Sentences with phrase «centre global environment»

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He needs a much stronger foreign policy but in recognising the importance of social reform (the biggest idea on the centre right), the environment, being vindicated on fiscal responsibility and as a stalwart defender of free trade he is, indeed, well - placed to become a leader of global conservatism.

In 2004, Paul Epstein of Harvard Medical School's Centre for Health and the Global Environment, and James McCarthy of Harvard University, claimed: «We are already observing signs of instability within the climate system -LSB-...] there is no assurance that the rate of greenhouse gas build up will not force the system to oscillate erratically and yield significant and punishing surprises.»

Professor Martin A. J. Parry of the Lancaster Environment Centre (LEC) said: «Improving the efficiency of photosynthesis — the way crops turn carbon dioxide in our atmosphere into everything we can eat — may seem ambitious but for us it offers the best opportunity for producing the scale of change in crop yield that we need to feed a growing global population in a changing world climate.»

The Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital, aims to be a leader in the demographic analyses of human capital formation and its impact on society, the economy and the environment.

Uchita de Zoysa: author, strategist and frontline leader in mobilizing civil society and stakeholder alliances for shaping the global sustainability movement — is Global Coordinator of The Widening Circle campaign for a Global Citizens Movement, Chairman of Global Sustainability Solutions, Executive Director of Centre for Environment and Development, and the initiator of the Peoples Sustainability Treglobal sustainability movement — is Global Coordinator of The Widening Circle campaign for a Global Citizens Movement, Chairman of Global Sustainability Solutions, Executive Director of Centre for Environment and Development, and the initiator of the Peoples Sustainability TreGlobal Coordinator of The Widening Circle campaign for a Global Citizens Movement, Chairman of Global Sustainability Solutions, Executive Director of Centre for Environment and Development, and the initiator of the Peoples Sustainability TreGlobal Citizens Movement, Chairman of Global Sustainability Solutions, Executive Director of Centre for Environment and Development, and the initiator of the Peoples Sustainability TreGlobal Sustainability Solutions, Executive Director of Centre for Environment and Development, and the initiator of the Peoples Sustainability Treaties.

Uchita de Zoysa: author, strategist and frontline leader in mobilizing civil society and stakeholder alliances for shaping the global sustainability movement — is Global Coordinator of The Widening Circle campaign for a Global Citizens Movement, Chairman of Global Sustainability Solutions, Executive Director of Centre for Environment and Development, and the initiator of the Peoples Sustainability -LSglobal sustainability movement — is Global Coordinator of The Widening Circle campaign for a Global Citizens Movement, Chairman of Global Sustainability Solutions, Executive Director of Centre for Environment and Development, and the initiator of the Peoples Sustainability -LSGlobal Coordinator of The Widening Circle campaign for a Global Citizens Movement, Chairman of Global Sustainability Solutions, Executive Director of Centre for Environment and Development, and the initiator of the Peoples Sustainability -LSGlobal Citizens Movement, Chairman of Global Sustainability Solutions, Executive Director of Centre for Environment and Development, and the initiator of the Peoples Sustainability -LSGlobal Sustainability Solutions, Executive Director of Centre for Environment and Development, and the initiator of the Peoples Sustainability -LSB-...]

He is the initiator and Global Facilitator of the Peoples» Sustainability Treaties, Chairman of Global Sustainability Solutions (GLOSS), and Executive Director of Centre for Environment and Development (CED).

