Sentences with phrase «national emissions through»

Where efforts to address climate change have for the last 20 years focused on reducing national emissions through sweeping policies, like cap and trade or carbon taxes, climate policy today has shifted decisively toward smaller bore, pragmatic policies that don't promise to eliminate the climate crisis in one fell swoop but do help us move our economy toward greater «decarbonization,» sector by sector and technology by technology.

Not exact matches

The White House has used the EPA because politically a national carbon emissions reduction plan wouldn't be able to pass through Congress.

There targets will be achieved through government laws imposed on industries, as well as national caps for industrial emissions commonly associated with smog and acid rain.

«Greenhouse gas emissions are going to go through the roof with a project of this kind,» said Wilderness Committee National Campaign Director Joe Foy «From escaped methane at the drill sites to the massive carbon emissions required to cool the gas, to more escaped methane on the long trip across the ocean to Asia and then the emissions from burning the gas.

As Li Junfeng, the director - general of China's National Center on Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation, observed: «Through this kind of lifestyle change, it is expected that the livestock industry will [be transformed] and carbon emissions will be reduced.»

The order gives the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency the authority to repeal and replace the Clean Power Plan, the set of rules that established goals for reducing carbon dioxide emissions from fossil - fueled electricity plants through a national trading system.

The National Hockey League will significantly reduce its carbon footprint — as well as the greenhouse gas emissions of its 30 franchise teams — through improved energy conservation, detailed efficiency analyses and the purchase of renewable energy certificates (RECs) under a newly signed agreement with Constellation Energy Group, the league announced yesterday.

The findings highlight the urgent need for policy - makers worldwide to re-think the issue as many decision - makers, national and internationally, assume that fossil fuel emissions can be offset through sequestering carbon by planting trees and other land management practices.

Weber, B., D. Wu, A. Tamm, N. Ruckteschler, E. Rodriguez - Caballero, J. Steinkamp, H. Meusel, W. Elbert, T. Behrendt, M. Sörgel, Y. Cheng, P. J. Crutzen, H. Su and U. Pöschl: Biological soil crusts accelerate the nitrogen cycle through large NO and HONO emissions in drylands, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 112, 15384 - 15389, 2015.

With a sustained national commitment, the United States could obtain substantial energy - efficiency improvements, new sources of energy, and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions through the accelerated deployment of existing and emerging energy technologies, according to the prepublication copy of the capstone report of the America's Energy Future project of the National Research Council, the operating arm of the National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Enginational commitment, the United States could obtain substantial energy - efficiency improvements, new sources of energy, and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions through the accelerated deployment of existing and emerging energy technologies, according to the prepublication copy of the capstone report of the America's Energy Future project of the National Research Council, the operating arm of the National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of EngiNational Research Council, the operating arm of the National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of EngiNational Academy of Sciences and National Academy of EngiNational Academy of Engineering.

Because of the these attributes, this seemingly modest, very local activity support national goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve health through prevention, and increase access to opportunity.

The EPA reviews the results and confirms about 10 — 15 percent of them through their own tests at the National Vehicles and Fuel Emissions Laboratory.

Current attempts by national governments worldwide to control industrial CO2 emissions following the recommendations of the IPCC could be viewed within the scientific paradigm as the projection of a large scale experiment on the earth's climate system to validate the hypothesis that anthropogenic CO2 emissions through the burning of fossil fuels and land use changes (inter alia) are a major factor driving climate change.

Through innovative technology, biogas is captured, cleaned up, and injected onto the national natural gas pipeline, displacing fossil fuel - based gas and reducing CO2 emissions into the atmosphere.

In 2006, the European Union (EU), which consists of 27 members, committed to reducing its global warming emissions by at least 20 percent of 1990 levels by 2020, to consuming 20 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2020, and to reducing its primary energy use by 20 percent from projected levels through increased energy efficiency.1 The EU has also committed to spending $ 375 billion a year to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80 percent by 2050 compared to 1990 levels.2 The EU is meeting these goals through binding national commitments which vary depending on the unique situation of a given country but which average out to the overall targets.

One Planet Living principle Masdar Target ZERO CARBON 100 per cent of energy supplied by renewable energy — Photovoltaics, concentrated solar power, wind, waste to energy and other technologies ZERO WASTE 99 per cent diversion of waste from landfill (includes waste reduction measures, re-use of waste wherever possible, recycling, composting, waste to energy) SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT Zero carbon emissions from transport within the city; implementation of measures to reduce the carbon cost of journeys to the city boundaries (through facilitating and encouraging the use of public transport, vehicle sharing, supporting low emissions vehicle initiatives) SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS Specifying high recycled materials content within building products; tracking and encouraging the reduction of embodied energy within material sand throughout the construction process; specifying the use of sustainable materials such as Forest Stewardship Council certified timber, bamboo and other products SUSTAINABLE FOOD Retail outlets to meet targets for supplying organic food and sustainable and or fair trade products SUSTAINABLE WATER Per capita water consumption to be at least 50 per cent less than the national average; all waste water to be re-used HABITATS AND WILDLIFE All valuable species to be conserved or relocated with positive mitigation targets CULTURE AND HERITAGE Architecture to integrate local values.

