Sentences with phrase «same emissions level»

Shouldn't all three paths start from the same emissions level — whatever emissions are today?

For example, farming accounts for almost 30 per cent of the globe's greenhouse gas emissions either directly (for example, rice production has the same emission levels as the global aviation industry) or indirectly through deforestation.

Not exact matches

He added that putting the same idea into motion in just half the world's troubled grasslands would result in bringing the planet back to preindustrial levels of greenhouse gas emissions.

Some experts argue that countries are doing the same thing, allowing destructive practices to go forward now in order to set a high level of emissions that it will be easy to profit from.

Yet, he says, with the same level of economic growth but different energy policies, «it may well be feasible to meet targets of a 60 per cent reduction in emissions» over 50 years.

Moreover, to level the playing field and allow all new innovations to compete, you should support a cap on CO2 emissions to limit global warming or accomplish the same by placing a tax on carbon emissions.

And if the positive development continues, woodstove emissions should drop to the same level as pellet stoves in the near future.

Higher trim levels with the same engine configuration do see the emissions creep up to the point where road tax is no longer free, but it'll still keep your company car tax payments sensible.

Both variants of the F 800 Style therefore make locally emission - free mobility possible at the level of a premium - class automobile, while at the same time being fully suited for everyday driving and providing a dynamic driving experience.

It benefits from Toyota Optimal Drive technologies, notably variable valve lift, enabling it to deliver more power and torque than the previous 1.6 VVT - i engine, while at the same time making significant improvements in fuel consumption and emissions levels.

A sensor in the fuel supply system detects the blending ratio in real time and varies the engine mapping to ensure power, torque and emissions remain at the same levels whatever fuel is used.

Moving on to assess the influence of fossil fuel emissions during this same period, it's important to stress that literally all investigators acknowledge that both the level of AGW and the rate of increase were far less at that time than what we see in the latter part of the century.

So climate modelling may not be perfect in the timing, but the end result would still be the same level of temperatures around 2100, so therefore we don't have any room to think emissions can continue at present levels, and the amount of carbon left to burn would not be as high as 800 gigatons.

More significantly, a US family who chooses to have one fewer child would provide the same level of emissions reductions as 684 teenagers who choose to adopt comprehensive recycling for the rest of their lives.»

Even if we dropped our per - capita emissions to the same level as China's next year, it's not like we could start pointing fingers.

The poverty level in China has dropped immensely since the late 1970s, but if you look at the distribution of improvement over time versus their carbon emissions over the same period there's little correlation.

The «Report» says that the US economy will grow to «$ 26 trillion by 2030, but, with a cap on the greenhouse gas emissions that cause «global warming», the economy will reach the same level two to seven months later.

California's 2006 law requires that the state reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and generate 33 percent of its energy from renewable energy sources by the same date.

Unless the supported programs using RGGI auction revenues would be funded at the same level using other funding sources in the absence of RGGI, these programs provide a tangible incremental reduction in emissions.

Thus, two models with the same level of cumulative total anthropogenic CO2 emissions may reach different atmospheric CO2 concentrations (see Smith and Edmonds 2006).

But the required reduction of emissions intensity by 40 to 45 percent in 2020 compared with the level of 2005 means the emissions of [greenhouse gases] in 2020 has to be roughly the same as emissions now,» Qi Jianguo, of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told Xinhua.

And this at the same time that human GHG emissions are continuing unabated and concentrations have reached all - time record levels.

It is fair to say that 150 years ago we did not have the same level of industry and CO2 emissions as we do today, never mind 100,000 or 200,000 years ago.

The same sea levels would cover land where a total of 6.2 (0.0 — 15.1) million people live today across all coastal US states, or where 9.5 (0.0 — 17.4) million people live after accounting for emissions expected from infrastructure.

Assuming that human CO2 emissions are going to continue at the same exponential rate we have seen in the past would get us to 1040 ppmv (Vaughan Pratt's Figure 7), a level that is most likely not even possible to reach because of the constraint in total fossil fuel availability).

And that trend helps explain why there has been at least a partial break in the previously lockstep rise of global GDP and CO2 emissions, which historically have increased at about the same levels.

Both of the major political parties have committed to emissions targets: the Liberals have a target of a 26 - 28 % reduction relative to 2005 levels by 2030, whereas Labor has pledged a 45 % cut over the same time frame.

They wrote (as quoted by you): «But given how little is known about either the climate's sensitivity to greenhouse - gas emissions or about future emissions levels,...» The use of the word «either» makes it very clear that The Economist knows that uncertainty about climate sensitivity is * not * the same thing as (or «equal to») uncertainty about emissions.

The whole argument for an emissions trading scheme as opposed to cutting emissions via a carbon tax or simply by regulation is that it is cheaper - in other words electricity prices will rise by less to achieve the same level of emission reductions.

The per person emissions are roughly the same, and there has been some action on a local level (for example British Columbia's successful carbon tax), but there has been far too little action on a national level.

Posted by Olive Heffernan on behalf of Paty Romero Lankao It does make sense to compare the per capita CO2 emissions of Mexico City and Los Angeles (see figure below) to illuminate the debate on shared but differentiated responsibilities on greenhouse gases emissions and show that just as urban centers register different levels and paths of economic development, cities do not contribute at the same level to global warming.

