And 14 % were committed to aligning their goals with climate science, which
requires deep cuts in emissions to achieve Paris agreement goals, up from 9 % last year.
Campaigners for legislation
requiring deep cuts in emissions of greenhouse gases say this is just a first draft of an eventual strong bill that will be forced as public fervor over climate builds.
Not exact matches
WHEREAS,
in furtherance of the united effort to address the effects of climate change,
in 2010 the 16th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCC met
in Cancun, Mexico and recognized that
deep cuts in global greenhouse gas
emissions were
required, with a goal of reducing global greenhouse gas
emissions so as to hold the increase
in global average temperature below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels;
To prevent coral reefs around the world from dying off,
deep cuts in carbon dioxide
emissions are
required, says a new study from Carnegie's Katharine Ricke and Ken Caldeira.
Strict treaties with
deep cuts in emissions, monitoring and penalties will be
required for all nations.
Curbing dangerous climate change
requires very
deep cuts in emissions, as well as the use of alternatives to fossil fuels worldwide.
Deep cuts in emissions will
require signals that the CO2 price at $ 30 or above is here to stay and that the caps on
emissions will be imposed and become ever stricter each year over decadal timeframes.
The 2 °C target was reaffirmed
in the 2009 «Copenhagen Accord» emerging from the 15th Conference of the Parties of the Framework Convention [11], with specific language «We agree that
deep cuts in global
emissions are
required according to science, as documented
in the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report with a view to reduce global
emissions so as to hold the increase
in global temperature below 2 degrees Celsius...».
Deep cuts in emissions will
require signals that the CO2 price at $ 30 or above is here to stay and that the caps on
emissions will be imposed and become ever stricter each year over decadal timeframes.
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Emissions Gap Report 2016 published today is yet another proof that ambitious objectives of the Paris Agreement
require stronger short term action already before 2020 and
deeper emission cuts in the period until 2030.
The conclusion that
deep cuts in net
emissions of carbon dioxide are
required to avoid a global calamity is «a scientific conclusion,» he said.
The 2 °C target was reaffirmed
in the 2009 «Copenhagen Accord» emerging from the 15th Conference of the Parties of the Framework Convention [11], with specific language «We agree that
deep cuts in global
emissions are
required according to science, as documented
in the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report with a view to reduce global
emissions so as to hold the increase
in global temperature below 2 degrees Celsius...».
Bolivia draws strongly and explicitly upon ethical justifications for
requiring deep cuts in national ghg
emissions by other nations, together with financial contributions and holistic mitigation and adaptation measures, capable of both reducing poverty and vulnerability to climate change yet has not identified an equity framework that could be applied at the global scale.
A robust carbon cap or tax should put the economy on a trajectory toward the science - based
deep cuts in emissions required to limit some of the worst impacts of climate change.
«Achieving
deep cuts [
in greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions] will
require more intensive use of low - GHG technologies such as renewable energy, nuclear energy, and CCS.»
And
in the very next paragraph, it declared that «we agree that
deep cuts in global
emissions are
required... so as to hold the increase
in global temperature below two degrees Celsius.»
Curbing dangerous climate change
requires very
deep cuts in emissions, as well as the use of alternatives to fossil fuels worldwide.
Deep cuts in greenhouse gas
emissions are
required to mitigate climate change.
It promised billions of dollars
in climate financing for developing nations, but did not
require deeper emissions cuts by major emitters.