Sentences with phrase «met by reducing emissions»

In 2014, a quarter of the UK target was met by reducing emissions in Poland, Romania, and other European countries.

Not exact matches

Obama is working to meet a commitment he made in 2009 to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 17 percent between 2005 and 2020.

«Reducing food waste benefits communities by sending less food to landfill, lowering greenhouse gas emissions, reducing the resources required to meet food demand, and enhancing food security,» said Kathleen McLaughlin, chief sustainability officer, Wal - Mart Stores, Inc., and president of the Walmart FouReducing food waste benefits communities by sending less food to landfill, lowering greenhouse gas emissions, reducing the resources required to meet food demand, and enhancing food security,» said Kathleen McLaughlin, chief sustainability officer, Wal - Mart Stores, Inc., and president of the Walmart Foureducing the resources required to meet food demand, and enhancing food security,» said Kathleen McLaughlin, chief sustainability officer, Wal - Mart Stores, Inc., and president of the Walmart Foundation.

This will require the rest of the Canadian economy to reduce emissions by 47 per cent by 2030 to meet Canada's Paris Agreement commitments, which will be virtually impossible in the time remaining barring an economic collapse.

The U.S. signed the protocol only with the understanding that target goals could be met in other ways than by actually reducing emissions to the designated level.

This effort helps to meet the City of Boston's pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050.

Work is currently underway to review the Gothenburg Protocol which came into force in 2005, setting targets for reducing pollutants and emissions which were to be met by 2010.

Separate research published by the Met Office today shows emissions of CO2 will need to be reduced close to zero by the end of this century if a rise in the mean global temperature beyond 2C is to be avoided.

In most cases, the surcharges were initially met with hostility, but the positive effects have been hard to deny: Immediately following the initiation of zone charging, London saw congestion reduced by a quarter, average speeds increase by 30 percent, and carbon dioxide emissions decrease by 20 percent, per the Fix NYC report.

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.

States in the alliance will remain committed to reducing emissions by 26 to 28 percent and meeting the targets of the federal Clean Power Plan, according to the statement from Cuomo's office.

The pact will work to reduce emissions by 26 percent to 28 percent from 2005 levels, meeting or surpassing goals of the federal Clean Power Plan.

The project will help meet the country's overarching FIP goals by addressing the underlying drivers of deforestation and catalyzing transformational change through up - front investment to support the country's strategy on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, sustainable management of forests, and enhancing forest carbon stocks (REDD +).

· Meeting international climate change commitments of reducing carbon emissions by 80 % (from the 1990 baseline).

Former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg: «(E) ven if the court ultimately strikes down certain parts of the plan, the U.S. will meet and probably exceed its commitment to reduce emissions by 26 percent to 28 percent by 2025.»

Phasing out coal is one of the first steps the Cuomo administration must make if it hopes to meet its goal of drastically reducing air emissions by about 40 percent in the next decade, said Lisa Dix, senior New York representative for Sierra Club.

The United States will still struggle to meet Obama's pledge during global climate talks to reduce emissions 17 percent from 2005 levels by 2020.

Gareth Williams, who researches remote reefs from Bangor University, UK, told the meeting that modelling work currently under review suggests that even if the world manages to reduce its greenhouse - gas emissions, many reefs will bleach annually by 2030.

The Greens want to shut down the country's dirtiest coal power plants, and support a climate - protection law to help Germany meet its plans to reduce greenhouse - gas emissions by 80 — 95 % from 1990 levels by 2050.

As with emission - trading programs elsewhere, polluters in China's pilots have two options: First, they can meet their targets by reducing their own emissions — by investing in energy efficiency, say, or curbing production.

Developing this potential is vital for Brazil to meet new energy demands as well as its voluntary pledge to reduce its projected greenhouse gas emissions between 36.1 and 38.9 percent by 2020.

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.

The 1997 Kyoto Conference — a world meeting on fossil - fuel use — produced an agreement by a handful of highly industrialized countries to reduce carbon emissions to 1990 levels by 2010.

