Sentences with phrase «meet the climate goals set»

If Europe is to meet the climate goals set out in the Paris Agreement, all coal - fired power plants in Europe must be phased out by 2030.

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«By setting this goal, we acknowledge there is a problem,» President Bush told representatives of 17 nations attending the Major Economies Meeting on Energy Security and Climate Change held in Washington, D.C., this week.

In a recent comment article in Nature, leading climate scientists identified achieving zero emissions from land - use changes and deforestation as one of six milestones that must be met within the next three years if we are to meet the goals set out in the Paris Agreement.

According to Responsive Classroom (PDF), the goal of these four components, and the meeting as a whole, is to «set the tone for respectful learning, establish a climate of trust, motivate students to feel significant, create empathy and encourage collaboration, and support social, emotional, and academic learning.»

Although this meeting was planned before Francis was selected, many participants were hoping some of the themes might influence that document, particularly with the United Nations closing in on a set of Sustainable Development Goals and a fresh effort to negotiate a new climate treaty coming to a head in late 2015.

This could hinder our ability to meet the goals set during the landmark climate agreement in Paris last December 2015.

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.»

2007/04/27: BBC: Canada sets reduced climate goal The Canadian government has published its strategy on climate change, which acknowledges that the country will not meet its Kyoto Protocol commitment.

Their release comes a week after Shell rolled out its Sky scenario illustrating a possible pathway for the world to achieve the goal of keeping global temperature increase well below 2 degrees Celsius — and sets up a showdown leading into the company's annual meeting in The Hague next month, with Shell facing mounting pressure from climate litigation and its own shareholders.

«We've set bold goals as we take on climate change and a clear path to meet them.

Specific goals like these don't appear in the draft text of a global climate deal set to be agreed by governments meeting in Paris at the end of the year.

On Wednesday, a coalition of European energy companies announced that there would be no new coal plants built throughout the European Union after 2020, in an effort to meet goals set forth by the Paris climate agreement.

The potential for carbon capture and storage in China One - third of coal - fired power plants in China meet a broad range of criteria for CCS retrofit, representing a significant opportunity for meeting climate goals and setting a challenge for government and industry 17 January 2017

While the retail giant has met some of its sustainability goals, it has failed to set science - based targets for climate emissions or speed up progress on renewables

However, if we are to meet the ambition of the historic 2015 Paris Agreement as well as the Sustainable Development Goals, climate action projects must demonstrably target and deliver a broader set of environmental and social impacts.

I once shared a drink with a campaigner at one of the U.K.'s top environmental charities who confided that in the wake of the Climate Change Act nearly a decade ago, there had been a plan for a new high - profile campaign to decarbonize communities across the U.K. and publicly demonstrate the attractiveness of meeting the goals the law set out.

Since 1999, WWF has worked in partnership with companies to set and meet goals that reduced emissions, advanced projects to protect resources from climate impacts and ensured the sustainability of their core business.

Climate finance has increased globally in the last few years, and we're on track to meet the goals that we set in Copenhagen for 2020.

Setting targets informed by the current climate science will help companies understand the level of transformation required in their business and production models to meet the 2 degree goal.

It finds that «meeting the world's agreed climate goals in the most cost - effective way while fostering growth requires countries to set a strong carbon price, with the goal of reaching $ 40 - $ 80 per metric ton of CO2 by 2020 and $ 50 - 100 per metric ton by 2030.»

The past 20 years have witnessed less warming than the theoretical zero emission course then considered possible, and as our understanding of the climate system increases, we find it less and less likely we need any onerous goverment intervention at all to meet the goals the IPCC set forth.