Sentences with phrase «require slashing emissions»

That may seem a long time away, but because carbon dioxide piles up in the atmosphere over time, as water blasting from a faucet accumulates in a sink, avoiding the two - degrees tipping point would require slashing emissions starting now, the IPCC said.

Not exact matches

Carbon trading is not sufficient on its own to achieve the Paris climate goals but equally we will not slash emissions to the level required under Paris without a much more concerted and sustained global take - up of carbon pricing.

The Trump administration has already taken steps to undo landmark climate regulations, such as the executive order President Donald Trump signed last month that called for repealing former President Barack Obama's Clean Power Plan, which requires states to slash emissions and was a central component of the U.S.'s plan to meet its Paris goals.

Key to President Obama's climate legacy, the rules required each state to slash a specified amount of emissions from its power plants.

But California's landmark global warming law, passed in 2006, requires the state's greenhouse gas emissions to be slashed to 1990 levels by 2020, amounting to a 30 % cut over expected levels.