Sentences with phrase «overall emissions related»

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Overall, it reinforces the difficulty of moving beyond aspirational language on emissions and qualified language on flows of tens of billions of dollars in climate - related assistance.

Brazil, for example, has reduced its deforestation - related emissions by two - thirds in just six years, and Indonesia, a large emitter of global warming pollution because of high rates of deforestation, has pledged to cut overall emissions by more than 25 percent by 2020.

It is a simple way to monitor the overall consistency between the evolving climate change signal, individual countries» pledges and the overall goal of achieving net zero CO2 emissions by the time we reach 2 °C of human - related warming.

After decades of growth, energy - related CO2 emissions are expected to plateau around 2030, despite a steady rise in overall energy demand.

From 2010 to 2011, CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion decreased by 2.5 % due to: (1) a decrease in coal consumption, with increased natural gas consumption and a significant increase in hydropower used; (2) a decrease in transportation - related energy consumption due to higher fuel costs, improvements in fuel efficiency, and a reduction in miles travelled; and (3) relatively mild winter conditions resulting in an overall decrease in energy demand in most sectors.

Overall, and at least tentatively, some positive climate science - related news — albeit set in the context of atmospheric CO2 being such that even if emissions were reduced to zero today there's enough warming baked into the system that we will cruise past the critical 2 °C warming threshold.