Sentences with phrase «for years climate»

(04/18/2014) For years climate change activists and environmentalists have been clamoring for a high - profile, high - impact TV series about climate change to make Americans more aware of an issue that will affect billions of people around the globe in coming decades.

For years climate change activists and environmentalists have been clamoring for a high - profile, high - impact TV series about climate change to make Americans more aware of an issue that will affect billions of people around the globe in coming decades.

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With climate change, growing populations, and rising affluence, the demand for water is likely to grow substantially in the years ahead.

In 2017, after years of failure, shareholders at my former employer, Exxon Mobil, passed a resolution calling for the company to outline its plans for dealing with climate change.

That, say many, seemed to lift the issue above the fractious politics that have dogged the U.N.'s climate talks for years, and added a moral dimension to the negotiations.

Don't miss this chance to prepare for the year ahead with the straight facts about every major country's and region's current geopolitical climate.

They are climate - controlled and hydroponic, allowing for a year - round growing season using 80 percent less water than an outdoor farm.

The hurricane might have helped put climate change back on the White House agenda, and once the Keystone debate resumed earlier this year it didn't take long for environmentalist groups to link Canada's planned pipeline to the devastating storm.

A global focus on climate action and the increased use of renewables is set to provide a robust long - term tailwind for First Solar for many years to come.

In a warming climate, scientists see increasing potential for epic deluges like the one that swamped Houston and last year's devastating rains around Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

The IEA's forecasts overlap largely with the Trump administration's pursuit of what it calls «energy dominance» — a strategy that has been visible in its rollback of various Obama - era policies this year (above all in the U.S.'s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord), and in a big expansion of federal acreage offered for oil and gas prospecting.

A number of wealthy individuals have been trading up their U.S. passports for our friendlier northern tax climate in recent years, however, fleeing unpleasant U.S. obligations such as inheritance and gift taxes, which Canada does not collect.

Or think of the price the Canadian economy is expected to pay for the damage wreaked by climate change after years of oil industry lobbyists opposing serious carbon reduction policies.

With the entire House on next year's ballot — and about one - third of the U.S. Senate up for a vote, too — the stakes are high for those in the Bay Area who seek to erode the GOP's control of Congress and erect a new bulwark against Trump's agenda in areas like immigration and climate change.

Add in the Russian ads baiting us on hot - button topics, and we wind up with the kind of political climate we've all been living in for the past year or more.

Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).

While this is bad news for the planet, it's good news for climate change scientists who have — for the last two decades — puzzled over warming trends in ocean surface temperatures for nearly 20 years.

Secretary Perry, for instance, who presided over the greatest expansion of wind capacity in the country during his 14 years as governor of Texas, acknowledged in his confirmation hearing that climate change is real, and that «man - made activity» is at least partly to blame.

Climate extremes mean tough times for food crops, and the next year could hit several pretty harshly.

If, for example, it turns out that 30 years from now we enter a period of global cooling, will we then accuse climate - change activists of greed and unethical behaviour?

Brown, the two - time California's governor, has been working on climate change and energy for nearly forty years at both the state and local level.

My top priority as governor of this great state is continuing to grow our thriving economic climate that spurs job growth and keeps us at the top echelon for years to come.

During the 2015 - 2016 academic year, I chaired the Government of Alberta's Climate Change Leadership Panel, for which I was compensated by the government for 30 days of work with the balance of my time commitment (at least 34 additional days) being covered by a release from the Dean of the Alberta School of Business.

Back to this year's budget — there is one bright spot for climate: the government has renewed support for British Columbians who buy less - polluting vehicles, and is putting some funds toward building infrastructure to support the transition to electric transportation.

While many of its spending cuts are more aggressive than the political climate is likely to allow, the RSC deserves great credit for putting out a budget in a year where no official budget has yet been put forward by the House or Senate Budget Committees.

«In a nutshell, it looks like Canada is becoming a leader in just transitions in the same way that they've been a leader on climate change policy for the past two or three years,» McGowan said at the time.

The next year will be a decisive one for Canada's national climate change strategy.

