Sentences with phrase «slash global carbon emission»

Eliminating fossil fuel subsidies would slash global carbon emission by 20 percent and raise government revenue by 2.9 trillion, well over the funds needed for intelligent policy and action on climate adaptation.»

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@SilverbackNet Nearly a quarter of global carbon emissions are from 3rd world slash and burn agriculture.

There's a need for an accessible, simple vocabulary, Hawken said, and also a need to move away from the typically violent rhetoric that surrounds the topic: the war on carbon, slashing emissions, combating global warming.

Carbon trading is not sufficient on its own to achieve the Paris climate goals but equally we will not slash emissions to the level required under Paris without a much more concerted and sustained global take - up of carbon pricing.

Nearly a year after the House of Representatives approved a comprehensive climate - energy bill, two US senators on Wednesday unveiled their own plan for weaning America off fossil fuel and slashing carbon emissions tied to global warming.

Müller believes polycarbonates could serve as effective carbon sinks for the millions of tons of emissions spewed by coal - fired plants; assuming the price tag for any such technology is within limits - and that the capacity for economies of scale exists - it could, as he states, be a «significant contribution» towards global efforts to slash carbon emissions.