Sentences with phrase «on greenhouse gas emissions»

A new, hard - fought international deal will set limits on greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping for the first time.

Chapter 2 includes an analysis and evaluation of the nine foundations which focused their funding strategies heavily in support of achieving a mandatory cap on greenhouse gas emissions.

The minimum predicted temperature and sea level rises will jump, according to media reports, while the blame will be pinned firmly on greenhouse gas emissions from human activities.

Key among this is placing a price on greenhouse gas emissions.

The provincial government is also reviewing royalty rates and regulations on greenhouse gas emissions.

The treaty itself set no binding limits on greenhouse gas emissions for individual countries and contains no enforcement mechanisms.

Instead, a tax on greenhouse gas emissions («carbon tax») would be imposed.

Since then, she has repeated that action on greenhouse gas emissions need not come at the expense of the economy.

This answer is clearly biased in the last paragraph, attempting to paint that only one - side of this debate cares about the policies on the greenhouse gas emissions.

The data on greenhouse gas emissions have been run through one consistent carbon cycle and climate model.

Exactly how much the average global sea level will rise in the future will depend on our greenhouse gas emissions.

It seem like everything I do is built on greenhouse gas emissions somewhere.

However they come about, new controls on greenhouse gas emissions will have to be made across the entire spectrum of energy production and use.

That implies putting the brakes on greenhouse gas emissions now!

The committee will first determine the most appropriate analytical framework and methodology to use in examining the effects of the tax code on greenhouse gas emissions.

However, the government has not taken on a greenhouse gas emissions target, and its current energy efficiency targets don't qualify as particularly ambitious.

Then, using life - cycle assessment data for the foods that changed in the healthier model diets, they analyzed the effects of the diets on greenhouse gas emissions for the food system.

One of the biggest short - term gains on greenhouse gas emissions has come through the swift shift from coal to natural gas in the country's power plants.

The impact of trucks on greenhouse gas emissions is oversized.

What is the impact of livestock on greenhouse gas emissions?

Reducing demand for meat, even by a relatively small amount, would have a significant impact on greenhouse gas emissions.

In the case of climate change, this approach entails placing a price on greenhouse gas emissions.

Further temperature rises will have a devastating impact and more action on greenhouse gas emissions is urgently required.

Halkos, George and Tzeremes, Panagiotis (2015): Scenario analysis on greenhouse gas emissions reduction in Southeast Balkans» energy system.

The California Chamber of Commerce said SB 32 places severe restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions in the state without considering how it will potentially affect the economy and residents of the state.

After all, the reality is that Obama has moved pretty aggressively, if quietly, to roll out restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions through regulations, tighter standards for energy use and vehicle fuel economy and pursue policies fostering a shift from coal to gas.

Most also back government curbs on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants — from 62 % in Utah to 90 % in New Hampshire.

President Barack Obama is getting ready to unveil an aggressive plan to tackle climate change on Monday that involves steeper cuts on greenhouse gas emissions from power plans than had been previously expected.

The tools assists in creating comprehensive reports on greenhouse gas emissions with 20 key carbon performance indicators that enable postal services to track their progress overtime, benchmark their performance against industry averages, and ultimately to reduce and offset their emissions.

The only policy that has had a significant effect on greenhouse gas emissions ─ the Mandatory Renewable Energy Target, which led to an investment boom in wind power ─ has been scrapped, with a senior minister privately describing it as «too successful».

Building on the new commitments on greenhouse gas emissions pledged by China and the United States, Razak laid out a strategy for his country (facilitated by wealth derived from abundant oil and gas reserves) to become a leader in developing renewable energy and pursuing energy - efficient design.

These credits would allow California polluters to meet limits on greenhouse gas emissions by buying carbon offset credits from international initiatives intended to prevent destruction of tropical rainforests.

The sea - level rise by end of this century may be just 130 cm based on the the greenhouse gas emission scenario SRES A1B.

The International Maritime Organization has failed to set a cap on greenhouse gas emissions at international meetings in previous years.

However, when these influences are filtered out (red), the observed temperatures fall very close to the central climate model projections, which RFC12 notes are based on greenhouse gas emissions scenarios that accurately reflect the observed CO2 changes over that timeframe.

In recent months, Harper has withdrawn Canada from the Kyoto protocol on greenhouse gas emissions, slashed funding for scientific agencies and muzzled government scientists, all while promoting tar sands as a healthy addition to the world's energy mix.

Support from the trade group undermines a conservative critique of the EPA's rule on greenhouse gas emissions for vehicles.

The story also suggested that the higher estimate posed difficulties for the upcoming United Nations summit in Paris on greenhouse gas emissions.

In a recent interview, Nordhaus - whose models project a smaller economic impact than most - said that regardless of whether the models showing larger or smaller economic impacts from climate change are correct, «We've got to get together as a community of nations and impose restraints on greenhouse gas emissions and raise carbon prices.

That report warned that nations must cut back on greenhouse gas emissions, and insisted that «unless drastic action is taken... millions of poor people will suffer from hunger, thirst, floods, and disease.»

Yet the climate conference in Durban, South Africa, did force major developing nations like China, Brazil and South Africa to accept the principle of future binding targets on their greenhouse gas emissions for the first time.

A lovely counterpoint to last week in Canadian politics on greenhouse gas emission reductions, Kyoto and Minister Baird: Norway Plans to Go «Carbon Neutral» April 20, 2007 â $» Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday proposed to make Norway the first «carbon neutral» state by 2050 and reduce emissions of greenhouse gases by 30 percent -LSB-...]