Sentences with phrase «serious emissions reduction goals»

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In other words, not only does Germany already have a far more aggressive emissions reduction goal than most other developed nations, but it's also part of the EU, which has implemented a serious system to cap carbon emissions.

For example, in setting its emission goals, the European Union devised not one, but two separate targets: A 20 per cent reduction by 2020 if they continued to go it alone, and a 30 per cent reduction if countries like China and the U.S. also got serious about emissions.

Both industry at large and energy providers are currently confronted with serious energy policy challenges in Europe: The EU's climate and energy goals stipulate a 40 % reduction of CO2 emissions by 2030, which poses almost unsolvable problems for energy - intensive industries.

Although economic analyses can provide policy - makers with valuable information such as which technologies will achieve ethically determined goals at lowest cost, thereby providing criteria for making remedies cost - effective, there are serious ethical problems with cost - benefit analyses used prescriptively to set emissions reductions targets.

After 80 percent of the Kyoto's Joint Implementation projects failed to curb emissions to any grand effect, COP21 adjourned back in December amid serious doubts that the approach of «enthusiastic literary revisions now and technical reparations sometime before 2020» would prevent further shortfall in emissions - reduction goals.