Sentences with phrase «through additional emissions»

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The bleaching process can lead to additional pollutants being released to the environment through airborne and waterborn emissions.

Through modeling carried out by Dr. Sean Brittain, a Clemson University astrophysicist and the lead author on the paper, and with additional data gathered by the team to confirm their initial hypothesis, they were able to investigate the extra emission as it orbited the star.

Politics of deferred gratification Under one of the additional scenarios, known as RCP 4.5, humans take longer to reduce greenhouse gas emissions but eventually do so, and under the other, known as RCP 8.5, carbon dioxide concentrations continue to rise through 2100.

While these deforestation programs and policies proved effective, Brazil took additional action through the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation plus pro-forest activities (REDD +) program in cooperation with Norway.

Innovative urban design could create increased access to active transport.99 The compact geographical area found in cities presents opportunities to reduce energy use and emissions of heat - trapping gases and other air pollutants through active transit, improved building construction, provision of services, and infrastructure creation, such as bike paths and sidewalks.303, 318 Urban planning strategies designed to reduce the urban heat island effect, such as green / cool roofs, increased green space, parkland and urban canopy, could reduce indoor temperatures, improve indoor air quality, and could produce additional societal co-benefits by promoting social interaction and prioritizing vulnerable urban populations.311, 303

The Summary for Policymakers states that taking into account additional warming factors, the amount of carbon that can be released through carbon dioxide emissions — in total — comes down to about 800 billion tonnes.

The scheme allows the sector's CO2 emissions to grow unchecked until 2020, after which most additional growth should be compensated through emission reductions in other sectors.

An additional 1 % reduction in fuel consumption and an important emissions contribution can be achieved through the integration of a thermal management module.

By rejecting the Coalition's plan, Labor will be pilloried for setting up the addition of some $ 15 billion to power consumers» bills by way of the shortfall charge levied on retailers — but doing so with: NO additional renewable energy; NO «break - through» on - demand renewable energy technologies; and NO reduction in CO2 emissions.

Innovative urban design could create increased access to active transport.99 The compact geographical area found in cities presents opportunities to reduce energy use and emissions of heat - trapping gases and other air pollutants through active transit, improved building construction, provision of services, and infrastructure creation, such as bike paths and sidewalks.303, 318 Urban planning strategies designed to reduce the urban heat island effect, such as green / cool roofs, increased green space, parkland and urban canopy, could reduce indoor temperatures, improve indoor air quality, and could produce additional societal co-benefits by promoting social interaction and prioritizing vulnerable urban populations.311, 303

Requires the EPA Administrator to promulgate regulations establishing a program for the issuance of offset credits that: (1) ensure that such offset credits represent verifiable and additional GHG emission reductions or avoidance, or increases in sequestration; (2) ensure that offset credits issued for sequestration offset projects are only issued for GHG reductions that are permanent; and (3) include as reductions in GHGs reductions achieved through the destruction of methane and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) or other ozone depleting substances.

-- The Administrator, in consultation with the Administrator of USAID, shall promulgate regulations establishing standards to ensure that supplemental emissions reductions achieved through supported activities are additional, measurable, verifiable, permanent, and monitored, and account for leakage and uncertainty.

Meeting the Paris pledge will require additional action: Reducing emissions 26 - 28 % below 2005 levels by 2025 will not be possible through current and planned policies alone.

In addition to the tax credits, there are two important additional steps the government can take to dramatically reduce carbon emissions through land use change.

We have purchase incentives, policies to access the HOV lanes, additional support programs for low - income and disadvantaged communities, and furthermore, the California utilities are making headway in installing charging infrastructure through EV programs — all to achieve the Governor's goal of putting 1.5 million zero emission vehicles on the road by 2025.

Tracing through this list, it becomes increasingly clear how the links between distant events lock into self - reinforcing loops: rising emissions, higher temperatures, shrinking sea ice, additional warming, extended droughts, bigger wildfires, and higher emissions still.