Sentences with phrase «set emissions reduction»

At the time, I was managing the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Climate Leaders program, working with companies to measure emissions using the GHG Protocol and to set emissions reduction targets.

PARIS (December 8, 2015)-- The Science Based Targets initiative announced today that 114 companies have now committed to set emissions reduction targets in line with what scientists say is necessary to keep global warming below the dangerous threshold of 2 degrees Celsius.

This week, McDonald's became the first global restaurant company to set an emissions reduction target in line with what the science says is needed to hold global temperature rise below two degrees Celsius.

Electrolux and L'Oréal among latest major companies to set emissions reduction targets in line with goals of Paris Agreement, pushing the total to 103;

WASHINGTON (November 16, 2016)-- Just 18 months after its launch, the Science Based Targets initiative announced that 200 companies have committed to set emissions reduction targets consistent with the global effort to keep temperatures well below the 2 - degree threshold.

announced that 200 companies have committed to set emissions reduction targets consistent with the global effort to keep temperatures well below the 2 - degree threshold.

Similarly, CPP set emissions reduction targets for individual states, but left open the formula for how to meet those goals, whether through retiring dirty power plants, building up renewables, or trading compliance credits with other states.

In the case of EU member states, the collective decision making process of the EU does not seem to have led to any greater ethical analysis at the national level for individual EU nations including the Netherlands and Italy when these nations set their emissions reduction targets.

200 Companies Commit to Science Based Targets, Surpassing Expectations for Corporate Climate Action WASHINGTON (November 16, 2016)-- Just 18 months after its launch, the Science Based Targets initiative announced that 200 companies have committed to set emissions reduction targets consistent with the global effort to keep temperatures well below the 2 - degree threshold.

That's why we are now calling for companies to set emissions reduction targets in line with climate science.

The Clean Power Plan sets emission reduction targets for coal - and gas - fired power plants based on the cost - effective emission reduction strategies already in use in the power sector.

Kerry announced on Saturday in Beijing that China and the United States had agreed to share information on their efforts to combat climate change ahead of 2015 UN-led efforts to set emission reduction goals for after 2020.

The revision also identified climate hazards, set emission reduction targets and assessed climate vulnerability, culminating in publishing of the 2015 - 2020 strategy.

So when it comes to setting emission reduction targets for 2020 the consequences for what we must do in the following decade, and the decade after that, are inescapable.

At CDP, we are seeing many companies already playing their part through setting emissions reduction targets in line with climate science, committing to using 100 % renewable electricity or working to remove commodity - driven deforestation from supply chains.

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.

Not exact matches

In World Bank fashion, he set out targets for 2020, 2030 and 2040, with an ultimate goal of an 80 percent reduction in carbon emissions by 2050.

Worse, they set no targets for carbon emissions reductions.

A new carbon emissions reduction target has been set before talks in Paris, but taxpayers are now footing the bill - not the big polluters.

It has drawn the same criticism as an issues paper the government published last month before public consultation on Australia's post-2020 emissions reduction targets, which will be set before global climate talks in Paris in December.

«Through sustainability initiatives that include considerable reductions in CO2 emissions and sustainable sourcing of palm oil, we try to set an example for food manufacturers and raw materials suppliers around the world — and we like to share this extensive experience to provide valuable guidance.»

The Climate Change Act 2008 sets legally binding emission reduction targets for 2020 (reduction of 34 % in greenhouse gas emissions) and for 2050 (reduction of at least 80 percent in greenhouse gas emissions); the Act also introduces five - yearly carbon budgets to help ensure these targets are met.

Based on this work, Erie County will set GHG reduction targets and develop a Climate Action & Sustainability Plan (CASP) to incorporate GHG emission reduction into the daily culture of County operations.

The policy requires states to measure and set reduction targets for greenhouse gas emissions by vehicles on highways.

Otherwise, the governor said it would set back the reduction in carbon emission New York has already achieved

Clark and other members of Richmond's growing environmental movement tackled a series of local issues during the 1990s, winning reductions of toxic air emissions and discharges to San Francisco Bay and setting up a warning system for residents during refinery accidents.

