Sentences with phrase «not major emitters»

India's reply was consistent: perhaps we haven't made ourselves clear enough, but we are not major emitters — we are an enormous country with a very small per - capita carbon footprint, and to put us at the same level as A1 countries is to undermine the very principles of the Convention and to shift the focus of obligation to developing countries.

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So even though the Conservatives are not even close to finishing regulating emitters — they still have to do oil and gas, and several other major sectors — the costs are already well above the $ 20 billion Harper accuses Mulcair's plan of costing.

It would apply the «polluter - pay» principle not just to the 700 largest industrial emitters but to all major sources of greenhouse gases.

Even a potentially groundbreaking decision reached in Durban, South Africa, in December to begin negotiating a new global agreement that could see all major emitters cutting carbon won't take effect until 2020.

These major emitters also understand that the problem — now their problem — can not be solved without their participation.

In the last two rounds of annual climate talks, in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Cancún, Mexico, more than 80 countries — including major emitters not bound by the Kyoto protocol like Brazil, China, Indonesia and the US — pledged voluntary targets.

Offsetting your flights is a good place to start, since plane travel is a major emitter but one that most of us can't realistically give up altogether.

The United States» Congress won't pass domestic legislation without key developing countries like China, which is now a major greenhouse gas emitter signing on to reduction commitments; and China sees themselves as a developing country that has acted progressively and responsibly to address climate change when it technically has no obligation to do so under the UNFCCC.

There's a cap on carbon, and a fee on carbon, and «compliance flexibility for major emitters,» but it's not clear how all those pieces work together.

In fact, not only could the South American forest soon lose its status as the planet's most - important «carbon sink», but an increased frequency of severe droughts could transform it into a major emitter or harmful carbon emissions.

Caps will error because (1) they won't cover some major emitters for decades, (2) they won't cover land - use changes, (3) the best scientific estimate of climate sensitivity is uncertain by hundreds of billions of tonnes, (4) the earth's CO2 uptake by 2 ° target date is highly uncertain.

It doesn't have to be related to the temperature of the areas, but perhaps instead major greenhouse gas emitters.

It promised billions of dollars in climate financing for developing nations, but did not require deeper emissions cuts by major emitters.