Sentences with phrase «climate policy objectives»

Moving targets: negotiations on the EU's energy and climate policy objectives for the post-2020 period and implications for the German energy transition.

Even if some GOP lawmakers agree with the bill's climate policy objectives, few will dare to support it.

Moving Targets: Negotiations on the EU's Energy and Climate Policy Objectives for the Post-2020 Period and Implications for the German Energy Transition.

Not exact matches

And this policy will also help us meet our climate change objectives.»

«It is vitally important the UK government does not undermine its position by supporting domestic policies that run counter to climate change objectives,» said chairman Tim Yeo.

Gordon Brown gave a largely unsurprising speech to the UN general assembly last night, setting out his key foreign policy objectives ahead of the G20 summit in Pittsburgh and the UN conference on climate change in Copenhagen.

This very action of the government is therefore not only undermining and defeating the noble objectives of the country's climate change policy and that of the Paris Agreement on climate change but also a demonstration of no practical commitment to the global development agenda such as the Africa Agenda 2063 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Conservation International and the International Union for Conservation of Nature have developed the Blue Carbon Policy Framework, with the objective to integrate blue carbon activities into the policy and financial work of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, which oversees international work to reduce greenhouse gas emisPolicy Framework, with the objective to integrate blue carbon activities into the policy and financial work of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, which oversees international work to reduce greenhouse gas emispolicy and financial work of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, which oversees international work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The pricing policy that would achieve climate objectives with the least cost to the economy would begin modestly and ramp up predictably over time, allowing capital stock to turn over in a more climate - benign way without prematurely scrapping it.

There's been an ongoing thread on Dot Earth examining whether and how scientists can stake a position on climate policy while maintaining their credibility as objective pursuers of scientific knowledge.

Is it completely coincidental that EVERY progressive policy related to energy / climate change has the obvious side effect, if not the stated objective, of RAISING the cost of energy and / or REDUCING its supply?

Some of these are climate policy - related, but most are linked to other objectives — energy security, urban air quality etc..

This policy document consists of a COP15 position paper presenting the role that the climate, weather and water communities can and do play in achieving the objectives of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Uclimate, weather and water communities can and do play in achieving the objectives of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UClimate Change (UNFCCC).

Dutch policy in the area of climate change, energy efficiency and renewables is very ambitious, and results may fall short of the objectives.

The objectives of the campaign are to increase understanding and encourage commitment by local and national governments to make disaster risk reduction and resilience and climate change a policy priority and to bring the global Hyogo Framework closer to local needs.

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.

This policy document consists of a COP 16 position paper presenting the role that the weather, climate and hydrological communities can play in effectively addressing the objectives of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Uclimate and hydrological communities can play in effectively addressing the objectives of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UClimate Change (UNFCCC).

«It is sensible to ask for a scientific summary of the IPCC work, not addressing policy makers but as objective as possible a summary of the present status of our knowledge and ignorance about climate science.

It presents the results of spatial analyses that can assist decision - makers in planning for REDD + in a way that generates multiple benefits, and explores the possible contributions that REDD + can make to the achievement of other policy goals such as the Aichi Biodiversity Targets of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the objectives of Peru's National Climate Change Strategy.

The workshop brought together policy makers, practitioners and researchers from the fields of social protection, climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction and had two core objectives: to understand better how social protection can be used to strengthen the poor's resilience to climate and natural disaster risk in developing countries; to create a forum for cross-regional learning about good practice for realizing the potential synergies between social protection, disaster risk reduction, and climate change adaptation.

This policy document aims to provide the medium - term (2011 — 16) framework defining the perspectives and objectives of the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department with respect to climate change issues and development responses.

I - 732 represents the most effective climate policy and the most progressive tax shift in decades in Washington and is designed to move the state toward two goals — cleaner energy and fairer taxes — with the following policy objectives:

The Himalayan Times: The government has failed to meet the specific objectives set in its climate change policy despite allocating billions of rupees annually to address an issue that has global ramifications.

Rational discussion of the evidence for that covert policy and of its objective is arguably the largest black hole in the entire climate debate.

Based on this assessment, it examines and presents policy options to bridge the gap and reach climate objectives.

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.

A «Skill - sharing session on monitoring of gender - responsive climate policy» brought forth research on possible synergies or tradeoffs between gender equality and other objectives for climate policy, while a panel discussion with the same partners looked at «Gender equality in climate policy: Translating global commitments to national policy».

