Sentences with phrase «offsetting global carbon emissions»

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The work 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.

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.

A can of white paint should be part of the planet's arsenal against global warming, say California researchers, who have calculated that installing white roofs in the world's cities could offset 1.5 years of man - made carbon emissions.

As roughly 30 percent of global permafrost carbon is concentrated within 7 percent of the permafrost region in Alaska, Canada, and Siberia, this study's findings also renew scientific interest in how carbon uptake by thermokarst lakes offsets greenhouse gas emissions.

Once global carbon dioxide emissions had been reduced to zero, some combination of atmospheric decay and carbon dioxide extraction, probably partially offset by some level of carbon dioxide re-release from the worlds oceans, might possibly reduce the atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration to comply with the NAAQS.

Credits are being sold on voluntary carbon - trading markets (for companies and individuals seeking to offset emissions contributing to global warming).

To help reduce global economic inequality along with greenhouse gas emissions from its corporate travel, travel giant Expedia, Inc. has invested in four community - owned carbon offset projects from the global nonprofit Carbon Offsets to Alleviate Poverty (COTAP).

That's why, the ministry says, the federal government agreed with the 2011 Energy Package to introduce compensatory arrangements for businesses competing at a global level, including measures to offset increases in the price of power stemming from the EU's carbon emissions trade, and a cap on their renewables allocation charge.

Rob Threlkeld, head of global renewable energy for GM, says the Ohio project, along with one being constructed in Illinois, will offset carbon emissions from seven GM plants in the Midwest.

Offsetting carbon emissions is a quick and cost effective way to reduce global carbon emissions and probably costs much less than you think.

He said the industry should push to become «carbon neutral» with more efficient engines and aerodynamic technology, improved air - trafficcontrol systems, better ground taxiing procedures and — to offset any remaining emissions — a global carbon - emissions trading system.

Carbon Offsets To Alleviate Poverty (COTAP) empowers individuals and organizations to fight both climate change and global poverty by connecting their carbon emissions with certified forestry projects in least - developed countries which create life - changing income for smallholder farmers who live on less than $ 2 per day.

«In concert with our offsetting strategy, Aviva has also worked hard over the last 6 years to reduce our core carbon emissions and is proud to announce it has achieved a 46 % reduction in its global emissions compared with its 2010 baseline».

In 2006, Aviva became the first global insurance group to offset its entire operational emissions, so this month as it announces its 2016 annual sustainability results, the company celebrates 10 years as a carbon neutral organisation.

28 May 2014 Washington, D.C. In a bid to reduce their contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions, corporate leaders like Chevrolet, Marks & Spencer, and Allianz continued to voluntarily purchase carbon offsets in 2013, locking 76 million metric tonnes of greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere, according to the annual State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets report, previewed by Forest Trends» Ecosystem Marketplace this week in Cologne, Germany.

28 May 2014 Washington, D.C. In a bid to reduce their contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions, corporate leaders like Chevrolet, Marks & Spencer, and Allianz continued to voluntarily purchase carbon offsets in 2013, locking 76 million metric tonnes of greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere, according to the annual State of the -LSB-...]

Building on decades of experience in the field, the report offers six lessons the authors believe are critical if REDD and REDD + (which includes REDD plus more controversial measures such as sustainable forest management) are going to generate offsets that truly represent emission reductions and that a global carbon regime will accept.

Americans increasingly understand that even sending US carbon dioxide emissions back to 1870 levels, as congressional climate bills would do, will not reduce global atmospheric CO2 levels, because emissions from China, India and other nations will rapidly offset our painful reductions.

About Carbon Offsets To Alleviate Poverty (COTAP) Launched in 2011, Carbon Offsets To Alleviate Poverty (COTAP) empowers individuals and organizations to address both climate change and global poverty by connecting their carbon emissions with accredited carbon projects which create life - changing income streams for the world's poorest people.

«In our mor recent global model simulations the ocean heat - uptake is slower than previously estimated, the ocean uptake of carbon is weaker, feedbacks from the land system as temperature rises are stronger, cumulative emissions of greenhouse gases over the century are higher, and offsetting cooling from aerosol emissions is lower.

Offsetting through our integrated Climate + Care projects means you not only fund emission reductions to address your unavoidable carbon footprint, but deliver measured outcomes which can contribute to the UN Global Goals and your other business objectives.

Organizers say the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy, will have no net impact on global climate disruption, thanks to energy efficiency, clean - energy tech, and tree planting to offset carbon dioxide emissions.

Newly approved by the American Carbon Registry (ACR) and co-authored by project partners DU, TCT, The Nature Conservancy, Environmental Defense Fund and Terra Global Capital, the Avoided Conversion of Grasslands and Shrublands (ACoGS) carbon offset methodology is the first of its kind and provides real opportunities for achieving a meaningful level of emissions reductions in the agriculture sector.

As well as enhancing food security, carbon sequestration has the potential to offset fossilfuel emissions by 0.4 to 1.2 gigatons of carbon per year, or 5 to 15 % of the global fossil - fuel emissions.

The paper finds that the entirety of the global ecological overshoot consists of carbon emissions, which are translated into a highly uncertain, hypothetical area of forest needed to offset these emissions.

A new study by Oeko - Institut analyses for the first time potential carbon offset supply for a global market - based mechanism for international aviation emissions to be adopted in 2016.

For example, a carbon offset reforestation project adds to the planet's net carbon storage and helps moderate global warming by slowing the growth of carbon emissions in the atmosphere.

After becoming the first global insurance group to offset its entire operational emissions to become carbon neutral, Aviva wanted to go further and deliver integrated Climate and Development projects that deliver broader social benefits.

Menon's previous study, based on a global land surface climate model and published last year in Environmental Research Letters, concluded that deploying cool roofs and pavements in cities around the world could offset 57 gigatons of carbon dioxide emissions.

Everyone who measures and offsets emissions through the calculator will support projects that both cut global carbon emissions and make a real difference to people's lives, including the award winning LifeStraw Carbon for Water project — that provides safe drinking water to 4 million people in Western Kenya — and the Gyapa Project, which provides clean efficient cookstoves to families in Ghana.

Offsetting our carbon footprint with the experts at ClimateCare is a way to both cut global carbon emissions and improve people's lives.

That means if plants around the world continue to adjust to rising carbon dioxide concentrations, increasing their biomass on a global scale, they could actually help offset some of our human carbon emissions by removing more carbon dioxide from the air.

Finally, the last argument that climate hawks would employ is that anthropogenic effects, specifically emission of SO2 aerosols and carbon black, have been reflecting sunlight and offsetting the global warming effect.

Our attorneys advise companies on preventative measures such as creating global carbon emissions programs; finding cost - effective emissions reductions; and structuring international emissions to offset transactions.