Issuing an additional rulemaking before the end of his term will help to maintain the U.S.'s current position as a global leader and to increase the country's credibility as such in negotiations for a global
phase down of HFCs at the Montreal Protocol.
The truth is there is simply no other comparable near - term strategy for greenhouse gas mitigation than
a phase down of HFCs under the Montreal Protocol.
At the same time, the 28 member states of the European Union (EU) were then negotiating a revision to their F - gas Regulation that bans the use of HFCs in some sectors and implements
a phase down of 79 percent of the use of HFCs throughout the EU by 2030.
A phase down of HFCs seems all but inevitable; however, for this to be achieved in a fair and ambitious way, the details need to be decided and the legal amendment language be agreed to.
At this meeting, a formal contact group to begin negotiations on a global
phase down of HFCs (hydrofluorocarbons) was established.
John Kerry and Gina McCarthy stated publicly this week that there is an urgent need for an immediate global
phase down of the use of HFCs.
In the build - up to 21st Conference of the Parties (CoP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Parties to the Montreal Protocol launched formal negotiations on one of the largest, fastest and most cost - effective global climate mitigation measures available —
the phase down of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).
It is this spirit that has seen countries like Germany achieve a 59 % renewable energy peak last month, President Obama start to turn the tide on previous US inaction by launching a new Climate Action Plan that includes action to begin
the phase down of coal power, and China's statement last week that it intends to usher in stronger emissions reductions in its next Five Year Plan, due in 2015.
Parties to the Montreal Protocol met last month in Vienna to negotiate a global
phase down of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), super-greenhouse gases that are thousands...
Finally, after years of negotiations, the global community agreed to
a phase down of these potent greenhouse gases in October 2016, again under the Montreal Protocol.
The organization I work for, the Environmental Investigation Agency, has been at the forefront of this issue for over a decade, calling for an urgent
phase down of HFCs.
Parties to the Montreal Protocol met last month in Vienna to negotiate a global
phase down of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), super-greenhouse gases that are thousands of times more potent than carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
If
phase down of fossil fuel emissions begins soon, improved agricultural and forestry practices, including reforestation and steps to improve soil fertility and increase its carbon content, may provide much of the necessary CO2 extraction.»
The phase down of funding is available for 18 months to enable the host university to plan the changes and may result in continuing the facility operations as a local core facility.
Not exact matches
Mulcair can say stuff like this because he's now in his Easy Rider
phase, wildly gunning it
down the last miles
of his political highway and sticking it to the man.
Building a global - scale order book was the first
phase of AGT's expansion; the second is now focused on vertical integration, buying key infrastructure up and
down the supply chain.
«In
Phase two we'll sit
down and go through this with your team and decide on priorities and sequencing
of steps, and agree on a project timeline that fits both your needs and our current client load.
Dylan Lauren, founder
of the glam candy retailer, turned
down a partnership with the big - box retailer during its startup
phase.
«Adopting an ambitious amendment to
phase down the use and production
of hydrofluorocarbons — or HFCs — is likely the single most important step that we could take at this moment to limit the warming
of our planet,» Secretary
of State John Kerry said in Kigali, in remarks before the passage
of the agreement.
The process
of obtaining a mini-bond can be broken
down roughly into three
phases.
Hyperloop One completed the second
phase of testing its ultrafast transportation system, propelling an aerodynamic pod
down a low - pressure tube at record speed and distance, the company announced Wednesday.
Pick started his interview at the Credit Suisse conference talking about markets more broadly, saying that this is «the finishing
phase»
of a climb
down from well - established market highs.
The professors break
down the development
of a office conflict into three
phases, providing a clarifying framework for the sort
of brewing trouble anyone who has ever worked in an office will be familiar with.
During this
phase of the event, teams must move the tire and a simulated casualty
down a muddy slope, across a muddy slough, and up the other side.
A higher proportion
of veteran - owned businesses (24 %) reported being in the winding
down phase — preparing to retire, sell, or transition their businesses — than small business owners in general (15 %).
LONDON Royal Dutch Shell said on Thursday it would write
down its reserves in the Groningen gas field, one
of Europe's largest, following the Dutch government's decision to
phase out production by 2030.
