Sentences with phrase «through increased emissions»

«It's [the increase in carbon dioxide through increased emissions from human activities] the only variable that can best explain the rapid increase in global temperatures.»

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See http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fTEXT%2bIM-PRESS%2b20111205IPR33211%2b0%2bDOC%2bXML%2bV0%2f%2fEN&language=EN Following that vote, the man responsible for steering the legislation through Parliament, motorcycling Dutch MEP and IMCO Rapporteur Wim van de Camp, said that «These vehicles will increase urban mobility, use less space, waste less energy and have a reduced level of emissions» adding that «riding a motorbike has now become greener and safer.»

Under a scenario where emissions increase through 2050 and gradually decrease afterward, the assessment predicts that the median area burned each year in the Northwest could quadruple, reaching 2 million acres annually by the 2080s.

Ultimately, the group focused its investigation on the five strategies that appear to hold the most promise: reducing emissions, sequestering carbon through biological means on land and in the ocean, storing carbon dioxide in a liquefied form in underground geological formations and wells, increasing Earth's cloud cover and solar reflection.

That scenario, known as RCP 8.5, and often referred to as the «business as usual» scenario, has carbon dioxide emissions increasing through 2100.

Considering that human activity has indirectly brought together species through planetary warming and increased fossil fuel emissions, the question on the minds of many biologists like Arnold is whether humans should play a role in preventing hybridization like this.

More important than 2013's increase in emissions is the Obama administration's commitment to reduce them through the Clean Power Plan, incentives for clean energy and the pact between the U.S. and China, he said.

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

(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;

No plan to substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions can succeed through increases in energy efficiency alone.

«(i) increase the percentage of emissions that can be offset through the use of international offset credits to reflect the amount that 1.0 billion exceeds the number of domestic offset credits the Administrator determines is available, at prices generally equal to or less than emission allowance prices, for that year, up to a maximum of 0.5 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions; and

The report, which circulated within the company through the early 1980s, reflected Exxon's growing need to understand when the climate implications of increased CO2 emissions would begin to spur policy changes.

Another potential feedback might occur if reduced timber yields force loggers to compensate by enlarging the amount of area harvested, resulting in higher CO2 emissions through deforestation and associated fires, as well as increased rates of habitat fragmentation / degradation and species extinctions

Good indoor air quality and low carbon emissions can be achieved through natural ventilation, when possible, which can refresh indoor air without increasing energy consumption, but this requires good outdoor air quality.

On June 3, 2016, during the 8th U.S. - China Transportation Forum in Los Angeles, U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and China's Ministry of Transport (MOT) jointly announced the R2ZE Challenge and called to action cities / transit agencies to take measurable steps to reduce transit fleet bus greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions through increased deployment and operation of ZEBs.

Because of the these attributes, this seemingly modest, very local activity support national goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve health through prevention, and increase access to opportunity.

Activities / Accomplishments: DOT has implemented several strategies in order to reduce Scope 3 GHG Emissions, and some of these strategies include: 1) reducing employee business air travel through technologies such as web conferencing; 2) increasing telework rates through making more employees eligible for telework and / or allowing an increase in total number of days teleworked; and 3) using an employee commuting survey to identify opportunities and strategies for reducing commuter eEmissions, and some of these strategies include: 1) reducing employee business air travel through technologies such as web conferencing; 2) increasing telework rates through making more employees eligible for telework and / or allowing an increase in total number of days teleworked; and 3) using an employee commuting survey to identify opportunities and strategies for reducing commuter emissionsemissions.

Use of U.S. Croplands for Biofuels Increase Greenhouse Gases Through Emissions from Land - Use Change (2008)

There's also a direct injection technology that helps the engine deliver more power through increased efficiency while also maintaining fuel economy and lowering emissions.

Specifically, Field described how carbon emissions had been increasing at 0.9 % per year through the 1990s, but accelerated to 3.5 % per year growth between 2000 and 2007.

Thus, if the absorption of the infrared emission from atmospheric greenhouse gases reduces the gradient through the skin layer, the flow of heat from the ocean beneath will be reduced, leaving more of the heat introduced into the bulk of the upper oceanic layer by the absorption of sunlight to remain there to increase water temperature.

Substitution through increased utilization of existing combined cycle natural gas power plants provides a relatively low - cost, short - term opportunity to reduce U.S. power sector carbon dioxide emissions by up to 20 percent, while also reducing emissions of criteria pollutants and mercury.

Starting with small amounts of absorption, the transient cooling should extend through most of the atmosphere (except the troposphere) because each layer's emission and absorption of radiation from the surface would increase equally if not for the increased absorption of radiation from the surface by lower layers, while the increased absorption of radiation from other layers would be a smaller effect due to the small emissivities — this would be true in the troposphere as well except the convective coupling with the surface would prevent it.

The new gas supplies will most likely reduce, not increase, emissions, through replacing coal in electrical generation, a process that is already under way, even in the absence of a climate bill.

While many have included an important role for coal in providing energy in the future, almost all of them have connected it to reduced carbon emissions through increased efficiency or carbon capture and sequestration (ccs).

