Sentences with phrase «international emissions agreements»

Perhaps not surprisingly, the urgency of widespread participation in international emissions agreements hinges critically on the appropriate long - term climate stabilization target.

Whether or not the world reaches an international emissions agreement, the U.S. government holds the real solution

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Ola Elvestuen, Norway's minister of climate and environment, says the International Maritime Organization's agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the shipping industry represents a «great step forward.»

An agreement by the International Maritime Organization to cut the shipping industry's greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent — from 2008 levels — by 2050 will not be easy, but it can be done, Norway's Minister of Climate and Environment said.

with carbon pricing and other measures, including eliminating coal - fired power plants, cutting methane emissions from the oil industry, and making cleaner fuels, Canada will still be 90 million tonnes shy of its international emissions targets set in 2015 under the Paris agreement

Commentary: International Maritime Organization agrees to first long - term plan to curb emissions Historic shipping industry climate deal is in line with Paris Agreement and the IEA's Beyond 2 °C Scenario 13 April 2018

Systematic national programs of these sorts would lead to a steady and substantial decline in the emission of greenhouse gases and greatly increase our ability to lead the family of nations into international agreements on the environment.

When Mr Cameron stood up to speak for the second time, he questioned the prime minister's commitment to securing an international agreement on cutting carbon dioxide emissions to follow the Kyoto protocol which expires in 2012.

Despite this, I believe progress has been made, and existing international agreements contain an important and hitherto overlooked mechanism that can do much to regulate carbon emissions.

BLACK SMOKER A new international agreement places a cap on greenhouse gas emissions from international cargo ships.

In a November 2000 exchange, Clinton told Blair that while U.S. Republicans agreed that climate change was «a real problem,» they would be unlikely to accept any international agreement that wouldn't allow a major role for market - based emissions trading.

Wasn't the 1987 United Nations Montreal Protocol — an international agreement that set limits on the emission of ozone - eating compounds like chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs — supposed to shrink Earth's life - threatening atmospheric bald spot?

Until international agreements are in place to cut greenhouse gas emissions, Runge says there may be increasing conflict between conservation, economic development, and the cultural and nutritional needs of indigenous people.

«On the phone a lot» to save Kyoto The exchange took place nearly three years after U.S. negotiators helped to broker the Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement that allowed wealthy countries to trade for emissions credits to cover some of their reduction responsibilities.

Over the past year, governments have been making pledges about how they will cut emissions, and one of the main outcomes from Paris will be a new agreement that codifies all those national efforts into international law.

While striving to secure an agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions globally, the international organization has seen pollution from its own activities, particularly flying, rise

They are expected to culminate in a new international agreement to lower greenhouse gas emissions and possibly put in place a system by which nearly 200 countries can regularly enact new and stronger climate targets.

A number of things might have affected people's attitudes, including Pope Francis» encyclical calling for climate action, a record - warm winter and media coverage around the international agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to the report.

«The ability to accurately estimate greenhouse gas sources and sinks is a prerequisite for international agreements or national emission reduction programs to be effective,» the academies said in a joint statement.

According to an analysis done by the council that accompanied the new plan, the carbon tax - and - dividend system would «allow the United States to meet the upper end of its 2025 Paris commitment,» meaning it would achieve the goal of a 28 percent emissions reduction that the U.S. promised under the major international Paris climate agreement.

The Emissions Quartet: Report Outlines Four Climate Actions Nations Can Take Now An international climate change agreement is on the cards for 2020, but a new report urges countries not to wait so long.

THE Paris climate agreement, sealed last December, was a first in many respects: the first truly international climate change deal, with promises from both rich and poor nations to cut emissions; the first global signal that the age of fossil fuels must end; the first time world leaders said we should aim for less than 2 °C of warming.

A global United Nations agreement announced last week means that international airlines will have to curb their greenhouse gas emissions from 2020.

The Kyoto Protocol is seen as an important first step towards a truly global emission reduction regime that will stabilize GHG emissions, and can provide the architecture for the future international agreement on climate change.

