Sentences with phrase «played by reducing emissions»

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Furthermore, PES is going to play an even bigger role as the international community debates schemes to pay countries for the carbon stored by avoiding deforestation, an approach taken by the U.N. Development Programme called REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries).

I also appreciate Hansen's honesty re: this ridiculous game we're playing by blaming China and refusing to budge until China agrees to reduce emissions.

The participants played the role of negotiators representing countries and six regional blocs (United States, EU, Other Developed Countries, China, India, Other Developing Countries) and three interest groups (the Press / Media / Journalists, Climate Activists, and Fossil Fuel Lobby) to create an agreement that limits climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions at the model UNFCCC Conference of Parties international climate change negotiations.

The rise in atmospheric CO2 levels is, of course, not only attributable to the US ghg emissions, yet the United States has played a major blocking role in preventing international action on climate change up until the recent more constructive role of the Obama administration which recently made commitments before the December Paris meeting to reduce US CO2 emissions by 26 % to 28 % by 2025 below 2005 levels.

The good news, again, is that U.S. economic growth and benefits to American consumers are being spurred by a domestic energy revolution that's also playing a major role in reducing emissions.

New clean energy technologies such as the power pedestals will play a critical role in helping New York achieve the state's goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 40 percent by 2030.

IEA publications — including their regular and widely read World Energy Outlook and Energy Technologies Perspective — have long emphasized the leading role that energy efficiency can play in reducing global carbon emissions, contributing «about 40 % of the CO2 abatement needed by 2050» according to the new report.

While a shift in electric generation to natural gas from coal has played a significant role in recent reductions in U.S. carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, more will need to be done for the U.S. to meet its goal of reducing GHG emissions by 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020.

State - level actions to boost efficiency and ramp up clean energy will play a central role at reining in power sector emissions and helping the United States meet its climate target to reduce emissions 26 - 28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025.

As a closing example of the sloppiness of the Nordhaus and Shellenberger polemic, consider this sentence: «To be sure, the effort to reduce and stabilize global greenhouse gas emissions will require a major regulatory effort to make sure that everyone is playing by the same rules, provide a stable investment environment for nations and businesses, and increase the cost of fossil fuels relative to cleaner energy sources.»

Prior to the earthquake and nuclear crisis, Japan's government had pledged to reduce CO2 emissions to 25 % below 1990 levels by 2020, a challenge that would be virtually impossible should coal or LNG play a greatly expanded role in the nation's electricity system.