Yussuff and one of the other task force members, Alberta Federation of Labour President Gil McGowan, were at the centre of the effort to secure McKenna's commitment to set up the task force and ensure financial support for laid - off coal miners, after the minister led the formation of the Powering Past Coal Alliance during last year's UN climate change conference in Bonn.

At Global Opportunity Network, we focus on opportunities and we perceive the deal as a climate action instruction manual that can guide us for many years.

But if the plan still has plenty of funding and momentum for now, the delay might be good planning, so that officials, provinces, and project developers know that climate action is not a one - year wonder.

First in revenue and loan growth (adjusted for significant acquisitions) when averaged over the one -, three -, and five - year periods, reflecting the fact that the Company continued to provide credit to consumers, small businesses, and commercial companies in the current credit climate; and

Looking years out at the election calendar, Trudeau's strategists pushed early for federal - provincial initiatives like Canada Pension Plan reform, a health accord and the framework for fighting climate change.

Neither the unprecedented political climate in the U.S. nor heightened tensions with North Korea have dented consumer and investor confidence for long this year.

With stronger climate leadership, B.C. would attract up to $ 5 billion in additional investment for renewable energy development alone over the next 10 years.

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A 2050 climate strategy is an important commitment during what's already a big year for climate in Canada.

What made him shift his focus to climate issues was the state of global climate: «I think it's really important for us to understand how serious the stakes are now given we've made no progress on this for the last 20 years.

These include: C$ 4.5 billion to support research, training, and infrastructure at universities and colleges; a Strategic Innovation Fund that will provide C$ 1.26 billion for business innovation in the aerospace and automotive sector; a Connect to Innovate Program that will invest C$ 500 million to bring high - speed Internet to remote and rural communities by 2021; and, C$ 70 million over six years to support agriculture innovation with a focus on climate change, and soil and water conservation.

There's also $ 135.4 million (over four years, starting in 2018) to the two lead departments, Environment and Climate Change Canada and Natural Resources Canada, for «policy, communications and engagement» for the climatClimate Change Canada and Natural Resources Canada, for «policy, communications and engagement» for the climateclimate plan.

In 2011, the National Roundtable on the Economy and the Environment calculated that the cost of climate change for Canada could grow to between $ 21 to $ 43 billion a year by 2050 — roughly one per cent of GDP that year.

At the UN Climate Summit last year, for example, there were investors who represented 43 trillion.

(For more on what we know about climate change and this year's hurricanes, read Dave Roberts's piece at Vox.)

This year's topic was «Water for Development» and during the week, the most relevant topics related to this theme were discussed — e.g. Financing, SDGs, Integrity, Gender issues, Climate Change, Energy, Sanitation, Food, Conflict Resolution, Water Management and more.

The U.S. endured 16 separate weather and climate disasters with losses that each exceeded $ 1 billion last year, with total costs of about $ 306 billion, a new record for the country.

Over a year which has seen large banks halt funding for fossil fuel projects, major institutions divest from oil, gas and coal holdings, and oil companies snap up power and renewables companies in a bid to diversify their asset base, research published today by the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) and the Climate Change Collaboration suggests nervousness over climate risk has shot up in financial cClimate Change Collaboration suggests nervousness over climate risk has shot up in financial cclimate risk has shot up in financial circles.

Even with climate change, Harvey's rain was an extremely rare event, expected not to return for thousands of years, Karin van der Wiel, a co-author of the Environmental Research Letters study, said.

Others on climate change, energy and related risks — as well as sustainability reporting on strategy and performance — account for almost another 40 percent of all resolutions, roughly the same as the previous year.

During his ten - year tenure, Michigan was named the number one state for attracting and retaining corporate site location investments an unprecedented four years in a row, was cited for achieving one of the top business climates in the nation, and was consistently named the best state economic development agency.

In 2017, the U.S. endured its costliest year for weather and climate disasters on record because of a trio of monster hurricanes and a ferocious wildfire season.

Environmental and energy - related resolutions, mainly concerning climate change, have been the most common so far this proxy season, accounting for 27 percent of all ESG resolutions, up from 19 percent as of mid-February last year.