Sentences with phrase «new emission reduction targets»

The new plan could lay the foundations for a compromise agreement that imposes ambitious new emission reduction targets, which may lack legal backing but still could serve to mobilize a significant increase in low carbon investment.

The final agreement requires countries to return every five years with new emission reduction targets.

To meet its new emissions reduction target (in terms of carbon dioxide) Japan will need to increase its proportion of carbon - free energy from 6.4 % in 2012 to 9.1 % in 2020, assuming no increase in energy consumption.

Not exact matches

A new carbon emissions reduction target has been set before talks in Paris, but taxpayers are now footing the bill - not the big polluters.

The Low Emissions Technology Roadmap provides an independent, science - based analysis of the technology options in the energy sector that can help Australia meet its 2030 emissions reduction target and create new opportunities for local Emissions Technology Roadmap provides an independent, science - based analysis of the technology options in the energy sector that can help Australia meet its 2030 emissions reduction target and create new opportunities for local emissions reduction target and create new opportunities for local industry.

California dairy farmers — from the nation's leading agricultural state — are facing pressure to lower methane emissions under the state's ambitious new greenhouse gas reduction laws, which include methane emission reduction targets of 40 percent below 2013 levels by 2030.

Dairy farmers in California are already facing pressure to lower methane emissions under the state's ambitious new greenhouse gas reduction laws, which include methane emission reduction targets of 40 % below 2013 levels by 2030.

While New York is on track to meet its federal emissions reduction target, the loss of two or more reactors would make it considerably more difficult.

The new study, led by Professor Scott, found that the most cost effective strategy for the tourism industry to meet the United Nations» recommended targets of reducing carbon emissions, includes a combination of strategic energy saving and renewable energy initiatives within the industry and buying carbon offsets from other parts of the global economy where emission reductions can be done at less cost.

Most developed countries see carbon markets as crucial under any new agreement because they seek out the cheapest emissions reductions, making climate change targets more achievable.

In order to meet the EU's mandatory GHG emission - reduction targets and the renewable energy commitments discussed below, much of this new generation must qualify as low - carbon and renewable.

However, Kia's engineers are targeting a significant reduction in CO2 tailpipe emissions and a power increase of between 15 to 20 percent for any model which could be equipped with the new powertrain.

However, Kia's engineers are targeting a significant reduction in CO2 tailpipe emissions and fuel consumption and a power increase of between 15 to 20 percent for any model which could be equipped with the new powertrain.

[U] nless current imbalances in R&D portfolios for the development of new, efficient, and clean energy technologies are redressed, greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets are unlikely to be met, or met only at considerable costs.

Some of the low - hanging targets for reductions of greenhouse gas emissions have been highlighted in recent months in a «By Degrees» series in The Times, which explores topics like the electrical demand of our new electronic gadgets, efforts to curb methane leaks and the move to install light - colored roofs in warmer climates.

Furthermore, if you are talking about a 70 % reduction in CO2 emissions over 1990 levels (a reasonable target, but I do look forward to seeing the new IPCC outcomes for different emissions scenarios) then you can still use fossil fuels to meet that 30 % demand.

On the one hand, CDP, the UN Global Compact, the World Resources Institute and WWF, have just launched a new campaign, in the context of the Science Based Targets initiative, that is seeking to recruit 100 companies to commit to the adoption of emission reduction targets consistent with the level of decarbonization required to keep global temperature increase below 2 °C compared to pre-industrial temperTargets initiative, that is seeking to recruit 100 companies to commit to the adoption of emission reduction targets consistent with the level of decarbonization required to keep global temperature increase below 2 °C compared to pre-industrial tempertargets consistent with the level of decarbonization required to keep global temperature increase below 2 °C compared to pre-industrial temperatures.

India, China and other countries in the Like - Minded Developing Countries (LMDC) group on Tuesday took the position formally that the new climate agreement must not force developing countries to review their volunteered emission reduction targets.

Sony's new targets would lead the company to an average annual reduction of operational emissions of 2.1 per cent per annum in the period comprised between 2000 and 2020.

Yet the new research does not mean decision - makers should give up on timetable - based emissions - reduction targets.

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The EnergyVision 2030 Progress Report for New York gauges the state's progress toward necessary clean energy targets and summarizes policies that together will allow New York to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to meet an 80 % reduction from 1990 levels by 2050 as part of its 2015 State Energy Plan.

First, Exxon shareowner New York State Common Retirement Fund has submitted a proposal calling on Exxon to issue a report on the financial risks it faces with the carbon dioxide emissions reduction target defined in the Paris Agreement.

The document also provides new modelling analysis to demonstrate the crucial benefits that an international carbon market established under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement could provide in reducing the costs to countries of achieving their emission reduction targets.