It does make sense to compare the per capita CO2 emissions of Mexico City and Los Angeles (see figure below) to illuminate the debate on shared but differentiated responsibilities on greenhouse gases emissions and show that just as urban centers register different levels and paths of economic development, cities do not contribute at the same level to global warming.

At the same time, however, the minister acknowledged that making a significant dent into the level of carbon emissions produced by gas - fired power plants will not happen «overnight», and was even at pains to stress that his department will not be imposing the same emission constraints on them as have already been announced for coal - fired plants.

We're producing natural gas at record levels — more than 27 trillion cubic feet in 2015, up more than 51 percent since 1990 — yet methane emissions from natural gas systems fell 16.3 percent over that same period, according to EPA.

Higher temperatures enhance the chemical reaction, so smog levels can rise even if emissions from vehicle tailpipes or coal - fired power plants remain the same.6, 19

In the final scenario, for the same level of expenditure, investment in HELE would achieve a similar level of CO2 emissions reduction to the deployment of renewables in Europe, while generating up to three times more electricity.

Another option would be to divvy up cuts so that every country has roughly the same level of per capita emissions.

For example, a power plant could continue to emit the same level of carbon as it does today, so long as it can show that the utility had caused carbon emissions to go down elsewhere, such as through programs that get consumers to use energy - efficient appliances.

-- Muller believes humans are changing climate with CO2 emissions — humans have been responsible for «most» of a 0.4 C warming since 1957, almost none of the warming before then — IPCC is in trouble due to sloppy science, exaggerated predictions; chairman will have to resign — the «Climategate» mails were not «hacked» — they were «leaked» by an insider — due to «hide the decline» deception, Muller will not read any future papers by Michael Mann — there has been no increase in hurricanes or tornadoes due to global warming — automobiles are insignificant in overall picture — China is the major CO2 producer, considerably more than USA today — # 1 priority for China is growth of economy — global warming is not considered important — China CO2 efficiency (GDP per ton CO2) is around one - fourth of USA today, has much room for improvement — China growth will make per capita CO2 emissions at same level as USA today by year 2040 — if it is «not profitable» it is «not sustainable» — US energy future depends on shale gas for automobiles; hydrogen will not be a factor — nor will electric cars, due to high cost — Muller is upbeat on nuclear (this was recorded pre-Fukushima)-- there has been no warming in the USA — Muller was not convinced of Hansen's GISS temperature record; hopes BEST will provide a better record.

German emissions are thus at approximately the same level as they were in 2009 — an amount that is 150 million tonnes (carbon dioxide - equivalent) higher than the country's 2020 climate target, which was abandoned in 2017.

And if the positive development continues, woodstove emissions should drop to the same level as pellet stoves in the near future.

So, if you think that through, then for that to be true, in a period in which atmospheric CO2 levels have risen in proportion to human emissions, something else would also have had to be emitting large amounts of CO2 while at the exact same time that we are completely unaware of, and much more strangely, something we don't know about would have to be removing large amounts of CO2, otherwise we would have higher atmospheric levels of CO2 than we currently do.

Conservatives in Australia, Brazil, and Canada also show a proclivity for climate denial, though not at the same levels as the U.S. Outside of the oil - producing countries in the Middle East, Australia, Canada, and the U.S. have some of the highest per capita carbon emissions in the world.

It will emit the same level of carbon - emissions - per - unit - of - heat throughout its 20 - year lifespan.

One such common approach to national ghg emissions reductions commitments that fails to satisfy any ethical scrutiny is the claim that all nations must reduce emissions by the same amount without regard to whether a nation is a large or small contributor to the climate change problem, an approach often referred to as «grandfathering» or equal reductions from existing emissions levels.

The scenarios include: «business as usual» (BAU), which assumes no mitigation efforts are made («RCP8.5»); «mitigation», which assumes an intermediate level of emissions («RCP4.5») without negative emissions; «carbon dioxide removal» («CDR»), which assumes moderate emissions with long - term CO2 removal; and «solar radiation management» («SRM»), which is the same as the CDR pathway, but also includes enough SRM to limit temperatures to 1.5 C above pre-industrial levels by 2100.

How» bout we respond with: «the same mechanism that has caused the observed recent decade of slight cooling despite unabated human CO2 emissions and concentrations reaching record levels»?

An internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle will emit roughly the same level of carbon - emissions - per - mile throughout its many decades of life; the only chance for improvement is when it finally wears out and is replaced by a new car.

Once they have industrialised their CO2 emissions should level off (they same way they have in the industrialised nations).

Projected global average temperature rise above pre-industrial levels under a range of future scenarios, «business as usual» (BAU), which assumes no mitigation efforts are made (RCP8.5); «mitigation», which assumes moderate emissions (RCP4.5) without negative emissions, «carbon dioxide removal» (CDR), which assumes moderate emissions with long - term CO2 removal; and «solar radiation management» (SRM), which is the same as the CDR pathway but also includes enough SRM to limit temperatures to 1.5 C by 2100.