Sentences with phrase «reducing household air»

By purchasing Gold Standard credits from this project, companies will not only reduce carbon emissions, they will finance a world - leading community - impact project that delivers against a number of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals: reducing deforestation, tackling fuel poverty and reducing household air pollution.»

This decline is driven by a mix of economic growth; urbanisation, more availability of LPG, natural gas and electricity; and stronger policy efforts to promote modern fuels and improved cookstoves, motivated by the goals of reducing household air pollution and environmental degradation.

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Air - drying clothes can reduce the average household's carbon footprint by a whopping 2,400 pounds a year.

By removing air from specifically designed vacuum containers, the FoodSaver Fresh forms a powerful airtight seal enabling households to reduce waste while also helping to keep food costs down.

Though other tactics for combating household toxins (like houseplants, beeswax candles, and reducing pollutants) definitely help, air filters are necessary for a clean indoor air environment.

A primal approach can help achieve quality sleep as proper nutrition (reduced sugar, reduced chemical additives, reduced fillers, and increased nutrient density), outside play (small natural doses of vitamin D, exercise, imaginative play and reduced time with electronics), clean air (less household toxins and fewer chemicals to breathe in), and love and support all positively influence your child's ability to sleep well.

Many exposures are largely unavoidable but there are simple changes that can be made to reduce toxins through diet, air, water, cosmetics, and household products.

RE # 37, GW actions have many many other immediate & future benefits: they prevent / reduce many other environmental harms (local air pollution, acid rain, ground & water pollution, etc.), they are good for the health (e.g., cycling & walking), they reduce crime (cycling, walking), they reduce our implication in foreign conflicts & tax money to protect oil supplies, they save money without lowering productivity (even increasing it), they save businesses from folding & households from going into hock.

The American Lung Association supports programs and policies to encourage consumers and utility companies to expand investment in energy efficiency and energy conservation measures to reduce air pollution emissions, to reduce household energy expenses, and to stimulate new economic opportunities and job creation.

UNEP is supporting countries and their partners to fast track action on this challenge through the PCFV and other programmes such as the Climate and Clean Air Coalition — which works to reduce short - lived climate pollutants such as black carbon in a number of key sectors, including transport, agriculture, waste, household cooking and heating, and brick production.

Natural gas has been the leading driver in helping the United States lead the world in lowering greenhouse gas emissions and in reducing air pollution, while lowering heating and electricity costs for households and businesses.

The implementation of these policies will also deliver significant development benefits, such increasing household income, reducing air pollution, increasing jobs and creating new investments in environmental projects.

Projects that are rooted in the installation of efficient stoves and household biogas improve indoor air quality and reduce fuel consumption.

The potential benefits of greater energy efficiency in the household sector are large; a 2009 study by Thomas Dietz and colleagues found that annual greenhouse gas emissions from the residential sector could be reduced by 20 % within 10 years by employing 17 types of behavioral interventions, such as weatherizing houses or properly maintaining vehicles and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning equipment.