Translation of "plus près serré " (French → English) :

Total greenhouse gas emissions associated with transportation rose by 25% between 1990 and 2003, and the situation is even worst in Quebec, where transportation is the largest source of greenhouse gases, accounting for nearly 40% of emissions.

With almost 20 % of total primary energy consumption and the fastest growth in consumption, the transport sector represents both a major environmental risk (greenhouse gas emissions) and one of the main factors of dependency on fossil fuels.

If our greenhouse gases have only increased by 2.3% in 10 years, this has happened despite the fact that our use of fossil fuels has increased by 7%, that our gross domestic product has increased by 26% and that the population has increased by 6%. So there is no contradiction between reaching the goals established by Kyoto and ensuring economic development, as well as responding to the needs of the public (1650) With the efforts that have made by Quebec—to which I shall return later—we are now at 12 tonnes per person, as far as greenhouse gas emissions are concerned—about the European level—compared to the figure for Canada, which is 23. ...[+++]6 tonnes.

He proposes a 100 megatonne reduction in Canadian emissions based on a sectorial distribution that is unfair to Quebec, one that will give heavy greenhouse gas emitters, the western oil industry in particular, an opportunity to increase emissions by close to 14%, while a heavier burden will be imposed on the Quebec manufacturing sector, which has already succeeded in reducing its emissions.

However, about 25% of global greenhouse gas emissions can be attributed to land use changes, among which tropical deforestation is the most prominent[11].

existing commitments of the Community are to stabilise CO emissions at 1990 level by 2000, which means that this level cannot be exceeded after the year 2000 (Council conclusions June 1995 and December 1995); It has concluded that commitments for significant overall reductions of greenhouse gas emissions after the year 2000 below 1990 level should be included in a protocol (Council conclusions June 1996); It has concluded that global average temperatures should not exceed 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial level and that therefore concentration levels lower than 550 ppm CO should guide global limitation and reduction efforts (Cou ...[+++]ncil conclusions June 1996), which calls for early action on emission reduction and indicates the need for significant reductions from industrialised countries in the 2000-2020 time-frame; national commitments by a number of Member States for the period after the year 2000 are an important contribution towards reductions of greenhouse gas emissions below 1990 level for the Community as a whole.