Sentences with phrase «term emission reduction strategy»

Driven by the climate science, the international community is increasingly concerned about the need to set a long - term emission reduction strategy so as to me et a target that will prevent dangerous climate change, or at least, as some dangerous climate change appears unavoidable, limiting the damage.

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Testifying to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in 2007, Ramanathan said of cutting black carbon emissions that «at best, it is a short - term measure to probably buy a decade or two, time for implementing CO2 emission reduction strategies.»

The Diesel models for the US are an integral part of the EfficientDynamics corporate strategy which integrates a combination of short - term, mid-term and long - term measures for the continued reduction of fuel consumption and emissions while at the same time enhancing the performance and driving characteristics which are such a hallmark of BMW.

Additionally, the emissions strategy is highly costineffective, with the global temperature reduction achieved at a cost almost 8 times the cost of a strategy which is cost - effective in terms of «where» and «when» efficiency.

4) I support substitution strategies, including rapid deployment of RE and electrification of transportation, because there is the real potential for rapid emissions reductions in the near term.

Relevant — Don't Count on Long - Term Success in Climate Policy, Warns Paper in Decision Analysis Journal (``... consideration of path dependence in the context of climate policy justifies greater near - term emissions reductions in what amounts to a hedging strategy.&raqTerm Success in Climate Policy, Warns Paper in Decision Analysis Journal (``... consideration of path dependence in the context of climate policy justifies greater near - term emissions reductions in what amounts to a hedging strategy.&raqterm emissions reductions in what amounts to a hedging strategy.»)

Efforts to solve global warming by GHG emissions reductions strategies, rather than GHG replacement strategies, can not realistically succeed over the short - term or the long - term or any term, ever - unless the mandated reductions are so drastic that in effect they would require carbon - free alternatives for nearly all GHG sources.

The Energy Commission's demand forecasts are used in a variety of venues, including the CPUC long - term procurement and energy efficiency proceedings, transmission planning, and development and analysis of the impacts of efficiency strategies in the Assembly Bill 32 (Nu ez, Chapter 488, Statutes of 2006) greenhouse gas emission reduction proceedings.

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.

In drawing up its long - term strategy, Japan says it: «Will put best of its efforts to work on global warming countermeasures and make maximum contribution to the global emission reductions.»

The Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), which recognizes that its long - term strategy must take the province's greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets into account, has set up a Non-Emitting Resource Sub-Committee (NERSC) to investigate how renewables can participate in the future electricity market.

Beginning in 2005, the Institute embarked on a «fast - action» climate mitigation campaign to promote strategies that will result in significant reductions of emissions, temperature, and impacts in the near - term, focusing primarily on strategies to reduce non-CO2 climate pollutants, to complement cuts in CO2.

Canada needs a viable energy strategy that will meet long - term energy security needs and emissions reduction commitments.

At its most recent meeting last month, the EU Council formally requested that the Commission draw up a plan for aligning the EU's long - term emissions - reduction strategy with the Paris Agreement.

But that's a difficult thing to incorporate into any emissions reduction strategy, and is unlikely to yield any result in terms of emissions over the next 100 years — it takes a while for the effect of people not having babies to get noticed.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has submitted its long - term low - emissions strategy, presenting a pathway for emissions reductions of the UK by at least 80 % by 2050 compared to 1990 levels through a process of legally binding five - year caps on emissions.

Also receiving kudos is the nation's long - term emission reduction target of at least 80 % below 1990 levels by 2050, though its mid-term strategy was less impressive, not going beyond the unambitious EU proposals.

Other surprises include the recognition that reducing methane emissions from whatever source has important indirect impacts on a range of other drivers and is a more effective strategy for short - term reductions in global warming than had been previously recognized.