Sentences with phrase «voluntary targets for»

Bush is expected to promote only voluntary targets for cutting emissions, instead of legally binding targets within a Kyoto - based international agreement.

Under her predecessor Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil put in place effective measures to reduce the speed of Amazon clearance and set ambitious voluntary targets for deforestation.

It set voluntary targets for salt levels in 62 categories of packaged food and 25 categories of restaurant food to guide food company salt reductions of 25 % by 2014, with an intermediary milestone in 2012.

Not exact matches

With respect to Awards granted to an Outside Director that are assumed or substituted for, if on the date of or following such assumption or substitution the Participant's status as a Director or a director of the successor corporation, as applicable, is terminated other than upon a voluntary resignation by the Participant (unless such resignation is at the request of the acquirer), then the Participant will fully vest in and have the right to exercise Options and / or Stock Appreciation Rights as to all of the Shares underlying such Award, including those Shares which would not otherwise be vested or exercisable, all restrictions on Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units will lapse, and, with respect to Awards with performance - based vesting, all performance goals or other vesting criteria will be deemed achieved at one hundred percent (100 %) of target levels and all other terms and conditions met.

To suggest that total voluntary exclusion and participation in an individual's self selected religious practices and spiritual life is somehow politically incorrect or wrong, or making it a target of criticism or political point, is nothing less than a display of ignorance and disregard for individual rights.

The Lovins believe that the targets for reduced emission of greenhouse gases set at Kyoto can be met on a voluntary basis as Clinton proposes.

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All sectors involved in developing and policies and programmes to deliver on fuel poverty targets should attend including representatives from local government and RSLs; central government; the energy industry; Green Deal installer organisations; health agencies; voluntary and not for profit agencies at a national and local level.

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

A proposed voluntary early retirement plan, if accepted by enough workers, would account for only $ 15 million of that, meaning Mangano would have to come up with additional savings of more than $ 100 million in labor costs annually to meet his target.

The United States is leading the charge for a voluntary pact in which countries declare targets that are then enforced with monitoring and reporting efforts.

Most notably, hitting a pollution target that a country set for itself under the agreement remains entirely voluntary.

«Officials at the Department of Energy (DOE) lab hope to meet the target through voluntary buyouts, and there are no immediate plans for layoffs.

And while Obama called the 18 December deal he brokered an «unprecedented breakthrough» in getting developing countries to agree for the first time to voluntary reductions in greenhouse - gas emissions, he knew that it was missing major components that supporters had sought, ranging from mandatory mitigation targets to deforestation.

This includes clauses to: limit global warming to less than 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and endeavour to limit it to 1.5 °C; for countries to meet their own voluntary targets on limiting emissions between 2020 and 2030; for countries to submit new, tougher, targets every five years; to aim for zero net emissions by 2050 - 2100; and for rich nations to help poorer ones adapt.

Determine if specific content areas will be required learning or voluntary, for specific targeted learners and content areas.

Over three years, New York City piloted a voluntary program that awarded bonuses of up to $ 3,000 per teacher to schools that met performance targets for school environment and student performance, including student growth on standardized tests.

The solution here is funding voluntary low - cost spay neuter programs and specifically targeting low - income neighborhoods for these services.

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.

Whereas in Copenhagen there was an effort to browbeat countries into accepting targets for reducing carbon emissions, Paris is about collecting voluntary plans for action drafted by individual countries.

The wildlife federation award was given to Leonard for a variety of climate - change projects, including being the first electric power company in the nation to establish and meet a voluntary target reduction for carbon pollution and establishing a $ 30 million fund to pay for carbon reduction projects, said Larry Schweiger, federation president and chief executive officer.

Once you have reduced as much as possible, if there's a gap between that and your science - based target, there is a role for the voluntary purchase of emissions reductions elsewhere.»

Gold Standard is partnering with the UNFCCC Secretariat — the body responsible for delivering the Paris Agreement — to develop a range of methodologies, tools and guidance to assist companies and sub-national governments in setting voluntary sustainability targets and assessing the SDG impacts of their initiatives.

• Emissions Reductions: The Copenhagen Accord provides for countries to voluntarily commit to GHG mitigation plans in two separate annexes, one for developed country targets and the other for the voluntary pledges of major developing countries.

While the bills wouldn't scrap the state's voluntary target, they would eliminate financial incentives for utilities that invest in or build renewable projects under the scheme.

(O'Neill 1989, 224) In the case of national and sub-national emissions targets, this would entail voluntary emissions reductions beyond legal restrictions on occasions when legal frameworks prescribe goals inadequate for distributive and retributive justice criteria.

Among other things, HB 114 would make Ohio's renewable energy standards into completely voluntary and unenforceable targets, while further expanding what could count for energy efficiency, reducing that target and allowing most corporate customers and many consumers to opt out altogether from paying anything for the programs.

The EU made the mistake of not setting a binding target for energy savings for 2020 and the current voluntary target has proved wholly ineffective.

The good news is that policies put into place over the last three decades — including appliance efficiency standards, voluntary labeling programs like ENERGY STAR, and state energy - savings targets — have already helped offset rising demand for electricity and saved consumers billions of dollars.

With the EU highly unlikely to use offsets unless government agrees to deepen a proposed carbon reduction target beyond 40 %, the main source of demand for forest offsets in the short term might be restricted to California's carbon reduction scheme and the voluntary carbon market.

Yeb Sano, now 5 days into a voluntary fast for climate justice, spoke for the Philippines to say that they were very concerned about finance and loss and damage, and that public announcements from some Parties about lowering targets was not conducive to building trust.

The time is right for companies around the world to demonstrate leadership on climate action by aligning corporate voluntary greenhouse gas reduction targets with climate science.

IMO it's misleading, because the US administration is still insisting (a) on only discussing emissions intensity targets (for reducing, not total emissions, but only the rate of growth of US emissions), and US emissions intensity will reduce even under business as usual; and (b) the US administration is still insisting on only considering voluntary targets, despite the fact that even many major US corporations are calling for mandatory caps and despite the fact that there is no evidence that their existing voluntary targets have made any difference.

This recent article in GreenBiz sets out how voluntary carbon offsetting is an essential part of the equation in helping companies meet their carbon management targets, and take full responsibility for their carbon emissions.

Friends of the Earth Europe also calls on Mr Barroso to get tough on binding emissions standards for cars, to replace the current voluntary target that car makers are failing to meet.

Arguing that the science of global warming remains uncertain, President Bush in 2001 disavowed the Kyoto treaty that sets mandatory targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and he has pursued policies calling for more research and voluntary efforts to limit emissions.

Brighter Futures is a voluntary, targeted early intervention programme for families with children, or who are expecting a child, that aims to prevent vulnerable children and families from entering the child protection system through provision of intervention and support that will achieve long - term benefits for the children.46 The programme provides a range of tailored services including case management, casework focused on parent vulnerabilities, structured home visiting, quality children's services, parenting programmes and brokerage funds.

That is, the provisions for voluntary income management and the provisions for the last - resort approach for targeted risk areas that are continued in relation to child protection, school enrolment, school attendance and the Queensland Family Responsibilities Commission.