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This is so because the world will need to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions from current levels by 80 % or greater by the middle of this century to prevent catastrophic climate change as greenhouse gas emissions increase world wide increase at 2 % per year under current trends.

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Because of our work, 18,000 American schools are providing kids with healthy food choices in an effort to eradicate childhood obesity; 21,000 African farmers have improved their crops to feed 30,000 people; 248 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions are being reduced in cities worldwide; more than 5,000 people have been trained in marketable job skills in Colombia; more than 5 million people have benefited from lifesaving HIV / AIDS medications; and members of the Clinton Global Initiative have made nearly 2,300 Commitments to Action to improve more than 400 million lives around the world.

From climate campaigners to high - level diplomats, those who are committed to fighting global warming say making a strong agreement in Paris next year that radically reduces levels of greenhouse gas emissions is critical.

Twelve industrialized nations and six developing countries have formed a research alliance to focus on measuring and reducing greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture, which accounts for 14 % of global emissions.

As part of its strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to prevent global warming from exceeding 2 °C (3.6 °F), the Obama administration unveiled a plan in September to build wind farms off of nearly every U.S. coastline by 2050 — enough turbines to generate zero - carbon electricity for more than 23 million homes.

In contrast with electricity generated from coal or natural gas, nuclear power contributes little to greenhouse gas emissions and could therefore help in the effort to reduce global warming.

The IPCC has determined that in order to keep Earth's average temperature from rising more than 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial times by the end of the century, global greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced between 40 percent and 70 percent by 2050.

Cattle Ranching Intensification in Brazil Can Reduce Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sparing Land from Deforestation, A. S. Cohn, A. Mosnier, P. Havlik, H. Valin, M. Herrero, E. Schmid, M. O'hare, M. Obersteiner, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, doi: 10.1073 / pnas.1307163111, April 30, 2014.

IMO continues to contribute to the global fight against climate change, and has adopted mandatory measures to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases from international shipping, under IMO's pollution prevention treaty (MARPOL).

CLIMATE LAW INSTITUTE Protect species and habitats from global warming by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution.

The Associated Press has put out an interesting interactive mapof climate change data, including the emission trends from countries in the northern hemisphere, graphs of the various indicators of global warming such as glacier melts and global temperatures, and the pledges that different countries have made when it comes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

To help reduce global economic inequality along with greenhouse gas emissions from its corporate travel, travel giant Expedia, Inc. has invested in four community - owned carbon offset projects from the global nonprofit Carbon Offsets to Alleviate Poverty (COTAP).

From The Guardian: «The connection to the chemical firm Solvay suggests opposition to action on global warming, once spearheaded by big oil, is spreading to other industries that will also be affected by proposals to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases.»

You'll note an acceleration of those temperatures in the late 1970s as greenhouse gas emissions from energy production increased worldwide and clean air laws reduced emissions of pollutants that had a cooling effect on the climate, and thus were masking some of the global warming signal.

Although APS plans to reduce its coal burn from the current 35 % to 17 % by 2029, by increasing its natural gas burn from 19 % to 35 %, it will actually increase its greenhouse gas emissions in the near term, since the global warming potential from methane, which is leaked at multiple points of the natural gas supply chain, is 86 times that of carbon over 20 years, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's 2013 report.

Pfizer, the pharmaceutical company, achieved its initial goal by reducing global greenhouse gas emissions by 43 percent per million dollars of revenue from 2000 to 2007.

The company has pledged to reduce total global greenhouse gas emissions by three percent from 2006 to 2015.

In 2006, after being bombarded with «man - made global warming» hysteria, our state legislators approved the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (i.e., AB32) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from all sources throughout the state and work via a «cap and trade» sglobal warming» hysteria, our state legislators approved the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (i.e., AB32) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from all sources throughout the state and work via a «cap and trade» sGlobal Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (i.e., AB32) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from all sources throughout the state and work via a «cap and trade» system.

Kodak, the photo film company, achieved its initial goal by reducing global greenhouse gas emissions by 39 percent from 2002 to 2008.