• Provide a clear, evidence - based explanation of the role played by different parts of the energy sector in causing air pollution • Present detailed projections of the energy sector and related air quality pathways in different countries and sectors, based on known energy, climate and air quality policies, and the key implications for policymakers • Identify additional policy measures that can materially improve the outlook for energy - related air pollution, examining both the co-benefits and trade - offs with other energy and climate objectives • Based on analysis of different policy options, distil the key findings of the report into a clear set of implications and recommendations for policymakers

They called for an unbiased and objective judicial review of the whole sorry process of climate science and its associated political leveraging following which they reversed all their earlier edicts and returned to the process of trying to direct policy for the enrichment of all classes of society.

The European Commission's legislative proposals included in the «Clean Energy for All Europeans» package published on 30 November 2016 are as a whole not consistent with the objectives of the Paris Agreement to keep temperature rise well below 2 °C and pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5 °C, which require the immediate overhaul of EU climate and energy policies.

Building resilience to climate variability that will happen regardless remains a central objective of rational policy.

In general, any climate policy approach — if it was meaningful in its objectives and had any chance of being enacted — would have become the prime target of political skepticism and scorn.

Recognizing that no climate policy will focus on depopulation or reducing wealth generation, Pielke argues that setting objectives for efficiency gains in specific economic sectors and for the expansion of carbon - free energy supplies would be a first step in the right direction to make the UK a world - leader in the actual practice of carbon policy.

This may change as countries begin to integrate climate change mitigation objectives more fully into national forestry policies.

Rixa Schwarz, Team Leader International Climate Policy at Germanwatch: «We were positively surprised how clearly the most crucial issue was discussed in Bonn: we need more ambition in order to reach the objectives of the Paris Agreement.

The long - term objective of climate change policy should be to reduce the risks of serious harm to humanity and ecosystems at minimum societal cost, while recognizing additional shared humanitarian necessities, including providing reliable and affordable energy to improve global living standards.

The paper calls for «human dignity» to serve as a necessary guiding principle of climate policy and outlines three central objectives consistent with this guiding principle: (1) ensuring energy access for all, (2) developing clean and scalable energy technologies that are ultimately cost competitive with fossil fuels absent subsidy, and (3) building resilience to climate change.

This report reviews a range of modelling scenarios for future GHG emissions, identifies opportunities and recommends lines of action to harmonize energy policy objectives with climate goals that meet the needs for a limited global carbon budget.

Following through on some of his campaign climate statements would come at a cost in terms of his administration's foreign policy objectives.»

Climate governance and strategy: We analyze companies» governance frameworks including emissions reduction targets, alignment of governance and remuneration structures with low - carbon objectives, and actions taken in supporting or opposing policies to achieve a low - carbon transition.

The second part of the course will explore national climate and energy policy approaches of key countries, with an objective to learn lessons from experiences with different public policy instruments and emission reduction projects.

Activities will include: review of existing information and preparation of other relevant policy research, promotion of additional policies which promote the objectives of the climate change convention, domestic meetings, information exchange and partnership building.

Its principal objective is to enhance the knowledge base to support climate change adaptation and mitigation policies.

Achieving the Paris objectives will require all countries to implement climate policy packages.

«In our opinion, the experience of the recent failure of the frontal assault on climate policy — the implausibly straight driveway from the present to a magically decarbonised future — suggests that a more indirect yet encompassing approach via the attainment of different objectives which bring contingent benefits is, indeed, the only one that is likely to be materially (in contrast to rhetorically) successful.

The experience within the European Union (EU) has demonstrated that while climate policies can be — and are being — effective, they are often difficult to fully implement and coordinate, and require continual improvement in order to achieve objectives.

Decision - makers, by contrast, need to understand how climate change may interfere with their plans and compromise their objectives, so they can adapt existing policies and adopt new strategies to stay on track — whether to protect life, health, and well - being, sustain economic growth, preserve natural resources, ensure continued performance of critical infrastructure, or maintain national security.

Whereas Working Group I lays out our current best understanding of the physical science basis of climate science and Working Group II details potential climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability, Working Group III presents a comprehensive, objective and policy - neutral discussion of climate change mitigation.

Both of these effects, along with changes in natural variables must be examined explicitly by efforts to understand climate change and devise policy that complies with the objective of Article 2 of the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to stabilize «greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference in the climate system.climate change and devise policy that complies with the objective of Article 2 of the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to stabilize «greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference in the climate system.Climate Change to stabilize «greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference in the climate system.climate system.»

Reliable GHG inventories are essential, both at national and international level, for: assessing the international community's collective and individual efforts to address climate change and progress toward meeting the ultimate objective of the Convention; evaluating mitigation options; assessing the effectiveness of policies and measures; making long - term emission projections; providing the foundation for emission trading schemes.