ActionAid, International Adivasi Mulvasi Astitva Raksha manch, India AKSI, Indonesia Alliance Sud, Switzerland All Nepal Peasant's Federation, Nepal All Nepal Womens Association, Nepal ARENA, Asia Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development, Thailand Asian Peoples Movement on Debt and Development, Regional Bangladesh Jatiyo Sramik Jote, Bangladesh Bangladesh Krishok Federation, Bangladesh BankTrack, Netherlands Beyond Copenhagen Collective, India Bharat Jan Vigyan Jatha India Both ENDS, Netherlands Brighter Green, United States Bulig Visayas, Philippines Campaign for Climate Justice Nepal CARE International Center for Biological Diversity, United States Center for Environmental Justice, Sri Lanka Center for Participatory Research and Development, Bangladesh Centre for 21st Century Issues (c21st), Nigeria Climate Action Network — France Climate Action Network Europe Climate and Sustainable Development Network, Nigeria Climate Justice Programme, Australia CNCD - 11.11.11, Belgium Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life, United States COECOCEIBA — FoE Costa Rica Community Development Library, Bangladesh Co-ordination Office of the Austrian Episcopal Conference for International Development and Mission (KOO), Austria Debt Watch, Indonesia Digo Bikas Institute, Kathmandu, Nepal Earth Day Network, United States EcoEquity, United States EKOenergy, Finland / Europe Environmental Rights Action / Friends of the Earth Nigeria EquityBD, Bangladesh Finance & Trade Watch, Austria Freedom from Debt Coalition, Philippines Friends Committee on National Legislation, United States Friends of the Earth Canada Friends of the Earth England, Wales and N Ireland Friends of the Earth International Friends of the Earth Malaysia Friends of the Earth Norway Friends of the Earth Sierra Leone Friends of the Earth U.S. GAIA — Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, International GEFONT — Trade Union Federation, Nepal Gitib, Philippines GreenLatinos, United States groundWork, Friends of the Earth South Africa Heinrich Boell Stiftung North America, United States Himalaya Niti Abhiyan, India Human Rights Alliance Nepal IBON International, Philippines Indian Social Action Forum, India Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, United States Institute for Policy Studies, Climate Policy Project, United States Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense, Latin America International Forum on Globalization, United States International Rivers, United States Jagaran Nepal Jatam Indonesia Jubilee Debt Campaign, United Kingdom Justica Ambiental / Friends of the Earth Mozambique KAU — Anti Debt Coalition, Indonesia Kerala Independent Fishworkers Federation, India KRUHA — Peoples Right to Water Coalition, Indonesia Labour, Health and Human Rights DEvelopment Centre, Nigeria LDC Watch, International Les Amis de la Terre, France Les Amis de la Terre - Togo Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, United States Migrant Forum in Asia mines, minerals and People (mmP), India Monitoring Sustainability of Globalisation (MSN), Malaysia Nadi Gati Morcha, India National Federation of Hawkers Bangladesh National Federation of Women Hawkers, India National Hawkers Federation, India Nature Code — Centre of Development & Environment, Belgium NOAH Friends of the Earth Denmark Our Rivers Our Life, Philippines Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee (Farmers) Pan African Climate Justice Alliance, Africa PAPDA Haiti Philippine Movement for Climate Justice Rainforest Foundation Norway River Basin Friends, India Rural Reconstruction Nepal Sanlakas, Philippines Sawit Watch, Indonesia SEAFISH for Justice, Asia SOL — People for Solidarity, Ecology and Lifestyle, Austria Solidaritas Perempuan, Indonesia South Asian Alliance for Poverty Eradication Southern Oregon Climate Action Now, United States SUPRO, Bangladesh SustainUS, United States Task Force Detainees of the Philippines Tebtebba, Philippines The Development Institute, Ghana Third World Network, International Trade Union Policy Institute (TUPI), Nepal VOICE, Bangladesh Women's Environment and Development Organisation (WEDO), United States Worldview - The Gambia Zero Waste Europe

Bottom left: fractional cover of croplands from Centre for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE; Ramankutty and Foley, 1999) at 0.5 ° resolution.

Simon is currently an associate in UBC's Liu Institute for Global Issues, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability as well as the Biodiversity Research Centre.

This is the only way the Montreal Protocol can meaningfully contribute to reducing global warming,» said Chandra Bhushan, Deputy Director General, Centre for Science and Environment, India.

Well, according to the latest results of United Nations Environment Programme's 9th «Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2014 Report», created by the Frankfurt School - UNEP Collaborating Centre and the research company Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the global investments in renewable energy have grown 17 %, resulting -LSGlobal Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2014 Report», created by the Frankfurt School - UNEP Collaborating Centre and the research company Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the global investments in renewable energy have grown 17 %, resulting -LSglobal investments in renewable energy have grown 17 %, resulting -LSB-...]

The Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2018 report, compiled by BNEF, the United Nations Environment Program, and the Frankfurt School - UNEP Collaborating Centre, said solar power led all renewable sources, accounting for 98 GW — or 38 % — of new global power generation capacity installed lastGlobal Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2018 report, compiled by BNEF, the United Nations Environment Program, and the Frankfurt School - UNEP Collaborating Centre, said solar power led all renewable sources, accounting for 98 GW — or 38 % — of new global power generation capacity installed lastglobal power generation capacity installed last year.

