Sentences with phrase «national greenhouse gas emission reduction»

Today, the European Commission proposed national greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for EU...

Now the researchers are looking to apply these results to inform China's national greenhouse gas emission reduction policies.

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«The ability to accurately estimate greenhouse gas sources and sinks is a prerequisite for international agreements or national emission reduction programs to be effective,» the academies said in a joint statement.

-- The term «national deforestation reduction activities» means activities in developing countries that reduce a quantity of greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation that is calculated by measuring actual emissions against a national deforestation baseline established pursuant to section 754 (d)(1) and (2).

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.

Japan's Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is a 26 % reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 from 2013 levels.1 To achieve this, the Japanese government has set carbon targets for all sectors backed up by a national carbon tax and Tokyo emissions trading scheme.

There is no substitute for dramatic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions to mitigate the negative consequences of climate change, a National Research Council committee concluded in a two - volume evaluation of proposed climate - intervention techniques.

With the developing world now generating half the planet's greenhouse gas emissions, one of the thorniest challenges facing climate change negotiators in Copenhagen will be apportioning national reduction targets in coming decades.

The effectiveness of the national plan in creating jobs and private spending has prompted these groups to propose a public / private partnership to strategically focus stimulus dollars that will enable a full - scale building industry revival while simultaneously addressing energy and greenhouse gas emissions reductions.

[12] In fact, using the Model for the Assessment of Greenhouse Gas Induced Climate Change developed by researchers at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, even if all carbon dioxide emissions in the United States were effectively eliminated, there would be less than two - tenths of a degree Celsius reduction in global temperatures.

This technical document provides the following information: - An update of global greenhouse gas emission estimates, based on a number of different authoritative scientific sources; - An overview of national emission levels, both current (2010) and projected (2020) consistent with current pledges and other commitments; - An estimate of the level of global emissions consistent with the two degree target in 2020, 2030 and 2050; - An update of the assessment of the «emissions gap» for 2020; - A review of selected examples of the rapid progress being made in different parts of the world to implement policies already leading to substantial emission reductions and how they can be scaled up and replicated in other countries, with the view to bridging the emissions gap.

This technical document presents the latest estimates of the emissions gap in 2020 and provides plentiful information, including about current (2010) and projected (2020) levels of global greenhouse gas emissions, both in the absence of additional policies and consistent with national pledge implementation; the implications of starting decided emission reductions now or in the coming decades; agricultural development policies that can help increase yields, reduce fertilizer usage and bring about other benefits, while reducing emissions of greenhouse gases; and, international cooperative initiatives that, while potentially overlapping with pledges, can complement them and help bridge the emissions gap.

Policy at the national level must encourage the deployment of clean energy technologies, and include greenhouse gas emission reduction targets (such as those under the Paris Agreement), carbon pricing mechanisms, and investment in energy research, development and demonstration.

As a result there is a huge gap between national commitments to reduce greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions that have been made thus far under the UNFCCC and global ghg emissions reductions that are necessary to limit warming to 2 oC, a warming limit that has been agreed to by the international community as necessary to prevent very dangerous climate change.

-- The Secretary of Transportation shall establish appropriate requirements, including performance measures, to ensure that transportation plans developed under sections 134 and 135 of title 23 of the United States Code sufficiently meet the requirements of this section, including achieving progress towards national transportation - related greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals.

[i] And yet, California has firmly established itself as both a national and global leader in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions.

Based on information from Environment Canada's National Inventory Report: Greenhouse Gas Sources and Sinks in Canada, Bullfrog Power can provide the emissions calculators below to estimate CO2e reductions that can be attributed to each MWh of renewable electricity and m3 or GJ of green natural gas generated and injected onto the systems on our customers» behaGas Sources and Sinks in Canada, Bullfrog Power can provide the emissions calculators below to estimate CO2e reductions that can be attributed to each MWh of renewable electricity and m3 or GJ of green natural gas generated and injected onto the systems on our customers» behagas generated and injected onto the systems on our customers» behalf.

-- In the event that the Administrator or the National Academy of Sciences has concluded, in the most recent report submitted under section 705 or 706 respectively, that the United States will not achieve the necessary domestic greenhouse gas emissions reductions, or that global actions will not maintain safe global average surface temperature and atmospheric greenhouse gas concentration thresholds, the President shall, not later than July 1, 2015, and every 4 years thereafter, submit to Congress a plan identifying domestic and international actions that will achieve necessary additional greenhouse gas reductions, including any recommendations for legislative action.