A new website should be of great value to policy - makers to view and understand the relationship between their national emissions reduction strategies and the global climate change problem, issues that must be considered in setting national ghg targets as a matter of ethics.

2015 is the target date for new emissions reductions plans.

Palo Alto, Calif., February 15, 2017 — After setting and meeting two successive Scope 1 and Scope 2 absolute reduction goals for greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) 1, HP Inc. announces a new target to reduce the GHG emissions from its global operations by 25 percent by 2025, compared to 2015.

Fifth, implementing emission reduction mandates and targets under each New England state's global warming solutions laws will likely cause economy - wide natural gas use to decrease by 20 percent by 2030, despite recent policies and trends that incentivize fuel - switching to natural gas.

May 10 (UPI)-- A new model tracks oil and gas extraction rates and how they impact the ability of major fossil fuel producers to meet global emission reduction targets.

The US March announcement on its reduction targets for 2025 was met with mostly, but not uniformly, positive responses from nations around the world because the new commitments were a significant increase over the US commitment made in 2009 to reduce US ghg emissions by 17 % below 2005 emissions levels by 2020.

I assisted Fingal County Council in 2005 - 06 to pass a policy into local area plans that all new buildings should have a combined space heating & hot water target of 50 kWh / m2 / yr — which then evolved into 60 % energy and CO2 emissions reductions targets — along with mandatory renewable energy targets.

The State Energy Plan is a comprehensive roadmap that targets a 40 % reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 levels, a 600 TBtu increase in statewide energy efficiency from 2012 levels, and a commitment to generate half of New York's energy from renewable sources by 2030.

«We look forward to stakeholder feedback and ultimately to providing this new tool to encourage high - quality emission reductions from nested REDD + projects targeting both voluntary and emerging compliance markets.»

Science Based Targets is one of the five leading emissions reduction initiatives named in a new report called The Business End of Climate Change produced by We Mean Business in partnership with CDP with analysis from the New Climate Institunew report called The Business End of Climate Change produced by We Mean Business in partnership with CDP with analysis from the New Climate InstituNew Climate Institute.

In particular, we are fighting a new U.S. - backed attempt to replace the existing binding targets for emissions reductions with a weak, ineffective system of pledges.

Science Based Targets is one of the five leading emissions reduction initiatives named in a new report called

It may be that ambitious emissions - reduction targets can be achieved with existing technology, yet new technologies could help.

Will the government's new Clean Growth Strategy meet the legally binding targets on emissions reduction?

In the final rule, EPA addresses this problem by giving states two options: prove that your emissions reductions won't just be taken up by new power plants, or bring the new sources under the umbrella with a joint «complementary» target.

«This hike in new coal power capacity highlights the urgent need for the EU to move to a 30 % greenhouse gas reduction target for 2020, to introduce an Emissions Performance Standard, and to end decades of subsidies for new coal build and its fuel,» says the EWEA report.

In short, California's new rooftop solar mandate might make it more expensive for the state to hit its renewable energy and carbon targets without yielding any net new solar build or emission reductions.

It sets new interim targets for greenhouse gas emission reductions, recalibrates sea level rise levels and institutes new resiliency standards to deal with climate change.

As our newest Climate Savers partner and as a signatory of the Renewable Energy Buyers Principles, Avery Dennison has called for increased access to cost - effective renewable energy that will lead to measurable reductions in its greenhouse gas emissions while demonstrating to other companies the business and environmental value of scaling up to achieve a 2025 target.»

The new website includes information about the composition of the Alliance, member commitments, and guiding principles, while providing updates on the progress members are making to meet or exceed the emission reductions targets of the Paris Agreement.

On Monday morning, President Obama announced a new target for carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants: a 30 percent reduction by 2030.

Almost all New Member States have drastic reductions in their emissions and will meet their targets - but not as a consequence of intelligent policies but due to their economic collapse of the 1990s.

Attempts to negotiate a new market mechanism hit a wall at the UN's climate negotiations in Warsaw in November, with developing countries, including India, resisting pressure from the EU to establish a new scheme before an overall emissions reduction target had been established.

A new report naming the 30 energy plants pumping out most greenhouse gases in the European Union shows that coal - fired facilities are undermining Europe's long - term targets on emissions reduction.

«This is a reflection of growing pressure from shareholders, investor groups and civil society for more disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions, as well as setting reduction targets,» said Laura McIntyre - Brown, analyst at Bloomberg New Energy Finance and the author of the report.

This is precisely the argument now playing out in the EU as the European Commission grapples with setting a new target for emissions reduction that for the first time will not include binding national targets for the adoption of renewable energy.