Sentences with phrase «term emission reduction goals»

Synapse recommends that future editions of the AEO incorporate these long - term emission reduction goals in modeled scenarios.

Others argue that setting an agreement on a long - term target before setting short - term emission reduction goals could stand in the way of making progress.

So by all means, let's make ambitious long - term emissions reduction goals.

The vision is also flawed in other ways: it has no short - term emission reduction goal, it's unenforceable, and it fails to acknowledge that developed nations will need to make deeper and swifter emission cuts than developing nations.

These flexibility needs are rapidly expanding as a result of numerous industry trends: (a) recognition by policymakers that renewable energy resources are needed to meet long - term emissions reductions goals; (b) customers» increasing desire to voluntarily procure renewable energy or generate electricity on - site; and (c) substantial technological improvements that have driven down the cost of renewable resources to the point where, even before accounting for tax incentives, they are the lowest - cost option for new generating plants in some regions of the country.

Not exact matches

We are not making the investments needed to meet a long - term goal of 80 % reductions in CO2 emissions by mid century.

«The gap between the scale of global ambitions and the scale of national offerings has been clear to the research community for a long time, but the Kyoto Protocol's focus on near - term emissions reductions... coupled with the scientific focus on long - term stabilization of climate at some unspecified point in the future has long given negotiators an out: they have been able to compare near - term actions without having to square them with long - term goals, rather like guys in a pub arguing about whose round it is while never actually having to settle up the bill,» Frame said in an email.

And then there will be the major economies leader meeting in July — that's the one I'll be going to — where we will seek agreement on a long - term global goal for emissions reductions, as well as an agreement on how national plans will be part of the post-2012 approach.

What's really meant in a comment like «if one's goal is to limit climate change, one would always be better off spending the money on immediate reduction of CO2 emissions» is «if one's goal is limiting LONG - TERM climate change».

Emission pathways towards the long - term global goal for emission reductions require that global GHG emissions peak -LCB- between 2010 and 2013 -RCB--LCB- by 2015 -RCB--LCB- by 2020 at the latest -RCB--LCB- in the next 10 - 15 years -RCB--LCB- in the next 10 - 20 years -RCB- and decrease thereafter.

Taking account of their historic responsibility, as well as the need to secure climate justice for the world's poorest and most vulnerable communities, developed countries must commit to legally binding and ambitious emission reduction targets consistent with limiting global average surface warming to well below 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels and long - term stabilization of atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations at well below below 350 p.p.m., and that to achieve this the agreement at COP15 U.N.F.C.C.C. should include a goal of peaking global emissions by 2015 with a sharp decline thereafter towards a global reduction of 85 percent by 2050,

Since, if I understood correctly, scientists point out that the reduction of CO2 in the atmosphere, even if all emissions stopped today, will take decades, I believe positively and steadily moving toward the goal will be most effective for the long - term.

But what the meetings did not do is just as important: • Governments could not agree on a quantifiable goal for long - term emissions reductions.

The European Union believes that an 80 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, the goal of its Roadmap 2050 plan, is the winning strategy for long - term prosperity.

These two prime competitors to ExxonMobil have set long - term GHG reduction goals and measure emissions from customer use of their products.

Peaking global emissions by 2015 and adopting a long - term reduction goal -LRB--80 % globally by 2050) are issues of survival.

This agreement is referred to as the Bali Roadmap which also called for articulating a «shared vision for long - term cooperative action,» including a long - term global goal for emission reductions.

«The time is now for world leaders to sign an emissions reduction agreement that includes five - year reviews of their commitments, a long - term goal, and the global prioritization of renewable energy.

Our goals appear modest when measured in terms of reductions relative to 1990 emissions levels, the favorite standard of the EU and Canadian NGOs.

Catalyze immediate, urgent and drastic emission reductions: «In line with what science and equity require, deliver urgent short - term actions, building towards a long - term goal that is agreed in Paris, that shift us away from dirty energy, marking the beginning of the end of fossil fuels globally, and that keep the global temperature goal in reach.»

This agreement was referred to as the Bali Roadmap, which also called for articulating a «shared vision for long - term cooperative action,» including a long - term global goal for emission reductions.

Others saw Copenhagen as a success for achieving agreement on the long - term goals of the UNFCCC, new voluntary commitments from many developing countries, new levels of cooperation from China on verifying its voluntary emissions reductions commitments, and promises to mobilize significant amounts of money for adaptation in developing countries.

The Clean Air Act lacks any other mechanism for economy - wide CO2 regulation, and the Administration will say it is legally and politically justified by both the inability of existing policy to meet either the specific U.S. commitment at Paris, an 80 percent emissions reduction, or the longer - term, 2 - degree goal to which the world is collectively committed.

As delegates flock into Panama's final meeting on Shared Vision, ECO has few hopes that the world will be much closer by the end of this week to agreeing on a peak year and a long term reduction goal for global emissions.

The Government would therefore like to enshrine the commitments in the Energy White Paper 2003 to reduce CO2 emissions by 60 % on 1990 levels by 2050; and to achieve «real progress» by 2020 (which would equate to reductions of 26 - 32 %) towards the long - term goal within a new legal carbon management framework (outlined in Section 5).

Indeed, it goes much further than Kyoto in calling for an agreed long - term global emissions reductions goal.

Our results show that very aggressive future emissions reduction pathways, in which rapid and deep mitigation begins today (not 5 - 10 years earlier as in many emissions scenarios), would be approximately consistent with the long - term temperature goals of the Paris Agreement.

The single line in the proposal Harper apparently found inadmissible was: «We call for a long - term global goal as well as binding commitments to deep, absolute emission reductions by developed countries.»

Rich Nations Ignoring IPCC Recommendations After those talks, IPCC chair Dr Rajendra Pachauri praised the temperature goal, but said that the G8 nations «clearly ignored» the scientific advice on how to actually reach that goal, the G8 making no adequate short - term emission reduction pledges.

Carbon pricing is a nice way to help Australia achieve a mid-range emissions target, such as a reduction of 5 - 25 % by 2020, but it is not going to drive the deep, rapid changes required to meet long - term emissions goals.

At The Climate Reality Project we believe COP21 is our best chance yet to secure a strong international agreement that includes meaningful emissions reductions commitments based on national circumstances, a system of periodic review for these commitments and a long - term goal of net zero carbon emissions.

For the United States to minimize long - term energy costs and meet greenhouse gas emission reduction goals, both energy efficiency and renewable energy will need to play a substantial role.