Sentences with phrase «in emissions trading»

The Australian Government commitment of $ 10m over five years to facilitate Indigenous participation in emissions trading will provide opportunities for Indigenous people in existing and emerging carbon markets, including, through fire management.

He is an expert on environmental, energy policy and green economics and has extensive experience in emissions trading, carbon taxes and efficiency legislation.

The International Transaction Log (ITL) connects registries and secretariat systems that are involved in the emissions trading mechanism defined under the Kyoto Protocol and its Doha amendment.

In its report the IPCC emphasises the futility of subsidies for renewable energy parallel to an emissions trading system: «The addition of a CO2 reduction policy to a second policy does not necessarily lead to greater CO2 reductions,» it says in a literal translation of the IPCC's Technical Summary: «In an emissions trading scheme with a sufficiently stringent cap other measures such as subsidising renewable energy have no further influence on total CO2 emissions.»

Many Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) staffers mistrusted the new methods; they had had little success with some small - scale experiments in emissions trading, and they worried that proponents were less interested in cleaning up pollution than in doing it cheaply.

So if you get in the business of limiting CO2 emissions, of taxing CO2 emissions, of creating a value in CO2 emissions where people trade them in this emissions trading scheme, you go to the coal plants first because of the fact that that's the greatest source — single source — of CO2 that there is.»

The ICAP newsletter is a quarterly summary of the latest trends in emissions trading around the world and activities here at the International Carbon Action Partnership.

More states could achieve compliance by joining together with other states in emissions trading programs.

By providing a mechanism to capture more of these low - cost emissions reduction opportunities, this innovative tool — the first - of - its - kind in emissions trading markets — could potentially get to the even deeper emissions reductions that NRDC and other groups urged the states to adopt.

That the European Union differs with his position is well documented: the EU has proposed in its Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) to require foreign airlines flying over or into European airspace to either curb or pay for their greenhouse gas emissions.

Launched in April 2010, it is the world's first urban cap - and - trade programme, requiring CO2 reductions from large commercial, government and industrial buildings through on - site energy efficiency measures or participation in the emissions trading scheme.

In mid-December the European Union adopted an emergency law designed to firm up prices in its Emissions Trading System (ETS).

The reduction is usually associated with a policy target, such as a cap in an emissions trading scheme or a given level of stabilization of heat - trapping gas greenhouse gas) concentrations in the atmosphere.

The Report is a yearly review on all activities in emissions trading around the world, which highlights important trends and provides an educated outlook on central developments in carbon markets to come.

The approval of the Clean Power Plan (CPP) in the United States has also sparked renewed interest in emissions trading.

However, worried about the verifiability and permanency of carbon dioxide stored in trees, the European Union does not allow credits generated that way to be traded in its emissions trading scheme.

Other speakers were Paul Simshauser from Babcock and Brown (owners of electricity generators and other infrastructure) and Stuart Dix from e3 International, a firm with a lot of experience in emissions trading markets.

Countries that are not Parties to the Kyoto Protocol are not eligible to participate in emissions trading under it.

This week, I will urge the delegates in Bali to adopt a bold mandate for a treaty that establishes a universal global cap on emissions and uses the market in emissions trading to efficiently allocate resources to the most effective opportunities for speedy reductions.

TH: And you've actually testified as an expert in front of a Senate committee on climate change, and The Nature Conservancy is also pretty active in emissions trading, or carbon credit trading programs to tackle climate change issues.

The IPCC and UNFCCC agree that the technology for incorporating land use, land use change, and forestry (LULUCF) in emissions trading is up to par.

From January 1, all airlines landing in the European Union will have to participate in the emission trading program, purchasing credits for all their carbon emissions.

Not exact matches

In 2008, Canada and the U.S. seemed to be moving to introduce cap - and - trade schemes that would have imposed a price for carbon emissions.

While on the stump, Obama promised to establish a cap and trade program to reign in the carbon emissions responsible for global warming.

A trade association representing General Motors (gm), Toyota (tm), Volkswagen (vlkpf) and nine other automakers on Tuesday asked new Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt to withdraw an Obama administration decision to lock in vehicle emission rules through 2025.

The pope repeated the strong call for environmental stewardship that he had made with his latest encyclical, Laudato Si, and Xi Jinping announced that China will launch a cap - and - trade system for carbon emissions in 2017.

