Sentences with phrase «in additional greenhouse gas emissions»

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimated that Keystone XL tar sands oil would result in additional greenhouse gas emissions of 27 million metric tons annually compared with conventional oil.

We can reduce our environmental impact since food waste puts unnecessary pressure on land and natural resources and results in additional greenhouse gas emissions.

Not exact matches

In environmental policy, the Party promises stronger greenhouse gas emission regulations and enforcement in the oil - patch; a water management plan to ensure that current and future needs are balanced; a moratorium on additional resource development on lakeshores and lake beds; a Green Energy Plan to support green energy projects and move the province away from coalpower; and a land - use framework that curbs urban sprawl and safeguards farmland and habitats in the vicinity of citieIn environmental policy, the Party promises stronger greenhouse gas emission regulations and enforcement in the oil - patch; a water management plan to ensure that current and future needs are balanced; a moratorium on additional resource development on lakeshores and lake beds; a Green Energy Plan to support green energy projects and move the province away from coalpower; and a land - use framework that curbs urban sprawl and safeguards farmland and habitats in the vicinity of citiein the oil - patch; a water management plan to ensure that current and future needs are balanced; a moratorium on additional resource development on lakeshores and lake beds; a Green Energy Plan to support green energy projects and move the province away from coalpower; and a land - use framework that curbs urban sprawl and safeguards farmland and habitats in the vicinity of citiein the vicinity of cities.

... modalities, rules and guidelines as to how, and which, additional human - induced activities related to changes in greenhouse gas emissions by sources and removals by sinks in the agricultural soils and the land - use change and forestry... shall be added or subtracted.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday that states in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative have agreed to reduce the cap on emissions an additional 30 percent below 2020 levels by 2030.

So, additional preventive measures need to be considered in addition to the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions, to help coastal regions especially in transition and developing countries to adapt and to limit damage costs.»

Johnson and colleagues in IIASA's Energy Program also examined two additional strategies with this limitation: grandfathering existing plants so that they are exempt from future climate policies, or retrofitting plants with Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), a yet unproven technology that would capture greenhouse gas emissions and store them underground.

The biologists predict that a temperature rise of 1 degree Celsius leads to 6 - 20 percent higher emission of methane bubbles, which in turn leads to additional greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and to an additional temperature increase.

That extra driving could require enough extra fuel and generate enough additional greenhouse gas emissions to offset the respective savings provided by the hybrid vehicle in the first place.

In 2020, activities supported under part E shall provide greenhouse gas reductions in an amount equal to an additional 10 percentage points of reductions from United States greenhouse gas emissions in 200In 2020, activities supported under part E shall provide greenhouse gas reductions in an amount equal to an additional 10 percentage points of reductions from United States greenhouse gas emissions in 200in an amount equal to an additional 10 percentage points of reductions from United States greenhouse gas emissions in 200in 2005.

(1) ensure that offset credits represent verifiable and additional greenhouse gas emission reductions or avoidance, or increases in sequestration; and

«(2) ensure that such offset credits represent verifiable and additional greenhouse gas emission reductions or avoidance, or increases in sequestration;

This is assuming that we don't achieve any significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions - after all, our goal of limiting warming an additional two degrees Celsius (3.6 °F) is likely utterly unattainable.

It will also include complicated models of interconnected ecosystem feedbacks.The panel's last report noted that preliminary knowledge of such feedbacks suggested that an additional 100 billion to 500 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions would have to be prevented in the next century to avoid dangerous global warming.

With the warming already committed in the climate system plus the additional warming expected from rising concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the Arctic will experience significant changes during this century even if greenhouse gas emissions are stabilized globally at a level lower than today's.

3) If countries like China and India follow the American pattern in transportation, ballooning demand for oil is bound to be a disruptive influence on world affairs with or without the climate impact of all those additional emissions of greenhouse gases.

