Example collocations logo

Reductions in sentence

486 examples of Reductions in a sentence

Nonetheless, the reduction in CO2 concentration – and hence temperature – in 2100 will be greater from the future reductions.
Tol strikingly shows that grand promises of drastic, immediate carbon cuts – reminiscent of the call for 80% reductions by mid-century that some politicians and lobbyists make – are an incredibly expensive way of doing very little good.
For example, unlike the World Trade Organization, whose dispute-settlement mechanism imposes penalties for abandoning negotiated reductions of trade barriers, the targets for emission reductions are not binding and enforceable commitments.
In a fast-changing geopolitical and economic environment – characterized by challenges like interest-rate rises spurred by high debt levels; competitive corporate-tax reductions; changing immigration patterns; and a possible slowdown in the pace of globalization – small countries must be able to identify and assess risks, and adjust their strategies accordingly.
Strategic reductions in price to undercut a competitor pass the test of rational duty (as long as prices do not fall below costs).
But strategic reductions of wages to ever lower levels (the Uberization of society) cannot be rational, because the result would be a catastrophic collapse, owing to disappearing aggregate demand.
Democrats oppose most nondefense spending cuts, arguing that reductions would cause the economy to contract.
That case is strongest if the spending reductions are large and abrupt in a weak economy.
National leaders must honor the timetable for adaptation and emissions reductions.
Romney, for example, has a detailed 59-point economic program, including a cap on federal spending at 20% of GDP, which would require reductions similar to those in the 1980’s and 1990’s.
The Kyoto Protocol allows countries to meet their target reductions of CO2 emissions by substituting bio-fuels for fossil fuels.
Europe needs fiscal consolidation, reductions in carbon emissions, and a strategy for economic growth.
Without a sharp rise in global ambition for emissions reductions by 2020, we will be unable to save the world’s most vulnerable countries.
Indeed, none of America’s corporate titans mentioned the administration’s reductions in funding for science, so important for strengthening the US economy’s comparative advantage and supporting gains in Americans’ standard of living.
But, rather than pursuing joint initiatives aimed at advancing the two countries’ shared interests in these areas, the US proposed nuclear-weapons reductions as the primary mechanism of the diplomatic reset.
But progress soon stalled, with Russia rejecting US proposals for further reductions, especially of tactical nuclear weapons – an area in which Russia dominates.
But Putin had little reason to reciprocate, not least because agreement on the issue would have opened the way to further nuclear-arms reductions.
High carbon prices are a crucial policy tool to drive emissions reductions and limit harmful climate change.
In industrial sectors such as steel, cement, and chemicals, we need carbon prices to unleash a market-driven search for least-cost emission reductions.
The problem is that even global, draconian, and hugely costly CO2 reductions will have virtually no impact on the temperature by mid-century.
That change would raise revenue equal to about 1% of GDP, enough to pay for very substantial reductions in individual tax rates.
The Petri-Plummer study predicts that the bulk of the economic benefits of the TPP will come from reductions in non-tariff barriers (such as regulatory barriers on imported services) and lower obstacles to foreign investment.
But the modeling of these effects is an order of magnitude more difficult than in the case of tariff reductions.
The Bush team believed that they would eventually balance the tax cuts for the rich with reductions in government spending, but they never explained this to the public.
Meanwhile, sectors or firms that export, like those in manufacturing, would enjoy significant reductions in their tax burden.
If, as seems likely, economic troubles continue, the US, Russia, and other nuclear powers should seize the moment to launch multilateral arms reductions through new or existing channels such as the UN Conference on Disarmament.
Brazil has reduced deforestation rates in the Amazon by roughly 80% since 2005, and Norway’s pledge of $1 billion is helping to achieve further reductions.
It is tempting to believe that renewable energy sources are responsible for emissions reductions, but the numbers clearly say otherwise.
This flies in the face of conventional thinking, which continues to claim that mandating carbon reductions – through cap-and-trade or a carbon tax – is the only way to combat climate change.
The relatively small reduction in emissions achieved through wind power costs more than $3.3 billion annually, and far smaller reductions from ethanol (biofuels) and solar panels cost at least $8.5 and $3 billion annually.
BackNext