Sentence examples for emissions reduction commitments made from inspiring English sources

While businesses are starting to take action on climate change, there are major concerns that emissions reduction commitments made by countries at the Paris climate talks will fall far short of what is necessary to keep the global temperature rise within a relatively 1.5 degrees Celsius. .

Malcolm Turnbull has signalled Australia will not seek to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement even if the US president-elect, Donald Trump, follows through on his threat to cancel the emissions reductions commitments made by Barack Obama last December.

Its emissions reduction commitments have also been roundly trumped.

The emissions reduction commitments that countries made under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol expire in 2012.

The ever-increasing emissions are taking Australia further from both its carbon-reduction commitments made in Paris and the much bigger reductions demanded by the science-based targets, recommended by the government's Climate Change Authority.

Australia's coal-fired power stations will face early closure to meet 2030 emissions reduction commitments, according to assumptions made by a government agency that runs the national electricity grid.

The education minister insisted that contrary to some reports, Robb's task in South America was not to chaperone Bishop at the climate conference and make sure that Australia didn't overcommit on new emissions reduction commitments.

It prescribes greenhouse gas emissions reduction commitments for 39 industrialized countries.

"Most European nations, as part of their emissions reduction commitments, can also use forest carbon sinks," Dr Nabuurs observed.

So there is a need to deepen and extend the emissions reduction commitments.

Not long after, Japan, Russia and Canada all announced that they would not be putting their emissions reduction commitments into a second post-20122) commitment period of Kyoto.