Socio (s): FAO, UNCCD, UNECE, UNEP, UNESCAP, UNFPA, UNHABITAT, UNICEF, UNU, WFP, Asian & Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development, Australian Research Institute in Education for Sustainability, Bay of Bengal Programme Inter-Governmental Organisation, Centre for Environment Education, Foundation for Liberal and Management Education, Handong Global University, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Indian National Commission for Cooperation with UNESCO, Institute of Sustainable Education, Latvia, Manitoba Education, Mercy Relief, National Institute of Education, Singapore, Qatar University, Rhodes University, RMIT University, SADC Regional Environmental Education Programme, Science, Technology and Environment Partnership Centre (STEP), Brunei, SEAMEO - RIHED, Shangri - La International Hotel Management Ltd., Sultan Idris Education University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, University of Crete, University of Plymouth, Tudor Rose

C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, 12 California, 7, 68, 102, 128, 169 - 170, 187, 196, 232 - 234, 245 California Energy Commission, 232 Cambridge Media Environment Programme (CMEP), 167 - 168 Cambridge University, 102 Cameron, David, 11, 24, 218 Cameroon, 25 Campbell, Philip, 165 Canada, 22, 32, 64, 111, 115, 130, 134, 137, 156 - 157, 166, 169, 177, 211, 222, 224 - 226, 230, 236, 243 Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS), 15 Cap - and - trade, 20, 28, 40 - 41, 44, 170, 175 allowances (permits), 41 - 42, 176, 243 Capitalism, 34 - 35, 45 Capps, Lois, 135 Car (see vehicle) Carbon, 98, 130 Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), 192 Carbon Capture and Storage Association, 164 Carbon credits (offsets), 28 - 29, 42 - 43, 45 Carbon Cycle, 80 - 82 Carbon dioxide (CO2), 9, 18, 23, 49 - 51, 53, 55, 66 - 67, 72 - 89, 91, 98 - 99, 110, 112, 115, 118, 128 - 132, 137, 139, 141 - 144, 152, 240 emissions, 12, 18 - 25, 28 - 30, 32 - 33, 36 - 38, 41 - 44, 47, 49, 53, 55, 71 - 72, 74, 77 - 78, 81 - 82, 108 - 109, 115, 132, 139, 169, 186, 199 - 201, 203 - 204, 209 - 211, 214, 217, 219, 224, 230 - 231, 238, 241, 243 - 244 Carbon Dioxide Analysis Center, 19 Carbon Expo, 42 Carbon, footprint, 3, 13, 29, 35, 41, 45, 110, 132 tax, 20, 44, 170 trading, 13, 20, 40, 43, 44, 176, 182 Carbon monoxide (CO), 120 Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC), 44 Carlin, George, 17 Carter, Bob, 63 Carter, Jimmy, 186, 188 Cato Institute, 179 CBS, 141, 146 Center for Disease Control, 174 Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change, 62, 139 Centre for Policy Studies, 219 CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research), 96 Chavez, Hugo, 34 Chicago Tribune, 146 China, 29, 32 - 33, 60 - 62, 120, 169, 176, 187 - 188, 211, 216, 225 - 226, 242 - 243 China's National Population and Planning Commission, 33 Chinese Academy of Sciences, 60 Chirac, Jacques, 36 Chlorofluorocarbons, 42 - 43, 50 Choi, Yong - Sang, 88 Christy, John, 105 Churchill, Winston, 214, 220 Chu, Steven, 187 Citibank (Citigroup), 40, 176 Clean Air Act, 85, 128 - 129 Clean Development Mechanism, 42 Climate Action Partnership, 14 Climate alarm, 4, 13, 21, 32, 35, 38, 56, 102 - 103, 115 - 117, 120, 137, 156, 168, 173, 182 Climate Audit, 66 Climate change, adaptation, 39, 110, 112 mitigation, 16, 39, 110 Climate Change and the Failure of Democracy, 34 Climate Change: Picturing the Science, 121 Climate Change Reconsidered, 242 Climate conference, 38 Cancun, 18, 29, 36 - 37, 124 - 125, 242 Copenhagen, 33, 36, 109, 125, 156, 158, 175, 241 - 242 Durban, 13, 36 - 37, 166, 242 - 243 Climategate, 2, 67, 152, 158 - 170, 180, 182, 242 Climate Protection Agreement, 12 Climate Research Unit (CRU), 48, 67, 120, 147, 152 - 153, 158 - 160, 162 - 163, 165 - 167, 169 Climate Science Register, 142 Climatism, definition, 2, 7 Clinton, Bill, 176, 178 Clinton Global Initiative, 176 CLOUD project, 96 Club of Rome, 21, 186 CO2Science, 59, 61 - 62, 66, 131 Coal, 19 - 20, 39 - 41, 80, 126, 128 - 129, 175, 185 - 186, 188 - 190, 192 - 196, 199 - 201, 209, 214, 217, 219, 222, 229 Coase, Ronald, 145 Coca - Cola, 138 Cogley, Graham, 156 Cohen, David, 220 Colorado State University, 117, 181 Columbia University, 7 Columbus, Christopher, 58 Computer models, 16, 51 - 53, 56, 67, 72, 74,77 - 79, 82, 87, 89 - 91, 94, 105, 110 - 111, 120, 124, 138 - 140, 168, 171,173, 181, 238, 240, 246 Conference on the Changing Atmosphere, 15 Consensus, scientific, 12 Copenhagen Business School, 134 Coral, 53 Corporate Average Fuel Economy, 22 - 23 Cosmic Rays, 72, 93 - 99, 180 Credit Suisse, 176 Crow, Cheryl, 30 Crowley, Tom, 167 Cuadrilla Resources, 224 - 225 Curry, Judith, 164, 167 Cycles, natural, 3, 16, 57, 62 - 63, 66 - 69, 72, 80, 99, 103, 138, 238, 240 Milankovich, 62, 67, 80 Cyprus, 134 Czech Republic, 12, 37

