Sentences with phrase «of the total emissions reduction»

According to Carbon Brief, a UK - based website covering climate issues, «Increases in [natural] gas electricity generation is the largest driver, account for 33 % of the total emissions reduction in 2016.»

We then attributed this fall in the carbon - intensity of US energy supply (responsible for 45 % of total emission reductions) to specific energy sources.

These levels of total emissions reductions are what is required to avoid the catastrophe.

Not exact matches

In fact, absent new measures Environment Canada's 2014 emissions trends report projected that oil sands emissions would drive increased emissions from the oil and gas sector of 45 Mt CO2e (to a total of 204 MtCO2e) between 2005 and 2020, offsetting the emission reductions made in other sectors.

The total chain is expected to be retrofit by 2019 resulting in a reduction of Walmart Canada's greenhouse gas emissions by 28,000 tonnes of CO2 annually.

They do not emit tailpipe pollutants, giving a large reduction of local air pollution, and, can give a significant reduction in total greenhouse gas and other emissions (dependent on the method used for electricity generation).

The new boiler will produce energy out of biomass, reducing CO ₂ emissions at the Nettingsdorf mill by 40,000 tonnes, which represents a 1.5 % reduction in Smurfit Kappa Group's total CO ₂ emissions.

This can bring overall GHG emissions cuts to a total of 780,000 tonnes compared to conventional drip brewed coffee — a 23 % GHG reduction.

Prior to the earthquake and tsunami, the Japan Atomic Energy Agency had modeled a 54 percent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions from 2000 levels by 2050, and a 90 percent reduction by 2100, with nuclear energy accounting for upwards of 60 percent of the country's total energy mix.

The optimal combination of trips would have reduced total travel time by 40 percent, with corresponding reductions in operational costs and carbon dioxide emissions.

Consumption patterns, together with aging and urbanization in some countries, have bigger implications for health and the reduction of carbon emissions than the total number of people in the world.

To put this into perspective, that reduction is 44 percent of the goal that President Obama set for the nation, roughly equal to the total emissions of France.

Currently, agriculture accounts for approximately 9 % of total US greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; the US dairy industry has committed to a 25 % reduction of GHG by 2020 relative to 2009.

Total annual production emissions, averaged over five years, would equal about 100 grams of carbon dioxide per megajoule — which is 7 percent greater than gasoline emissions and 62 grams above the 60 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions as required by the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act.

In 2012 carbon emissions from vehicles on the road accounted for 28 percent of the total fossil - fuel CO2 emissions for the entire country — a sizable chunk to target for reductions.

But any increase or reduction, the agency said, would be «extremely small and insignificant compared to total worldwide emissions of carbon dioxide and methane.»

Results from the study showed indicated that with carbon taxes set at $ 50 per ton and increased at a rate of 5 % per year would lead to a reduction in the total greenhouse gas emission in the US by as much as 63 %, confirms Reilly.

Many scientists concede that without drastic emissions reductions by 2020, we are on the path toward a 4C rise as early as mid-century, with catastrophic consequences, including the loss of the world's coral reefs; the disappearance of major mountain glaciers; the total loss of the Arctic summer sea - ice, most of the Greenland ice - sheet and the break - up of West Antarctica; acidification and overheating of the oceans; the collapse of the Amazon rainforest; and the loss of Arctic permafrost; to name just a few.

Conditional contributions represent about 25 % of the total range of emission reductions.

Aerodynamic improvements, weight savings and engine enhancements have seen fuel consumption and CO2 emission reductions across the range, further lowering running costs and the Total Cost of Ownership.

Conversely, although nuclear energy accounts for less than 10 percent of the GHG emission reduction potentials across all scenarios, it has received some 50 percent of the total public investment in energy technology R&D.

Photo: FedEx An Impressive 96 % Reduction in Particulate Matter Emissions FedEx is announcing today that it has converted 92 of its trucks to diesel - electric hybrids (using lithium - ion batteries), bringing the total number of hybrids the company has to

Because this is only for 75 flights, the total impact will be rather small - the equivalent of taking 26 cars off the road for a year - but if the airline powered all of its flights with a 20 % biofuel blend for one year, the annual emissions reductions would equal taking about 64,000 cars off the road or providing electricity to 28,000 homes.

Without specific policies tackling the issue of eliminating petroleum from our transportation system, these emissions will continue to limit any reduction the US is able to make to our total emissions.

So, to recap, the U.S. — which has one of the best CO2 - emissions - reduction track records in the world — is being held up as the bad guy, while the countries busily increasing their CO2 emissions, including number one culprit China (now responsible for around 30 per cent of the world's total emissions) get a free pass.

