The country is still hopeful that it will meet its emissions goals, like reducing emissions by 40% by 2020, but the acceptance of electric cars in the country has not occurred as fast as expected.
该国仍希望实现其排放目标，比如到2020年减排40%，但该国对电动汽车的接受没有预期中的那么快。
As countries continue setting goals of reducing emissions, greater steps need to be taken to have a noticeable effect on the surrounding environment.
随着各国继续设定减排目标，需要采取更有力的措施才能使其周围环境产生显著影响。
Yet such standards are a poor way of reducing emissions.
然而用这样的标准来减排是一个蹩脚的办法。
Kyoto aimed at reducing emissions of 1990 greenhouse gases levels by 5.2% by 2012.
京都协议目的是到2012年为止，把1990年水平的温室气体排放标准降低5.2%。
Some states, such as California, have set their own goals for reducing emissions.
美国的一些州中，如加州，自身就设定了减排目标。
Manmade fibres such as polyester are a better choice in terms of reducing emissions.
在减少减少碳排放方面，涤纶之类的人造纤维是更好的选择。
In fact, reducing emissions does not mean cutting lifestyles. It does not mean punitive strategies.
但事实上，减排既不意味着使现有的生活方式打折，也不是一项惩罚性措施。
Reducing deforestation is a comparatively cheap way of reducing emissions, with other benefits to boot.
减少森林采伐是一个相对低成本的，可以减少排放量的方法，并且还能辅助其它行业收益。
Reducing emissions of greenhouse gases can substantially limit the extent and severity of long-term climate change.
减少温室气体的排放能有效控制长期气候变化的范围和严重性。
Such “ultra-supercritical” boilers, they say, could achieve efficiencies of over 50%, reducing emissions still further.
他们说这种“超超临界的”熔炉可能让燃烧效率超过50%，并进一步减少污染物排放。
Scientists at the EPA have long favoured such a ruling, which did not contain any specifics about reducing emissions of the pollutants.
环保局的科学家们长期以来倾向于这样一条原则，就是不抑制任何可以降低污染物排放的具体措施。
Divisions remain between rich and developing countries over who should bear the costs and the biggest burden of reducing emissions.
这是由于贫富国家在担负成本、承担减排压力的问题上尚有分歧。
Congressional action this week will center on reducing emissions by raising vehicle fuel-efficiency standards, including those for SUVs.
他提议减少电厂的温室气体排放量。本周国会议题是围绕通过提高机动车燃料效率标准来减少气体排放量这一论点展开的，其中也包括提高越野车的标准。
Her results show that reducing emissions is more complicated than just cutting back on nitrogen fertilizers and changing crop rotation cycles.
她的研究结果表明，减少排放要比只是减少氮肥的使用和改变作物轮作周期复杂得多。
These account for 20 per cent of global emissions and were excluded from current mechanisms to obtain financial rewards from reducing emissions.
这些所产生的排放量占全球总排放量的20%，但现行体制却没把它们包括在内，因为这样排放量指数可以减少，他们可以获得奖励。
It is called the initiative for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation, where local population would be paid to protect forests.
这就是“减少森林砍伐和退化产生的排放”(reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation)计划，用付钱的方式鼓励当地人保护森林。
Many of the lowest-hanging fruit for reducing emissions relate to energy efficiency in homes and lifestyle decisions about travel, diet and shopping.
许多减少排放的最容易达到的目标与房屋的能源效率、有关旅游的生活方式的决定、饮食以及购物等有关。
Yes, there is a cost to reducing emissions, but the cost of global warming and not just in the long term is going to be far higher, including for China.
是的，我们将为减少温室气体排放付出代价，但我们可能在并不遥远的将来为全球变暖付出远高于此的代价，中国也不能例外。
But the poorest are not rewarded for the big contribution they could make towards reducing emissions, which is the better management of tropical forests.
但是最贫困的国家很好地管理热带雨林，为减排作出巨大贡献，却没有得到回报。
In the last decade, the plant has made big investments in reducing emissions and pollution, but in the long term they were not enough to save it from closure.
在过去的10年，发电厂已经投入巨资，以减少废气排放及污染，但是，从长远看来，还是不足以幸免被关闭。
Not only will you be reducing emissions while you drive, but you will be sending a positive message to the car hire industry by your endorsement of the 'green' car.
你不但在开车是减少了排放，通过对“绿色”汽车的认可，你也给汽车租赁业传达了一个积极的信息。
The new treaty, which is due to come into force in 2012, is supposed to include incentives for "reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation" (REDD, in the jargon).
新的条约预期会在2012年生效，人们希望它会对“减少森林砍伐和退化造成的温室气体排放”(即reed)项目有所支持。
At the climate change conference in Bali in December 2007, world attention was focused on a new idea: Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation or "Redd".
2007年12月在巴里岛召开的气候变化会议上，世界各国关注的是这样一个新想法：减少因伐林和森林退化造成的碳排放(亦称Redd)。
At the climate change conference in Bali in December 2007, world attention was focused on a new idea: Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation or "Redd".
2007年12月在巴里岛召开的气候变化会议上，世界各国关注的是这样一个新想法：减少因伐林和森林退化造成的碳排放(亦称Redd)。
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