A side event at 4th Global Meeting of Mountain Partnership was organized by Climate Himalaya and Centre for Environment Education India at Erzurum, Turkey on 18th [continue reading...]

Global investment in renewable power and fuels (excluding large hydro - electric projects) was $ 270.2 billion in 2014, nearly 17 % higher than the previous year, according to the latest edition of an annual report commissioned by the United Nations Environment Program's (UNEP) Division of Technology, Industry and Economic (DTIE) in cooperation with Frankfurt School - UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate & Sustainable Energy Finance and produced in collaboration with Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

An analysis led by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) and published in the journal Global Environment Change says that damage by one or more climate - related hazards to this infrastructure is likely to grow between now and 2100.

UNDP Regional Centre: As a matter of national urgency, the Bhutanese Government — with assistance from an international climate change adaptation fund that was established by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and partner organizations such as the United Nations Development Programme, the Global Environment Facility, the World Wildlife Fund and the Government [continue reading...]

The survey, supported by groups including the World Bank, the United Nations Environment Programme and the Pew Centre for Global Climate Change, questioned 1,000 senior figures across governments, pressure groups and companies in 115 countries over the last few weeks.

According to a new study published by UN Environment, the Frankfurt School - UNEP Collaborating Centre and Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the installation of renewable power capacity hit a record high last year, adding 138.5 gigawatts to the global power capacity, the approximate equivalent of 16 of the world's largest existing power producing facilities combined.

The 2012 budget cut funding for the measure of industrial emissions, closed an oil spill monitoring facility in British Columbia and a global water quality monitoring centre in Ontario, slashed funding for atmospheric research — resulting, among other things, in the partial closure of a vital research station in the High Arctic — and killed the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy, which had been created by the Mulroney government.

World Energy Council (WEC) International Energy Agency (IEA) EUROSOLAR (European Association for Renewable Energy) Department of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE, US) Energy Information Administration (EIA, US) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL, US) AGORES (A Global Overview of Renewable Energy Sources, EU) European Commission - DG Energy and Transport CADDET (Centre for Analysis and Dissemination of Demonstrated Energy Technologies, IEA / OECD) Solar and Wind Energy Resource Assessment (SWERA, UNEP / GEF) Center For Energy and the Global Environment (CEAGE) World Council for Renewable Energy (WCRE)

In 2004, Paul Epstein of Harvard Medical School's Centre for Health and the Global Environment, and James McCarthy of Harvard University, claimed: «We are already observing signs of instability within the climate system -LSB-...] there is no assurance that the rate of greenhouse gas build up will not force the system to oscillate erratically and yield significant and punishing surprises.»

Socio (s): CBD, IAEA, UNCCD, UNCTAD, UNDESA, UNECLAC, UNHCR, UNU, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Italian Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Aquafed, Conservation International, Global Water Partnership, International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management, International Institute for Advanced Systems Analysis, International Research and Training Center on Erosion and Sedimentation, International Water Association, University of Dundee Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science, World Business Council on Sustainable Development, World Water Council

He has had visiting appointments at the Canadian Centre for Climate Research, University of Victoria, British Colombia, at the Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment, University College London, and at the Princeton Environmental Institute and the Department of Economics, Princeton University.

Streamflow data were collected and / or provided to us by the Global Runoff Data Centre (Germany), the US Geological Survey, Environment Canada, EarthInfo, Manaus Harbor Ltd / Portobras and Departmento Nacional de Aguas e Energia Electrica (Brazil), National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (Romania), J. Cordova, N. Garcia and J. Richey.

The researchers, from the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research (University of East Anglia, Norwich), Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment (London School of Economics and Political Science, London), and Global Environmental and Climate Change Centre (McGill University, Montreal), arrived at their results using the global crop model PEGASUS to simulate crop yield responses to 72 climate change scenarios spanning the 21st ceGlobal Environmental and Climate Change Centre (McGill University, Montreal), arrived at their results using the global crop model PEGASUS to simulate crop yield responses to 72 climate change scenarios spanning the 21st ceglobal crop model PEGASUS to simulate crop yield responses to 72 climate change scenarios spanning the 21st century.