Through case studies, key recommendations for new rules, and descriptions of best practices, this working paper can help state officials to determine how best to structure future state - level policies — including measures for complying with forthcoming national emissions standards under the Clean Air Act — to reduce methane emissions from natural gas development.

The National Clean Diesel Emerging Technologies Program awards competitive grants for projects that spur innovation in reducing diesel emissions through the use, development and commercialization of emerging technologies.

China's 12th Five Year Plan (2011 - 2015) sets a national target for the reduction of carbon emissions, through the reduction of carbon intensity per unit of GDP by 40 - 45 % by 2020.

«It emerged at the international level, through the combination of, among others: (1) the conservationist interests of big environmental NGOs in the North, (2) the interests of national and sub-national governments in the North seeking low - cost alternatives to supposedly «offset» their continued and excessive emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases, (3) the interests of national and sub-national governments in the South seeking to obtain financial resources for the «protection» of forests in their countries, (4) the interests of corporations that could profit from market - tradable «offset» credits, including through speculation on secondary (derivatives) markets, which would allow them to continue destroying the forests for the extraction of timber, minerals or oil, the establishment of monoculture plantations, etc., thus expanding their business opportunities, and (5) the interests of consultants and other actors involved in financial capital markets who want to turn «unexploited» forests into a new market for this type of capital, through the commercialization of «environmental services» such as carbon sequestration, among others.»

The trend will not improve if over-allocation of emission allowances through weak National Allocation Plans seen in the period 2005 - 2007 continues.

On April 1st, USDOT's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the EPA issued harmonized fuel economy and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards for cars and light trucks of model years 2012 through 2016.

Preventing climate change's worst impacts will require global action — both in the form of an international climate agreement and through national, regional, and state policies to curb greenhouse gas emissions.

The latter two factors already vary greatly among countries, and national policies can affect future trajectories of GHG emissions directly as well as indirectly through policies affecting economic growth and (energy) consumption.

For example, the management of any global biodiversity conservation goal through the mitigation hierarchy could follow a similar framework to the United Nations» management of carbon emissions, with nation states setting their own national goals and targets that then sum to achieve overarching planetary goals.

Christian has been engaged on the policy side of REDD +, where working through organizations such as International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) and Carbon Market and Investors Association (CMIA), he has interfaced extensively with national governments and via the UNFCCC.

And we now live in a new reality where China has pledged to peak its emissions, to bring online a gigawatt of clean energy every week through 2030, to implement a national cap and trade plan, and to provide billions of dollars in climate finance to poorer nations.

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, emissions patterns through 2040 will vary greatly between OECD and Non OECD countries, reflecting the different stages of economic development and varying degrees and types of energy used at a national level.

Through this innovative technology, biogas is captured, cleaned up, and injected into the national natural gas pipeline, displacing fossil fuel - based gas and reducing CO2 emissions into the atmosphere.

His research, funded by private individuals through the Association for Research of Renewable Energy in Australia, found that while wind provided 4.5 per cent of national electricity generation, it reduced emissions by only 3.5 per cent.

Achieving the National Trading Case's full range of benefits will require policy makers and regulators across the country to work with utilities, electricity generators, advocates, regional transmission organizations, and other stakeholders to develop state compliance plans that prioritize renewable energy and energy efficiency and generate revenue through interstate carbon emissions trading.

Under the «Air Quality Regulation» category, the Chamber promises to «Oppose efforts to regulate greenhouse gas emissions through existing environmental statutes, including the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the National Environmental Policy Act.»

For our part, in 2018, ICLEI will redouble our efforts to scale up and multiply low emission development through Urban - LEDS and Ambitious City Promises and many other global, regional and national initiatives and projects.

28 September 2016 — The Latin American and Caribbean Carbon Forum (LACCF, to 30 September) is set to kick off in Panama City 28 September, bringing together key players from the private and public sectors to discuss ways to speed up the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions through national climate action plans and market - based mechanisms, and to reach out to cooperation agencies, potential investors and service providers.

These Fortune 500 companies recognize that their future business model depends upon the shift to low carbon technologies and efficiencies made possible through a national program of required emission reductions.

Through this innovative technology, biogas is captured, cleaned up, and injected onto the national natural gas pipeline, displacing fossil fuel - based gas and reducing CO2 emissions into the atmosphere.