EcoSecurities invests in and sets up emission - reduction projects under the Kyoto protocol.

But global energy use is set to fall in 2009 for the first time since 1981 as a result of the global economic crisis, reducing the need for emission reductions by a full two billion metric tons, according to the IEA.

It is a responsible approach that sets attainable goals for gradual reductions in carbon emissions and it protects consumers, businesses and workers as we move toward clean energy.»

To put this into perspective, that reduction is 44 percent of the goal that President Obama set for the nation, roughly equal to the total emissions of France.

The dairy industry has set a goal of 25 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.

At that meeting, negotiations over a formal treaty broke down, but eventually resulted in a set of non-binding pledges — the Copenhagen Accord — for emissions reductions until 2020.

There are multiple mitigation pathways to achieve the substantial emissions reductions over the next few decades necessary to limit, with a greater than 66 % chance, the warming to 2 degrees C — the goal set by governments.

Lu Xuedu, deputy director of the Office of Global Environment Affairs at the Chinese ministry of science, told SciDev.Net that setting quantitative emissions reduction targets was «hard and unrealistic».

Soon after Barack Obama was elected president, congressional climate change advocates set their sights on passing a cap - and - trade bill in time for him to bring a firm U.S.commitment on emissions reductions to this week's climate meeting in Copenhagen.

Even if the average U.K. citizen were to fall in line with dietary guidelines set forth by the World Health Organization (which most do not), the study estimates there would be a 17 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.

A Brookings Institution expert wrote that setting aside some of the carbon tax revenue — $ 30 billon is the suggested starting point — to be used for clean energy research and development might help the plan achieve its emissions reduction goals.

In California, where half the state's emissions come from livestock, lawmakers recently passed legislation that will eventually set targets for methane reductions, the most ambitious law of its kind in the country.

Results from the study showed indicated that with carbon taxes set at $ 50 per ton and increased at a rate of 5 % per year would lead to a reduction in the total greenhouse gas emission in the US by as much as 63 %, confirms Reilly.

Those proposals, announced over the past year, aim to reduce climate change - driving carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel - fired power plants and set power plant CO2 emissions reductions goals for each state.

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Sustainable energy activities at NWHC began in 2010 when the Carbon Trust assisted the college in developing a five ‑ year # 2m Carbon Management Plan (CMP), which set an ambitious target for the reduction in carbon emissions by the end of August 2015.

The European Union set «20-20-20» targets — a 20 per cent reduction in carbon emissions from 1990 levels; increasing energy generation from renewable sources by 20 per cent and a 20 per cent improvement in the EU's energy efficiency — and it is expected that public sector buildings lead the way.

Environmental friendly features The new model achieved an additional 50 % reduction in emissions from the levels of the 2005 exhaust emission regulations set forth by Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.

While the gas engine is exempted from NOx emissions regulations, it can reduce emissions to far below the level set by Tier III regulations without relying on special equipment such as an SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction) system.

The powerplant sets standards in various areas such as its aluminium crankcase, its common - rail direct injection and turbocharger with variable turbine geometry which allow it to combine impressive punch with a further reduction in fuel consumption and emissions.

Japan's Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is a 26 % reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 from 2013 levels.1 To achieve this, the Japanese government has set carbon targets for all sectors backed up by a national carbon tax and Tokyo emissions trading scheme.

Carbon trading can also involve households, small businesses and farmers participating in carbon credit projects that are set up to generate carbon credits and compete in tenders to sell them to the Commonwealth Government's Emissions Reduction Fund.

If set at the right level (and McCain outlined exactly what that would be: reducing CO2 emissions by 60 % from 1990 levels by 2050, with incremental steps to get us from here to there) it will require the right level of reduction in CO2.

The declaration states: «In setting a global goal for emissions reductions in the process we have agreed today involving all major emitters, we will consider seriously the decisions made by the European Union, Canada and Japan which include at least a halving of global emissions by 2050.»