Sentences with phrase «meet global emissions reduction»

Regardless of what policy options are available, renewable heat deployment must accelerate to achieve a long - term clean energy transition and meet global emissions reduction targets.
Cement technology roadmap plots path to cutting CO2 emissions 24 % by 2050 Joint low - carbon technology roadmap by IEA and the CSI outlines investment and policy needs to meet global emissions reduction targets in cement production 6 April 2018
Cement technology roadmap plots path to cutting CO2 emissions 24 % by 2050 Joint low - carbon technology roadmap by IEA and the CSI outlines investment and policy needs to meet global emissions reduction targets in cement production 6 April 2018
May 10 (UPI)-- A new model tracks oil and gas extraction rates and how they impact the ability of major fossil fuel producers to meet global emission reduction targets.
A simple method to determine if fossil fuel producers are on track to meet global emission reduction targets has been developed by University of Queensland researchers.

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Economic value of energy efficiency can drive reductions in global CO2 emissions End - use energy efficiency can deliver a third of the CO ₂ savings necessary by 2050 to meet climate goals 17 April 2018
The draft report by the U.S. Global Change Research Program says it is likely the world will forfeit its ability to meet «rapid emission reduction» scenarios needed to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations «within a few years.»
«Significant» reductions needed The U.N. Environment Programme's «Emissions Gap 2012» report cautions that even if nations meet their strictest pledges, the world will not be able to cut its output of greenhouse gases in time to prevent runaway global warming (ClimateWire, Nov. 21).
The work found that the most cost effective strategy for the tourism industry to meet the United Nations» recommended targets of reducing carbon emissions, includes a combination of strategic energy saving and renewable energy initiatives within the industry and buying carbon offsets from other parts of the global economy where emission reductions can be done at less cost.
The new study, led by Professor Scott, found that the most cost effective strategy for the tourism industry to meet the United Nations» recommended targets of reducing carbon emissions, includes a combination of strategic energy saving and renewable energy initiatives within the industry and buying carbon offsets from other parts of the global economy where emission reductions can be done at less cost.
A next - generation clean diesel engine that will meet global emissions regulations (Euro 6, US EPA Tier2 Bin5, and Post New Long Term Regulations in Japan) without expensive NOx aftertreatments — urea selective catalytic reduction (SCR) or a Lean NOx Trap (LNT)-- due to a low diesel engine compression ratio of 14.0:1.
These new powertrain products — combined with weight reductions of 100 kg (220 lbs) on next - generation vehicles, improved aerodynamic design to reduce drag, and the introduction of electric devices like the fuel - saving stop / start system called i - stop (currently available in Japan and Europe)-- will contribute to meeting the Mazda's global 2015 fuel economy improvement goal of 30 %, with an accompanying drop in CO2 emissions of 23 % (compared to 2008).
Selective catalytic reduction (SCR) technology cuts NOx emissions to very low levels and the new XE has been engineered to meet the most stringent global regulations.
And then there will be the major economies leader meeting in July — that's the one I'll be going to — where we will seek agreement on a long - term global goal for emissions reductions, as well as an agreement on how national plans will be part of the post-2012 approach.
President - elect Barack Obama sent a video message to a summit meeting on global warming organized by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of California, implying that despite the continuing economic turmoil, reductions in greenhouse gas emissions will remain a central component of Mr. Obama's energy, environmental and economic policies.
We seek to share with all Parties to the UNFCCC the vision of, and together with them to consider and adopt in the UNFCCC negotiations, the goal of achieving at least 50 % reduction of global emissions by 2050, recognizing that this global challenge can only be met by a global response, in particular, by the contributions from all major economies, consistent with the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities.
An assessment belied by the fact that quite a few nations met their Kyoto goals and have already achieved significant emissions reductions...; that Paris NDCs are much more inclusive and ambitious, and there is already visible action toward meeting them... the global energy economy is visibly changing now.
To meet its scope 3 target of one billion tons of emission reductions by 2030, Walmart is asking its global network of more than 3,000 suppliers to participate in the Project Gigaton initiative.
They're also examples of how the private sector and communities in developing countries can work together to help meet global emissions - reduction goals.
In any case, the point is that the EU, by unilaterally committing to carry its proper share of the global burden of meeting the 2ºC target, would not only reaffirm its commitment to that target, but also prefigure the principle - based differentiation system that is necessary to support and sustain an emergency emissions reduction program in a profoundly unequal world.
