Sentences with phrase «on carbon emissions cuts»

I thought that Rudd would «swing to the Left» on carbon emission cutting policy, in the lead up to Copenhagen.

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Officials from 195 countries, from giants like the U.S. to the tiniest impoverished states, agreed on the world's first global climate - change deal on Saturday evening, committing the world to drastically cutting back carbon emissions and transforming the planet's energy mix over the next several decades.

In addition, countries will have to track their efforts in cutting carbon emissions and report on their progress every five years.

Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz told Fortune in an interview on Wednesday that getting China to commit to far - reaching carbon - emission cuts was crucial to the administration's strategy.

But in a letter to Kerry and other State Department officials, Kristin Delkus, TransCanada's general counsel, pointed to new policies on carbon emissions in Canada, specifically a federal rule issued in May to cut emissions down to 70 percent of their 2005 levels within 15 years.

LONDON, April 13 - The United Nations shipping agency reached an agreement on Friday to cut carbon emissions, following years of slow progress.

LONDON, April 13 - The United Nations shipping agency reached an agreement on Friday to cut carbon emissions, delegates said, following years of slow progress.

The agreement aims to hold global warming to «well below» two degrees Celsius from the levels of the Industrial Revolution, and puts in place a system for tracking efforts to cut carbon emissions and report on progress every five years.

On the environmental front, big companies must cut carbon emissions and avoid deforestation, and we have exciting innovations popping up, led by the likes of Tesla.

Andrew Weaver, who holds the Canada Research Chair in climate modelling and analysis, says when it comes to saving energy and cutting carbon emissions, it's not enough to provide people subsidies on retrofits or other upgrades.

Impact on oil and gas production: compared to a carbon tax, Alberta's policy offers emitters less of an incentive to reduce production in order to cut GHGs, notes Leach: «assuming that the facility reduced production by 10 percent, and that emissions decreased proportionately (a simplifying assumption), the facility's emissions intensity would not change, so its carbon liability per barrel of oil produced would also remain constant.»

Power generation is all but decarbonised, relying by 2040 on generation from renewables (over 60 %), nuclear power (15 %) as well as a contribution from carbon capture and storage (6 %)-- a technology that plays an equally significant role in cutting emissions from the industry sector.

Rail operator pledges to maintain zero - carbon journeys while refocusing on cutting company - wide emissions by a quarter

The Tories have attacked the Liberals» carbon tax policy and have argued it will raise prices on almost everything — from gasoline and groceries — without actually cutting emissions.

«Just three weeks ago at the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment, they called for richer countries do more to cut their own carbon emissions and increase their support to the most vulnerable and worst affected communities and countries who are least able to protect themselves from climate change.»

Researchers at the Oxford Martin School say that food and farming will be responsible for almost half of the planet's «carbon budget» by 2050 but that cutting meat out of our diets, or simply cutting down on the amount we eat, will have a major impact on associated emissions.

Swedish airline Malmo Aviation has become the first in the world to join the Meat Free Monday campaign, introducing MFM meals on flights departing on a Monday in a bid to cut carbon emissions and raise environmental awareness

Nevertheless, there is surely a tension between the need to act urgently on plastic waste and the fact that food waste and carbon emission crises would be exacerbated significantly if society cut out plastics before developing sustainable alternatives.

You have been determined to deliver on our pledge that this should be the greenest Government ever, recognising that cutting carbon emissions is not a luxury but a necessity.

He said: «The Labour government is going backwards with Gordon Brown's demotion of the Cabinet committee on the environment, cuts in green taxes and rising carbon emissions.

On the environment, Europe's target under the Kyoto protocol is to cut carbon emission by eight per cent by 2012, but Mr Cameron will warn that with just six years to go, emissions are down less than one per cent on 1990 levelOn the environment, Europe's target under the Kyoto protocol is to cut carbon emission by eight per cent by 2012, but Mr Cameron will warn that with just six years to go, emissions are down less than one per cent on 1990 levelon 1990 levels.

Mr Miliband did not specify what the proposed legislation would include, but said ministers were «looking carefully at the merits of introducing a carbon budget» to help meet Britain's targets on cutting carbon emissions.

