Sentences with phrase «reduced emissions valued»

New York State today is to release an exhaustive master plan for offshore wind energy that foresees up to 5,000 people employed in and around a $ 6 billion industry by 2028, with annual health benefits from reduced emissions valued at up to $ 400 million.

New York State on Monday is to release an exhaustive master plan for offshore wind energy that foresees up to 5,000 people employed in and around a $ 6 billion industry by 2028, with annual health benefits from reduced emissions valued at up to $ 400 million.

Not exact matches

The company «plans to reduce carbon emissions by 25 % over our entire value chain by 2025,» De Ryck said.

An international chemical and advanced materials company, Solvay assists its customers in innovating, developing and delivering high - value, sustainable products and solutions which consume less energy and reduce CO2 emissions, optimize the use of resources and improve the quality of life.

IRRI develops ways to add economic, nutritional, and environmental value to rice by reducing postharvest losses, improving grain quality of new rice varieties, improving value - chain linkages, investigating uses of husks and straw to produce bioenergy, cut carbon emissions, and increase carbon sequestration.

Bringing refining and processing facilities closer to sources of origin is yet another way to reduce spoilage, bring down transport emissions and add crucial value to local economies.

We are continuing to maintain our focus on reducing the carbon emissions from across our value chain.

«We'd be lucky to get you five,» partially because the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency may further clamp down on such fugitive emissions, reducing their value as offsets.

In addition, the cost to reduce global emissions in a world that valued terrestrial, fossil fuel and industrial sources dropped to half that of the world in which only fossil fuel and industrial entities paid to emit carbon.

REDD + Offset Working Group (stateredd.org) was established in February 2011 as a result of a Memorandum of Understanding signed in November 2010 as part of a collaborative effort between the Governors of California, Chiapas and Acre to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (known as «REDD +») and create policies to provide economic incentives for forest conservation by placing a value on living forests and their ecosystems.

If long - term global warming is to be limited to a maximum of 2 °C elsius above preindustrial values, average annual per - capita emissions in industrialized nations will have to be reduced by around 80 - 95 % below 1990 levels by 2050.

During the entire period of simulation, net reef calcification decreased although increasing seawater temperature mitigated effects of reduced CO2 emission and the resulting decrease of the pH values on reef calcification.

Environmental Performance Polluting exhaust gas components (HC, NOx) have been reduced significantly on both types, resulting in emissions values 50 % lower than levels stipulated by 2000 regulations.

The semi-electrical version boasts low fuel consumption and reduced CO2 emissions at just 59 ‑ 64 g CO2 / km, a new best - in - class value.

• Finally, we believe that the real estate industry is in a unique position to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through energy efficiency improvements that are low cost and that create value within the underlying asset.

These tours value sustainability by serving locally inspired gourmet food to reduce the risk of introducing foreign plants into the ecosystem and minimizing carbon emissions through solar panels and wind turbines.

«Our A320neo aircraft add value to our company by reducing fuel per seat mile costs by up to 20 per cent compared to its counterparts and benefitting the environment by offering quieter operations and reduced emissions, as well as enhancing our guest experience by providing a more comfortable journey.»

Some of Mr. Daly's fringe ideas have become tangible reality: He proposed that we should place an economic value on the depletion of resources; today, we have things such as the European Emission Trading Scheme, which tries to place a market price on pollution in order to reduce emissions.

The key factors determining carbon emissions for corn - based ethanol are (1) whether coal or natural gas is used to power the ethanol plant, (2) whether distillers grains are dried or sold wet, and (3) whether expansion of corn acreage comes mainly from reduced acreage of lower - value crops or if idled land is brought into production.

However NET's have value in 1) reducing atmospheric CO2 over much longer time frames and 2) as an offset for emissions that are difficult to reduce, such as heavy industry.

For a small amount of absorption, the emission upward and downward would be about the same, so if the upward (spectral) flux from below the layer were more than 2 * the (average) blackbody value for the layer temperature (s), the OLR at TOA would be reduced more than the net upward flux at the base of the layer, decreasing CO2 TOA forcing more than CO2 forcing at the base, thus increasing the cooling of the base.

By setting clear and ambitious goals, we want to inspire others to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions while creating business value and growth.

Sofidel has not limited itself to analyse the greenhouse gas emissions generated by its activities, but it has also identified opportunities to reduce emissions released by third parties that operate along its value chain.

This value finances forestry that naturally reduces or avoids 32.7 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions, according to the State of the Forest Carbon Markets 2014 report released this week by Forest Trends» Ecosystem Marketplace.

Kellogg Company is also engaging its suppliers to achieve its goal of reducing absolute value chain emissions 50 percent by 2050, compared to 2015.

Since 1991, tens of thousands of businesses and organizations have worked with EPA's ENERGY STAR program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and create financial value by improving the energy efficiency of their buildings and plants.

Safety is a core value of the oil and natural gas industry — safety for workers, communities near active operations and the environment, from protecting plants and animals to reducing emissions for cleaner air.

A cornerstone of this effort is the Natura Carbon Neutral initiative, a public commitment to offset those emissions that can not be reduced internally by investing in emission - reduction projects from other institutions whose values and beliefs are aligned with their own.

Called the social cost of carbon (SCC), it is an estimate of the economic value of the extra (or marginal) impact caused by the emission of one more tonne of carbon (in the form of carbon dioxide) at any point in time; it can, as well, be interpreted as the marginal benefit of reducing carbon emissions by one tonne.