-- The Administrator, in accordance with the regulations promulgated under subsection (b)(1) and an agreement or arrangement described in subsection (b)(2)(A), shall issue international offset credits for greenhouse gas emission reductions achieved through activities to reduce deforestation only if, in addition to the requirements of subsection (b)--

«(B) except as provided in paragraph (5) or (6), the quantity of the international offset credits is determined by comparing the national emissions from deforestation relative to a national deforestation baseline for that country established, in accordance with an agreement or arrangement described in subsection (b)(2)(A), pursuant to paragraph (4);

-- In this subsection, the term «sectoral basis» means the issuance of international offset credits only for the quantity of sector - wide reductions or avoidance of greenhouse gas emissions, or sector - wide increases in sequestration of greenhouse gases, achieved across the relevant sector of the economy relative to a domestically enforceable baseline level of absolute emissions established in an agreement or arrangement described in subsection (b)(2)(A) for the sector.

«The draft text of the Paris Agreement has removed reference to international shipping and aviation emissions — two sectors that each contribute currently about the same amount of CO2 as Germany, and where CO2 emissions are anticipated to grow to 2050.

Though international aviation emissions fall under the Paris Agreement, to date they are not included in any...

Until the 2000s, when emissions started to rise again, sulfur dioxide emissions had generally declined since the 1970's because of emission controls spurred by national regulation and international agreements.

Almost two decades later, in 2016, following the landmark Paris Agreement and the inclusion of aviation in the EU's emissions trading system, ICAO adopted the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation, or CORSIA.

Countries are considering using CERs from emission reductions up to 2020 to achieve post-2020 mitigation targets, under both the Paris Agreement and the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA).

Responding to legislation, executive action, and international agreements on climate change, DOT aims to secure economic and social benefits of transportation while reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) heralded the agreement in October, of a new global market - based measure to control carbon emissions from international aviation, as an «historic agreInternational Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) heralded the agreement in October, of a new global market - based measure to control carbon emissions from international aviation, as an «historic agreinternational aviation, as an «historic agreement».

Subsidy reform has been an important international policy agenda, especially ever since the December 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change that called on countries to reduce emissions.

We disagree on the certainty of any sort of international agreement which will cause year - over-year reductions in emissions, within any sort of timeframe which will avert «tipping point» levels of CO2.

We're working to implement a new international agreement that will accelerate cuts in potent HCFC emissions.

[Comment 34] We're working to implement a new international agreement that will accelerate cuts in potent HCFC emissions.

Third, the gas revolution is a reminder that for most countries facts on the ground will have a much bigger impact on emissions that international diplomatic agreements.

Now consider this: to deal with greenhouse gas emissions, international agreements and national government policies and regulations are being proposed and enacted (at least in Europe and Canada).

Three decades of international negotiations and agreements signed onto by virtually every nation state GHG emissions continue to rise — from under 40GT (eq) in 1988 to over 55GT today.

For policy makers and in international agreements where people have to deal with what is actionable, setting objectives in terms of GHG emissions is the only option available.

Sadly we can be certain that there will be no reduction in the CO2 emissions due to an international agreement as our addiction both social and economic is all powerful.

The President also believes that the most effective approach to maintaining a level playing field is to negotiate a new international climate change agreement that ensures that all the major polluters take significant actions to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.

«As business leaders, it is our belief that the benefits of strong, early action on climate change outweigh the costs of not acting... a sufficiently ambitious, international and comprehensive legally - binding United Nations agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will provide business with the certainty it needs to scale up global investment in low - carbon technologies... the shift to a low - carbon economy will create significant business opportunities».

A. Over the last several months, we've seen quotes from officials from China and India strongly suggesting that technology transfer is their price for participation in any international global emissions agreement.

Two - thirds of Americans support the United States joining a binding international agreement to curb growth of greenhouse gas emissions....

[UPDATE, 8/6: China's lead envoy in climate - treaty talks expressed optimism that a new international agreement on climate will be negotiated this year, but stressed that there is no chance his country will accept hard targets for cutting emissions of greenhouse gases.]

There, they'll hash out a draft framework that will hopefully set the stage for a major international agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions at next year's conference in Paris.

For over a decade, it has tried to sabotage international climate change negotiations and block agreements that would lead to greenhouse gas emissions reductions.