Sentences with phrase «setting emissions caps»

; e) how to address the complex undertaking of setting emissions caps for developing countries, which must be linked to future, unobserved levels in comparison with the historically observed levels for industrialized countries?.

If you just talked about setting emissions caps without associated policies, everybody would clamor for getting increased efficiency of markets and trading included.

We learned Australia must set emissions caps that rapidly reduce toward zero to decarbonize the economy as fast as possible, enforced in a way that does not limit ambition.

Not exact matches

Jack Layton and the NDP are campaigning on a cap - and - trade program, which would set a $ 35 per tonne price on carbon and cap emissions from large industry.

He noted the federal - provincial climate agreement will limit any impact on greenhouse gases because Alberta has set a cap on oil sands emissions.

Before Cuomo took office, New York joined eight other northeastern states (Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont) to set a cap on carbon dioxide emissions within the region.

As compensation, the transport secretary said the government would push for a European cap on aviation emissions, set below current levels.

«With this proposal, New York will lower the emissions cap even further and set the precedent for recognizing and taking action against climate change to support the future of communities across the globe,» said Governor Cuomo.

Instead, they argue that Australia should base its climate policy on a carbon budget that sets an upper limit on the country's total emissions between now and 2050, institute a cap - and - trade scheme, consider closing selected coal - fired power plants, and ramp up renewable energy.

Under a cap, government sets a limit on total carbon emissions and issues tradable permits up to the limit.

China has not yet set a national cap on its greenhouse gas emissions, citing the need to grow its economy.

Seven provinces and cities in China are to set caps on their greenhouse gas emissions, following a directive from central government.

The cap would be set, ideally with expert scientific consultation, to make an appropriately deep cut in total CO2 emissions.

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.

Several bills pending in Congress would set a so - called cap - and - trade policy under which an overall limit on pollution would be set — and companies with low output could sell their allowances to those that fail to cut emissions as long as the total stays within the total pollution cap.

After years of procrastination, the aviation industry is set to agree to cap its emissions from 2020.

A deal this fall to cap carbon emissions from global aviation at 2020 levels must be enforceable and set long - term goals in line with the 2015 Paris agreement on climate change, a coalition of environmental groups said.

The new agreement will likely lead to a future set of limits allowing Kyoto parties to keep on capping greenhouse - gas emissions and trading carbon credits.

Anti-regulatory blogs and commentators and the McCain - Palin campaign made a push to publicize a 10 - month - old comment by Senator Barack Obama about the high cost of coal burning if and when a hard cap is set for carbon dioxide emissions.

That's the optimistic opinion put forth by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi — she issued that statement as Congress set about the «mother of all climate weeks» to debate revolutionary climate and energy legislation that could potentially land the US a cap and trade system to cut nationwide carbon emissions.

More importantly, the Climate Security Act of 2007 (Lieberman / Warner bill) is currently in mark - up and exempts co-ops from the cap - and - trade decreasing carbon allocations by setting their emissions at 2006 levels until 2035 and then allowing them to sell or trade their emission credits.

As signs grew that the Senate was in no mood to set up a trading system for curbing carbon dioxide emissions, as I noted how the climate policy debate had circled back lately to the emissions - capping plan for power plants that had been proposed in the 2000 Bush campaign for the presidency, I found myself thinking about the vacuum that's persisted where President Obama should have been on this issue (if he planned to live up to his campaign commitments).

Set up a global cap and trade system for greenhouse gas emissions --- all greenhouse gas emissions from all sources.

Three issues: * how do you ensure the «cap» is set at a reasonable level that assures we reduce emissions fast enough?

Actual emissions caps would be set to account for different air quality needs in the East and West.

Unlike existing cap - and - trade program designs, a «pre-pay» system has no need for setting rules about allocating emission allowances, banking / borrowing of allowances, and the use of offsets.

But the US could pick a cap and set it low to «make itself» cut emissions.

The bill would set up a cap - and - trade system to achieve the emissions targets, allowing industry and other entities to buy and sell permits within an overall emissions ceiling.

