Sentences with phrase «slash global greenhouse»
A comprehensive new scientific report has warned that Australia faces a temperature rise of more than 5 °C by the end of the century, outstripping the rate of warming projected for the rest of the world, unless drastic action is taken to slash global greenhouse gas emissions.
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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.
At the same time, the State Department is working to slash global emissions of potent industrial greenhouse gases called HFCs through an amendment to the Montreal Protocol; the Environmental Protection Agency is cutting domestic HFC emissions through its Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) program; and, the private sector has stepped up with commitments to cut global HFC emissions equivalent to 700 million metric tons through 2025.
Business Green Wind power could meet a fifth of global power demand by 2030, creating 2.4 million new jobs and slashing greenhouse gas emissions by more than 3.3 billion tonnes.
But California's landmark global warming law, passed in 2006, requires the state's greenhouse gas emissions to be slashed to 1990 levels by 2020, amounting to a 30 % cut over expected levels.