Sentences with phrase «report national greenhouse gas emissions»

Advancing efforts on the transparency framework, such as how to report national greenhouse gas emissions inventories, what information is necessary to track progress on countries» climate actions and what information should be provided on financial support, technology transfer and capacity - building.

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Lawyer Philip Cooney, a CEQ chief of staff and a 15 - year veteran of the American Petroleum Institute, spent the first term of the administration editing science reports from various agencies on climate change to downplay the role of greenhouse gas emissions — emphasizing elements of uncertainty from a 2001 National Research Council report on climate change, according to an investigation by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

With a sustained national commitment, the United States could obtain substantial energy - efficiency improvements, new sources of energy, and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions through the accelerated deployment of existing and emerging energy technologies, according to the prepublication copy of the capstone report of the America's Energy Future project of the National Research Council, the operating arm of the National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Enginational commitment, the United States could obtain substantial energy - efficiency improvements, new sources of energy, and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions through the accelerated deployment of existing and emerging energy technologies, according to the prepublication copy of the capstone report of the America's Energy Future project of the National Research Council, the operating arm of the National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of EngiNational Research Council, the operating arm of the National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of EngiNational Academy of Sciences and National Academy of EngiNational Academy of Engineering.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the California Air Resource Board (CARB) today took the first step in the mid-term evaluation of the National Program for greenhouse gas emissions and fuel economy standards for light duty cars and trucks by releasing a draft Technical Assessment Report (TAR) for public comment.

A new National Research Council report finds that by the year 2050, the U.S. may be able to reduce petroleum consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent for light - duty vehicles — cars and small trucks — via a combination of more efficient vehicles; the use of alternative fuels like biofuels, electricity, and hydrogen; and strong government policies to overcome high costs and influence consumer choices.

The bottom line from the groundbreaking National Energy Technology Laboratory report I recently cited is that generating baseload electricity with natural gas will end up cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

An independent panel of academic scientists for the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences — reviewing the conflicting work of Searchinger, Wang and several others — concluded in a 2011 report that «corn - grain ethanol might not have lower [greenhouse gas emission] values than petroleum - based gasoline.»

The USA Today Editorial Board write «As a National Academy of Sciences panel reported last week, solar geoengineering is no substitute for efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to a changing climate.»

Kevin Bullis writes that «A report from the National Academy of Sciences says inaction on greenhouse - gas emissions makes resorting to geoengineering more likely.»

The main objective of the Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories is to develop and refine a methodology for the calculation and reporting of national GHG emissions and rNational Greenhouse Gas Inventories is to develop and refine a methodology for the calculation and reporting of national GHG emissions and rnational GHG emissions and removals.

IPCC - 37: IPCC 37 will consider two methodology reports: the «2013 Supplement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories: Wetlands»; and the good practice guidance on estimating GHG emissions and removals from land use, land - use change and forestry under the Kyoto Protocol.

The decisions govern, among other things, modalities for monitoring national forests, addressing the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation, and measuring, reporting and verifying activities designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

--(i) Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Administrator and the Secretary of Agriculture shall jointly arrange for the National Academies of Science to review and report on specified issues related to indirect greenhouse gas emissions related to transportation fuels.

Based on information from Environment Canada's National Inventory Report: Greenhouse Gas Sources and Sinks in Canada, Bullfrog Power can provide the emissions calculators below to estimate CO2e reductions that can be attributed to each MWh of renewable electricity and m3 or GJ of green natural gas generated and injected onto the systems on our customers» behaGas Sources and Sinks in Canada, Bullfrog Power can provide the emissions calculators below to estimate CO2e reductions that can be attributed to each MWh of renewable electricity and m3 or GJ of green natural gas generated and injected onto the systems on our customers» behagas generated and injected onto the systems on our customers» behalf.

-- In the event that the Administrator or the National Academy of Sciences has concluded, in the most recent report submitted under section 705 or 706 respectively, that the United States will not achieve the necessary domestic greenhouse gas emissions reductions, or that global actions will not maintain safe global average surface temperature and atmospheric greenhouse gas concentration thresholds, the President shall, not later than July 1, 2015, and every 4 years thereafter, submit to Congress a plan identifying domestic and international actions that will achieve necessary additional greenhouse gas reductions, including any recommendations for legislative action.

The rule book, formally the «implementation guidelines» for a pact that has no sanctions for non-compliance, will define ways to measure and report greenhouse gas emissions, and how to review and step up national actions every five years.

That the California greenhouse gas motor vehicle emissions law, AB 1493, is highly «related to» fuel economy is obvious from CARB's 2004 Staff Report presenting the agency's «initial statement of reasons» for its regulatory proposal.27 Nearly all of the Staff Report's recommended options for reducing greenhouse gas emissions were previously recommended as fuel - saving options in the National Research Council (NRC)'s 2002 fuel economy repReport presenting the agency's «initial statement of reasons» for its regulatory proposal.27 Nearly all of the Staff Report's recommended options for reducing greenhouse gas emissions were previously recommended as fuel - saving options in the National Research Council (NRC)'s 2002 fuel economy repReport's recommended options for reducing greenhouse gas emissions were previously recommended as fuel - saving options in the National Research Council (NRC)'s 2002 fuel economy reportreport.28

In one report, Generation and Use of Thermal Energy in the US Industrial Sector and Opportunities to Reduce its Carbon Emissions, researchers from INL and the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) identify key greenhouse gas (GHG) emission sources in the industrial sector and propose low - emitting alternatives using targeted, process - level analysis of industrial heat requirements.

They say the report has confirmed climate change with greater certainty, but has shed no fresh insights, and it is unclear to what extent it will persuade national governments to reduce emissions of the greenhouse gases that cause global warming.

A senior scientist at the Mauritius Academy of Science and Technology, who is in New Delhi for a meeting of science academies, says that IPCC reports, in general, are «not radical enough» to force real action by national governments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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Considering forest - threatening factors such as fires, deforestation, and the emission of greenhouse gases, the research found if the regions of the Amazon most crucial to maintaining the biome's climate are lost, large sections of the once lush rainforest may be reduced to a virtual desert.According to a report from Globo Amazônia, the study conducted by Gilvan Sampaio of National Institute of Special Research (INPE) found that the vegetation of the Amazon will be particularly impacted by rising global temperatures in the years to come, in addition to the continued threats posed by deforestation and fires.

In accordance with the Revised 1996 IPCC Guidelines, which are used by Parties to prepare their greenhouse gas inventories, emissions from fuel sold to ships or aircraft engaged in international transport (known as «bunker fuels») should not be included in national emission totals, but reported separately.

«In this report, we systematically apply a generalized and transparent equity reference framework... with the goal of quantitatively examining the problem of national fair shares in a global effort to rapidly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

(04/27/2012) Developers in Indonesian Borneo are increasingly converting carbon - dense peatlands for oil palm plantations, driving deforestation and boosting greenhouse gas emissions, reports a new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

«There appears to be a large opportunity for emission reductions that provide short - term economic and health benefits, and every attempt should be made to promote national policies and international cooperation that can help states, nations, and the world achieve these benefits,» the Secretaries write in the foreword to the study report, No Reason to Wait: the Benefits of Greenhouse Gas Reduction in Sao Paulo and California.

The report, commissioned by the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas), says that conversion of peatlands accounts for 50 percent of Indonesia's greenhouse gas emissions but only one percent of GDP.

Such action would also address Australia's international obligations to develop and report on national climate change adaptation strategies, and to achieve strong greenhouse gas emissions reductions.