Sentences with phrase «meet emission targets on»

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California is on track to meet the 2020 climate target to cut emissions to 1990 levels.

Even if the ambitious targets of the world's biggest economies are met, and internal combustion engines give way to electric or other zero - emission vehicles by 2040, the total impact on global carbon dioxide emissions will be minimal, according to a new study released Tuesday.

How much the agreement reduces greenhouse gas emissions, and through that reduces warming, will depend on whether countries meet their targets for curbing emissions and deploying renewable energy and whether they ramp up their ambition in the years ahead.

One of the more interesting inclusions in the finalized Clean Power Plan is the «Clean Energy Incentive Program,» which incentivizes states that move more quickly on meeting their carbon emissions targets.

Meanwhile, B.C.'s emissions are going up and the province is not on track to meet its 2020 and 2050 emissions targets.

The Lovins believe that the targets for reduced emission of greenhouse gases set at Kyoto can be met on a voluntary basis as Clinton proposes.

Smurfit Kappa recently announced in its 2016 Sustainability Development Report that it has already cut CO ₂ emissions by 23 %, well on the way to meeting its 2020 target of 25 %.

Europe is already in the vanguard of climate change action: a European Environment Agency report published last month said within five years emissions on the continent may have been slashed by a quarter on 1990 levels, «meeting and overachieving» its 2020 target of 20 per cent.

They include: high levels of degraded soils; reductions in irrigation quotas to restore the health of the Murray - Darling system; the re-forestation of some agricultural land to meet emissions reductions targets; the impacts of peak oil, such as the diversion of food crops into feed - stock for biofuels; and the price and crop yield implications of peak phosphorous, given Australia's dependence on imported fertilisers.

The government has insisted it is on track to meet and exceed its Kyoto target, as new figures show greenhouse gas emissions fell between 2004 and 2005.

Mr Miliband did not specify what the proposed legislation would include, but said ministers were «looking carefully at the merits of introducing a carbon budget» to help meet Britain's targets on cutting carbon emissions.

Labour Ministers must back Welsh Liberal Democrat calls for a target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 100 % in order to meet Wales» obligations on the world stage, the party has said today.

While New York is on track to meet its federal emissions reduction target, the loss of two or more reactors would make it considerably more difficult.

Airport expansion plans and an over-reliance on buying in emission credits to meet domestic carbon targets are negatively affecting efforts to convince other countries to take a tough stand on climate change, the environmental audit committee has found.

Caroline Lucas, leader of the Green party, said: «If we are serious about meeting UK and EU targets on climate emissions, we must halt airport expansion and say no to new airports - the government urgently needs to change its position on an extra runway at Heathrow and expansion at Stansted.»

Depending on whom you ask, HS2 is a colossal waste of taxpayers» cash, or a brilliant way to kick - start economic growth; an unnecessary half - measure to cut emissions or our best hope of the UK meeting our climate change targets.

If the government is going to meet its emissions targets, it must get more people out of their cars and on to the railways.

The «pan-Canadian framework» on climate change is not fully fleshed out but does call for a national meeting with provinces within 90 days of the Paris climate conference in December to establish new national emissions targets and «targeted funding» to provinces to meet those targets.

Many countries, including the US, which produces about a quarter of the world's CO2 emissions, are relying to a large degree on the supposed benefits of tree planting to meet their targets.

Launched in 2003, it relies on companies such as Cargill, DuPont, Intel, Ford and Monsanto to make legally binding but voluntary commitments to meet emissions targets either by reducing emissions from their factories or by purchasing permits from other members of the exchange who have exceeded their targets.

For them to work, the cities and provinces will need to settle on stringent targets to keep the carbon price high, and collect reliable emissions data to ensure the targets are being met, he adds.

The Obama administration is quietly working on new greenhouse gas emissions targets to deliver to the United Nations, even as it struggles to craft regulations that will enable the United States to meet its current carbon - cutting goals.

According to the commission's own impact assessment, the union is on track to meet the current target: Under a «business - as - usual» scenario, total greenhouse gas emissions are already expected to drop by 24 % in 2020 and 32 % in 2030 compared with 1990 levels.

So meeting the new 2025 target would essentially freeze emissions at the current level, and the size of that challenge will largely depend on how the economy behaves in the next decade.

This includes clauses to: limit global warming to less than 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and endeavour to limit it to 1.5 °C; for countries to meet their own voluntary targets on limiting emissions between 2020 and 2030; for countries to submit new, tougher, targets every five years; to aim for zero net emissions by 2050 - 2100; and for rich nations to help poorer ones adapt.

They then used an integrated climate - economic model and calculated the optimal price that we should put on emissions now in order to minimize the costs associated with meeting such a temperature target.

