Sentences with phrase «on aggregate emissions»

That would limit the amount of GHGs per unit of output rather than putting a cap on aggregate emissions.

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Compared to sending goods long distances by truck or airplane is far less efficient than sending them by ship, and on the level of an individual product the emissions not that great, in the aggregate shipping is a major source of emissions — about 3 % of global emissions in fact.

Under this road map, the developed countries in the Kyoto Protocol would take on their second - period commitments that in aggregate would reach the science - based requirement of 25 - 40 per cent emissions cut (or more than 40 % as demanded by developing countries) by 2020 compared to 1990.

From the article: «The tax, which rose from 10 Canadian dollars per ton of carbon dioxide in 2008 to 30 dollars by 2012, the equivalent of about $ 22.20 in current United States dollars, reduced emissions by 5 to 15 percent with «negligible effects on aggregate economic performance,» according to a study last year by economists at Duke University and the University of Ottawa.»

An example of strong multilateralism is a targets - and - timetables approach, which sets aggregate quantitative emissions - reduction targets over a fixed period of time and allocates responsibility for this reduction among countries, based on principles jointly accepted.

The UNFCCC in its «Synthesis report on the aggregate effect of the intended nationally determined contributions» describes the central results as emission reductions achieved in 2025 and 2030, not further.

The proposed ERF also focuses on identifying levels of effort for different countries without clearly specifying the individual or aggregate level of emission reductions for the developed countries.

The nation's aggregate carbon emissions now top Japan's, 45 % of the land is degraded, groundwater levels are dropping rapidly... Here are the details: India Now World's Fourth Largest Carbon Emitter India's per capita carbon emissions remain very low — about 1 / 20th of those in the United States and probably actually below what could be extended equitably to everyone on the planet — but multiply those by one billion - plus people and it really adds up.