Sentences with phrase «while meeting climate targets»

Over the next decades, the planet's energy challenge will be resolving how hundreds of millions of people can gain access to electricity while meeting climate targets.

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But he said moving to meet climate targets is becoming more affordable because while policy is still important the energy market is transforming so fast that «market forces have taken over», market forces around wind and solar power and batteries «are just accelerating regardless of what anyone else does» and decisions by companies like AGL Energy to close their Liddell coal power station «are being made on economic grounds».

«A John Horgan New Democrat government will put forward a climate action plan before the next election that will have real targets to cut carbon pollution, with a commitment to meet them, and will have a plan to create many new clean technology and renewable energy jobs while protecting our existing industries from unfair competition.

While many schemes supported through these levies make a valuable contribution to meeting Government targets to save energy, reduce emissions, and tackle fuel poverty and climate change the latest Government estimate indicated that they currently account for 4 % of a typical gas bill and up to 10 % of a typical electricity bill.

While the retail giant has met some of its sustainability goals, it has failed to set science - based targets for climate emissions or speed up progress on renewables

The concept looks to integrate energy and climate protection while meeting the prescribed emissions targets, and further harmonize climate protection and energy policies.

While additional analysis and policymaking will certainly be needed to meet 2050 goals, Greenblatt's study highlights the importance and potential of near - term action to work towards global climate stabilization targets.

Dr Mike Cherrett of Climate - KIC, the EU climate initiative that co-led the project, added: «The calculator clearly highlights that we can meet out 2C target while maintaining good lifestyles — but we need to set ambitious targets on all fronts and use innovation to address climate change.Climate - KIC, the EU climate initiative that co-led the project, added: «The calculator clearly highlights that we can meet out 2C target while maintaining good lifestyles — but we need to set ambitious targets on all fronts and use innovation to address climate change.climate initiative that co-led the project, added: «The calculator clearly highlights that we can meet out 2C target while maintaining good lifestyles — but we need to set ambitious targets on all fronts and use innovation to address climate change.climate change.»

The inescapable climate point here is that while there's lots of talk about meeting climate targets, holding international conferences and summits to develop action plans — the United States already is achieving results.

While CO2 emissions from coal power plants is a significant part of the climate problem, we will also need to eliminate CO2 emissions from other sources within the next few decades to meet climate targets.

On that basis, the report concludes that while continued oil sands production will make it very hard for Canada to meet its national emission reduction targets — which again it's worth pointing out, are in line with those of the US and far far below what science says is needed to minimize the impacts of climate change — on a global basis «elimination of oil sands GHG emissions will not eliminate or substantially lessen the immense challenge facing the world to reduce GHG emissions.»

[10] While many companies appear to believe that climate targets will not be met, we are unaware of any company (save Statoil) that endeavors to incorporate the physical and economic impacts of largely unabated climate change on the macroeconomic forecasts that drive their modeling, though that flows, ipso facto, from the suggestion that the world is likely to use far more fossil fuels than could safely be combusted whilst still achieving those targets.

Six sub-national governments, including Lombardy, Carinthia and Wallonia have already met or exceeded their 2020 climate targets, while four governments including Scotland and Lower Austria, have made great progress and are on track to meet their targets.

While Abbott used to characterise the trade of international credits as «money that shouldn't be going offshore into dodgy carbon farms in Equatorial Guinea and Kazakhstan», the climate review says «access to high - quality international units will provide greater flexibility to business and government in meeting emissions reduction targets».