Sentences with phrase «represent real emission»

Not exact matches

Likewise, while models can not represent the climate system perfectly (thus the uncertainly in how much the Earth will warm for a given amount of emissions), climate simulations are checked and re-checked against real - world observations and are an established tool in understanding the atmosphere.

The good news (yes, there is some) is that millions of people representing 18 % of GNP and 10 % of US carbon emissions have undertaken thousands of real activities designed to bring down emissions.

If we were certain that the ensemble mean warming represents the real climate systemt we could read out from figure 1c at which cumulative carbon emission we could expect to cross this threshold.

And we've developed some of the most robust reporting and monitoring systems that ensure carbon credits represent real, measurable and additional emissions reductions,» said Simon Henry, program director at the International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance (ICROA), which funded the research for this article.

The real technological obstacles to decarbonizing the global economy today represent an insurmountable obstacle to political efforts to limit carbon emissions.

Collectively, these companies are achieving real impact, representing 2.62 gigatons of Scope 1 +2 emissions, equivalent to the total annual emissions of

«Carbon offsets involve fundamental tradeoffs and may not be a reliable long - term approach to climate change mitigation,» the report said, adding: «It is not possible to ensure that every credit represents a real, measurable and long - term reduction in emissions.»

This required at least 55 countries representing at least 55 percent of emissions to join — as I write this post, WRI's real - time Paris Tracker shows that 84 countries representing 61 percent of emissions have now joined the Agreement.