One Planet Living principle Masdar Target ZERO CARBON 100 per cent of energy supplied by renewable energy — Photovoltaics, concentrated solar power, wind, waste to energy and other technologies ZERO WASTE 99 per cent diversion of waste from landfill (includes waste reduction measures, re-use of waste wherever possible, recycling, composting, waste to energy) SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT Zero carbon emissions from transport within the city; implementation of measures to reduce the carbon cost of journeys to the city boundaries (through facilitating and encouraging the use of public transport, vehicle sharing, supporting low emissions vehicle initiatives) SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS Specifying high recycled materials content within building products; tracking and encouraging the reduction of embodied energy within material sand throughout the construction process; specifying the use of sustainable materials such as Forest Stewardship Council certified timber, bamboo and other products SUSTAINABLE FOOD Retail outlets to meet targets for supplying organic food and sustainable and or fair trade products SUSTAINABLE WATER Per capita water consumption to be at least 50 per cent less than the national average; all waste water to be re-used HABITATS AND WILDLIFE All valuable species to be conserved or relocated with positive mitigation targets CULTURE AND HERITAGE Architecture to integrate local values.

The results demonstrate that wind energy is cost competitive with all other generation sources and provides excellent value for Albertans as the province moves to reduce greenhouse gas emissions throughout the economy.

Carbon accounting is a tool that can be used across departments to measure and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by valuing carbon inefficiencies uniformly.

The CBAT tool allows visualization of any national response for reducing national ghg emissions commitments based upon the idea of contraction and convergence, one of several equity frameworks under discussion in international climate negotiations, but is also of value for visualizing the policy significance of other equity frameworks that are under discussion internationally.

The long term target means that the company will reduce more greenhouse gas emissions than it its value chain emits.

Reduce scope 3 emissions *: Mondi commits to improve data collection for its indirect GHG emissions along the value chain (Scope 3 emissions) and to set ambitious reduction targets in the field of its supply chain and transport of raw materials and products.

«The reality is that corporates will be able to reduce a substantial portion of their emissions within their own corporate boundaries,» Figueres said, «but the second step is to help those in their value chain to do the same.

Consistent with the reduction required from developed countries, the objective was to reduce emissions per unit of value - added by 80 % by 2020.

As a Climate Savers company, H&M will focus on reducing its climate footprint through emissions reductions in its entire value chain, and engage in various activities that aim to positively influence the fashion industry as well as policy makers.

It seems obvious that some form of adaptation will be necessary (unless you think climate change isn't happening) and it seems clear that reducing the risk of the most severe impacts will require reductions in GHG emissions (unless you think GHGs don't produce warming, or you think that the higher climate sensitivity values are simply impossible).

The industry is taking a variety of actions and investing in technologies across the value chain that reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

From providing flexible resources to enable widespread deployment of renewable energy resources, to improving grid resiliency and efficiency, to shifting peak loads and reducing harmful emissions, storage brings a multitude of benefits to the grid that are not being fully valued in our electric system today.

• Reduce absolute greenhouse gas emissions (CO2e) by 10 % from scopes 1 & 2 (direct emissions and indirect emissions from the consumption of electricity and heat) • Reduce absolute greenhouse gas emissions (CO2e) by 50 % from scope 3 (indirect emissions and value chain emissions) • Target an overall rate of 80 % recycled aluminum for its products.

The US has the greatest ability to reduce emissions through sacrifice of its own prosperity and self interest, but we're being asked to sacrifice it by people who don't even understand its value?

• Kyoto Protocol • EU ETS • Australian CO2 tax and ETS • Mandating and heavily subsidising ($ / TWh delivered) renewable energy • Masses of inappropriate regulations that have inhibited the development of nuclear power, made it perhaps five times more expensive now than it should be, slowed its development, slowed its roll out, caused global CO2 emissions to be 10 % to 20 % higher now than they would otherwise have been, meaning we are on a much slower trajectory to reduce emissions than we would be and, most importantly, we are locked in to fossil fuel electricity generation that causes 10 to 100 times more fatalities per TWh than would be the case if we allowed nuclear to develop (or perhaps 1000 times according to this: http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/03/deaths-per-twh-by-energy-source.html • Making building regulations that effectively prevent people from selling, refurbishing or updating their houses if they are close to sea level (the damage to property values and to property owners» life savings is enormous as many examples in Australia are already demonstrating.

The explanation, Gromet suggests, could lie in labeling a consumer choice to represent values that simply aren't shared by all buyers — in this case the environmental issue of reducing carbon emissions.

Subsidies to deploy wind turbines, for example, may make sense because of the value of wind energy in reducing emissions.

Nations collectively to begin to reduce sharply global atmospheric emissions of greenhouse gases and absorbing aerosols, with the goal of urgently halting their accumulation in the atmosphere and holding atmospheric levels at their lowest practicable value;

REDD + aims to create a financial value for the carbon stored in forests in developing countries by reducing emissions from forested lands.

Firms in Alberta would therefore know with certainty the value of reducing emissions, and that value would apply for any emissions reductions achieved, all the way to zero.

The plan estimates that «every fully vegetated acre of green infrastructure would provide total annual benefits of $ 8.5 in reduced energy demand, $ 166 in reduced CO2 emissions, $ 1,044 in improved air quality, and $ 4,725 in increased property value.»