Sentences with phrase «reduce global energy consumption»

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The transition to an ecologically sustainable society requires reduced consumption of goods, the efficient recycling of materials, a move away from the use of fossil fuels to the use of renewable sources of energy, zero global population growth, a reduced standard of living for the rich, an increased standard of living for the poor and an appeal to quality of life instead of materialism.

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All the measures to reduce emissions to combat global warming also help a bit by reducing energy consumption in general.

Their goal: to reduce the energy consumption of people in developed nations, from over 5000 watts to the global average of 2000.

Cheap shale gas is significantly reducing coal demand in the United States, but global coal consumption is still expected to rise 2.6 percent annually by 2017, the International Energy Agency said today in a report.

«We can reduce through substantial behavioral change and lifestyle change the demand for energy and the consumption of energy,» noted Ramon Pichs - Madruga, economist at Cuba's Center for the Investigation of the Global Economy and co-chair of the Working Group III report.

The researchers assessed the impact of diet change on global water resources over four scenarios, where the meat consumption was gradually reduced while diet recommendations in terms of energy supply, proteins and fat were followed.

Forged in response to the company's global goal of reducing energy and water consumption by 20 per cent by 2020, the initiatives will build on Marriott's decades - long commitment to preserving and protecting the environment.

«Recommendation 2: The Committee recommends research and development investment to improve methods of carbon dioxide removal and disposal at scales that would have a global impact on reducing greenhouse warming, in particular to minimize energy and materials consumption, identify and quantify risks, lower costs, and develop reliable sequestration and monitoring.»

«We are proud to have been chosen as Community Ambassadors to implement the Energy Upgrade California educational outreach grant and look forward to working with individuals in our community to provide them with tools and resources they can use to reduce their energy consumption and save money in the process,» said Gina Goodhill Rosen, Senior Policy Associate at Global GreeEnergy Upgrade California educational outreach grant and look forward to working with individuals in our community to provide them with tools and resources they can use to reduce their energy consumption and save money in the process,» said Gina Goodhill Rosen, Senior Policy Associate at Global Greeenergy consumption and save money in the process,» said Gina Goodhill Rosen, Senior Policy Associate at Global Green USA.

The technology currently available for installing distributed renewable energy in developing countries can not yet raise all of the world's poorest to the levels of per capita energy consumption previously reached in the west, but developed countries are already reducing overall energy demand and increasing energy efficiency, rendering historical patterns of energy usage the wrong benchmark for global standards in any case.

For example, a global shift to energy - efficient appliances and equipment — including lighting, air - conditioners, refrigerators, electric motors, ceiling fans and distribution transformers — would reduce electricity consumption by over 10 per cent, save $ 350 billion annually in bills and reduce CO2 emissions by 1.25 billion tonnes per year.

In the latest in radical climate doomsaying, a new report warns that fossil fuel consumption will need to be reduced «below a quarter of primary energy supply by 2100» to avoid possibly disastrous effects on global temperatures.

But if every country moved up the energy ladder — from wood and dung to fossil fuels and from fossil fuels to uranium — all humans could achieve, or even surpass, Western levels of energy consumption while reducing global environmental damage below today's levels.

With the release of the «Hydrogen Scaling up», the coalition explains how hydrogen can account for one fifth of the global final energy consumption by 2050 and contribute to almost 20 percent of the abatement required to limit temperature rise to 2 degrees Celsius reducing pressure on renewables and other clean energy technologies.

* that BP is funding research into «ways of tackling the world's climate problem» at Princeton University to the tune of $ 2 million per year for 15 years * that BP is funding an energy research institute involving two other US universities to the tune of $ 500 million — the aim of which is «to develop new sources of energy and reduce the impact of energy consumption on the environment» * that ExxonMobil itself has donated $ 100 million to Stanford university so that researchers there can find «ways to meet growing energy needs without worsening global warming»

A large part of the site focuses on what every person can do to reduce their energy consumption and therefore do their part to help slow and reverse global warming.