Sentences with phrase «real emission cuts»

Friends of the Earth Europe calls on the European Union to show leadership at these negotiations, ensuring a robust framework for the future that delivers real emission cuts in order avoid the more catastrophic effects of climate change.

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Chris Huhne «got» climate change long before his new job — the challenge for him now is to deliver real cuts in emissions.

Launching the campaign, environment secretary Hilary Benn said 40 per cent of the UK's emissions come from homes and travel, but too few people are making real changes to cut their energy use.

«Green taxes are the only realistic way of achieving real cuts [in emissions] quickly.

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While these are of course real possibilities, a target justified by such concerns lacks moral force, which will perniciously undermine the difficult work of cutting emissions.

Third, governments must accept that real leverage on emissions will require a combination of market - based climate policies (such as carbon taxes and smarter trading schemes) and a set of measures to support indirect, but effective and economical pressure to cut carbon and adopt new technologies.

My own feel for this is that if we do not achieve global agreement and real action on deep cuts in emissions over the next 10 years or so we will get locked into an inappropriate fossil fuel infrastructure until at least mid-century, that will prevent us from capturing CO2 effectively.

The vision commits Mazda to make substantive cuts in CO2 emissions, and we believe the best way to achieve this is to reduce emissions under real - world conditions while offering a mix of combustion engines and electrification technologies in consideration of each region's energy situation and energy mix,» said Masamichi Kogai, Mazda's Representative Director, President and CEO.

Also, those wanting to assess the real worth to them can — as applicable — factor in the benefit of reducing emissions, potentially cutting a lot of gasoline use out of their lives, and solo access to HOV lanes in California, and possibly other states.

It comes equipped with upgrades from the new CX - 5, including low - friction pistons with edge - cut heads and new high - dispersion injectors, for quicker throttle response and reduced real - world fuel consumption and emissions.

And if you're wondering if a vending machine book costs less than the real deal (OK, OK, I should put my snark in check; the machines are really nifty - looking, supposedly they cut down on CO2 emissions, plus it would be great to gain access to out - of - print books)... The Associated Press reported recently that EBM books will have a «recommended sales price of $ 8 per copy, although the final decision will be left to each retailer.»

When you look at real world scenarios, including studies that look at actual trajectories in emissions compared with the cuts needed for 2 degrees (see, for example, figure SPM.5, left panel or the very influential Peters et al 2012 article) a totally different picture emerges.

The real problem I have with it is in the accompanying publicity, eg the press release where Prof Andreae claims his results mean that massive emissions cuts are required:

But I really like how he describes the sometimes uncomfortable need to fracture old alliances and cross longstanding battle lines if you're serious about finding ways to cut greenhouse gas emissions that can work in the real world.

It's not the cutting of GHG emissions that are the real issue: it's the cutting into the 35 % and growing overload of carbon dioxide already on the globe that has to be addressed for getting some control of global warming.

I've always thought that CCS was an inelegant way to lick the carbon problem — because it involves burning fuels and then corralling a huge mass of pollution rather than avoiding the pollution in the first place — but if gas is to be a real «bridge» to a low emission future rather than a nice - looking dead end then we must seriously explore ways to further cut emissions from gas plants.

Wigley made a controversial but I think correct point a few years back that if the real concern of Kyoto and IPCC is the really severe climate change at the end of the century, the cutting emissions now will have less effect on that than cutting emissions closer to that time.

Perhaps the real problem is not agreeing on a treaty, but building nations» confidence in other nations» capacity and willingness to cut emissions.

Keep in mind none of this prevents me from trying repeatedly to explain climate science, reveal efforts to distort climate findings, and lay out, in an unvarnished way, the real - world options for cutting greenhouse - gas emissions and the lack of effort under way to tackle the energy challenge underlying the climate problem.

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U.S. politicians who oppose cutting our country's emissions often argue that the real problem comes from China, India, and Russia, and that we could and should do nothing until those countries make the first move.

Before long even the «AGW scientists» will have to admit that any Kioto - type measure to cut CO2 emissions causes only huge harms and not any real benefit.

The package announced today is far - reaching and can make a real difference in cutting emissions.»

The EPA says the Kemper County Energy Facility offers a real - life example that it is possible to go on burning the dirtiest of fossil fuels and still make the cuts in carbon dioxide emissions needed to avoid a climate catastrophe.

«The Doha decision has delivered no real cuts in emissions, it has delivered no concrete finance, and it has not delivered on equity.»

That finding means that belated proposals to cut methane emissions by 45 per cent are inadequate due to chronic underestimation of the real problem.

Instead, climate reality and natural climatic forces intruded - real world temperatures since 1988 resemble the cyan temperature curve of «draconian» emission cuts that Hansen's testimony implied would necessarily make global warming safe by end of 2014.

I remain astonished at the fervour with which greens like Mark defend wind power at all costs, despite growing evidence that it does real environmental harm, rewards the rich at the expense of the poor and does not cut carbon dioxide emissions significantly if at all.

For example — I firmly believe that climate change is real, and the globe needs to cut its CO2 emissions.

So while real academics point to the fact that Paris would cut projected warming by a full degree C, on the conservative side, and by nearly half, if countries continue to reduce emissions after 2030, Lomborg offers this clearly deficient analysis.

Any policy to cut emissions will impose a cost, so the Government's 26 - 28 % by 2030 target will be a «hit» to real GDP that will account for a large chunk of the $ 600 billion.

There is a real risk that negotiators and civil society groups will continue to consider the early entry into force of the Paris Agreement as the pinnacle of necessary action on climate change, when in reality the Parties to the Agreement must increase their ambition to cut carbon emissions and support the massive mitigation and adaptation financing of developing countries who bear a disproportionate burden of climate change impacts.

Developing countries, meanwhile, should cut their emissions by 15 - 30 % compared to business - as - usual by 2020, and after that create real reductions.

False solutions are solutions that are promoted as effective means to fight climate change when in fact not only they do not help in cutting emissions and slowing down warming (in some cases even worsening the already precarious situation), but they shift the focus away from real solutions.

When, early in its term, the Government commissioned a review of its flagship Greenhouse Challenge Program, the results showed that only a sixth of the emission cuts claimed for the program were real.

So we need a real plan to actually cut our greenhouse gas emissions.»

* the scientific evidence suggests that we need to make real cuts in emissions, real soon.

Friends of the Earth International Climate Change campaigner Yuri Onodera said: «We have already seen many empty promises by G8 leaders over the past years but there has not been much real action, so we urge G8 leaders to act now and cut their greenhouse gas emissions drastically and immediately.»

The real question is whether California can undertake the specific actions needed to actually cut emissions.

Everyone who measures and offsets emissions through the calculator will support projects that both cut global carbon emissions and make a real difference to people's lives, including the award winning LifeStraw Carbon for Water project — that provides safe drinking water to 4 million people in Western Kenya — and the Gyapa Project, which provides clean efficient cookstoves to families in Ghana.

In return, they demanded real policy change by national governments to cut greenhouse gas emissions [3].

Canadian activists are finding ways to use the Liberal government's highly restrictive «consultation» process to demand real action to cut greenhouse gas emissions and stop pipeline projects.

I truly think we should all cut down on our carbon emissions, and to use Kyoto and Amsterdam as models would be admirable, but under NO circumstances should the West be bound by financial penalties to offset the real carbon polluters such as China and India.