Sentences with phrase «voluntary national commitments»

The proposals for change are based on «voluntary national commitments», which are not legally binding and will not commit countries to meet any targets or to work within a given timeframe.

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Calgary based Enbridge, the company behind Northern Gateway, has emphasized its commitment to safety and the environment, saying the National Energy Board Joint Review Panel, which held two years of hearings on the project, had made many of the company's voluntary commitments a mandatory part of the conditions for approval.

But the accord's national targets are voluntary, leaving room for the nearly 200 other countries in the agreement to alter their commitments.

In fact, the Copenhagen Accord and the Cancun agreements allowed each nation to identify its emissions reduction commitment based upon voluntary national considerations without regard to equity.