Sentences with phrase «climate policy implementation»

The Climate Policy Implementation Tracking Framework is a policy tool that allows users to track the adoption and implementation of climate mitigation policies.

The NDC Partnership is open to all countries and international institutions that are committed to ambitious climate policy implementation.

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The plan establishes a set of six fundamental principles for the region, which include: transportation and other infrastructure upgrades; new commercial and residential growth; land use and transportation decisions based on policies like the Global Warming Solutions Act and the Clean Energy and Climate Plan; creation and preservation of workforce housing that matches new job rates; creation and maintenance of an effective public transit system; and coordinated planning and implementation efforts.

This is certainly very alarming and what NORPRA expects of government is to rededicate itself to the implementation of a very comprehensive national policy on climate change to minimize the threats posed by climate change.

He also challenged government to expedite action on the national climate change policy to ensure its implementation at the regional and district level, to address issues of climate change in the region, since the region is most at risk of climate change.

«We are aware that the national climate change policy has been formulated but its implementation is yet to trickle down to regional, sub regional and local levels,» he said.

«Northern domination of science globally relevant to climate change policy and practice and lack of research led by Southern researchers in Southern countries may hinder development and implementation of bottom - up global agreements and nationally appropriate actions in Southern countries,» they write.

Unless a human «tipping point» is reached soon, with implementation of effective policy actions, large irreversible climate changes will become unavoidable.

Danny Cullenward is an energy economist and lawyer working on the design and implementation of scientifically grounded climate policy.

guidelines and programs for in - service education programs for all district staff members to ensure effective implementation of school policy on school conduct and discipline, including but not limited to, guidelines on promoting a safe and supportive school climate while discouraging, among other things, harassment, bullying and discrimination against students by students and / or school employees; and including safe and supportive school climate concepts in the curriculum and classroom management; and

And with new, more rigorous standards and assessments in the early years of implementation across most states, and facing political headwinds in many places, the current policy climate is marked by fluctuation and uncertainty.

The consortium brings together University of Nairobi through the Wangari Maathai Institute & Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mekelle University - Ethiopia, World Animal Protection and Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) who will work together to provide together academia to provide research based evidence to inform policy, implementation and challenges caused by disaster and climate change.

Finally, the presence of vigorous climate variability presents significant challenges to near - term climate prediction (25, 26), leaving open the possibility of steady or even declining global mean surface temperatures over the next several decades that could present a significant empirical obstacle to the implementation of policies directed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions (27).

The Climate Investigations Center monitors individuals, corporations, trade associations, political organizations and front groups who work to delay the implementation of sound energy and environmental policies that are necessary in the face of ongoing climate Climate Investigations Center monitors individuals, corporations, trade associations, political organizations and front groups who work to delay the implementation of sound energy and environmental policies that are necessary in the face of ongoing climate climate crisis.

Since then, EU energy policy has been driving energy market integration, cross-border trade and the implementation of energy and climate targets by 2020.

Jeff Joslin, a director at San Francisco's Planning Department, said that the group created a map of green roofs in the city, developed a roadmap for policy, produced a cost - benefit analysis and an implementation manual for how to install and maintain green roofs in the region's climate.

The new policy brief examines the design, enactment, implementation, and performance of the SO2 allowance trading system, with an eye toward identifying lessons learned for future efforts to apply cap and trade to other environmental challenges, including global climate change.

[45] In implementation of an overall strategy to influence policy decisions and public opinion, climate scientists are assisted by flanking strategies that treat «consensus positions» as dogma.

The issues highlighted in the document include: reconnect science and policy, catalyze rapid and transformative changes in human behavior towards the environment, develop new insights on water - land interactions, accelerate the implementation of environmentally - friendly renewable energy, integrate biodiversity across the environmental and economic agendas, manage the unintended consequences of climate change mitigation and adaptation, and develop a new approach for minimizing risks of novel technologies and chemicals.