By setting clear, «science - based» emissions reduction targets, companies ensure their plans for carbon reduction meet the level of ambition needed to limit the increase in global average temperature to well below 2 °C.
However, Australia's electricity system will require low - carbon generation sources to meet future global emissions reduction targets.
' emissions reduction targets, companies ensure their plans for carbon reduction meet the level of ambition needed to limit the increase in global average temperature to well below 2 °C.
Defines «reporting entity» to mean: (1) a covered entity; (2) an entity that would be covered if it had emitted, produced, imported, manufactured, or delivered in 2008 or any subsequent year more than the applicable threshold level of carbon dioxide; (3) other entities that EPA determines will help achieve overall goals of reducing global warming pollution; (4) any vehicle fleet with emissions of more than 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent on an annual basis, if its inclusion will help achieve such reduction; (5) any entity that delivers electricity to a facility in an energy - intensive industrial sector that meets the energy or GHG intensity criteria.
Palo Alto, Calif., February 15, 2017 — After setting and meeting two successive Scope 1 and Scope 2 absolute reduction goals for greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) 1, HP Inc. announces a new target to reduce the GHG emissions from its global operations by 25 percent by 2025, compared to 2015.
Because this global challenge can only be met by a global response, we reiterate our willingness to share with all countries the goal of achieving at least a 50 % reduction of global emissions by 2050, recognizing that this implies that global emissions need to peak as soon as possible and decline thereafter.
Australia is expected to come under growing pressure in the coming year to raise its emissions reduction target from its current level of 5 per cent, as negotiations accelerate to try to achieve a global treaty on climate change that binds all nations by 2015, and meets the science.
Implementation of the rules is considered essential to the United States meeting emissions - reduction targets in a global climate agreement signed in Paris last month.
In the area of climate change, the report highlights the findings of its Emissions Gap Report 2013 — which details the gap between current global emissions and the reduction needed to remain on track to meet the 2 degree Celsius global warming target — and its Africa Adaptation Gap Report, which describes the costs of adaptation measures on the African continent under various global warming sEmissions Gap Report 2013 — which details the gap between current global emissions and the reduction needed to remain on track to meet the 2 degree Celsius global warming target — and its Africa Adaptation Gap Report, which describes the costs of adaptation measures on the African continent under various global warming semissions and the reduction needed to remain on track to meet the 2 degree Celsius global warming target — and its Africa Adaptation Gap Report, which describes the costs of adaptation measures on the African continent under various global warming scenarios.
As delegates flock into Panama's final meeting on Shared Vision, ECO has few hopes that the world will be much closer by the end of this week to agreeing on a peak year and a long term reduction goal for global emissions.
Bishop insisted the emissions reduction fund was working well and Australia was meeting its global climate targets.
China can make these emissions reductions within the tight constraints of a global 2ºC target while still meeting development and economic growth goals over the next four decades.
Under this context, the use of carbon credits to meet a company's science - based emission reduction target represents, at best, an impact neutral instrument from a global carbon budget perspective.
Multi-gas Emissions Pathways to Meet Climate Targets, Climatic Change 75 (1): 151 - 194, estimates that this would require global emission reductions of over 5 % per year, unless more CO2 was removed from the atmosphere later.
Using a global model based on the marginal abatement costs of 12 countries and regions, this paper estimates the contributions of the three Kyoto flexibility mechanisms to meet the total greenhouse gas emissions reductions required of Annex 1 countries under the three trading scenarios respectively.
On that basis, the report concludes that while continued oil sands production will make it very hard for Canada to meet its national emission reduction targets — which again it's worth pointing out, are in line with those of the US and far far below what science says is needed to minimize the impacts of climate change — on a global basis «elimination of oil sands GHG emissions will not eliminate or substantially lessen the immense challenge facing the world to reduce GHG emissions
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Globally, we are well off track to meet commitments on emissions reductions to keep average global temperature rise below 1.5 degrees Celsius.
As directed under the 2008 Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA) and affirmed this summer in the MA Supreme Judicial Court decision Kain et al., Republican Governor Charlie Baker's environmental agency was tasked with ensuring the Commonwealth achieves greenhouse gas emission reductions of 25 percent below 1990 levels by the year 2020, and to guarantee that it is on its way to meeting reductions of 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050.
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