Sentences with phrase «substantial potential emissions»

Internationally, the energy consumption of China, India, Brazil, South Africa and Mexico will lead to a major global demand increase, which is likely to be met in large part from fossil fuels,» warning that the capacity to deal with these very substantial potential emissions «must urgently be developed.»

Not exact matches

«The obvious solution to the potential threats posed by acidification,» the authors say, «is to make rapid and substantial cuts to anthropogenic CO2 emissions.»

Emissions cuts offer «greatest potential for substantial, simultaneous improvements in local air quality and near - term mitigation.»

Professor Rob Lamb of the JBA Trust and Lancaster University said: «Each of these steps reflects different sources of uncertainty, but we find overall that there is a substantial chance of more properties having been placed at flood risk because of past greenhouse gas emissions, leading to potential damages that could be part of the losses incurred in 2013/14.»

Like me, he sees substantial potential benefits, and potential income, in public monitoring for natural gas leaks, which is particularly easy to do with infrared cameras, through which such emissions are as visible as smoke (as seen in the video below, which was shot for the Environmental Protection Agency).

Mexico's national oil company serves as a case study to demonstrate that substantial potential exists to use sectoral offsets to achieve cost - effective emissions reductions.

We find that across - the - board emissions reductions in domestic fuel burning in developing Asia and in surface transportation in North America are likely to offer the greatest potential for substantial, simultaneous improvement in local air quality and near - term mitigation of global climate change.

Taken together, the studies demonstrate that NAMAs in the transport sector have the potential to achieve significant greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions and provide a substantial contribution to sustainable development.

Only substantial emission prices have the potential to address the worst case scenarios, because only when the market is enabled to value carbon sequestration will that activity grow to the needed scale.

«I don't think they've realized there are substantial emissions from the land sector and that the potential for sequestration is quite large.»

(PG&E power mix shows potential for substantial greenhouse gas emissions reductions for EV owners who purchase electricity from the utility vs those who own a gasoline or diesel - burning vehicle.

Building codes and other government policies that, where appropriate, can promote substitution of use of sustainably harvested forest products wood for more energy - intensive construction materials may have substantial potential to reduce net emissions (Murphy, 2004).

However, Czech emissions per unit of GDP remain the highest in the IEA and there is substantial potential to reduce emissions at relatively low cost.

The concern is that under the CDM, carbon finance is used to perversely subsidize conversion of carbon - dense peatlands for oil palm plantations, a process that generates substantial greenhouse gas emissions, thereby undermining any potential carbon dioxide savings from use of palm oil - based biodiesel.

The achievement of substantial CO2 emission reductions by locally - manufactured stoves demonstrates the potential for private - sector led climate mitigation action and local economic development.

Both bottom - up and top - down studies indicate that there is substantial economic potential for the mitigation of global GHG emissions over the coming decades, that could offset the projected growth of global emissions or reduce emissions below current levels (high agreement, much evidence).

Both bottom - up and top - down studies indicate that there is substantial economic potential for the mitigation of global GHG emissions over the coming decades, that could offset the projected growth of global emissions or reduce emissions below current levels

The target is intended as an essential first step in demonstrating substantial, sector - wide emissions reductions and operating cost savings, while taking full advantage of incentives and getting in front of potential regulations, says REALpac.