Sentences with phrase «national emissions targets»

This story described great disagreements among nations on how to allocate national emissions targets on the basis of equity.

The default national emissions target is a 5 % reduction relative to 2000 levels, at 2020.

All this leads Stephen Tindale, former director of Greenpeace UK, to argue in a recent report that international climate negotiations should be focused less on setting national emissions targets and more on fixing these perverse financial incentives against a low - carbon economy.

The «pan-Canadian framework» on climate change is not fully fleshed out but does call for a national meeting with provinces within 90 days of the Paris climate conference in December to establish new national emissions targets and «targeted funding» to provinces to meet those targets.

A successful attack on global warming will only happen through mutually agreed - upon actions, such as a nationally collected tax on greenhouse gas emissions, rather than through national emission targets.

In fact it's gives even more weight to grassroots action: More than ever pressure needs to be put on governments (wherever you happen to live) to enact strong national emissions targets, based in science not political expediency.

In the real world, where UN negotiations have not only failed to agree on an international regime of national emissions targets adding up to a safe global target, but have even agreed to delay such an agreement until it will be too late, radical unilateral action is needed to get a momentum for global action.

Because it is premised on setting national emissions targets.

Western leaders suggested the talks had failed to live up to expectations largely because China had refused US demands to include its national emissions targets in the international text.

The Obama administration had worked hard to implement a national emissions target of 54.4 US mpg (65.3 UK mpg) by 2025.

The survey also covers expectations about future prices in the EU emissions trading scheme and credits under the Clean Development Mechanism, the Australian price floor and linking with the EU scheme, and the future of Australia's national emissions target.

• Make commitments on national emissions targets that would represent their fair share of total global emissions necessary to achieve the atmospheric concentration goals mindful of the fact that scientists now believe that global emissions must peak in the next few years and be reduced by 25 % to 40 % by 2020.

The list of proposals is grouped around the following themes: national emission targets and emission trading, sectoral approaches, policies and measures, technology, development - oriented actions, adaptation, financing and proposals focusing on negotiation process and treaty structure.