Sentences with phrase «meaningful reductions of»

The letter, organised by Australian National University climatologist Andrew Glikson, calls on the federal government to make «meaningful reductions of Australia's peak carbon emissions and coal exports, while there is still time».

«to tackle the root causes of an unfolding climate tragedy and do what is required to protect future generations and nature, including meaningful reductions of Australia's peak carbon emissions and coal exports, while there is still time.

And I will stay with this conclusion until someone shows me an actionable mitigation proposal, which would result in a meaningful reduction of warming by 2100 at an affordable price — so far I've seen none (yours comes the closest).

Not exact matches

«New attention to Nutrition: With the aim of driving meaningful reductions in micronutrient deficiency in young children we will test products like micro nutrient powders and fortified porridge, and augment education on balanced diet.

Although there is no perfect solution, meaningful, significant reductions of the extent of both problems are possible.

The Victorian dairy farmer co-operative's application for merger authorisation, made public on Tuesday night, claims a merger with WCB will «not generate any meaningful reduction in the market for the acquisition of raw milk.»

While reports of a meaningful personal income tax reduction are positive, the fact remains that the financial impact of these proposals are so significant that an unprecedented amount of regulatory reform would be needed to make this deal net neutral.»

Shortening sentences for prisoners convicted of violent offenses may prove controversial, but meaningful reductions in the state's prison population depends on the release of some inmates who fall into this category.

Local authorities of all parties could make meaningful council tax reductions if they saved a modest ten per cent in these three non-priority areas.»

At a median of 14 months after SLAH, ten out of thirteen patients achieved meaningful seizure reductions, while seven were free of «disabling seizures.»

Although the difference in patient mortality between male and female physicians was modest, an observed effect size of a 0.43 - percentage point difference or a relative risk reduction of 4 % in mortality is arguably a clinically meaningful difference.

The researchers found increases in bone mineral density of about 1 - 2 % over up to five years, but the authors say these increases are «unlikely to translate into clinically meaningful reductions in fractures.»

Dr. Katz explains how the six key domains of lifestyle medicine (healthy diet, physical activity, avoidance of tobacco and excess alcohol, adequate sleep, stress reduction, and meaningful relationships) are highly interactive.

Dietary pulses at doses of 120 — 132 g / day (0.5 — 0.75 cups / day, the equivalent of about one serving / day) have shown meaningful reductions in established cardiometabolic risk factors, including HbA1c, LDL - C, body weight, and blood pressure, with the evi - dence for these specific reductions ranging from low to moderate quality.

Walkouts in Arizona and West Virginia followed meaningful reductions in teacher salaries of ten percent and nine percent respectively since 2000 in constant dollars.

I also find large and meaningful reductions in the percentage of students at district schools who are required to repeat a grade as a result of charter school entry.

This implies that high - poverty schools are, on average, much less effective than lower - poverty schools, and suggests that strategies that reduce the differential exposure of black, Hispanic, and white students to poor classmates may lead to meaningful reductions in academic achievement gaps.

For these and other reasons, an extensive body of research suggests that small schools and small learning communities have the following significant advantages: • Increased student performance, along with a reduction in the achievement gap and dropout rate • A more positive school climate, including safer schools, more active student engagement, fewer disciplinary infractions, and less truancy • A more personalized learning environment in which students have the opportunity to form meaningful relationships with both adults and peers • More opportunities for teachers to gather together in professional learning communities that enhance teaching and learning • Greater parent involvement and satisfaction • Cost - efficiency Ultimately, creating successful small learning communities and small schools at the middle level increases the chances for students to be successful in high school and beyond.

But despite the various tweaks brought to the suspension, including a 23 mm reduction in right height and the fitment of optional 19in wheels shod with 245/35 on our test car, it lacks for meaningful interaction.

There are a number of meaningful improvements in the update, like better support for HTML5 web standards and an improved UI, but the biggest difference is speed — «at least a 30 percent reduction in page load latency,» according to the company.

Unless I get to tackle them one at a time with a car battery and some alligator clips... But what it does offer is: i) a (v meaningful) solution that's pretty quick & easy to implement, ii) huge flexibility from a political and a financial management perspective, iii) interest savings, and even debt principal reductions, for most if not all countries, and iv) best of all, a multi-year window to avoid default, implement deficit reductions (faint hope) and / or ideally grow into an outstanding debt burden.

Its color and structure and its quality aren't more simple than before; the work isn't narrow or somehow meaningful only as form... «Minimal» and «ABC» are recent reductions of «reductive.»

As Senator James Inhofe (Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee has consistently said, technology promotion and sharing are the only real way to achieve meaningful reductions in the future, not a failed Kyoto 2 approach.

[A] s the details of the plan have emerged, environmental groups and politicians — who applaud Norway's impulse — say the feat relies too heavily on sleight - of - hand accounting and huge donations to environmental projects abroad, rather than meaningful emissions reductions.

The international problematization of large families and the celebration of carbon reduction impacts heavily, I think, on the way women conceive of themselves and their room to make meaningful decisions.

For many of the people pushing hard for meaningful CO2 reduction the facts of CO2 warming are of no relevance.

Today, Senator Bingaman took a step in that direction by introducing the Clean Energy Standard Act of 2012 (CESA), which would create certainty for clean energy investments, diversify the U.S. power mix, and yield meaningful carbon emissions reductions.