When implemented, the Clean Power Plan (CPP) will reduce emissions from power plants by 32 % by 2030 from 2005 levels, accounting for about 10 % of reductions of from total US emissions in 2005.

This temperature reduction would have to involve the total elimination of all future UK CO2 emissions.

For this reason, even a total cessation of anthropogenic emissions would result in almost no significant temperature reduction for centuries, which is why I used the term «irreversible on human timescales» to describe the effect.

What's more, the net effect to society could be large: If 60 million families take advantage of the program to lower their energy consumption by just 10 %, the total reduction of 132 million tons of carbon dioxide would be the equivalent of the emissions of Oregon, South Dakota, Vermont, Maine, Idaho, Delaware, Washington, D.C., and Maine combined.

GHG emission reductions from the project activity will be 136,936 tonnes of CO2 per year, with the total expected GHG emission reductions across the 10 year crediting period of 1,369,360 tonnes of CO2.

In fact, US states alone deliver more than two thirds of the total estimated emissions reductions.

The aggregated removals of this sub-category represent a reduction of 9 percent of the total CO2 emissions of the reporting Annex I Parties for the year 1990.

As part of a concerted effort to avoid catastrophic climate change, the world unanimously committed to an ongoing effort of increasingly deeper emissions reductions aimed at keeping total warming «to well below 2 °C [3.6 °F] above preindustrial levels.»

The New York share of the total allocations is 38.9 % so New York's share of the emission reductions necessary is 885,721 tons per year.

It is critically important for the international community to keep in mind the total carbon budget when designing the next set of emissions - reduction commitments.

The regional emissions cap in 2021 will be equal to 75,147,784 tons and will decline by 2.275 million tons of CO2 per year thereafter, resulting in a total 30 % reduction in the regional cap from 2020 to 2030.

For the $ 244.5 million investments the projected annual (how much is expected each year from the investment) emission reductions total is 268,595 tons of CO2e.

Under the City's plan to reduce citywide GHG emissions 30 % by the year 2030, increasing the efficiency of its buildings is projected to reduce emissions by 12.7 million metric tons — or roughly two - thirds of the total reduction needed.

Yes, that's right Will, Australia's 20 % reduction of our 1.5 % of global emissions (total, at absolute most, 0.3 %) will really have a «big effect»... case closed.

• First, we look at the next 10 - 20 years, in terms of shooting for an order of magnitude reduction in emission of fossil CO2 for total annual energy generation.

The combined non-CO2 GHG reduction potential for these sources is estimated at nearly 300 million metric tonnes (330 million U.S. tons) of carbon dioxide equivalent by 2030 — more than the Netherlands» total annual GHG emissions.

Smart climate finance In order to achieve a 50 percent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2050, total financing to 2050 of around EUR 30 trillion will be required.

Such a system imposes a limit or «cap» on the total emissions for participants in the system, lowering the cap over time with the goal of meeting an overarching reduction target.

Reports submitted at the end of November 2012 bring the second - year total to an overall 23 percent emission reduction below the base - year emissions.

In total, their portfolio generates around 32 million tonnes of CO2 (MtCO2) emission reductions per year and around 836 MtCO2 reduction over the projects lifetimes.

The traffic - related nitrogen oxide emissions in the Federal Republic of Germany have fallen sharply since the introduction of the emission limitation for road traffic in 1960 up until today and a further reduction by a total of 86 % in maximum emissions is expected in the future as well [58].

Requires the EPA Administrator to: (1) identify those classes or categories of new nonroad vehicles or engines that contribute significantly to the total GHG emissions from such vehicles and that provide the greatest potential for significant and cost - effective reduction of such emissions; and (2) promulgate standards applicable to GHG emissions from these engines or vehicles by December 31, 2012; and (3) promulgate standards applicable to GHG emissions for other classes and categories of vehicles and engines as the EPA Administrator determines appropriate.

As a number of scientific articles have shown, most recently by Kevin Anderson and Alice Bows in the Journal of the Royal Society, limiting the world to 2 °C warming most likely requires peaking total global carbon emissions in the next 5 - 10 years followed by immediate reductions to near - zero by 2050 (see Anderson and Bows emission trajectory options here, via David Roberts, and by David Hone here).

The next day headlines will celebrate the «stunning» reduction in GHG and Peter Kent will be quoted as saying that Canada has met half of its Copenhagen target (a 50 - something Mt drop would mean total emissions of around 680Mt), etc., neutralizing any criticism of Canada's inaction on climate change on a hot political year, with 7 provincial elections and, in all likelihood, a federal one.

As a check, the Climate Sensitivity factor for the reduction in tropospheric aerosol emissions was also calculated: Global totals of SO2 emissions in 1975 were 131 Megatonnes.