Sentences with phrase «peak year targets»

For peak year targets, emissions remain constant at the peak level.

Furthermore, given that the Chinese INDC peak year target only covers carbon dioxide, analysts have to make assumptions about the growth rate of non-CO2 gases.

Not exact matches

Even if it meets that target, years of declining gold production from its peak of 8.6 million ounces in 2006 means that Barrick may lose its title as the world's largest gold producer to Colorado - based Newmont Mining Corp., which is predicting production of between 4.9 million and 5.4 million ounces this year.

The three year revenue target was reached after a couple years and once again I find myself twiddling my thumbs, wondering if I peaked too early with my endeavors.

Of the three targets named by Sky Sports, the most in - demand would be 23 - year - old Brazilian Roberto Firmino, who is also known to be a Manchester United target [Globo Esporte via the Daily Star], and is approaching the peak of his powers following two strong campaigns with Bundesliga side Hoffenheim.

Continued Spending Discipline in Agency Operations: While certain financial maneuvers artificially lower the rate of total spending growth from 4.1 percent to 1.9 percent, the Executive Budget does continue spending discipline in agency operations.10 For example, full - time employees remain level at 182,565 after peaking at 199,916 in fiscal year 2009, and outside of a few targeted programs, agency costs are held to current levels.

The United States needs to develop strong new post-2020 targets; the European Union will decide on its 2030 targets later this year; and China needs to move from its current emissions intensity goal to setting a year in which absolute emissions will peak.

The online retail giant has a global sales target of 4 million units, with 700,000 - 800,000 units shipping monthly, and it hopes to get its products in customer hands during the peak sales period of the year — just before Thanksgiving and the holidays.

Although most of the deep - sea species peak during the spring and summer, most light tackle targets run well all year through.

China and India together also removed any mention of a peaking year for emissions (essential to keep temperature rises below even two degrees) or any long - term target for global emissions reductions by 2050, fearing that this would threaten their growth.

Hence, the Stern Review» sown preferred scenario, as indicated, is a 550 ppm target that would see global greenhouse gas emissions peak in 2015, with the emission cuts that followed at a rate of 1 percent per year.

The 2016 - 2020 five - year plan specifically mentions that more developed cities should peak their emissions ahead of national peaking target.

The intention is to encourage cities peak their emissions ahead of the national target year.

That changed today during the 2016 China - US Climate - Smart / Low Carbon Cities Summit in Beijing, when Chengdu formally announced its commitment to control carbon dioxide emissions so that they reach a peak around 2025 and decline after that — a target five years ahead of China's national aim to peak carbon emissions by 2030.

Mitigation pledges could also come in the form of intensity targets relative to GDP, peaking years, and departures from a business - as - usual scenario.

The language on emissions peaking did not specify a 2020 target year, as some countries were pushing hard for, but instead strove for peaking «as soon as possible,» and even then, with very elaborate and unambiguous qualifying language on developing countries» right to develop («recognizing that the time frame for peaking will be longer in developing countries and bearing in mind that social and economic development and poverty eradication are the first and overriding priorities of developing countries and that a low - emission development strategy is indispensable to sustainable development»).

Father of 2 °C Target Schellnhuber Postpones CO2 Emissions Peak 10 Years: From 2020 To 2030!

Tell me your target average surface temperature variance, the maximum concentration of CO2 we can peak at, and the carbon budget you will need to avoid an apocalypse, i.e., the extinction of humanity, and we can predict how many years you will have before you run out (if not already).

By explicitly targeting a peak emissions year, China has shown it has the «political will» to take action on climate change, TIME argues.