Meant to force airlines and their passengers to account for their environmental impact, the much - maligned European Emissions Trading Scheme is on hold, at least for international flights that originate in or depart from the European Union.

It modeled the implications for the company of a requirement for emissions to decline to levels consistent with a so - called «2 °C world» after 2030 and also looked at a number of alternative scenarios based on divergent ranges in global growth and trade, geopolitics, technological innovation and responses to climate change.

According to DeSmogBlog, the emissions difference between burning oil from conventional wells and tar sands is about the same as trading in your Honda Accord for a Chevy Suburban.

In bid to reduce carbon emissions, a group of Japanese technology and energy firms is launching a pilot project aimed to allow consumers in rural areas to trade renewable energy.In bid to reduce carbon emissions, a group of Japanese technology and energy firms is launching a pilot project aimed to allow consumers in rural areas to trade renewable energy.in rural areas to trade renewable energy...

One recommendation by the alliance takes aim at Ontario government energy policy that could also double as climate policy, as the province has curtailed greenhouse gas emissions coming from the electricity sector by closing coal - fired power plants, invested in costly solar and wind energy projects, and instituted a cap - and - trade system that requires businesses to buy permits to cover their carbon emissions.

This will be accomplished through a combination of a «cap and trade» carbon pricing system, mandatory vehicle emission standards, and investing in renewable energy production and consumption.

Analysts say high use of UN offsets in EU emissions trading scheme suggests industrial gas credits are being ditched before 2013 cut off point

Environment council adopts statement in support of Paris Agreement and debates reform of the EU emissions trading scheme

But International Emissions Trading Association raises concerns over lack of clarity in the draft Clean Air Rule

As a member of the Sustainable Food Trade Association (SFTA), we've signed a pledge committing to reporting annually the company's performance in the 11 - action categories that include organic & land use, distribution & sourcing, energy, climate change & emissions, water use & quality, solid waste reduction, packaging & marketing materials, labor, animal care, sustainability education, and governance & community engagement.

Dr. Ulrich Hoffmann from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) will stress the importance of sustainable agriculture in mitigating food security risks, whilst Worldwatch Institute will show how innovations in agriculture can sequestrate carbon emissions.

Australia is endowed with some of the world's best energy resources, has good skills in low emissions technologies, strong institutions and established trading relationships with key consumers of energy.

Yesterday the Herald revealed that agreement had been reached to start the scheme for three years with a fixed price on carbon - a de facto carbon tax - before it becomes an emissions trading scheme in which the market would set the price.

We focus on ruminant livestock since it has the highest emissions intensity across food sectors... While shifting consumption patterns in wealthy countries from imported to domestic livestock products reduces GHG emissions associated with international trade and transport activity, we find that these transport emissions reductions are swamped by changes in global emissions due to differences in GHG emissions intensities of production.

The EU Emissions Trading System gives countries wriggle - room in meeting environmental targets.

Along with most people who recognise the reality of climate change, I do not doubt that markets and private property rights have, or can have, an important role to play in handling the problem, e.g., through suitably designed emissions trading systems and the like.

The emissions trading pilot projects in China can learn from the EU's mistakes in order to establish a successful countrywide scheme.

Last year scientists writing in the journal Nature Climate Change suggested cutting methane emissions by pushing up the price of meat through a tax or emissions trading scheme.

We are instead pressing ahead unilaterally with terrible policies: draining the budgets of families and businesses with excessive green taxes; picking losers by giving the most generous subsidies to the most expensive sources of low carbon energy; and recreating the volatility of the housing market with an emissions trading scheme where the supply of allowances is fixed, so fluctuations in demand lead to wild swings in the price.

Internationally, we are on track to exceed our Kyoto target and are actively engaged in developing the European Emissions Trading Scheme.

Mr Miliband said: «Any increase in carbon dioxide emissions is worrying, even though these figures do not include the effect of emissions trading.

President Obama's plan for national standards to curb power plant emissions is based, in part, on a cap and trade type program already existence in New York.

A climate change bill is due shortly which will set out ministers» plans to cut emissions at home in the UK, and changes to the European emissions trading scheme (ETS) are also planned, including its expansion into the emissions - heavy aviation industry.

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