These are the folks who came up with the Kyoto Protocols that were intended to reduce «greenhouse gas» emissions, primarily carbon dioxide (CO2), in order to save the Earth from becoming a crispy desert as the result of global warming.

In 2006, the European Union (EU), which consists of 27 members, committed to reducing its global warming emissions by at least 20 percent of 1990 levels by 2020, to consuming 20 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2020, and to reducing its primary energy use by 20 percent from projected levels through increased energy efficiency.1 The EU has also committed to spending $ 375 billion a year to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80 percent by 2050 compared to 1990 levels.2 The EU is meeting these goals through binding national commitments which vary depending on the unique situation of a given country but which average out to the overall targets.

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«Meat production represents 18 percent of global human - induced GHG emissions... While the world is looking for sharp reductions in greenhouse gases responsible for climate change, growing global meat production is going to severely compromise future efforts... a study from the University of Chicago showed that if Americans were to reduce meat consumption by 20 percent it would be as if they switched from a standard sedan to the ultra-efficient Prius.»

We have long ago learned enough from climate science to know that global greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced as quickly as possible and that climate change presents a clear threat.

«If Pond grew enough algae using the stack gas from industrial plants,» they said, «we could reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by 40 %, without impacting industrial output.»

Meanwhile, negotiations starting today on SBSTA (Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice) text prepared in June threatens to roll back elements of the subsequent six months of negotiation work on REDD, the part of the proposed new climate treaty intended to reduce the 20 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and degradation of tropical forests.

Palo Alto, Calif., February 15, 2017 — After setting and meeting two successive Scope 1 and Scope 2 absolute reduction goals for greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) 1, HP Inc. announces a new target to reduce the GHG emissions from its global operations by 25 percent by 2025, compared to 2015.

UCS finds that Morocco and Ethiopia, minor players on the global stage, are far clearer about how they will make progress on reforestation and reducing emissions from agriculture than China, the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitter, and Canada, the ninth biggest emitter and one of the very worst in terms of per capita emissions.

There is agreement amongst the 194 nations that are parties to the Convention on the need to set a target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, mainly from burning fossil fuels, to keep the increase in global temperatures below two degrees, to avoid catastrophic climate change.

Endangered Species Act protection is necessary to safeguard warming - threatened mountain species from all threats, as well as protecting their habitats — and the planet — from runaway global warming by helping spur strong measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on the local, national and international scale.

Brazil has been recognized as a leader in global efforts to reduce deforestation and associated greenhouse gas emissions — mostly due to the successful implementation of forest conservation policies that reduced deforestation in the Amazon by 80 % below historical levels, and prevented more than 5 billion tons of CO2 from reaching the atmosphere over the last decade.

South American diplomats expect to make progress towards a global climate deal at this week's UN talks in Lima, despite growing criticism from NGOs that governments in the region are backtracking on pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect the environment.

CLIMATE LAW INSTITUTE Protect species and habitats from global warming by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution.

But environmental groups have mounted a major campaign to derail the project, arguing that approval of a pipeline from Canada's «tar sands» will increase global emissions of greenhouse gases, threaten local water sources and frustrate U.S. efforts to reduce its reliance on crude oil.

Due to recent changes to the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol, the global standard for carbon accounting, companies can now report emission - reducing effects derived from the consumption of green electricity, which they were previously unable to do.

Because it has been scientifically well established that there is a great risk of catastrophic harm from human - induced change (even though it is acknowledged that there are remaining uncertainties about timing and magnitude of climate change impacts), no high - emitting nation, sub-national government, organization, business, or individual of greenhouse gases may use some remaining scientific uncertainty about climate change impacts as an excuse for not reducing its emissions to its fair share of safe global greenhouse gas emission on the basis of scientific uncertainty.

Global greenhouse gas emissions per region / Global CO2 emissions per region from fossil - fuel use and cement production The Report includes a new systematic assessment of how various economic sectors can reduce their climate - warming emissions, focusing on the potential eductions from the wide application of already - known and cost - effective technologies.