This year: Submit a meaningful QELRO that would require a 40 % reduction by 2020; produce a low carbon development plan; tell us when gross emissions will peak; listen to the voices of progressive business leaders and agricultural scientists who can help us get there, rather than the usual head - in - the - sand lobby groups; and get a new attitude.

Clearly, a reduction target of this magnitude is meaningful only if it is taken to signify a combined obligation to, on the one hand, make reductions domestically and, on the other, invest in international reductions.

A price on carbon emissions will reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Washington State and spur the development of new, renewable energy alternatives, and represents an important first step toward making meaningful progress toward carbon reduction in Washington State and protecting both birds and people in a warming world.»

Hence, it possible for a large number of measurements at different locations to result in a meaningful reduction in the level of error of a quantity, provided that the value of the quantity does not vary much across the sample space.

Since international climate change negotiations began in 1990, the United States has yet to adopt meaningful greenhouse gas emissions reduction legislation For almost 20 years arguments against US climate change legislation or US participation in a global solution to climate change have been made that have almost always been of two types.

Battling the incestuous relationship of national governments and multi-national corporations has paved a tiresome situation for producing any meaningful action in emissions reduction.

Operating cost for electric cars is $ 0.50 to $ 0.75 per mile versus $ 0.10 for gasoline powered cars once battery replacement costs are included By 2020, Chinese PER CAPITA emissions will be higher than America's Does not believe that the 0.6 degree temperature rise to date is the West's «fault,» but does believe that China is the future problem Whatever U.S. does about emissions reduction and what people do as individuals is totally trivial in face of the fact that China is adding huge amounts of coal fired generating capacity The most meaningful emissions reduction strategy today would be to convert China from coal to natural gas The claim that there are more frequent or more intense hurricanes and tornadoes as a result of AGW is not scientifically supported We can reduce emissions, but it is important that we do the RIGHT things (and NOT the WRONG ones) Not worried about «peak oil;» coal can be converted to liquid fuel

The joint workshop informed decision makers on the opportunities and challenges of advanced EOR and provided clear recommendations on how advanced EOR can play a meaningful role in national energy and emissions reductions.

During the next 20 years, the US continued to block a meaningful global solution to climate change while being one of only a handful of nations that did not ratify the Kyoto Protocol, a treaty in which most developed countries accepted a ghg reduction target.

The United States is not only responsible for the current crisis because, as President Obama noted, it is the second highest emitter of ghg in the world behind China, it has historically emitted much more ghgs into the atmosphere than any other country including China, it is currently near the top of all nations in per capita ghg emissions, and the US has been responsible more than any other developed nation for the failure of the international community to adopt meaningful ghg emissions reduction targets from the beginning of international climate negotiations in 1990 until the Obama administration.

These questions are organized according to the most frequent arguments made against climate change policies which are claims that climate change policies: (a) will impose unacceptable costs on a national economy or specific industries or prevent nations from pursuing other national priorities, (b) should not be adopted because of scientific uncertainty about climate change impacts, or (c) are both unfair and ineffective as long as high emitting nations such as China or India do not adopt meaningful ghg emissions reduction policies.

Worldwide, proposals for carbon taxes, cap - and - trade programs and meaningful CO2 reductions have foundered on a lack of political consensus.

Based on decades of experience, ExxonMobil believes this rigorous bottom - up approach is a more effective and meaningful way to drive efficiency improvement and greenhouse gas emissions reduction than simply setting high - level corporate targets.

«Canada's natural gas delivery industry recognizes that increasing RNG content in the natural gas delivered to Canadian customers is a pathway towards meaningful reductions in greenhouse gas emissions,» said Timothy M. Egan, President and CEO of the Canadian Gas Association.

Both zero waste and minimalism focus on a conscious reduction of consumption to leave room in your life for more meaningful things.

carbon offset methodology is the first of its kind and provides real opportunities for achieving a meaningful level of emissions reductions in the agriculture sector.

«Contributing to combating climate change and respecting planetary boundaries in the way we do business is a priority for us,» said Marie - Claire Daveu, Chief Sustainability Officer and Head of International Institutional Affairs, Kering, «The Science Based Targets initiative is enabling the business community to set meaningful and measurable goals to ensure that we align with the 2 °C global agenda and Kering is proud that our own GHG reduction ambitions have been validated by the initiative.»

However, the issue I raised was whether there was a realistic chance of meaningful reductions in the Copenhagen meeting in December given the severity of the global financial crisis.

Newly approved by the American Carbon Registry (ACR) and co-authored by project partners DU, TCT, The Nature Conservancy, Environmental Defense Fund and Terra Global Capital, the Avoided Conversion of Grasslands and Shrublands (ACoGS) carbon offset methodology is the first of its kind and provides real opportunities for achieving a meaningful level of emissions reductions in the agriculture sector.

During 2011, we at the American Carbon Registry (ACR) remained steadfast in our commitment to demonstrate the value of market - based approaches to accelerate meaningful emission reduction actions.

Environmentalists are sometimes reluctant to champion non-CO2 reductions, wary of the distraction from the necessary longer term effort required to take meaningful action on climate change.

Is an initiative that urges the child in all of us to keep asking the important questions about climate change, and pressure our leaders to commit to more meaningful carbon emission reductions.

For many countries, tackling oil and gas methane emissions, including as a component of their Intended Nationally - Determined Contributions to the UN agreement to be adopted this year in Paris, could make a meaningful contribution to their overall GHG reductions by 2030.