Sentences with phrase «improving carbon intensity»

California has been trending steadily downward and ranks behind only New York among US states (though, to be fair, improving carbon intensity is true across most states, for macroeconomic reasons):

Over time, a carbon tax would reduce emissions and improve the carbon intensity of the economy.

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And while China is still not committed to absolute emissions reductions in global climate negotiations, experts say its «intensity - based» U.N. carbon reduction targets, which are based on improving the relative efficiency of industrial processes, could be as effective as Western - style absolute cuts in emissions.

The carbon - intensity of American energy supply improved significantly, however, and is responsible for the remaining 453 million tons of emission reductions relative to business - as - usual.

And while China is still not committed to absolute emissions reductions in global climate negotiations, experts say its «intensity - based» U.N. carbon reduction targets, which are based on improving the relative efficiency of industrial processes, could be as effective as Western - style absolute cuts in emissions.

This chart comes from a report this year by the International Energy Agency, which notes that since 1990, the carbon - intensity of the global economy has improved by a mere 1 percent — despite all the concern and all the conferences on climate change.

Now, alternatively, if the world wants to avoid that balmy fate and keep global warming below 2 °C, then carbon intensity will have to improve dramatically — far more dramatically than we've seen over the last four decades.

Consumption of more low - carbon goods and overall improving energy intensity kept the 1.3 % increase from 2009 to 2011 down.