Whoever forms the next government after the general election, they must prioritise a plan for
reducing emissions from all sectors.»
Not exact matches
The plan enables states to be flexible and choose their own path to
reduce carbon
emissions from the power
sector.
Build on its record as the first government to achieve an absolute reduction in greenhouse gas
emissions by working with provinces to
reduce emissions from the oil and gas
sectors while ensuring Canadian companies remain competitive.
«And I call for the private
sector to step up and to embrace the opportunity to work with governments in forested countries to produce raw materials in a way that tackles rural poverty while
reducing emissions from deforestation.»
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.
It is less clear whether Obama will
reduce emissions from other
sectors, like industry and transportation.
UCS found that the U.S. and EU INDCs fall short in describing what they will do to
reduce land use
emissions, but that Mexico's contribution ambitiously addresses
emissions from this
sector.
But
reducing emissions from the transportation
sector is an increasingly important theme for Obama as he works to build a legacy of climate change action.
Thus, the IPCC argues the answer lies in a portfolio approach to
reducing emissions from the energy supply
sector, including replacing inefficient power plants, cutting down on the use of electricity in general and potentially moving
from large, centralized power plants to small distributed ones.
McCarthy said the administration will build upon vehicle fuel
emissions rules, regulations to
reduce hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)
from refrigeration and air conditioning units, and future proposals to cut methane
emissions from oil and gas production, as well as EPA's proposal to cut carbon
emissions from the power
sector.
Others say that Obama's speech marked an important firewall against legislative efforts to roll back everything
from EPA's upcoming climate rules to future regulations to
reduce methane
emissions in the natural gas
sector.
While all of the pledges submitted so far cover the energy
sector, some have included it within a headline target for dealing with overall
emissions, while others have explicitly set targets to control or
reduce emissions from the energy
sector.
Efforts to
reduce greenhouse gas
emissions from the agriculture and forestry
sectors could lead to increased food prices — but new research identifies strategies that could help mitigate climate change while avoiding steep hikes in food prices.
[SLIDE 41] Lots of possibilities for mitigation:
reducing the
emissions from the energy
sector,
reducing deforestation, modifying agricultural practices.
Dr. Craft's expertise is on air toxics issues, focusing specifically on
reducing criteria and greenhouse gas
emissions from the energy and transportation
sectors.
Lawmakers agreed to continue the exclusion of international flights
from the EU ETS until 2021 but took steps to ensure that the
sector will have to
reduce and pay more for its soaring
emissions.
In the UK, the built environment
sector needs to find a further 39 per cent reduction in carbon
emissions from the 1990 baseline in order to meet the government's target to
reduce carbon
emissions in the
sector by 50 per cent by 2025.
However, most states use few of the available transportation policy tools to
reduce greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions from the transportation
sector,... Read more →
The infrared camera, though, is doing more than just cutting
emission and
reducing costs; it's changing the attitudes of the public and policy makers about the need to
reduce emissions from the oil and gas
sector.
These include
reducing inertia in social and economic systems; building on a growing public desire for governments to act on climate change; removing implicit and explicit subsidies;
reducing the influence of vested interests that increase
emissions and
reduce resilience; enabling the shifts
from ineffective governance and weak institutions to innovative leadership in government, the private
sector and civil society; and engaging society in the transition to norms and practices that foster sustainability.
Building on a history of working together to
reduce air
emissions, Canada and the U.S., commit to take action to
reduce methane
emissions from the oil and gas
sector, the world's largest industrial methane source, in support of achieving our respective international climate change commitments.
We recognize that actions to
reduce emissions, including
from deforestation and forest degradation, and to increase removals by sinks in the land use, land use change, and forestry
sector, including cooperation on tackling forest fires, can make a contribution to stabilizing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
To
reduce carbon dioxide
emissions in the transportation
sector 14 percent
from 2005 levels by 2020, the cost of driving would simply have to increase, according to a report released Thursday by researchers at Harvard's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.
While America's energy renaissance has helped our economy, strengthened America's energy security and led the way in
reducing carbon
emissions from the power - generating
sector, a regulatory avalanche aimed at the oil and natural gas industry could threaten many of these gains.
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.
Essentially, EPA wants to give credit to existing NGCCs for upping their capacity factors since that helps to displace higher - emitting fossil generators, thereby
reducing total
emissions from the electric
sector.
