Sentences with phrase «than emission reductions»

Almost everyone realizes we need something more than emission reductions, but how to frame a positive vision for moving forward has proved elusive.

Firstly, I don't think it's true that nobody is examining solutions other than emission reductions.

I think you can make a compelling case that an emissions reduction sourced through CCS is worth more to Alberta than an emissions reduction from an existing, proven technology.

As far as I can see the standoff will continue until there is recognition that climate change is first and foremost an energy technology problem, one that can not be solved / resolved without a great deal more than emission reduction pledges.

And although «weather improvement» is not quite the same thing as «solving» climate change — here we get to a big parallel with the more globally ambitious forms of geoengineering, especially the SRM techniques that seek to create a compensating cooling effect on a planetary scale: they are (likely) much cheaper than emissions reductions.

As to Dr. Lomborg's policy recommendations, Dr. Oppenheimer said that investing in technology alone was «like betting the farm on a policy in which we have less confidence than emissions reduction.»

And even if there is substantial risk, I have argued repeatedly that there are better policy options than emissions reductions.

I wonder why it is that these types of solutions seem more «possible» than emissions reduction strategies?

Not exact matches

Mascarenhas estimates that applying her company's technology to the methane that's currently vented or flared could reduce Alberta's GHG emissions by 60 megatonnes — 35 % of Canada's 2020 reduction goal — at a cost of less than $ 1.70 per tonne.

(European cars had different emissions - reduction hardware than U.S. cars, so the software had different impacts, VW has said.

The Volkswagen Group has brought down CO2 emissions of its EU 27 new vehicle fleet from 166 grams (2006) to 144 grams (2010), corresponding to a reduction of more than 13 %.

While Germany's official Energiewende strategy calls for a transition from fossil fuel and nuclear energy to renewable energy, and reduction of emissions by 40 percent by 2020 compared to 1990 levels, the recently formed German government is more conservative than the previous governments.

Shell's emissions last year were 5Mt, so with their credits from Quest and their use of cogeneration, more than half of this could be offset, far exceeding the reductions which will be required under Alberta law.

Other downstream implications of CCS or other policy will depend on how they affect the relative price of electricity... and more expensive emissions reductions will make electricity more expensive than it needs to be, thereby limiting potential uptake of electrification.

«Reducing greenhouse gas emissions while still growing as a company is one of the defining business challenges of the 21st century, and we're proud to be addressing that challenge head - on, starting with our new 2025 goal to achieve absolute reductions of no less than three percent year - over-year,» said Dean Scarborough, Avery Dennison's chairman and CEO, who will travel to Paris this December to discuss climate change with other business leaders at COP21.

Critics say the electricity sector must do more to meet Australia's economy - wide emissions reduction target because emissions cuts are easier and cheaper to achieve in electricity than in agriculture, transport or industry.

These include: • One of the most technically advanced and cleanest smelters in the world which captures 99.9 per cent of sulphur emissions and generates two thirds of the plant's electrical power • A US$ 10m combined heat and power system that will reduce emissions by 90 per cent compared with separate heat and power systems • A vehicle idling reduction programme that now covers 360 vehicles and has resulted in the avoidance of more than two million gallons of fuel and emissions • New, more efficient trucks with fewer emissions

Last night, Obama plugged gas development and use more directly than he ever had before, bundling job growth, energy security and emissions reductions.

Even if emission reductions exceed pledges made by countries to date under the Paris Agreement more than three quarters of the world's coral reefs will bleach every year before 2070.

Worldwide, carbon storage has the capability to provide more than 15 percent of the emissions reductions needed to limit the rise in atmospheric CO2 to 450 parts per million by 2050, an oft - cited target associated with a roughly 50 - percent chance of keeping global warming below 2 degrees, but that would involve 3,200 projects sequestering some 150 gigatons of CO2, says Juho Lipponen, who heads the CCS unit of the International Energy Agency in Paris.

By putting a price on each ton of pollution emitted, the market sends a strong signal to innovate to achieve emission reductions through methods that cost less than the cost of emitting the pollution.

Published today in the journal Nature Geoscience, the paper concludes that limiting the increase in global average temperatures above pre-industrial levels to 1.5 °C, the goal of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, is not yet geophysically impossible, but likely requires more ambitious emission reductions than those pledged so far.

«The Commission is concerned that over-reliance on international offsets — given the practical difficulty of assuring that emissions reductions claimed in other countries are real, permanent, additional, and verifiable — could undermine program goals and political support, especially if substantial U.S. funds are leaving the country to support abatement efforts abroad rather than at home,» it states.

