Sentences with phrase «weak targets»

Another criticism is that the bill has very weak targets for reducing greenhouse gases.

Thereby, the binding of relatively weak targeting agents can be enhanced.

Nor can the Coalition's weak target change what other countries do.

The Howard Government's proposed emissions trading scheme, to begin in 2012, will almost certainly have a very weak target, which will require much less of Australian emitters.

Weaker targets for 2020 increase the risk of crossing tipping points and make the task of meeting 2050 targets more difficult.

This is why attempts at satire fall on their face when they make the weak their target.

The text highlighted the big gap between the global aim of limiting global warming to an average of 1.5 - 2 degrees Celsius, and current commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions, a gap which grows ever wider given the inability of most countries to meet even these weak targets.

We have a number of concerns about this overall agreement: in particular the weak target and the exclusive...

Similar work suggests that meeting Alberta's weak targets would require measures equivalent to a provincial carbon price of $ 150 / ton by 2020.

A weaker target would fit with the EU's 2030 climate goals, the advice says, but would «fail to prepare sufficiently for the [UK's] 2050 target as it could be met without roll - out of low - carbon vehicles or heating in the 2020s».

The proposal is for a weak target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by just 40 % by 2030, and for no binding national targets for renewables and energy savings.

We will have weaker targets than any of us would like to see.