Through improved operational practices, your organisation could achieve significant reductions in energy consumption and carbon emissions, and increase stakeholder engagement through your commitment to sustainaThrough improved operational practices, your organisation could achieve significant reductions in energy consumption and carbon emissions, and increase stakeholder engagement through your commitment to sustainathrough your commitment to sustainability.

He stressed that China was a victim of climate change, and that its increased emissions was inevitable as the country goes through necessary industrialisation as it develops.»

That led to rules that steadily reduce carbon emission levels (and parallel rules to increase corporate average fuel economy) from 2012 through 2025.

To address this need, a policy instrument similar to a Renewable Portfolio Standard could work wonders — if countries / states mandated that an increasing fraction of their emissions be offset through direct air capture, it would create a bankable demand driver that would stimulate further investments in technology research and development.

Specifically, EPA ignores the possibility that its rule will increase greenhouse gas emissions outside of the United States, through mechanisms such as a lower world price of oil due to restricted American demand.

I blame the Greens and environmentalists for causing tens of millions of deaths through banning DDT, causing food price rises and increasing food poverty though their advocacy of biofuels and, importantly, causing the world's CO2 emissions to be about 10 % to 20 % higher now than they would have been if not for their anti-nuclear activism over the past half century.

Continuing to provide emissions allowances for state energy efficiency and renewable energy programs through 2030, and increasing the percentage of emissions allowances to 6 %.

We can reach that goal through immediate and sustained action to reduce our heat - trapping emissions like adopting technologies that increase energy efficiency, expanding our use of renewable energy, and slowing deforestation (among other solutions).

In our operations, we are improving energy efficiency and reducing carbon emissions through behavioral or management changes, technology improvements and increasing our use of low - carbon, renewable energy, like solar and wind power.

We look forward to working with ICROA to expand carbon market activity in the U.S. and internationally through innovative, large - scale emissions reduction offset projects as well as increased developing country market access and participation.»

The topline here is that through a combination of ambitious efficiency measures, aggressive targets and policies for emissions reduction, and a deep commitment to expanding renewables, the state's been able to do the remarkable and grow its economy without substantially increasing emissions.

So the increase in emission to the surface from the increased CO2 is nearly balanced by decreased transmission of solar radiation through the atmosphere.

This suggests that while the UK has made progress in reducing its own carbon dioxide emissions, these reductions have been offset by increased emissions in other countries through the consumption of imported goods and services.

In 2006, the European Union (EU), which consists of 27 members, committed to reducing its global warming emissions by at least 20 percent of 1990 levels by 2020, to consuming 20 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2020, and to reducing its primary energy use by 20 percent from projected levels through increased energy efficiency.1 The EU has also committed to spending $ 375 billion a year to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80 percent by 2050 compared to 1990 levels.2 The EU is meeting these goals through binding national commitments which vary depending on the unique situation of a given country but which average out to the overall targets.

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

Although we devoted a chapter to increasing energy efficiency — doing what we do with less energy — there is also a huge potential for cutting carbon emissions through conservation by not doing some of the things we do, or doing them differently.

When we associate years with warming, sea level, and city commitments, we are referencing the 21st century years when the commitments are established through cumulative emissions, not the years farther in the future when the commitments are realized through sustained temperature increases and SLR.

By «committed» or «locked in» warming or sea level in a given year, we refer to the long - term effects of cumulative anthropogenic carbon emissions through that year: the sustained temperature increase or SLR that will ensue on a time scale of centuries to millennia in the absence of massive and prolonged future active carbon removal from the atmosphere.

Through the market mechanism the program provides, buildings are more readily able to reduce emissions, with the ability to sell reductions credits to buildings with sharp increase of energy consumption that are more costly to retrofit — driving greater emissions reductions at a reduced cost by all participants.

The release of gas hydrates may still be stoppable through a suite of techniques including withdrawing atmospheric CO2 by rapidly building soil fertility on a global scale, reforestation to increase reflective cloud cover, and rapidly reducing CO2 emissions — in other words, a massive emergency campaign to cool the planet: Climate Code Red!

Additionally, the parks are increasing the quality of life for the city's children while providing local jobs, improving air quality, and reducing CO22 emissions through carbon storage.

It addressed, through presentations, subsequent question and answer sessions and a general discussion, the following issues: clarification of the nature and level of the targets communicated by developed country Parties; assumptions and conditions associated with the targets; commonalities and differences of approach in measuring the progress towards the targets; comparability of emission reduction efforts by developed country Parties, and options and ways to increase the level of ambition of the pledges; relevant policies and measures to support the targets, and experience with low - emission development strategies; and possible ways forward.

Solar wind is tied to sunspot activity which may be why, unlike CO2 studies showing a lag between temperature rising and increased CO2 emission, the earth goes through cooling and warming cycles.

(Sec. 265) Authorizes the Secretary to establish a research program to: (1) identify the factors affecting consumer actions to conserve energy and make improvements in energy efficiency; and (2) make grants to institutions of higher education to study the effects of consumer behavior on total energy use, the potential energy savings from changes in consumption habits, the ability to reduce GHG emissions through changes in energy consumption habits, increasing public awareness of federal climate adaptation and mitigation programs, and the potential for alterations in consumer behavior to further American energy independence.

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.