As Thompson explains, tulips in fact were becoming more popular, particularly in Germany, and, as the first
phase of the 30 Years War wound
down, it looked like Germany would be victorious, which would mean a better market for tulips.
LONDON, April 26 Royal Dutch Shell said on Thursday it would write
down its reserves in the Groningen gas field, one
of Europe's largest, following the Dutch government's decision to
phase out production by 2030.
Think
of it as an ongoing process that can be broken
down into more digestible
phases.
In the mad scramble for loan creation during the final
phase of the Housing Bubble, the government created an environment
of essentially free money by allowing the big agencies, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (or Phony and Fraudie, as I often affectionately refer to them), to securitize loans to the bottom
of the barrel risks with crazy terms like no money
down and incredibly low «teaser» interest rates.
Signaling what it hopes will mark the start
of a new
phase of growth, Evernote, the company behind the popular cloud - based productivity app
of the same name, announced today that Phil Libin will step
down as CEO but remain as executive chairman.
Yu, from Guangzhou, put
down a deposit on a 1.2 million yuan, 59 - square - meter apartment in
Phase III
of the project while visiting the vast landscaped sales gallery at the construction site in December.
As parties to the Montreal Protocol consider an amendment to
phase down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), one critical concern is the availability
of zero - or low - global warming potential (low - GWP) alternatives to replace high - global warming potential (GWP) HFCs.
The early
phase of an increasing environment for interest rates tends to bode well for the sector because it signals that the economy may be strong, unemployment may be
down and consumers feel confident about spending money.
The opposite is true: they are trying to keep it from falling or are at least trying to slow
down its descent with every trick in the book (every intermittent
phase of yuan strength since the beginning
of the decline was triggered by intervention).
Specifically, they would assume the continuation
of 50 percent bonus depreciation — even though the 2015 tax deal
phases down bonus depreciation to 30 percent and then 0 percent.
With shares
down sharply, the reaction to
phase III trial results for the lupus drug has been «knee - jerk» and probably not fully reflective
of the outlook for the...
A 2013 NRG Research Group poll found that 68 percent
of Albertans want coal plants
phased out or shut
down and replaced with natural gas and renewable energy, the report said.
Jagger was an update in three
phases (Jagger 1, Jagger 2, and Jagger 3) that began with a number
of backlink - focused updates in early September meant to crack
down on unnatural link building, paid links, and other types
of spam.
Most biotechs would have shuttered a clinical program that showed absolutely no efficacy whatsoever in a late - stage trial, but Novavax has instead doubled
down on RSV by going forth with its
phase 3 trial
of the RSV F vaccine for infants via maternal immunization, and begun planning for another trial in older adults that's reportedly on track to kick off in 2018.
But although this phenomenon is several hundred thousand years old, there are growing indications that the process, far from slowing
down, is now entering upon a particularly accelerated and critical
phase of its development.
Having grown up with the life
of a social - religious group, and bearing its stamp all through, it can be adequately understood only in relation to that group - life in its changing
phases, including the life
of the Christian Church
down the centuries and in the present age.
He was still in the apologetic
phase of his preaching — negatively analytical and critical to break
down false optimism before justification by faith took place.
This definiteness is transmitted to the new actual entity in the second
phase of concrescence, when the new actual entity lifts the eternal objects out
of their physical feelings so that it can valuate them up or
down.
Hard freeze: We never needed to move to this
phase because the soft freeze brought our spending
down to the level
of our giving, but a hard freeze would be every single expense needs approval, including the gold fish snacks the preschoolers eat, the cones for the parking lot, etc..
But it has all the force
of Confucius» teaching, since it is believed to derive ultimately from him, and has been authoritative for the regulation
of many
phases of Chinese life
down to the modern period.
UN representatives gathered in Kigali and agreed to
phase -
down the use
of HFCs from 2019 as part
of the Kigali Amendment to the Protocol.
I am currently in the design
phases of building a tiny home, which means I need to pare
down my LIFE.
I kicked off the new year feeling uninspired and was soon run
down by a cold, random injury, rough parenting
phase, and string
of bad sleeps.
Production at the Cororooke site, which manufactures soft cheese and cream products, will be closed
down in a
phased process over the next year, with the loss
of around 130 jobs.