Sentences with phrase «only voluntary targets»

Bush is expected to promote only voluntary targets for cutting emissions, instead of legally binding targets within a Kyoto - based international agreement.

Not exact matches

A proposed voluntary early retirement plan, if accepted by enough workers, would account for only $ 15 million of that, meaning Mangano would have to come up with additional savings of more than $ 100 million in labor costs annually to meet his target.

So while there is a lot of consensus that targeted, voluntary, low cost spay / neuter programs are effective in gaining spay / neuter compliance — and a large trackrecord of success, However, taking the next step to mandating the law is only a recipe to increase impounds, and thus, shelter killing.

But Business Green reports that, until recently, WRAP's work with supermarkets was being drawn into question, with figures released in 2010 suggesting that British supermarkets had only reduced supply chain waste by 1.2 % — leaving them unlikely to hit a voluntary target of 5 % by 2012.

IMO it's misleading, because the US administration is still insisting (a) on only discussing emissions intensity targets (for reducing, not total emissions, but only the rate of growth of US emissions), and US emissions intensity will reduce even under business as usual; and (b) the US administration is still insisting on only considering voluntary targets, despite the fact that even many major US corporations are calling for mandatory caps and despite the fact that there is no evidence that their existing voluntary targets have made any difference.