But the lion s share of these investments result in lower energy usage, and thus reduced energy costs.

Proponents of carbon cuts argue that green energy technologies only seem more expensive, because the price of fossil fuels does not reflect the cost of their impact on the climate.

Global warming will create significant problems, so carbon reductions offer significant benefits. Cutting carbon emissions, however, requires a reduction in the basic energy use that underpins modern society, so it will also mean significant costs.

Meanwhile, the fracking bonanza in the US not only delivers a much greater reduction for free, but also creates long term social benefits through lower energy costs.

The price of ICTs goods and services has fallen because of technological advances, increased competition and loosening trade restrictions.

The costs of reducing emissions pale in comparison to the possible risks the world faces.

(g) Further reduction of transaction costs for Governments and other partners dealing with the United Nations

Both scenarios entail reduction of the fixed cost base of UNOPS and the introduction of new service pricing mechanisms.

Tidak diragukan lagi perkembangan ini bagus untuk perjuangan melawan perubahan iklim. Namun pertimbangan utama yang menggerakkannya adalah keuntungan, bukan lingkungan hidup, sebab adanya peningkatan efisiensi dalam distribusi negara, dan apabila diperlukan, dalam penyimpanan, akan mengurangi biaya produksi energi terbarukan.

A reduction in unit labor costs can also increase competitiveness only to the extent that it actually results in price reductions.

There are two ways to reduce the government s health care outlays reduce the amount of health care the government buys, or reduce the cost of health care.

A deeper and more efficient financial sector would also reduce transaction costs and facilitate risk management.

Rather than relying on cutting a few tons of incredibly overpriced CO2 now, we need to invest in research and development aimed at innovating down the cost of green energy in the long run, so that everyone will switch.

Eurobonds would cut borrowing costs for the European Union s two large troubled members.

The reasoning seems to be that growth requires market confidence, which in turn requires fiscal retrenchment.

The state owned EDF, which normally exports power, ended up paying 10 times the price of domestic power, incurring a financial cost of 300 million.

Renewable energy costs will eventually go down, in step with technological innovation and mass production.

The current crippling impact of continually rising energy costs on our fragile economies is a current case in point.

Official policy aims to reduce the cost of globalization for individuals, but never for companies.

The adjustment might come about through wage increases in countries with lower labor costs, rather than cuts in countries where costs are too high.

Even those Chinese households that do not buy imported goods would benefit, because the lower cost of imported raw materials would reduce the cost of goods produced in China.

Now, global warming is real, and cutting CO2 is a good idea when the reduction cost is lower than that of the damage it prevents.

If making a product in the EU costs more because of higher energy costs, the product will likely be made somewhere else, where energy is cheaper, and then imported into the EU.

Reducing the cost of imports is significant because China imports a wide range of consumer goods, equipment, and raw materials.

Cooperation with affiliate firms to reduce transaction costs in sourcing, capital acquisition, and contracts

Europe must find more effective policies that reduce production costs toward German levels.

The Committee requests UNOCI to standardize the Operation's fleet as far as possible in order to lower the costs of maintenance and spare parts, and to monitor the composition of its fleet.

A reduction in borrowing costs constituted a powerful motive in the 1990 s for southern European governments to join the monetary union.

And the recent rise in the value of the dollar relative to the euro and the British pound helps by reducing import costs.

The reduction in the estimated costs of external audit reflects a reduced provision by the Board of Auditors ( 27,000).

The Chinese authorities have also introduced policies to reduce the proportion of coal in the country s overall energy mix.

Efficient use of energy reduces pollution, reduces energy intensity, and improves productivity and competitiveness.

Indeed, cutting these items to pay for a reduction in the corporate tax rate could end up increasing the tax on corporate economic activity in the US.

Firstly, China succeeded in lowering its energy consumption per unit of GDP by 1.79 , 4.04 and 4.59 respectively for 2006, 2007, and 2008, which strongly suggests the prospect of meeting the 20 objective by 2010.

As indicated in paragraph 6 above, all efforts need to be undertaken to reduce support costs in favour of programme activities.

UNCTAD's technical assistance was useful with regard to decreasing transit costs and facing up to infrastructural shortages and institutional bottlenecks.

America s high rate of unemployment and the low rates of capacity utilization imply that there is little upward pressure on wages and prices in the US. And the recent rise in the value of the dollar relative to the euro and the British pound helps by reducing import costs.

Fukushima showed that the risk of nuclear power is too high, which in turn has also increased the costs of this energy form.

The last decade has shown that increases in renewable energy production actually reduce its costs.

However, for the majority of farm activities, there are substantial economic and technological barriers to further reducing energy use.

To be sure, retrenchment could entail some short term costs but the longer term benefits would be much bigger.

Savers were repressed in order to lower the costs of credit for debtors (including governments) and those seeking to borrow for business expansion.

Before the euro, countries adjusted misaligned production costs by devaluing or revaluing their exchange rates.

Long term government bond yields are already very low, and a further reduction will not significantly change private agents borrowing costs.

The costs of the cooperative management programme will consist of two elements administration expenses and funds needed for financial incentives to reduce herd sizes.