Sentences with phrase «of carbon dioxide equivalent»

The overall warming effect of this cocktail of gases is often expressed in terms of carbon dioxide equivalent - the amount of CO2 that would cause the same amount of warming.

He was referring to a target to stabilize the concentration of the most dangerous greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere at 450 ppm of carbon dioxide equivalent.

The EPA claims that the extraction, transport, refining and use of the oilsands crude that would be transported daily through the pipeline would result in «an additional 1.3 to 27.4 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per year» compared to lighter crudes.

At the high end of the range above, with total GHG intensities in Canada of a little over 0.21 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per tonne of LNG shipped, carbon costs would not materially alter processing costs.

The moves will save an estimated 120 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per year by 2025, closing the gap by about a third between his economy - wide pledge and the sum total of all of Obama's myriad executive actions and regulations on climate thus far.

Most estimates of wind turbine life - cycle global warming emissions are between 0.02 and 0.04 pounds of carbon dioxide equivalent per kilowatt - hour.

To date, O'Brien says that Earth Angel has diverted 3,000 tons of waste from landfills, donated 90 tons of material to local charities, donated 55,000 meals to shelters and food banks, avoided over a million single - use plastic water bottles, and prevented 6,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent by using recycled paper, limiting transportation emissions, and implementing «Meatless Monday» initiatives.

As poorer countries develop and the world's population grows, emissions associated with food waste could soar from 0.5 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per year to between 1.9 and 2.5 gigatonnes annually by mid-century, showed the study published in the Environmental Science & Technology journal.

Documents presented to the committee estimate the ETS will be 76 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in deficit by the end of this year — the total for the first five years of its operation.

Generating 27 kg of carbon dioxide equivalents for each kilogram eaten, it takes roughly 2,500 gallons of water to produce a pound of beef.

In one year the programme would save 12,500 DALYs and 0.1 - 0.2 megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent for every million people.

A conservative estimate of the emissions reduction potential suggests at least 5.9 gigatons of carbon dioxide equivalent from buildings could be saved, 4.1 gigatons for industry, and 2.1 for transport.

Renewable energy policies, for example, are estimated to have saved around 96 Mt of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2005 by increasing renewable electricity production in the 25 EU countries four-fold between 1990 and 2005, and boosting production of renewable heat and liquid biofuels for transport by 20 %.

Almost 100 million tonnes of carbon is stored in timber in Australian houses, with about 2 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent added each year as new houses are built, according to the research.

While overall emissions of greenhouse gases from CDP's «Global 500» have shrunk from 4.2 billion to 3.6 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent since 2009, the index's 50 largest - emitting firms have actually seen greenhouse gas emissions rise by 1.65 percent over the same period, the organization has found.

We know, for example, that stabilization at 550 parts per million [of carbon dioxide equivalent in the atmosphere] would give us around a 50 — 50 chance of being [on] either side of a 3 - degree Celsius [5.4 - degree Fahrenheit] rise from the temperatures in preindustrial times.

Winning technologies are responsible for annually reducing the use or generation of more than 826 million pounds of hazardous chemicals, saving 21 billion gallons of water, and eliminating 7.8 billion pounds of carbon dioxide equivalent releases to air.

Wind energy has become one of the lowest cost sources of new electricity generation in Ontario, and while wind power has helped reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Ontario's electricity sector from 34.5 metric megatons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) in 2005 to 7.1 metric megatons CO2e in 2015, more work needs to be done.

Globally, total emissions of 1,700 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent CO2 - e over the period 2000 - 2050 would give the world a 67 % chance of keeping warming below 2 °C.

In the following chart the colored lines represent emissions reduction pathways that would stabilize atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide equivalents at various levels.

Some 47 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent mitigation was purchased by the federal government at a cost of $ 516 million.

To make comparisons easier, we convert the global warming potential of all emissions to units of carbon dioxide equivalent, or CO2e — the amount of carbon dioxide required to produce an equivalent amount of warming.

One billion people might therefore be considered responsible for 7 GT of carbon dioxide equivalents per year.

But before I tackle the critical issue of just how much more warming is still in the pipeline (in another post), it is important to explain the concept of carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2 - e).

By reducing energy usage, using such renewable energy sources as wind and solar power and putting in place other measures, News Corp. plans to nearly eliminate its emissions from a 2006 footprint of 641,150 tons of carbon dioxide equivalents across its operations in 52 countries.

The report also shows that Texas has by far the highest total emissions from power plants and refineries, with 294 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent spewed into the atmosphere.

For comparison, the UN Emissions Gap report says current pledges make 2030 emissions likely to reach 11 to 13.5 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (GtCO2e) above the level needed to stay on the least - cost path to meeting the higher (2oC) Paris target.

However, current estimates suggest that life - cycle emissions can be over 0.5 pounds of carbon dioxide equivalent per kilowatt - hour [5,6].

The study is updated regularly and shows that «the average 2006 disposable nappy would result in a global warming impact of approximately 550 kg of carbon dioxide equivalents used over the two and a half years a child is typically in nappies» (diapers).

To meet the goal of the Paris Agreement, which aims to limit warming below two degrees Celsius (and ideally below 1.5 degrees), we need to reduce global emissions to roughly 42 gigatons of carbon dioxide equivalent by 2030.

Carbon intensity is expressed in grams of carbon dioxide equivalent per megajoule of energy provided by that fuel.

Soil management techniques — which include reducing soil tillage and applying biochar — have the potential to remove up to eight gigatons of carbon dioxide equivalent from the atmosphere every year.

Within the report, they are measured in terms of carbon dioxide equivalent per kilogram of energy corrected milk (CO2e / kg ECM).

Over that period, it projects that electricity generators will see their emissions fall by 31 megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent, largely as a result of coal - fired plants giving way to natural gas - fired power.