Governments have recognized the importance of involving women and men equally in UN Climate Change processes and in the development and implementation of national climate policies that are gender - respClimate Change processes and in the development and implementation of national climate policies that are gender - respclimate policies that are gender - responsive.

Its research outputs will support the UNFCCC, the treaty under which the Paris Climate Agreement was adopted — in calling for priorities in funding and policy implementation.

In this area, the key objectives of the UN System are: to promote active climate change collaboration of local governments and their associations in global, regional and national networks; to enhance policy dialogue so that the urban dimension of climate change is firmly established on the agenda; and to foster the implementation of awareness, education, and capacity building strategies.

Open Europe estimates that in 2013, as a direct result of the EU's unilateral climate policies, the average energy bill for a medium - sized business was increased by nine percent (# 130,000 / $ 200,000) due to EU regulations or U.K. implementation of EU - defined targets.

This policy document aims to detail the recent progress of the Global Environment Facility to mainstream gender in climate funds programming and implementation.

In particular, it addresses the critical question of what policy options, and what type of REDD + funding mechanism, are most conducive towards effectively financing forest - based climate change mitigation (with a focus on Phase 3 of REDD + implementation).

Recommended policies and strategies include: (1) establishment of clear energy and climate change adaptation / mitigation policies in Africa; (2) implementation of renewable energy development - inducing policies; (3) creating conducive environments for private - public partnerships in clean energy development; (4) enhancement of broader regional and continental collaboration in energy and climate change policies; (5) accessing existing international funding sources for promoting less carbon - intensive energy technologies; and (6) implementation of energy portfolio diversification.

Schmidt Family Fdn grant for «To support California climate policy defense and implementation»

While the EU does not have a policy that directly addresses coal generation, the implementation of the EU's 2020 and 2030 climate and energy targets have set the framework for lowering the emissions intensity of Europe's power system.

(1) complete an adaptation plan for that department or agency, respectively, implementing the Natural Resources Climate Change Adaptation Strategy under section 476 and consistent with the Natural Resources Climate Change Adaptation Policy under section 472, detailing the department's or agency's current and projected efforts to address the potential impacts of climate change and ocean acidification on natural resources within the department's or agency's jurisdiction and necessary additional actions, including a timeline for implementation of those aClimate Change Adaptation Strategy under section 476 and consistent with the Natural Resources Climate Change Adaptation Policy under section 472, detailing the department's or agency's current and projected efforts to address the potential impacts of climate change and ocean acidification on natural resources within the department's or agency's jurisdiction and necessary additional actions, including a timeline for implementation of those aClimate Change Adaptation Policy under section 472, detailing the department's or agency's current and projected efforts to address the potential impacts of climate change and ocean acidification on natural resources within the department's or agency's jurisdiction and necessary additional actions, including a timeline for implementation of those aclimate change and ocean acidification on natural resources within the department's or agency's jurisdiction and necessary additional actions, including a timeline for implementation of those actions;

«(3) an analysis of the status of worldwide greenhouse gas reduction efforts, including implementation of the Safe Climate Act and other policies, both domestic and international, for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, preventing dangerous atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases, preventing significant irreversible consequences of climate change, and reducing vulnerability to the impacts of climate Climate Act and other policies, both domestic and international, for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, preventing dangerous atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases, preventing significant irreversible consequences of climate change, and reducing vulnerability to the impacts of climate climate change, and reducing vulnerability to the impacts of climate climate change.

Some of the objectives of the project are to identify spatial vulnerability of populations during extreme heat events in selected areas; identify the impacts of extreme heat events on the health, work productivity and livelihoods of vulnerable population, to select appropriate, innovative and affordable climate adaptation measures for improving health and livelihood resilience for the urban population with consideration of gender - based implications, to strengthen the capacity of key stakeholders through training opportunities and to facilitate active use of information and evidence for policy - makers to drive the implementation of the Heat Stress Action Plans into municipal disaster strategies.

