Sentences with phrase «missing emission reduction targets»

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Heyman pointed out that the government has missed two emissions reduction targets already, and emissions have actually risen since Clark became premier.

And while Obama called the 18 December deal he brokered an «unprecedented breakthrough» in getting developing countries to agree for the first time to voluntary reductions in greenhouse - gas emissions, he knew that it was missing major components that supporters had sought, ranging from mandatory mitigation targets to deforestation.

11/19/17 — Despite its stated goal of dramatically reducing carbon emissions by aggressively pursing clean energy technologies and phasing out fossil fuels, Germany is still burning lots of an especially dirty form of coal and is likely to badly miss its upcoming emission - reduction targets.

The scheme would be more credible still if some of the emissions reduction fund was set aside to buy cheaper international carbon permits if Australia looked like missing its target — something that business wants but Abbott vetoed.

Yet, the emission reductions countries have pledged in Copenhagen in 2009 virtually guarantee that this target will be missed.

The only problem with the KP was that it was missing two things — ambitious targets for emission reductions and the country that had historically emitted the most, or the United States.

Michael Limburg of the European Institute for Climate and Energy here reports that Germany will miss its 2020 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions reduction targets by a long shot, despite the «huge costs» in the form of mandatory feed - in tariffs paid by consumers.

The power grid expansion necessary to distribute renewable electricity from producer to consumer centres is delayed, the development of renewable power sources has slowed down and no or little headway is being made in the emissions from transport and building sectors, leading to Germany very likely missing its 40 percent CO2 reduction target for 2020.