-- The Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, shall promulgate, and update from time to time, regulations to establish national transportation - related greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals, standardized models and methodologies for use in developing surface transportation - related greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets pursuant to sections 134 and 135 of title 23 of the United States Code and methods for collection of data on transportation - related greenhouse gas emissions.

-- The term «national deforestation reduction activities» means activities in developing countries that reduce a quantity of greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation that is calculated by measuring actual emissions against a national deforestation baseline established pursuant to section 754 (d)(1) and (2).

The opponents of climate change policies have largely succeeded in opposing proposed climate change law and policy by claiming that government action on climate change should be opposed because: (1) it will impose unacceptable costs on national economics or specific industries and destroy jobs, (2) there is too much scientific uncertainty to warrant government action, or (3) it would be unfair and ineffective for nations like the United States to adopt expensive climate policies as long as China or India fail to adopt serious greenhouse gas emissions reductions policies.

The opponents of climate change policies have succeeded in opposing proposed climate change law and policy by claiming that government action on climate change should be opposed because: (1) it will impose unacceptable costs on national economics or specific industries and destroy jobs, (2) there is too much scientific uncertainty to warrant government action, or (3) it would be unfair and ineffective for nations like the United States to adopt expensive climate policies as long as China or India fail to adopt serious greenhouse gas emissions reductions policies.

Dr. Romm helped lead the administration's climate technology policy formulation, and initiated, supervised, and publicized a comprehensive technical analysis by five national laboratories of how energy technologies can reduce greenhouse gas emissions at low - cost: Scenarios of U.S. Carbon Reductions.

No US national climate change strategy makes any sense unless it is understood to implicitly be a position on the US fair share of a global greenhouse gas emissions reductions pathway capable of preventing dangerous climate change.

Because allocation of national ghg emissions is inherently a matter of justice, nations should be required to explain how their ghg emissions reduction commitments both will lead to a specific atmospheric greenhouse gas concentration that is not dangerous, that is, what remaining ghg CO2 equivalent budget they have assumed that their commitment will achieve, and on what equitable basis have they determined their fair share of that budget.

While there have been negotiations under way on the new agreement, there has also been an attempt to increase national commitments on greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions reductions in the short - term because mainstream science is telling nations that much greater reductions in emissions are necessary in the next few years to maintain any hope of keeping warming below 20 C, a warming limit that all nations have agreed should not be exceeded to give some hope of preventing catastrophic warming.

Each researcher answered the same 10 questions which sought to determine how equity, ethics, and justice considerations affected national policy formation on greenhouse gas emissions reductions targets and commitments and on funding adaptation, l, osses and damages in vulnerable developing countries.

As we shall see, these countries, among others, have continued to negotiate as if: (a) they only need to commit to reduce their greenhouse gas emission if other nations commit to do so, in other words that their national interests limit their international obligations, (b) any emissions reductions commitments can be determined and calculated without regard to what is each nation's fair share of safe global emissions, (c) large emitting nations have no duty to compensate people or nations that are vulnerable to climate change for climate change damages or reasonable adaptation responses, and (d) they often justify their own failure to actually reduce emissions to their fair share of safe global emissions on the inability to of the international community to reach an adequate solution under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

«We estimate that by actively increasing farm yields, the UK can reduce the amount of land that is a source of greenhouse gases, increase the «sink», and sequester enough carbon to hit national emission reduction targets for the agriculture industry by 2050.»

Significant emission reductions from the transportation sector will help protect public health and ensure the Bay Area meets state and national air quality standards while reducing greenhouse gases.

Every province across the country, with the exception of Saskatchewan and Manitoba, have signed on and this is important because national buy - in will be what promotes the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

Turner Construction Even the chance that [global warming] is a real issue should motivate each and every one of us to action,» 1 — Thomas Leppert, CEO; Goldman Sachs «We support the need for a national policy to limit greenhouse gas emissions» - Environmental Policy Framework JPMorgan Chase «JPMorgan Chase advocates the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.»

Nevertheless, some estimates of the benefits of a more circular economy in the future context of scarce resources indicate potential positive outcomes on trade balance, employment, greenhouse gas emission reductions, efficiency of enterprises and national resources, as well as better security of supply.

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.

«There appears to be a large opportunity for emission reductions that provide short - term economic and health benefits, and every attempt should be made to promote national policies and international cooperation that can help states, nations, and the world achieve these benefits,» the Secretaries write in the foreword to the study report, No Reason to Wait: the Benefits of Greenhouse Gas Reduction in Sao Paulo and California.

Such action would also address Australia's international obligations to develop and report on national climate change adaptation strategies, and to achieve strong greenhouse gas emissions reductions.