Sentences with phrase «increase global efficiency»

We study a prototypical model of a Parliament with two Parties or two Political Coalitions and we show how the introduction of a variable percentage of randomly selected independent legislators can increase the global efficiency of a Legislature, in terms of both number of laws passed and average social welfare obtained.

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Shares of Fitbit soar after the global wearables company announces it will collaborate with Google to increase its efficiency in digital health care.

I look forward to leveraging Ripple's global experience as the task force assess ways to increase speed, efficiency, access to, and competition in payments.»

Brent Wilton, the company's global head of workplace rights, said in an email to Reuters, «We are partnering with the pilot of this project to further increase transparency and efficiency of the verification process related to labor policies within our supply chain.»

According to Nasdaq, key benefits of the venture include a seamless, end - to - end transactional process for private - company securities; direct access to global payments from Nasdaq's Linq platform using CitiConnect ® for Blockchain and Citi's cross-border, multicurrency payments service; and increased operational efficiency and ease of reconciliation with real - time visibility of payment - transaction activity on the blockchain ledger.

For example, the World Economic Forum estimates that improving efficiencies by half in transport - related documentation and communication will increase global trade by 9.4 % to 14.5 %.

Tracking SDG7: The Energy Progress Report provides the international community with a global dashboard to register progress on the targets of Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7): ensuring universal energy access, doubling progress on energy efficiency and substantially increasing the share of renewable energy by 2030.

Kiesel's takeaways from working with top global restaurant and hospitality brands makes clear that a holistic approach to business — one that keeps talent cultivation, character and efficiency top - of - mind — creates team loyalty and support, and fosters increased market share.

Global demand for protein ingredients has greatly increased due to protein's efficiency and high nutritional value.

«The increase reflects the recovery in global dairy commodity markets, combined with the continuing strong performance of Arla's global brands, and the benefits from a series of efficiency improvements instigated in the first half of the year coming through.

Increased natural gas energy efficiency = Reduced utility bills = Profit Increased natural gas energy efficiency = Reduced global warming Increased natural gas energy efficiency = Reduced CO2 emissions Increased natural gas energy efficiency = Water conservation The technology to make the above possible is called Condensing Flue Gas Heat Recovery.

Both traditional and new U.S. industries will have to increase energy efficiency if the nation is to retain its global position as a leading manufacturer

The discoveries of these proteins and genes have the potential to address a wide range of critical agricultural problems in the future, including the limited availability of water for crops, the need to increase water use efficiency in lawns as well as crops and concerns among farmers about the impact heat stress will have in their crops as global temperatures and CO2 levels continue to rise.

Your article on a slowdown in the increase in global emissions of greenhouse gases cites energy efficiency as a key...

Research associates Anneke Prins and Doug Orr conducted the experimental work which was jointly funded by CIMMYT (W4031.11 Global Wheat Program) and by Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency, a project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and led by the University of Illinois at the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology.

This increased efficiency has extended global commerce to the point where it is now economically viable to ship everything from flowers to Florida manatees across the globe.

U.S. domestic production is increasing, as is the geographic diversity of global oil supply, and environmental pressures are encouraging greater efficiency and adoption of substitute technologies.

Global oil shocks in the»70s spurred the airline industry to look for ways to increase fuel efficiency without compromising performance.

Global energy - related emissions could peak by 2020 if energy efficiency is improved; the construction of inefficient coal plants is banned; investment in renewables is increased to $ 400 billion in 2030 from $ 270 billion in 2014; methane emissions are cut in oil and gas production and fossil fuel subsidies are phased out by 2030.

To increase the efficiency of the sustainability data management process and improve the accuracy of the data, we started using Enablon, a global provider of environmental, health, and safety (EHS), and operational risk management software, which was acquired by Wolters Kluwer in 2016.

The successful adoption of Augmented Reality (AR) has come a long way the past few years, particularly as the global economy has grappled and the need to improve operational efficiency and safety training has increased.

Production of all North American models was transferred to Hofu, Japan, due to ongoing efforts to increase global manufacturing efficiencies.

This unique supply system makes efficient use of Honda's global auto plants and increases the speed, efficiency, and flexibility of the company's manufacturing operations.

・ 20 percent better fuel efficiency thanks to the low compression ratio of 14.0:1 ・ A new two - stage turbocharger realizes smooth and linear response from low to high engine speeds, and greatly increases low - and high - end torque (up to the 5,200 rpm rev limit) ・ Complies with global emissions regulations (Euro6 in Europe and the Post New Long - Term Regulations in Japan), without expensive NOx aftertreatment

That product breadth has been deliberately engineered in response to a few factors: (1) the growing sophistication of trading strategies that require more flexibility, (2) an increased focus on cost efficiencies associated with clearing, prompting the expansion of cleared products, and (3) the need for greater access to the global oil markets.

She has substantially increased global awareness about the organization, improved its operational efficiency, and established new efforts of national significance, including the Animal Welfare Research Institute, the Children's Innovation Institute, the American Humane Hero Dog Awards ™, and major research studies on the effects of animal - assisted therapy on children with cancer and the lifesaving value of service dogs for veterans with post-traumatic stress.

This seems really odd: the publlc demand made by scientists who are most alarmed by global warming is precisely not that more money go into reasearch, but rather that money go into research to increase fuel efficiency to develope carbon - emission - free fuel sources.

Yr5 - Yr10 — Global Green Tax on AvGas beginning at 100 % increasing to 300 % thus making all air travel and cargo a «Luxury» activity and Yr5 + therefore Trains & Ships a new «high carbon efficiency» growth industry, including Electric Solar Powered Trains and suburban Light Rail.