It is designed to
reduce emissions in six provinces, working with provincial, district and commune authorities, local communities and the private
sector, with the objective to «enhance Viet Nam's ability to benefit
from future results - based payments for REDD + and undertake transformational changes in the forestry
sector», with a focus on «the implementation of national policies, measures and national strategies or action plans that could involve further capacity - building, technology development and transfer and results - based demonstration activities».
Examples of this type of action include making decisions in the Montreal Protocol to
reduce HFCs and getting the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to address
emissions from the aviation
sector.
But to fully capitalize on the potential of electric vehicles for
reducing climate - altering carbon
emissions from the transport
sector, an analyst recently explained in Issues, new investments are needed in large - scale electricity storage and new public policies are needed to encourage recharging when renewable energy sources are providing the power.
The White House and private -
sector leaders announced ambitious new actions yesterday to
reduce emissions from hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), greenhouse gases commonly used as refrigerants that are as much as 12,000 more potent than carbon dioxide.
To effectively address climate change, how much do we need to
reduce emissions from the electricity
sector?
In an 80 percent renewables future, carbon
emissions from the power
sector would be
reduced by 80 percent, and water use would be
reduced by 50 percent.
While climate change mitigation has been included into its agricultural
sector, the developed world argues that if it does not
reduce greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions from agriculture, these
emissions are expected to increase [continue reading...]
Experts
from industry, academia, government and not - for - profit research organizations engaged in a closed - door dialogue over the course of one day to discuss emerging options to
reduce fuel consumption and
emissions from the on - road freight transport
sector.
A price on carbon will create an economic incentive to
reduce emissions from the electricity, heating, and transportation
sectors, and will also create a revenue stream that can be used to fund programs needed to implement the Clean Energy DC Plan.
In 2016, the three nations announced the North American Climate, Clean Energy, and Environment Partnership Action Plan, which includes commitments to
reduce methane
emissions from the
sector by 40 — 45 percent by 2025 and collaborate on implementation of the World Bank's Zero Routine Flaring by 2030 Initiative.
A carbon price will complement and expand upon the RPS's electricity
sector emissions reductions, while create new incentives to
reduce emissions from the heating and transportation
sectors.
The Woods Hole researchers say aggressive action to
reduce emissions from the land
sector can buy more time for a rapid transition to a decarbonised economy.
It compiles cases demonstrating that aligning the actions of stakeholders involved in
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD +) and Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) can make a greater and more sustained contribution to the forest
sector's «mitigation potential» and to addressing the core drivers of weak forest governance.
Finally, the paper considers how synergies between the agriculture and forestry
sectors can be improved and how this can be facilitated through
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation plus other sutainable forest practices (REDD +) implementation.
Carbon capture could
reduce emissions from the electricity
sector as well, but since it will raise the cost of producing power, the technology will not be widely deployed until other nations adopt similar carbon prices.
Despite EEI's 1989 pledge to
reduce atmospheric
emissions, annual CO2
emissions from the electricity
sector remained higher in 2016 than they were when McCollum testified in 1989, due in large part to ongoing efforts by some in the industry to sow doubt about climate science and block legal limits on CO2
emissions from power plants.
Right now, hopes for such policies are largely represented by the Obama administration's Clean Power Plan, which aims to
reduce emissions from the power
sector 32 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030.
Despite EEI's 1989 pledge to
reduce atmospheric
emissions, annual CO2
emissions from the electricity
sector
(Sec. 223) Codifies provisions concerning EPA's existing SmartWay Transport Program to quantify, demonstrate, and promote the benefits of technologies, products, fuels, and operational strategies that
reduce petroleum consumption, air pollution, and GHG
emissions from the mobile source
sector.
Emissions from power plants in New York State are down approximately 45 percent since 2005, and auction proceeds
from sale of the RGGI allowances have
reduced electricity expenditures and created thousands of green energy
sector jobs.
This study evaluates the implications of using end - use energy efficiency to
reduce greenhouse gas
emissions from the power
sector.
Canada needs a variety of reliable, clean and safe sources of new energy to meet our growing electricity demand and to help
reduce the impact of greenhouse gas
emissions from our electricity
sector.
«(3) to eliminate or
reduce distribution of
emission allowances under subpart 1 when such distribution is no longer necessary to prevent carbon leakage
from eligible industrial
sectors.
CO2
emissions from power generation in 2016 were near 30 - year lows, in large part due to greater use of natural gas.3 And increased use of natural gas in the power generation
sector has helped to
reduce total CO2
emissions to their lowest level in nearly 25 years.4 This proves that Americans do not have to make the false choice between utilizing our nation's energy resources and protecting the environment.