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) includes a constellation of issues unfolding under the general umbrella of climate meetings; these issues range from low - carbon technology transfer agreements to finance to emissions reductions targets.

Naturally it wants to climb up to the highest ratio as soon as possible in order to meet its faux emission targets, but the combination of its speed and willingness to change gear on its own accord with a sharp immediacy, combined with the V10's traction and low - end grunt means it's rare for you to have to step in and flick a paddle to find the right gear.

He expects carmakers to offer hybrid versions on most models to meet emission targets by 2021.

That such a move would help all the aforementioned to meet ever - tightening emissions targets is a welcome by - product of course, but not as welcome as the instant performance boost such hybrid powertrains can deliver, especially as cars continue to pile on the kilos despite advances in lightweight construction technologies.

There will be five engines on offer at launch, all meeting Euro 5 emissions targets.

Featuring technologies like a Drive - by - Wire ™ throttle system, Computer - Controlled Programmed Fuel Injection (PGM - FI), Variable Valve Timing and Lift Electronic Control (VTEC ®) on intake valves and a sport - tuned exhaust system with dual tips, the 3.5 - liter engine is targeted to meet California's stringent CARB LEV II ULEV emissions certification, and is projected to return 18 mpg in city driving and 26 mpg on the highway.

The number sounds ambitious on the surface, but with the expectation of carbon dioxide emission limits becoming stricter in major markets, one million EVs and plug - in hybrids in nine years is the target VW is setting for itself in order to meet the demands for these cars.

In an article published on AutoCar.com, Maserati said they will add hybrid models to their line - up in order to meet the increasingly strict emissions targets.

They then used an integrated climate - economic model and calculated the optimal price that we should put on emissions now in order to minimize the costs associated with meeting such a temperature target.

After five months of reporting, John Upton and others at Climate Central have put together a compelling and infuriating package on the growing flow of wood pellets from the Southeast, many from hardwood forests, to European power plants, where the result is touted as carbon - neutral energy and helps country's meet emissions targets — at least on paper.

Original post As world leaders meet in Paris on Monday to kick off two weeks of talks aimed at shaping safe targets for emissions of greenhouse gases, Bill Gates will be in town, as well, to announce a modest first step toward bolstering the basic energy research and technology development that will be needed to meet those targets affordably.

Via Press Release via Gizmag More on European Union Climate Action: Fifteen European Union Countries Are on Track to Meet Kyoto Targets European Green Capital Award EU Scorecard on Environment Published EU to Regulate Emissions From Airlines

Each goal will be met by reaching a set of quantifiable targets beneath the goal such as halving the number of people living on less than a dollar a day, improving the lives of slum - dwellers, or reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

In fact, the host nation is up on almost all emissions it was supposed to cut back on and had to buy credits from other countries so that it met it's target level.

This original commitment was successfully met, leading to the adoption of a second and more ambitious target of further reducing the company's GHG emissions by 30 per cent by 2015, a target that Sony is on track to meet by the end of the current fiscal year.

Save the average American family nearly $ 85 on their annual energy bill in 2030, reducing enough energy to power 30 million homes, and save consumers a total of $ 155 billion from 2020 - 2030; Give a head start to wind and solar deployment and prioritize the deployment of energy efficiency improvements in low - income communities that need it most early in the program through a Clean Energy Incentive Program; and Continue American leadership on climate change by keeping us on track to meet the economy - wide emissions targets we have set, including the goal of reducing emissions to 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020 and to 26 - 28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025.»

Reducing power sector emissions represent the single greatest opportunity for setting the country on a path to meet its target of reducing emissions 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020.

The SkyShares model enables users to relate a target limit for temperature change to a global emissions ceiling; to allocate this emissions budget across countries using different policy rules; and then uses estimated marginal abatement costs to calculate the costs faced by each country of decarbonising to meet its emissions budget, with the costs for each country depending in part on whether and how much carbon trading is allowed.

The state is well on pace to meet the emissions targets set by AB 32, which is credited with having spurred developments that contributed $ 48 billion to California's economy over the past 10 years while creating a half million jobs.

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.

«Europe» — aren't they the folks who signed on to this crazy treaty to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions, and (unlike Canada, my «native land») followed through sufficiently to meet the corporate reductions target?

The EnergyVision 2030 Progress Report for Maine gauges the state's progress toward necessary clean energy targets and summarizes policies that together will allow the state to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on the path to meet a 75 % to 80 % reduction from 2003 levels, consistent with the Act to Provide Leadership in Addressing the Threat of Climate Change.

Such a system imposes a limit or «cap» on the total emissions for participants in the system, lowering the cap over time with the goal of meeting an overarching reduction target.

But reliance on the fuel poses a dilemma: Germany needs to meet its targets for cutting carbon dioxide emissions through a shift to renewable energy, while ensuring stable power supply at times when there's no sun or wind.