Other policies could increase efficiency in transportation, protect valuable forests, and so forth, with net benefits entirely aside from acting against global warming.

Low demand (e.g., due to a significant increase in energy efficiency) is combined with high RE deployment, no employment of CCS and a global nuclear phase - out by 2045 in the third mitigation scenario, Advanced Energy [R] evolution 2010 (Teske et al., 2010)(henceforth ER - 2010).

EESI advances policy solutions that will result in decreased global warming and air pollution; improvements in public health, energy security and rural economic development opportunities; increased use of renewable energy sources and improved energy efficiency; and the protection of areas such as the Arctic and coastal regions.»

The Antarctic Circumpolar Current also increased global upwelling and the efficiency of the biological pump.

As global population rises and more people move into cities, global cement production is set to grow by 12 to 23 % by 2050, and despite increasing efficiencies, direct carbon emissions from the cement industry are expected to increase by 4 % globally by 2050 under the IEA Reference Technology Scenario (RTS).

In 2006, the European Union (EU), which consists of 27 members, committed to reducing its global warming emissions by at least 20 percent of 1990 levels by 2020, to consuming 20 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2020, and to reducing its primary energy use by 20 percent from projected levels through increased energy efficiency.1 The EU has also committed to spending $ 375 billion a year to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80 percent by 2050 compared to 1990 levels.2 The EU is meeting these goals through binding national commitments which vary depending on the unique situation of a given country but which average out to the overall targets.

Such low conversion efficiencies explain why it takes a large amount of productive land to yield a small amount of bioenergy, and why bioenergy can so greatly increase the global competition for land.

Such low conversion efficiencies explain why it takes a large amount of productive land to yield a small amount of bioenergy, and why bioenergy can so greatly increase global competition for land.

First is regulation that could strand assets in several ways: direct regulation on carbon led by authorities at the local, national, regional, or global level; indirect regulation through increased pollution controls, constraints on water usage, or policies targeting health concerns; and mandates on renewable energy adoption and efficiency standards.

The technology currently available for installing distributed renewable energy in developing countries can not yet raise all of the world's poorest to the levels of per capita energy consumption previously reached in the west, but developed countries are already reducing overall energy demand and increasing energy efficiency, rendering historical patterns of energy usage the wrong benchmark for global standards in any case.

In a nutshell, they tell us that while increasing energy efficiency is undoubtedly a good thing, it is most assuredly not a remedy for global warming.

In the year of global climate talks in Paris, much bigger increases in efficiency and renewables are possible and would allow much steeper emissions cuts than the EU's current «at least 40 % by 2030» target.

The company expects energy demand to grow at an average of about 1 % annually over the next three decades — faster than population but much slower than the global economy — with increasing efficiency and a gradual shift toward lower - emission energy sources: Gas increases faster than oil and by more BTUs in total, while coal grows for a while longer but then shrinks back to current levels.

-- Muller believes humans are changing climate with CO2 emissions — humans have been responsible for «most» of a 0.4 C warming since 1957, almost none of the warming before then — IPCC is in trouble due to sloppy science, exaggerated predictions; chairman will have to resign — the «Climategate» mails were not «hacked» — they were «leaked» by an insider — due to «hide the decline» deception, Muller will not read any future papers by Michael Mann — there has been no increase in hurricanes or tornadoes due to global warming — automobiles are insignificant in overall picture — China is the major CO2 producer, considerably more than USA today — # 1 priority for China is growth of economy — global warming is not considered important — China CO2 efficiency (GDP per ton CO2) is around one - fourth of USA today, has much room for improvement — China growth will make per capita CO2 emissions at same level as USA today by year 2040 — if it is «not profitable» it is «not sustainable» — US energy future depends on shale gas for automobiles; hydrogen will not be a factor — nor will electric cars, due to high cost — Muller is upbeat on nuclear (this was recorded pre-Fukushima)-- there has been no warming in the USA — Muller was not convinced of Hansen's GISS temperature record; hopes BEST will provide a better record.

The International Energy Agency estimates that global investment in energy efficiency was $ 221 billion in 2015, an increase of 6 percent from 2014 and 60 percent greater than investment in conventional power generation.

The Coalition's diesel initiative is also building on the U.S. EPA's Smart Way program, which has become a global model for increasing efficiency and reducing pollution from freight through a portfolio of readily available technologies and practices.

We also quantified the contribution of changes in the catchment efficiency parameter that oppose the effects of increasing evaporative demand in global warming scenarios.

Rather than engage the climate policy proposals I and others have put forward — like substituting prizes for subsidies, reducing regulatory barriers for alternative energies, increasing industry's carbon efficiency, and promoting efficiency gains in developing nations where such investments are most cost effective — they attack a straw man of «conservative orthodoxy that global warming can be overcome by private companies operating in free markets with little or no help from the government.»

Lastly, all Gold standard projects are retired on the Markit registry — an independent establishment that increases transparency, efficiency and scalability within the global environmental markets.

Along with representatives from the Environmental Defence Fund and the Prince of Wales» Corporate Leaders Group, Agency experts detailed how increased energy efficiency, phasing out least - efficient coal - fired power plants, investing more in renewables, ending fossil - fuel subsidies and cutting methane emissions can limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius.

Having ambitious carbon - reduction targets allows us to drive forward innovation, develop new energy - saving technologies and share our know - how through the supply chain and beyond to increase efficiency on a global scale.»

At the same time, global energy - related CO ₂ emissions increased for the first time in three years, as improvements in global energy efficiency slowed down dramatically to 1.7 %.