For example, nine states in the Northeast, as part of a regional cap - and - trade program that sets overall limits on carbon and then allows states to trade permits to pollute, have committed to cut emissions by 45 percent during the next year and by another 2.5 percent a year after that until 2020.

The need for more harmonisation is clearest with respect to how the cap on overall emission allowances is set.

If the overall cap for any year is set below the level of emissions last year, on a downward trajectory compatible with stabilizing concentrations at a safe level, reserving some credits for new entrants would force other firms to bid for fewer permits, raising prices and increasing the number of mitigation activities that are worth undertaking.

Yet RGGI hasn't induced a robust enough carbon price to drive down emissions, primarily because the initial emissions «cap» was set 45 % higher than actual emissions by the covered power plants and wasn't tightened enough to actually «bind» until four years later.

This sets in train a process that could potentially lead to a cap on the number of allowances dealt on the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) aligned with the objective of keeping global warming «well below 2C».

The availability of verified emissions data has allowed the Commission to ensure that the cap on national allocations under the second phase is set at a level that results in real emission reductions.

The government sets a fixed limit or cap on the amount of emissions that polluters can emit in, say, a year.

Julie Tighe, DEC Chief of Staff, said that «emissions from the power sector in New York have fallen more than 50 % since the states agreed to set the cap in 2005.»

It sets a cap on carbon emissions which is reduced over time.

In 2020 the shipping industry is facing its biggest challenge in a century as the IMO is set to impose a new 0.5 % sulfur cap on marine fuel emissions.

«We can't set caps for unpredictable and hard - to - quantify fugitive emissions,» she adds.

And President Barack Obama has called for a national cap - and - trade system that would set greenhouse - gas emission limits for many businesses and require those that exceeded them to buy allowances from others that haven't (see Chu's Wish List: Cap - and - Trade and Cheaper Solacap - and - trade system that would set greenhouse - gas emission limits for many businesses and require those that exceeded them to buy allowances from others that haven't (see Chu's Wish List: Cap - and - Trade and Cheaper SolaCap - and - Trade and Cheaper Solar).

Includes provisions: (1) creating a combined energy efficiency and renewable electricity standard and requiring retail electricity suppliers to meet 20 % of their demand through renewable electricity and electricity savings by 2020; (2) setting a goal of, and requiring a strategic plan for, improving overall U.S. energy productivity by at least 2.5 % per year by 2012 and maintaining that improvement rate through 2030; and (3) establishing a cap - and - trade system for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and setting goals for reducing such emissions from covered sources by 83 % of 2005 levels by 2050.

Proposition 23, the ballot initiative to freeze the California law setting a cap on greenhouse gas emissions, was defeated on Tuesday, with the «No» vote estimated at 59 percent.

The EU has long led the way on carbon emissions, implementing a cap and trade system in 2005, having set ambitious emissions reductions targets, having per person emissions that are less than half of those in the USA, Canada, and Australia, and which in general has been the global model on climate policy.

The Chinese government has already set out ambitious plans to cut the country's reliance on coal — an additional cap on CO2 suggests the country's leaders are serious about tackling their emission problem,» he said.

Others have cap - and - trade systems where the governing body sets a gradually reducing limit on emissions covered by the scheme, and let the market set the price.

A cap - and - trade system sets an upper limit, or cap, on emissions that declines over time in order to drive the amount of greenhouse gases pumped into the atmosphere.

To enable trading, rules are established that allow those entities with caps to meet their obligations either by purchasing unneeded allowances from others that have caps, funding projects that reduce emissions at places under the control of others, or purchasing off - sets created by carbon reduction projects somewhere in the world.

It is true that an emissions cap policy — which, in essence, is what Allen is proposing — would set a clear path to climate stability, compared to the alternative of a carbon tax.

A carbon tax, by contrast, does not set a cap on emissions, but rather sets a price to penalize carbon dioxide emissions.

In May 2016, the courts found that Massachusetts law unambiguously directs the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to set sector - specific, declining emissions caps which lead to an aggregate 25 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.