Sentences with phrase «unit of gross domestic product»

Keqiang said the country would reduce its emissions per unit of gross domestic product by at least 60 percent below 2005 levels.

China will aim to cut its greenhouse gas emissions per unit of gross domestic product by 60 - 65 % from 2005 levels under a plan submitted to the United Nations for the 2015 COP21 meeting in Paris.

In 2009, at the United Nations climate conference in Copenhagen, China vowed to reduce the carbon dependence of its economy by lowering CO2 emissions per unit of gross domestic product from 2010 levels by 17 percent by 2015.

After a meeting with French President Francois Hollande, who will host the climate talks in December, Li said China will cut carbon emissions per unit of gross domestic product buy 60 percent to 65 percent by 2030.

CHINA - A 2006 - 10 plan aims to reduce energy consumption per unit of gross domestic product by 20 percent, curbing the rise of greenhouse gas emissions.

China has been taking big strides in addressing climate change and the mitigation of greenhouse gases, Xuedu said, including reducing its energy intensity per unit of gross domestic product by 19 percent.

Most noteworthy was president Hu's introduction of a new goal to reduce carbon dioxide emissions per unit of gross domestic product from 2005 levels by 2020 by a «notable margin.»

Carbon intensity, generally defined as carbon produced per unit of gross domestic product, has been falling in developed countries, and some developing countries have pledged to reduce their own levels by as much as 45 percent by the end of the decade.

Currently, China is working on a pledge to curb emissions intensity — the amount of carbon pumped into the atmosphere per unit of gross domestic product — but has not indicated when it might cut absolute emissions.

With a one - party, socialist - communist political system, once the decision was made at the top to embrace climate action, Chinese officials have been able to move fast since 2007, when the 11th five - year plan set first - ever energy consumption targets: a reduction of 20 percent energy use per unit of gross domestic product by 2012.

He added: «China plans to reduce its energy consumption per unit of gross domestic product (GDP) by 20 % by 2010.»

Here's the background paper with more detail on the proposal, which is primarily aimed at developing more accountability within the government, and particularly the White House, on overseeing a sequence of achievable steps to progressively ratchet down the amount of oil per unit of gross domestic product — «oil intensity» is the shorthand.

He then described Mr. Bush's chosen way of measuring progress — by tracking the amount of carbon dioxide emissions per unit of gross domestic product (tons per dollar)-- and said the country was on track to reach Mr. Bush's goal, set in 2002, of an 18 percent drop in greenhouse «intensity» by 2012.

According to the report, China successfully decreased its energy intensity per unit of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) between 2006 - 2010 and has become a global leader in renewable energy technology investment.

With a one - party, socialist - communist political system, once the decision was made at the top to embrace climate action, Chinese officials have been able to move fast since 2007, when the 11th five - year plan set first - ever energy consumption targets: a reduction of 20 percent energy use per unit of gross domestic product by 2012.

U.S. energy efficiency, which EIA defines as «energy intensity» (energy consumption per unit of gross domestic product) is among the world's leaders:

While energy intensity — primary energy demand per unit of gross domestic product — has improved over time, this improvement slowed to 1.7 % in 2017, compared with an average of 2.3 % over the previous three years, and only half the annual improvement rate consistent with delivering the Paris Agreement goals.

The amount of carbon emitted by a country per unit of Gross Domestic Product.