Sentences with phrase «other emission figures»

Not exact matches

The EPA partly arrived at the lower figure by excluding the cost of U.S. emissions on other countries, yet as the study shows, effects in developing countries have clear spillovers on developed countries.

Through applications of the new technology first in the mini-vehicle N BOX — the first model of the new mini-vehicle N Series — and gradually in other vehicle models, Honda is targeting top - of - industry fuel efficiency for every category within three years, while simultaneously setting a timeline of 2020 to reduce by 30 % CO2 emissions for all products sold worldwide, relative to emission figures for 2000.

Here, the diesels equal each other, posting fuel - efficiency figures of 64.2 mpg and identical CO2 emissions of 115g / km.

Green - European Union (28 countries) Light grey — other 4 European countries (Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Iceland) Black - Candidate countries: Turkey (WLTP applies for imported vehicles; for locally produced vehicles NEDC applies), Israel and outlying EU regions (still unclear): Réunion Island, Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, St. Martin, Mayotte Dark grey - Partial implementation (planned): South Korea, Japan (WLTP without «extra-high» test cycle phase), India, China (CO2 emissions only, NEDC is used for consumption figures)

Combined with a number of further technologies developed in the overall context of BMW EfficientDynamics, the engine gives the BMW X6 xDrive50i fuel consumption and emission figures significantly better than other eight - cylinder vehicles competing with the BMW X Models.

Conversely, the Auris full hybrid returns class - leading fuel consumption figures of only 3.8 l / 100 km in the European homologation combined cycle and remarkably low, highly tax - efficient CO2 emissions of just 89 g / km - a figure unmatched by any other C - segment car.

The two countries, the established and emerging dominant influences on the global greenhouse, are circling warily right now, trying to figure out what signals each can send to the other indicating seriousness about curbing heat - trapping emissions that would not raise political problems at home.

But one figure hit home to me more than any other: daily emissions from fires are more than the daily emissions of the entire U.S. economy.

Other estimates on soil carbon sequestration are more conservative, with acclaimed soil science professor Rattan Lan suggesting something closer to 10 % of annual emissions may be a more realistic figure.

Carbon and Other Biochemical Cycles: On cumulative fossil fuel emissions for the 2012 - 2100 period, China, Kenya and Venezuela, opposed by Germany, said presenting figures for the means together with the ranges created confusion.

In 1990, emissions of halocarbons and other halogenated compounds occurred almost exclusively in the OECD90 region, which contributed 95 % to the world total (Figure 5 - 19).

By 2100, the A2 marker has the largest CH4 emissions in all the regions as compared to the other markers (Tables 5 - 13a - d, Figure 5 - 17).

Even a slower release, dampened by other cuts in emissions, could cost $ 37 trillion — a figure that dwarfs the $ 100 billion that Lloyds of London estimates will be invested in the Arctic over the next decade.

The change of emission rate in 2000 from 1.5 % yr - 1 to 3.1 % yr - 1 (figure 1), other things being equal, would have caused a sharp increase of the airborne fraction (the simple reason being that a rapid source increase provides less time for carbon to be moved downward out of the ocean's upper layers).

For each emissions profile within 1 per cent of 1.0, 1.5 or 2.0 TtC cumulative emissions between 1750 and 2200, we calculate a likelihood profile, such that each panel in figure 4 actually contains dozens of likelihood profiles plotted on top of each other.

The model uses historical data through the most recent available figures, including country - level GDP and population and GHG emissions from fossil fuels, changes in land use, and other sources.

As the international community and domestic lawmakers figure out how to meet their emissions reductions targets in a cost - effective way, many are looking to innovative mechanisms that channel finance towards enhancing the ability of forests and other natural land areas to absorb carbon from our atmosphere.

In other words, its time to accept a voluntary decrease in GDP and incomes, at least in developed countries, to reduce emissions and buy us time to figure out the best way to drastically reduce global carbon intensity.

Since the election result was unexpected, climate analysts haven't figured out exactly by how much other countries would have to cut emissions to compensate for lack of U.S. action, or even if it's practically doable.

ANSWER: Observations are the time series T (t), [CO2](t) and emissions (t); as d [CO2] natural (t) / dt correlates with T (t) and as no other correlation is (mathematically) allowed (by statistical tests) then the [CO2 natural] is, as shown as well on figure 17 - B, a consequence of the past temperatures (their time integral) and can not be their cause.

Every year, one of the projects I give my students is to figure out how the global community can address the climate risk, given that it requires concerted global action, that some countries cause more emissions per capita than others, that some are endowed with abundant fossil fuel resources, and that some are richer than others.

Re 422 wili — I was looking at figure 2 (as best I could in the little version you get from behind paywall)-- it looks like, for the DEP 4.5 emissions -LRB-(DEP refers to forcing (from anthropogenic emissions, I think) W / m ^ 2 in 2100) a bit more than doubling CO2 by 2100, setting aside other GHGs), if sensitivity is 3 K / doubling, the permafrost reservoir declines but starts to level off significantly before reaching 0 (I believe that's 0 % of the permafrost reservoir?).

By then not only climate scientists, but I would think a large part of the global population will be fully aware of the dangerous consequences of global warming and the urgency of public policies to reduce carbon emissions — thanks in a large part to Dr. Mann, James Hansen and many other vocal figures in the climate science community.

As the Industrial Revolution accelerated, scientists soon figured out that emissions of heat - trapping gases from burning coal and other fossil fuels might intensify that natural «greenhouse effect.»

In other words, if Dr. Goldblatt's figures are correct, the possibility of a runaway greenhouse is extremely unlikely, the chances of a runaway greenhouse due to human carbon emissions are non-existent, and the UVic website's main headline is seriously misleading and unnecessarily alarmist.

(G&A are also inconsistent on a number of fronts, including applying the 20 - year GWP for methane to livestock but using the 100 - year GWP for other anthropogenic methane emissions, and making an adjustment to emissions figures for the year 2000 to account for increases in livestock tonnage between 2002 and 2009, but not making similar adjustments for rising fossil fuel consumption over the same time).

And there are several possibilities, some of which could reduce emissions while others could increase emissions dramatically (see figure).

Reducing the world's emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases — the focus of virtually all public discussion and government policy on climate at the moment — remains vital, but as a practical matter that effort only affects how quickly the 400 ppm figure will increase.

Center for American ProgressWith other smaller changes in global emissions projections — including a decrease due to the recent economic downturn and reduced emissions from deforestation and loss of peat lands — the high - end abatement path so far from the Copenhagen Accord commitments leaves us only 5 gigatons short of the 44 gigaton goal by 2020 — two - thirds of the reductions needed to achieve climate safety (Figure 3).