The committee's model calculations, while exploratory and highly uncertain, indicate that the benefits of making the transition, i.e. energy cost savings, improved vehicle technologies, and reductions in petroleum use and greenhouse gas emissions, exceed the additional costs of the transition over and above what the market is willing to do voluntarily.»

Here's just one case in point: As the New York Times reports, the nine Northeastern states (Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont) that make up the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) have announced an additional 30 % reduction in power plant greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, on top of the 40 % reduction already achieved since the initiative launcheGreenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) have announced an additional 30 % reduction in power plant greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, on top of the 40 % reduction already achieved since the initiative launched in 20Gas Initiative (RGGI) have announced an additional 30 % reduction in power plant greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, on top of the 40 % reduction already achieved since the initiative launchegreenhouse gas emissions by 2030, on top of the 40 % reduction already achieved since the initiative launched in 20gas emissions by 2030, on top of the 40 % reduction already achieved since the initiative launched in 2009.

Without additional efforts to reduce [greenhouse gas] emissions beyond those in place today, emissions growth is expected to persist driven by growth in global population and economic activities.

However, the U.S. has pledged to reduce emissions by 26 - 28 % from 2005 levels by 2025 in its internationally determined contribution (INDC) to the UN process, meaning that the US must make more than an additional 16 % reduction from fuel efficiency standards, energy efficiency programs, non-CO2 greenhouse gas (e.g. methane, hydrofluorocarbons) reductions, and other components of Obama's climate action plan in order to meet its INDC.

Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI): Spearheaded the formation of the successful RGGI cap - and - trade program among northeast and mid-Atlantic states, led effort to reduce RGGI's carbon emission cap by 45 percent in 2014, and recently called for an additional cap reduction of at least 30 percent between 2020 and 2030.

Utilities serving air quality nonattainment or maintenance areas, and utilities in states with greenhouse gas emissions targets, will find additional value in the potential environmental benefits of transportation electrification.

Moreover, in a new publication, Opportunities to Enhance Non-Carbon Dioxide Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in China, WRI researchers find that these emissions could nearly double by 2030 (relative to 2005 levels) if China doesn't take additional measures to curb them.

This technical document presents the latest estimates of the emissions gap in 2020 and provides plentiful information, including about current (2010) and projected (2020) levels of global greenhouse gas emissions, both in the absence of additional policies and consistent with national pledge implementation; the implications of starting decided emission reductions now or in the coming decades; agricultural development policies that can help increase yields, reduce fertilizer usage and bring about other benefits, while reducing emissions of greenhouse gases; and, international cooperative initiatives that, while potentially overlapping with pledges, can complement them and help bridge the emissions gap.

It highlights the need for additional annual regional investments of US$ 600 billion up to 2050, to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and provide business opportunities to develop and export new goods and services in the areas of water, energy and resource efficiency.

These additional supplies have helped displace a significant amount of coal for power generation, leading to a reduction in U.S. energy - related greenhouse gas emissions to levels last seen in the 1990s.

«(B) the quantity of additional reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions needed to avoid the concentration and temperature thresholds described in section 705 (c)(6)(A) or identified pursuant to section 705 (c)(6)(B).

(1) ensure that offset credits represent verifiable and additional greenhouse gas emission reductions or avoidance, or increases in sequestration; and

-- In the event that the Administrator or the National Academy of Sciences has concluded, in the most recent report submitted under section 705 or 706 respectively, that the United States will not achieve the necessary domestic greenhouse gas emissions reductions, or that global actions will not maintain safe global average surface temperature and atmospheric greenhouse gas concentration thresholds, the President shall, not later than July 1, 2015, and every 4 years thereafter, submit to Congress a plan identifying domestic and international actions that will achieve necessary additional greenhouse gas reductions, including any recommendations for legislative actioIn the event that the Administrator or the National Academy of Sciences has concluded, in the most recent report submitted under section 705 or 706 respectively, that the United States will not achieve the necessary domestic greenhouse gas emissions reductions, or that global actions will not maintain safe global average surface temperature and atmospheric greenhouse gas concentration thresholds, the President shall, not later than July 1, 2015, and every 4 years thereafter, submit to Congress a plan identifying domestic and international actions that will achieve necessary additional greenhouse gas reductions, including any recommendations for legislative actioin the most recent report submitted under section 705 or 706 respectively, that the United States will not achieve the necessary domestic greenhouse gas emissions reductions, or that global actions will not maintain safe global average surface temperature and atmospheric greenhouse gas concentration thresholds, the President shall, not later than July 1, 2015, and every 4 years thereafter, submit to Congress a plan identifying domestic and international actions that will achieve necessary additional greenhouse gas reductions, including any recommendations for legislative action.

