Sentence examples for reductions commitments from inspiring English sources

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.

To abandon its current emissions reductions commitments would mean repealing the act.

But he noted that it was absolutely necessary to verify the reductions commitments of the major emitters.

11, should include five-year reviews of emissions reductions commitments in order to "reinforce mutual confidence and promote efficient implementation".

But the negotiations, at which U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry had made an impassioned plea for agreement, were considered a failure by those hoping for ambitious emissions reductions commitments.

He reminded the conference that the US pledge to contribute to a $100 billion international fund by 2020 was predicated on the establishment of a "broader accord" that contained effective reviews and covered all nations' reductions commitments.

The downturn in emissions means there is a decent chance that the U.S. will arrive in Paris for the next major international climate conference at the end of 2015 on track to fulfilling its reductions commitment, a pole position that should give Obama considerable leadership chops with other heads of state.

The administration has a good story to tell of how committing to US legislation has catalysed serious emission reduction commitments from all major economies.

He added: "We must have reduction commitments from developed countries.

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

The summit also featured new reduction commitments, with Japan, Italy and Belgium agreeing to cut their stocks of highly enriched uranium and plutonium.