 2025 and at 5 - year intervals thereafter, the Administrator shall review the standards for new covered EGUs under this section and shall, by rule, reduce the maximum carbon dioxide emission rate for new covered EGUs to a rate which reflects the degree of emission limitation achievable through the application of the best system of emission reduction which (taking into account the cost of achieving such reduction and any nonair quality health and environmental impact and energy requirements) the Administrator determines has been adequately demonstrated.

Given the annual emissions from all anthropogenic sources are approximately 40GtCO2, this means that the 4 years gap has a significant impact of reducing any forward - looking carbon budget by 160GtCO2.

Even if the regulation reduces the emissions by coal plants by 15 %, the impact on the total carbon cycle will be 0.03 % of natural emissions.

Choice 1: How much money do we want to spend today on reducing carbon dioxide emission without having a reasonable idea of: a) how much climate will change under business as usual, b) what the impacts of those changes will be, c) the cost of those impacts, d) how much it will cost to significantly change the future, e) whether that cost will exceed the benefits of reducing climate change, f) whether we can trust the scientists charged with developing answers to these questions, who have abandoned the ethic of telling the truth, the whole truth and nothing but, with all the doubts, caveats, ifs, ands and buts; and who instead seek lots of publicity by telling scary stories, making simplified dramatic statements and making little mention of their doubts, g) whether other countries will negate our efforts, h) the meaning of the word hubris, when we think we are wise enough to predict what society will need a half - century or more in the future?

... the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which includes more than 3,000 scientists from around the world, agrees that climate change is caused by a number of factors, including excess carbon dioxide... The Government of Alberta accepts the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and recognizes the need to reduce emissions and take immediate action to deal with the impacts of global warming.

By purchasing Gold Standard credits from this project, companies will not only reduce carbon emissions, they will finance a world - leading community - impact project that delivers against a number of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals: reducing deforestation, tackling fuel poverty and reducing household air pollution.»

That framing costs as a foregone - gain increased the amount people were prepared to reduce emissions is noteworthy because public messages about climate policy impacts typically frame the costs of reducing emissions as a loss [13]-- a pattern confirmed by our analysis of newspaper communications regarding the future costs of Australia's carbon pricing scheme.

This fuel landscape will impact the country's CO2 emissions per capita, but structural changes — like new, efficient steam power plant developments — are expected to help reduce Malaysia's carbon intensity by 33 %.

Researchers found the state's efforts to reduce diesel emissions to have lessened the impact of global warming on California, supporting earlier theoretical computer modeling by Dr. Mark Jacobson of Stanford University that reducing black carbon from diesel combustion is a potent «climate cooler.»

You don't understand that reducing carbon emissions will impact the quality of everyone's life by increasing the cost of everything by reducing the supply of energy to a world of growing demand.

The message of the latest IPCC report is clear: Climate change is real and caused by humans, and we will see far more dangerous and potentially irreversible impacts if we do not reduce global carbon emissions.

The impact of this scenario is 3.3 gigatons of carbon dioxide - equivalent emissions reduced by 2050.

Clean Air Act Section 115 is the latest EPA statute targeted by those working to keep America from becoming a true leader in the global effort to reduce carbon emissions and stave off some of the worst impacts of climate change.

The Obama administration's plan aims to stave off the worst predicted impacts of climate change by reducing carbon dioxide emissions at existing power plants by about one - third by 2030.

A 2009 report by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace concluded that nuclear power would not «make a big difference in reducing carbon emissions in the next two decades, when the biggest reductions will have the most impact,» because the industry could not build enough reactors during that time.

New York State energy planning based on the Reforming the Energy Vision goal to change the energy system of New York to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 80 % from 1990 levels by 2050 is trying to choose between many expensive policy options like pricing carbon in the electric sector while at the same time attempting to understand which one (or what mix) will be the least expensive and have the fewest negative impacts on the existing system.

-LSB-...] In our central scenario, taking into account the impact of measures already announced by governments to improve energy efficiency, support renewables, reduce fossil - fuel subsidies and, in some cases, to put a price on carbon, energy - related CO2 emissions still rise by 20 % to 2035.

Too bad, as the New York Times point out, that even though natural gas does have a far less impact on global warming than does coal, if we're going to reduce carbon emissions by 2050 enough to prevent the worst of climate change, the increase in natural gas usage won't cut it.

The imperative for carbon reduction is urgent — In order to limit the global mean temperature increase over historical norms to about 2 degrees Celsius (the temperature at which there is a high probability of catastrophic impacts), global emissions need to be reduced approximately 40 - 70 % below 2010 levels by 2050, with CO

The imperative for carbon reduction is urgent — In order to limit the global mean temperature increase over historical norms to about 2 degrees Celsius (the temperature at which there is a high probability of catastrophic impacts), global emissions need to be reduced approximately 40 - 70 % below 2010 levels by 2050, with CO2 emissions peaking soon (IPCC, 2014).

We hope by increasing awareness of the impact on carbon emissions and making it easier to find a removal firm that is acting to reduce its carbon footprint, our customers will not only get a better moving experience, but a greener one too, «says Damien Seaman, head of brand for Buzzmove.