Sentences with phrase «envoy for»

Kushner, who is married to Trump's daughter Ivanka, has become something of a de facto envoy for the administration, and was present for a meeting between Yang Jiechi, China's top diplomat, and his father - in - law at the end of February.

Besides taking on Coingeek and trying to fight fake news, Ayre also recently accepted job of special envoy for technological development to Antigua and Barbuda.

Magda Borowik is the special envoy for fintech to the Ministry of Digital Affairs of the Republic of Poland and the director of technology research at FinTech Poland.

But as for the future, «the uncertainty is definitely not helpful,» said Eileen Burbidge, a venture capitalist at Passion Capital and a special envoy for fintech for the UK Treasury.

Source: Yabiladi, May 10, 2918 UN Personal Envoy for Western Sahara Horst Köhler is expected to hold a meeting on Tuesday 15th of May at the European Parliament.

'' Cities and businesses recognise the economic benefits that come with fighting climate change, and they're setting a great example by establishing clear goals and measuring the impact of their work,» said Michael R. Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg LP, three - term Mayor of New York City, the UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change, and chair of the Financial Stability Board's Task Force on Climate - related Financial Disclosures, who joined a discussion on climate risk disclosure.

Kadyszewski presented ACR's Climate Leadership award to Todd Stern, U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change from 2009 to 2016 in recognition of his leadership, insight and singular determination to secure international commitments to combat climate change.

PARIS, FRANCE - U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern spoke today about the U.S. role in climate negotiations, including climate finance.

Todd Stern, the State Department's special envoy for climate change, said de Boer was «an enormously dedicated leader in the fight against global climate change and has made a major contribution in advancing that effort.»

«We can create a resolution and that resolution can be binding on China,» said Huang Huikang, the Chinese Foreign Ministry's envoy for climate change talks.

More of Obama's speech: White House Blog Climate Change, Fuel Efficiency Standards, Energy Obama Administration Will Let States Set Auto Emissions Standards The US Will Have a New Special Envoy for Climate Change: Todd Stern Official White House Policy on Energy & The Environment Spelled Out On New Website

(Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is founder and majority owner of Bloomberg LP, and the UN's special envoy for cities and climate change.)

Deputy climate change envoy for the U.S., Jonathan Pershing said during an NGO briefing this afternoon that the U.S. will stand by the request for all parties to MRV, despite China's concerns of «intrusiveness.»

Tom Harris — Canada Free Press — December 7, 2012 On December 5, U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change, Todd Stern told the United Nations Climate Change Conference now underway in Qatar, that «The Durban Platform represents an agreement for the 2020s and beyond — one that will be applicable to all and therefore have the potential -LSB-...]

Representing the U.S. government in Doha is President Obama's Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern.

Mr Bloomberg commented on Twitter that: «As the new UN Special Envoy for Climate Action, I'll work with state and non-state actors to help implement policies that reduce emissions & build resilience».

Mr Bloomberg, who was recently appointed a Special Envoy for Climate Action to the UN Secretary - General, will make the contribution to the budget through his Bloomberg Philanthropies foundation.

Yesterday, Secretary of State and former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson indicated that this process will not happen through the State Department's Special Envoy for Climate Change, because, well, he's scrapping the position.

On January 5, Jonathan Pershing, the U.S. Deputy Special Envoy for Climate Change, told an audience at the Center for Strategic and International Studies that the framework established by the Cancun Agreements signals a busy year for implementation of climate... Continue reading →

One of the marchers was Labour MP for Brent North, and Ed Miliband's Special Envoy for Climate Change & The Environment, Barry Gardiner, who some readers may remember threatened to sue me for calling him a liar on Twitter in 2012 after he repeated claims about subsidies for fossil energy he knew to be wrong.

In the US, Todd Stern is the envoy for climate change.

But, for all intents and purposes, as «Special Envoy for Climate Change», Stern would appear to be the U.S. head honcho on the «climate front».

Good thing, especially since the United States» position, as articulated today by U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern, is also that China will have to look to other sources of funds, such as its own $ 2 trillion in reserves.

of Ag, Forestry & Fisheries Kuntoro Mangkusubroto — Indonesia, Head of the President's Unit on REDD Jonathan Pershing — U.S., Deputy Special Envoy for Climate Change Norbert Röttgen — Germany, Minister for Environment Eric Solheim — Norway, Minister of the Environment Kjetil Lund — Norway, Secretary of State, Ministry of Finance Andrew Steer — World Bank Special Envoy for Climate Change Jason Clay — World Wildlife Fund - US, Senior VP Sean de Cleene — Yara International, VP Global Business Initiatives Larry Schweiger — National Wildlife Federation, President and CEO Peter Seligmann — Conservation International, CEO and Chairman Puvan Selvanathan — Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, VP The Hon. Hillary Rodham Clinton — U.S. Secretary of State, video message Wanjira Maathai — International Liaison, the Green Belt Movement Helen Clark — Administrator, UNDP, frmr.

If he hasn't, what exactly is his Special Envoy for Climate Change and the Environment telling him?

As your Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern is fond of saying, politics is the art of the possible.