«Climate science» as it is used by warmists implies adherence to a set of beliefs: (1) Increasing greenhouse gas concentrations will warm the Earth's surface and atmosphere; (2) Human production of CO2 is producing significant increases in CO2 concentration; (3) The rate of rise of temperature in the 20th and 21st centuries is unprecedented compared to the rates of change of temperature in the previous two millennia and this can only be due to rising greenhouse gas concentrations; (4) The climate of the 19th century was ideal and may be taken as a standard to compare against any current climate; (5) global climate models, while still not perfect, are good enough to indicate that continued use of fossil fuels at projected rates in the 21st century will cause the CO2 concentration to rise to a high level by 2100 (possibly 700 to 900 ppm); (6) The global average temperature under this condition will rise more than 3 °C from the late 19th century ideal; (7) The negative impact on humanity of such a rise will be enormous; (8) The only alternative to such a disaster is to immediately and sharply reduce CO2 emissions (reducing emissions in 2050 by 80 % compared to today's rate) and continue further reductions after 2050; (9) Even with such draconian CO2 reductions, the CO2 concentration is likely to reach at least 450 to 500 ppm by 2100 resulting in significant damage to humanity; (10) Such reductions in CO2 emissions are technically feasible and economically affordable while providing adequate energy to a growing world population that is increasingly industrializing.

1 / CP.15 Outcome of the work of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long - term Cooperative Action under the Convention 2 / CP.15 Copenhagen Accord 3 / CP.15 Amendment to Annex I to the Convention 4 / CP.15 Methodological guidance for activities relating to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries 5 / CP.15 Work of the Consultative Group of Experts on National Communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention 6 / CP.15 Fourth review of the financial mechanism 7 / CP.15 Additional guidance to the Global Environment Facility 8 / CP.15 Capacity - building under the Convention 9 / CP.15 Systematic climate observations 10 / CP.15 Updated training programme for greenhouse gas inventory review experts for the technical review of greenhouse gas inventories from Parties included in Annex I to the Convention 11 / CP.15 Administrative, financial and institutional matters 12 / CP.15 Programme budget for the biennium 2010 - 2011 13 / CP.15 Dates and venues of future sessions

... [Clinton's] plan would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent from 1990 levels by 2050 to avoid the worst effects of global warming... Hillary would increase fuel efficiency standards to 55 miles per gallon by 2030...

Such restoration alone would go some way to meeting targets imposed by the government to reduce the threat of catastrophic global climate change driven by greenhouse gas emissions that result from changes of land use and the combustion of fossil fuels.

Efforts at reducing greenhouse gases from the global aviation industry might mean that airlines buy offsets, including forestry credits, to offset emissions from 2020.

Research such as this is vital because, although the most visible attempts to reduce global warming and mitigate climate change depend on lowering greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel combustion, there is another, parallel, approach: to limit the emissions that spring from land use change, chiefly by preserving natural forests.

The general question surrounding the prevention of climate change is whether the earth can avoid a 2 °C situation — that is, whether we can reduce greenhouse gas emissions swiftly enough to keep global average surface temperatures from rising to 2 °C (3.6 °F) above pre-industrial levels.

For example, a carbon tax designed to smoothly reduce our greenhouse gas emissions from their current level to zero by the year 2100 would result in only about 0.1 °C of global temperature «savings» — an amount, on its own, not worth pursuing.

Government leaders from Poland's conservative Law and Justice Party actively oppose the European Union's climate change targets, even as other countries are aggressively moving to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming.

Supporters from both industry and environmental groups say the technology offers one of the best chances to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at a time when the global economy is still too heavily dependent upon coal to stop using the fossil fuel altogether.

Two of the studies are from the European Commission's joint research centre and the first of these confirms separate research in June and again this month, that murderous levels of heat and humidity could affect many millions if there are no steps to drastically reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that drive global warming and climate change.

A 2014 Department of Energy study found that exporting U.S. LNG will reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, because U.S. natural gas consumed in Europe or Asia has lower life - cycle GHG emissions than power generation from locally sourced fossil fuels.

The land sector is responsible for about a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions and changes to land - use practices have the potential to significantly contribute to reducing emissions, removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, improving rural livelihoods, and promoting countries» ability to adapt to a changing climate.