Moreover, policies for developing new infrastructure such as roads, houses, canals and dams should include strategies for climate resilience in the planning and implementation stages.

This working paper identifies and evaluates the key climate and energy policy options available to Mexico to support the implementation of its INDC.

This cooperation includes technical and policy exchanges on the development of fuel efficiency standards for trucks and buses, continued progress towards implementation of CCUS projects with the selection of a project site in China as the large - scale CCUS demonstration project announced last November, cooperation on reducing HFCs, including private sector commitments to promote climate - friendly alternatives to HFCs, and continued support for phasing down HFCs through the Montreal Protocol, and additional cooperation on direct mitigation efforts across multiple other sectors.

Federal climate policy has been interrupted by the Supreme Court's stay (freeze) on implementation of the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Clean Power Plan, which will regulate emissions from the electric power industry.

Differentiating Future Commitments on the Basis of Countries» Relative Historical Responsibility for Climate Change: Uncertainties in the «Brazilian Proposal» in the Context of a Policy Implementation

Indeed it is reasonable to ask whether this is a credible threat, or will instead turn out to be counter-productive (when stories about the implementation of inflexible, high - cost regulatory approaches lend ammunition to the staunchest opponents of climate policy).

Once climate policy is in place, the challenges of implementation will come into focus.

The climate wars will no doubt continue between extremes on both sides, but that should not delay a far - larger set of pragmatic Americans from embracing policies and measures that attract widespread agreement, are adjustable over time, incremental in their implementation, and provide positive feedbacks for further action.

Indeed, it is reasonable to ask whether this is a credible threat, or will instead turn out to be counter ‑ productive (when stories about the implementation of inflexible, high ‑ cost regulatory approaches lend ammunition to the staunchest opponents of climate policy).

January 2012 Confidential Memo: 2012 Heartland Climate Strategy Given the increasingly important role the Heartland Institute is playing in leading the fight to prevent the implementation of dangerous policy actions to address the supposed risks of global warming, it is useful to set priorities for our efforts in 2012.

Michel Bruce, Head of Climate Analytics Lomé, Senior Policy Analyst Implementation Strategies team leader and head of our office in Lomé, Togo.

Kelleher Environmental (KE) is an environmental consulting company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada which specializes in environmental research and policy development; energy conservation, climate change and green energy; waste diversion policy development, planning, implementation and evaluation; and facilitation, adult education and environmental training.

JO Nova on how the radical environmental movement has succeeded in the implementation of draconian climate change policy that has created an era of energy poverty that is destroying western economies and hurting the poor...

After decades of deliberation, the Paris Agreement has thrust climate policy into a new era of adaptation implementation.

The research would also highlight non-GHG benefits achieved due to the implementation of climate policy, and evaluate the outcome of Canada's emissions if all provinces or the federal government had implemented existing «best - in - Canada» policies (as they came into effect) relative to Canada's emissions target for 2020, using Navius Research's economy and emissions model.

We analysed five key climate and energy policies and found that India will be able to meet its 2030 GHG mitigation target through their full and effective implementation.

ESM 229 - Economics & Policy of Climate Change [4 units] Meng This course will explore the economic impacts of climate change, design of optimal climate mitigation policies, and existing constraints on implementation of such poClimate Change [4 units] Meng This course will explore the economic impacts of climate change, design of optimal climate mitigation policies, and existing constraints on implementation of such poclimate change, design of optimal climate mitigation policies, and existing constraints on implementation of such poclimate mitigation policies, and existing constraints on implementation of such policies.

In an exclusive interview with TNIE, Dr Shalini Sharma, head, Centre for Climate Change, ESCI & Secretary General, ICCC said, «The conclave will be different from other usual conferences in that the focus would be on generating ideas for easy implementation of the existing green energy policies.»

Climate Change: uncertainties in the «Brazilian Proposal» in the context of a policy implementation.