In recent years, APS has
achieved substantial emissions reductions through an emissions reduction strategy focused on properly utilizing an SF6 recycling gas cart to reclaim, purify and reuse their SF6 gas during equipment service or repair.
AR5 found the world has the means to limit global warming and build a more prosperous and sustainable future, but pathways to limit warming to 2ºC relative to pre-industrial levels would require
substantial emissions reductions over the next few decades.
Any agreement coming out of Copenhagen that does not commit the parties to continuing,
substantial emissions reductions through 2050 can not claim to have succeeded in putting the world on a path limiting expected warming to 2 degrees C.
The Gyapa project not only
generates substantial emission reductions, but also delivers health, economic and social benefits to some of the world's poorest families», commented Edward Hanrahan, CEO of ClimateCare.
It is the second stage rulemaking however, where CARB's promise to lead the way forward and deliver
on substantial emission reductions in the next decade will face the test of reality.
«We conclude that the Greenland ice sheet is likely to be eliminated by anthropogenic climate change unless much
more substantial emission reductions are made than those envisaged by the [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change],» say the authors.
At ClimateCare we are focused on robust and measurable outcomes, and always work to make the most effective use of our clients» budget, to deliver programmes that
generate substantial emission reductions, alongside health, economic and social benefits.»
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.
However, Australia can not just rely on business action if we are to achieve
the substantial emissions reductions needed to avoid dangerous climate change.