Sentences with phrase «national greenhouse gas emissions»

Homes were responsible for 21 percent of national greenhouse gas emissions in 2014, and implementing energy efficiency measures in your home can significantly reduce your emissions contribution.

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

In replacing dirty coal with cleaner gas over the short - to medium - term, Australia achieves valuable front - loaded reductions in national greenhouse gas emissions.

The inclusion of RNG in Canada's natural gas distribution network is an innovative and commendable step towards a more sustainable energy system in Canada, and represents an important contribution to reducing national greenhouse gas emissions,» said Steve McCauley, Acting Chief Executive Officer, Pollution Probe.

Examples of the possible effects of different approaches on national greenhouse gas emissions and removals in selected countries are also provided

Advancing efforts on the transparency framework, such as how to report national greenhouse gas emissions inventories, what information is necessary to track progress on countries» climate actions and what information should be provided on financial support, technology transfer and capacity - building.

The President's program will accelerate increases in fuel economy and impose the first - ever national greenhouse gas emission standards on cars and trucks

The House of Representatives has already passed a bill that would cut national greenhouse gas emissions by 4 percent below 1990 levels by 2020, whereas the Senate is currently drafting several competing bills.

Aviation accounts for about 10 percent of greenhouse gas emissions from transportation in the U.S., or about 2.7 percent of total national greenhouse gas emissions.

In Indonesia, 60 percent of national greenhouse gas emissions come from land - use change, in part, fuelled by the growing demand for palm oil and agricultural crops.

Senators Joe Lieberman, a Connecticut Democrat, and John McCain, an Arizona Republican, said their bill would spur innovation by giving companies maximum flexibility in meeting national greenhouse gas emissions goals.

If you included emissions from deforestation into national greenhouse gas emissions (which isn't always done, but probably should...) Indonesia is the world's third - highest emitter — India is if you don't take into account deforestation emissions.

A special report on geoengineering, a report on how best to measure and verify national greenhouse gas emissions, and one on carbon sinks, New Scientist recommends, would all be useful.

At the end of March, the country did just that, committing for the first time to reducing carbon pollution based on real world targets with real world policies, by announcing an INDC that would reduce national greenhouse gas emissions 26 - 28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025.

The main objective of the Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories is to develop and refine a methodology for the calculation and reporting of national greenhouse gas emissions and removals.

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

Industry also makes up a 21 percent chunk of national greenhouse gas emissions, which the U.S. will have to address to curtail climate change.

National greenhouse gas emissions will peak between 2020 and 2025, plateau for approximately a decade, and decline in absolute terms thereafter under South Africa's plan, known as an Intended National Determined Contribution or INDC.

City of Sydney's Lord Mayor, Clover Moore, is of the view that, «Australia's commercial business sector is responsible for around 10 per cent of national greenhouse gas emissions,» so she wants businesses to get behind the campaign, while 22 year old Sarah Bishop, (pictured) will walk the thousand kilometres (1,200 miles) from Brisbane to Sydney to raise the same issues in smaller communities, in the two months preceding.

Parties to the UNFCCC treaty and its Kyoto Protocol annually submit to the Secretariat of the UNFCCC their inventory of national greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) of CO2, CH4, N2O, SF6, HFCs and PFCs.