Sentences with phrase «reduce emissions intensity»

But evidence shows this is the wrong approach to address climate change and negotiators would be better off focusing on market competition and innovation, which have proven able to reduce emissions intensity and promote economic growth.

Third, my view is that if the goal is to reduce global GHG emisisons we need technologies that can reduce the emissions intensity of electricity by 90 % (as France has done and been demonstrating safely and reliably and at ow cost for the past 30 years..

When asked directly about the preservation of JOBS, his reply was: «Excuse me, the ultimate aim here is to reduce the emissions intensity of those industries.»

Operational emissions are on an improving trend as the miners come through their recent cost cutting exercise — 9 of 12 companies have taken steps to reduce the emissions intensity of operations.

In 2015, India committed to reduce the emissions intensity of its GDP by 33 to 35 percent below 2005 levels by 2030.

This commitment is driven by a target to reduce emissions intensity per employee by 40 % over the same time period.

This commitment is driven by a target to reduce emissions intensity per employee 30 % over the same time - period.

It is important to understand that while this may result in a corresponding decrease in total emissions it would not reduce emissions intensity.

From my perspective, we can reduce the emissions intensity of electricity by around 90 % by rolling out nuclear power using the types of plants that are best fit for purpose at the time.

To reach Singapore's Nationally Determined Contribution under the Paris Agreement — to reduce emissions intensity by 36 per cent from 2005 levels by 2030, and peak carbon emissions by 2030 — the public has to engage in dialogue with the government and help shape a carbon tax that reflects Singapore's ambition.

He did manage to rattle off the well - known facts: the oilsands account for only of 1 / 10th of 1 % of global emissions; the pipeline would create thousands of American jobs; Canada has already reduced the emission intensity from heavy - oil extraction by 25 %.

Those steps include deriving 40 % of electric power capacity from fossil fuel — free sources by 2030, reducing its emissions intensity by 33 % to 35 % by 2030, and expanding forests to create a carbon sink capable of absorbing 2.5 billion to 3 billion tons of carbon from the atmosphere.

AGL Energy's own interim accounts, released today, make much of the fact that AGL Energy has positioned itself to prosper in the low carbon environment by being a leader in clean energy and reducing the emissions intensity of its portfolio.

«India has already started reducing emission intensity, reducing the energy intensity of development, increasing energy efficiency and also increasing the forest cover (to take more carbon out of the atmosphere).

India has undertaken to reduce its emission intensity by 20 - 25 % by 2020 compared with 15 years ago.

Until now, China has not committed to absolute limits on its pollution, but has instead spoken of reducing its emissions intensity — the amount of pollution it emits per unit of economic activity.

It compares the United States goal of reducing emissions by 17 % and the China goal of reducing emissions intensity by 40 - 45 %.

The only way an oil and gas company can align with 2 degrees Celsius scenarios without reducing the emissions intensity of its energy products is by declining the production of its energy products.

Not exact matches

Impact on oil and gas production: compared to a carbon tax, Alberta's policy offers emitters less of an incentive to reduce production in order to cut GHGs, notes Leach: «assuming that the facility reduced production by 10 percent, and that emissions decreased proportionately (a simplifying assumption), the facility's emissions intensity would not change, so its carbon liability per barrel of oil produced would also remain constant.»

For seven consecutive years Walmart has reduced our Scope 1 and 2 carbon intensity, and we believe we are on track to hold our absolute emissions flat over this decade, despite our Company's continued growth.

We report on carbon emissions per 100,000 orders, and we focus on reducing our carbon intensity through operational efficiency.

«Arnott's expects they will reduce the carbon emissions intensity of the refrigeration equipment by 13 % resulting in savings of $ 50,000 in energy costs per year.»

We focus on ruminant livestock since it has the highest emissions intensity across food sectors... While shifting consumption patterns in wealthy countries from imported to domestic livestock products reduces GHG emissions associated with international trade and transport activity, we find that these transport emissions reductions are swamped by changes in global emissions due to differences in GHG emissions intensities of production.

Professor David Schultz, one of the authors of the guest editorial, said: «One of the long - term effects of climate change is often predicted to be an increase in the intensity and frequency of many high - impact weather events, so reducing greenhouse gas emissions is often seen to be the response to the problem.

In addition to reduced energy intensity, carbon dioxide emissions reflected lower residential sector demand for heating after a warmer - than - usual winter in 2012.

So if we want to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and lower the carbon intensity of our fuel, energy grasses such as miscanthus and switchgrass are going to result in the biggest reductions, not corn stover.»

Against this background, we invite notably the emerging economies to address the increase in their emissions by reducing the carbon intensity of their economic development.