This decrease is about five times larger than the annual emissions reduction target for the first commitment period (2008 - 2012) of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change.

This translates into more than 40 per cent reduction in carbon emissions.

And although companies are pledging to do more than ever to reduce emissions, «disparity [exists] between companies» strategies, targets and the emissions reductions» that climate scientists say will be necessary to limit the rise in average global temperatures to 2 degrees Celsius.

Energy Both John McCain and Barack Obama have called for a cap - and - trade system to cut carbon emissions, although Obama's proposed reduction (80 percent from 1990 levels by 2050) is larger than McCain's (65 percent).

Consumption patterns, together with aging and urbanization in some countries, have bigger implications for health and the reduction of carbon emissions than the total number of people in the world.

«The increased carbon dioxide emissions from the nine government - approved plants alone will more than cancel out all of the reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from China's recent investments in wind and solar electricity,» Yang said.

The authors of the new study warned that emissions reductions near ports could be negated if the ships travel faster than normal cruising speeds outside of the slow zones.

Total annual production emissions, averaged over five years, would equal about 100 grams of carbon dioxide per megajoule — which is 7 percent greater than gasoline emissions and 62 grams above the 60 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions as required by the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act.

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.

«More than anything else this requires rapid and strong reductions of burning fossil fuels such as coal; but some emissions, for instance from industrial processes, will be difficult to reduce — therefore getting CO2 out of the air and storing it safely is a rather hot topic.

Reductions in national carbon emissions could prevent more than 3,000 premature deaths per year by cleaning up the air across the nation, finds a new study published yesterday in Nature Climate Change.

However, the reductions required are country specific and small — less than 10 percent below a nation's 1990 emissions.

The court adopted the growing consensus that drastic reductions in CO2 emissions are necessary to prevent a temperature rise of more than 2 °C — starting with a reduction between 25 % and 40 % by 2020.

emissions are necessary to prevent a temperature rise of more than 2 °C — starting with a reduction between 25 % and 40 % by 2020.

Their original plan was to reduce pollution the most where this will have the greatest ecological benefit, rather than calling for more blanket reductions of emissions.

«The consequences of not [acting] are even higher with these results than they were before, when we could think about 1.5 degrees as being in the realm of possibility — which I think, realistically, it's not,» he said, urging more investments in research, a tax on carbon and other established paths to emissions reductions.

(5) reduction in transportation sector emissions through increased transportation system and vehicle efficiency or use of transportation fuels that have lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions that are substantially lower than those attributable to fossil fuel - based alternatives;

-- Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, the Secretary shall establish an independent advisory committee, to be known as the «USDA Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction and Sequestration Advisory Committee», to provide scientific and technical advice on establishing, implementing, and ensuring the overall environmental integrity of an offset program for domestic agricultural and forestry practices that reduce or avoid greenhouse gas emissions, or sequester greenhouse gases.

-- Not later than July 1, 2013, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report describing the extent by which the initiative has been enacted and the actual and projected effectiveness of the program under this section, including the energy efficiency, greenhouse gas emissions reductions, cost savings, and safety benefits at manufacturing facilities, power plants, refineries, hospitals, universities, government buildings, and other commercial and industrial locations.

The influence of lobby groups on the current public and political discussion does not bode well that we can prevent or substantially decrease their influence in the near future, when they may call to focus on geoengineering instead of emission reduction strategies (rather than focus on both, but in reverse order).

More than a third of the EU's 2020 climate target will be delivered by cities, equivalent to 240 million tonnes of CO2 emission reductions (JRC, 2016).

More than 8,000 projects or programmes of activities are registered under the mechanism, and more than 1.8 billion Certified emission reduction units (CERs) had been issued by the end of 2017.

Although this potential is significant, it is considerably lower than the ex-ante emission reduction estimates in project design documents of 7.7 G t CO2 e for the same period.

Today's final rulemaking builds on the fuel efficiency and GHG emissions standards already in place for model years 2014 - 2018, which alone will result in CO2 emissions reductions of 270 million metric tons and save vehicle owners more than $ 50 billion in fuel costs.

The electric e-NV200 is undergoing limited tested in Europe, including as a FedEx delivery van in London.One of the main advantages to an electric delivery van, apart from reduced fuel use and a reduction in tailpipe emissions, is that it will be far quieter than current cargo vans.

Optimized aerodynamics have a direct impact on the car's fuel economy and emission management; a reduction of air drag by 10 % offers a reduction of fuel consumption on the road of more than 2.5 %, according to BMW.

The Zafira and Combo CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) produce almost no soot particles, 20 percent less carbon dioxide than a comparable gasoline model and an up to 80 percent reduction in other harmful emissions.