Sentences with phrase «slash emissions further»

In most systems, the cap gets lower over time, giving businesses a choice: slash emissions further or buy permits on the market from another company.

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The state recently vowed to further slash carbon pollution by reducing emissions 40 % below 1990 levels by 2030.

In December 2015, the world agreed to the Paris Accord; to slash greenhouse gas emissions to hold global average temperature increase to 1.5 degrees C (over what it was before the Industrial Revolution), and, if we miss that target, to as far below 2 degrees as possible.

By further strengthening the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and welcoming new state members, New York will continue its progress in slashing emissions from existing fossil fuel power plants.

But governments must build on the past, by continuing Kyoto, planning for a future legal deal to further slash emissions before 2020, and by mobilising the finance poor people need now to cope with climate change,» Kelly Dent adds.

The final text and analysis for the next round of commitments, which will slash emissions at least 30 percent further by 2030, released today show that RGGI will also continue to add billions of dollars and thousands of jobs to the region's economy over the next decade.

And finally, for those out there giving Eyjafjallajökull props for slashing European emissions, a (possible) further dose of reality.

Raymond Pierrehumberg, a contributor to RealClimate, called for a 10 - year moratorium on any geo - engineering plan, cautioning his colleagues that further research should only serve as a supplement to efforts aimed at slashing greenhouse gas emissions.

Yes, we can all wonder what Kyoto could have achieved, but then we can also all wonder where we would be if the world had adopted a Dutch proposal in 1989 to slash CO2 emissions by 20 % at that time, with further cuts to follow.

More recently, the Great Recession and the Eurozone Crisis further slashed German and EU emissions.