Sentences with phrase «meet the climate targets set»

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In its report released in November 2015, the multi-sectoral team clearly stated that its 32 recommendations are a package: picking and choosing among them will not set B.C. on a course to meet its climate targets.

The Climate Change Act 2008 sets legally binding emission reduction targets for 2020 (reduction of 34 % in greenhouse gas emissions) and for 2050 (reduction of at least 80 percent in greenhouse gas emissions); the Act also introduces five - yearly carbon budgets to help ensure these targets are met.

More than a quarter of carbon emissions are emitted from homes and reducing individuals» carbon footprints will be crucial if the government is to meet targets - set down in the climate change bill - for reducing carbon emissions.

Events like record - setting heat, extreme rainfall and drought will happen more frequently around the world even if global climate targets are met, new research suggests.

Dec. 7, 1:11 a.m. Updated below With the latest round of contentious international climate treaty negotiations getting under way in Durban, South Africa, it's worth revisiting what would be required to meet ambitious targets set for greenhouse gases in California, a state that already has pledged meaningful action.

The UK's Climate Change Act 2008 set legally binding emission reduction targets for 2020 (reduction of 34 percent in greenhouse gas emissions) and for 2050 (reduction of at least 80 percent in greenhouse gas emissions), and introduced five - yearly carbon budgets to help ensure those targets are met.

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.»

During the second Climate Leaders Summit in Poznan, the signatories of the Montreal Declaration reported on their progress and agreed a new «action statement» presented to UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer, in which they committed to setting targets for renewable energy and energy efficiency to accelerate low carbon policies prior to the climate change meeting in CopeClimate Leaders Summit in Poznan, the signatories of the Montreal Declaration reported on their progress and agreed a new «action statement» presented to UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer, in which they committed to setting targets for renewable energy and energy efficiency to accelerate low carbon policies prior to the climate change meeting in Copeclimate change meeting in Copenhagen.

«Decarbonising heat at scale will need to be well underway by the 2030s and continue beyond 2050 to meet the legally binding carbon reduction targets set in the Climate Change Act.»

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.

As Governments meet in Bonn to discuss a fast implementation of the Paris Agreement and raised ambition for the national climate action plans, known as Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), the rise in science - based target - setting sends a clear signal that business is ready to deliver.

EU law makers ruled that biofuels can compete with food production, contribute to climate change, and put pressure on land use — and so have set a limit on the quantity of biofuels that can be used to meet EU energy targets (at no more than 7 % of transport energy).

By JOCELYN TIMPERLEY on Carbon Brief, 2 Mar 2018 The Scottish government released its new climate plan this week, setting out how it plans to meet its emissions targets over the next 15 years.

«The EU has to redo its homework and set out a pathway to meet stricter energy efficiency and renewables targets,» said Greenpeace EU's climate policy adviser, Bram Claeys.

Together, as we work to meet the AIA 2030 Commitment, we are making a difference — the U.S. building sector is currently on track to meet the reduction target set in the Paris Climate Agreement at 21 % to 28 % below 2005 levels by 2025.

That disconnect over how fossil fuels fit into climate action likely will rear its head at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP 21, set for Paris this winter, where world leaders will meet to discuss new tclimate action likely will rear its head at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP 21, set for Paris this winter, where world leaders will meet to discuss new tClimate Change Conference, COP 21, set for Paris this winter, where world leaders will meet to discuss new targets.

The EU is currently in the throes of setting a new agenda for Europe's climate and energy policy, following on from Europe's ambitious and legally - binding target of meeting 20 percent of the continent's energy needs with renewable energy by 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 warns that energy companies must avoid projects that would generate 156 billion tons of carbon dioxide (156Gt CO2), in order to be consistent with the carbon budget in the International Energy Agency's 450 demand scenario, which sets out an energy pathway with a 50 % chance of meeting the UN 2 ⁰ C climate change target.

European Commission President Barroso indicated that the EU is set to continue its business as usual approach to meeting its climate responsibilities, with EU climate targets for 2030 set to be agreed in October.

Heading into their annual meetings at the end of this month, both ExxonMobil and Chevron have published reports in response to investor demands that they disclose their plans for a world in which global temperature increase is kept well below two degrees Celsius (2 °C) above pre-industrial levels — the target set in the Paris Climate Agreement.

Dr Mike Cherrett of Climate - KIC, the EU climate initiative that co-led the project, added: «The calculator clearly highlights that we can meet out 2C target while maintaining good lifestyles — but we need to set ambitious targets on all fronts and use innovation to address climate change.Climate - KIC, the EU climate initiative that co-led the project, added: «The calculator clearly highlights that we can meet out 2C target while maintaining good lifestyles — but we need to set ambitious targets on all fronts and use innovation to address climate change.climate initiative that co-led the project, added: «The calculator clearly highlights that we can meet out 2C target while maintaining good lifestyles — but we need to set ambitious targets on all fronts and use innovation to address climate change.climate change.»

As my co-author Peter put it, «As governments around the world set in motion the policies and activities needed to meet their climate change targets under the Paris Agreement, more and more businesses, from farmers to investment firms, will need to pay attention to the associated risks and opportunities.

Baker & McKenzie's expertise and experience on climate change law and policy saw it win the Environmental, Energy and Natural Resources Team of the Year award, having put together a renewable energy implementation guide to help African economies meet their climate change targets set out in the 2015 Paris Agreement.

Together with the provinces, create a national climate science committee to assist in setting greenhouse gas budgets, plan how to meet those budgets and to evaluate progress towards those targets;