The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats want the bill to include annual targets for cutting carbon emissions, an annual report to parliament on the progress being made on these targets, and the creation of independent body to assess the science.

If delivered in full and on time, the strategy will support deeper emissions cuts and the shift towards a low - carbon economy.

When Mr Cameron stood up to speak for the second time, he questioned the prime minister's commitment to securing an international agreement on cutting carbon dioxide emissions to follow the Kyoto protocol which expires in 2012.

Environmental groups reacted with dismay to news of the government's wavering on cutting carbon emissions.

The U.S. power sector must cut carbon dioxide emissions 30 percent by 2030 from 2005 levels, according to federal regulations unveiled on Monday that form the centerpiece of the Obama administration's climate change strategy.

Government claims to have cut its carbon emissions are based on rearranging balance sheets, an environmental committee has said.

Why spending on a Green New Deal will reduce the public debt, cut carbon emissions, increase energy security and reduce fuel poverty

The government must impose higher taxes on gas - guzzling cars and on flights to cut carbon emissions, MPs warn today.

It says Britain must assume next year's UN Framework Convention on Climate change sets a target of cutting carbon emissions by 30 per cent by 2020, not the current 20 per cent.

Tony Blair has expressed his optimism about securing a post-Kyoto deal to cut carbon emissions, after George Bush appeared to soften his stance on climate change.

A spokesperson said they would reduce the impact of transport on the environment and that the obligation's gradual introduction would cut carbon emissions by around 2.5 million tonnes a year.

The report called on councils to take on responsibility for cutting household carbon emissions, pointing to lagging, insulating, re-glazing and modernising as opportunities to improve energy efficiency.

The UK needs to take «great action» on climate change or it will miss its commitment to cutting carbon emissions by 60 per cent by 2050, MPs have warned.

It is vital that everyone does as much as possible to cut down on carbon emissions.

Unison is calling on the government to impose a target of an 80 per cent cut in carbon emissions, warning a 60 per cent reduction will still see global temperatures rise by as much as five degrees.

Higher taxes on domestic flights and improved public transport are needed if Britain is to cut carbon emissions by 80 per cent before 2050, a Conservative policy group has said.

Given the recent scientific evidence, the proposed target of 60 per cent proposed cut in carbon emissions by 2050 is on the low side.

We need a serious and big picture statement from Greg Clark or even David Cameron himself on how they plan to reconcile their extraordinarily ambitious targets to cut the UK's carbon emissions with the number one priority of the British voter; a return to job - creating, income - enhancing economic growth.

He loves the EU and wants to give it more powers, e.g. on cutting carbon emissions to fight global warming.

The Environmental Protection Agency will be coming out with new proposals to cut down on carbon emissions from power plants next week.

Hydrogen - powered vehicles could cut carbon emissions, but storing the volatile gas on board is a challenge.

Based on this analysis of potential emissions - cutting measures — as well as the success of programs to inspire them — weatherizing homes as well as properly maintaining heating and cooling systems could save more than 37 million metric tons of carbon.

The authority's strategy also relies heavily on purchasable emissions credits and a government scheme that pays polluters to cut carbon output.

Currently, China is working on a pledge to curb emissions intensity — the amount of carbon pumped into the atmosphere per unit of gross domestic product — but has not indicated when it might cut absolute emissions.

A problem is that markets for trading carbon dioxide focus on cuts in emissions at power plants and factories burning fossil fuels, not renewable energies which are viewed as green.

«The endangerment finding is key because it obligates the EPA to take regulatory action to cut carbon dioxide emissions from aircraft — it triggers a legal mandate,» said Drew Kodjak, executive director of the International Council on Clean Transportation.

At the same time, Senator Barack Obama, from coal - rich Illinois, abruptly shifted his support for subsidizing coal - derived fuel production to concentrate on another bill he had been sponsoring that would cut greenhouse gas emissions and reduce carbon content in transport fuel.

And when US President Donald Trump announced he would withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement earlier this year, a range of US cities and states pledged to act on their own version of «Think globally, act locally,» by cutting local and regional carbon emissions in keeping with the goals of the Paris deal.