In 2020, activities supported under part E shall provide greenhouse gas reductions in an amount equal to an additional 10 percentage points of reductions from United States greenhouse gas emissions in 200In 2020, activities supported under part E shall provide greenhouse gas reductions in an amount equal to an additional 10 percentage points of reductions from United States greenhouse gas emissions in 200in an amount equal to an additional 10 percentage points of reductions from United States greenhouse gas emissions in 200in 2005.

If California continues «business as usual» (BAU), or without any additional energy - savings measures, greenhouse gas emissions in 2050 are expected to nearly double those in 2005, to more than 900 metric tons carbon dioxide equivalent.

However, as co-advisor Mark Fulton says, «KXL will improve revenues in the short - term which means that it will help catalyse new investment, more oil - sands production and additional greenhouse gas emissions».

Local and state governments in the Northeast have been leaders and incubators in utilizing legal and regulatory opportunities to foster climate change policies.103 The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) was the first market - based regulatory program in the U.S. aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions; it is a cooperative effort among nine northeastern states.104 Massachusetts became the first state to officially incorporate climate change impacts into its environmental review procedures by adopting legislation that directs agencies to «consider reasonably foreseeable climate change impacts, including additional greenhouse gas emissions, and effects, such as predicted sea level riGreenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) was the first market - based regulatory program in the U.S. aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions; it is a cooperative effort among nine northeastern states.104 Massachusetts became the first state to officially incorporate climate change impacts into its environmental review procedures by adopting legislation that directs agencies to «consider reasonably foreseeable climate change impacts, including additional greenhouse gas emissions, and effects, such as predicted sea level rise.&raqGas Initiative (RGGI) was the first market - based regulatory program in the U.S. aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions; it is a cooperative effort among nine northeastern states.104 Massachusetts became the first state to officially incorporate climate change impacts into its environmental review procedures by adopting legislation that directs agencies to «consider reasonably foreseeable climate change impacts, including additional greenhouse gas emissions, and effects, such as predicted sea level rigreenhouse gas emissions; it is a cooperative effort among nine northeastern states.104 Massachusetts became the first state to officially incorporate climate change impacts into its environmental review procedures by adopting legislation that directs agencies to «consider reasonably foreseeable climate change impacts, including additional greenhouse gas emissions, and effects, such as predicted sea level rise.&raqgas emissions; it is a cooperative effort among nine northeastern states.104 Massachusetts became the first state to officially incorporate climate change impacts into its environmental review procedures by adopting legislation that directs agencies to «consider reasonably foreseeable climate change impacts, including additional greenhouse gas emissions, and effects, such as predicted sea level rigreenhouse gas emissions, and effects, such as predicted sea level rise.&raqgas emissions, and effects, such as predicted sea level rise.»

BH: Some of them are talking about climate sensitivity at 1.2 C, at 1.5 C. I think this is completely implausible because the basic energetics of the climate system responding to the additional greenhouse gas emissions almost from simple physics, has to be at least 1.2 C and possibly more before you begin to take into account any of the feedbacks in the system from water vapour in clouds and so on.

The body found that, without additional action, emissions of the greenhouse gases covered by the Kyoto Protocol - namely carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, sulphur hexafluoride, PFCs and HFCs - are likely to rise by 25 - 90 % by 2030 over their levels in 2000.