New projections by researchers from the Universities of Southampton and Liverpool, and the Australian National University in Canberra, could be the catalyst the world has sought to determine how best to meet its obligations to reduce carbon emissions and better manage global warming as defined by the Paris Agreement.

That, along with reducing carbon emissions by several percent a year, which is challenging but doable, could meet the 2 ° C stabilization target.

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.

To comply, the 182 nations that signed the protocol must meet targets for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases — climate - warming gases that include the common industrial by - products carbon dioxide and methane.

All of which undercuts any serious effort to meet the U.S. commitment under the Paris agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025.

Who would insist that India should reduce this figure further, in line with rising population, when the US can claim to be meeting its international obligations by sticking close to its current per capita emissions of more than 5 tonnes?

Officials in Brussels reportedly fear the European Union will not meet its current modest target of reducing emissions to 1990 levels by 2000.

The U.S. is considering a bill to reduce emissions by an ambitious 20 percent by 2020, but its provisions are so generous that apparently the country could meet its goal just by buying offsets.

Any global emissions targets could be set and met by gradually reducing the world supply of carbon credits.

-- The Secretary shall establish by rule a program to conduct research to develop additional projects and activities for crops to find additional techniques and methods to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or sequester greenhouse gases that may or may not meet the criteria for offset credits established under the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009.

Under the Climate Change Convention, which holds its first formal meeting in Berlin in March, they are all required to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2000.

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In the UK, the built environment sector needs to find a further 39 per cent reduction in carbon emissions from the 1990 baseline in order to meet the government's target to reduce carbon emissions in the sector by 50 per cent by 2025.

Alcantara certifies it is meeting its sustainability objectives «by measuring, reducing and off - setting all CO2 (carbon dioxide) emissions deriving from the entire Alcantara production process from cradle to grave,» the company says.

To help meet its goals of improving fuel efficiency and reducing CO2 emissions of its vehicles, Hyundai Motor Company has completed the development of an all - new 6 - speed automatic transaxle for transverse engine applications that it says will boost fuel economy by more than 12.2 %....

Lower combustion temperatures in the 2.0 - litre «R» engine have reduced NOx emissions to meet strict new emissions standards, aided by a relatively low compression ratio, a new exhaust gas recirculation cooler system, and a new lean NOx trap.

Volkswagen says fuel consumption across the board has been reduced by up to 28 per cent, with emissions now meeting Euro - 5 standards.

If I understand the above calculation correctly, it would seem that, in the electricity sector, we could mostly concentrate on meeting additional demand with efficiency and carbon neutral generation (and avoid some of the fights associated with replacing existing coal generation plants); but if we need to reduce emissions by 80 % by 2050, then I am not sure whether this makes sense.

Called «Many Heavens, One Earth,» the meeting is intended to generate commitments for actions by religious organizations, congregants and countries that could reduce emissions of greenhouse gases or otherwise limit the human impact on the environment.

The findings by a team of scientists at the Woods Hole Research Center and Boston University add new urgency to the critical need for aggressive global and national - scale efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to meet the climate goals of the Paris Agreement.

In the report by Revkin, June 10 on «Academies» priority document put out during the G8 meeting, he indicates the report's calling for clean energy, reducing or trapping carbon emissions and battling world health problems.

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.

The bill, which would reduce sprawl by requiring California's 17 metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) and its regional transportation plans to meet strict GHG emission targets, was sponsored by Darrel Steinberg (D - Sacramento), the incoming state Senate Leader.

The data shows that it is currently on course to meet its first milestone of reducing emissions by 35 percent by 2020 compared to its 2015 baseline.

However, the U.S. has pledged to reduce emissions by 26 - 28 % from 2005 levels by 2025 in its internationally determined contribution (INDC) to the UN process, meaning that the US must make more than an additional 16 % reduction from fuel efficiency standards, energy efficiency programs, non-CO2 greenhouse gas (e.g. methane, hydrofluorocarbons) reductions, and other components of Obama's climate action plan in order to meet its INDC.

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.

Each individual coal plant, for example, can choose to meet the applicable emission rate limit (set in pounds of CO2 per megawatt - hour of electricity generated) by reducing its own emission rate or by acquiring emission reduction credits.