This was revealed recently by Ed Miliband's Special Envoy for Climate Change and the Environment, Barry Gardiner MP, who is quoted by Energy Live News,

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will lead the U.S. delegation, along with EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson and Todd Stern, a special envoy for climate change.

Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change Michael R. Bloomberg and California Governor Jerry Brown will release a new America's Pledge report detailing U.S. states, cities, and businesses» climate - related actions that are keeping America on track to meet its Paris Agreement carbon reduction goals.

America's Pledge Launch Event Saturday, November 11th 10:30 - 12:00 Fiji Dome Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change Michael R. Bloomberg and California Governor Jerry Brown will release a new America's Pledge report detailing U.S. states, cities, and businesses» climate - related actions that are keeping America on track to meet its Paris Agreement carbon reduction goals.

Thursday, November 16th 12:00 - 13:00 Fiji Dome A conversation with Todd Stern, former Special Envoy for Climate Change in the Obama Administration and Sue Biniaz, the former principal legal advisor on the climate negotiations for the United States, who will discuss the future of the Paris Agreement.

Following the release of the America's Pledge report on the morning of Saturday, November 11th by California Governor Edmund G. (Jerry) Brown and United Nations Special Envoy for Cities & Climate Change Michael R. Bloomberg, this event will provide a more in - depth look at the report findings.

U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern delivered a speech on Wednesday (June 3) on the relationship of China and the U.S. and what both must do together as we head into a crucial period of bilateral and multilateral meetings on climate change.

Todd Stern, the State Department's Special Envoy for Climate Change, is arguing that a nonbinding agreement is the way to go, since more countries would sign on.

A high - level panel chaired by Farhana Yamin of Track 0 and featuring Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC, and Rachel Kyte, World Bank Group Vice President & Special Envoy for Climate Change, will underline why the Paris talks must signal decarbonization of the global economy and built environment.

They could, for example, be used to promote sustainable agriculture practices that reduce pressure on forests, said Todd Stern, the US Special Envoy for Climate Change.

The 2 °C guarantee should be dropped from the global climate change deal to allow for more flexibility and avoid deadlock, US Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern has said.

New Report from Friends of the Earth U.S. and Pan African Climate Justice Alliance This week in Washington, DC, U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern is organizing the Ministerial Meeting on Mobilizing Climate Finance.

Here is a video diary from the event kept by Robin Gwynn, who is Britain's climate envoy for vulnerable countries (I don't think the United States has one of those, but I will check):

Bloomberg, who was named UN special envoy for cities and climate change last week, told a conference call he sees his next mission as getting leaders on side for a global climate deal.

As the UN secretary - general's special envoy for cities and climate change, I encourage President Obama and Prime Minister Harper to engage in talks that can lead to an agreement that will benefit both our nations» economies and environments.

«The Time For Denial & Delay Is Over»: US Special Envoy for Climate Change

This is an obvious area where stated domestic policy is in direct conflict with stated foreign policy — for example, we just had the U.S. special envoy for Eurasian energy, Richard Morningstar, state that the U.S. supports all projects that increase world use of oil and gas.

And maybe it's meant to be missed, this rectilinear fissure that separates the secular museum walls from the sacred slab of drywall that serves variously as artwork, prop, and envoy for Yve Laris Cohen's D.S., 2014, the artist's contribution to the 2014 Whitney Biennial.

Performance: Rachel Mason at Envoy For her show in Envoy's lower - level gallery, curated by Tim Goossens, artist Rachel Mason performs Rand Paul's 13 - hour filibuster in a video, dressed as a rather frightening character she calls FutureClown.

Diplomats, delegates and captains of industry will love The Envoy for its advanced business facilities comprising of a business centre, meeting room, secretarial services, fibre - optic WiFi throughout and iPADs on the ready — we are geared for all of our Guests» business needs.

Prompting organizations such as the Special Envoy for Women and Children as well as the PUP and the NCFC to call for a heighten concentration on social and mental health issues.

By Benjamin Flowers Special Envoy for Women and Children, Kim Simplis - Barrow, has condemned the manner in which the San Pedro Police handled the brutal home invasion involving Carrie Tripodi and her ex-boyfriend Russel Casimiro on the night of April 1.

Emily Seen, a special assistant in the office of the special envoy for climate change, expressed her excitement to visit the wPOWER Hub at the Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies in April 15, 2016 and share the work of the Special Envoy office towards combating climate change.

of Ag, Forestry & Fisheries Kuntoro Mangkusubroto — Indonesia, Head of the President's Unit on REDD Jonathan Pershing — U.S., Deputy Special Envoy for Climate Change Norbert Röttgen — Germany, Minister for Environment Eric Solheim — Norway, Minister of the Environment Kjetil Lund — Norway, Secretary of State, Ministry of Finance Andrew Steer — World Bank Special Envoy for Climate Change Jason Clay — World Wildlife Fund - US, Senior VP Sean de Cleene — Yara International, VP Global Business Initiatives Larry Schweiger — National Wildlife Federation, President and CEO Peter Seligmann — Conservation International, CEO and Chairman Puvan Selvanathan — Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, VP The Hon. Hillary Rodham Clinton — U.S. Secretary of State, video message Wanjira Maathai — International Liaison, the Green Belt Movement Helen Clark — Administrator, UNDP, frmr.