1 / CP.15 Outcome of the work of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long - term Cooperative Action under the Convention 2 / CP.15 Copenhagen Accord 3 / CP.15 Amendment to Annex I to the Convention 4 / CP.15 Methodological guidance for activities relating to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries 5 / CP.15 Work of the Consultative Group of Experts on National Communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention 6 / CP.15 Fourth review of the financial mechanism 7 / CP.15 Additional guidance to the Global Environment Facility 8 / CP.15 Capacity - building under the Convention 9 / CP.15 Systematic climate observations 10 / CP.15 Updated training programme for greenhouse gas inventory review experts for the technical review of greenhouse gas inventories from Parties included in Annex I to the Convention 11 / CP.15 Administrative, financial and institutional matters 12 / CP.15 Programme budget for the biennium 2010 - 2011 13 / CP.15 Dates and venues of future sessions

Kellogg will reduce its direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 65 %, and is also committed to reducing energy and GHG emissions in its plants by an additional 15 % — per metric ton of food produced — based on the 2015 level.

In support to: Monckton of Brenchley says: July 22, 2013 at 1:47 am Some commenters have suggested that the additional heat supposed to be generated by manmade greenhouse - gas emissions is going into the deep oceans.

1. Determination of which industries will likely be eligible for the energy - intensive, trade - exposed (EITE) industry allocations provided in the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (HR 2454);
2. Assessment of the potential impacts of this legislation on EITE industries;
3. Identification of additional data that would be useful for determining trade impacts, allocation requirements, and greenhouse gas emission in other countries; and
4. The other measures within ACES that could help to mitigate the effects of a cap - and - trade system on EITE industries.

Whereas the Department of State has declared that it is critical for the Parties to the Convention to include Developing Country Parties in the next steps for global action and, therefore, has proposed that consideration of additional steps to include limitations on Developing Country Parties» greenhouse gas emissions would not begin until after a protocol or other legal instrument is adopted in Kyoto, Japan in December 1997;

Further, supporting policies to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions now, instead of delaying for a few more years, would avoid some $ 5tn in additional costs, according to the International Energy Agency.

In general, once you have an emissions budget, there are three additional choices to make: how to distribute emissions reductions over time, how to allocate the budget between CO2 and non-CO2 greenhouse gases, and whether (and to what degree) «negative emissions» are considered.

Even so, other experts say a full life - cycle assessment would be required to ensure that solving the plastic problem in this way wouldn't lead to other problems, like additional greenhouse gas emissions.

In terms of additional greenhouse gas emissions, producing fuel from oil shale produces eight times the emissions of making fuel from conventional sources of petroleum.

Partly that reflects the fact that costs begin rapidly to escalate beyond that amount of warming; partly it reflects the possibility (discussed in considerable detail by Mr. Lynas) that that may be enough warming to trigger climate feedbacks that would make yet more warming inevitable even without additional greenhouse gas emissions.

As far as replacing coal with natural gas resulting in reducing CO2 emissions, the conventional environmental wisdom supports that, but that wisdom was developed without considering the additional greenhouse gas impact of fracking and the projected increase in the proportion of fracked gas as part of the US» overall natural gas supply.

That's in the IPCC AR4 Working Group 1, Summary for Policymakers, so one doesn't have to read very far to see what the IPCC actual projections are... that the projected trends are significantly lower than what Monckton claims and the fact that they are fairly scenario - independent over the next 20 years or so (which isn't that surprising given that it takes a while for the emissions in the various scenarios to diverge significantly and that half of the rise is projected to be due not to ANY additional emissions but simply to the greenhouse gases already present in the atmosphere).

«KXL will improve returns in the short - term, which means that it will help catalyze new investment, more oil - sands production, and additional greenhouse gas emissions,» adds co-advisor Mark Fulton.

California's Air Resources Board today released an analysis of the Newhall Ranch environmental plan saying that it «would not result in any net additional» greenhouse - gas emissions «after the mitigation measures are fully implemented.»