Sentences with phrase «voluntary cuts»

In the end they could only agree to present national plans for voluntary cuts.

That pact was abandoned by the U.S. Senate because it imposed emissions cuts on wealthy countries but let developing nations — including China — off the hook by allowing them to make voluntary cuts in exchange for financial support.

Supposedly, negotiators were committed to allowing countries to make voluntary cuts to oil and coal subsidies, but the agreement changed at the last minute Sunday.

So far there is no sign OPEC members, much less Russia or other non-OPEC producers, are prepared to contribute voluntary cuts.

«In general, one could imagine crisis periods of three to six months, where the MRP could be used (first with voluntary cuts, which would already in many cases stabilize the market.

According to economists at Moody's Analytics, about 80 percent of the debt decrease is a result of defaulted loans, while only 20 percent stemmed from voluntary cutting back.

The accord involves 195 countries pledging to achieve voluntary cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.

While President Bush's recent public statements seem to indicate that he may also be falling for global warming junk science so far, he's only for voluntary cuts in greenhouse gas emissions as well as «technology - based solutions.