This emissions increment is a concern in the present, as current policies in the US and EU aim to reduce the carbon intensity of fuels.

Reducing GHG emissions will have many benefits, but when it comes to hurricanes, such action can only hope to slow or halt the rise in intensity.

Among other initiatives, we're proud to have reduced our greenhouse gas emissions intensity by more than 30 % since 1990; to be the initial developer of a supercritical coal plant that will emit 15 % lower carbon dioxide than existing plants; to be a founding member of the FutureGen Alliance; to be a part of Australia's low - carbon Coal 21 program; and to be the only non-Chinese partner in China's zero - emissions GreenGen project.

By the end of 2015, Yingli Solar will: • Reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions intensity per megawatt (MW) of solar (PV) panel; production by 13 % from 2010 levels (Scope 1 and... Read More»

Because we had to set a deadline for ourselves so that we could actually get our recommendations in the hands of the Chinese, our analysis unfortunately does not include China's most recent announcement regarding its target to reduce its carbon intensity per unit GDP by 40 - 45 percent by 2020 (see previous post «China to adopt «binding» goal to reduce CO2 emissions per unit GDP by 40 to 45 % of 2005 levels by 2020 «-RRB-.

The CPP specifies intensity rate targets for existing fossil fuel - fired electric generating units operating or under construction as of early 2014, with the stated aim of reducing carbon emissions in the power sector by 30 % from 2005 levels by 2030.

-LSB-...] to reduce its carbon intensity per unit GDP by 40 - 45 percent by 2020 (see previous post «China to adopt «binding» goal to reduce CO2 emissions per unit GDP by 40 to 45 % of 2005 levels b... «-RRB-.

As I've explained, there are in effect many buyers and many sellers in CO2E pricing, even if there is a government - enforced standard of delivering equal share equitably to all sellers per capita as there are different carbon intensities of essentially the same energy: electricity need not be produced from fossil fuels, and where it is, the fossil fuels may be less carbon intensive natural gas, or enriched through geothermal or solar hydrotreating to become less carbon intensive, or the CO2 emissions can be directly sequestered or used in coproduction to reduce net influx of CO2.

Today, the State Council announced that China will commit to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP, or carbon intensity, by 40 to 45 percent of 2005 levels by 2020.

China's carbon emissions have been increasing ever faster as they have repeatedly reduced the carbon intensity of their economy.

In its action plan for the Paris COP21 meet, India pledges to reduce its carbon intensity — a measure of a country's emissions relative to its economic output — by 35 percent by 2030, rather than an absolute cut in emissions.

China has succeeded in growing its economy and lifting more people out of poverty, while reducing its CO2 emissions per unit of GDP (carbon intensity) by 15 percent between 2005 and 2011.

Based on the most up - to - date, peer - reviewed literature on emissions modelling, economics, policies and technologies, today's report reveals how governments, industry and the general public could together reduce the energy and carbon intensity of the global economy despite growing incomes and population levels.

Another clever trick with China is to use emissions «intensity», or emissions per unit GDP, which, given China's GDP is going through the roof, means emissions will too, despite intensity reducing.

As the last major economy to submit a target for a global climate pact, India is pledging to reduce the intensity of its carbon emissions and boost the share of electricity produced from sources other than fossil fuels to...

This will provide 80 % -90 % of the solution to reducing the GHG emissions intensity of electricity; this will reduce global GHG emissions by 50 % as electricity's share of total global energy increases.

To reconcile a century of 3 percent growth with the more ambitious goal of reducing resource consumption and pollutant emissions, the abatement of resource and emissions intensity would have to be even more drastic.

To do so, means cutting the carbon emission intensity of power plants - that is, reducing the amount of CO2 that is spewed out for each megawatt generated.

Large corporations can produce long lists of great environmental initiatives and large claims of reduced emissions - absolute or intensity based.

Defines «reporting entity» to mean: (1) a covered entity; (2) an entity that would be covered if it had emitted, produced, imported, manufactured, or delivered in 2008 or any subsequent year more than the applicable threshold level of carbon dioxide; (3) other entities that EPA determines will help achieve overall goals of reducing global warming pollution; (4) any vehicle fleet with emissions of more than 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent on an annual basis, if its inclusion will help achieve such reduction; (5) any entity that delivers electricity to a facility in an energy - intensive industrial sector that meets the energy or GHG intensity criteria.

From memory, if France reduced nuclear's share of electricity from 76 % to 50 %, and replaced it with renewables and gas, emissions intensity of electricity would increase from the current 44 g / kWh to 150 g / kWh.

Over time, a carbon tax would reduce emissions and improve the carbon intensity of the economy.

Whether mostly nuclear or most renewables are likely to reduce the average emissions intensity of the electricity generation fleet fastest.